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Kevin opened his door and threw his bag in without any care. It landed on the floor then slid towards his bed. He then closed the door again and locked it. He turned towards Natsuko and started to walk in her direction. He shook his head as he said, "It doesn't matter if others believe them. The fact that they believe it now." He noticed her put something into her bag and realized that her face barely had any signs that she cried. "The powers of makeup," he said softly as he stopped in front of her. He glanced towards his watch. "Well then, that leaves us about fourty-five minutes to get our food and eat," he said as he gestured for her to continue first with his hand.

"Started out rough," Kevin replied shortly. He just followed behind Natsuko until they reached the cafeteria doors. Upon opening them, a sea of students could be seen flooding the entire floor. Students were sitting at tables and there were still some in the line for food. Kevin walked to the end of the line and reached over the heads of some underclassmen. He grabbed two trays because unless Natsuko could push her way through, it'd be a while before she got a tray. He held one out to her, "Here."

Kevin moved through the gap of freshman as Natsuko pushed him forward. When she made a comment he looked down towards her and realized what she was refering to. He looked up again with a slight blush. He rolled his eyes, Typical girl. He was about to turn around towards the food when the small gap that the two of them were in suddenly shrank again as the underclassmen began to move for their own food again.

Kevin was pushed by the swarm and bumped into Natsuko before he put a solid foot behind him to keep his balance. "Damn underclassmen," he said softly as he shoved his way through the crowd back to the tables of food. He grabbed what he wanted and placed them on his tray, then continued to push his way through the line. Many of the students made their comments, but dared not try anything. Not only was he a senior but a star athlete, they weren't sure if they could scuffle with him.

"Yeah, come on," Kevin replied as he held his tray with one hand. That hand moved in front of him pushing the students out of the way. They grumbled but kept to themselves. The other hand rested between the shoulder blades of Natsuko's back slowly guiding her through the frenzied school kids. Once out of the crowd Kevin removed his hand from Natsuko's back and held his tray with it. He didn't bother waiting for her, he knew that his luck wasn't that good. She would come following up behind him. After all, he made the mistake of asking her to lunch. He reached the end of the food hall and opened the doors to the outside world. The sun shined down from above.

As Kevin walked through the lawn, the sound of rustling leaves could be heard. There wasn't much, as Fall was just beginning, but in a couple days every tree would be bare.

Kevin's eyes widened in a 'what a tragedy' type fashion. "Oh darn," he said sarcastically as he took a seat across from Natsuko. "So," Kevin started as he placed his tray on the table, "I answered your question now answer mine. Why me? Why do you want to be friends all of a sudden?" He paused a moment to let her soak in the question. "And don't give me thsi I want to talk crap. The school supplies counselors, you know that. And there are some other students who are just as much not into who's who as I am." He just stared at Natsuko, his face showing no emotion.

Kevin started to feel a little proud and the smile proved it. "Well then," he said still smiling. He grabbed an apple from his tray and held it in one hand, "Couldn't you have just said that in the beginning." He took a bite and started to chew on the small chunk of the apple. "This whole time," he said right before swallowing the rest of the piece, "you made it sound like a charity case. Oh look at Kevin so lonely and friendless. I'll be his friend and make myself look better." The tone in his voice was the usual smart a** tone he used and was generally hurtful to everyone. But since Natsuko had endured this far he didn't expect it to bother her too much.

"As for the stuff we'll learn maybe," Kevin said moving a little to avoid the fry...or failing to that is. He laughed a little bit. It wasn't so bad talking to an intelligent individual. "But I think I'll be more at home in Debate class," he said with a smug smile. "I love to argue and prove that I'm right," he said, then with a little laugh added, "As you've already seen." He lifted the top bun from his burger and placed a couple strips of bacon on it. The replacing the bun and lifting the burger he took a big bite. "Mmmm," he said with a big smile and a held back laugh.

"Just means I've got the advantage," Kevin said mouth half full. Swallowing what was in his mouth he smiled again, "Back to the geopolitics though. Is there a certain region you're interested in or is it the whole idea?" He took a smaller bit and swallowed it down quickly. "I've been wanting to learn more towards the European near Spain and France. After college and such I hope to teach out there," he said as he took another bite, this one bigger because he was now waiting for Natsuko to speak. He was slowly opening up. He doesn't realize it.