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Chapter 3: II - Just a Kid

The next thing I knew when I open my eyes is I was laying in a hospital bed or rather a clinic. When I was about to get up, Naoyuki entered the room carrying a glass of water and a pack of medicines inside a tray.

"Oh good thing you're finally awake. Are you feeling better now?" he put down the tray on the side table and smiled at me.

"Yes, I'm better now thanks to you. By the way, did you brought me in this hospital?"

"I was supposed to bring you to the hospital when you collapsed but because of the weather condition, I decided to bring you to the nearest option so immediately brought you here in my clinic."

"Your clinic?"suddenly that caught my attention.

"Yes this is my clinic and just a few steps away from the convinience store .Though this is just a clinic for children, I believe that treating your fever is within my skills."

"So you are saying that you are a doctor?"

"Yes, a pediatrician to be precise."

I was stunned at the moment. I never thought that I was blurting out stupid things to someone older than me just a while ago. I thought that he was just like my age so I acted on instinct and approached him carelessly.

"I'm very sorry for acting too familiar and impolite to you. I never thought that you were older than me. Please forgive me Shinobu-san" I apologized and started talking to him with courtesy.

"It's okay so you don't need to apologize and besides, I didn't introduce myself properly so let's start knowing each other first."

"Then let me introduce myself first. I'm Suzuki Kazuya, 20 years old, a 2nd year student major in arts at PL University."

"I'm Shinobu Naoyuki, 29 years old, a full time pediatrician. I'm just an average person so I can't say much about myself." he smiled and shake my hands.

"We are actually 9 years apart. Are you sure that you want a random kid like me to be friends with you?"

"Pftttt.. You know, sometimes I don't know if kids this days are dumb or just trying to be funny. You were the one who suddenly approached me and asking to be your friend and now you are the one acting so confused of this situation." he is laughing at me.

"Sorry, I just move by my instinct back there."

"Why? Did I caught your eye or something?"

"Are you serious? Anyone who saw someone always carrying a black umbrella will be curious about that person, it's like you have a magic or something."

"So you are just curious about me?" his tone suddenly turned cold.

"Yes... I mean no. I saw how amazing you are and I want to be friends with you."

"...." he didn't reply anymore.

It seems that I accidentally offended him.

"Shinobu-san I didn't mean...."before I can apologize I was cutoff when a man barge in the room. He looks like someone who is older or maybe the same age as Shinobu-san.

"Nao! Yesterday you told me that you will go home early today, but here you are still here busy working."

"Sorry Hisa, there is just some urgent call."

"Hmmm... an emergency patient?" he look closely at me. "Hey that is not a kid anymore! Why are you here inside of a hospital? Didn't you see the sign outside?" he suddenly became aggressive and started nagging me.

"Hey stop it. I'm the one who brought him here because it was an emergency."

"So you know that kid? Are you friends or something?" he keep calling and treating me like a kid, and his being nosy starting to annoy me.

"....just saw him collapsed outside." I was surprised to hear Shinobu-san to lie about something like that.

I feel a little sad realizing that he no longer wants the idea of befriending me. Did I really say something bad unconsciously?

"Shinobu-san I'm sorr...." I was cutoff again when he faced me.

"I think you will be fine now. Take this medicine and don't forget to drink it twice a day."

"Eh.. but I still.." he started pushing me out of the room while handing the pack of medicine from the tray earlier.

"Don't worry about the payment. It's free so you can go now. Goodbye."

In the end I was kicked out of the clinic.

After thinking about everything that happened the whole night, I decided to go and try to talk to him one more time and so I went straight in front of his clinic as soon as my afternoon class ended.

I am still hesitating to go in and I feel nervous to talk to him but a voice inside me keep urging me to approach me everytime I am near him. I paced back and forth in front of the door until someone noticed me.

"Hey are you that kid last night? Do you plan interfering with Nao's work again? Are you his stalker?" it was that annoying nosy guy last night.

"No you're wrong. I'm not here to cause any trouble. I just want to thank him properly and apologize."

"Then there's no need to talk to him directly, I'll just pass your message so you can just go now and stop bothering him."

"But I have to apologize properly and make things clear."

"You know kid, will you please stop your childish schemes. Stop getting involved in adult lives and just go home and study."

"Hey stop treating me like a five years old brat. My age is just a little lower than you and please stop talking as if you know something between me and Shinobu-san."

"Hehh between you and him? You mean how you desperately wanted be friends with him because you think he is special? I've heard it all from Nao last night, and guess what? He feel very offended about that."

"I didn't mean to offend him with my words, and that's why I'm here to apologize. So please let me in and blocking the entrance."

"No. I won't let you make Nao feel bad again. Get lost brat!"

