-Y/N'S POV-
Me and Mito were currently taking a stroll, with our arms linked,
"This isn't the ideal place for a walk, is it?" I said sidestepping a pile of rubble,
"Well we can't be picky, can we?" She sighed,
"What if we come across a dead body?" I lowered my voice,
"I don't think we will, I think they cleared up." She reassured me,
I hummed in acknowledgement,
"Mito-Chan, Y/N-Chan!" Mito and I froze as our names were called and slowly turned around,
"Yes, Lord Shinya?" I faked a wide smile, in all honesty, Mito and I weren't meant to be walking around these areas, so we knew Shinya had caught us,
"What are you doing here?"
"Us?" Mito acted oblivious to us violating the rules, "We're just taking a walk, it gets awfully boring doing nothing sometimes," Mito explained, her voice dripping with insincerity,
I nodded, agreeing with her,
Shinya narrowed his eyes, "You're catching Y/N's foul attitude." I scoffed at him,
"Is that how you treat your superiors?" He raised his voice at the end,
"Only you, sir." Mito replied unfazed,
Shinya rolled his eyes, "and you Y/N-"
"Are you gonna beat my ass?" I challenged him,
"I very much will." He crossed his arm
"No one will touch my Y/N." Mito drew me closer to her side,
"Wanna bet, don't think you're excluded, Mito?"
"Ah, Shinya. You can't be talking about ass whooping in front of a Jujo." I looked at Mito who had her hand in a fist, smiling; Mito's main combat technique only involved her hands and it was close range; "Maybe this time Mito won't miss..." I trailed off, reminding him of the time he supposedly nearly got 'falcon punched'.
"Well, what is this?" All conversation halted and the 3 of us froze as soon as we clocked who was addressing us.
"Shinya, Mito Jujo and brother Kureto's plaything."
"P-plaything?" I echoed under my breath,
"Seishiro-" Shinya began,
"All of you should be very aware you're prohibited from this area while we're still at war."
"Yes, sir." The three of us chorused,
"Good, I'll see to it you get punished. Come on."
We followed him reluctantly, but I was still upset, "Why is he acting all high and mighty; if anyone in that family can beat Shinya in terms of immaturity it's him." I hissed,
Mito chuckled but stopped as soon as he came to a halt and Shinya elbowed me in the side,
"You're lucky Kureto owns you." He turned around,
"Kureto doesn't own shit." I snapped back, "If you want to refer to me the name is Y/N L/N, for your information."
Mito looked at me in shock while Shinya just calmly watched me,
"Y/N, that's enough." Mito hushed,
"No! What are we getting punished for when he's doing the same thing he's trying to punish us for? We weren't making a scene or anything, so clearly he came here with his own intentions!" My temper was getting the best of me,
"Have you forgotten who I am?" He walked towards me,
"If anyone here gave a fuck about name status then you wouldn't be punishing your own brother." I crossed my arms,
"YOU SNARK LITTLE BI-" he raised his hand to hit me but I never moved,
"Don't you dare touch her." Shinya stepped in and caught his wrist in the air,
"What the hell do you think you're doing, Shinya?" He seethed, enraged,
"Hm, you're only proving her point about being able to beat me in terms of immaturity. I'd suggest you keep your anger in check." Shinya kept his usual smile but his words were cold and sent a chill down my spine,
"Wait until father hears about this!" He sneered,
I scoffed, but before I could say anything, I was already beaten to it,
"Off to tell daddy, huh? That's disappointing." Guren emerged from the army's building compound and approached us,
"Don't you start, Ichinose." He grabbed Guren by the collar, although he didn't flinch,
"Relax. I'm bored so I'll punish them. You're always free to join, I mean you also violated the same rule."
Kureto chuckled dryly, "First of all, I'm the one who decides who did what, and in that case you're also guilty of breaking the rule." He shook him,
"I came as their supervisor after hearing all the fuss, Shinya also came as their supervisor after spotting them leave. What's your excuse?" He grabbed Kureto's hand and tore it away from his collar,
"Well, I-I heard something funny?"
"Are you sure? Because what it seems to me is that you were desperate for a cigarette break, I'm sure it seemed that way to the other people in that meeting." He smirked at him and took out the cigarette packet from his breast pocket, before tossing it on the floor, "Hm, two violations in one. Expected nothing less from the notorious rebel," Guren continued to mock him as Mito and I stared silently, Shinya on the other hand seemed to be enjoying himself too much,
Seishiro looked hilariously flabbergasted, as he struggled for an explanation, "I-i...YOU!"
"Go on, tell father. We'll definitely wait until he hears about this." Guren warned lowering his gaze to the cigarettes and back to his fearful eyes.
