The Knight In Shining Armour......
When I woke up, the clock showed me 6 o'clock in the morning. I stretched my arms as I got up. As I was about to get down from my bed, I noticed someone was sleeping beside me while covering up with my blanket. "This guy.......always sneaking into my room and sleeping next to me. Seriously, it's been 11 years since he started doing this......", I mumbled as I threw the blanket away from him. "Hey, Kiyoya......wake up......WAKE UP!!!!!" I said as I started to shake him up. "Mmmmm.......", he moaned as he woke up from his sleep. "Oi, how many times do I have tell you not to sneak into my room without my permission?!", I asked him as I gave out a long sigh. "It's....It's just that I wanted to wake you up but when I saw your bed, I suddenly felt sleepy. So, I fell asleep. I'm sorry....", he said as he started to scratch his head. "Ah, that's right. Your clock has stopped working since yesterday morning. It's already 7 o'clock and we're late for school", he said as he rolled on my bed.
"Wha....What?! It's already 7 o'clock? Idiot, you should have told me this earlier!!", I yelled as I dashed out of my room. I took a quick shower and put on my school uniform. In just 20 minutes, I got ready to go to school. "Oi, Kiyoya! Let's get going", I said as I dragged him out of the room. "But I want to sleep......I'm still sleepy.......", he said as he started to yawn. After that, we walked to school, together. On our way to the school, we were surrounded by some bullies, and the main target is none other than Kiyoya. "Wow, what a cute high scholar with such a cute and defenceless face!! Hey, you wanna play with us?!" asked one of the bullies. That's right, Kiyoya has always been bullied ever since he was a kid because of his cute and defenceless face. "Hey, if you have guts, why don't you come and challenge me to a fight?!!", I asked them as I threw my school bag at Kiyoya. In just 10 minutes time, I beaten up all the bullies black and blue. "Hmph....let's get going, Kiyoya! We're going to be late!!", I said to him who was hiding behind my back.
Kiyoya and I are childhood friends. When we were 8 years old, Kiyoya always get bullied by other boys. He always come to me crying. So, I was the only one who'll comfort him and chase away the bullies by beating them up since I was good at fighting. Since then it's been 9 years and now we're 17 years old high scholars. Even thought Kiyoya is such a cry baby, he's popular among the female students in our school. After that incident, we safely got into the school and also got ourself being caught by the disciplinary teacher for coming to school late. "Okay class, next week is our school's cultural festival and it's been decided that our class is going to put up a play", said my homeroom teacher Mr Jin. It's also been decided that me and Kiyoya will be the committee members. Our task is to help our class as well as other classes to prepare themselves for the festival. During the after school session, me and Kiyoya went to the store room to get some supplies for the preparations. As we were returning to the classroom, we then bumped into a girl from the next class to ours.
"Uhmm....Kiyoya.....I got to tell you something", she said in a low voice. "In that case, I'll get going first.", I said as I walked away from the both of them. After a few minutes later, Kiyoya came to the classroom when I was preparing the materials for the play. "So....what happened.....?", I asked him. "She.....she confessed to me that she love me.....", he said as he sat beside me. "So,.....what did you said to her....? Did you say 'yes'....?", I asked him as I got curious. "Uhmm....I...I rejected her", he said. "Why? Isn't she cute?", I asked back at him. "It's just that.....that she's not you, Hammy.....I want someone like you and I want that person to stay by my side forever", he said as his face turned red. "Hahahahaha......", I laughed. "You're so cute, Kiyoya. Seriously, just get a girlfriend soon....", I added as I covered my mouth with my hands to stop laughing. Kiyoya's face turned pale and expressionless. I really wanted him to get a girlfriend for himself so that he would stop sneaking into my room every morning.
Just like that a week passed and it was the last day for doing the last minute preparations. Me and Kiyoya were doing some last minute touch-ups to the play that was going to take place tomorrow. As I was hammering the nail onto the cardboard, without realising, I accidentally hammered my left hand which was holding the nail. "Ouuuuccchh......", I cried in pain. Kiyoya who was putting away the tables and the chairs came running towards me. "Ha....Hammy, what happened?!!" he asked as he panicked. "I...I...hurt my hand.....", I said as I started to cry. My hand was hurting so much that it was unable to move around freely. Seeing me suffering in such pain, Kiyoya took me to the infirmary room and treated my hand since there wasn't any teacher available. When he finished treating my hand, he suddenly kissed on my hand which got hurt. I was shocked by his sudden behaviour and pulled back my hand. "Wha....What are you doing, Kiyoya?!", I asked him in a shocked voice.
He then suddenly held both of my hands gently and looked at me. "Hammy, I always wanted to tell you this.....The reason why I rejected all the other girls until now is because.....I....I love you", he said. After hearing that, my eyes were wide opened. "Wha...What are you talking about, Kiyoya? If it's a joke, it's not funny", I said as looked shocked. "It's not a joke. I really love you", he said as he leaned closer to me. "NO!!!!!", I said as I pushed him away from me. I then got up from the seat and ran towards the infirmary room's door. "I.....I always saw you as my childhood friend and not more than that", I said as my tears fell down from my eyes. I then dashed out of the room. After that incident, I walked back home leaving Kiyoya at the infirmary room all alone. "Why did he told me something like that? His only a friend of mine and nothing more than that...", I said to myself as I walked home alone. As I was walking home, I suddenly bumped into a weird looking guy. "Wow...what a cute girl, walking alone at a night like this", said that person.
"Come on, let's join me for a drink", he added as he grabbed my hand. I couldn't fight him since my other hand was hurt. "L...Let go of me!! Someone help me!!", I cried for help. Suddenly, someone threw a big rock at that weird looking person. He was bleeding. "If you're dare enough to touch her, then it means that you're ready to face death", said a cold voice. I looked towards the direction where the voice came. I then saw Kiyoya standing a bit far away from us. His appearance looked different. He had his neck tie loosened up, his third buttons were unbuttoned, his shirt wasn't tucked-in and his hair was in a mess. He looked more like a devil more than the cute and angelic Kiyoya I know. After seeing Kiyoya's devil-like appearance, that person ran away screaming, "Waaahhh....It's a DEVIL!!!!". "Ki....Kiyoya....what happened??", I asked as my voice shakened. He then suddenly grabbed both of my hands and kissed me on my lips. It was my first kiss.
"Look at me. This is my true form. I'm not the defenceless boy whom I used to be when I was 8 years old, anymore. I've always been this little devil", he said. "But...But why...?", I asked him. "Heh...'why' you ask?....It's because I wanted to be by your side, protecting you......instead of you protecting me......", he said as he hugged me tightly. "Just let me be you knight in shining armour and let me be the one to protect you from now on.....", he continued. I then realised that I've always been annoyed by all the other girls confessing to Kiyoya. I've always loved him and I also know that it's time for Kiyoya to protect me instead of me protecting him. "Sure....", I said as I snuggled to him. Since then, the roles were reversed!!