We continued making a ruckus in front of the children's clinic and we didn't notice that we caught the attention of all the passersby including a patrolling police officer who immediately bought as to the station.

After a few minutes, Shinobu-san arrived in the station with a confused face.

"I thought that there was a riot in front of my clinic but why are you here Hisashi? Want kind of trouble did you made this time?"


Chapter 4: III - Behind an Overprotective Friend

Arakata Hisashi's POV

"I thought that there was a riot in front of my clinic but why are you here Hisashi? Want kind of trouble did you made this time?" Nao arrived at the station still wearing his white coat.

"Sorry. It's my fault, I didn't mean to cause any trouble for you."

"So what happened?"

"Shinobu-san I just want to apologize to you but he keeps blocking me from entering." that kid speak immediately before I can even think of what to say.

Nao looked at me with his sharp eyes as if he is trying to read my mind.

"Why did you that? You can just let this kid go in and avoid getting in trouble, are you back to being a bully?"

"No. I just thought that this kid is up to no good and will just spoil your mood when you see his face."

"But still you don't have to go that far causing a scene outside." ~sigh~ "Fine let's just talk later after I explain to the police officer, just stay here and please behave." and now he is also treating me like a kid who needs to be reminded how to behave, this is all this kid's fault.

"Hey why are you acting so overprotective to Shinobu-san? Are you his brother?" this kid finally spoke again trying to break the silence between us.

"Why would I care to tell you? Your just a stranger to us."

"Because I also want to be close to him. I seriously want to be friends with him."

"He don't need any friends like you, the type who only wants to satisfy their curiosity then eventually leave after that."

He suddenly turn silent without anything to say. I knew it, I am correct from the start. He is just like any other people we know.

Shinobu Naoyuki is my childhood friend and I'm one year older than him. We studied together since primary to college and lived together in the same dorm in the university even though we have different majors. He is in the medical field while I am in the literature department.

I have known everything about him and even his deepest secret, his special ability.

He was born with the power to foresee something by knowing the probabilities of it.

During our junior high days, he told me about his powers for the first time to everyone in our class by telling that there will be heavy rainfall for the next day but nobody believed in him except me so I brought an umbrella the next day and it actually rain and so our classmates asked for another proof and he said that the afternoon class will most likely will be suspended and so it actually happened.

Everyone believed in him and they all wanted to be friends with him and treated him like some psychic that can see the future even though they didn't understand how it really works. His power his just a product of probabilities and not an accurate view of the future.

I was happy to see him having fun with everyone because I was his only friend since we were young but those happy days ended quickly when a tragedy happened.

It was during our camping trip in senior high school. Our camping was located at the foot of the mountain which is different from all the past camping trip where the location is just somewhere in the forest of the back of our school so everyone were excited for the trip and Naoyuki assured that it is highly possible to be safe so everyone was happy and feel safe.

That day was so much fun and unforgettable but what comes next is something more that can never be forgotten. It was nighttime and everyone was sound asleep in their tents after a whole day of running around when I suddenly heard Nao screaming and realized that he was having a nightmare. I woke him up and when he opened his eyes, he jumped out of our tent and screamed at the top of his lungs.

"Everyone Wake up! RUN!! RUN NOW!" I never heard him shouted that loud since I met him and so I followed him and asked what is happening but he continued shouting and tried to wake up everyone.

"Hey! stop shouting, it is the middle of the night."

"Shut up! Where trying to rest here!"

Everyone just complained to him instead of getting up.

"But we are all in danger! We should run now! It's dangerous here!" he shouted again.

"But you told us that this trip will be safe."

"Everything is fine. Just go back to sleep." "What danger are you trying to say? A rain?"

"Hahahaha Yes, I knew it. You can only predict rain. Just forget it. Our tents are waterproof."

Nobody listen to him and instead, they started mocking him. I saw how terrified Nao's eyes at that night and without hesitation, I helped him waking up everyone but only half crawled out of their tents.

After a few minutes of waiting for everyone to go out, some got tired and went back to sleep telling us to stop joking around. In the end only a few people including us where standing out of our tents when we all felt the ground shaking.

The shaking which started slow until the ground shakes wildly and it was too late when I realised what can get worse, we were at the mountain foot and a landslide was coming.

"Everyone Run!" Nao shouted again while trying to pull everyone out.

Everything seems turned slow motion as I panicked and grabbed Nao as I run away from the approaching landslide. But even if I tried to run at my full speed, there was no escape from the eroding mountain and we still ended up buried and everything went black.

The next time I opened my eyes, I was at the hospital and the doctor told us that I was lucky to be rescued just before I ran out of oxygen. I immediately asked to see Nao and was relieved to see that he also survived but when I look closer I was shocked to see the despair in his face. He was blaming himself about that disaster.

