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Fandom: Hakuouki ~Sweet School Life~ Summary: When Yukimura Chizuru was taking an enrollment of Hakuou Academy, she discovers that it's an all-boys high school! So she pretends herself as a boy, though her secret can't kept it longer. And what's worst, a certain President of Student Council had interested in her despite she hasn't told her real identity yet. Characters: Kazama Chikage, Yukimura Chizuru Pairings: KazaChi, harem!Chizuru(Saitou/Hijikata/Souji/Heisuke/Yamazaki) Genres: Romance, school life Rated: T rated Words: 11, 415 Link: Byaichi126fic, Fanfiction.net Warnings: Grammar error, AU, OOC-ness, typos, light-yaoi, yandere-ish Souji
A/N: Hi guys I’m back~~!!!!!!! Apologized for delaying update this story. Yes, yes, I know how much you guys furious to me cuz I haven’t update any chapter for a half year. Well, I’m even more furious for losing all of my drafts in my old laptop for several times. Something happened to that laptop so I can no longer writing in my old laptop anymore OTL
Welp, anyway, here it is. A new chapter that you guys desired to read.There’s a few humor moments between Hijikata and Souji. Because they make such a great old married couple-ish. And there’s some yaoi moments as well.
Also, if you’ve already read the first chap of this story, you may notice that, there are many mistakes of grammars, typos, and OOC-ness. I do apologized for that. However, there’s a higher chance that I’m not going to fix it. Unless, I have a time for that.
The weather has gotten quite colder than for the past of several days now. The white, cold snowflakes haven't come yet. But the breeze in Kyoto is starting to cold, in which most teenager students have starting to wear a jacket to keep themselves warm.
Unexpectedly, Heisuke woke up pretty quite early today, in which is, his mother wondered what made her precious cinnamon roll son of hers went to school so early bird such as this.
Usually, she often woke him up. He must've up to something… well, of course, it's not something mischievous. So there's nothing she needed to worry about. But somehow, she's pretty quite curious what made the younger boy woke so early like this..
Or maybe…
"So what made my precious son woke up at a time like this. Usually you're having a hard time to wake up," his mother said, wiping her wet hands with pink polka dots apron that she always wore.
"Ngoking(Nothing)" Heisuke said while eating a hot toast at the same time.
Couldn't believe of his words, his mother continued to gaze on him while he's continued on gobbled up a toast and a cup of milk like a hungry Mibu wolf.
It took a moment then she finally figured out, giving a playful smirk on her face. When Heisuke noticed of a familiar smug that reminds him of so much of his prankster friend, Heisuke could felt shivered in spine as if his mother has been reincarnated into Souji by now.
"What's the matter, mom?"
"So that's how it is.."
"That's how what?" Heisuke said dumbfoundedly.
"Don't try to hide already, Heisuke. I know you're trying to impress Chizuru-chan actually."
At that, Heisuke couldn't helped but to gap like a fish. His innocent face was flushed into red as if he had saw his childhood friend in naked for the very first time.
His mother chuckled.
He is as innocent as her husband back in the old days.
Aaah… memories.
Heisuke denied himself and stuttered, "I—It's not that I l-like her or something! I mean, well, yeah, I do like her. But I actually like her as a childhood friend and all, so—"
Heisuke's mind was starting to mess.
He had no idea what is he blurting all about now. The more he blurted out nonsense, the more his secrets about his feeling toward Chizuru has been revealed.
He then gripped his brown hair as if it could help him calm down while yelling at the top of his lungs.
As his mother continuedly giggling, once the younger boy was realized she was making fun of her son, feeling frustrated, the younger boy couldn't take it anymore!
"Aargh! That's it! I have to go now!" Heisuke said, tried to leave the house as fast as he could so that his mother could stopped making fun of him.
"Heisuke, wait!"
What is it now..?
The younger boy stopped in mid-walking, waiting for his mother reached him. She gave him her usual morning kiss on his forehead, praying him to do his very best in school.
"And don't forget to confess your feeling for her once you meet Chizuru-chan."
At that, Heisuke flushed in red the part of 'confessing feelings'. Turning his face away from his mother, he dashed away out from the house.
His mother giggled once more.
He is so much like him.
Her thought wandered off as she remembered her college life with her husband.
You too again?
You guys have been together quite often since childhood now.
Yea, don't tell me you two like each other.
At that, his husband couldn't helped but to flush in embarrassing. Flailing his arms in front of him to deny himself toward his college friends.
"O-Of course not. It's not that I l-like her or something. I mean, I do like her. But I like her as a childhood friend, so—"
It feels so nostalgic just thinking about it. Brown eyes wandered above the ceiling, as if she velieved her love was watching them from the sky.
Oh… hun, I wish you could see our son…
Heisuke released a very loud exhaled from his lips, frustrated of how his mother enjoyed teasing him just because he's the only son she ever had. He neither has big sister/brother not youngest sister/brother. And so as father. From what he heard about his father, he died from cancer. Despite he had lost his father, his mother was as optimistic as ever. If the only he has a normal mom like Saitou and… Chizuru.
His face turned into a slightly grim upon of thinking childhood friend's mother. He was very lucky to have met the brunette's mother. She was so kind, beautiful, and elegant like Goddess Venus.
Being around with her makes him felt like he was floating around in Heaven already. Unfortunately, after he and his mother moved to somewhere else, her childhood friend's parent died in a car accident and the only survived were the twins.
Ever since the Yukimuras parent died, Chizuru has been taken by an adoptive father, Yukimura Kodou, whom been very busy with his career at the overseas. While Kaoru has been taken by Nagumo family in which, they're hardly spending times together like the old days.
