Is My Life Ordinary? - Chapter 132

{Present Time}

[Seats Re-Arranged]

After a while, all the commotion created by me came to a calm.

“Poor Anna…” some said.

“It’s possible Allen might have forced her to do it…” another opinion.

“But even if he forced her to sit with him, wouldn’t he need some kind of dirt on her?” That’s an interesting point of thinking.

“Do you think Anna has done something bad…?” Now that’s a leading question.

“Maybe… but what could it be…?” see a series of questions are being raised.

“Hey, we don’t even know for sure if she even has one…”

Just me sitting beside her had caused a silent commotion across the room. From one perspective it’s not very good for Anna or for me but that’s what an outsider will think.

From my point of view, it’s quite productive. The more pressure Anna exerts the more chances are for her to reveal me the name of the CULPRIT.

No matter who it is, a person would drag down someone else at desperate times no matter the situation. And I am guessing it’s not long before Anna breaks.

All of this is just to put her into a corner. She can’t ask someone for help otherwise she would be self suiciding.

I just have to be patient because it’s possible the CULPRIT might have gotten some kind of hint about me getting to him.

But it’s most unlikely. With the Student Council at my back and the risk of being expelled isn’t the ideal time for me to look around for the CULPRIT.

“Pst… Allen…” Anna threw her eraser at me.

“Hmm… what is it?” I said.

Since everyone was busy with their own reasonings and thought no one was really paying attention to me or to Anna at the moment.

“Why did you do all this…? Aren’t you in a risky position like this?” she said.

Are you worried about me or about yourself? Which is it? As for me, I think it’s the prior one.

“Eventually I was to sit with someone and instead of sitting with someone who resents me isn’t good so I thought I should ask for your help since you also agreed to help me and all,” I said.

“?!” This alarmed her.

“Also they would eventually figure it out that either it be you or be it someone else someone still had to sit with me and luck ran out for ‘you’,” I said.

“Yeah, luck really ran out for me…” Anna said. Her voice was even lower.

“What was that? At least speak it loud enough for me to hear it,” I said.

“N-Nothing,” she said reluctantly.

“If you say so…” I replied.

…

Periods went by and nothing much was changed except all those who were gossiping about my seating arrangements are now more concerned about Anna.

Even though they were getting all kinds of suspicious of her but all that passed on since no one knew or had any kind of thing against her.

She was just a girl who had a neutral relationship with everyone in the class. Or more like she was the interacter for the class.

But she had one friend who she considered somewhat close and that girl was Emiliya. She didn’t think twice and blamed that I forced Anna to sit with me but eventually I shut her up so there isn’t any problem so far.

Everything is going as planned.

“Anna… care to talk about the one who spread the rumors about me…? I could use your help right now,” I said.

“?!” she was petrified for a second.

She must have been flabbergasted. She knows for certain that she will have to keep her guard up for the entire day and she also knows that she isn’t someone who could cover a lie.

“Anna? Is everything okay? We can talk later if you aren’t feeling good now,” I said.

“Y-Yeah I am not feeling well… I should take a walk outside for a minute… if you excuse me…” she replied.

She was sweating a lot and her fingers couldn’t even standstill. Let’s see how far she can endure it all.

…

It was around lunch break but it was raining outside so it was instructed to stay put in the classroom for the time being.

“Anna ca-” before I say anything she would stand up and walk right to where her friends would be sitting.

“I guess some other time then,” I mumbled to myself.

…

It was the second last period but the teacher was on leave so it was a free period.

And fortunately, all of us were told to do as we like. So of course why would anyone want to stay still in the classroom?

In just a blink of an eye half, the classroom was empty. And the remaining was taken by Peter. Getting Peter on my side was the best choice taken so far.

With just being left behind Anna, Selene, Liz, Noah, and me it was like an awkward time for all of us.

“Anna…” I whispered. With the sound of windows shaking by the wind the closest person to me could listen and no one else.

“What is it…?” she said in a very low voice. I couldn’t clearly hear her but I could see her lip movements.

“The thing that I said earli-”

“I can’t right now,” she said, “They could hear us…”

With that, she left the room and me behind.

“Allen…” Noah called out to me out of nowhere.

“What is it?” I said.

“Well… I was just wondering… are you and Anna close?” he asked as he leaned forward a bit.

“Huh? Why would you say that?” I asked.

“You seem to be talking really low so I was just wondering if you had some kind of relation or not,” he said.

“About that, actually she used my eraser but she didn’t give it back so I was just asking for that,” I said.

“Oh, okay,” he said and also left the room.

We don’t really talk much so it was kind of strange talking to him. If I am guessing right, the last time we spoke was when? Right before the I.N.C.I.D.E.N.T HAPPENED?

Anyway, Anna is able to hold on pretty long, I wonder how long do I have to pester her…

*Bam*

Someone just slammed the door and it made the noise so loud that even the other flinched, not me of course.

“Allen, you bastard!” Emilya came inside in rage and it seems like she wasn’t in a mood just for a pep talk.

“Me?” I said.

“What are you trying to pull, huh!” she slammed her hand on my desk and glared at me.

“Maybe you can help me tell that answer,” I said.

“Why have you been trying to talk to Anna even though she doesn’t like it…!” she exclaimed.

Ah, man. I forgot she also had a screw loose.

“I don’t know what you are talking about…” I said and acted like I was thinking about it.

“Y-You! Don’t try to fake it now! I have been watching all day…” she said.

“All day? Were you stalking me…?” I said.

“W-What?! Why would I- Why would you say that…?!” she was taken aback.

“I just came to that conclusion by your statement,” I said.

“I was just looking out for my friend, Anna!” She said, “You might know about this but friends care about each other.”

“Well did she say something to you about me pestering her? Or troubling her?” I asked.

“No… of course, she couldn’t say it because you have threatened her to do all this. I know it!” she said as she extended her fragile arms and grabbed my collar.

“I am sorry but she didn’t tell you and you weren’t stalking me so how did you know I was troubling her or even forcing her to do all this?” I asked.

“No, No! You aren’t getting away this time through this.I don’t know what you did to do this to Anna but I will find it out and you better be ready for the consequences of your actions!” she said she closed the gap between us and growled at me.

Since our distance was close enough I said it, “Are you sure your friend isn’t the one who could be lying? Just think about it, am I forcing her into doing all this? Or is she being to do this because she did something and this is the ‘consequences’ of that? Or maybe she just had bad luck. Anything could have happened but the question is which one do you believe is true.”

“?!” she instantly let go of my collars.

She seemed a bit confused but she might have also been trying to think her friend is the one that is being wronged and not the one who did the wrong.

This should keep her quiet for a while.

TO BE CONTINUED…