When we think about it, everyone have a hidden face that they didn't show to anybody..but it's not necessary that what they are hiding is egoistic or self-loving side of themselves. There are many who hide behind a brave or cheerful character...hiding how timid or broken they are..they hope to never be discovered by the cruelty that lurks in this realm of Self-righteousness.

In a way, Lisa is the same… that time all I needed was that sad smile to look beyond her facade. Maybe many will try to take advantage of your true character once they know and I think the same is happening to Lisa...she's been subjected to bullying and all other by those girls..but now that Rias has joined this fight maybe these girls will leave Lisa alone for sometime..

I should get going..it's not my problem anyway.

After that Lisa didn't said a single word to me during school. I think maybe she's angry that I ignored her when she needed me..

After school ended I returned home and now I'm in front of tv scrolling through the list of channels waiting for the clock to hit 5 PM. After that I need to visit Lisa so that I can teach her...God..I am busy!!!

I reached her home and started tutoring her like usual..but she seems to be in a foul mood.

Aren't you acting way too normal?

What do you mean?

What I meant is why didn't you helped me when I was in trouble.

What do you mea…

Don't try to act innocent shawn..you saw and yet you ignored me.. they all say right you really are a cold king who doesn't give a crap about others..I thought that maybe it's possible to change you but you just showed how wrong I was..

Let me explain..

You shut up shawn..don't start sprouting any lies now..

A sudden burst of emotions..anger you feel when things didn't go the way you wanted them to be..once anger takes over you just become it's plaything..you lose all the reasoning and end up saying things that you may regret later on..you don't even try to listen to the other person...in this state there is only one thing that I can do..

She was going on and on about how she thought of me...and I closed the distance between us and slapped her on the face...it was not so hard but just enough to make her come to her senses..

Unable to keep those emotions inside she asked me to sit beside her..she buried her face in my shoulder hoping I wouldn't notice she was crying.

It was the best thing I could think of to make her come to her senses..I really felt sorry after I watched her cry but those emotions needed a way out and angry certainly wasn't the best one..she cried on my shoulder till she felt all right.

You were the one who didn't told me a thing about what was going on in the first place..you idiot!

She was still beside me with her face buried in my shoulder..and after hearing these lines she started crying again.. lamenting why she said all those things to me...she started whispering sorry to me..

I wrapped my arms around her gently..

It's okay..don't worry..
You can stay like this until you feel right..till then just be like this..

These are all the words I could think of but I think these are the words she wanted me to say..

I held her in my arms until she stopped crying..I released her as soon as I realised she's now feeling better..

I looked her in the eyes..and asked her

Let's go outside..

But we have to study..

Why the hell are you still thinking about studying after all this..

Her expression made my heart skip a bit..

Let's go..

Okay shawn..

We left the house and started heading towards the market..on the way I realised that Lisa seems to be back to normal...and suddenly she looked at my face..

Is it a date???

Think of it as whatever you want..

Ohh so a date it is!!

Could you please stop teasing me Lisa..

Why..it's a lot of fun.

Looking at her grinning face I realised just how much I missed this smiling face of her..

Do you like corn cheese balls..

Yes..but why.

Nothing..Looks like they have corn..let's go buy it..

After that I bought potatoes and as for the flour and cheese I have them at home.

Let's go..

To where??

My home of course..just follow me..

I took her to my apartment..

Just sit on the sofa and make yourself at home while I cook.

What are you making?

Corn cheese balls..

You really like cheese a lot shawn…

Yes.. it's my second favourite thing innthe world..

What's the first???

My mom..

Really..I never expected this kind of answer from you shawn..

Anyway just watch tv while I am busy..

Okay..

She took the remote and switched to the one of the cartoon channel.. seriously how childish can this girl be..

Anyway.. firstly I need to boil the corn and potato. I think it's better to use a cooker.

After boiling I need to let it cool down a bit and it's necessary to drain it well..there should be no moisture.

And now all I need to mash the potatoes and corn well. After that add grated cheese and add the spices that you want..but be careful to add less salt as cheese also has some salt in it. And now add all purpose flour and after mixing it well..all I need to make is balls of it and fry it.

All done and now all I need to do is let the oil drain..

Lisa which sauce do you like?

I like the sweet one..

Okay.

I decorated the plate and all done.

Here lisa try this..

Hmm..shawn it's soo good..

I know..I'm a great cook..keep the praise going..

Aren't you getting cocky.

Nope..not at all..

Are you feeling well now lisa..

Yeah..it's all thanks to you..

Can you tell me now..what happened back then? I know you don't want to talk about that but I need to know.

I understand shawn..I will tell you..

The girl who was leading all the other girls knows me afterall she went to the same school as me so she clearly knows what kind of personality I have and because of that they have been taking advantage of me after they found me in this college. She clearly knows how timid I am.

That day I accidentally dropped her necklace in the canal. And she got furious over it. She said that it was given to her by her mother and it's very expensive..she asked me to jump to get it...even though I told her that I don't know how to swim, she still forced me by saying that I will have to pay for it..I was not in very stable condition so I jumped without thinking anything..next thing I remember is you saving me.

But that was not all, they again found me in college and started asking for money and bad mouthing me. And when Rias helped me instead of you even though you were just walking by..I felt really broken.

I'm really sorry about that, I just didn't want to go into that mess without knowing anything about it and I was kind of angry with why you didn't told me anything about it..

It's okay..

After Rias stepped in she quickly turned the whole mess to our side..it turns out that they were lying that the necklace was expensive. Rias revealed that she heard them talking that they just wanted to make some money out of my mistake.

I'm really glad that even though Rias don't know me that well, she was there to help me.i feel like I can get along with her now.

Don't you want to take revenge on them Lisa?

Nope, I will just let karma do the deed.

I see..you really are mature Lisa.

Anyway shawn you need to eat your beloved cheese balls, they are getting cold.

Ohh..right right..I forgot about them.

Let me just finish them up.

Hmm..tasty!!

Thanks Shawn..I feel a lot better now.

Don't worry and just ask me for help if they cause you any problem in the future.

Thanks I really appreciate it.

Okay let me walk you home..

You really don't have to..

Don't be stupid.. although you are one.

Don't tease me Shawn.

Okay okay..

I walked her home.. somehow I feel like I have gotten close to her.

Hmm...might be my imagination..

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Hey guys!! Here's another chapter..and now I'm gonna be busy with my exams so see you after that..and let me know in the comments section how much you liking the story so far..till then see ya!!!