Hogo No Yujin (Protective Friend)
Episode 2~ Takana Utsuki

When he got home, Dylan went straight to the room. Throw her bag over the bed, then grab a towel and go to the bathroom.

After the shower, it was very refreshing. He changed clothes. After that, he took back the comic he had just bought. More precisely, the white-haired girl who bought this comic for Dylan.

Dylan began reading the comic while hugging his Dakimakura. When it comes to reading comics, it's the fastest. Suddenly he reached the 40th page and was almost finished. Then by the time Dylan opened the next page, he was shocked.

Surprised to see the Manga characters that appear in the comics. It turns out a new character. Why in the last chapter is there a female figure that he saw in the bookstore earlier?

"Eh! Really similar! Very similar."

From the hair and color. Up to his big eyes and posture, also very similar. His face also looked exactly like the girl earlier.

"Was that woman cosplay being this character? But this comic has just been lyrical. How did the girl know about this new character? Is the comic befriended by the girl, what comic makes this character inspired by the girl?" dylan thought at length.

Dylan was not so sure of his thoughts. But he was still amazed and began to close the book because he finished reading the comic. He was curious about the continuation and also curious about the role of the newly emerged character.

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Chapter 2: [Utsuki Takana]

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Next day–

Early in the morning like this, Dylan was already preparing to go to school. But before that, he fed the Chef first, lest he bring it!

After that, walk to the front door. Wearing shoes, carrying a bag, turning off the house lights, turning the doorknob and opening it. "It's time to start a boring new day!"

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In school–

Class 3-A is Dylan's class.

This class is a livestock class, rowdy, and noisy one school. It has broken the best bad class record. This class is filled with delinquents. Whether it's a boy or a girl is the same.

Right now, Dylan was sitting in his place, looking out the window at the side while propping up his chin. All at once, while enjoying the noise in this class and also waiting for the entrance bell to ring.

THE PUK!

"Eh? Well... What is this?"

Someone just threw a roll of paper at Dylan. All the children in the class immediately looked at him with their gazes which made him fed up.

"Eh! Excuse me. I thought you were a dumpster, haha...."

"Hey, he's a dumpster, you know. Because it was written on his desk. 'Dispose the trash to his friend' haha...."

"Oh yeah, you're right too, pffft...."

"Again them!" dylan was in his heart.

"Two very naughty female students. Why do they always do this to me?"

The trash they gave Dylan just now, he picked it up and threw it into place. Again, Dylan held back. He must be patient. His late father always said that he should not take revenge on anyone who had insulted him. Let their actions be answered by God alone.

"Thankfully they are women!"

Dylan returned to his seat. This class is getting noisy. Some play paper throwing, smoking in the room, and joking excessively, also talking rudely. Dylan hopes he can move out of that class. He also hoped that the other classes would not behave like them.

Because of their actions, it is not worth imitating!

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KRIIIE... KRIIIE....

In the end, a time of tranquility came as well. If the entrance bell rang, all of the students in this class immediately kept quiet and returned to their seats. Although they were naughty, but good, they were still afraid and respectful of the teacher.

GREEKK....

The classroom door was opened and shifted. Seen there, a beautiful teacher came. That's his homeroom teacher Dylan. Her name is Aprilia.

Dylan always called her April Ma'am. He was very kind and always patient in dealing with the naughty students in the class. The point is, he's the best teacher Dylan has.

April's mom walked over to her desk. Followed by another child behind him.

"Eh! Wait a minute." Dylan's surprised. The student that Ms. April brought in turned out to be the girl that met her at the Bookstore yesterday!

Why is he here? Is he a new student? But if it is a new student, why did he come during the middle of the semester

So sudden. Soon the final exam of semester 1. Not enough time to study together in class. All the subject matter has been discussed. Is he willing?

"Good morning, kids!" greet Ma'am April.

"Morning, Mom!" all students.

"Kids, today we have a new friend." April looked to her left side. "Come, introduce yourself!"

"Ha–halo! A hajimemashite! My name is Takana Utsuki. I am a transfer student from Tokyo. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu! " said the woman named Takana while bowing her body.

"Eeehhh?" All the children shook their heads in confusion. "What is he talking about?"

"Oh, this Takana is from Japan. So please help, yes. He may be a little troubled in our language, but you can teach him." Obviously April Ma'am.

All the students understood.

"Well, now, Takana's sitting on...."

"That's it, mom! Close to the No Life boy!" One of the children pointed towards Dylan. Dylan was surprised once appointed. But it was true that beside him was an empty chair.

"ah! Why a coincidence, anyway?" Again he snarled in his heart.

