Season 2 : Chapter 3
"Good evening Ayanokouji-kun. "
With a small smile on her face, Ichinose walked towards Kiyotaka who was sitting on a bench scrolling through his phone, causing him to look up from his device in order to greet her.
"Good evening to you as well, Ichinose. So what seems to be the problem? Mind enlightening me?"
Hearing his straight to the point question, she let out a troubled chuckle, seemingly a little hesitant to herself.
However she decided to remain silent for a bit, making Kiyotaka sigh to himself.
"Ichinose, I came here because you asked me for help. I think it's best for both of us if you could inform me about your problem."
His voice was the usual however if one carefully deducts his tone, they could clearly hear the tiredness behind it.
"A-ah I'm sorry for troubling you, Ayanokouji-kun. Actually the matter is…."
"The matter is…."
Kiyotaka slightly tilted his head in curiosity as Ichinose was still stammering to herself.
'Am I really getting confessed? She has the shy high school girl act going on at full throttle…
But we don't even know each other that well. Did she fall in love with me at first sight or something?'
However his predictions or fantasies, one may judge it however they want, was broken off by her suddenly yelling at his ears.
"I'm getting confessed here."
'Huh?'
"Huh?"
Feeling confused, he looked around the area finding no one aside from himself and Ichinose Honami.
"What are you talking about? I'm not confessing to you. You're confusing me."
"No no. Listen to me. Today one of my classmates gave me a love letter and told me to meet here. Look at this."
She quickly took out the letter and handed it to her accomplice, who looked as confused as ever, still he took it and surveyed the letter.
'Hmm...Judging by the way it is written and the excessive and pretty decorations, I doubt any boy would have the patience, and if they do, then my god, they are madly in love with Ichinose.'
"I still don't understand. What does this have to do with me?"
"Uhmmm, she is a very close friend of mine and I don't want to reject her face to face, so could you pr-"
"Pretend to be your boyfriend?"
"Exactly."
"Why not someone else? I bet there are a lot of other boys who would love to be your fake boyfriend. "
"Umm, I just feel more comfortable with you than any other boys, excluding my classmates, whom I can't involve in this matter."
'That makes sense. If she decides to fake a relationship with a boy from her class, then they have to act lovey dovey 24/7 in front of the girl, which would be really troublesome.'
"I see... I'm sorry Ichinose but I'm not doing that."
Hearing an immediate rejection, she lowered her head for a second before looking back at him with a small smile.
"Yeah, I understand why you don't want to be involved. I apologise for putting you in such a situation, Ayanokouji-kun. "
"No..That's not the main point. In my opinion the way you are going with this situation is completely wrong, Ichinose."
Looking at him confused, Ichinose remained quiet, wanting to hear his explanation further.
"This girl spent all this time writing this letter for you and is mustering all her courage just to confess to you.
In this world, where the society looks down upon humans who are in love with the same sex, she still overcame it just to let you know about her feelings.
Don't you think you are spitting right into all her efforts just because you don't want to hurt her?"
'Ironic coming from someone like me.'
Not seeming to find an answer, Ichinose looked down in remorse while Kiyotaka continued.
"Also don't you think it will hurt her even more when it finally gets revealed that we weren't actually dating and you were lying to her all this time?"
"I-I.."
"I understand what you are coming from Ichinose. But I don't think it's correct. Of course it's my opinion after all. You may do whatever you want, but please don't include me."
Ichinose's eyes didn't move away from the ground as she kept quiet to herself, contemplating his words. Not wanting to further include himself in such an awkward situation, Ayanokouji stuffed his hands inside his pockets and turned around from her.
"You are right."
As soon as he was about to walk away from her, Ichinose spoke out loud, causing him to tilt his head back at her.
She was smiling sadly, as if she was ashamed of herself.
"I was blind to not notice it. I was so focused on not wanting to hurt her and preserve our friendship that I didn't think of all the consequences one lie could create. I'm extremely sorry for being so naive, Ayanokouji-kun. Thank you for opening my eyes."
'Ehh, I didn't do much. After reading too many romance novels, this whole situation brought the romantic side out of me.
Guess I should call it Lovekouji.'
"It's all right, don't worry about it. Look over there, guess your date is here."
Looking towards the direction he pointed, they met the sight of a girl with short blonde hair, who was jogging towards their direction.
"Good luck, Ichinose."
Giving a small pat on her shoulder, he walked away from the scene after the strawberry blonde haired girl sent him a reassuring smile.
"Thanks for that Ayanokouji-kun. I'll owe you a favour."
"That sounds good."
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'Ichinose Honami, the Leader of Class-B. A kind hearted girl with extreme charisma and social pull. However it seems she is too kindhearted for her own good. If she overcomes that obstacle though, she could be a formidable opponent for me to pass the time, after I get my class to the top.'
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Ayanokouji POV
While washing the dishes, I took one last look at my phone before closing it and continuing my work.
No one said anything about hanging out in the group chat.
Oh well, not that I mind. It means I get to have some free time for myself, which I seemed to be not getting ever since my momentary freedom.
I mean ruling over a class, looking after your too- I mean 'friends' and overcoming any adversities that the school throws at you anytime gets pretty tiring.
Sometimes it's best to just lay down, look at the ceiling and just wonder to yourself.
'How did I get so lucky?'
For fifteen years, the only thing surrounding me was white walls, mentally unstable students, psychopathic instructors and my father.
Just calling him that makes me grimace.
It's not that I hate him or anything, it just feels weird to know that the person who put you through all that torture and tribulations, all for his selfish gains was none other than your own father.
I bet most of the candidates of the White Room hate me for that, if they are even alive.
Not that it matters to me what others think. But I can't help but think to myself….
Why did he let me experience this temporary freedom? If he wanted me to polish my leadership skills, then he could've just added one more subject to the 100s of them that was on my daily routine.
Did he finally grow a heart and wanted to redeem for his act-
Wait, who am I kidding? That's my own father. I should know him more than anyone.
Us, Ayanokouji's are soulless from the deepest pits of our heart.
I'm sure there is some specific reason because of which he let me attend this place. He must be planning some twisted fantasy regarding me, in his head….
After washing the dishes, I layed on my bed and checked my device one more time, before dropping it on the bed while sighing to myself.
"The most I can do is make the best out of these three years. Who knows what the future holds for me…."
That man promised me lifetime freedom if I survive this battle, and if he doesn't stay true to his word….
I'll make sure he suffers the consequence of lying to me.
End of Chapter 36
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I'm on a roll these last couple days. I finally got some breaks from my tuition and the excitement of Season 2 is resulting in me writing chapters this quickly. Hopefully it's not rushed.
Anyways that's all for this one. See ya.
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