If the only….
If the only the drunkard knew where he's going to, she could have live with her family along with Kaoru in happiness and peaceful by now.
Just thinking about Chizuru crying alone when she was in pain from loneliness brings the younger boy hurt him deeply than having an unrequited love about her.
As he realized he's been thinking pessimistic about his own childhood friend, Heisuke slapped his cheeks in multiple until it turned numb, he scolded himself not to thinking the brunette this way.
No…
He shouldn't think this way.
He shouldn't think his childhood friend like that!
He should've been grateful that Chizuru taking an enrollment in here.
"Alright! Try to be cheerful as usual!" Hesuke said, determined to be a happy-go-lucky boy.
Upon of walking to his usual routine, the younger boy recongnized a feminine back and uniform.
It's Chizuru…!
Decided to greet her as usual, Heisuke remember of Chizuru's darken face. What kind of face would she make once he greeted her.
The thought of her forced and pain smile face really broke his small heart little by little.
Shook his head slightly to leave those dark thoughts on elsewhere, turning on his heels to catch the brunette girl.
"Chizuru!" Heisuke chirped.
When the brunette recognized the voice, she turned her face and curled her lips upward upon of meeting her childhood friend in the morning.
"Ah..! Heisuke-kun, good morning." She greeted happily.
When Heisuke heard her sweet and happy tone, he noticed that his childhood friend has no longer hurt or sad adnymore. Instead, it has been exchanged into her usual happy smile like a young child.
What made her back to normal?
Has she forget of her feeling toward the President?
Whatever it is, he was so glad to see Chizuru smile. Her smile had always cheered him up and encouraged him to be a better student.
Grinning widely like an excited little boy, Heisuke crossed his arms at the back of his head as he continued to smirk like an idiot as he is now.
Chizuru blinked, confusedly. Notice that her childhood friend acted… weird. She tilted her face slightly as she tried to finds of whatever behind on that smirk. "Is something wrong, Heisuke-kun?"
"Ahh. No. it's nothing, really." He waved off his hand as if there's a fly around them. " It's been a while since I last saw your smile."
"O-Oh… so that's how it is. I'm sorry Heisuke-kun." She bowed in apologetically, while using her usual timid tone.
"No, no. it's fine. In fact, for several days, you've been like a ghost and I kept wondering whether you're already dead or something."
"Geeze.. Heisuke-kun." Chizuru whined, hitting his arm in playful.
Laughing and giggling together, they astarted to continue walking all the way to reach to school.
Upon of walking to Hakuou Academy at the street, Heisuke started to babble as usual.
"…And Hajime and Souji started to argue just because of that bastard President!"
"Was that really happened?"
Heisuke nodded. "Yea! Ever since then, Hajime-kun has been a bad terms with Souji, hanging out more with Kazama than us all."
"Was Kazama-senpai really… seduce Saitou-senpai?"
"Yes, it's true! If the only you could see what happened between them." Heisuke sighed. "I can't believed he would do that to Hajime-kun. But Souji— Souji is the worst! He—"
"What about me?"
"Right, Souji. You were kissing Chizuru's twin—" Turning around at the familiar male voiced, "S-Souji..!" Heisuke exclaimed in shocked. "S-Since when have you been here?!"
"Hmm let's see…" Souji said, putting his callous fingers on his chin. "Since you say that Kazama bastard is doing some gay stuff on Hajime-kun."
"I-I nevery said something like that!" Heisuke yelled like a dog. His face swift back ot his childhood friend, "Chziuru! I never said something like that, right?!"
N-Not really…?" Chziuru replied, not knowing what to answer at this. Her almond-brown orbs eyed on the older senpai, being kind and innocent kouhai as she is.
"Good morning, Okita-senpai."
Okita replied with his suual attractive twinkle eye on Chizuru. "Good morning, Chizuru-chan.: Cupping her chin tenderly, he gave her a chaste kiss on her cheek in which, brings her cheeks and ears flushed in red.
Heisuke gazed on them in disbelief and gapped like a fish.
"S-S-Souji!" the younger boy exclaimed. "What did you think you're doing?!"
"…Kissing her? What did you expected?" Souji replied simply.
"I-I know that!" As Heisuke was too lost in words, Souji's smirk grown to wider than ever.
"What? Don't tell me you've never get a first kiss from Chizuru-chan's cute lips before."
"O-Okita-senpai?!"" the brunette squeaked at how the older senior calls her lips cute.
"I-It's not something like that!" Heisuke yelled. "It's just—"
Okita ignored the younger boy denied himself, replying with a 'hmm' on his lips and thought deeper.
"Well, speaking of first kiss, I wouildn't mind taking Chziuru-chan's first kiss before that Kazama bastard takes it first."
Okita's smug widen darkly as he watched every reaction the brunette girl made.
The deeper scarlet her cheeks and ear were, she hid her face with her both palm of hands.
"Oi! What's with the commotions?!" a familiar male voiced yelled at the three students. Their eyes met at the onyx orbs.
"Well, well, well." Souji said with a slight of disappointing tone. "If it isn't the Oni sensei."
"What the hell are you mumbling about Souji?! Shouldn't you three of you suppose to be in school by now..?!"
"Relax, mother rooster." The raven-haired man felt an urged to twitch his left eye on annoyance upon of hearing Souji's new nickname. "It's not that we're gonna get punishment from being late. …Compare to you though.." There was a dark smug on his face as Souji started 'this' subject
At that, Hijikata had the greatest urged to explode by now. Oh yes, he remembered that day, the day he was suppose to force Souji going to school. But when he can't find his hiding place, he had heard from Harada that Souji had already gone to school already. In which, he's got himself a punishment from none other than the strict Saitou Hajime despite he's taking a responsible of the Discipline Committee.
