Chapter 12:

You think I made dinner for you for free?

Under The Shattered Eclipse


It was a normal school day for Hiroshi. Everything went fine that day. The school ended. But as he was walking outside the school building, he saw Yuki standing at the gate. He was surprised. He knew something was wrong. So he went there.

"Hey. Why are you here?"

"Come with me."

She grabbed his hand and started walking. Hiroshi was surprised. What was happening? She didn't give him an explanation. They were walking down a familiar path. Hiroshi guessed that they were going to Yuki's place. But why? At this time of the day, if anyone saw them, they would get suspicious. Well, they are suspicious as they are, knowing that Yuki often stays at Hiroshi's place.

They arrived at Yuki's home. Yuki was acting strange. She told Hiroshi that she was cooking the dinner. Upon asking why she was doing it, she didn't answer. Well, Hiroshi was hungry, so it was good for him too. But why is Yuki acting so strange today? It piqued Hiroshi's interest.

They ate dinner. Now, after that, Yuki turned real evil after that.

"You think I made dinner for you for free?"

"I knew there was a catch."

With a sorrowful voice, she handed out some papers and cried for help. It was her test results. And she sucks at those. Yuki was not that smart to begin with. So, she can't secure good results. The upcoming test was pretty important too.

"I see. So that's the problem. You could have asked me for help in the first place. I could do it for free. You didn't have to make dinner for me. I mean, we are friends now, right?"

"Is that so?"

She was a bit upset. Well, their relationship was more than just friends, but less than lovers. They just get along so well.

Hiroshi helps her make a schedule. He would teach her before and after school. The test is in 10 days. So they need to hurry. No time to waste.

Everyday, Yuki would stand in front of Hiroshi's school gate and wait for him. Then they would go to Yuki's place and Hiroshi would teach Yuki the topics until late at night. He would stay there for the night, on separate rooms that is. This made Hiroshi's friends a bit suspicious as to what was happening. They decided to follow Hiroshi and Yuki to see what they were doing. The next morning, they also saw Hiroshi coming out from Yuki's place. So they wait for him in class and interrogate him.

"Hey Hiroshi. How far have you gone with her?"

"What do you mean?"

"Why are you asking him that? Ask him how many times does he do with her every night."

"Its not like that."

"5 rounds maybe?"

"Stop it. I told you its not like that."

Hiroshi explains it to them about Yuki's condition. But still, they didn't believe that nothing happened at night. Well, they have a base for their accusations. At the dead of the night, a male and a female, alone together, who are couples, and nothing happens? Is that really possible? Well, that night. Something unexpected happened.

That day, Yuki didn't come to Hiroshi's school to pick him up. It was strange. Hiroshi decided to go to her house. Something must've happened. He started running to her house. He was thinking of the worst, like, she got killed, etc etc. He rushed to the apartment, he found it open. He opened and rushed inside, where he hit Yuki and they both fell to the ground. Yuki just came out from the bath, and only had a towel to protect her privacy. The towel loosened up and came out. Well, Hiroshi already saw Yuki naked previously, so it shouldn't be that bad, right? Right?

Hiroshi was on top of Yuki. It triggered Yuki's past of how her playboy boyfriend was trying to forcefully do 'it' with her. She started crying. Hiroshi immediately got up and looked away. But she didn't stop crying. Seems like that was her weak side. Hiroshi immediately apologised.

"I am sorry. It was not right for me to enter someone else's apartment without permission."

She was still crying. She was scared. Her past traumas came back to life. She just couldn't stop. Hiroshi didn't know what to do. Well, he did know what to do, but didn't know if it would work or not.

He hugged Yuki to stop her from crying. She unconsciously hugged him back. After some time, she calmed down a bit. Everything seemed to work out well.

Hiroshi decided not to pressure her to study and left her apartment to leave her alone. But as he was leaving, Yuki stopped him. She doesn't want him to go. She had tests coming up, so she had to study. They studied less that day. People might think that Yuki was overreacting, but only Hiroshi knows the pain of past traumas. Only they knew their pain.

Hiroshi tried to go out and leave her apartment after finishing the studies, but Yuki still insisted him to stay. She was wanting to be spoiled, and it seemed real. It wasn't one of her fake personalities.

As always, they slept in different rooms. But when they turned off the lights, Yuki came to Hiroshi.

"I am scared."

She really wanted to be spoiled. Hiroshi saw a new side of Yuki that day. The only word that was going on in his head was 'cute'.

She slept beside Hiroshi that night, but nothing suspicious happened. They didn't do anything together. She trusted him because she knew that because of his past, he won't betray anybody like her playboy boyfriend did. It was a sense of relief for her.

A few days later, she did the test and the test results came out. Turns out, she got a 60 percent on the test. Its not that bad, but not that good too. Hiroshi told Yuki that if she needed help, he would help her for free.

The test had ended, that means that Yuki won't be coming to pick him up anymore. That made him a little sad. The day after the test, he was  kind of sad, because he knew that Yuki isn't coming to pick him up, but he was surprised to see Yuki standing in front of the school gate after school. He became happy. But at first, he asked her if she needed help, to which she gave him a poster. It was of a new ice cream stand nearby.

She again grabbed his hand and went to that ice cream stand. There they ordered two ice creams. When it came to the pay, Yuki refused to let Hiroshi pay. She told him that it was a treat from her as he taught her for free. Hiroshi was still sad because she wouldn't come to his school and wait for him from that day onwards. As Yuki can read Hiroshi like an open book, she knew what he was thinking, but she decided not to tease him for it. Actually, she also wanted to wait for him in front of the school and go home together. She planned to go home together from then. It would be good for some hunting sessions too.

After that, Yuki would always wait for Hiroshi in front of Hiroshi's school gate and wait for him. Soon, it became their everyday thing. They both were happy with this. 

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