Chapter 24: Barbara Gains Weight (2/2)
”Haha, good!” Maisa laughed and gave Barbara a thumbs-up. She may not like the fact that she's close to Amon, but she admits that Barbara is brave and has personality. Especially not being intimidated by Amon's cold smile yesterday and even getting excited by what she saw.
Barbara smiled frankly and continued to walk with them.
In the hallway of the third year of high school, Julia entered room 302, and Amon, Barbara, and Maisa entered room 303.
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Barbara wasn't the type to be easily crestfallen, and even though she gained 5 kilos, she still emitted the same confidence as ever. Her problem was never lack of trust, but rather problems with her mother that are somehow solving themselves after she met Amon and decided to ask her mother for help.
By the time the bell rang to go home, Amon was about to leave with Maisa when Barbara said, ”Can I go with you?”
Amon looked at Maisa, since he was asked to go out with the twin sisters, it would be wrong for him to accept since he was not the host.
”We're going to karaoke if you want to tag along,” Maisa said trying to act indifferent, but her pretty dimples deepened, revealing a slight blush.
Barbara smiled softly and said, ”Thank you. I accept.”
”You don't have to go if you don't want to,” Maisa said.
”Mm, but I want to go.” Barbara insisted.
”Oh well. Let's go then.” Maisa gave up.
After leaving the classroom, Julia was already waiting for them. Seeing Barbara beside them, she didn't comment; As much as she wants to be indifferent to Barbara and not help her get closer to Amon, she had a soft heart and ended up giving in mainly because Barbara gained weight. Not that she judges fatter people, but as a woman, she understands how difficult it is to be looked at differently after gaining weight; she's been through it herself, and the worst thing is not the boys most of the time, but the girls.
The danger of being pretty and being a little out of the ordinary is that other girls are happy with your unhappiness; they might want to see you happy, but never more than they are.
That was the reality, you might be good, but not better than me. You may be rich, but no richer than me. A dilemma that almost all neighbors go through; even if the neighbor barbecues, the other neighbor will want to do something even bigger, even kill a pig if necessary, just to 'prove' that they're better.
After they left the school area, they didn't take the same path but took the left towards Shopping area Z.
”Barbara, is it really you?”
Coming towards them are delinquent-style girls, much like Barbara, but even worse, with heavy makeup and quite thin figures.
”We haven't seen you anymore, so it's because you've been eating too much and been embarrassed? Haha, this is hilarious~” One of the girls laughed out loud. She was tall, 176 cm, and wore high heels with a short outfit, showing off a lot of her tanned skin.
”Jennifer. If you don't want to be toasted, keep your mouth shut!” Blue flames appeared in Barbara's hand; she was bold enough to attack and the girl named Jeniffer didn't doubt it, so much so that she almost fell on her butt on the ground when she took a few steps back.
”I, I was kidding, don't take me seriously, okay?” Jeniffer looked fearfully at the other two girls and they nodded in response.
”Good! It's good that you understand, and no, I'm not ashamed to show up in front of you and no, I'm not going to sit around wasting time all day anymore; I decided to make an effort and that's what I'm going to do.” Barbara said with a serious and confident look. She didn't do it for Amon, but for herself, she now wanted to change, to be different from before, and restore the bond she had with her mother.
”Oh... W-Well, good luck?” The girls left with fear and sweat running down their faces, smearing their heavy makeup.
”I hate to admit it, but I like your character; it has to be like that, don't let anyone step on you!” Maísa said wildly, showing her cute little fangs that were not capable of intimidating even a little child, but rather, make whoever saw her like that adore her without end.
”You did well~” If they became a problem for them, Julia would help, she also didn't like the way those three girls were looking at Barbara.
Amon from start to finish was silent, it was something he did not understand, but 'knew' how to react. His grandfather once said, 'If a fight between women breaks out, don't get involved unless necessary.'
Following his grandfather's words to him, Amon didn't intrude but stood as a spectator waiting for if they needed his help.
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