Hogo No Yujin (Protective Friend)
Episode 3~ Back to school with Takana

"Dylan-san, chotto!" yelled Takana who was behind Dylan.

But Dylan still didn't care. He always stepped foot fast. If necessary, he could have run from Takana. Importantly, he would not look at the Japanese anymore. No matter how much the girl kept shouting and calling her name. Anyway, Dylan wanted to stay away from her.

Then, at the time in front of class 2-B, precisely on the 2nd floor, Takana managed to get Dylan's hand and immediately pulled it. Both of their steps stopped.

"What else do you want, anyway?!" snarl Dylan at him.

"Dylan-san, where are you going? Why leave me? Aren't you my friend?"

Dylan sighed softly, then glanced at the Takana before him. "One, I'm leaving because I'm sick of your behavior. Two, this is my life, so .. like me! And three, I'm not your friend. We're not friends!" He pulled his hand from Takana's grasp forcibly.

"So, leave me alone!"

Dylan put his foot back on. Back away from Takana. After he left, Takana just stayed in place with a sour face. But apparently, Takana will not give up. He stepped out his legs again and went back to chasing after Dylan.

But before that, there was someone behind Takana who suddenly pulled his hand. Takana was surprised and immediately looked behind him.

Ah, it's Kei!

"Who are you?" ask Takana.

"Hi! Don'tbeafraid. I'm that handsome guy, you know!" Kei replied while extending his hand. "My name is Kei Sebastian."

"Umm. I, I'm Takana. Takana Utsuki's."

"Your name is great. I like it."

"Yes. You are the same."

Takana looked very hesitant. Because the guy in front of him was really blocking his way. He always glanced at Dylan who was walking away. Then the man turned to the right. Takana really wants to catch up with him.

"Let me tell you a little bit about me" Kei said confidently. "So, I'm the most popular person in this school. I'm a basketball and other sports guy. My face is handsome too. That's why I have so many fans. But take it easy, I just like you, Takana. Well, now ... eh?!" Kei opened his eyes again and was shocked. It turned out that Takana who was in front of him disappeared somewhere.

He doesn't know where Takana is going. Kei goes to find Takana again.

Takana himself was still following Dylan. He knelt her from behind. Unknowingly, Dylan was completely unable to see his whereabouts. He's like a ghost. It can be felt, but it cannot be seen with the eyes.

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Chapter 3: [Getting home with Takana]

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Home school–

Again, Dylan went home alone. Without friends and others. Actually, he doesn't like to have friends, but he desperately needs a friend. His life is strange!

Reading a book while walking is great. But, still Dylan had to pay attention around so as not to hit objects or other people.

The book he read was a novel inspired by his favorite anime. He usually calls it Light Novel. Somehow he bought the novel, even though he already knew the content of the story in his novel from his Anime.

Right now, it must be right behind him, there was that Japanese woman following him. Dylan was getting furious with his attitude that always knelt him down. Why did he want to get close and be Dylan's friend?

"That's wrong. I want to throw this novel right in front of his face." Dylan's grumbling in the heart.

Focus on reading the novel. Uh, but suddenly someone was holding Dylan's shoulder. The man flinched. Definitely Takana. Then quickly, Dylan just hit the person behind him with the novel book.

"Ouch!"

"Eh? Male voice? So it's not Takana?"

"Ah, what are you doing?!"

It's Kei!

Dylan had hit a popular student at school and worse, many other students had seen the incident. They started talking about it again.

"Ma–maf!"

Dylan has to get going. He retreated slowly, then quickly, he turned around and intended to leave Kei still sitting on the ground.

"Eitz! You can't go that easy."

Dylan's steps suddenly stopped. Someone just held her body. That person was Kei's Bodyguard. He clasped Dylan's hands together, then folded them backwards. He felt pain. Like his bones were shifting.

"Why should I be detained here, anyway?"

Kei stood up again. Then, he walked towards Dylan. "Hey, you're so outrageous, aren't you? First, you snatched my girlfriend and now, you dare hit me in front of everyone. Can't be trusted!"

BUKS!

"Akh!"

