"Umm... Excuse me"

Reminds you of something right (It's the same way Chelsea called Leo first time they met ). 

Man, this is embarrassing, just look at everyone, they are not even noticing me. It feels as if they heard me but just don't give single f**k about me.

*The girls including Chelsea notice Leo staring at them after a while.*

Oh... they noticed me, but whoa! What's with the hate stares, chill out girls I'm not asking for nudes or anything. It feels as if they are saying, 'Get out of here freak' or 'Who the hell are you?' or 'Eww.. you just look like a total creep' or something along those lines.

I just want to kill myself. But I know how to handle these situations, it's not like this is the first time I'm being considered as something lower than vermin.

"Ehh... What do you want??" one of the girls said with a disgusted face.

"Um... the teacher asked me to bring Chelsea to his office." I said in a stoic and a monotone voice... with almost the whole class looking towards me.

"Oh really??" one of the girls advanced towards me with a creepy smile on the face...

"The class teacher." I said with breaking a sweat and a change in my emotion.

"Okay, so you're gonna take her with you??" The girl said with a piercing stare and a wide smile on her face.

The whole class was quiet and the atmosphere became very tensed in no time... All of there eyes were on me, it was as if I was committing a grave sin by abducting the princess.

"I don't really --" 

"I'll go..." Chelsea said out of nowhere.

"Hey Chelsea, don't trust this guy, he like a piece of bad news..." One of the girls told Chelsea without even considering the feeling of the guy who was in front of her whose expressions were unfazed by the stingy words said by the girl. 

"It's okay," Chelsea said with by showing me the sweetest smile I have ever seen in my life... which changed led to a change in my expression just for a moment.

Then quickly Chelsea and I went out of the classroom.

Phew... that was a close call. If Chelsea hadn't reacted quickly I would have have been murdered right if the interrogation had continued any further and then you would have been upset at the 'lack of Leo'. Who am I even kidding here...

Why? You ask. Well, the suspicious stares of those girls were enough to haunt me for a few nights and if I had stayed there any longer I would have been charged for attempted molestation and I'm not even joking.

Now as for other topic.

*Leo takes a deep breath *

Yes, the girl following me. You should be happy right now, I finally listened to you for once. If you didn't figured it out yet, there was no 'teacher calling Chelsea' and it was all a lie and yes I am doing this to help her (*Cheering noises*). So chill with the 'Leo you are a heartless prick.' and all that.

Why help her now you ask? Well, I'm still not at that stage where I can completely ignore what my 'heart' says.

I mean My brain couldn't have cared less for what would happen to that girl but my heart here is the kindest thing on the planet. I am still stuck at this awkward stage where I'm constantly thinking, 'To be or not to be is the question'. Well, I know what Hamlet was going through.

Nevermind that, the next problem I face is... How do tell her about this? I mean let's look at the options I have...

First one would be the 'cool boy'. I just start up tell her why I did it with stars in my eyes and care in my voice, like all those josei manga guys... so what I read josei mangas.

The second one would be the innocent and funny boy, you know the classic 'I thought you were in trouble...' with glitter in their huge teary eyes and after the misunderstanding is over there is the hit your hit and say tee-hee thingy I have to follow up with. 

The third one is the stoic way where I directly tell her why I did it? And then leave her be. I think it's the best way because first of all, I don't have to convince her. Secondly, after observing my rude behaviour she would leave me to be. And finally, the third thing is that she will never bother me again... That's the best way for me as a loner. And it's a risk-free way too.

The fourth one is that I look at her, check how she is behaving and then when the time is right... I will run away as fast as I can and hide somewhere until the break is over.

The fifth one will be leading her to any teacher and introducing her to them and then find the right time and again run the hell out of there and that might be the second-best option among them.

"So, where is the teacher??" the girl said with a stern and almost relentless tone.

"So, I thought you were not feeling well, and the girls weren't giving you a chance to say that so I just lied and thought I might take you to the medical room. " I said immediately as soon as I heard the girl, I did use my stoic voice and managed not to say 'yes mam'. 

It was one of the tensest moment of my life as I stood in front of the girl, I was just a few minutes away from just performing a 'dogeza'. But I was waiting for a response...

"I kinda guessed it... and thanks," Chelsea said the first part in a more understandable way and the last part was a pretty meek and a soft tone which I do think that I heard perfectly.

You don't realise how relieved I am, you are probably laughing your pants off but you don't realise, I was about to wet my pants you know.

"Name??" Chelsea said with a meek voice while trying to avoid her red face as I didn't really get what she was trying to say. 

So I replied with a..."HUH??" with a stoic face.

"Your name??" This time Chelsea said with a more clear and convincing tone while looking straight into my eyes with her deep abnormally magnificent eyes and I was sure that I could avoid the question but as I gazed into them I couldn't stop myself from saying...

"Leo, Leo Moore," I said with a stuttered speech.

"Leo huh?" The girl repeated after me as she had this adorable smile on her face... which made me think that, it was a good thing that I had crazy self-control.

Chelsea quickly straightened up and said...

"So you are not liked in the class??" in a teasing tone with a smirk on her face.

"It's a mutual feeling," I said with a cold tone.

Chelsea suddenly realised my tone of answers and the smirk on her face faded as quickly as she started to change the topic...

"Umm... Any-Anyways like... so umm... like where are we going now??" Chelsea said while she was stuttering and confusing her words.

I noticed her drop in communication skill and I said...

"It's okay I don't mind it, I'm used to it for a long time and I'll drop you to the medical room," I said with a stoic tone again in order to calm her down.

To my surprise, she didn't say a single word and gently nodded and quietly followed me.

"Can I ask you a question??" Chelsea gently said as we were walking to the medical room.

"Yes." I said with my cold and unfazed voice, being actually surprised from as to what she might me ask about... thinking even 'I wouldn't be interested in asking me a question.'

 "How do you, you live through all these hate and like how do you cope through it?" Chelsea said in a humble manner.

I smiled a bit, as I thought out of all the questions she asked this one and at what time too. With changing my tone to more of a friendly and kind one I turned around facing her and said...

"You are the master of your own mind and no one has the right to judge you for that. For the first question"

"the more we value things outside our control, the less control we have on ourselves. For the second question" 

 As soon as Chelsea heard them, her eyes were wide open as if she was looking at some kind of God and she even stopped for a moment as her whole face has this cute shocked expression, which I couldn't avoid neglecting as I was turning around continuing my walk.