"Ayanokouji-Kun!!!!! He is here! He is here!"
I heard the scream from the outside and stopped walking suddenly. Miyake walked to the classroom door.
"Oh. It's your fans."
"What?"
"Your popularity grows very fast these few weeks, you know?" Hasebe sat on Horikita's share while its owner went away somewhere. "Your fandom is 14.8% increasing. Fastest growing up. The professional analyzes that you will win Hiratan in this winter break. And will beat Kyo-chan before February."
Even beating Kushida? Um. It was reasonable since, in my fandom, some of them are boys.
"But this will be a problem though. " Yukimura mumbled. "Yesterday. Many people sneak you to Moonshine. Imagine if this bunch of people follows you to that place, it's not a good environment for studying."
Hasebe unexpectedly nodded.
"I love to tease Ayanon about it. But I don't like the place with many people though."
I showed my head to the outside of the room so I could see them. As soon as they saw my face, my fans became crazy again.
"Oh! It's him!"
"He's cute!"
"He's GOAT!!!!"
I turned my head back to Yukimura and asked. "Do I look like a goat?"
Yukimura shrugged his shoulder. While the scream was still loud out there. In my classroom, I could feel Yamauchi's glance of vengeance. But I ignored it. Lately, Yamauchi always looked around with a glance of vengeance. Ike was in love with Shinohara and Sudo was fun being Horikita's personal chair. So Yamauchi might be lonely.
I scratched my head with worry. If I came out right now, this bunch of fans would follow me everywhere and bother my co-worker.
Sigh. Huh, being popular was so hard, wasn't it? Becoming popular was much easier.
Usui-Sensei, the art teacher, was right. Girl loves a fast runner.
"Kiyo-Kun. " I flinched after Matsushita suddenly appear behind me. She was holding the big stick.
"W--What are you doing here? Chiaki-Nee?"
"Well. I just want to tell you that if you want to Bonk these annoying bitch. You can tell me all the time."
I nodded slowly terrified, "Um. Peace is always an option."
"But you have another option to run away from this?" Hasebe asked.
I thought only for a second before standing up and running to the window.
"What are you doing!?" Miyake shouted.
"I will jump out of the window. Don't worry. There's a trash bag under the window, I will land safely. See you at Moonshine."
I did this once when I wanted to run away from Chihiro.
"But today is Tuesday!" Yukimura said.
"And?" I climbed into the window frame and jumped off.
"They just collect the trash bag an hour ago!"
"Shit..."
But it was too late. I was falling to the floor.
Our class was at least 8 meters from the floor. If I fell from this height, I would see Hazama-Sensei again.
I closed my eyes, praying that it wouldn't be so painful...
Hm. I felt nothing.
I opened my eyes and look around. I was already at the fall, I felt like I landed on something.
Phew. Ayanolucky that this time there was something to protect me. Next time, I would make sure that there were trash bags under the window before jumping out of the window.
Someone in the yard started to notice me so I didn't have time to check what I was just landing on. I ran to the Keyagi mall and thanked that thing with my heart.
Hm? Did I just hear it moaning?
Nah. It was just a wind sound.
...
"Good afternoon, Hazama-Sensei. Fufu."
"Hm? What take you hear again, Sakayanagi?"
"I got injured again. Fufu."
"Again? Hm. What this time?"
"Ayanokouji-Kun jump out of the window and landed on my back, just like the former president, Fufu. Ah--it's hurt."
"Wait. Jump out of the window?"
"Yes. His classroom's window, Fufu."
"And you were there by chance?"
"Of course not. I want to see his face but the corridor is filled with those annoying bitch. Fufu. And with my genius brain, I know that he will escape from that situation by the window. So I waited for him under that window, just like Romeo waiting for his Juliet, Fufu."
"And your genius brain didn't think that your Juliet will land on your back?
"...No, it can't figure it out, Fufu..."
...
I was on the road to Keyagi mall when I saw Horikita walking in the opposite direction.
"Hey, Horikita. " I raised my hand and called her. "I think you are at the library."
"We just got banned from the library for a week. " Horikita answered.
"Oh. What about the study group?"
"We need to find a new place. Huh, I'm so worried, Ayanokouji-Kun". She sighed and shook her head.
"Yeah, if you can't find the new place, the group will stop for a week. We don't have time."
"No. I'm worried if we have to go back to the library after that. " Horikita said with trauma in her eyes. "I have to dope my waffles so...What are we talking about again?"
I didn't want to touch her wound so I changed the topic.
