Chapter 3 - Just starting to get know -

"Tell me about yourself and I will give you this book."

"No way." Replied Nova disagreed with it. "I hate that cool part of you." Replied Yaichi and sighed heavily. "Hmm ok." Replied Nova shortly and she was about to sleep as she put her head onto the table.

"Here. I don't even read it." Replied Yaichi and threw that note book onto Nova's table and hit Nova's hand. Nova immediately got up her head.

"There's nothing in this note book." Replied Nova and took the notebook. "What do you mean?" Asked Yaichi. He really didn't understand. Nova opened the notebook. Nothing wrote in there. It was her newest notebook that nothing wrote in there.

"Umm." Yaichi looked at the whiteboard and tried to focus on class. Nova was like usual. She was sleepy and ended up sleeping.

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Lunch time!

Both of Yaichi and Nova were sleeping. Their routine huh. "Nova! It's lunch time. Wake up!" Said Lily as she tried to wake her up.

Nova refused to wake up and said that she was going to skip her lunch. "Okay then. I will buy you something." Replied Hina and two of them walked to the cafeteria.

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The lunch time was over. Both of Nova and Yaichi already awake and both of them skipped their lunch. Hina bought some cookies but Nova didn't want it.

Both of Hina and Lily didn't wanna force her but they said that if she suddenly hungry, she can ask the cookies from them.

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The school day for today finally ended. Both of Nova and Yaichi didn't sleep.

"Nova, do you want to go back home with us today?" Asked Hina nicely. Lily was still packing her things. "I wanna go to the school library." Replied Nova while packing her things.

"What's about we go with you?" Asked Hina with a smile full of hope. "It's okay." Replied Nova and gave a very precious smile but it was kinda weird actually. It looked like she was trying... Trying so hard to smile.

Then, Lily came there as she already done packing her things. "Lily, Nova wanna go to the library first. She said it's okay to go there alone." Explained Hina to Lily.

"What's about we still wanna go there with you?" Asked Lily directly after it. "Sure if you still want." Replied Nova and gave another weird smile.

"Nice! Let's go now." Replied Lily. She was happy about it. Then, they walked to the library.

They reached the school library. It was pretty big. They got in and it wasn't really full of students. "What are you going to do here Nova?" Asked Lily as Nova didn't tell them yet.

"I just wanna read some books. If you two wanna go back first, I'm okay." Replied Nova and immediately walking to the bookshelves. She was searching for some books.

"Nova, we will stay here with you." Said Hina and they searched for some books together. Then, they took their seats and read the books.

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It was almost 3 hours there. Both of Hina and Lily got some messages from their parents to go back home. They looked at Nova who was sitting Infront of them. She was sleeping for almost and hour.

"Nova, my mom asked me to go back home." Said Hina kindly to wake her up. "Okay... let's go..." Replied Nova as she woke up.

Then, they walked to the place where Lily and Hina put their bicycles. "Nova, how can you put your skateboard at the guard house?" Asked Hina and this was the first time for sure.

"I asked the guard." Replied Nova and she was looking at her smartphone. "Okay done! Let's take your skateboard." Said Lily once they were done.

Then, they went to the guard house and took Nova's skateboard. Then, they started their journey go back home. This was their first time going back home together.

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"Nova, let's go to school together tomorrow?" Asked Lily on their way back home. "I can't...I'm always late." Replied Nova and directly disagreed with it.

"Why you're always late?" Asked Lily and already reached that way which they will be separated with Nova. "No...thing..." Replied Nova and quickly went away.

"Should I apologise to her later?" Asked Lily to Hina while both of them were looking at Nova was going away. "Maybe...I guess..." Replied Hina and they continued their way.

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Yaichi was going back from school too and he just bullied other at school. On his way back home, he stopped at the shop. He was going to buy some food. He took a few cups of cup noodle.

He paid and went out. He walked to his home. He got through the gate and saw his dad's car. 'Aghh that killer is in my house.' Thought him and walked to the door. He opened it and he didn't see anyone yet.

He got into the kitchen and there's his dad there. His dad was sleeping on the dining table. Yaichi absolutely just ignored it. He put the noodle cups onto the table.

He just took one of the noodle cups and prepared for it. Then, he walked to his room. He ate the noodle while enjoying some music and doing his homework. Such a boring day!

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The next day...

As usual, Nova woke up around 4:00 a.m. She went to the bathroom and took her bath. After that, she got ready with her uniform.

She walked down and got into the kitchen. Her things she bought before were there. Her chips and drinks.

She opened the fridge and sighed heavily. "No more strawberry milk in my life. Mummy used to prepare me strawberry milk every morning before going to school. Mummy...I miss you.." Said her to herself and she was about to cry.

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Yaichi woke up and got ready as usual. He walked down and saw his dad was speaking with someone through the smartphone. He didn't got any interest at all.

Yaichi went to the kitchen and took some bread. He ate it while going out from the house. Once he was opening the door, his dad called him to wait. So, he waited for a while.

"Yaichi, going to school?" Asked his dad and it was truly rare for Yaichi to get that kind of question from his dad.

"I'm doing what I like." Replied Yaichi and walked out just like that. "Yaichi, let me send you." Replied his dad and he was freaking shock with it.

"Sure if you want." Replied Yaichi and he agreed with it. "Great, get into the car. Any car you like." Replied his dad and he was happy. His dad had three cars in total.

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Nova was going to school. Like usual.

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The lunch time!

Both of Yaichi and Nova weren't sleeping. Yaichi immediately went out somewhere. Nova was playing some games on her smartphone.