Kei lunged at Dylan's stomach. He was in pain. He opened his eyes again, slowly glancing towards Kei. The taller man from Dylan was expressing an angry face, but he still had time for a smile. A smile that looks ugly. A sinister smile with his sharp narrowed eyes.

Dylan's hands were still held back. Unable to move and could only moan in pain. Then once again, Kei again punched his stomach. He immediately vomited blood from his mouth..

"That's enough. Release her!" kei's orders to his Bodyguard.

"Good."

They finally let Dylan go. The man coughed on the ground while continuing to groan in pain on his stomach.

After which, Kei stood before him. "Now, don't fuck with me. I'm watching you ...."

MAAM!

"ONI! THE ONI! THE ONI! "

"A–aduh! Ouch!"

Uh, Takana! He came and directly beat Kei's head many times. Kei tried to rebel. Escape from Takana who was sitting on his shoulders.

"Hey, Takana, what are you doing?!"

Dylan wiped the blood on his lips, then picked up the bag and stood back up. Everyone noticed the commotion caused by that Takana and Kei.

Kei fell to the ground. After beating Kei up, Takana went back to silence. But again, when Dylan noticed, his face still looked tense and frightened. Then after that, Takana glanced at Dylan. The girl smiled at him. Then he ran towards Dylan. Standing in front of him. Slowly, Dylan's legs began to step back to move away for fear of being hit as well.

"Oni-chan! "

"Eh, jesus!" Dylan jerks.

Suddenly, the girl made that sound. Makes Dylan's cheeks blush a little.

"Onii-chan, let's go home!" take Takana.

"Eh, what the hell? Are we home? You're this!" Dylan left him. Takana running small. He followed her from behind.

Kei stood up again. He looked towards Takana. He could not believe that Takana had beaten him and now he (Takana) was going to follow someone else.

"Oh, just give up. That girl already has someone she likes." Ledek one of Kei's friends.

"What are you talking about? I'm Kei. Kei Sebastian's! I won't be able to let that girl be with another guy. Takana should be mine. Point. No coma!" snapped Kei. Then he walked quickly to his car, accompanied by a Bodyguard.

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Dylan passed by the quiet place again. Does Takana still follow him?

Without looking back, Dylan slowed down his pace. The sound of Takana's footsteps was still heard. "Aish! He's still kneeling me." Dylan was getting annoyed at her. Soon, he turned around.

"Takana, why do you keep following me, anyway? I'm going home!" snapped Dylan.

"But my house is also near here. So, we're together."

"ah! So, where's your house?" dylan asked in disbelief.

"There." Takana.

"Where is it? There are just a lot of empty houses. There's no way you live in that place, right?"

Takana doesn't seem to understand. He also opened a small book containing the Indonesian translation. Dylan let out a heavy sigh, then shook his head downwards.

"That's Takana, you don't follow me. I feel uncomfortable. Stop following me." This time Dylan would try to be more gentle with her.

"Ta–but..., watashi wa–"

"Watashi, watashi again. Don't speak Japanese in front of me. I don't understand what that means." Dylan pushed the girl away and cornered her the fence wall of an empty house near where they were.

"Easy, huh? You're not my brother, in fact, you're not my friend. So don't follow me. I don't know you very well either. We just met. Stop following me!"

Dylan reached into the bag of pants, then took out something and gave it to Takana. "It! If you want your refund for the comic you gave me yesterday, then I'll refund you. Take-take this! Now we're even, and have nothing to do anymore."

Without saying anything more, Dylan immediately stepped back his legs. Go leave Takana who is still staring at him with eyes that are rounded from the front of the fence wall of the house. It seemed that the woman did not understand what she said earlier. When Dylan cornered him, he did not have time to translate the man's words.

Takana glanced at his hand who was holding money worth Rp50,000, that's. After that, he looked back at Dylan. He widened his eyes. He did not see the man again. Dylan turned a corner. Entering another alley.

Takana stepped up a little. Then he looked up immediately. In his eyes, he saw a black shadow flying over him. Takana went after the shadow in a hurry. His running style is very fast.

While walking, Dylan went back to reading the novel he had earlier. Soon, he heard the sound of footsteps running towards him. Dylan looked back. Apparently there's no one. Then he turned back and was surprised.