"Ah, yes. There's an empty chair back there. Takana's sitting there, huh?" ma'am said April while pointing towards the empty seat beside Dylan.

Takana nodded in understanding. Then, he walked towards the place that April Ma'am pointed out.

When she reached her seat, Takana checked the state of the table and chair she had. Then after that, he put his bag next to the table and himself occupied the chair.

Dylan tried to throw away the Japanese's face. Not mean to be arrogant to him, but somehow he did not want to look at the girl. Because, the girl was really similar to the cute character in the comics that she read yesterday.

"Eh, hey! You!"

Dylan heard his voice. He looked at her quickly and was surprised. Suddenly the girl was very close in front of her face. Her smooth and cute white face made her face heat up.

"Oh no, this is too close!"

Dylan pushed the girl slowly to distance his gaze from her. Finally relieved. But still, he was still staring at Dylan with big blue eyes.

"A–what do you want?" dylan asked coldly.

"Anu .. are you the one who was yesterday at the bookstore?" askalanya.

Dylan just nodded quickly with my facial expression still slightly flushed.

"Oh, soo desu ne. "Do you go to school here?"

"Of course, you idiot! You can see for yourself I'm in this place, right?!"I don't know why Dylan suddenly snapped at him. The girl's eyes look teary. "Eh? Is she gonna cry because I've been yelling at her?"

But it doesn't seem to. When Dylan noticed, Takana's eyes did not glance at him. Rather, he was glancing in another direction that was nearby. His eyes glanced behind his shoulders. "What did he see?"

"Oni!" yelled Takana suddenly. Then he jumped towards Dylan from his seat. He beat Dylan in the head with the book he was holding. Everyone was surprised and looked at him. All eyes were fixed on Dylan and Takana's strange demeanor.

"ONI! THE ONI! THE ONI! "

Those words he always said while hitting Dylan. The man himself also did not know what "Oni" meant.

"Ouch! Ow hell! Takana..., stop!" snarl Dylan again. But, the more he snapped and rebelled at her, the stronger the blow would be. "Well, should I just shut up? Sick knows!"

April approached the two of them. He tries to separate Dylan from Takana. Then before long, finally, Takana could calm down as well.

"sickness ..." Dylan's head was dizzy. Takana sat back in his place quietly. But his facial expression was really tense and frightened.

"What's wrong with her? Oh, my God, this is shocking!"

Instantly, one class became noisy because of this incident. The new student was really strange. Because the girl didn't do this just once, but many times.

Sometimes, once an hour, Takana runs amok with Dylan. Hours of sports, Dylan was chased by him. While in the cafeteria, Takana always had a fuss with him. Until finally, he was taken to the school health room.

"It's so annoying!"

Dylan was completely clueless with the Japanese new kid. But, if he noticed, the look of the woman while beating him, really expressed like a frightened person.

"Wait on! Am I too scary for her? Uh, no way. He must have seen something I couldn't see with my eyes. But what is it?"

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At 2 noon–

It's all because of that girl named Takana. He's the one who made Dylan that way. He felt uncomfortable being around the girl. Today, his life is not as pleasant as he had hoped.

GREKK....

"Eh?"

From the top of the bed, Dylan looked towards the door of the room which suddenly opened on its own. Then from behind that door came a girl. It's Takana!

"A–anu..., Dylan-san? Can I come in?" ask her while peeking out from behind that door.

Dylan let out a heavy sigh and nodded without looking at the woman. Takana was pleased. Then he walked quickly to her.

"What do you want?" dylan asked with a cold look at him.

"Umm..., do you want to be my friend, Dylan-san?" Takana bent both of his index fingers forward.

"No." Dylan refused it. "After what you did to me, and now you suddenly want to be my friend? Huh, basic!"

"Ughh! I didn't do that on purpose." His words felt bad and regretful. But Dylan was uncomfortable with his style of speech.

"Young! Your language is too raw. I feel uncomfortable. Can I talk like normal?"

"But, in my dictionary, everyone says something like this."

"What is your Indonesian dictionary?"

"Hi, I made it myself."

"Oh, really?"

"Yes." Yeah."

Suddenly it was quiet again. Dylan got down from the top of his bed, and walked over to the window. His body began to re-energize. He opened the window there, light and a cool breeze entered the room.

Takana reopened a few pages of his dictionary. Trying to find the translation words that he will say. After meeting her, Takana opened her mouth again. But, before he said anything, Dylan had already interjected first.

"Did Japanese learn Indonesian?" tanyakanya.

Takana. "Mochiron! I really like the Indonesian language, but I still can't master it." Takana.

"Oh, is it hard?"

"Yes, that's it."