Damn that Souji brat…
If he had known that Souji already gone to school, he wouldn't have ti waste his time by seatching him already.
That brat…!
He was totally making fun of him!
"I have to say, Hijikata-san. Never thought you'll eventually got yourself a trouble despite being a so-called-stern-and-strict teacher. You won't be an amazing teacher as Kondou-sensei."
"You little brat..!" Hijikata hissed. "You sure have no manners to the elders. Hasn't Kondou-san ever teach you how to be polite to your superior?!"
"Well, if I remember correctly, Kondou-sensei has taught me Kendo only. He never said something about being polite toward surperior especially an old man like you."
"O-Old man, you say…?!" It's because their argument has been started the two of them had forgotten of Chizuru and Heisuke presence by now. "Do you have no idea how old I am?!"
"Yes." Souji said confidently. "You're 48 years old and you'll be called a pedophile if you're dating Chizuru-chan at this rate."
The brunette girl gasped upon of finding out Hijikata's true age.
"H-Hijikata-sensei, is it true?"
"What?!" the raven-haired man exclaimed. "Of course not! I'm 23, you little brat!" The 'little brat' part wasn't meant for Chizuru of course. It was meant for Souji.
"Is that so?" Souji replied with a 'hmm' as he thought deeper and noticed something amusing. "Well look at that."
"What now?"
"You've got a strand silver hair already." Souji smirked. "This is what happened for yelling and screming all day, old man."
"S-Souji—!"
As Chizuru watched them bickered like an old married couple with non-stop, Heisuke started to whisper next to her ear.
"Psst Chizuru! Now it's our chance to go to school now."
"Wha..? but what about those two?"
"They're always bickering a lot that they even noticed the two of us. Let's go!"
"Well, um.. okay."
At that, they began to turn on their heels as the brunette girl watched their very last argument before their figures became smaller and smaller.
"Waaahhhh… it's starting to cold lately." Heisuke yawned out loud as he stretched his arms above the cold air.
"It looks like it."
"So how's thing with your dad?"
"Ah..? Well…" Chizuru began. "He's fine at the overseas. However, he won't be home."
"Even almost Christmas?" Heisuke couldn't helped but to gap like a fish.
"S-Something like that." She murmured softly, her eyes filled with sadness in loneliness the thought of her father.
Lately, she hasn't got a message from Kodou quite often now. Usually, her adoptive father often sent her a message once for 2 months now. It was as if, his career has been kept him away from sending a letter for his adoptive daughter. If the only she could confess him how she missed him so much… Then again, she didn't want to bother him knowing that being doctor often busy.
Chizuru's face soon brightened back in happiness when Heisuke suggested something that interests her.
"In that case, you can celebrate Christmas in my house!"
"R-Really….?!" The brunette said in disbelief. She couldn't figured whether she was suppose to be happy or excited or surprised. Maybe three of it..?
Heisuke nodded. "Yeah. After all, it's been a while since we last celebrate Christmas party together. So it's our opportunity to celebrate again..!"
"Ah, inviting your childhood friend to your party while you never invite us. You can be cruel, Heisuke-kun." A familiar male voiced, yet with a dangerous and threat tone spoke. His face was darkened as if he's intending to kill the younger boy here and now.
"S-Souji..?!" Heisuke exclaimed. "I-I thought you— urgh…!" Souji distracted him from speaking by gripping his small neck like an angry crab's took vice-grip on humans' curious finger.
"O-Okita-senpai, stop!" Chizuru put her hands on Souji's arm, gesturing him to stop although the older senior doesn't seem to care at all.
"All childhood friend this and childhood friend that really annoys me, you know."
Heisuke couldn't say any word as he tried to find a way to get some air. But Souji's grip was too powerful that he could felt his neck is going to snap by now.
"If you're trying to say sorry wouldn't help anything."
"O-Okita-senpai…" Chizuru murmured his name softly as she saw something behind on that emerald orbs.
Never in her entire life has she ever sees the older senpai looks frustrated and angry. What made him angry so badly…? She couldn't remember that Heisuke has ever done to him that's unforgivable before. Even if they are, Souji would often take revenge by blackmailing his embarrassed to the whole students of Hakuou Academy.
Okita-senpai…
Could it possibly be… he missed Saitou's presence next to him? Now that she mentioned it, he does often has a wide smirk on his face whenever he's with the indigo-haired man. But now's that they have a bad term, Souji's behavior has gotten weirder and aggressive now.
How can she make him feel better? Even if she begged Saitou and Souji to make-up something, there's no doubted that they would do it.
Urgh… it's her fault..
She shouldn't show that kind of side for the past of weeks ago…
"Let's see…" Souji began, as he was in a deep thought, while his grip was still around Heisuke's neck. "I'll forgive you if you invite all of us to your-so-called-Christmas-party."
"A-Aggh—Is that… i-it..?"
"Hm? Did you say something?"
Heisuke instantly shook his head.
No.
He has to say something that could satisfied Souji. At this rate, he's definitely getting killed by him whether it's crime or no.
"A-Alright, alright..! You can—go to the party as well."
"There." At that, Souji had finally ungrip his hold, giving his usual not-so-innocent smile on his smile.
Feeling weak from not enough air, Heisuke ended up on falling down on the floor, try to get some oxygen as he coughed and hacked at the same time.
"Heisuke-kun, are you alright?" Chizuru said worriedly as she kneeled down next to the younger boy's body who's still trying to catch some air.