"Nova! Let's go to the cafeteria!" Said Lily loudly because she thought that Nova will agree as she didn't sleep. "Umm okay." Replied Nova but she still focused on her game. She didn't excited at all as Lily. It may hurt Lily's feeling.

Then, they went to the cafeteria. For the first time, Nova went to the cafeteria. On their way...

"There will be math period after lunch. What do you think about the test before?" Asked Hina on their way. Both of Hina and Lily were the top 5 of the class.

"The test was hard. I won't get an A for it. What about you Nova?" Replied Lily and asked for Nova. "Easy." Replied Nova shortly. Actually she was still playing the game.

"How can you say it's easy?!" Replied Lily and she was truly startle. "Because I studied." Replied Nova and both of Lily and Hina sighed heavily. Then, they reached the cafeteria and Nova finally turned off her smartphone.

"Wanna eat here or not?" Asked Hina. The cafeteria was crowded, full of students. "Let's eat at the rooftop." Suggested Lily. Hina and Nova agreed with it.

Then, they bought some food and walked to the rooftop. "This is first time you come up to rooftop right." Said Hina to Nova. Nova just nodded.

Any students can come up there whenever they want. It's a public place. On lunch time, it's basically not really crowded.

They sat there and ate their food. "What are you planning on this weekend?" Asked Lily while they were eating. Just to get away the silence between them.

"I don't like get out on weekend." Replied Nova while she was looking at the sandwich she was eating weirdly.

"What about go out with us?" Asked Hina kindly with a hope that she agree. They really wanna be friend with Nova. Nova thought for a while.

"Not interested." Replied Nova and directly disagreed with it. It was truly easy. "You must give it a try. Let's bring you somewhere around here." Replied Lily as she was still persuading.

"Give me the details now." Replied Nova and it truly made Lily and Hina happy! Seriously happy!

"What about we go to the beach?" Suggested Lily. Hina was still thinking. "Somewhere else?" Asked Nova as she didn't really interested to go to the beach.

"Umm my house?" Suggested Lily. She really had a lot of great ideas. "I agree!" Replied Hina immediately. "Okay then." Replied Nova as she agreed too.

Then, they decided to go to Lily's house at 10:00 a.m. this Saturday. They will just enjoy themselves. Then, their lunch time ended and they got back to their class.

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Their math teacher got in with their checked test papers. Some students were excited. Some students were scare. Some students were relax.

The students who fail will have the extra class for the whole next week after school. It was because on another week, there will be their first test of the year. So, they need at least 40% to pass the subject.

"Okay class! I will give you your score and this paper!" Said the teacher. Yaichi was so excited to know that. No wonder why. Nova was just relax.

The teacher called the names one by one. Then, they all got their papers! "Who isn't pass, please stand up." Asked the teacher. She was mad. Just a few students passed it.

Yaichi got 56% and luckily he passed. Nova got 64% and she passed too. Lily got 49% and luckily she passed it. Hina got 56% same as Yaichi.

There was just another one student who passed. She was the girl who asked the question to Nova once she introduced herself before. Her name is Kayla Jewelich.

Last year, she was on the rank two in this class. But she didn't get into a better class. Just the girl on rank one of this class got into class 5-e. Kayla got 61% for this math test.

"So Nova got the best score for this test but her score is unofficial." Said the teacher and made all of the students confused. Nova too.

"I saw both of Nova and Yaichi were copying each other. So they will take another test which is harder than this. Both of Yaichi and Nova, please stay after school for the another test." Said the teacher.

All of the students looked at them. Kayla was really unsatisfied about this but happy at the same time because Nova need to take another test which was harder. She thought, after the girl on the rank 1 of this class get into another class, she will be in the rank 1.

But... Nova came! She may ruin everything!

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The class finally ended but Nova and Yaichi need to stay. How unfortunately they got caught by the teacher. Yaichi noticed that Nova was copying him but Nova wasn't notice that Yaichi copied her too. But, they didn't talk about it.

"Nova, we will go back home first, 'kay?" Asked Hina once Hina and Lily came to her. "Go on." Replied Nova shortly as usual. "Good luck." Hina wished for her and got out with Lily.

Just Nova and Yaichi now in the class. They were waiting for the teacher. They just full of silence until the teacher came in.

"Yaichi! Nova! Come here first." Asked the teacher with the loud voice. Both of Yaichi and Nova went there directly.

"Here. Please answer this. Yaichi, sit at you seat. Nova sit in front of me." Asked the teacher and both of Yaichi and Nova took their seats.

After an hour, time out. Both of Yaichi and Nova could answer all the questions. For Yaichi it was easy at all. Maybe harder than before but still easy. Just wait for the score.

"I will give your score tomorrow." Said the teacher before she got out from the class. Both of Yaichi and Nova packed their things and went home. They don't even talked.

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The next day...

They already at their class. It was the math period. The teacher didn't got in yet. "Yaichi...I'm wondering... about...our seats." Said Nova all of sudden.

Yaichi didn't remember it all if Nova didn't tell him. "You can sit here if you want." Replied Yaichi as he was sleepy at all.

"Great. I will sit next to my own gang to sleep." Replied Nova and she got the point. "Great! No one ever sat next to me. I'm the king." Replied Yaichi and Nova was wondering for so long about 'the king'

Nova was about to ask but the teacher got in. "Good morning, class. I'm sorry for being a bit late." Said the teacher immediately. All the students of the class stood up. "Good morning teacher!" Replied them at once.

"So here are the score of Yaichi and Nova. I will read it loudly as the punishment too." Replied the teacher. The class sat down and waited to know their score. Are they still pass?

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