Suddenly, the figure of Takana was in front of his eyes.

He's very close. Dylan was about to hit the girl with a novel, but he instead abandoned his intentions and chose to snap at her.

"Takana! You are this huh? Still following me!"

This time, however, Takana was silent. He looked at Dylan with a blank look. Seems not.

He stared at something behind Dylan. His gaze changed with a slightly tense and frightened expression. Suddenly, he was surprised. "Dylan-san! Getdown!" yelled Takana suddenly.

Takana instantly pulled Dylan's hand down, and instantly slammed into the asphalt. "sickness ... What's wrong with that girl, anyway?" muttered Dylan who was about to wake up.

"Takana, what are you ...."

WUUUSH....

Dylan's surprised. Suddenly, a very strong wind appeared. The strong wind, coupled with the sky that suddenly became cloudy and dark.

Dylan was almost carried away by flying because of the strong wind there and his book of fallen novels continued to roll back its pages because of the strong wind. He didn't know what was going on, but it scared him a little.

"Dylan-san! Come with me. It's dangerous here!" Takana pulled Dylan's hand again and took him running away.

But Dylan could not leave his novel lying there. He wants to take it. Dylan took his hand off Takana by force. Then after that, he ran over to his book lying there.

"Damee!" shout Takana. "Don't touch the book!"

Dylan did not care about Takana's words. Anyway, he'll bring home his novel. "Novel is expensive. I don't want to waste my money." Inner Dylan. "I haven't finished reading it yet."

Dylan took back his novel. But suddenly, something came out from inside the cover of the novel. There was a black smoky shadow that had touched his hand. Dylan would drop the book back to the ground, but unfortunately could not. The black shadow was already in his hand.

"What the fuck?! I can't move!"

"YYESYAH!" Dylan shouted in pain. His hands were burning around the appearance of the black smoke.

"Be careful Dylan-san!" Takana came to him to help. He clenched his hand, and instantly it gave off a bright blue-colored light. Then Takana swung his hand firmly into Dylan's. The man fell to the ground and Takana was thrown deep into the sky.

Dylan was finally able to move again again and the black shadow disappeared. He retreated slowly, moving away from his book while looking up to find Takana.

"What's? Takana lost in the sky? Where's she going?!"

A TAP!

Dylan heard footsteps. There's someone behind him. Slowly, Dylan looked back and how surprised he was, Takana was suddenly behind him. Takana smiled at him. Then he walked while skipping around to Dylan happily as if nothing had happened.

But it's not really Dylan's direction. He wanted to take the man's novel. Once retrieved, Takana immediately gave the book to Dylan. Dylan accepted it carefully. After he held onto the novel, Dylan felt nothing more. The book seems safe again.

Takana bowed slightly, her head pointing at him. He smiles. "Watashi wa anata no hogo!"

Again that is what he said. I don't know what that means, Dylan still doesn't know. Perhaps, later when he was at home, he would find out the translation.

Takana reopened the translation. He also opened his mouth. "Emm ... Now, can we be friends?"

Dylan frowned. "That again. That again! I told you, I don't want to be your friend. So, you get out of here!"

Dylan paused for a moment while thinking of something. Then, his eyes glanced back at Takana. "Hmm .. but, if you want to be my friend, on one condition!"

"Nani?"

"I have to know what that 'watashi wa anata no hogo yujin' means. Hows it? The conditions are pretty easy, right?"

"Ehmm, how, huh? Uh! I can't do it."

"Why can't you?"

"Because ..that's my secret!"

"If it's a secret, why would you reveal it to someone else?"

"ah! That's .. aaaarggh!" Takana shook her head while ruffling her hair. "I don't know!"

"Hmm.., okay then! You don't have to be my friend. You've wasted my time. I'll just go home. Don't follow me anymore!" dylan.

Dylan turned around and walked to his way home, reading his novel again. Takana just fell silent while staring at Dylan who was walking away from him and disappeared.

Takana lowered her head. Although Takana had already warned Dylan not to follow him anymore, Takana remained reckless. I don't know what his goal is to get close to Dylan, the point is he really wants to see it all the time.

Takana moved his leg back. It seems like he just thought of a good idea. What is Takana planning now?

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To be Continued