cote react to

part 13

"Hmmm."

I drew closer to the man, pressing him up against the shutter.

"Me and my girlfriend saw everything. So we took pictures. If you show your face to that girl again, or send her any more disgusting letters, we'll expose you. Got it?"

"Girlfriend?!"

"Hey, what is this Ayanokoji?!" Ike directed his glare to his classmate.

"It was only an act." Ayanokoji explained.

Ichinose on the other hand was relentlessly teased by her girl friends from her class.

"Girlfriend, huh?" Amikura wiggled her brows up and down.

"It's not like that and you know it!" Ichinose complained loudly.

"Ha ha ha ha! What are you talking about? I really don't...know what you're talking about."

"You don't know what I'm talking about? You're not weaseling out of this, old man. If you so much as raise a hand at or even just ogle this idol, that'll be the end for you. I'll beat the shit out of you. Got it?"

Eek!"

After he completely lost his will to fight, I deliberately gave him some time to escape.

"Huh?!" Ike made a sound

"Why did you let him escaped, Ayanokoji?!" Yukimura asked.

"We didn't had the time to call the cops. I rushed to find her." Ayanokoji said.

Ichinose who was saved from her friends teasing spoke up, "We we're also caught up with Sakura-san we forgot, I guess." Ichinose scratches her head. "The important part was that Sakura-san was rescued and saved from that man."

"G-goodbye! I won't do that ever again!"

"As if we'll believe that."

The store clerk raced back inside the store to get away from us. With the source of her terror gone, Sakura suddenly looked exhausted. She looked like she was going to topple over and collapse, so I hurriedly grabbed her arms and held her up.

"You did really well."

I'd preached at her a lot, but that was probably unnecessary now. She'd been trying to vanquish the suffering she'd faced on her own. I had to consider her feelings.

"Ayanokouji... kun. Why are you here?"

"I'm really glad that I exchanged contact information with you."

I took out my phone, which showed Sakura's location.

"I guess I'm no good after all... I couldn't do anything by myself in the end."

"That's not true, Sakura-san." Ichinose smiled gently at her. "Despite all of that you stood strong and brave. Not many people can handle that intense atmosphere and situation, you know?"

Airi looked at her.

"Yeah, Airi-chan." Haruka spoke up, "You stood your ground against him."

"I admired you for your bravery, Sakura-san." Sakayanagi who was quiet until now said. "Having the courage to do what you did takes a lot. You fought to the bitter end." She smiled at her genuinely.

"That's not true. It was really cool when you threw those letters to the ground." I pointed to the mess of multicolored paper scattered everywhere.