My Bothersome Life

New School

I gave the angel one final glance with thanks as I packed my bag to go home as I alternated few plans in my head to convince my new parents my departure from the special class.

However, the angel instantly stopped smiling as he stared at me coldly like ice that could not be melted.

I immediately felt the pressure in the air drop as I froze from his unexpected change in his attitude. The caring warm gaze was replaced with a face void of all expressions.

When I started to walk out of the classroom, I was stopped by a person who suddenly tightly grabbed onto my wrist.

"Where are you going?" Luke icily asked me with the same expression when he heard my plead.

"Home," I replied as the angel started to morph into a beautiful unfeeling statue.

I was startled by his sudden change in his demeanor as I was able to find out the reason why most students admired him from afar.

I mustered a bit of pity for him as he scared away all his admirers with his cool wind of an unapproachable aura with his elegant features when he erased most of his emotions.

"Did you forget that you promised me last year that we would have five-hour study sessions after school is over?" Luke did not let go of my wrist.

I instantly derived that my previous self was not the type to study. There was a clear reason how Luke was able to get into the S-class with such a partner. However, I was going to rely on the same impression as I definitely did not plan to change a single thing.

I was immediately pushed into a room in an anciently decorated library overfilled with endless shelves of books.

I felt like I was in a state-of-the-art government facility where everything was wonderfully advanced with knowledge and created through the calculated use of space.

The former angel turned the dial before entering the small room with a large desk, few chairs and a white board inside the room.

It was a small room that greatly resembled the special classroom I was previously tortured in earlier.

I observed the dial closely to see that there were little ticks and numbers to indicate the time in terms of hours.

"What is this?" I was forgetting my initial purpose to escape the school.

"A dial where you can adjust speed of time within the rooms by using the space-time magic." Luke responded while he pulled some blank notebooks out.

I confusedly stared at Luke for the reason why he took out all the workbooks from class. There were also the laptops with the folders full of notes provided from the school that littered the homepage.

I sat there silently in bewilderment as Luke drilled in everything that we learned in class today. This was a Spartan method that I was familiar with from the numerous cram schools I went to.

Unexpectedly, Luke questioned me on some of the materials which I perfectly answered to check if I was paying attention.

Luke seemed pleased after he finished rambling about the contents of the lectures. I strained through the remaining energy within my body as I unconsciously used every last bit of my past life's memory to get through the classes and Luke's study sessions.

I wondered why Luke appeared to be desperate to stay in the special class as his face beamed with a sense of accomplishment.

'Why did does this child seem so motivated?' I forgot about going home.

When my stomach repeatedly complained due to my high-energy consumption, I remembered that I planned to arrive as soon as possible to convince my parents to break off this partnership.

"Can I go home now?" I asked reluctantly as I started to pack my belongings into my bag again. 

Before Luke could reply, I ran outside the building to find my mother's car.

I was briefly surprised that my mother's car arrived as I ran out, but was too interested in escaping the hell-like building as soon as possible.

This was why I did not get out of my mother's car the next day when I failed to convince her to break off the partnership.

I had no chance to mention the topic as my mother appeared to be extremely busy while she was occupied with the piled-up house chores.

However, I was eventually kicked out of the car as my mother had to get to work to get there in time for her shift.

I walked carefully inside the spacious hallways as I tried to avoid Luke at all costs. I didn't want to face the not-so-angelic child who had great ambitions in his education.

I was determined to be not deceived by the chibi ikemen in this world anymore as I cautiously probed through the crowd of young children near the notice board close to the entrance of the special classroom.

An large announcement was posted on the board as it read: 'Exams for accumulating points are conducted one week from today'

I calmly sat in my seat as I pretended to know nothing about the announcement. I tried hard not to frown when the serious toddler next to me was reviewing his notes taken from yesterday.

'Right. He sat right next to me,' I attempted to stop studying his unrealistic gorgeous face.

I wished he would look up as I desired to get a better view of his face. I had neglected his investment he put towards me yesterday as he strived to stay in the special class while he collected points using any means possible.

I struggled to resist examining at the rest of my new surroundings as it was getting harder to pretend like I was paying attention to class.

Once I figured out the trick of using the corners of my eyes to observe the particular objects that were nonexistent in my former life, it wasn't that hard to patiently wait for ten hours before the break came.

When the bell resonated throughout the great spaces of the school, I was unable to defy my instincts in exploring the rest of the school campus.

I similarly ran outside the classroom like all the other children who ran outside to begin playing with their friends.

