"How was the date?"
Right as Ayanokouji was about to take a seat, his black haired seatmate threw him a glance mixed with irritation and jealousy? while fiddling with her pencil.
"It was pretty decent, I guess. Had a nice chat with Matsushita and came to the knowledge of a fan page of mine existing in the school forum."
"I see. I also unfortunately had the liberty of seeing that fanpage. It's literally everywhere in the forum. You seem to grow quite a fanbase."
"Yeah.....Being handsome has its perks it seems."
At his sarcastic comment, Horikita slightly raised her eyebrows while giving him a small smirk.
"Never took you as a narcissist. Guess we learn something new everyday."
"....It was a joke. I'm not Koenji."
"Oh really? Sometimes your voice gets so boring and dull that I can't seem to find the difference between a joke and a fact. I sincerely apologise for the misunderstanding. "
With a mocking bow, Horikita let out a small giggle as Ayanokouji's eyes twitched in annoyance.
"I thought you would like that. Your onii-san seems to like that trait of mine, you know?"
"And what does nii-san have to do with your boring voice?"
"What I'm trying to say is, a brocon like you always seems to replicate her own brother at a lot of things. So I thought both of you would have the same preference as well."
Immediately Horikita's hand went towards his waist trying to pinch it, but The Masterpiece of the White Room dodged her attack and instead flicked her fingers, causing her to reel it back with a frown on her face.
"I made lunch for you....But I won't give it to you, anymore."
With a cold annoyed voice, Horikita turned away from him as Ayanokouji mentally sighed to himself, while a veil of awkward silence was created between them.
'There we go. It seems like my words seem to get under her skin as she didn't like me comparing her with her brother. I'm sorry Horikita, but I needed to say it to break you away from your brother's shell.....
Now...how should I calm this situation?'
Shrugging himself from his thoughts, Ayanokouji looked towards his seatmate who was scribbling something on her notebook, while glaring at it.
'Poor notebook-kun, suffering from the wrath of the Ice Queen all by itself.'
"Say Horikita, I was planning to cook all by myself for the first time. Do you want to be my guinea pig?"
"Huh?!"
Immediately she turned towards him with her glare still present on her face.
'Excellent move, me. Truly a masterpiece....at failing at every social interaction.'
"I want to cook something, and since you are my first friend, I would like to treat you. Do you want to eat something?"
Horikita narrowed her eyes at him while looking at him suspiciously before sighing to herself.
"What ulterior motive do you have? Even if your face is the same, its still way too suspicious how you are offering me food out of the blue."
"I would like to reconcile with you..And from what I've heard, food is the first step to get inside a girl's heart. "
The black haired maiden slightly blushed in embarrassment as her glare lessened.
"You are quite the saint, aren't you? Not even making any excuses and getting straight to the point."
"My father taught me to never lie, as it's a bad trait to have."
'Says the person who's entire life is based on a lie...'
"That's.... frankly not believable."
Kiyotaka slightly raised his eyebrows while allowing him to speak further.
"How so?"
"If your father wants you to be the future President, then shouldn't he train you to lie effortlessly and impactfully? Because pardon my knowledge but I think every single politician has to lie at some point to appease the public."
'I guess I never took any precaution of how smart Horikita can be....Sigh, how troublesome.'
"That's a good point, but you are missing one thing. The reason my father didn't train me to lie is because he believed that if he does so, then I would lie to get myself free from every situation I face, the consequences of which could be very heavy in the future.
So, I'm not exactly saying that I never lie. What I'm saying is, I only lie when necessary."
'And that's 24/7.'
With an understanding expression, Horikita nodded to herself while hearing him attentively.
"I see. I think I get it now. I never fully got the grasp at this, but your life is pretty complicated, isn't it?"
'You have no idea.'
Sending him a small smirk, she took out her all time favourite book, "Crime and Punishment" and started rereading it, yet again.
'How many times will you read this book, woman? I already think you did it 4 times after joining this school...Maybe I should ask her to lend it to me in the future to see what the hype is about.'
"Say Ayanokouji-kun, when are you going on a date with Matsushita-san, again?"
