*ੈ✩₊˚▐ ❝ 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑
ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝒃𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒇 ❞
in which an enigmatic model student gets dropped to 3-E. as they grow to accept her, the infamous end class begins to unravel her secre...
"I understand. Still, I'd like to thank you for looking after her" I said with all honesty before the redhead turned to me to reply.
"It's not like I want to. Somehow I just end up doing so".
"Do you like her?" I asked.
And there it was, a moment of silence. Leave it to me to make a situation so awkward.
"You mean the way you like Itona-kun?~" he teased me as I blushed crimson.
"Ah..." I tried to avert my eyes.
"Honestly, I don't know. Or more like I don't want to know. Confirming it would be just as bad as admitting it" He said. "Anyways, Iroha's going to get mad if we take longer than this~".
"Right" I agreed before heading upstairs with him.
As I entered my room, I was greeted by amused looks, as the trio browsed through my photo albums. "Iroha-chan!" I exclaimed, the sudden wave of embarrassment coming to me.
"Ehhh~ Why not? Look it's the 7th grade you" she pointed to a certain picture at the near end of the album.
"Shouldn't you look at the interesting stuff, like baby pictures or something?~" Akabane commented.
"We're almost done" Iroha told him, "you guys took sooo long".
"Ah, by the way, be brought food" Itona ignored them as he turned to me while Okuda handed me a box filled with cupcakes.
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"Ah, thanks" I smiled at her.
"It's the least we can do" she returned the gesture before looking back at the picture. "By the way, what school were you from? I've never seen people wearing this uniform---".
"The school's a local one in this area, and considering how far we are from Kunugigaoka, there's no doubt you won't see students in our area" Iroha explained for me.
"I used to go here too, before that thing with Shiro" Itona added.
"Shiro?" I asked him.
"It's nothing, don't mind me/him" the four immediately spoke in unison.
I didn't want to pry.
"Anyways, we came here for you" Itona faced me. "What's that about this rumor?".
"It's not exactly a rumor" I admitted before gather courage to explain the thing about being an idol, making sure I skipped the most important part, the reason why I stopped.
"You see---"
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"Hii-kun" I greeted the guy in front of me, as he entered through the front door, hours after Iroha and the others left.
After removing his shoes, he walked towards the dining table where one cupcake was left.
"You bought some?" He asked me, before I corrected him by shaking my head.
"Iroha and some friends came over. I explained things to them" I told him.
"The whole thing?" He seemed quite surprised before I corrected him again.
"The gist of it. Minus that night, of course" I said.
"Hm... I see" he hummed, as I caught sight of the red tint of his knuckles.
I changed the subject. "You got into a fight? That's rare".
"Oh believe me it is" he laughed sarcastically. "In fact, from the looks of it, I might even get dropped to Class E".
"Hikaru, what do you mean?" I asked him with an air of seriousness.
"I punched Asano. In the face...Uh, for maybe a couple of times" he trailed off.
"Why?!" I exclaimed, knowing full well what that man can do.
"Look, it's his fault alright? He's the reason why the entire school knows. I'm your brother, what else am I supposed to do other than standing there to watch?!" he countered.
"But Class E! We know you can't get into Class E. Hii-kun!" I panicked, aware of the things my brother wanted to achieve.