I followed the crowd of toddlers who sprinted towards a vast courtyard that spanned endlessly in the perspective of my tiny physique.

I drifted my hand in the soft grassy field that could replace a bed with its warmness heated from the natural sunlight.

The indulgent flowers that sparkled with oozing colours of the shades of mystical blues alleviated the spiky feeling of the pokey individual strands of grass.

It was a beautiful place where I could imagine sleeping in. I closed my eyes in peace as I laid down on the comforting ground as the flowers and grass enveloped me inside.

It was hard to believe that I was in the same miserable classroom when I opened my eyes. I pinched myself to find that there were no signs of the pleasant wind calming my mood nor the enjoyable rustling sounds of the grass and high-pitched laughter from the children.

When I faced the back of the room, I discovered that there was still five minutes until break ended. I was certain that I was bathing under the warm sun in the courtyard when I briefly closed my eyes to relax.

I sadly wondered who silently moved my unconscious body onto a stiff hollow chair. Unfortunately, I discovered my answer when I read a white sheet of lined paper on top of my desk.

The writing was very neat and concise. There was a chocolate bar wrapped in exquisite gold wrapping paper to relieve the hints of threats contained inside the letter.

My head started to throb with annoyance when I read the twisted letter from the cute little boy who sat next to me.

'I found you in the courtyard today. I had expected more from you as my partner, but I was disappointed when Slivest found you sleeping in the courtyard. I gave you a chocolate bar to keep you awake for the next seventeen hours while I arrange another study session. Luke.'

It was hard to focus on the lecture when class eventually started as my head was filled with thoughts to get away from the unsettling inhumane-like creature who sat beside me.

I aimed for a peaceful and relaxing life in this world. It was obvious that my childhood would be robbed the more I stayed with the adult-like child who determined to drag me along with him.

I determined to run away and leave the school grounds once all the classes ended as I rushed towards to large doors at the other side of the school. However, I forgot to consider that my weak physique was no match for an energetic young toddler who quickly caught up with me.

"Why?" He questioned me before dragging my unwilling self into the familiar study room I was pushed into yesterday.

I didn't dare to take another glance at his handsome face as I knew I wouldn't be able to win against him while I admired his inhumane picturesque appearance.

My stomach grumbled loudly as I only had a mere chocolate bar for lunch while I thought of ripping the letter into shreds.

"I need to eat," I pleaded to him as the rumbling noises from my stomach filled the room.

Luke passed me another small luxurious chocolate bar that I gracefully accepted with both of my hands.

Although, the heartless child was getting scarier the longer I interacted with him, his chocolate bars tasted like the most rich and divine dessert that I have ever tasted in my whole existence.

I quickly gobbled up the chocolate as I pulled on his nicely ironed shirt for some more.

The celestial being passed me more of his heavenly dessert as I consumed each bar at a aggressively fast speed.

I couldn't stop eating until I faced a table full of littered shining gold wrapping paper as he had completely emptied his bag full of my rations.

"Are you ready now?" The celestial being warmly smiled like you could never guess what he was scheming.

I nodded my head as I immersed myself in the world of lavish desserts as he immediately began his study session.

I didn't even notice that he increased the study session for one hour more than yesterday as he passed me the most scrumptious strawberry pudding once he ran out of chocolate bars.

When he walked with me to my mother's car, I was still in the world of the most amazing desserts while I was accompanied by an angelic child.

It wasn't hard to answer his striking questions while I focused most of my attention on the luxurious desserts that filled his bag.

I made use of my abundant knowledge from studying the SATs as Luke rewarded me with a variety of more posh desserts for every correct answer.

I helplessly smiled as if I was in my own delusional world full of delicious sweets as the same cycle repeated for the entire week until the day of the exam.

On the day of the exam, my eyes widened from the stock of the easy questions that stared back at me.

I finished the first booklet like it was natural to breath. The questions that the celestial being had asked me with his dazzling smile was harder to answer than the questions that mocked me to solve them.

The other nine exam booklets were the same as I resolved myself to get this huge pain quickly over with.

When I closed all my exam booklets, the whole package faintly glowed in hues of baby blue. I widened my eyes with surprise when I found a script of text that was not previously there which held all the booklets together.

[Mark: 100%; Points Given: 10,000; Please go to the classroom to the right of the one you are in]

The two guards that normally protected the gates from visitors that were not expected to come escorted me into a new classroom that resembled the same one I was in before.

There was no difference between the rooms for the exception that there were a fewer number of desks and that there was a strange hut in the middle of the room.

