Commensalism

Incident....

It was a month after their campus orientation, where there he saw the girl, the pleasant looking, tomboy, girl who has a strong will, and never backdown that makes the senior quite surprised, impressed how easily the girl do whatever stupid tasks or orders they gave like it was nothing at all….

She too was type of the girl who doesn’t tolerate nonsense, even if it was given by the senior…

Freddy saw firsthand when one of the seniors, who act like he was the most handsome man on the planet, act like a jerk to all the female students on his major, and once as if it was nothing, he casually slapped the butt of the tomboy girl….

“What the….! Akh… Get of me, you b***h….!!!”

The senior was stunned when the girl suddenly grabbed his wrist and do a seoi nage on him, throwing him to the ground and pinned him on the ground….

He tried to struggle but the girl pinned him really good, he cannot move his body….

She was about to bash the perverted senior’s face when she and the senior was held by both new students, seniors and tutors that presents during the orientation and take the matters accordingly….

And for the rest of the orientation, no seniors dare to disturb the girl who seems already forgot about the senior who got suspension and being investigated to see if there were other fall victim to him….

***

Freddy too know that the girl seems to keep to herself, she only befriends the other girls on the class, and keep a distance with the male students with her rude, snappy, and grumpy attitude towards all men….

And for quite some time, days just goes by and Freddy were quickly occupied with his study, he barely noticed the tomboy, girl, until one day, during a class lunch break, where he, like most of the students went to get some meal at the campus cafeteria when he turned back after he bought his meals and…

“DICKHEAD! WATCH WHERE YOU ARE GOING!” She shouts as her flannel was spoiled with the food; he was carrying which also splattered all along the floor….

“Oh… Sorry…. Sorry Babe.…” Said Freddy nervously calling the girl, while reflex to stretched his hand to clean her spoiled shirt….

“What did you call me…?! Babe…?! I’m not your girlfriend, YOU SICK, DIRTY, PERVERT!!!” She shouts furiously, slapping his hands off and hurriedly went to the rest room….

****

For quite sometimes, the girl was angry at him, she always looked at him cynically, avoided him….

It was excruciating for him, especially because unfortunately they share classes together….

Until one day after school, the thick dark clouds make the student hurriedly wet home, tries to avoid the drizzle that started to drop…

Febri was cursing as she tries to start her old motorcycle…

It was usually obeyed her, since she restored the motorcycle herself from an old piece of junk, to be her customed motorcycle….

But today…. No matter how many times she tries to kickstart it, even hitting its tank and cursing on it, it did not budge….

She kneels with one leg on the wet, muddy ground, checking al the cables and hoses when she suddenly realizes that the rain stopped hitting on her….

Someone stands behind her….

Her eyes looked angrily towards Freddy who put his umbrella above her…. Saying nothing, she continues checking on her motorcycle….

“My place is nearby…. We can fix your bike over there…” said Freddy which absolutely ignored by the girl who keep on trying to fix her motorcycle…

“Feb…!” Said the young man, a little hard, that makes her looked at him in furious gaze….

“Please….” Said the man, while his body started to get soaking wet from the rain, since his umbrella only able to cover the girl….

Eventually, while reluctantly, the girl walks under the umbrella towards Freddy’s housing, whose body soaking wet as he pushes her bike under the rain….

****

“Thanks…” said the girl coldly, reluctantly accepted a mug of hot tea made by Freddy who then entered his room and brings out clean towel to be use by the girl to dry her wavy, pixie hair…

“I put your bike at the garage…” said Freddy, breaking the awkwardness between them….

“There are tools over there…” He said…

Then they both entered the large garage, and the girl expertly uses the tools given to her in silence by the young man, as if he was not present, yet handing her the right tool she needed to fix her motorcycle….

****

After wiping the oil stain on her forehead and washes her hand, the girl that returned to the dining room of the house, the rain was hard outside….

her partner brought two bowls of instant fried noodle which evaporates its nice fragrance….

The girl looked a little embarrassed as she accepted the noodle from the young man, remembering how hostile she was towards him….

“You rent this home by yourself….?” Asked the girl as her noodles now warming her stomach, and it was added by the warm water gave by the young man….

“No… I stay here with my friends, they have something to do today, that’s why its empty….” He said, as he cleans the dishes….

For a moment, the awkward silent fall again between them…

“Feb…” said the man, breaking the ice… “I apologize for that time…”

“Well, I’m a little hostile to you, too, right…? So…” said the girl who look so hard to say sorry….

“So…. Truce…?” Asked the man with hope….

Her slight nod was sufficient….

****

The rain has stopped, and the motorcycle runs smoothly inside the garage….

“Thanks, d**k…” She said as she steps on the first gear, grinning towards the young man…

“Be careful, babe…. It’s slippery…” said the man with awkward smile as she saw the angry look from the girl who speed away from his place….

A smile plastered on her face….

****

At least from the moment, the girl becomes more tolerant towards him, especially because he can handle her domination…