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Demonique Desdemona Captain
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 Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:52 pm
"What on god's green earth are you talking about? I set my stuff down first, not only are you pompous but your paranoid as well." She said slidding into her seat. "You know you really should be more friendly, if you were I probably wouldn't want to bother you so much." She pulled out her little package of pocky again and smiled, "What some?" she offered again, sure he'd probably refuse again, "If anyone needs a little sugar in their lives it's you." Over the last few weeks Natsuko had spent more of her days broading over losing her parents, but she hadn't thought about that whole situation until she started this little game with Kevin.
"You know, you don't even realize it but you're already helping me out!" She said in an excited manner, that drew a few odd stares from the few students that had started to come into the class. "So, where do you live anyways? I mean in the summer and all?" She decided to start to get to know him, since knowing a person was the first step to being their friend after all.
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:01 am
Kevin looked at Natsuko disgusted. She knew, everyone knew, he took the second row of seats second desk back. It was just one of those compulsive things he did. "Whatever, " he said as he took his seat. He unzipped his bag and realized that it was a mess because of his anger from before. He took out the notebook and loose papers and then put them back in the bag neatly. As he grabbed his physics book he heard Natsuko offer him some pocky. He ignored it and continued to unpack his bag. He then looked at her puzzled when she explained that he was helping her already. All he's been so far was a p***k, how could that be helpful? When she started to ask about his life, he knew she was trying to get to know him. He took the pocky stick she offered him. "Mouth's full, can't talk," he said curtly as he took several bites of the pocky and started to emphasize his chews. He then turned back to his desk and started to chew normally.
I'm just a game now, Kevin thought. Despicable. And I actually thought she was better than the rest. Proves that you need to accompany education with business like manners. He continued to chew on the pocky, somewhat enjoying the rush of sugar in the small stick. He placed the rest of it into his mouth and started to eat it. He opened his notebook and then looked at the clock. They still had a couple minutes left and then he realized that the other students were still glancing towards him. What did she say now? he wondered as he began to erase the faint pencil marks over the page.
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Demonique Desdemona Captain
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:16 am
"So, now that your done eating, where do you live in the summer? Like do you live around here, or in a foreign country what?" She said leaning over still suckin the chocolate off. She tilted her head a little, "I know that you probably hate me, and for apparently no real reason, well up until the end of last quarter anyway... but since I'm going to keep talking to you, and asking you questions, you really should try to hold a conversation it will probably be ten times less annoying." She adjusted herself so her right ankle was under her left thigh, not what most people would consider the most comfortable postion, but it for some reason she liked it.
"Besides, I'm sorry about the rash joke, I didn't really think it would bother you so much, I mean never said silly stuff like that to draw stares before," She said it was a bit louder then anything else she had said but not so much that others would have noticed she was obviously raising her voice, not like before in the other class room.
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:24 am
Kevin swallowed the last of the treat and then turned to Natsuko. Her leg seemed to be under his desk and she leaned towards him. Kevin sighed and said, "You know what would mae this so much less annoying that it wouldn't be anymore? If you would stop talking to me. I don't need a friend. I don't want to be friends. And until school started I had neutral feelings for you." He paused a moment and noticed the class was now starting to turn their attention back towards the two of them. Kevin didn't mind attention; he did, however, mind if they would connect him with Natsuko. "Now, however, if it'll get you to leave me alone...you're right I don't like you," he said hoping it would end this terror, "Now will you leave me alone?"
It was as much a question he wanted answered as it was rhetorical. Kevin turned away and again started to erase teh faint markings. Once he was finished he brushed off the residue and then looked at all the other students. They looked away as he looked towards them, but then gazed again when he turned away. Just great, he thought as he leaned back into his seat lazily.
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Demonique Desdemona Captain
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:29 am
"Nope, I'm resolved to figure you out, besides if I stop trying now you'll just think I'm like every other person in this school who doesn't give a damn, but I do so there." She had the urge to stick out her tongue at him but decided not to. "So are you going to answer my question, or do I have to continue asking you a hundred times over, and I will too, I'm terribly persistant." She said with a smile.
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:33 am
Kevin sighed again. "Persistance is most likely the reason you and I are on top," he said not looking towards Natsuko. He was running his tongue through his teeth going for the flavor of the pocky again. It was delicious, but he wasn't going to dare ask for more. He looked back up at the clock and sighed again. The class was about to start, but it was still so far off. In comparison to how much Natsuko could still talk to him.