Dylan nodded in understanding. Then look out the window. Look at some kids playing ball on the field.

"Anu..., can I be your friend?" ask again.

"Hmm..., why do you want to be my friend?"

"Because.., watashi wa anata no hogo yujin desu! "

Dylan. "Huh? What does that mean?"

"Sorry, I can't tell you."

"Well?"

"Now, accept that I'll be your friend!" Takana is begging again.

Dylan shook his head slowly. "If you want to be my friend, you have to tell me the meaning of the words you said first. I just got it!"

"No, I can't tell you!" takana.

"OK then, it's up to you. Never mind, I want to go back to class. Don't come near me again, you freak!" he stood up while walking out of that health room. Takana was still standing at the door while looking at Dylan who was walking down the hall.

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On the school field, there was a basketball game. Many other students were watching. Whether it's from the top of the school building or watching from the edge of the field directly.

On the sidelines of this field, it seems, most are female students. Because they pay attention to one of those great basketball players. His name is Kei Sebastian.

He is quite popular because of his handsome face and his cool style in playing basketball. The guy's really great, anyway.

But if Dylan, he thinks that person is ordinary.

"DYLAN WATCH OUT!"

Someone shouted at him. Dylan was surprised and immediately looked over. It turned out that there was a basketball coming quickly towards him. Unable to dodge, Dylan's reflexes only protected his head with his arms.

BUKS!

Someone saved him quickly. That person is Takana!

Is that true?!

Quickly, he appeared before him and instantly picked up the basketball. His hands are very strong. Then shortly thereafter, Takana ran past the players while carrying the basketball. Then when he got near the pole of the basketball ring, he immediately jumped high.

Very high!

Takana put the ball into his ring hole. It succeeded! Marvelous. Everyone applauded and cheered in admiration for Takana.

Kei who saw the incident also felt amazed by Takana's greatness in playing basketball. Though she is a girl and her height is only 150 cm!

Kei who realized that his mouth was ringing, he immediately closed it back. Then, after that, quickly, Kei ran over to Takana.

"Wow, your game is great!" praise Kei to Takana.

Takana answered him with a nod and a smile.

"Hey, I'm really amazed by your greatness and power. So, will you be my girlfriend?" Kei raised Takana's right hand, then knelt to Takana.

Dylan and all the female disciples around him were shocked. They were hysterically screaming from envy. Their eyes snapped in shock when they saw Kei who had suddenly shot Takana. Takana is not expressing. He just kept quiet while glancing around and confused.

"Hey, how?"

Takana why just shut up? Waitaminute! Does he not understand what Kei is saying?!

Takana frowned, looking for something while checking every uniform bag and skirt she was wearing. Looks like Takana is looking for his dictionary book. That little book must have disappeared!

Dylan also glanced around and looked for the book. Takana immediately focused his eyes on Dylan. The man was shocked as he suddenly looked at her. Then, quickly, Takana ran towards Dylan quickly.

"ah! What's he gonna do to me now? Does he want to hit me again?!

If so, I should run. Dodge from him!"

Before leaving, Dylan briefly rolled his eyes down. Uh, it turns out that Takana's book is in front of her feet. Dylan was about to pick it up, but suddenly, a violent impact hit him quickly.

A takana?

Aye! Takana! The boy had run over to Dylan until he fell. But most surprisingly, when they fell ....

Takana's lips touched Dylan's!

With his position downtrodden by the girl's body, Dylan and Takana stared at each other in confusion. He looks ordinary. But it seemed, his face was reddened. Everyone is watching them.

"CIEEEEE!!!"

"Ce–the girl...."

"Must be, she kissed that guy, right?"

"I–iya! Can't be trusted!"

The female disciples who were around, started cheering and talking about them. Dylan was uncomfortable and a bit annoyed. Then quickly, he pushed Takana and immediately stood up.

Then without looking at Takana again, he left. Takana clenched her hand, then pressed her hand against her chest. His expression looked sad. Then he took back his little book and immediately ran after Dylan.

Kei who was still standing in the middle of that field, continued to stare confusedly at Takana. Then, one of his friends approached him, then patted him on the shoulder.

"Patience, Kei! I also know that rejected love is bad. But at least, you still have another girl here." Said his friend.

"I haven't been rejected. That girl still hasn't answered me." Kei glanced sharply at his friend.

"But she already has a boyfriend. Her boyfriend is Dylan's No Life's son, you know!"

"There's no way a no life boy has a girlfriend! Anyway, I'm gonna keep chasing that chick." Kei said as he ran leaving his friend behind. He's gonna go find Takana, the girl he's after.

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To be Continued–