"Y-Yeah… somehow." As Souji's eyes went on elsewhere, Heisuke felt an urged to glare on the older senior in frustrated. "What the hell is wrong with you, Souji?!" Heisuke unexpectedly exclaimed. "You could've almost killed me you know that? What? Did you have to release your anger on me just because that Kazama bastard took Hajime away?"
Souji's ears then twitched slightly like a cat upon on hearing a name of the President bastard and the indigo's name at the same sentence.
"I'm sorry. I couldn't hear very well. Could you please repeat again, Heisuke-kun?"
With that dark tone, Heisuke felt an urged to get away from Souji's appearance somehow. But it didn't last longer then, Souji's rare dark face disappeared when a familiar exploded man yelled at him.
Instead of showing a disappointed expression, Souji's face brighten in a little happiness upon of hearing the usual yell, maybe..?
"Souji..!" Hijikata raised his voice, while chasing after his prankster student. "We're not finish yet!"
"Yare, yare… he sure quite energetic in early morning like this." Souji sighed.
Grabbing Chizuru's and Heisuke's hands together, Souji along with the two students turn on their heels while getting chased by an explosive Hijikata Toshizou. The brunette couldn't helped but finds herself feeling a little déjà vu at this moment. Something's familiar is gonna happened between them. Once they're about to reach at the school gate, someone would stop them entering unless—
Before their feet have finally stepped into the Hakuou Academy, the gate instantly closed with a split second.
The person who closed the gate would be none other than—
"You're late." Saitou spoke with his usual monotone voice of his.
"Eeeeehhhh?!"
Heisuke and Chizuru exclaimed at the same time in disbelief.
Her prediction was true.
A certain member of Discipline Committee would definitely stop them.
But…
"Wh-what do you mean by late…?" Chizuru murmured confusedly.
"Yeah." Heisuke agreed from his childhood friend. "I know that we should go to school as early as possible. But coming late on 5:45?! Are you freakin crazy, Hajime?!"
"Oi, Saitou." Hijikata said as he finally arrived at the gate as well, forgetting his reasons why he had to chase Souji. "What's with all this? Having students a little late just because they're arrived on 5:45? Don't you think you're a bit—"
Before the raven-haired man complete his sentences then, Saitou cut his words off, "Hijikata-sensei, with all due respect, sir. What I'm doing now is following rules."
"Hah?!" Hijikata exclaimed. "What kind of damn rule is that?! Who the hell—"
"Rule 333, page 521, and line 4; every students and teachers should not be late in 5:15 from now on. Have you check the new rules yet, Hijikata-sensei?"
"N-New rules..?!" Hijikata gapped like a fish. "What kind of new shitty rules is fuckin that?! I've never heard a new rules before…!"
"Several new rules had already made by Kazama-kaichou. Oh, and Hijikata-sensei." Saitou took out his book to write the raven-haired man's full name. "Another new rule; Rule 333, page 521, and line 8; do not use a swear language."
"K-K-Kazama….?!" Oh that is it! He is so going to cut his guts now! That damn President..! Why the hell did he makes those kind of rules anyway?! "Move, Saitou! I need to see that bastard Kazama!"
"Unfortunately, I cannot do that." Saitou said without hesitatedly.
"And why not?!"
"See?" Souji murmured under his breathed as he along with Heisuke and Chizuru watching them as if they were watching some kind of theatre play. "I knew that Hajime-kun is protecting that damn President."
"I can't let you go unless you've already received the punishment by now."
"Saitou—"
"Or, if you refused to accept the punishment, I report this not just Kazama-kaichou. As well as Kondou-sensei and Serizawa-sensei. Is that what you want?"
Hearing the name of Serizawa gives Hijikata shivered in disgusted. To think, of all someone wanting to report to Serizawa would Saitou— That damn President bastard…! Has he already casted a dark spell on Saitou's naivety already …?!
After several moments, couldn't take it anymore of it, Hijikata finally give up, digging his long and tender fingers on his scalp in frustrated.
"Geez… alright, alright! I accept the punishment already." The raven-haired man took a glanced on the three students, then back to Saitou's. "Also, you should let those three students go as they're innocent actually."
"And how can you give a proof?"
"It was my fault that I let them going to school a little late." At that part, Chizuru couldn't helped, but to wide her eyes opened at that. What..? Why would Hijikata do that..? "If I hadn't met Souji and the others a moment ago, they must've already be in school by now."
Saitou took a glanced Chizuru and the others for quite some times, then to Hijikata. There was a nervous expression behind on his-so-cold-onyx orbs. It took a moment then the indigo had finally replied.
"…Alright. I believe you in this, Hijikata-sensei."
The raven-haired man nodded, secretly sighed out as he could at least protect the students from the President's trap. His onyx orbs eyed on the students.
"Oi, you three." Hijikata called them. "Hurry and go to class already."
"A-Ah..! Y-Yes, Hijikata-sensei!" Heisuke chirped. "Let's go, Chizuru."
"Y-Yes!" The brunette girl replied, letting her childhood friend takes her hand as they both entered the Hakuou Academy to reach to their classroom.
Souji, on the other hand, took a glanced on Saitou, while the indigo ignored of his-so-called-best-friend's stare as his eyes were focused on the raven-haired man's figure. Souji couldn't helped but felt an urged to sigh out loud. To think, Saitou wouldn't talk to him or look at him or acknowledge the emerald-green orbs man's presence since morning.
"Whaaaah… Hijikata-sensei, you're a lifesaver" Heisuke said like a sing-along tone as two students walked into the hallway to get to their classroom. Souji was no longer with them anymore.
