15 Selfish Robo (1/2)

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Meanwhile at the Kouzuki Corporation's headquarters.

”..er … Mei!” Kyouko called out to her dazed assistant after just entering her office.

”Huh? Kyouko? What are you doing here?” Still a bit out of it she tilted her head and asked.

”This is unusual even for you. You're usually on guard at all times here in the company”

”Yeah… that's why I'm in your office I guess” Mei sighed and looked out the window.

”You guess? What's wrong with you? Are you sick?” Kyouko put a palm on her forehead and felt Mei's temperature.

”No… I just feel a little weak for some reason”

”Weak? Oh! It must be 'that' time of—”

”Hell no!” she snapped back before her boss could finish her sentence. ”I don't know what's wrong, but I feel a little off. Anyway, why are you here so late?” she changed the topic.

”What are you talking about? Today is my Kazuya's first day at Sacred Forest Academy so I drove him there”

”I see… wait a minute… That's it!” Mei smiled after coming to a realization.

”What are you talking about?” Kyouko felt that she would regret asking but she did anyway.

”I know why I'm feeling a little off! It's energy!”

”Did you not eat breakfast?”

”I'm talking about my Kazu energy! I haven't seen or hugged him since I had dinner at your place last Friday. I need my Kazu to feel whole again!”

”…” Kyouko ignored her and sat on her chair.

”Why didn't I realize this before? What about my poor Kazu… I bet he misses his big sis like crazy. Forgive your big sis Kazu, she's been working as fast as she could so that she'll be able to live with you. I should go to him now so he doesn't have to be sad” Kyouko's face turned grim after listening to Mei's ramblings. She's been getting worse and worse ever since Kazuya called her his big sis.

”Stop right there!” she shouted. ”I won't allow you to ruin his first day at school” Kyouko moved towards the door and prevented her crazy assistant from leaving. She was afraid that she might actually do it.

”But I need to recharge on my Kazu energy!” Mei pouted.

”Shut up. I'll fire you if you dare go to him. How are your moving preparations?” Kyouko quickly decided to change the subject before this assistant of hers got any more ideas.

”I've finished settling things with my landlady. She was nice enough not to demand extra charges since it was a sudden decision”

”Well you have been staying there for a while. What about packing? I've been to your place and…” Kyouko's voice trailed off. They both knew that she meant the questionable state Mei's apartment normally was.

”Don't say it! I know…” She was ashamed of her own room but never really did anything about it because she lived alone. ”I've already bought boxes and stuff I need for packing. I've given away all the stuff I won't be bringing along but doing that already took up most of my weekend” Mei sighed.

”How much time do you have till you move out?”

”I still have until the end of the week”

”Just tell me if you need a few days off. Kazuya helped me a bit yesterday so I ended up getting a lot of work done. Plus, he even showed me how to do it much faster. My Kazuya worries and cares a lot about his mother after all” Kyouko gave a triumphant smile.

”Don't brag! Uuuu…” her shoulders slumped. ”I miss my Kazu… Are you going to pick him up later?”

”Unfortunately for you, No. He said he's going to join the Kendo club and since he was interested, I introduced him to grandpa Jirou. He'll be going to their dojo after school so I don't have to leave you here to pick him up”

”Why is he going through all the trouble?”

”He's interested in Kazuya's skills after we went to visit during the weekend. Kazuya is just hitching a ride since grandpa Jirou has a relative he usually picks up from the academy”

”I wonder how my Kazu's first day is going…” She felt weird, it was true that she did feel a little off but after hearing about Kazuya, a thought that her weird feeling only started after being apart from him for a few days. ”Wait! Is Shoroyuki-san's relative a girl?” Kyouko didn't feel like answering this question and acted like she didn't hear a thing and continued doing her work.

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Back at Sacred Forest Academy Class 2-B;

”Alright that would be enough questions for now. You can get to know your new classmate during break times” Miyamoto stopped all the incoming questions after Kazuya finished answering a few.

Kazuya stood in front of his new classmates and answered all their question while dodging the gaze of the girl who couldn't even ask him one. Classrooms in the academy were mostly made up of raked classrooms with curved desks so him failing to notice her was understandable.

”(it's a good thing that she still doesn't choose to speak at this point)” he felt a little relief.

”Alright then Kouzuki-kun. you may pick one of the empty seats and claim it as your own” these were the words he had been waiting for since he had taken note of all the empty seats as soon as he entered.

Kazuya picked a seat in the 3rd row near the wall on the left side. It was unoccupied and had a quiet seatmate who were one of the people didn't pester him with questions. He walked towards it but before he could sit, his path was blocked by none other than the ponytailed girl who he had been ignoring all this time. She used her hand and immediately reached towards him.

”!!” Kazuya recalled when they first met and instinctively moved his hand to block her attempt to grab his collar.

But to his surprise, she grabbed the other hand that held his bag and immediately pulled him farther up the classroom. He was still flabbergasted at his failure to defend against this robot girl. He silently watched the long grey ponytail swing back left and right as he got pulled by her. Tomoyo then stopped and seated him in the seat she had been occupying before. She sat down the one beside it.

”(This boy truly is intriguing)” Miyamoto was amused and silently watched on as the girl who had never shown interest in anything force the transfer student into sitting beside her.

Kazuya of course was displeased by this sudden development and cursed himself before standing up to move towards another seat only to be stopped by the determined expression of Tomoyo. He really didn't want to force his way around her so he opted to go for the peaceful route and turned towards their homeroom teacher.

”Sensei, you said I could freely choose my seat correct?”

”That is correct but since you and Shiroyuki-san are going to be teammates in the kendo club, I am in favor of her decision this time. The two of you should get along for the team's sake. I'll be starting class now so both of you please take your seats'” he didn't think it would come so soon but this was a lesson that he may need to learn.