"Where are you going, Horikita?"
Horikita pursed her lips.
"Something important. You should come with me."
"I'm going to the studying group..."
"Only 10 minutes. Yukimura-Kun can handle the situation."
I thought about what happened in the first group meeting. When Hasebe and Miyake started singing together. If I didn't stop them, I wonder if Yukimura would start singing Someday my prince will come.
"I don't think so..."
"It's about Kushida-San."
I turned my eyes back to Horikita. "Kushida?"
She nodded, "She send this to me".
Horikita showed me her phone. On the screen, it was a chat between Horikita and Kushida.
"God. " I exclaimed calmly as soon as I saw it. It was unexpected, incredible, and unbelievable.
Horikita: Good night, my sweet thigh.
Kushida: You too, my little waffle addict bitch.
"Sorry, wrong chat. Here!"
I looked at her phone again. The text from Kushida was sent ten minutes ago.
Kushida: Come to the special building right now, take Ayanokouji-Kun with you too. Losing your classmate will decrease our class points. You know that, right? And I'm sure you don't want to lose anyone. Don't tell anybody.
"What did she mean?"
"I think she is threatening us that if we didn't go to the special building, she will make one of our classmates be expired. " Horikita opened her eyes wide and asked with hope. "Maybe it's Yamauchi-Kun. It's Yamauchi-Kun, right?"
I shook my head.
"Unfortunately, Yamauchi is still in the classroom."
"Damn it". Horikita swore. "So will you come with me?"
"We have no choice anyway. " I shrugged my shoulder and ran back to the school, being followed by Horikita.
...
I had come to the special building many times. And I still didn't understand why we needed this building? I mean, of course, its scenery was very beautiful. The sight of sundown that looked like Monet's picture always captured my heart. But besides using this place for secret meetings or scheming, I was sure that we never came to this place at all.
Under the dying light, Kushida Kikyo was waiting for us on the balcony.
Beside her, there was still someone there.
The trembling Inogashira Kokoro.
I looked at that scene unexpectedly. Inogashiro---the great detective---was used by Kushida as the bargain? I didn't understand what was happening here?
"Why does Inogashiro-San is here?" Horikita asked.
"Oh, don't worry, Horikita-San. She knows my real identity. This girl is smarter than you think. Am I right, Kokoro-chan?" Kushida asked with a smile. Inogashira flinched and almost cried out. She might be the great detective. But she was as shy as Sakura.
"What do you want, Kushida?"
"Don't rush, Horikita-San. Let me tell you why we end up here?" Kushida grinned. "I just invite Kokoro-chan to drink the tea in my room. After, I went into the toilet for a minute. I found that she is looking at my phone. I asked her why she did that. She couldn't answer it. But her phone told me everything."
She took a phone out of her pocket and showed us the mail.
Kokoro. Do you in Kushida's room now?
Yes. Manabu-Senpai. What is Kikyo-chan's password?
4785
"I assume that this Manabu-Senpai tells Inogashira to find something in my phone. Maybe the evidence about my communication with Ryuen-Kun. Why does he have to do that? Well, he might want to expel his sister's enemy."
No word could explain Horikita's shocking.
"Masaka."
"Former president did that!?" I was shocked too.
"Onii-san calls other girls with her first name!? It's impossible! It can't be Onii-San!!"
This piece of Brocon.
Wait.
Come to think about this.
Inogashira was the great detective. If she wanted to search Kushida's phone. Kushida wouldn't know that. And Inogashira was too careful to refer to the name in the secret mail.
This was setting the scene!
"You're right, Kushida. Inogashira is smarter than you thought". Inogashira blushed after hearing me. "That's why she won't let herself be captured. I bait that mail is mocked by you, right?"
Kushida laughed out loud.
"It's just your assumption. I don't know if this is fake or real. But I know one thing. If there is a rumor that the former president tells his Kouhei to sneak someone's phone illegally. He will be tainted. And this current president is waiting for the chance to beat Horikita's brother for two years. I didn't think he will let this chance run away."
"What do you want me to do?" Horikita asked.
"Smart girl". Kushida didn't compliment her at all. "I want you to resign from this school or I will expose your brother's secret."
Horikita gritted her teeth.
"You monster!"
"Don't forget the evidence is in my hand". Kushida shook Inogashira's phone. "Oh, and I want Ayanokouji-Kun and Kokoro-chan to resign too. I can't let anyone who knows my secret be in this school".
"Of course not! I won't let someone hurt because of my problem!" Horikita shouted.