"I have to say, Hijikata-sensei can be a very caring teacher, huh?" Chizuru commented, finding her cheeks flushed in red just thinking how amazing he was protecting the students like a shining knight in armor tried to slay a dragon to save a princess who's stuck in the castle.
"Well, duh. Hijikata-sensei has always been a kind teacher actually."
"Really?" Chizuru blinked in disbelief.
Heisuke nodded.
"He may look cold and stern teacher, but deep down, he's actually a very kind sensei. Back then, I remember how Hijikata taking care of Souji who's got himself sick for a few days ago. Since Hijikata-sensei lives alone in the apartment, he took Souji to his room so that he could takes care of him easily."
"Wow… I never expected that kind of side from Hijikata-sensei before…"
Just what the idiom says, don't judge a book by its cover. Hijikata may looked a cold-hearted teacher, the more she observed him, the more she gets to know of Hijikata's true nature.
Her thought about Hijikata soon disappeared as it changed into a man named Serizawa.
Serizawa..
What kind of person Serizawa is he..?
From what she sees how Hijikata reacting when he heard of that man's name, it look like he truly hates this Serizawa. His hatred for that man is deeper than Kazama's one.
"Umm… Heisuke-kun?"
"Yeah?"
"Just what kind of Serizawa-sensei, anyway?"
"What? You never heard of it?!" Heisuke said in a slightly of disbelief.
"W-Well, of course, I'm new in here. But I've always heard that man's name from Ibuki quite a lot so.."
When the brunette took a glanced on her childhood friend, his expression looked grim as if he was forced himself to eat something that he despised so much.
"Umm Hei—"
"Ummm!" Heisuke began. "How about we talk about this when recess coming? We can let everyone tells you everything about Serizawa-sensei and all."
"Oh, umm. Ok."
"Great!" Heisuke chirped. "Well, my classroom is that way, so you better go to yours or else Hajime-kun would definitely giving you a punishment.
"I.. I will." Chizuru gave an awkward laughed.
Nodding in happily then, Heisuke turned on his heels then waving his arm wider to Chizuru until he was no longer.
Intending to return back to her classroom, the breeze started to turn colder. Chizuru puffed her both palm of cold hands to make sure her hands keep her warm. Maybe she should have brought mitten as well..
Taking a glanced on the blue-sky, Chizuru wondered if everyone's behavior had changed because of her…
When lunch coming. At the laboratory room.
"So I've heard that you've become that Kazama bastard's slave right now."
Saitou took a glanced on Nagumo, who started an unexpected conversation. They usually didn't talk a lot of subject, even if they're, it would be relating of being an over-protective Nii-san to Chizuru.
The laboratory room was very quiet between them. There isn't a lot of members Discipline Committee for today as they're prefer eating lunch in the cafeteria or garden. Saitou usually eats at the garden as well, but he decided to skip eating lunch as he would rather not wanting to see Souji and the others.
Sooner or later, Saitou's eyes gazed back to his book.
"I'm doing what he asks for."
"What do you mean by 'he asks for'?" Nagumo narrowed his eyes at that. "You do realized we, the Discipline Committee had never have a good term on the Student Council. Even Hijikata-sensei had a very bad term with that self-important president."
"Having a good term or no, I'd just follow what the rules said."
Nagumo sighed, felt an urged to give a face-slapped on his face.
"It's hard to believe you can be such a naïve one, Saitou."
Saitou remained silent then as he remembered what happened when he was suppose to give the President a punishment.
"So what kind of punishment should I receive, Saitou-kun?" Kazama said with a purr, putting his fist on his chin, while his crimson eyes hadn't laid on elsewhere except the younger senior's ocean-blue orbs.
"Stop calling me that. You're disgusted me." Saitou said coldly.
"Oh? But if I'm not wrong, wasn't I suppose to come here for a punishment?" Kazama smug turned wider than ever.
"That's right. However, I never ask you to seduce me."
"What? I'm just calling your name only. ..Don't tell me I should call you Hajime instead. Don't you think that would make our relationship had grown deeper?" Kazama chuckled at that part.
Before Saitou tried to deny himself, Kazama's was right. If he wouldn't let him call 'Saitou', what would it be then…? Hajime would definitely not in the list as that would make everyone completely shocked how the President could able calls his first name in freely.
"…I won't punish you unless you'll tell me the truth."
"The truth?" Kazama tilted his head slightly in confused.
"What made you seduce me all of a sudden? Shouldn't you suppose to be around with Yukimura-kun?"
He wanted so much to ask him what did the President do to make the Yukimura girl's behavior change all of a sudden. Does this man is the fault that brings the brunette changed?
"My wife is acting strange." Kazama answered simply. His usual smug suddenly disappeared and became quite serious like the-so-called-Oni-President.
Saitou blinked at that.
"You didn't know?"
"Know of what?"
"You didn't know..? Yukimura-kun's behavior had change because of you?"
"Me?" Kazama said in perplexed.
Saitou gazed on the President longer than usually. Sooner or later then, he gave a soft sigh.
Ahh… just as he thought.
Kazama is guilty.
"As I thought. You're not the reason that the Yukimura-kun changed completely." Saitou mumbled.
"What do you mean?"
Saitou had no reason to keep this to the President, in which, he answered the blonde-haired man's question.
"I believed, everyone took a blame on you for Yukimura-kun's behavior."
"Are they?" Kazama smirked in amusingly. Well, what can he say? They were all jealous just because the President had caught the brunette's heart before them.
"And what about you?" Kazama began, in which, brings Saitou's eyes laid into the crimson ones. "Do you blame me as well for my wife's strange behavior?"
There was a long quiet moment between them and it took a moment then Saitou has finally answer.
