I am Daisuke Suzuki, just an average student, I enjoy watching anime all day. My academic results are remarkable, being the number 1 high school student in Japan. My social life is almost nonexistent. I freeze and stare at people most of the time, the company of other boys is rarely welcoming to me. Girls were my choice of hanging out, until I realized that my social skills are not good, attempt after attempt at socializing with them failed, ended me with staring at them. It happened many times until I decided to watch from a distance, but ended creeping everyone out and earning me the nickname peeping Daisuke and the reputation of a perv. As of now I am sitting in my room watching an anime, it included my favorite waifu, which like most of them is a loli. She team up her older brother in a fantasy setting, seeing them together just make you fall in love with the 2 of them, no contest.
“Daisuke, come down please!”- Not again, bet it’s something from school of my failed attempt to be social
“Now mom!”
I went down the stairs, expecting my mom to shout at me, or insult me again as she did many other times
“What now mom?”- Eye contact with her won’t do me any good, better keep my head down
“We should do something about you and your behavior. You are the valedictorian of your class. But your teachers always catch you staring like a creep at a girl, especially short girls. Always spying on them in the bathroom, courtyard, gym class, swimming pool, where ever you catch them you just stare at them like a creep waiting to pounce on them. What the hell is wrong with you?”- My mom got in my face, scolding me again. These are my attempts to be social, to find a good spot, to find when and where I can start a conversation, many times that I tried to speak with them, it only ended up in being beaten either by the girl or her brother or boyfriend or both at same time
“Are you listening to me?”- Whatever, mom, you won’t understand if I told you.
“Mom, I am trying my best at socializing and making friends, I tried many times, but you wouldn’t listen.”- My gave me the grade card, what use does it have now? Straight 10s or A or how you want to call them, are worthless now
“At least you get good grades, the only deterant from getting kick out of the house. I still hold the hope something will come out of you with these grades.”- My mom gave me a disgusted look and turned away
“They are kids, look as a teen I was the same. Daisuke only wants to talk, but he can’t, none of us can help him that much”- My dad just arrived from work, he just opened the door and heard my mom screaming at me. My dad isn’t home often, he works overseas as a cook most of the time and I don’t see him often, his skills are very appreciated, I see him a week or so every 3 months
“Damn it. You 2 are just impossible. First, if you are his dad, try to come home more than once every 3 or 4 months”- My mom turned back to her work. She is a full time programmer. My mom and dad possessed real skills, well mine was absorbing info like a sponge. Most people think I am skill and gifted in things, no, not at all, intelligent doesn’t mean skilled. Cooking, managing money and other skills are severely lacking, I am 17 and most of my peers are already having jobs and saving money, while I watch anime all day. Fuck my choices!
“Ohhh, Daisuke, your sister will come tomorrow after school. She will spend the weekend here”
“Yes mom. I am going to my room.”- It was usual for me now, no need to shove it all in my face. I mean, yes, it’s true. Not only that, but I don’t know. My life here feels like hell. Every time I try to make any progress, it gets cut down
I entered my room and looked around
“I guess I am not suited for people”- I got on my bed, I started learning at something
The next day at school
“It’s him.”- People around me started whispering
As I was passing through to my class, everyone gave me a weird look. Arriving on time, I sat down alone. With no real friends, my sister Haruhime is the only person I feel close too, she is 23 years old, although she is shorter, well my older sister is a loli baba. Now, time to focus on school and studying
The class started, I kept my head down, didn’t look at anyone, couldn’t look at anyone.
