25 Exposed (1/2)

”Hey, you wanna get some bread from the cafeteria?”

~Yawwwn~

Li Ming wiped the drool off his face as he heard the lunch bell ring. His muscles sore from the morning of exercise and sparring with the old man had worn him out.

”Hello? Anyone in there?”

”Hey stop it, I'm sooo tired” Li Ming complained, ”You don't need to flick me, I'm up already.”

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”Well I sure hope you're awake, I'm starvin'. Let's go~!”

Li Ming groaned as he dragged his aching body off his seat to follow his friend Ken to get lunch.

”This is a first,” Ken mused, ”I've never seen you sleeping in class before...”

Li Ming was surprised too. ”Yeah, I worked out for the first time in a while this morning, but I guess I'm just that out of shape.”

”Ehhh... That's not good,” Ken pretended to be concerned, ”Just a little bit of light jogging on the way to school tired you out that much?”

”Pffft, what do you mean light jogging?” Li Ming retorted, but before he could finish,

”Guess who~?” A pair of hands covered Ken's eyes as a squeaky voice rang out.

”Ah! Kaori! I told you not to do that!” Ken stammered as he struggled to maintain balance from Kaori's sudden attack.

”Tch.” Li Ming shot the annoying lovebirds a glare, ”Flirting out in open daylight already, huh...”

”It's not like that, bro, we're just messing around!” Ken retorted.

”Ehh..?” Kaori pouted with puppy eyes, ”you mean that you're just messing around with me?”

”Wha-” Ken was taken aback, ”No, Kaori look I can explain”

”Yeah, yeah, whatever mister playboy” Li Ming continued walking, ”I'll catch you later I guess.”

”Hey! Don't leave me behind! I'm coming too!” Ken tried to chase after Li Ming.

”Eh? You sure you don't want my handmade bento?” Kaori teased Ken.

Wanting to avoid any more of the stereotypical rom-com situation, Li Ming marched straight to the cafeteria without looking back.

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Li Ming scanned the cafeteria looking for a place to sit as he struggled to carry his tray of Mapo Tofu and rice with his sore arms.

”Hey you!”

Li Ming was shoulder was suddenly grabbed.

”Eh?”

”Nee-Sama would like to speak with you!” a delinquent looking guy growled as he got closer to Li Ming to observe him closer. ”You best not be startin' sh*t, or I gonna beat you up”

Still in shock, Li Ming followed his rude guide to see this 'Nee-Sama' that wanted to speak with him, with his arms sore, still carrying the Mapo tofu.

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*Rattle* *Rattle*

The door to the campus Kendo Club's Dojo rattled open as Li Ming was roughly escorted inside.

”I knew it! It is you!” a girl called out happily as soon as she saw him.

”Eh?” Li Ming and the delinquent were both surprised to hear.

”You're the boy who was at my grandpa's place this morning, huh!” she insisted.

Unsure how to answer to her, Li Ming gave a slight affirmative nod while staring at the girl. Could she be the one who opened the door for him this morning? But that was clearly impossible. The sleepy girl he saw this morning was clearly not the definition of a 'Gal girl', or a 'Gyaru'. However, the girl in front of him was the stereotypical Gyaru (within the school rules, of course). Just by looking up images of Gyarus on Go*gle, you would clearly find images of women looking similar to her.