The hut was made of patterned red and white stripes. I found the celestial boy inside the hut that would not be out of place in carnivals or festivals when I hesitatingly went inside with the guards blocking the exit of the classroom.

"Congratulations! With the accumulated points of 25 000, you have unlocked the SA class. From tomorrow and onwards please go to the entrance of this new building with this map!" The speakers that was attached the ceiling of the hut announced.

I blinked as a bright light made me jump with surprise as a loud click was heard with my ears.

'Were they taking our picture?' I thought as this overwhelming scene rolled out in front of me.

I was unable to look away from Luke's magnificently happy smile as he was unable to keep his excitement bottled up.

"This is the highest-level class for this grade!" Luke clasped onto my hands and started thanking me.

'What was he talking about?' I didn't listen to the announcement made from the speakers. Luke had regained his childish features as his face was full of various expressions that resembled large unsettling ocean waves that clashed each other with conflicting emotions.

I smiled as I joined into the light happy atmosphere of the room while my familiar teachers who went in and out of the classroom I was imprisoned in had started to congratulate me.

I ignored my weird suspicions and instincts as I knew how hard Luke worked in the special class to be favoured by the teachers at school.

However, it was strange that the teachers were congratulating him for being in the highest-level class just for a good mark.

It wasn't like the exams were part of a competition. We didn't win an award or place in nationals from this one exam.

I repeated the scene to my mother the next day in the morning as I asked her what I missed out on that scene. I was clearly the only one who didn't have an idea on what was happening as my mother appeared to be both happy and sad at the same time.

"I'm going to miss you Rika, but it's great that you managed to achieve what both your mother and father couldn't have done!" My mother whispered with tears streaming down her cheeks.

My mother's youthful face looked lovely even with her tears as she tried to encourage me.

I wondered why my mother acted like we were not going to see other for a long time when we were going to see each other after school. I had an uneasy feeling that kept on piling up in my chest while my mother drove to an unfamiliar school building.

The commute spanned for hours as my anxiety increased. The scenery outside my window changed multiple times as I swung my short legs inside the car.

I observed a landscape full of white snow from a field of blooming flowers facing the warm sunlight. I shivered as the air strangely felt colder and colder while the scenery resembled the depths of winter rather the fresh summery breeze I was used to during the last couple of days.

"Where are we going mother?" I asked my mother with a slight hint of fear.

My mother didn't answer me as she continued to drive until we arrived at a large estate that was bigger than my school building that I still got intimidated from.

I ignored the slight pangs of pain drifting into my heart as a slight crying sound coming from the front was being desperately stifled after my innocent question.

When I noticed a smaller but extraordinary extravagant building that was labelled as 'dormitory' beside the huge estate, I had discovered the reason for my mother's silence.

My mother had tried to prevent herself from crying when she was giving me up to live in the dormitory of this new estate. I had a hunch that I would be living here for the next few years of my life from the sullen atmosphere inside the car.

My mother did not want to give me up but she was abandoning me into a large rich facility for reasons that I could not come up with. My mind was starting to blank out as I mindlessly was carried by my mother who left me on the steps of the entrance of the unfamiliar cold building.

When I was able to regain a sense of my surroundings after a nulling my feelings of sad abandonment, I was shocked to face the same celestial angel who grinned while he walked up the stairs.

We appeared to be the exact opposite of each other as I was definitely miserable to be separated from my new parents while another celebrated his entry with a stunning embracing smile.

I tried to distract myself with the heavenly appearance of a doll-like boy who focused his attention on a tall figure who came out of the entrance of the daunting building to greet us.

He appeared to be a prince with his nice clean white suit that was able to come into comparison with God's heavenly clothing. The adult had gentle albino-like features with his nicely arranged pale blond hair and charming cherished hazelnut eyes that mirrored into my eyes.

He generously smiled while he introduced himself, "We don't usually get transfer students, so the current students will be excited to hear about you! I'm Christopher De Welmington and I will guide you around the school."

I hesitantly took his hand as I realized I was in a school.

I didn't feel abandoned anymore as I thought my mother was giving me up to another family with her intense conflicting emotions. It turned out to be that she would sad about leaving me alone in this new school!

Luke and I confidentially entered the new school while I had no idea that this would the start of a new hell-like world or maybe the so-called end of the world.

I had no way of knowing that this was a more hell-like place than my last school in ways in which no one could have anticipated could be even humanly possible. I cursed the stupid god who placed me in this situation endless times in the future as I innocently entered hell like an innocent naïve lamb who knew nothing.