Chapter 11 - Piggyback Ride
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Kaede's POV
"What are you doing?” A familiar voice said, coming from my back with an icy tone that made the two girls in front of me froze and looked so scared at the same time.
Why was he here? I knew it was him—the Duze of D7G.
"Ahhh—We're just watering the plants, and then she passed by —so yeah. We accidentally spilled the water to her, ” the Pink clip-on girl said, stuttering.
"Ahh! Yes! Exactly. We didn't saw her, that's what happened. We have to go. Bye, ” Violet clip girl said, and they drag Pink clip girl with her, and they sprinted away, leaving me.
I shook my head as I saw them disappear from my sight. They lied in front of me. Accidentally? Yeah right. I also didn't feel the presence of the devil behind me; maybe he already left.
I tried to stand up again, but when I tried to move my foot, it became more painful.
"Ahh!" I cried out when I felt the pain in my ankle.
"Tss!"
My eyes widened when I heard a hissing sound and a footstep walking in my direction. I really thought that he already left.
He walked towards me in front of me, turned his back, and get down to his knees. His back was so close to me. Like literally close that I could touch his back.
“Hop in, ” he said with a bored tone as he tapped his back.
"What?! Why am I going to do that?" I said, confused.
He turned his head to me while his brows furrowed. "State the obvious. I know you sprained your ankle. I'm giving you a ride, ” he said without any void of emotion.
Here it was again—his 'State the obvious' quote thing. But seriously? For real? Did he want to carry me on his back? Was he possessed right now by an angel? So a devil could be an angel as well? I'm not even sure if he was really a devil, as they presume.
"Come on. Don't make me repeat it, ” he said again, tapping his back while looking at me through his shoulder impatiently. I noticed that he got a band-aid on his cheek.
I grimaced. Why did he still look so cool even with a band-aid on his face? Really unfair
He was wearing a gray shirt with a black long sleeve inside. Black pants, shoes, and his backpack were also black. He suddenly put his bag in front of him.
Was he one of the men in black?
It was not really obvious that he's a gangster, huh. And also not evident that his favorite color was black. Note the sarcasm, please.
We don't wear uniforms on our campus. We were free to choose what we want to wear except bikinis and other too revealing clothes, of course. Our campus was not a bar.
"I'm drenched," I said shyly.
"So? It's so obvious that you are soaking wet. I'm not blind, stupid, ” he said with a bored look.
He was mean and grumpy again. Ugh!
"You'll get wet too, ” I said while biting my lower lip.
What was wrong with him? Was he not concern that he would get wet if he would carry me on a piggyback ride?
He looked at me and rolled his eyes. "Then I will change my clothes.”
"You will be late because you will go home to change your clothes, ” I said, really a concern.
He sighed impatiently and looked at me. "I have extra clothes in my locker. We will be going to be late if you will keep on acting adamantly. You're lucky that I'm helping you right now, and then you have the guts to refuse me? You choose, I'll force to carry you or—"
"Okay! Okay! I’ll ride on your back, ” I said, cutting him off because he was starting to rant nonstop again. Goodness!
I raised both of my arms to reached his shoulder, and I raised my body too. It was like I'm hugging him right now at the back while my arms were hanging on his shoulder. The touch of my front to his back sent volts of current. I cringed as I feel the spark, and I think that he stiffened because of the contact of our body. My heart thumped erratically because of nervousness. Ugh!
Calm down, Kaede!
Since Xyrus left me, I never get close to any guy, except Gin, but not even this close. And Gin was different. He was just a friend and like a brother to me.
I pushed my body up, ignoring the pain of my ankle, and rode on his back properly. But because of nervousness and the crazy feeling that I'm feeling, I accidentally hit the side of his abdomen with my foot that made him gasped. Did I hit him that hard? It was like he was in pain.
"Sorry!" I apologized. Maybe I really hit his side that hard? But I know it was not.
He puffed some air and then held my legs as he stood up and carried me properly from his back, and then he started walking.
The erratic beating of my heart became faster as I was pressed more to his back. He was so warm, and he smelled so good. My cheek burned, realizing what I was doing.
What was wrong with me?
I decided to turn my attention off him to stop whatever I was doing and whatever I was feeling.
I scanned the area and so thankful that it was a class hour. No one will see us in this position. I didn’t want to be the campus talk again, especially that I am with the leader of D7G. I was traumatized by my issue with Gin, and I always thought that whoever approached me, especially a girl, would skin me to death.
How much more if they saw me with Raven while he was carrying me? Another death wishes for me.
He stopped, and I guess he did that to get my attention, so I looked in front of me. I just realized that he took me to the Clinic. He opened the door and walked straight inside.
No one was inside. The clinic was clean and very organized.
He walked towards the bed, which was on the very end part. There was three bed, and he put me carefully on the last one.
"Thank you,” I said shyly.
Why did he always appear every time that I'm in trouble? Like a while ago and last time also. Why could I not see the devil that they were all talking about? Why was I feeling different from what they were feeling? He was rude, yes, but I guess that was tolerable.
"Just wait for the nurse,” he said without a void of emotion as he faced me.
Because I was sitting on the bed, I noticed that he got a red stain on the side of his clothes. Without thinking, I reached for that part and touched it. I was shocked when I realized that the red pigment was actually blood.
He was caught off guard because of what I did, and it was already too late for him to stop me because I already pulled up his shirt, and I saw a white bandage that was full of blood.
"Oh my God! What happened to you?” I said, flabbergasted.
"What the hell are you doing?! Put down my shirt! s**t!"
I didn't know that he was already looking down at me. That was why when I raised my head, his face greeted me, and our forehead touched.
