NOVEL WEB Chapter 5: Chap 5
"Oh, a peach for me?" I was immediately startled out of nowhere by the bright color of Satoru's voice, who suddenly stood behind me and snatched the piece of fruit from my hand over my shoulder, "that wasn't necessary."
"Oh my God!" I sucked in my breath sharply and turned to him in a flash, "Holy Mother Mary, fucking Joseph and whoever else belongs here! Can't you please make yourself known in some other way first?", I snapped angrily and pressed my hand against his chest, which was covered by his beige T-shirt.
What a bad time!
Couldn't he have come ten minutes, a few trains of thought and a normal heartbeat later? I was already aware that the academy would most likely not be frequented by curse spirits, but if I was still mentally attached to those bastards, it wasn't funny, as the gentleman in front of me seemed to think, who had just started laughing at me from the bottom of his throat.
"Why should I? So that I'm denied the sight of my terrified pupil?", and he took a hearty bite of his stolen piece of fruit.
"No, well, yes, too! But mainly so that I don't have to suffer a heart attack here!" I reprimanded him, glaring over his sunglasses into his bright blue eyes before I started laughing myself and took my hand away from him again, "you must know better than anyone that I'm totally terrified."
Please don't ask anyone how many times this ninja in the making had already scared me at night when I had to go to the bathroom again. Just knowing that I had to be quiet so that I didn't wake the other sleepers... I almost always turned out the lights so as not to disturb anyone's sleep and crept silently across the corridor to meet Satoru of all people, who, as so often, came home at night or was still in the kitchen or in the bathroom himself.
Even his snow-white hair didn't help when he was otherwise dressed in dark clothes. On the contrary, it only made things worse, especially when he wore his black blindfold. Ever since I'd been dealing with curses, even my frightfulness had become frightened.
"Shall I trample next time?" he teased me theatrically, letting the rest of the peach wander into his mouth, "but yes, that's right! You really are the only one I know who is extremely scared."
"Ha. Ha," I said sarcastically, putting my hand on my hip, "but I'm happy to accept your suggestion. And don't forget to toot your horn."
We both laughed in amusement. My mental movie, which I had available in Ultra HD and 4K, immediately started the mini-movie of Satoru stomping and trumpeting like an elephant through the corridor. Not to forget that he shouted: 'Ma-ayuu, I'm coming! Don't scare yourself!
"That way," I gasped with a laugh, "I wouldn't be scared when you came."
"And even then, he'd still manage," Megumi, who had just joined us in the kitchen, intervened with a grin, making Satoru laugh again.
I stopped immediately and looked over at the black-haired man in horror.
"Seriously?" I made sure and reviewed his words.
Had he really just stabbed me in the back?
"Seriously," he replied briefly as he scratched his head and I noticed that he probably wouldn't have been out on any missions today with his casual style of dress, "you're one of the scariest people we've come across."
"My words," Satoru agreed and helped himself to my snack again.
That was mean!
"Ey!", I protested miserably, "I know I'm jumpy, but then so exaggerated?"
"Oh yes!", the two gentlemen in front of me agreed in sync and simultaneously cast their glances at me, while I eyed them both suspiciously.
Shit... One to zero for Megumi and Satoru, if I may say so myself.
"How can you not be afraid of curses like that?" I tried again.
"If it were only the curses for you," Megumi smiled at me and also snatched a piece of my sliced fruit, "it's enough for someone to quietly wander around near you and you get scared."
In my mind, I hurriedly went through the few missions I'd already been on with him and was horrified to realize that there hadn't been a single one where I hadn't been scared. In my defense, I was also allowed to mention that the overall situation had never been kind to me either. Not to mention Megumi.