"So I will expose this mail now!"
I looked at Kushida hopelessly. I didn't know what to do.
Please, Inogashira. Do something. You are the smartest one here...
Wait.
Come to think about this (again).
Since Inogashira was the great detective. Why did she let herself be used in this plan?
I had to figure it out...
While I thought about it, then, I saw it.
Spider.
It was a little spider crawling on Kushida's hand.
I didn't even know how it was there.
Before I could summarize anything, I kicked Kushida's hand by instinct, causing Inogashira's phone to fly away from Kushida's hand into its owner. The spider flew into the roof and crawl away.
Inogashira deleted that text immediately and ran to me.
"Are you okay, Inogashira?" I asked and grabbed her hand.
"I'm okay, Ayanokouji-Kun!" Inogashira started to cry.
"But your plan is amazing". I said. "You put that on Kushida's hand on purpose, right?"
"What spider?"
"Oh, nothing".
Kushida gritted her teeth and looked at Horikita like she wanted to kill her.
"Argh!!" She screamed. "You always run away from my scheme! Do you have a protect fairy or something?"
Maybe, she was.
"Die! Die! Die! Horikita! I will kill you someday!!!!!" Kushida yelled and cursed Horikita from the bottom of her heart.
She kicked the glass window until I started scared that she would break the glass.
"Kushida-San". Horikita suddenly called her.
"What? Bitch!" She didn't even try to hide her hate.
"I have an offer for you". Horikita said.
"What offer!?"
Horikita held her breath and started talking.
"I don't care how your past is. The thing is you are a talented girl. You will be the power of the class if you are cooperating. So I can't let you vengeance me like this forever."
"I won't stop destroying you!"
"I know. And I won't let you destroy me either. So I have an offer". Horikita said. "I will let you choose a subject. Then, if your score in this final exam is more than mine, I will resign from this school. But if I can win you, you have to stop attacking me".
Not just me, Kushida was surprised too.
Kushida took advantage of this offer. She could choose the subject and her bet was lower. If I was Kushida, I would accept this immediately.
"Sound interesting". Kushida replied. "But I want to add another condition."
"What condition?" Horikita raised her eyebrows.
"I want Inogashira-San and Ayanokouji-Kun to resign too".
"No way! This is our fight!" Horikita immediately rejected.
"I won't let anyone who knows my real personality getaway. If they don't accept this deal, I won't accept your offer too."
Horikita tried to negotiate but I suddenly said.
"I will join your deal too".
"M--Me too". Inogashira stuttered when answering.
Horikita opened her eyes wide, "W---Why?"
"We believe in you, Horikita", I said and I meant by that.
More than that, I was sure that if I accept this condition. My fate would be tied with Horikita's and Inogashira's.
And when they shared my fate, they would always be lucky.
These two girls wouldn't be expelled.
I wouldn't let them be.
"Hm. Great. But how can I be sure that you will do as the condition if you lose..."
"I will be the witness..."
The soft sound came from behind the corner. Kushida and Horikita flinched and turned to that way.
Expect Inogashira that seemed to know this gonna happen. Everyone including me was shocked by his appearance.
Horikita Manabu, the former president.
...
I would know from Inogashira later that she knew that Kushida would use her as the tool to beat Horikita. She told this to Horikita Manabu, hoping he would help them. However, when they were in the mid-school. Kushida and Horikita Manabu were quite close. Manabu graduated before Kushida's incident. So he couldn't believe that this decent Kouhei would do something like that.
So Inogashira let Kushida use her on purpose and called Manabu to come to this place and saw Kushida's action.
The great detective didn't expect my action though.
Manabu let Horikita and Kushida signed the contract with him as the witness. He insisted that this contract would be kept as secret.
I expected that he would say something to these two girls. But Manabu didn't say anything at all and walked away under the light of the sun.
"Now. See you at the tutoring group. Horikita-San". Kushida said and was about to walk away when I called her.
"Kushida."
"What's more?"
I looked at her angry eyes and said; "I want to know what happened at your mid-school?"
"I don't want to tell."
"But I want to know". I insisted. I needed to know how she destroyed her class back then. "My school life depends on the conflict between you and Horikita. I want to know what expelled me from this school".
Kushida clicked her tongue, she didn't want to tell what happened at all.
But then, Inogashira spoke out;
"The truth."
"Truth?"
The detective nodded. "K---Kikyo--Kushida-chan used the truth to destroy her class.
Kushida laughed in her throat before turning to confront us.