We were facing each other, me sitting on the bed while holding the hem of his shirt and him standing while leaning down on me. We were just looking at each other when someone just arrived.
"What are you two doing there?"
Because of shocked, I pushed Raven without even thinking, and he winced because of what I did.
"Oh my God! Sorry!" I think I pushed him hard this time that made him winced from the pain.
Why was he wounded? Did he get into a fight? Maybe that was why he also got a bandaid on his cheek.
I turned my head and looked at who arrived. It was the nurse, and she was looking at Raven and me. I think she also noticed that he was bleeding.
"Raven! What happened to you?" The nurse said with concern.
"Tsk! Nothing. I just got an accident with my motorbike. Check her foot, and I think she sprained it. I got to go,” he said, emotionless, and then walked out of the clinic.
Motor accident? Why was it just only his cheek and his abdomen that was being injured? He didn’t even have any other scratches other than those two.
So you want him to have a lot of injuries, Kaede?
My eyes widen because of that thought. Of course not!
"Why are you drenched? What's your name?" The nurse asked when she got near me. I looked at her, and she was still young. I bet she was still in her mid-twenties, and she was so pretty.
"I'm drenched because they didn't see me pass by. They are watering the plants, and they accidentally spilled the water on me.” I lied. I didn’t want her to know that I was bullied. "And I'm Kaede, ma'am."
"Okay. Then why did you sprain your ankle?" she asked while raising her one brow like she was not buying my excuse.
"Ahh. I twisted it because I got startled when water spilled to me and—"
"And Raven saw you and carried you in his back,” she cut me off. It's not a question, though. She was confirming it. "That’s new. Don't you know that Raven doesn't even care of anyone since then? Especially girls. And look what happened now? It's like there's a miracle that happened. Are you and Raven—"
"No! we're not!" I cut her off this time while my eyes widened. She chuckled because of my response and look at me amusedly.
"Easy. I'm not even done yet with my question, and then you assumed already. What do you think I'm going to ask you, Kaede?" she said while smiling. My cheeks burned because of embarrassment. I couldn’t even look at her.
"Ahhh. It's—"
"It's okay, Kaede. Never mind that. I'm just really teasing you. I'm nurse Joy, Raven's cousin."
I looked at her, bewildered. Oh my God! She was his cousin! I looked at her trying to find any resemblance. Nurse Joy was beautiful. Raven was gorgeous. Their genes were really good.
"Let me check your ankle. Raise your foot a bit, and she said, so I raised my foot slowly in front of her. She touched and look at it. "This hurts a bit, but it will disappear right away, and then you can walk properly after,” she said while smiling
She raised my foot a bit, like massaging it, and then she holds it firmly and twisted it on the other side in a snap.
"Ahh!" I cried because of the pain.
"Done. It's okay now. I just put it back in place. Try to walk if it still hurts,” she said.
I tried standing and then walked slowly. It was not that painful anymore. Nurse Joy was so good.
"Change your clothes in that room,” she said, pointing to the room near her desk. "Do you have clothes with you?"
I shook my head. "I don't have extra clothes, Nurse Joy.”
"Just call me Sis Joy, okay? Nurse Joy is giving me chills. It's like I'm that Nurse Joy in Pokémon,” she said and then laughed.
Sis Joy? Ehhhh. It was like I'm being feeling close to her.
"I got a shirt and shorts here. It's the clothes of my younger sister. I think that would be okay. You're with the same body size, I guess."
"Ahm? Short? Short is not allowed in the campus, Sis Joy,” I said, puzzled.
"TSS. It's not true. Here,” she said and then handed me a paper bag. "Go ahead and change,” she added while pushing towards the room that she mentioned earlier. I just held the paper bag and got inside the room.
I checked the short and— Goodness! It was too short! I miss wearing shorts, though. So I wore shorts and then a white shirt. It really fitted me. After I change, I got out of the room. She was looking at me with a shocked expression.
"You're so sexy! But something is off,” she said, and then her brows furrowed. She got closer and looked at my face, and then I was caught off guard when she took off my fake glasses.
"What's this? This is fake,” she said and then threw my glasses to the trash bin.
My eyes widen because of what she did. Waah! My glasses!
"You got a pair of beautiful eyes. And what's with your eyebrows? You drew it?" she asked and then wiped my thick brows, and my normal brows were visible now. "Your brows look fine. No need to draw it thicker,” she continued.
"Is that so?" I said with a shy laugh. I'm exposed! I'm dead.
"Let's take this off too,” she said, and then she took off my hair tie. My wet hair falls. "Your hair is wet. Let's blow dry it,” she continued, and she grabbed her blower on her table.
What the hell was happening? The clinic became a parlor already.
After a couple of minutes, my hair was already dried, and then she combed it slowly.
"Wow! You're actually beautiful! Why are you hiding your pretty face? You're even sexy even if you wear simple clothes,” she said smiling, looking at me with much amusement. I'm really dead!
"Ahhh... It's just ... ahh. I need to tie my hair. I'm not used to letting my hair down like this,” I said, smiling awkwardly. Ugh! Honestly, I miss letting my hair down.
Maybe today would be fine, I guess? Just today.
"You should get used to it. Go to your class now. Just give this note to your prof so that your prof will know that you came from here,” she said as she handed me the note. "I need to do something. Excuse me,” she added and then turned her back to me and went inside the room where I changed my clothes
"Thanks, Sis Joy."
When the door closed where Nurse Joy entered, the door from the clinic suddenly opened. My eyes widened when I saw Raven getting inside, looking at me with a confused expression.
Oh my god!
I'm dead!!!
- Writer
