Chapter 116: Tired of Being the Damsel in Distress
"What do you an learn martial arts?" Makoto chuckled as he looked at Night, but Night was only looking at .
"Do you understand what you’re saying?" His tone was strict and I know that what I said isn’t sothing I should joke about. "Learning the way of yakuza’s martial arts isn’t easy, you first must learn that." Night said which caused
to nod.
Night sighed. "Everyone, leave us for a mont, except for Kenji." He announced, making all the people inside the dojo get out even Shiho and Himari. And when the three of us were the only ones left inside the dojo, Night sat on the floor and tapped the ground in front of him.
I sat in front of him just like how he wanted.
"First, was what you said your sincere feelings?" He asked and I nodded. "Why? Why would you want to learn martial arts?"
I looked at my fingers and started fiddling with them subconsciously due to anxiousness. "I don’t want to be a burden. I want to be able to protect myself and not rely on you or Kenji or even Kaoru that much."
"Kaoru’s with you for you to rely on him. It is his purpose. So do Kenji and ." Night said as he patted my head. "It’s completely fine for you to rely on us. That’s what the oyabun told us, right?"
I know that already... I know but... "I still want to be of help, and this is for myself."
Night pushed his hair back and I can feel how frustrated he is with how I’m acting.
"Was I being useless to you?"
My eyes went wide after hearing that. "N-No! Of course not!" I accidentally raised my voice due to surprise.
How could he even say sothing like that? I’m the useless one here that needs protection and I can’t even protect myself.
"I just... I feel like I’m always being saved by you guys. Sotis, I want to save myself too and I can’t even do that."
What am I even saying?
’All I want is to stop being the damsel in distress and beco soone that could save myself. That way, I could help Night and the others too.’
"Learning our martial arts wouldn’t be easy."
"I know that already."
"And I will be the one training you."
"I know you don’t want
to learn— what?" I looked at Night with wide eyes. Did I hear him right?
Night raised an eyebrow. "What? Who else will teach you except for ?"
I blinked lots of tis. "W-Would that be fine? Aren’t you too busy to teach ?"
Night sighed. "Kenji doesn’t know how to teach soone."
"What do you an? I think I’m far better than the young master when it cos to teaching soone." Kenji quickly retorted with his arms crossed.
Night ignored that. "Kaoru can’t control his strength." He sighed again. "Asahi wouldn’t let you learn martial arts if you ask him, that’s why I’m the only option for you left. But..."
"But...?"
His eyes turned serious as he looked at . "I’m strict." I gulped after hearing how his gentle tone changed.
’I already know how perfectionist Night is, but I hope he won’t call
stupid like before. It really scares
whenever he raises his voice at .’ I thought as I nodded.
"You’re already training in the swimming club, so we’ll do this training two tis a week only." He added. How will I learn if I only train for such a short ti? "I’ll be helping you whenever you don’t get anything." Night said.
The question is... would I get anything? I’m a slow learner after all.
"For now, do you want to learn the basics?"
"I-Imdiately?" Night nodded as he started stretching. "B-But I don’t have the uniform yet."
Night looked at Kenji and he imdiately went out of the dojo, when he ca back, he already brought a new uniform. "This size will fit the lady," Kenji said and gave it to .
Are they serious right now? I’ll be doing it today?
"What are you waiting for?" Night asked so I quickly accepted the uniform and went to the bathroom to change.
When I ca back, Night was already waiting for
and his aura changed. ’H-He’s so serious about this.’
I thought but I realized that this is to help , I need to be serious too.
I’m the one who asked for this favor, if I don’t get anything, then his hard work teaching
will all co to waste.
"Now, let’s do so stretching."
I gulped as I nodded. ’It won’t be that hard, wouldn’t it?’
....
"My whole body hurts," I grunted.
I heard Andy chuckle as he pulled his chair. "What did you do this ti?" He’s asking as if I’ve been complaining about body aches for a long ti. "You didn’t have training yesterday so you probably did sothing else," Andy said as he pulled his notebook out of his bag.
"Actually... I’m learning martial arts."
Andy’s eyes went wide as he dropped his notebook on the desk. "Since when?"
"Since yesterday." I scratched my cheek but Andy slapped his forehead. "I’m really trying my best to learn and... Night is the one teaching ." I only whispered those last words in case soone might hear
and quickly assu sothing.
"What? How did you— oh, I see." Andy grinned. "I didn’t think you two will be getting along so well. Oh, right. Did your date in the amusent park go well?" He asked.
That reminds , Andy and Ace don’t know about the incident that happened during that ti, and I don’t want to tell them either. But wouldn’t that be considered lying if I’m hiding it from them and start making excuses?
"It went well." Except for the fact that I got kidnapped and my kidnapper was so relaxed that I forgot to be afraid of him. "We just did sothing that you’ll normally do in an amusent park."
Andy has this smug look on his face. "Hoho? That’s great." He said as if he doesn’t believe .
Ace arrived with huge eye bags again causing our attention to go to her. "What happened to you? You look like you haven’t slept for a week." Andy said.
"It’s nothing. Just had to do night shift two consecutive tis." Ace said as she let out a yawn. "Could the two of you let the teacher know I’m not feeling well? I’ll rest in the infirmary for a while." She said after she placed her bag on her chair.
"Should I go with you?"
Ace looked at
and tilted her head. "Why? Do you feel sleepy too?" I shook my head making her laugh. "Then do you want to skip class?"
"Of course not! I’m just worried about you."
Ace patted my head. "I’m fine. Just need sleep and I’ll attend class later." She said so I let her go. Maybe she doesn’t want anyone to disturb her sleep, and I should probably listen well to the lessons since I’m having a hard ti learning all of them quickly.
"Rest well."
With the bell ringing, all of us went to our proper seats and Ace went to the clinic to rest. Even though my muscles are aching, I still listened well to our lesson to the point that it was shocking even to .
"That wasn’t so bad." I thought to myself as the lessons continued. Kaoru’s listening well too and he’s not bugging
too much that it’s surprising.
After class will be a swimming club and after that, I think I’ll review what I learned from Night yesterday.
There are too many things to do. I’m getting busier.
"So, how did your date go?" That was the first thing Ericka asked
the mont we reached the locker room. "Did Night confess his love for you?" He did confess, but not in the amusent park, and I still don’t believe him.
"We had fun."
"Fun? What kind of fun?" Ericka giggled as she made her eyebrows go up and down. "Don’t tell ... you went to a hotel because it rained that day?" Where did she get that idea from?
I shook my head. "It did rain, but we didn’t go to a hotel."
Ericka’s eyes twinkled. "What did you do then?" I was literally kidnapped and Night ca to the rescue. That’s the truth but there’s no way I could tell Ericka that.
"We went ho." I lied and Ericka clearly looked disappointed. Why is she the one disappointed?
"Actually, I was planning to stalk the two of you, but Leslie stopped ." My eyes widened. "What? I said I didn’t right. Thanks to Leslie."
If Ericka really went and stalked us, she would see that kidnapping incident and she might have called the police, which is really bad.
’Wait... why is it bad to call the police?’
When did I start thinking that it was bad to ask the police for help? Shouldn’t grandpa Kenta ask the police to help us? They have control over the police right? So why aren’t we asking them for help?
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