"I don't see a point to blame you." Saitou started. "Rules 221, page 325, and line 4; never blame on someone unless there's a proof."
"Is that so? I was expecting you'll side on your friends."
"As a member of Discipline Committee, rules are important to me. It could maintain the school whether I have to betray my friends or not. …Even Souji.
"You're pretty quite strict on rules huh? ..Even stricter than Hijikata." Kazama chuckled deeply. "How about this?" The President began as he waited the indigo-haired man gazed on him. "How about I make more rules. To make sure the school is in so-called-balance"
Saitou blinked at that, but follow of whatever the President planned for.
Whether he betrayed his own friends especially Souji just for the sake of the rules, as long as Hakuou Academy is maintain to be a perfect school, Saitou willing do everything to follow whatever kinds of rule, included made by the President.
"You're not going to eat with my sister and the others?" Kaoru's words bring Saitou back to reality. "I've heard from the other classmates that Okita won't eat with them today."
"…No. There are many things I have to do than eating lunch with them." Saitou said, started doing his job as a member of the Disicipline Committee.
And so, Nagumo nodded in agreement as well, returned back to work together with him.
"Chizuru! Over here!" Heisuke called his childhood friend as he waved his arm wider so that the brunette could found him.
The young brunette waved to her childhood friend back and went toward to the others to sit next to Heisuke. The only take a recess on the rooftop is only Heisuke and Yamazaki. Souji and Saitou was nowhere to be found.
"Good day, Yukimura-kun. It look like you're fine now."
"Good day to you to Yamazaki-senpai. Yes, I'm fine. Thank you for your concern."
"It was my pleasure." Yazamaki smiled innocently. "If you ever feel sick or unwell, do visit in the infirmary if you would like. …That is, when Sannan-sensei isn't around in the infirmary."
"R-Right…" Chizuru couldn't helped but to give an awkward laughed at that as she remembered just how much creepy the school nurse is.
"So how's the class?" Heisuke said as they started their usual conversation, Chizuru finally decided to talk about Serizawa.
"I think it's fine…" Chizuru replied. "Ryuunosuke-kun had been fainting for quite a lot for today. According from Harada-sensei, he's been lacking from eating a lot now… I'm actually worried him…"
Heisuke and Yamazaki gave a pathetic sighed about Ibuki, in which, giving Chizuru looked at them in dumbfounded, as if she missed something about Ibuki.
"Well… Ibuki was adopted by the founder of Hakuou Academy, Serizawa Kamo. Despite being a rich family, Serizawa is too selfish to give money for Ibuki…" Yamazaki finally replied.
"The founder of Hakuou Academy? I thought Kondou-sensei is the founder of Hakuou Academy" Chizuru blinked.
"Well… it's more like the two of them make the Hakuou Academy together." Heisuke murmured softly. "Serizawa-sensei had retired since it's been decided to make this school for boys only before you enroll the school. Despite he had retired though, Serizawa-sensei still comes here rarely to make sure the school was perfect as ever."
"Perfect?"
Heisuke nodded then.
"Serizawa-sensei is… you could say he's a bit strict when it comes on Hakuou Academy. He likes to make sure the students follow the rules whether they like it or not… And it was Kazama's job to make sure the school was perfect." Heisuke spoke, eyes looked elsewhere beside his childhood friend then.
"That's horrible.."
"In truth, Yukimura, despite it has been decided that this school should be both for boys and girls from now on, Kondou-sensei still hasn't told Serizawa-sensei about you nor making the school to turn out to be for both gender yet."
Chizuru jumped at that, her face turned into horror then.
"It's difficult to say whether Serizawa-sensei is going to like it or not.. but I sure hope he understands Kondou-sensei's thought, however.."
At that, Chizuru nodded in understanding then, eyes looked down on her bento as the atmosphere looked very gloom upon of hearing a founder Hakuou Academy for the very first time.
"Ne, Hijikata-sensei~" Souji whined and pouted in Hijikata's office room.
"What is it that you want Souji?" Hijikata groaned in frustrated upon of meeting his student in recess. Of all the time he intended to make him explode, why now…?!
"I'm bored~"
"Go elsewhere." The raven-haired man said coldly.
"Uwaah~ you're so cruel, Hijikata-san. You've already broke my heart now."
"So what if if I had broke your heart? Get out from here and eat somewhere else."
"I can't do that."
"And why. The. Fuck. Not?" Hijikata said every word in angrily, couldn't stand on this prankster boy already.
Souji replied with a laughed.
"Well, obviously Hajime-kun and I officially broke up now. So I have no one to date with except you, Hijikata-san."
"Hah? What nonsense are you talking about? Since when you two are dating?!" Hijikata questioned in disgustedly.
"Isn't it obvious?" Souji stated. "We've always eating together, walking together, killing some times together. It's obviously that we're actually dating."
"And does Saitou approve that?"
"Hmm… who knows~" Souji grinned wider at that in which, brings Hijikata felt an urged to twitch his eye at that.
"Honestly Souji.." Hijikata dug his fingers on his strands of hair. Taking a glanced on the clock. The recess is about to end already. He hadn't seen Souji eating something by now. Even if the raven-haired man went to the cafeteria, he doubted that he had enough time to buy something for the prankster boy…
"Geez… really, Souji." Hijikata sighed out loud.
When Souji sees the raven-haired teacher was searching something inside his briefcase, Hijikata threw a packet of red bun on the table.
Souji gazed on the bun in dumbfoundedly then to Hijikata.
"Um… Hijikata-sensei..? What should I do with that?"
"What do you mean what? Of course to eat that." The grumpy teacher sighed.
"Why?"
