Asher sat at the classroom designated for detention with Aiden and Louis. Aiden was concentrating on the papers in front of him whilst Asher and Louis ignored them. With a grin on his face, Louis typed away on his phone whereas Asher seemed to be contemplating on something seriously.
After a while, he questioned, “What is a tsundere?”
The word felt very much foreign to his tongue. Recalling how Esther had addressed her with this term, it had been bothering him, and he wanted to know the meaning.
That caught Louis’ attention, and looking towards Asher, he slyly stated, “That actually depends on the context. Where did you hear it?”
Aiden rolled his eyes and provided the explanation: “Tsundere is a word from Country J. It refers to people who are soft within but acts coldly outside.”
Louis glared at Aiden. If it wasn’t for Aiden, he would have gotten an explanation about the scenario Asher heard the word
When she thought she would be taking her last breath, the hold loosened, and Esther’s legs weakened, causing her to slid down the wall. Sitting on the ground, she stared at him with tears glistening in her eyes.Relief spread through her. She didn’t know why he decided to spare her life when the intent was clear in his eyes. Her lips trembled.Asher stared at the marks on her neck and ran his hand through his hair before commenting, “Boring.”Then, turning his back on her, he uttered, “Now, if you are done crying, scram.”At this point, Esther felt exhausted of his extreme hatred, and right now, he obviously wanted to end her breath. This made her bravely question, “Why? Why are you doing this to me?”What was worse that she liked him even after all of this. Then again, from the moment these strong feelings of hers sprung for him, she knew there would be no going back. Asher had that tight of a grip o
Julia stared at her Uncle questioningly as he drank down the contents of the water bottle. She nudged at Louis, and this resulted in the teenager to raise an eyebrow at him. She then indicated with her expression for him to ask Asher on the details. Although Louis didn’t wish to, he could only bite the bullet at Julia’s intense stare and voiced out, “So, what was up earlier? What happened with Esther?” Asher was silent for a second before responding, “My rut is coming up.” “You think that because of your rut, you are having these certain inclinations towards Esther. Aren’t you just trying to convince yourself, Uncle?” Julia teasingly commented. “Have I been going too lenient on you lately, Julia?” He directed a glare at her. This made Julia raise her arms and stated, “I was just saying. But what did you actually do to Esther?” He chose to ignore her question and said, “Julia, your stance earlier left too many openings, and it was unstable. You shouldn’t be having these amateur fa
Amy stepped forward and questioned, “Since when were close to someone like him?”Louis felt offended being addressed in this manner, but one glare from Amy was enough for him to keep his mouth shut. The intimidating aura radiating off of Amy made Louis instantly go to his friends for support.“Today,” Esther softly answered.Luke raised an eyebrow and said, “It took you few hours to be this close to a waste and flirt. How easily beguiled are you, Esther! Makes me worried for you.”Louis was baffled by those accusation and looked at his friends to defend him. Julia shrugged her shoulders and expressed, “I disagree with him usually, but today he ain’t wrong.”Louis flipped his middle finger at him.Esther was upset by the impression they had of Louis. Sure, Louis did come off as a hedonistic and frivolous individual, but that was merely a small part of the large picture. Moreover, Esther th
Esther’s days had been bumpy for a while before they went back to being usual. She didn’t spot Asher much at the school although her ears were full of gossips on him. Apparently, he had beaten up two of school’s teachers the other day.Luke and Julia didn’t approach her either. That was slightly disappointing, but at this point, Esther was used to it. Even her siblings went back to barely acknowledging her presence.Esther felt lonely but not enough to cry over it. After making a purchase at the local bookstore, she was carrying the books home when she heard a soft cry. At that, she looked down to see a bird’s nest.There were three baby birds inside.Esther bent down and grabbed the bird’s nest. Some naughty person must have brought it down. Esther shook her head and decided to place it up, knowing how dangerous it will be for the baby birds.Although Esther wasn’t athletic, she wasn’t particularly b
"The thing is that the photo of the winner will be published online, and now with there being very high chances of me winning— not bragging, simply being honest— I don’t want to have my identity exposed.” “Why?” With Louis’ attention seeking personality, she thought he would want to shout out to the entire world about his achievement. “One, it would ruin my reputation. The entire school, especially the guys, would be laughing at me. And most importantly, my family wouldn’t approve of this. That’s why, it should be a secret.” That sounded reasonable. “But still shouldn’t you be owning up what you do? It’s not that you’re doing anything shameful,” Esther said. He smirked at her. “You saying that Esther when you can hardly talk. You get bullied for it all the time, Esther,” he teased. She scrunched up her nose. “That’s irrelevant,” she commented. “Sure, it is,” he mocked before staring at her with desperati
Esther didn’t expect to hear knocks on the door of her balcony as the dead hours of the night. She had to admit that frightened her. Hugging her blanket, she stared at her balcony and could vaguely see a figure moving behind the curtains.Born with very much little courage, that frightened Esther, and a scream escaped from her lips. Getting down from the bed, she was about to rush out of the room when the familiarity made her stop in her steps.Taking in a deep breath, Esther mustered every bit of bravery inside her as she slowly walked over to the balcony door and, closing her eyes, pulled open the curtain.Then, she slowly lifted her eyelids as her heart beat rapidly inside her chest, and genuinely surprise crossed through her face when she saw Asher standing there.Did he accidentally get the wrong balcony?Nevertheless, understanding how low the temperature can be, she opened the balcony door for him and stared at him in confusion. The wi
In the library, Esther read through the book before her. Seated beside her was Louis. Laying his head on the table, he stared at Esther and invited, “Come over to watch our match with Highlight this weekend. I will save you a VIP seat. This made her shake her head. “I can’t,” she responded regretfully. This made him sit up straight and look at her questioningly. Everyone was eager to watch the basketball games and VIP seats were hard to get yet Esther so bluntly refused without thinking twice. “Why? You dislike basketball?” “Nothing like that,” she answered. “I broke my nose the last time I went to one of these matches. You know how terribly clumsy I can be.” Esther’s self-awareness made Louis sigh. He couldn’t argue against that. During this short period of time he had gotten along with her, he learned how easily she got injured. No wonder she lived so carefully. “That’s a pity. This game was going to be grand, and I wanted yo
Esther was on the verge of tears as she sat on top of the brick wall. Compared to her fear of height, she felt more afraid about the creature down, occasionally barking for her.The fear she had for dogs prompted her to get up on the brick wall. Her position was embarrassing, and that’s why, Esther considered herself lucky that no one passed through the streets here now.“Shoo. Shoo. Go away, good Doggy. Be a good boy please. Or are you a girl? No, that’s irrelevant. Please go away. I don’t have anything delicious with me. See.”Esther carefully waved her hands around.“Woof!” The dog barked loudly, startling her. She was almost about to fall off the brick wall at the sound.“Please spare me,” Esther desperately begged.However, her tear-filled pleads were not conveyed to the dog, and it stared at her with excitement.That’s when, she noticed the figure driving through. That