Kai was sat at the back of the classroom, able to see the incident without needing to turn around. He hadn't bene listening and had instead had his eyes on the sky outside the window. School held little interest to him, but it was better than being at home.
He heard snickering and turned his head in time to here that orange haired idiot asked to go to the bathroom and then leave at some speed. He'd clearly missed something, and his eyes moved side long to where Risu sat. Her own cheeks were scarlet and her eyes were on the desk.
He felt puzzled and looked for the source of her discomfort.
The teacher was asking for someone else to complete whatever it was they were reading, and then he understood.
That god damn....
Before, Kai wouldn't have given any concern to this sort of thing, but it was clear it was making Risu uncomfortable. He couldn't care less about the others girls, but Risu....
HE raised his hand and the teacher took that as him volunteering to take over.
"Thank you, Mr Humura," said the teacher.
Risu looked somewhat alarmed, but Risu said, "senpai," before looking at the text.
You'll enjoy this, senpai....
"And he stared onto her, eyes alight with passionate glow. "Olivia..." The man breathed, his naked form glistening in the hot desert heat. The woman looked at him with vicious horror and then disgust, slapping him across the face. The man looked puzzled, and then the woman said, "it's Oliver" in a clear male voice."
The rest of the class began to look puzzled and were checking the books for the words. The teacher seemed to know something was wrong, but as Kai was speaking as confidently as if it were the truth, seemed unable to stop him.
"I can't believe you, the man named Oliver said, his voice becoming angry and punching the first in the face."
Just then, the bell peeled and all the students began to stand, the teacher looking somewhat lost.
"Er... well.... thank you," he said, looking to Kai, who was already out the door, Risu just behind him. "Let's stick to the text next time..."
"Why did you do that?" Risu asked as they headed down the corridor toward the girls changing room.
"That man's a pig," said Kai without any feeling, "and I wanted to see what he'd do."
"I can't believe..." she began, but he waved his hand to dismiss her words.
"You need to stop letting people bother you," he said simply. "The man is a sad old man who probably is more into young boys than..."
"Kai!" she said with shock.
He shook his head, they were now at the changing rooms.
"Go get ready, I'll wait on the field."
She smiled, shaking her head which caused her dark hair to become loose.
"You don't have to," she said, before heading into the changing rooms.
He knew full well he didn't have to sit and watch her run, putting up with the boys who hung about to see girls in short-shorts and saying crude things. The last pair of boys who'd commented on Risu within his ear shot had landed in the nurses office.
It wasn't that he liked her, not like that, but he wanted her to be protected. He didn't understand why she liked to run, nor why she insisted on going every time to practice. He didn't like how she talked to other people.
Standing under a tree to protect himself, glared at a pair of girls who were stood talking to her as she and they lined up for the first race. They were stupid. and she didn't need them. And she was getting wet.
The whistle blew, and Risu and the other runners were off.