More questions?!
Once again, Hijikata gave one of the most frustrating sigh on his lips before speaking out of character.
"I've heard from Kondou-san that you haven't eat a lot since you've been a bad terms with Saitou."
At that, Souji feels an urged to wide his eyes in perplexed. Well, that's new. He knew that Hijikata can be a caring teacher. But at a place like this? Doesn't his reputation of being the grumpy and hot-tempered teacher would destroy by now?
Why would he cared for him at a time like this…?
"So…" Hijikata released a soft sigh this time, and Souji could've sworn there was a sakura-colored flushed on his cheeks already. "..even if you can't eat with Saitou and the others for today… you can always eat here whenever you.. like."
"Hijikata-sensei…"
There's so many things Souji had wanted to tell the raven-haired man.
But most of all…
"..Your cheesy words really disgusted me. It's good thing I haven't take a bite of bun yet. If I had though, I would've spit them all to your face by now."
There was a silent moment in Hijikata's office room, except probably Souji's usual sadistic laughed on the room.
After for a moment then, Hijikata had finally exploded once again.
"Get the fuck out from my office!"
At that, Hijikata has finally kicked Souji's ass out of his room.
As recess has finally over, the two childhood friends decided to walk together all the way to their classroom. Yamazaki couldn't able to join along with them however since he has to visit in the infirmary room to treat a few students' injuries.
There was a very awkward quiet between them. Either of them starting any conversation. It's rare to see the childhood friends feeling a little awkward. …Probably Chizuru's still bothered of what they told her about Serizawa.
The younger boy felt so bad keeping about that man from her all this time.
Couldn't stand of this awkward silent moment anymore, Heisuke finally break the quiet moment between them:
"Does that bother you, Chizuru?"
"What is?"
"About Serizawa-sensei, of course. We forgot to tell you about that guy actually. We don't mean to keep it." Heisuke said, feels a little regretful for not telling his childhood about that guy when they've been study in this school for quite longer now.
"Oh, no… that's alright, Heisuke-kun. You've still managed to tell me about him before I meet him.. in the future then." Chizuru replied with an awkward laughed then.
Heisuke's sad expression soon brightened up into a very wide grin then. He crossed his arms behind his head in happily.
"Well then, should we go home together after school? There are a lot of things I would like to show you. I've heard from Shinpachi-sensei that there's a very interesting arcade game somewhere."
"I.. I guess that's fine."
Heisuke replied with another wide grin once more.
"It's decided! I'll be waiting for you at the gate then."
Chizuru replied with a nod as Heisuke then ran on the hallway as fast as he could, very excite and happy to go out with Chizuru somewhere place interesting.
Continuing on returning back to her classroom, she soon stops walking in mid-way upon of hearing a familiar deep-voice.
"Oh, so this is where you've been all this time."
Hesitatedly turned around, Chizuru finds herself feeling nervous looking at those gorgeous crimson orbs of Kazama's. Of all the places they met, why here..?
"K-Kazama-senpai..?"
"It's been a while, my wife. Have you been bored without me?"
Moving closer to the brunette girl, Chizuru continuedly moving backward until she could felt her back was meeting a wall. Once she was nowhere to run, Kazama entrapped her by pinning the brunette on the wall, there was an amusing smirk on his face.
"I guess this is just between you and me." Moving his face closer to her ear that could brings her shivered down on spine already. He purred seductively, "..Alone."
As she finds her body trembled, the brunette began to close her eyes and bit her lower lip tightly, praying to Kami to save her already. Luckily luck is with her this time.
Not long after that, Amagiri and Shiranui started to grab the President's arms to pull him away from the Yukimura girl as they sent him back to their office, ignored the yelled or protested that the President made a moments ago.
Once the President has finally out of her sight, Chizuru finds herself sighed in relief, feeling herself kneeled down on the floor. To think, even getting closer to the President would make her heart beating in swiftly as if it was about to explode inside her body already.
She was also glad that the so-called-Kazama's-followers came to take him away at the right time.
If they hadn't come, what might had happened between them anyway…?
Shaking her head away to leave those thoughts out from her head, Chizuru continuedly turned on her heels to return back to the classroom.
After Amagiri and Shiranui put the President down on the fancy chair, Kazama starting to frustrate.
"What is the meaning of this, Amagiri, Shiranui?!"
"This is for the best for Yukimura-dono's safety, Kazama-sama." Amagiri replied. "You cannot see her unless you'll figure what's wrong with her."
"Figure out..? What happened to her?"
At that words, Shiranui finally snapped. He narrowed his eyes deeply. "What do you mean by that?!" Shiranui unexpectedly exclaimed. "Don't tell me you hadn't figured out what happened to the princess?! You do realize—"
Before Shiranui could blabbered more, Amagiri stopped him by putting his hand on his friend's shoulder.
"I suggest Kazama-sama finds the answer by his own. Let it be."
Shiranui didn't replied after then except some cursed of groan and leaves the Student Council office.
"Kazama-sama," Amagiri began. " Whatever happened, I will protect Yukimura-dono from you. Don't expect me I let you see her unless she gives a permission."
"Amagiri," Kazama muttered in threateningly. "Just who do you think you're talking to?"
"Kazama Chikage, one of the richest family in Kyoto, also known to be a tea ceremony schools. However, just because you have a higher title than I am nor Yukimura-dono, I'm still cannot let you see her no matter what the circumstance it is."
"Ho… you've a good word to say for a commoner."
At that, Amagiri didn't spoke anything. He didn't finds himself feeling offended when the President called him 'commoner' rather than lower title of rich family and all.
"Then tell me how should I find approach my wife if you kept being an over-protective mode."
