Chapter 0: My normal life had become abnormal (1/2)

I, An Jun Cheng, am a boring person.

Correction, I am a normal person.

........Alright, I admit it, I'm a boring, normal person.

I don't have autism, not to mention difficulties in conversing, instead, I prefer to chat with people. But, since whenever I talk I'll be a little bit.......direct, as well as having slightly boring conversation points as well, so usually after people talked to me once they wouldn't bother me again afterwards. They probably must think that I'm a rather aloof person.

I think this was probably what they call being unpopular.

However, I also don't want to actively strike up conversations either, and my natural personality was just like that, being in a hopelessly passive state always and someone who won't actively chase anything at all, hence I'm often treated as air and being ignored, resulting in myself being alone in the end.

Also, I even feel that this doesn't matter that much as well.......of course if there are any friends at all it's not a bad thing, but not having any also doesn't seem to be affecting me in any way......should I attribute it to my strong willpower, since I'm that kind of person who would be able to live on even if I'm alone by myself.

That's right, even up to now I feel that it doesn't matter if I'm alone by myself......

And so, please! Please let me stay alone by myself!

”Cheng Jun~ where are youu~ why must you hide from mee?”

The voice resounding from a distance made my entire body shudder in fear.

The tone carried a sense of delight, as innocent as a child's, and she even pronounced my name opposite intentionally.

This voice's belonged to one of my classmate, Ji Lian Bing.

Up until a few days ago we hadn't even had any contact with each other at all.......not even speaking a word to each other before. Although we're classmates from the same class, even if I was just sitting in front of her, being always lonesome by myself, and also someone who doesn't actively befriend other people, hence we couldn't even be considered to know about each other at all.

Of course, I at least do make it a point to remember all of my class's classmate names. But to me who's a rather obscure being, she's like a completely different person from another world, so it's impossible for us to develop any relations at all......

It should be that we wouldn't have any sort of relations at all, right.......

”Cheng Jun~ hurry up and come outt~ I won't do anything to youu~”

Like hell I'll believe you!

Right now I'm hiding at the fourth floor of the science departmental building, at the left male washroom in the second to last cubicle, not even daring to exhale at all.

Occasionally, Ji Lian Bing's shouting voice would float outside. Right now it's 11 pm and the night self-revision session had already been over for nearly two hours. The school's duty teacher had already locked the entrance gates, and right now there was probably only the two of us left in this entire block of building.

That's right, just like what you've already seen, I'm hiding from her right now.

Ji Lian Bing definitely wasn't any sort of ugly female at all, it's the opposite, she's solidly a real bishoujo.

An extremely high quality high school girl, she's a school flower standard of bishoujo, an idol-like presence within the academy.

She's that kind of third-year high schooler, the type who would receive a love confession every week.

A pity was that even up to now, the number of times she had been confessed to was the number of times she had rejected those people, which also means......there's no one who could get close to her yet. Even though she looked easily approachable, there's no one who could step any closer........Ji Lian Bing seemed to be the kind who's easy to make friends with, but she was extremely difficult to apprach if it was to develop into a couple's relationship.

And this sort of girl is 'chasing after' me, I would be delightfully accepting it in the first place........if it was the past me........

It's a pity that I couldn't accept her at all........yes, I won't ever be able to accept her in my entire lifetime.

No, don't get me wrong, it's not because I have gynophobia. And even more, it's not because I like men, it's because........Ji Lian Bing's not a normal person.

You didn't hear that wrong, she's not a normal person!

”Cheng Jun~ you're in here, right? I can already smell your 'scent', mm?”

Hearing that voice, my entire body shivered.

As the voice got closer and closer, I used one hand to cover my mouth, while the other clutched onto my heart area, trying my best to suppress the sounds of my breathing and my heartbeat, extremely terrified that she would discover that I'm hiding over here.

Ke-dang! The toilet's first cubicle doors had been forced opened, as my heart violently contracted momentarily.

I can't be discovered.........please don't be discovered!

”I, found, you, already.”

The voice was very close, she's just outside!

”......!!!”

Ka-chah, ka-chah ka-chah, ka-chah ka-chah ka-chah ka-chah ka-chah ka-chah ka-chah........Pang.

The lock had been broken, what's the matter with her! This wasn't the strength that a female high schooler should have, right! Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit! If I'm discovered, I'll definitely be killed by her! From the very beginning, we're on completely different levels! If you were to use animals to compare us, she's like a snake, and I'm like a little mouse that's being preyed upon by her!

Jiiii yaaaaa............

When the door was being opened, I hid behind the door, tightly sticking my body onto the wall, trying my absolute best to hide my body while holding my heart, I prayed that I'm just a mouse.......a frightened trembling mouse........an obscure unnoticed mouse.........

”Ara? He's actually not here..........”

Quickly go! I'm begging you to quickly go already!

One second, two seconds, three seconds..........ten seconds later, the footsteps finally rang out once again, she........finally left?

But I still dared not to breath out forcefully, and dared not to make any sort of noise at all.

A few minutes later, blank silence enveloped the surroundings. There shouldn't be any problems right now.

But I still mustn't drop my guard, if she still hasn't gone far, she'll definitely turn back if she hears my footsteps!

I must gently...........gently walk in stealthy steps..........I've only just walked into the entrance of the washroom, and I was already getting pounced on!

”Uwaah!”

So she hadn't left after all. She only hid into the first cubicle of the toilet! And the footsteps from earlier were only a trick purposely made by her to fool me!

”You're too careless~, Cheng Jun, did you actually think that I had really left? Hehee. In fact, I already knew that Cheng Jun was hiding in the third cubicle~, but I wanted to give you a surprise, so I acted like I couldn't find you at alll~~”

What kind of surprise was that? It only consisted of a jumpscare and no part of it was delightful at all!

”Umm, my name is An Jun Cheng, can you not pronounce my name in reverse already?”

”Ara, I just love this point about Cheng Jun~ Even though you know what's going to happen next, you're still so calm~......huhu, I've really liked you more and more alreadyy, alright? Cheng Jun~”

Ah, that was just me acting it out, I'm really apologetic about that.

I'm really sorry, I acted to be so calm, but in reality my inner heart was already panicking to the point of almost dying.

It's not that I purposely wanted to act calm, but my personality had always been like that. Because of my family's circumstances, I've always percieved death rather lightly since I was young. Since people will eventually die one day, wouldn't it still be death no matter when it happens? Many people have always talked like this, but those who could really accept death are very little among those few, and I belong to those very few persons.