Empire High (An Akame Ga Kill/Kiru fanfic)

Old Friends, New Problems

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Old Friends; New Problems

"Tatsumi!" Najenda raised her voice.

"Yes!" He jumped and immediately stood up from his seat.

"What's the answer to number seven from last nights homework?" Najenda asked.

"Right, it's um." Tatsumi shuffled through his papers.

He began to struggle as he searched through his book for his homework. He then realized he never did it last night. He was too busy with taking care of Mein and Leone that he decided to blow it off.

"Tatsumi, did you do the homework?" Najenda asked.

Before Tatsumi could speak, he felt a piece of paper being placed in his hand. Looking down, he could see Braht trying to sneakily put the homework in his hand. He gave him a slight wink and showed that he made a copy for himself.

"Right, the answer is pie over six squared." Tatsumi said.

"Correct and next time, be sure you have your homework prepared."

Tatsumi sighed as he sat back in his chair. A couple of days have passed since Mein and Leone were found unconscious and they haven't woken up yet. It seemed like they would never wake again. The entire dorm was even put on alert as well when Rabac wasn't in the kitchen a few mornings back. But it only turned out he was trying to take a peek at Chelsea but was immediately beaten up by Akame.

"I swear I don't know how I ended up in her bathroom." He tried playing off.

"We'll just see about that." Chelsea grinned as Akame handed her a knife.

Tatsumi took a look behind him at the empty desks where Leone and Mein would sit. Schere looked as though the incident happen yesterday and Rabac was upset that Leone wasn't there for him to take pictures of. Behind Rabac, Aria noticed him and smiled to attempt to cheer him up.

RING

"That's the bell. Be sure to do tonight's homework." She emphasized when looking at Tatsumi as he stood up from his desk.

"Hey Bro, thanks for the help." Tatsumi said. "I guess I'm still not-"

Suddenly a fist hit Tatsumi in the face; sending him crashing into the locker. The pain wasn't much but he knew it was supposed to hurt.

Looking up, he could see Braht sternly looking at him. His hand making a fist as several students watched and waited to see what would happen next.

"I told you to be strong." Braht said. "But these past few days, you've done nothing. You're not the same you used to be."

"Bro..."

"I only punched you out of love." Braht walked away, leaving Akame and Schere stunned.

"It seems no one is thinking straight." Rabac commented as he exited the classroom.

"Tatsumi. Are you okay?" Akame asked, helping him up.

"I'm fine." He said, pretending nothing happened.