Abnormal
The break bell rang. All the students spread out looking for their own fun and most of them were in groups. I saw that Bryan already had lots of friends, even though we hadn't been here one day. I can only sigh, I saw him laughing with his new friends, in an instant he had transformed into a popular guy who was widely talked about at school.
Not like me, who from the past until now has always been a loser sitting in the back corner. Poor me, I really envy him. I also want to have friends.
"Hi?" Someone greeted me, this was a little surprising because previously other people would feel strange when they saw my attitude.
"Yes? W-what do you need?" I asked, surprised to see a beautiful girl with beautiful eyes standing next to me. She was very beautiful, her eyes were blue and her hair was long black.
"Let me introduce myself, my name is Clara. What's your name? You didn't have time to introduce yourself earlier, right?"
"My name is Bryanka McGonnal," I answered sheepishly. I didn't expect that no one would want to get to know me before.
"Bryanka, huh? Nice name." She smiled sweetly as if that was all she could do.
"Shall we go to the cafeteria?"
"You're taking me to the cafeteria?"
Somehow I was a little surprised at this part. If Bryan isn't there, I usually buy a sandwich and go find a quiet place to eat alone. Meanwhile Bryan was busy looking for me to join him. But, I felt uncomfortable with the sound of laughter and noise in the cafeteria. Even though sometimes it's nice to be surrounded by lots of friends like him, my situation doesn't allow me to be in crowded situations. But when this girl invites me, if it's just the two of us it might be okay.
"What kind of food is there in the cafeteria?"
"Of course there are many, but what I heard today is that the special menu is burgers with turkey meat, they definitely taste very delicious. Do you want to try it too?"
"Burgers? That's my favorite food. But-"
"But why, Anka? Can I just call you Anka?"
"Yeah, but are you sure you want to go with me?"
"Of course why not?"
"In that case, okay!" I said as I got up from my place.
I walked with Clara among people I had just met with my head bowed. I feel a little uneasy and uncomfortable with this situation.
"You're very tall, aren't you? How tall are you?"
"I'm 5 ft 10 inches,"
"Wow... you could be a model with your height, maybe you can still get taller."
"I-I think so."
"We can be friends, right?"
"W -what? Friends?" I asked, feeling a little disbelieving.
"Yeah, friends, don't you want to be friends with me?"
"T-that's not it. I-I want of course I want to be friends with you."
"Okay, to be honest, I'm also a new student here. I transferred to this school right before summer."
Clara grabbed my hand, we ran towards the cafeteria. But sometimes my balance is bad so several times I almost fell. I'm sure she's starting to feel like I'm strange.
"We've arrived, what do you want to eat?" Clara asked. She is very sweet and cheerful, in contrast to me who is strange and can't make eye contact with other people.
I felt the people in this place looking at me, I felt increasingly uneasy. Not to mention the sound of laughter and noise in this place makes me feel even more uncomfortable.
"Burger, I-I want a burger." I said confused.
"Okay, then let's order two burgers and two sodas, how about it?"
"S-soda?"
"Yeah, if you eat a burger, it's best to drink soda, right?"
"Instead of eating burgers, you two would be better off eating the ones in the trash can!" Said a woman standing behind us. Clara looked back only to see three girls in cheerleading uniforms looking at her sarcastically. Seeing Clara turn towards them, I also followed her.
"We don't eat what's in the trash can, we order what's freshly cooked." I said.
"Really? But I think the leftover burgers in the trash can are more suitable for you guys to eat!"
"N-no, we already ordered two burgers and two sodas, so-"
"Who are you? I've never seen you before?"
"I-I'm Bryanka McGonnal, I'm a new student at-"
"I didn't ask that! You're weird!"
"B-but you asked and I answered, so-"
"Shut up! What's wrong with you? Besides, when you talk, look the person you're talking to in the eye, you idiot!"
"I-I-"
"Never mind, Anka! No need to serve them. Our orders are ready, let's find a seat!"
Clara, who was originally cheerful, immediately changed somehow. She was holding a tray containing two burgers and two sodas. I walked after her, while the three girls dressed as cheerleaders smiled strangely at the two of us. I felt my foot touch something and it immediately made me fall to the floor.
"Hahaha...look ahead when you walk, weirdo!" The three of them laughed out loud and had absolutely no intention of helping me.
"Anka, are you okay?" Swiftly, Clara put the tray in her hand on the table and helped me to stand up.
"Ugh-" I winced and felt pain in my chin.
"You're injured, your chin is bleeding."
"It hurts,"
"Of course, you're bleeding! Did you trip on your foot?"
"I-I saw a foot in front of mine and I tripped. B-but I'm fine, y-you don't need to worry, hahaha..."
"She's laughing, you freak!"
"Doesn't she look strange? Her attitude and way of talking are like a robot, right?"
"Yeah, I think she's a bit abnormal."
I hear people talking about me, this feeling feels very strange and makes me feel uncomfortable. I covered my ears when they started laughing at me.
"Anka, what's wrong? Are you okay?" Vaguely, I heard Clara's voice talking to me. However, their laughter sounded much louder and very disturbing.
"N-noisy, so scaly! I-I don't like it, I-"
"Anka? What happened to you?"
I heard Bryan's voice and slowly opened my ears again when I thought I was safe. I nodded slowly and Bryan came over to me while touching my injured chin.
"You're hurt! Did you fall?"
"I-I fell because of someone's foot."
"S-someone's leg? You mean someone tripped over your leg on purpose?"
"That's me-"
"Shit, hey who did it?"
Bryan was angry and he immediately asked the people around me.
"Hey, why are you accusing someone else? You're a new student, right? Looks like your weird and mentally handicapped girlfriend deliberately knocked herself out, hahaha..."
A man at one of the tables laughed mockingly with his friends. Many people laughed because they thought it was funny.
Bryan walked over to him and quickly grabbed his neck tightly. The people who were originally laughing immediately fell silent because they felt that a fight was about to break out.
"Who are you calling mentally disturbed, bastard?"
"Oh...Romeo doesn't accept Juliet if she is considered mentally disturbed, huh? Hahaha-"
Bruuukkk...
One hard punch flew straight to the man's face. He fell to the floor and immediately stopped laughing.
“Bastard, who do you think you are…?”
"Don't try to say anything bad to her if you still want to use your mouth to talk, do you understand?" Bryan said while strangling his neck tightly.
Everyone in this place was silent and didn't move after seeing how fast and powerful Bryan's attack was.
Bryan released his grip and immediately grabbed my hand to leave this place.
"I-I haven't eaten the burger, Bryan! I-"
"That's not necessary! Annie has prepared lunch for you. You can't eat anything carelessly, let's go back to class!"
"I understand. But I really want to eat that burger!"
"Next time I'll buy it, but now eat your lunch, okay?"
"Okay."