Leaning back in his seat again, Kevin turned to Natsuko. "I live with my parents," he answered shortly. He kept looking at Natsuko waiting for another question he could try and blow off. Every so often he looked around the classroom. The teacher wasn't even in there yet. When he looked back at Natsuko he said, "Maybe, I want you to not give a damn. Ever think about that?"
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Demonique Desdemona Captain
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:08 pm
"I meant like, what state... but ok you live with your parents that's cool." She said, trying to pretend that she didn't care he mentioned his parents anymore, like he was somehow rubbing it in. Most everyone around the school had heard of the accident, "I used to live with mine to till this summer, but I guess you already know about that. I live in Ohio during the summer time," she said pulling out another box of pocky and setting it on his desk "There, a present for almost destroying your perfect reputation."
Natsuko looked at the clock, 30 seconds till class. She wondered where the hell the teacher was, it was unlike any teacher to be late for the start of class, especially the teachers for the honors courses. Natsuko pulled out the huge physics book, "Couldn't have made these any heavier huh?" she said with a soft laugh, placing it on the desk next to her notebook and pen.
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:03 am
Kevin lifted the box of pocky and held it towards Natsuko. "I don't need your things," he said. Whether he was craving them or not, his goal was pretty similar to Natsuko's...not to give in or categorized with every other person in the school. Natsuko certainly can make friends with anybody in the school she wanted, anybody but him. Kevin wasn't going to make even the tiniest actions of him starting to crack.
He moved his stare from Natsuko to the clock. Arm still extended, Ten seconds, he thought as the teacher came into the classroom like he had all the time in the world. Kevin smiled a little bit at this. That's how it works, as long as you're not late, then you do have all the time in the world. He always thought it was best to be given a task and a due date and then get it down however you wanted, whether it's gradually or all at once at the beginning or end, as long as it was done by the time it was due. RING! The bell went off and the teacher immediately started his lecture for the class like he was here the whole time just waiting.
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Demonique Desdemona Captain
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:19 pm
Natsuko shook her head and started to take notes. She didn't feel like getting in trouble again, the teacher was going rather quickly, and since they had no physics class before it was all new things. He was going on and on about Kepler's law, and it was rather boring, but if she got an A in this class, it was almost garunteed she'd graduate with a 5.0. The idea made her giddy inside.
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:33 pm
Since he was obviously ignored Kevin dropped his arm and dropped the pocky on his bag, allowing it to slide quietly to the ground. If she won't take it, he'll leave it there. He grabbed his pencil and started to take notes. He smiled as he finally got into the class. Unlike the previous classes, this went right into the curriculum...no review. Maybe she's finally given up, he thought considering she just started to ignore him. The teacher stopped for a moment and picked one of the students to answer a question about the second law. The student fumbled for a moment before finally answering, stuttering the whole time. Content, the teacher continued on the point of this. He drew an elipse and placed a dot in it and then drew triangles from different spots on the elipse with the dot in the middle as the point.
As the teacher continued to speak and draw on the board, Kevin continued to write notes. His pencil broke and he grumbled slightly. He should've gotten mechanical. He moved to his bag and unzipped it to reveal a pencil sharpener. As he zipped it back up he saw the box of pocky still leaning against his bag on the floor. His mouth salivated a little bit before he swallowed it down and sat back up. He sharpened his pencil and continued to take notes. The edge of his mind still thinking about the sugary taste of the pocky below.
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Demonique Desdemona Captain
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:58 pm
The sound of the him sharpening his pencil was mildly distracting, she looked up from her notes and looked at Kevin and sighed. She glanced the pocky on the ground and her face turned red a little. She scribbled on a piece of paper "Don't be rude". Picking up the pocky she set that and the piece of paper on Kevin's desk. The teacher noticed Natsuko wasn't really paying attention so he decided to make her answer the next question.
"Ms. Yoshimoto, could you please explain Kepler's third law" He said in the sort of tone that said, I'll teach you to zone out in my class. Natsuko simply smiled, though she had zoned for a moment she had already read these things before class.
"Kepler's 3rd law states the periods The periods of the planets expressed as T are proportional to the 3/2 powers of the major axis lengths of their orbits expressed as L. Mathematically speaking that means T is proportional to L to the 3/2 power, or T squared is proportional to L cubed." she said smartly, never studdering or stumbling over her words once. The teacher nodded approvingly and moved on with this lecture.
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:18 pm
Kevin looked down at the box of pocky and the note. Guess not, he thought depressingly as he heard the teacher call Natsuko out, probably for handing him the box and note. She answered without hesitation and very smartly. Kevin snickered slightly. He slid the paper off the box and onto his notebook. He partly wrote notes as the teacher spoke and then part of the note intended for Natsuko. It read, 'That was an easy one.' He then slid the paper back onto the box angled for her to read it easily. He looked up at the teacher who was drawing another diagram on the board explaining how the third law worked and why what 'Ms. Yoshimoto said was absolutely correct.' He snickered again slightly, just enough to have the students immediately around him turn towards him. The teacher turned around to see that he was now the center of attention.