"I killed them. I killed them. I killed them. It's all my fault. It's all my fault." those were the words he continued to say when we were informed about the shocking news.

Only ten students from our class survived. Everyone was dead.

My thoughts were also messed up during that time and I don't know what to say to comfort him and everything became worse when two of our classmates who were confined in the same hospital met us.

"It's all your fault! If you just don't lie us about how safe the trip will be."

"If only you you told us earlier that there will be an earthquake!!"

They were blaming him and I can't stand to listen how they treat him as if he was a criminal despite of being the most damage victim. He was traumatized more than anyone.

"But why? Why would you blame a person about something like that? Are you out of your minds?! He never told you that it was 100% safe! And do you think anyone will just randomly see if there will be an earthquake every minute of their life?! Come on just use your little brain even just once! Why don't you just be thankful that he tried to save everyone even if he knew that he can just run away alone before the earthquake! And who do you think are those IDIOTS who didn't listen and didn't even try to get out of their f*cking tents because they prefer to sleep than to survive?!" I managed to say all the words I am trying to hold back because of all the anger I have towards them, and in my heart I know that I just wish that they all just die there instead of living and trying to put the blame to someone innocent as Nao.

After recovering, his parents and my parents agreed to transfer us to another school to help us forget about that tragedy. Since then, Nao never tried to talk about his abilities to anyone except me, and little by little he started to smile again and I thought that everything will be back to normal.

Our days in the University was very busy and we almost have no time to meet and talk except during the night before we go to sleep so I have no idea about his entire campus life, but during one weekend he invited me to go watch a movie and I was surprised to see that he also invited someone from his class, his name was Sakami Juniichiro.

I was surprised back then to know that he managed to have a new friend and also told him about his secret. The three of us become friends and eventually spent our weekends together having fun until I accidentally discovered the truth that changed everything.

It was Sunday afternoon when we go together to watch another movie. In the middle of watching the movie, I went out to take a pee and decided to buy some popcorn before going back in and so it took me some time before I can go back in. Silently, I slowly walked in the dark cinema and as I approached our seat without using the lights from my phone because my hands were occupied with the huge bucket of popcorn. When I almost just a step away from my seat, I saw Nao and Juniichiro kissing. I thought that my eyes were just playing some tricks on me but when the movie screen lights up more from a scene, everything appeared more clear, it was really them kissing. I accidentally let go of the popcorn and as it fall down the floor, Nao was startled and slowly turned his head towards me.

Without thinking, I dashed out of the cinema and went straight to our dorm. After just a few minutes, Nao also arrived and it seems that he was trying to catch up with me.

"I'm sorry if I didn't tell you about us."

"Since when did you swing that way?"

"I don't know."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because I know the probability that you will be shocked to know that this is how I am. I'm afraid that it will ruin our friendship."

"But did you look for the probability of our friendship?"

"No. I'm scared to know that."

"Nao, you should have told me from the start. I was shocked just how like you foresee but I will never throw away our friendship just like that."

"Really? Are you fine to have a friend like me."

"Of course, you will remain my friend forever no matter what you become. I promise, so promise me that you will not keep any secrets anymore."

"Promise."

After opening up about his relationship with Juniichiro, I became his advisor whenever he feel troubled and as days go by, I have gotten used to it but one day Nao came back crying and told me that they break up.

"Juniichiro told me that he is tired of me. That he only wants to satisfy his curiosity about my ability and told me that I should just join the circus or something." Nao continued to cry as he told me everything and it make me feel the same anger I feel after the landslide tragedy and so I searched for Juniichiro to ask him to apologize to Nao.

After searching the whole university, I found him and just like how a fire was thrown to the barrel of fuel of my anger, I exploded when I see him kissing with a girl inside a vacant room.

I walked in and punched him continuously in the face until my hands feel numb and he was lying helplessly on the floor. I grabbed his collar as I pulled him up to his knees.

"Why did you say those hurtful things to Nao?! Do you know how much he love and trusted you?! How could you! Apologize to him now!"

"Hehhh...you know, your friend is just to innocent to be in this world. How could he cry so much just because I said those words. I'm tired of dealing with a crybaby like that."

"You're an asshole!" I punched him again."

"Why are you so affected? You're too overprotective to him you know. Ohh don't tell me that you secretly love him and just jealous of me? Don't worry , he's all yours now after all I got tired of him."

I still wanted to punch him when suddenly, a professor came in with the girl who was with Juniichiro earlier. I was brought to the guidance councillor and was suspended for two weeks while he on the other hand was confined to the hospital for a month and after that he transferred to another university.

Even though I feel victorious on that incident, his words keep playing on my head.

"Do you secretly love him?"


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