Classes are boring for me since I ace everything
1st break
I went outside sitting by a Sakura tree
“People are looking so lively”- I whispered to myself while watching people, I turned my head seeing in a corner a few girls trying to get changed for PE, maybe I can try to talk with them and make friends
“It’s peeping Daisuke again”- One of the girls Hina began staring back at me
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“That creep again?”- Yua her best friend followed after
“Come here!”- Hina grabbed me by the shirt collar and threw me on the ground
“Why the hell are you doing this. I won’t even ask.?”- Yua was in front of me while I was trying to get up. She had slapped me and gave me a frown, she turned back stomping my chest
“I am sorry”- This is all I could mutter before seeing some of them leaving and giving me a disgusted look
I got back to my tree again, looking again, I found 2 other girls, tried my best not to stare at them, something just keeps me doing it, why am I doing it? It’s no use anyway, why should I continue to try to speak with people if all I get is kicked and beaten
“Come here!”- One of the girls gestured me to sit near them. What did I do now? Well, time to get my ass kicked again
“Me?”- I pointed to myself from behind one of the trees I was leaning from
“Yes, come and have a seat with us”- The 2 girls had warm and welcoming smile
“What happened, you froze?”- One of the girls seemed worried for a second
“Nothing. Did you need a homework or what?”- I sat down, not looking at them
“Look, Daisuke. Why are you always doing this? I mean, you look distressed all the time. ”- Her tone was genuinely worried
“I don’t know, I just try to talk and make friends with people. I can barely speak or look people in the eyes, it’s so hard to talk or maintain a conversation”- I tried to look at her, she didn’t look at me with disgust, she had a warm expression instead
“I understand. Well, just spend awhile with us, the next breaks. We will wait for you.”- I looked at her, smiling at me
“How?”- I was scared to look at them
“Yes, I kinda was the same before meeting Hanako. Ohhh, I forgot I am Sara. If you don’t come the next break, we will come after you”- She came to sit closer near me. I held my head down when she sat near me. I am ashamed of myself
“I don’t know. Every time I tried talking to someone, it ended up badly for me”- I could barely get my words out
“I understand. I know the whole story, Daisuke. Don’t worry”- She is the first person to show this much kindness towards me. It was time for the 2nd class of the day, everyone rushed to their classes. I am in my last year, PE is our last class
How did this turn out ok? The last time I trusted someone like this, I got pulled the biggest humiliation of my life, how did it turn all right? Why did they just laugh or humiliate me? Why? Is it even worth it? For them to sacrifice their reputation for someone like me? Everyone was looking at me with disgust but with worry about them, what the hell am I supposed to do now?
Daisuke’s Flashback:
“Hi, Daisuke, come and sit with us!”- 2 girls invited me to sit with them
“Thanks, why did you invite me here?”- I tried to make conversation, but I couldn’t do much
“I want to see your hair, I love how long it is”- She began to admire my hair, I turned around as she said. I could feel her fondling my hair. She had glued my hair and glued breadcrumbs to my hair. I remember running around the school and everyone was laughing at me. I could save my hair, but not my self-esteem
Real world:
2nd class was math, I aced everything again. The teachers knew about this, they still complained about me every time they could, they were still fair when grading tho
Now on our 2nd break, searched for Hanako and Sara, found them sitting in the same place, they were actually waiting for me. I could see other people giving me dirty looks, everyone looked at the 3 of us like they were looking at aliens
“Don’t mind them Daisuke”- I was sitting in the middle of the bench, Hanako was to my left and Sara to my right
“It’s hard”- I looked down again, couldn’t even look them in the eyes
“Don’t worry. Their opinions aren’t worth listening to”- Sara gave me a manga to read, maybe it is to cover my face
“You are the smartest kid in Japan, You know, maybe we could hang out after school today. Maybe at 4PM?”- Hanako looked at Sara
“Yes. Daisuke and I will be there”- Wait, me and her?
“Wait?”- I turned to look at her
“You aren’t alone anymore”- Sara had her cheerful attitude
“Thanks. I will try to get there. My sister said she will arrive today. I will try to go if time allows it”- I began to read the manga she gave me again
“Well then. Mind sharing us details about your sister?”- Hanako and Sara were actually interested in my life?
“Well she is 6 years older than me but looks very young and short”- I blushed a little
“Your sister is a loli, that’s what you want to say”- Sara began laughing. Why is using Otaku terms?
“What’s this?”- She pulled out one of the shojo manga I read, well the one she gave me was of the same genre but most of the time I carry manga around with me to cover my face
“You like Shojo, that incredible. You are the first guy that I know who likes this genre”- Sara and Hanako started going through my manga
“Wow. I may recommend 3 new titles that are coming this month from the same author. The launch is in like this week on Sunday. We will go there also. Are you free to go with us then as well, Daisuke?”- Hanako handed me my manga back. I felt, I don’t know how I felt. I think I have friends for the first time. It feels so good. I can’t describe it better.
“He froze up”- Sara laughed a bit. I don’t know why, but this doesn’t bring back ugly memories
Flashback:
I was in middle school, I began to get secretive to what I read
“Hey, what are you reading there weirdo!”- One of the boys snatched the manga out of my hand
“Give it back, please”- I stuttered for a bit while trying to get my manga back
“What a loser, he reads Shojo manga!”- He raised the manga, so everyone could see it
“I didn’t see a bigger loser than him. A boy to read this cringe romance manga with all this sappy stuff. It takes a girl to enjoy this crap”- Everyone got around me in a circle and begun laughing