186 Chapter five, 2016, days of waiting: 3 (1/2)
”If Ulf says no then I'm not interested.”
Yukio glared at Kuri. 'Damn you and your stubbornness! Are you Siamese twins or something?'
He growled mentally realising the day had come to a bad start. An hour from now he'd deliver not one but two negative messages to Principal Nakagawa.
”Is there anything I can do to get your head screwed on right again?” Yukio said to a choir of amazed gasps from her classmates.
”Listen kiddo, you get Ulf to jump on the bandwagon I'll do as well, but I'm joining crap without my boyfriend.”
The high colour in her face had absolutely nothing to do with feelings of embarrassment, and Yukio felt no major need to explore further from whence it came. Instead he sighed and bowed formally.
”I guess I've done my part in convincing you two then,” he said and retreated from her classroom. He even managed to give her a polite smile on his way out. Muttering could wait until the long walk through the corridor connecting the two wings.
'I think this is bad. Principal Nakagawa shouldn't attempt to influence the student council elections in the first place, so why is he so desperate to get Urufu and Kuri on the council?'
Turning left at his wing Yukio made for their club room where Kyoko hopefully waited for him. He slid the door open and went inside.
”Yukio, here!”
She was. Waiting for him that is.
Yukio waved back at her and sat down in the sofa next to her. With an angry shrug he zipped open his bag and fished up the bento box Kyoko had given him on their way to school. Tomorrow he'd make their lunch.
”Grumpy much?” she asked when he slammed his box onto the low table.
”Sorry Kyoko,” Yukio said. He took his chop sticks in one hand and dug for some rice. ”It's just that they're so damn stubborn!”
Her face split up in a wide grin. ”Tell me about it,” Kyoko said. ”Noticed she's seldom here during lunch?” she added.
None of them needed to explain who 'they' or 'she' was.
”Uhum,” Yukio said and got in a hurry to swallow his mouthful. ”Why's that?”
Kyoko bit off half a sausage and chewed on it before answering. ”She's marking her territory. That's why?”
”Huh?”
”There's hardly a conversation where Kuri doesn't insert boyfriend this or Urufu that.”
Yukio stared at Kyoko. He hadn't thought of that, but then he didn't spend as much time with Kuri as Kyoko did. ”How come?” he asked. ”Honestly, she can't really be afraid of the competition.”
”Yukio, I love how adorable you are!” Kyoko flashed him a grin that made his heart jump. ”But you really don't understand love,” she continued as if their two month long relationship had made her some kind of love expert.