rendezvous | rewritten ( on hold : plan on rewriting )

9

his gaze lingered on the guy with somewhat spiked dark black hair, also known as isogai, when he remembered the other's words after the pole-toppling competition. his friendliness. the infuriating happiness 3-E all shared together like they were some bizarre, insane family. at the time, it had made his blood boil, but now...he wasn't so sure how to feel, especially towards the big five, who were under his father's control right now.

all he knew was that the only way he was going to get any of his leadership towards class 3-A back was to prove just how flawed the principal's idea of strength was. even if it was humiliating, if that's what it took to get them back, then so be it.

"ehhhh!" the redhead interrupted him like the pest he was. "is this any time to be worried about someone else? but let me tell you right now, you're not taking the top spot; i am!" the delinquent, also known as akabane karma, stuck his tongue out at him.

gakushu's eyes went white in rage at the sudden interruption as he gritted his teeth, trying to resist the strong urge to punch the boy.

"i told you, didn't i ?" karma spoke carefreely with his hands in his pocket, leaning his face close up but still keeping a distance between them. "next time, the class-E weren't gonna go easy on you. i'll be number one, with the rest of the class-E right under me. i'd say tenth place would look good on you, asano-kun." karma smirked cockily while gakushu stared at him warily. "so prepare to surrender your throne, your highness, because you're going down."

'how infuriating.'

gakushu scowled, glaring at the boldness of the redhead. the numbness faded entirely when a red-hot burst of energy started to overpower him as the more karma's arrogant smirk grew smugger. he'd never wanted to hit someone so much in his life. although violence is not okay in a school or a public setting but it doesn't make him want to punch him any less.

as smart as the redhead is, he's very laid-back and carefree, much unlike gakushu. to be honest, maybe that is why gakushu despises him so much.

'god, do i want to wipe that smug look off of his face.'

then the human-ape known as terasaka stepped in and looked tauntingly at karma. "don't oversell it, man; at least try to do better than me!"

gakushu quickly covered his mouth to hide his snort as karma's eyes narrowed at terasaka, a tiny blush appearing on his cheeks briefly, knowing that the "human ape" (terasaka) is referring to the first semester end of term finals where karma rank dropped from the 4th place to last 13th of the whole 3rd year and making an exact fool of himself for the whole campus to laugh at him, and the redhead even got nitpicks by korosensei (though gakushu doesn't know that since the nitpicking happens in the mountain and also because korosensei's identity was to remain a secret) for not studying and lazing around, expecting he would be lucky.

a second later, karma viciously kneed terasaka in the stomach repeatedly for embarrassing him in front of his rival.

gakushu's eyebrows were then raised in both amusement and curiosity at the scene in front of him. "hm..."

he supposed others had different methods of disciplining their unruly classmates or minions.

"asano," isogai said, re-drawing his attention. "we've been working our butts off to win all along, just like you guys have, and we'll do it this time, too." isogai smiled, stepping forward. "that's how it's always been for us and the class-A. when you get right down to it, everyone's on the same side," he pointed out. "we're happy when we win and frustrated when we lose. there is no need for ranks beyond that." his smile grew. "that really should be enough, don't you think? we'll do our best as class-E, so that way class-A can have an opponent they'll be proud to face."

'ugh...'

gakushu raised an eyebrow at his unfailing optimism.

"don't overthink it." karma smiled slyly, making a slicing motion near his neck. "just come at us like you want to kill us," he challenged. "that's what makes it fun."

gakushu nearly laughed. there was something unexplainably amusing about that, and the sheer audacity. he couldn't remember anyone who had openly challenged or mocked him after suffering such a humiliating defeat and getting last place at midterms out of the whole third year.

it made gakushu smirk at the arrogant declaration of rivalry. there was just something refreshing about it. "how amusing. very well, i'll fight with my gloves off too."

"i will do everything in my power to stay up at the top," gakushu continued. "perhaps i should wish you luck if you're not careful enough since acting arrogant might cause you to accidentally slip down to the last place again and be nothing." he spit back, keeping his voice steady and calm, lacing each word with just as much venom as the last.

"hah!" karma laughed, saying, "you might want to perish that thought when the results come out, and i'll be sure to come up with as many nicknames as possible for you to remind you of your failure when the time comes."

the redhead smirked back with an equal amount of arrogance when he saw gakushu scowl. behind them, the rest of the class looked warily, and some of them even looked amused yet troubled as the once-cleared atmosphere from a few seconds ago shifted back to the tense rivalry aura of the dark smog that returned between the two competitors once again.

Q/A :
have you ever worked a part time job before ?? what did you do and how was it ??

i did and both job i got aren't really great, one is cashier in the market ( the boss is a little racist ) and a waitress ( the restaurant have a lot of people smoking which i can't handle due to my weak lungs and the restaurant is hella unhinged. )

again, so sorry about the delay of this chapter. i was just stressing myself out-

class 3-E & main campus uniform difference :

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