The Eighth! Delpatani Uraha, The Seatmate. (Forgetful Pygmy Lady)

Let me tell you a story.
A story of a lifetime.
A story about me stepping into my university class for the first time. A day when a freshly graduated high schooler felt a tingle in their brain, thinking about the best way to spend their last bit of teenage years.

That was what I thought when I was stepping into the first class that I was in. Instead, I was greeted with... nothing.
There was no one in this class? I thought.
I was surprised that the only person here was a girl asleep on top of her desk.

Such a diligent person, I thought.

I decided the best way to spend the first class was sitting next to someone diligent. Someone who had arrived before me, who was sleeping at the current time.

But oh boy, I couldn't be so wrong.

After some time, the class filled, and the professor came in. He took our attendance one by one by our name. Then...

"Delpatani Uruha"
This was where it began.
"Delpatani Uruha"
The girl next to me was the one who got called out.
"Delphy!"
She was still sleeping right now. I was surprised that she could even sleep on the first day of class. Not only that, but how could she not hear the professor screaming?

"DELPHY!"
"Uwaa, yes! Yes, I'm here!"

That was strange. Usually, a professor would just give the person an absence if they didn't answer their attendance. Either she got special treatment or...

"Wake up, or I will make you repeat this semester for the fourth time!"

Aaand that was my answer.

"I'm sorry. I'll be better."

"I don't want you to be better. I want you to pass my class. I don't care if you're better or worse. Just please, finish up your studies and be done with me."

... That was something. And I said that loosely. Not that I care much.

"What a lovely sight", I turned to my side and saw her looking at me... And might also be attracted to me?

"Sorry?" I shuddered at her comment, and my goosebumps raised.

"It's such a rare occasion that a boy would sit beside me. Is it because of my attraction or... My charming persona?"

What is this conversation?

"Hmm... Sorry, Miss. I think..."
"Call me Delphy. I'm not that old than you, you know?"
"Right, Delphy. I think we should focus on the lesson first before we continue our conversation."

"That's nice of you to remind me. Thank you for the reminder."

What the hell was that? She thanks me for that? She took a pill or something? We are literally inside a class, of fucking course, we should focus on the lesson.

An hour passed, all I heard on my side through that lesson was a couple... might be billions of Z. How could she be this immature? The Professor said she would be repeating this semester for the fourth time, so she must have been about twenty to twenty-one.

"Hey, handsome, didn't see you sitting beside me?"

... Huh? Sorry?

"Delphy?"
"Ah, already friends with me, huh? I might be forgetful sometimes, so what's your name again?"

"We'll talk later, Delphy. The lesson will wrap up in fifteen minutes."

"Oh, I missed the lesson by an hour? Really?" She straightened up her posture and saw the board in the front. Somehow, I don't think she would last for a second after seeing the massive writing on the board.

"Ah, easy", never mind, color me surprised, she managed to write all of that down in just... Wait a minute, she only scribbled her book.

"Delphy, focus! The Professor is going to make you repeat this semester, if you..."

*Flop* Her face fell to the table, and everyone heard that.

The Professor looked in my direction and hers. He could only shake his head in disappointment. I would too if I were him. This girl needed something, or rather someone, to motivate her to be focused on her studies. Like, how could she be so careless about her future?

The lesson had passed, and she was still sleeping. I shook her body to let her know that the lesson was finished.

"Delphy, you need to wake up; it's lesson exchange time."

She woke up and immediately said, "Fancy seeing you here. And not only that, touching me? What a bold move, boy?"

Goosebumps raised, and I felt deja vu. She has done this three times now.

"Eh, yeah. Sorry. Time to change class."
"Hmm..."
"Eh... Delphy?"
"Oh, you're right. Be on my way. You go ahead."

I was about to go on my way, but my previous self was a doo doo. You know what I did? I wouldn't be surprised if you guessed it.

"NO! Delphy, are you seriously going to ignore your future? You're losing money just wasting time repeating the semester. Wake up, and I don't take no for an answer."

I did say that she needed someone to look after her, but my previous self wasn't thinking straight and helped her anyway, even though I knew the outcome if I did.

"Ahhh, ok, Dad. I'm coming."
"Great! Now, butts off."

I never thought that my voice was that loud, but they were, and the professor heard my cry for Delphy.

"Oh boy, you're in for trouble, Uta. Don't make her fall for you. She's a pain in the ass."

I never thought I would hear those words from my professor. That was a bit rude, but also true.

After I walked out of the room, Delphy was waiting next to the door. I jumped a little bit because of how scary she was with her posture.

"Dude! I'm not a ghost."
"Your bang made you look like a ghost. Don't creep out like that."
"Whatever, I never catch your name. Who are you again? I want to say thank you, but I don't know your name."
"Oh, I'm Utama Karakata. Nice to meet you", I reach out.

She took my hand, and we shook hands, "You already know me. I don't think you need to know more than that... Unless we were friends for a couple of months."

She paused and stopped shaking my hand, "... Have we known each other for long?"
"I'm a fresh high school graduate. I'm new here."

The looks on her face creeped me out.

She smiled ear to ear and said, "New mate and have the bold move to sit next to me?"

I was about to say my original plan, but I have changed my mind, "It's the only seat left when I came."

Her expression changed, and she looked very unhinged. "Dude, there are still seats available."

"Not to the back side. The last bit of seats wereon the front and you know for a fact no one wants those seats."

I have to be honest here, we hit off pretty well, but here is the thing. The next morning, we met, and she already forgotten my name again. Yet, somehow, she remembered it was me.

"Who are you again?"
"Utama... Just called me Uta. Okay."

And again.

"Hey, handsome. What's your name?"
"Uta."

And again.

"Oh, we meet again... Who are you again?"
"Utama Karakata."

And so on.

"Hey..."
"Shut! Remember my name, Delphy! Utama! The Indonesian for Main. And Karakata! The pronunciation of characters in Japanese. Just please! Stop asking my name! It's been two weeks! How are you not remembering my name, yet somehow know it was me!"
"... Wait, your name is Main Character?"
"YES! Now, could you please stop hugging me like this? We're not even that close."

Oh, hell naw. She smiled from ear to ear again.

"We are now."
"What?"
She was still hugging me by the way.

Yup, that was the beginning of my life at the university. It was wild how a girl like me could stick with me like this. She was like a magnet, just following me if she had time, and the wildest part was that we studied together whenever we met. I could be sure this was the start of my curse again. Oh, how irony turned back.

People liked to call her my follower because of how she followed me around whenever she liked. They should be harsher. I called her Dwarf. You know those little bitch who follow around big people because they need a leader to guide them. Wait, was that Dwarf? Gnome? Pygmy? Whatever it was, I don't care. She was just as annoying as my seven bitchies.