"Hey Mom, I'm back!"… .. "Mom?"
"I'm upstairs Ronny." So I went upstairs to see what my mother was doing. "How was school?" "Quite ok. I have to write a paper about Egypt with Yugi." my mom looked a little confused. "Isn't that the little one with the colored hair?" I looked at my mother who had a strange one. And I knew that look. That didn't mean anything good. "Yes, exactly. But forget it." "Why then? Wouldn't it be for you?"
it was clear my mother tried again to get me a friend. On the one hand it is very good when she gives me tips but on the other hand it is also a bit embarrassing. "We're just friends and I want it to stay that way. I'm serious."
"It's okay, I understand." That ended the conversation for me and I went to the kitchen to have dinner. Then I went to my room and went to bed. It wasn't long before I fell asleep. The next morning the alarm clock rang and I fell out of bed in shock. For some reason this happened to me a lot. The morning went as always. I met Tea on the way to school. "good morning Ronny. You look tired."
"tomorrow" I mumbled. Because even though I went to bed early, I was tired.
We went to school without a word. I sat down in my seat and put my head on the band. Joey, Tristan and Yugi looked at me confused.
"What is?" I asked a little annoyed. "Nothing at all," said Joey and turned around.
And already the doorbell rang for class. The teacher came in and looked around the class. "I'm going to give you back your math problems now. I was very disappointed with the results. I expected more from you." Well, I thought to myself. I hated math and wasn't very good at it either. I hoped it was at least a 3.
He put work for everyone.
I turned it around very slowly and I could have rafter that. I was already in a bad mood because I was tired but now my mood was in the basement. I had a 5.
It doesn't get any worse than that. "Ronny please come to the staff room after class" said the teacher and I hoped that I didn't have to take any tutoring. Because I wasn't that bad at school either. I kept my average at 2-3. But in math ..... well how to take it. So I went to our math teacher. When I arrived he was standing there with a boy. He must have been my age and not that bad-looking.
He looked at me and said dryly, "This is Seto Kaiba. You will get math tutoring from him." "Great," I said quietly.
He seemed to have heard because he just said, "I'm not very pleased either."
I looked at him a bit startled. I didn't expect him to hear that.
"You're with me at 5 pm" he just said and left. I don't even know where he lives.
I went back to class to get through the last two hours.After class I went up to Yugi and asked him if he knew a Seto Kaiba. He looked at me questioningly. "Yes, I know him but why .." I interrupted him "The teacher said he was my tutoring teacher in maths from today. Do you happen to know where he lives? I should be with him at 5 pm.
Yugi gave me his address and said that we couldn't meet today to work on the presentation. Which I didn't find that bad. "How far are you actually with the golden puzzle?" "I didn't get any further, but I'll be able to do it someday." he smiled at me. Then we went our separate ways. When I got home I just had to confess to my mother that I was getting tutoring.
I went to here and just started talking. "Mom, I'm sorry, but from today I will get tutoring in maths. I will also try very hard and learn until I drop."
My mother looked at me puzzled and had to think about what I had just said. "Hm ... I'm not thrilled, but I don't want you to fail either. So make an effort." "I promise. I have to be there today at 5 pm."
So I went into my room and packed up my math stuff. I watched some TV and slowly got ready. I put a pair of black jeans on a white shirt and a blue blouse over it.
And then I made my way to Seto. At some point I had seen him at school. When? I couldn't think of it. City of that I started thinking about Yugi's puzzle again. Why did that hurt me so much?
I tried to suppress it, after all, I was right at Seto.
"wow" I stood with my mouth open in front of a huge property. I rang the bell and the gate opened. I walked slowly the long way to the villa. Once there, the door opened and a little boy with black hair smiled at me.
I also smiled and said "Hello, I'm Ronny" "Hello, I'm Mokuba, Seto's little brother. He already told me you were coming." I looked at the little one "oh yeah?"
"Yes. Come on, I'll show you where to go." I just nodded and followed him. I looked around and couldn't utter a word. How can you live in such a big house? Here you need a navigation device to get to your destination.
Suddenly Mokuba stopped and turned to me.
"Here is the library. Seto is already in. I wish you a lot of fun." he said and disappeared again. I knocked and heard someone come in. I walked through you door and towards Seto who pointed me to the chair across from him. A "Hello" came from me. But he didn't say anything. It's not exactly polite, I thought to myself.
"Where do you have math problems?" "Well, actually everywhere."
He looked a little annoyed and said "That can be something." that's exactly what I thought to myself. Seto gave me a few tasks to solve. I stared at the sheet and then at him.“What is it?” “So ... how do I have to calculate that?” He sat down next to me and explained it to me once.
I didn't quite understand it yet, but try my luck. Then I handed the sheet back to him. I saw his face screw up a little. "so bad?" I asked. He looked at me and said, "Even worse. I just explained it to you. Can't you remember anything?" So he explained it to me again and gave me new tasks. This time it seemed better because his face didn't change shape again.
After a good 2 hours we stopped for today. "When should I come back?"
"Tomorrow at the same time." "Good. See you tomorrow." I said and smiled. But he ... he didn't say goodbye or smile. I wondered what was wrong with that.
I was just on the way home when I ran into Yugi on the path.
"Hello Ronny" I suddenly heard behind me. I turned around and there he was. "Hey Yugi, what are you doing here?" "I was just at Joey's. And you must have just come from Seto Kaiba right?" "Yes. Tell me, does he always make a face like that?" "Yes, always." I thought that was strange. "Can I come back to you tomorrow for the presentation?"
Yugi just nodded. Then we say goodbye to each other and everyone went home.
That went on for the rest of the week. First I had school, then I went to Yugi every second day and on the days I wasn't with Yugi I went to Seto. After all, Seto wasn't quite so cool and absent with me anymore. I could even swear I saw a smile on his face. Of course he would never admit that.
Today I had to go to tutoring again. Somehow I was looking forward to it. I even thought about how to get dressed. I got to him and went to the library. Seto was already there, waiting for me. How good he looked again. Oh man, what am I thinking? I don't like him any more. "can we start?" he asked me and I sat down and nodded.
An hour later he said to me, "You have really improved. Soon you will be able to do without tutoring." What ?? I did not want. Maybe I should give a bad grade on purpose. The longer I could see him. "What are you doing today?" I was surprised that he asked me that. "Tea will pick me up and we'll go to Yugi's house together. And what are you doing?" he looked funny. "So you're going to play. I have to work." suddenly he was so cold again. "why play? don't you like them?
"No. The purest kindergarten." hmm I thought about it. Tristan, Yugi, Joey and Tea weren't that bad after all. I said goodbye to Seto and went downstairs. I saw Tea standing in front of the gate. "Hey Tea" I smiled. I get along great with her. "Hello" while we went to Yugi we talked about a new movie we want to see.
"Hello Army Muto is Yugi upstairs?" said Tea."Hello you two. Yes, go upstairs." we went up the stairs.
"hello Yugi what are you doing?" I asked because Yugi hadn't noticed that Tea and I had come in. He turned around and said that he was hanging on his puzzle.
Tea didn't care. she had puzzles. I went to Yugi and checked it out.
"May I?" I asked Yugi. "Yes, but be careful, I don't want it to break."
I sat on the chair and stared at the puzzle then I took part to see where it could fit when everything started to spin. And then my eyes went black.