"Mito, Y/N. You too aren't off the hook, come on." Guren turned and walked away and Me, Shinya and Mito followed.
I turned back to take a final glance at Seishiro only to find him urgently picking up the cigarette pack, I snorted, "So even after that he still goes back to them."
"Of course, I'm sure he'll be needing them more than ever after that confrontation." Shinya and I snickered,
"Quit it, you two." Guren called from ahead of us and we instantly silenced ourselves, Shinya wasn't done yet.
"I think he should first if he doesn't want to be yelled at for being an embarrassment." At that I slapped my hand over my mouth but not before the wheezed that escaped,
Guren casually cast a glance behind his shoulder to find me struggling to contain myself and Shinya not showing an ounce of amusement, he narrowed his eyes at me, "Now is not the time to be laughing, Y/N."
As he turned back around, I sharply elbowed Shinya in his ribcage, he hunched up in pain, silently whining, "Thanks a lot, I'm in more trouble now." I hissed.
We came to a stop at the reception of the office building,
"You're dismissed." He said,
"You're not punishing us?" Mito asked surprised
"No, not for just leaving the premises." He ran a hand through his hair,
"WOOOOO!" I turned around to leave before he could call me back but he caught my wrist, "You on the other hand don't know when to close your mouth and when to take a situation seriously," he walked me the other direction,
I whined as Shinya laughed and Mito sent me a sympathetic look.
~•~
I stood in front of Guren's desk hanging my head and pouting as I fidgeted; a habit of mine when I was impatient.
Guren chuckled softly from behind his desk, "You look like you're being scolded by the headteacher,"
"Well, I am being scolded." I muttered,
"Just be careful when saying stuff around him, you were lucky I caught him or you would've been in trouble."
Guren was right, if Seishiro had reported me, my parents would have found out and want to meet up, probably to scold me and add restrictions into my life.
"I'm sorry." I smiled a bit and looked up at him,
He shook his head in amusement, "Come here."
I went to where he was, shyly and stood by where he was seated, he looked at me before pulling me into his lap, slightly taking me by surprise.
"You ok? Did he hurt you?" Guren cupped my face,
"No, Shinya stopped him." I laid my head on his shoulder as his thumb caressed my cheek,
"He was going to hit you?"
"Yeah, he also called me 'Kureto's plaything'." Guren tensed up,
"I'll deal with him."
"You don't have to, I don't want to risk Kureto finding out about us." I touched his face and he relaxed a bit,
He gave me a sad look, "He can't treat you like that."
"Well, what can we do he's a Hiragi."
"You're a L/N."
I chuckled, "That's nothing on his family."
He groaned knowing that just as well.
"Guren."
"Yeah?" He muttered lazily,
"Did you know your two guards have a crush on you?"
"I figured. Why, does it bother you?"
"No not at all, I just think we should tell the others; I'd feel bad if they found out another way."
Guren was quiet for a while, "Is that what you want?"
"Yeah, I think it would be best. I don't want those 4 thinking we're hiding anything."
"4?"
"Mito knows."
Guren stared at me, "How did she take it."
"Too well, she was excited and wouldn't stop asking questions."
Guren looked surprised,
"Oh. She doesn't like you anymore." I said cheekily,
"Well she confessed when we were 16...wait how did you know."
"She told me."
"You girls always telling eachother everything." Guren sighed muttering to himself,
I laughed dryly,
"Ok, we'll tell them."
"Ok." I thought for a while, "but Shinya," I sighed,
Guren groaned, "He's never going to live it down is he?"
I thought to see if there was another way,
"Surely it'll only be for a few weeks right?" Guren tried to reassure me,
"That's too long." I whined,
"Hey, there speculations we will be going back to war soon, he won't have time to tease."
I laughed, "Knowing Shinya that's impossible."
"Oh well, I guess we'll have to suck it up." He pecked my nose,
We sat in a comfortable silence before I got the idea to try my luck,
"Gu~ren." I drawled
"Ye~es" he imitated,
"You won't like this question,"
"Just say it, Y/N." He looked me in the eyes,
"What's the sereph of the end?"
He chuckled, "How did I know you were going to ask that?"
"You know me well,"
"The Seraph Of The End...It's a dangerous thing."
"You're meddling with it aren't you?" I turned serious,
"Yeah, I guess."
"Be careful, please." I decided to not ask anymore questions as he would continue to dodge them,
"I'll be fine, sweetheart. Don't worry about me, ok?" He pecked my cheek and hugged me tighter,
"Ok." But I still was worried,
What was he doing? What was he trying to achieve? Questions like that still plagued my mind although I pushed them out and snuggled into him.