"If Inogashira-chan can figure it out, I have nothing to hide. Yes, I didn't use any weapon to destroy my class. I just use the truth...
I told you once, trust is like a cigarette. It's dangerous but if you smoke it once, you can't resist it. At first, I just want to be the best in something. I can be the best sports girl or the best student. But I found that I can be the most generous girl in my class. I act like an angel, kind to everyone, and help everyone. Everyone loves me, trust me. It feels so good. I can't stop being trusted!!
The trust came with the secret. They trust me until they shared their secret that they didn't even tell their parents. I felt like I'm the best girl in the world. I'm everyone's special angel.
"Kushida-San. Don't tell anybody. Actually---I'm Jacob team!"
"Um...Kushida-chan. This is the secret. I always think flat is justice."
"I can't say it out loud. But...I think Kimetsu no Yaiba is overrated."
"Kushida-Hime. I have the truth to tell you, I'm the dark knight of Rastofalia. Count Heros Van Hurbresburg, lord of the moon power. I sent to this world to hunt Michael the angel---our enemy. I don't want to make him recognize me. So please keep it secret."
At the same time, I started being stressed. I'm not an angel and I'm annoyed every time I have to help or do anything to them. For god sake, It isn't the early 2010's decade. No one care if you are Jacob, Edward, or even Alice's team!!!!
The only thing that can save me from this stress is an online blog. I told everything I heard in that blog---Not in a good way. One day, one of my classmates found it. Then, it's the end of the little angel.
Everyone left me. So I just destroyed them.
You might call it "Secret" but I call it "Truth".
You will be surprised if you see how dangerous the truth is. It made people crazy, made the brothers kill each other, and made the lover hate each other until the end of their life.
"You trick me! I always think you're in Edward's! How good with Jacob!?" "But look at those abs!"
"So why do you date me!? I'm D cup! You just play with me!" "Because if I want A size, I have to find it at the primary school and I don't want to go to jail yet!"
"But it isn't overrated!" "It is!" "Understandable. Have a nice day."
"Haha! I know your real identity. Count Heros Van Hurbresburg, lord of the moon power. I---Michael Roswald Theolona, the angel of light, will use the decree of God to send you back to hell! Carpadium!!" "Wait, doesn't Carpadium mean Seize the day in Latin? Mr.Keating taught me."
What a fantastic view.
"...I didn't get much punishment after that. I just tell the truth". Kushida grinned satisfied after seeing fear on Horikita and Inogashira's faces.
"And it'll be what I will do to this class when I fall again."
...
"Are you sure you don't want me to send you to the dorm?" I asked Inogashira.
"I--It's ok. Ayanokouji-Kun."
"What if Kushida---"
"I can take care of myself. However..." Inogashira blushed and bowed to me. "Thank you very much."
"Oh. No problem."
"Another thing". She bit her lip. "I think you're so cool today!!"
Inogashira ran back to the dorm before I said anything. I sighed tiredly and turned my face to Horikita who was waiting in front of the special building.
"Where will you go next?" I asked her.
"Moonshine". Horikita answered. "I need to recover by the waffles. What about you?"
"Moonshine too. Yukimura's tutoring group is there."
"What!? You use my cafe!?"
"Last time I check. Kamisato-San is still the owner."
We walked together to Keyagi mall. Horikita didn't stop complaining about everything. But I didn't interrupt her. She might be too serious for one day.
"Oh. And I started interesting in Inogashira-San. She might be useful in the future---What happened there?"
In front of the Moonshine cafe. Yukimura, Hasebe, and Miyake with a few customers were standing there, looking into the dark store.
"What happened?" I asked Miyake. He didn't answer but pointed to the sign on the door.
Horikita screamed when she saw it.
Temporarily Closed
Cause: Being complained and suspected that put some drug in the waffles.
We will open again after they decide we are innocent
I looked at it unbelievably----Actually, not that much. I always wondered why Horikita was addicted to their waffle that much. Maybe this was the reason.
But I and many students ate this waffle and didn't get into any trouble. So Moonshine might be innocent.
Suddenly, I saw someone standing in the cafe building.
It was Kushida grinning while looking at us.
After looking at her and Horikita who was died inside. I understood immediately.
It was her plan.
Kushida was the one who complained the Moonshine to make it was closed for a while.
Horikita's power and life were waffles.
Without it, she would lose her sanity and consciousness.
When the final exam came, she would lose.
"Horikita-San!" Kushida yelled. "The war begins!!"