Hearing her emphasis on the word again, Kiyotaka slightly tilted her head to look at her face.
Her face was as stoic as most of the time, yet, she was wearing a small frown.
"Is that jealousy I hear? Not going to lie, I wasn't expecting that from you."
"Jealousy? For what? I'm not jealous of anyone? I'm just asking a simple question. Don't even think for a second I was jealous of Matsushita-san. "
"We don't have any plans as of now. It was a one time thing. But maybe if you want, both of you can hang out with me toget-"
"Not interested."
'At least I tried.'
Kiyotaka sighed to himself before trying to make a mock sad expression, even though it failed.
"And here I was thinking about spending time with you....Alas...it seems Horikita only has her nii-san in her heart. "
Immediately she blushed in embarrassment while trying to glare at Ayanokouji.
"W-why are you bringing up nii-san again in this conversation? Also, don't try to play smart with me. You think I don't understand your motives?"
"...And what do you understand?"
"You are trying to act as if you are sad all the while trying to trap me into your harem. You sure are devious, Ayanokouji-kun. "
"Harem? What is that?"
Horikita's snarky attitude paused as she looked at her brown haired acquaintance with a blank gaze, before she breathed out in relief as she muttered to herself.
"Thank god Sotomura-kun didn't share those kinds of light novels to you."
"It's nothing Ayanokouji-kun. It's nothing important. "
"That smile of yours sure seems suspicious. "
"Don't worry about it."
"Kouji-kun, Horikita-san, good morning~"
Matsushita and Satou soon surrounded their desk while their blonde haired friend sighed to herself before walking towards her seat.
"What's going on? Why is Horikita-san grumbling to herself?"
"Nothing important... Horikita was actually jealous of you. It seems that she also wants to go on a date with me."
"Really?"
Instinctively Matsushita looked towards the black haired girl with a smirk on her face as Horikita sent a glare towards Kiyotaka who ignored her completely, lost in his thoughts.
'What should I eat tonight?'
"Horikita-san, are you jealous of Matsushita-chan? Well, don't hide it. Truth to be told, I was also extremely jealous of her, when the news. But us girls gotta stick together so we can get a chance as well, right?"
Satou's kind of motivating words seemed to get a small smile from the black haired girl, however before she could lay out a response, the door of the classroom opened as Chabashira-sensei entered the room with her usual stoic face, causing the two girls to bid them goodbyes and went towards their seats .
Chabashira's face met Ayanokouji for a second as she sent him a small smile before walking towards the podium.
"Good morning everyone. You guys....sure seem excited."
"Chabashira-sensei, we were told that the results would be out today, but when exactly?"
Ike raised his hand to ask her the question with an unusually calm voice and a thoughtful expression on his face.
' Ever since the Question Paper incident, he seems to mellow down a little and is kind of acting like a decent human being. Nice character development Ike... Though there is still a lot for you to improve in the future, I'm looking forward to it.'
And it seems Horikita shared the same thought as him, as she looked at the usual perv of Class-D with a little surprise.
"Don't worry about the results Ike....I was planning to show it to you guys before lunch, but seeing your excited faces I changed my mind."
With a quick pace, she took out a poster and posted it on the board, before turning towards the students with a small smile on her face, seeing which they stared at her in shock, noticing the huge difference between the usual Chabashira-sensei and this one.
"I must say, I was not expecting you guys to all do so well. Excellent job, I must say. Even with such a setback in the first month, it seems you guys are starting to learn. Sensei is proud of you."
Then as the marks are shown, everybody started cheering in happiness while the eyes of the leader of Class-D were drawn more towards the window as he saw a huge eagle preying on a pigeon.
There was no satisfaction or happiness within those eyes....it was even duller than usual. No one noticed this change, except for the person who was sitting right beside him, however she decided to stay quiet.
Who knows what's going on within his mind....
End of Chapter 33
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Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter....Somehow I was able to write the chapter within the small amount of free time I got. Hopefully next chapter will come out soon, but I'm not so sure.
Anyways we are close to 100k for this book, so let's complete this achievement.
Anyways thats all. See ya.
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