"And what do you find amusing Mr. Fulson?" he asked him.
"Nothing much sir," Kevin replied promptly. "Just the fact that you thought you would be able to stomp Ms. Yoshimoto in the first place," he continued with a slightly smart tone, "I mean, with no disrespect, that you know that she is the top of the class with a perfect GPA and a full schedule of extra-curricular activities." He paused a moment as the whole class started to look at him and then the teacher. Most trying to hold back a laugh. "All I'm trying to say is that you should try harder questions next time." Kevin moved his head slightly, and as if it was planned out to add to the feeling of the room, the sun glaerd against his glasses blocking his eyes from view for most of the left side of the class. He was certainly not getting on the good sides of his teachers this year.
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Demonique Desdemona Captain
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:13 pm
Natsuko covered her face to try to keep from laughing, it wasn't working very well, her neck and face turning bright red. She couldn't help it anymore and started to laugh out loud. The teacher quickly focused his attention on her.
"Ms. Yoshimoto, if you and Mr. Fulson consider my class to be so hilarious perhaps you'd find a trip to the principles office even more amusing?" He said, rather annoyed with the two. They were the only 2 in the class that didn't appear to be so dorky they couldn't make friends outside of their own group. These two looked like what would be considered popular and since their teacher had the same stringy hair and vacant expression.
Natsuko quickly shook her head, controlling the urge to laugh, she couldn't tell if it was the sugar, or the fact that Kevin was so bad at talking himself out of trouble, but she found the whole situation hilarious.
"So sorry... that was a rather inapporiate outburst." she said through gasps, trying to catch her breath, her face was bright red now but she could barely controll herself.
"May I continue with class then? Or do you two need more lover time?" He asked his hand on his hip. This would have probably made her laugh even more, until the word "lover" reached her ears. Her face turned white, then bright red.
"Ummm.. yeah... ummm... so not... it's not like that, he actually kinda hates me I think..." she said stumbling over her words. "Besides that I kinda prefer girls..." she said then covered her mouth embarassed, the class gaped at her for a moment and started laughing hilariously.
"Well thank you for sharing Natsuko, I perfer women as well so now that we got that out of the way..." He said the class laughed again, when everyone quieted down he considered with his lecture. Natsuko laid her head down on the desk, her face was bright red and she felt like the might die of embarassment
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:17 pm
Kevin found himself holding his own laughs at the following conversation. His expression quickly changed, as well, when the word 'lover' came from the teacher. He didn't say anything because Natsuko seemed to have taken the initiative already. However, the look and expression on his face was one to certainly said a disgusted message. The look of Natsuko being embarassed made him hold back more laughter and the teacher's remarks added to the difficulty. He coughed a couple times to keep the laughter back.
The teacher continued with his lecture and Kevin noticed Natsuko turn a bright red with her head on her desk. Certainly something to happen after openly explaining your sexuality in a classroom. Sure, some people didn't care, Kevin being one of them and thank goodness that means he's out of the picture, but it still wasn't something you'd blurt out to a classroom in an argument. Kevin grabbed the box of pocky, sliding the paper off of it, and then leaned over and placed it on Natsuko's desk. "You might want these back," he said as he let the box go and sat straight again. He picked up his pencil and started to take some notes. The lecture finally ended and the teacher started to hand out papers. The first being the course syllabus.
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Demonique Desdemona Captain
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:32 pm
Natsuko looked at the box and shook her head, everyone else had struck up a light conversation while papers were being passed out. She shook her head and placed the box back on his desk, "I have like a crap load of it, my grandma sends it to me from Japan, so keep it. Besides, not even pocky will save me now, I basically told the class I'm a dyke..." She said in a depressed tone. The teacher was standing next to her and she blushed even more.
"If it will help, I'll write you a pass to the nurses office, next time however I suggest you leave your sexuality out of public discussion." He said, trying his best to comfort her. It didn't work and she slid down in her desk, covering her face again.
It's not like people didn't suspect, but she never openly admitted it. She usually brushed off the question with some snide comment and walked away, she thanked god she said it in the company of the dorky kids then in a class like her art class or something. Though she looked at Kevin, people probably wouldn't believe him either, but you never knew.
"I'm fine thanks, I recover pretty quickly," she said putting on a plastic smile even though she felt she was going to die inside.
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