Confused. Down in the dumps. Afraid. There were a lot of words that could describe how Sora felt the moment he woke up the next day and at the same time, there were none. He had to crawl his way out of bed, to the closet to dress himself, downstairs and finally out of the door. Wolf wanted to tell him that he should eat something. He wanted to tell him that losing one time wasn't such a big deal. He wanted to tell him that he would get back at Haruto for his behaviour. However, not even a sound escaped his throat. The Avatar looked at his Commander with a sad expression on his face, not sure if Sora was planning to ever battle again.

For once, he didn't care about his friends or the girls surrounding him. He ignored all of them and when he didn't ignore them, he simply nodded yes or no without giving much of an explanation of what happened.

[center][color=cornflowerblue]"I had a bad dream."
"I had a big fight at home."
"I am having a hard time keeping up with the homework."
"I am just having a bad day."
"It's nothing. Don't worry about it."
"I just have a cold or something."[/color][/center]

He made up a lot of excuses, a lot of lies, to silence the others, but it didn't work. None of them believed him and they kept on pushing him to tell them what's wrong. So he went on to sit alone during the lessons and even sit alone during lunch, not that he decided to eat much of the food. Although Wolf knew that Sora couldn't answer him where normal people, the ones who aren't Commanders, could see him, but it didn't stop Wolf. [color=springgreen]"Come on, Sora-sama! Let's battle! Let's fight! Let's learn about the rules! Maybe you can ask your sister to ..."[/color] He didn't dare to finish that sentence. The moment the words 'your sister' came out of his mouth, Sora looked straight at him. If looks could kill ...

After a couple of minutes, he started to notice the crowd surrounding Rui. He didn't know if he should have been glad that she was a lot better at the game than he was or that people finally started to notice her. He didn't know if he should have been jealous or angry. But the moment that Haruto approached Rui, he knew exactly what he felt: anger. He waited for the guy to walk away from the crowd, after which he quickly ran up to him.

[color=khaki]"You want me to bless me with a win again? That's so sweet of you."[/color] Haruto said on a polite tone, knowing that they were still in public and he couldn't afford to ruin his image.

[color=cornflowerblue]"You know that's not what I am here for!"[/color]
[color=khaki]"Then why are you here?"[/color] He said, playing dumb.
[color=cornflowerblue]"I want you to stay away from my sister! I am not going to let you do to her what you did to me!"[/color]
[color=khaki]"That wouldn't work. She is a lot better at the game than you are. She probably wouldn't fall for the same tricks."[/color]

Those last words were the last straw. He couldn't take the guy's attitude anymore. His anger took complete control over his body and he finally punched him right on his nose. That's when a lot of eyes started to direct towards the two guys. People started to talk. "I thought those two were close friends." Most people said.

The guy, usually very popular, ran away from the cafeteria. [color=springgreen]"Sora-sama, they're gone. You can stop running. Sora-sama? Sora-sama!"[/color] Wolf yelled, which finally made Sora come to a stop. He could still feel the angry looks from other students. In their eyes, Sora was the bad guy. 

Sora laid down on the grass with his hands underneath his head and his gaze directed at the sky. He let out a big sigh when Wolf disturbed the silence Sora was enjoying so much. [color=springgreen]"Sora-sama! I feel a Commander nearby!"[/color] A confident girl walked towards Sora with a big smile on her face. Sora looked up to see who it was, but laid back down calmly when he recognized the girl.

[color=chocolate]"Sora-kun!"[/color] She yelled, laying down beside him. [color=chocolate]"How are you?"[/color] She said playfully.
[color=cornflowerblue]"Natsuko-chan. Bad."[/color] He said with a soft smile on his face. Her presence was a great comfort.
[color=chocolate]"I really liked that punch. You know he's bleeding, right? It's so perfect."[/color]
[color=cornflowerblue]"I know you can't stand him, but he used to be my best friend."[/color]
[color=chocolate]"Yeah, used to. Hey, I didn't know you were a Commander."[/color]
[color=cornflowerblue]"I am not very good at it and I am certainly not in the mood to battle."[/color]
[color=chocolate]"That's alright."[/color]

A silence followed after those last words from Natsuko. A silence where Sora and Natsuko were laying close enough to each other for their shoulders to be touching and were both simply enjoying looking at the sky.