There was a paused between them as if the red-headed was in a deep thought for a moment. A few seconds or so, he finally replied:
"Before weekend coming, I will let you see her after school. Do not waste that day by forcing Yukimura-dono to ask a date or something that against her will."
With that, the red-headed bowed in respectfully before taking a leave in the office.
Kazama finds himself sighed in frustrated as silent moment appeared in his room.
Ah really… just what did he do to make his wife avoiding him latelty?
If he remembered correctly, he hadn't threatened her anything that would make her frightened of him… right?
Argh.. this is so frustrating.
When school finally over, Chizuru left the classroom quite early this time. Harada noticed the brunette girl could able to smile once again, in which he was glad to see his student looks fine and happy once again. He finds himself feeling calm down and no longer worried of whatever the President scheming on something.
Once Chizuru has arrived at the school gate, she began to wait her childhood friend searching for her. While standing next to the gate, Chizuru often being Chizuru, in which, being a very polite girl as she is, the brunette bowed each student whenever they say goodbye to her. There are a few student boys often greeted her in timid way, and there are a few of them greeted her in a normal way like Ibuki.
"Chizuru!"
A familiar, cheerful younger boy called her as he walked toward to the gate.
"I've-I've heard you've almost got a sexual harassment from Kazama! Is that true?!"
"Uh… well," Chizuru murmured quietly. Sexual harassment is a bit too much to call it but.. where's those weird rumors coming from? It couldn't be from Souji knowing that he often spread some nonsense fake news to everyone especially about Hijikata's being a gay. "N-Not really.. But Amagiri and Shiranui had a time to send him back to his office."
At that, Heisuke gave a very relief sigh on his lips. "That's good.." he murmured softly, his face was filled with guilty like a poor puppy who needs to have a shelter. "I-I'm sorry for leaving you like that, Chizuru. I promise that I won't leave you anymore, alright?"
"No, no. It's alright, Heisuke-kun." Chizuru said with an awkward laughed.
With that, there was a wide grin on his face, as he grabbed her hand to hold her like he usually do.
"So then, let's go to the arcade!"
"Mmm!"
Starting to leave the school together while continued on holding hands, a few students of Hakuou Academy wondered do they by any chance dating…?
Even though there's a higher chance that Chizuru has a secret thing for the President, but it look like the relationship between Heisuke and the brunette seemed quite to be an officially couple by now.
"So you're not going to go home yet, huh?"
Saitou stared on the President in blankly who opened the window outside of the Music room. Although today is not a day to practice a music instrument, but whenever Saitou wants to be alone, he often played violin in the Music room alone. He enjoyed the quiet atmosphere in the Music room. It just felt like he was living such a different world.
"I would like to make sure not to let my violin skills hadn't rusted yet." The indigo replied putting his violin in his violin case the moment the intruder's coming.
"Your technique won't be rusting." Kazama jumped into the window of the Music room and grabbing Saitou's violin with one hand in which, brings the other man being cautious toward the President. "It must've taken some years to capable of playing violin huh?"
"If you concentrate yourself on the violin, you will be able to play it without any trouble." Saitou said, took his violin away from the President's hand in which, he replied with a deep chuckled.
After Saitou had zip his violin case, he could felt someone hold his hand in tenderly. The next thing Saitou knew, the gorgeous, pale hand was belonging to the President's.
The Oni President took a gazed on Saitou's palm hand as if he was examining something. For a moment then, Kazama caressed his long finger on Saitou's palm of hand, noticing just how callous Saitou's skin was. He was expecting the indigo's hand was suppose to be soft and fragile.
"Your hand quite rough I have to say." Kazama murmured, as he continuedly caressing Saitou's hand in tenderly and gently one. "You must have playing the violin everyday."
"Three times a week." Saitou replied simply.
"Ho…?"
"While there are times I'm training with Heisuke and the other in the dojo."
"And by meaning 'other' you must've meant by Okita Souji, huh?"
With that, Saitou remained silent, didn't spoke anything. Pulling his hand away from the President's hold, Saitou decided to take a leave from the Music room.
Upon of arriving at the sliding door, Saitou stopped in mid-walking, turning his head to the President as if there's something he's been wonder for now.
"Kazama, do you… like music?"
The President couldn't helped but to gap like a fish at that. He wasn't expected to hear those words from the stoic's lips. He is one curious guy he has to say.
Giving his usual wide smirk, Kazama replied with confidently.
"Yes."
"What kind of musical instrument do you prefer to play?"
"A piano." Kazama answered simply.
Upon of hearing this, Saitou's eyes wandered to his palm of hand where the President caressed on him elegantly one. He has to admit it, Kazama does has a very beautiful long fingers. He wondered if his fingers born that way because of playing the piano.
Before taking a leave, unlikely, Saitou bids him farewell and started to leave the Music room.
Ever since having a bad term with Souji, Saitou somehow… starting to get along with the President unexpectedly. It's strange how they're both joined a rivalry club-ish, and yet, there are times those two men have a same common such as musics and strict rules.
At the arcade.
"Yes! I've got it!" Heisuke chirped happily.
"You did it, Heisuke-kun." Chizuru said as she clapped her hands for her childhood friend.
Upon of entering the arcade, the younger boy found a very interesting plushie on the gift list, decided to win the shooter game for his childhood friend, Heisuke received a perfect gift for the younger brunette.
"Here you go." The shopkeeper said, giving a very big yet fluffly dog plushie to the younger boy.
Heisuke replied with a grin.
"Thanks!"
Once the couple left from the shooter game, Heisuke moved closer the plushie that he recently received to his childhood friend, in which, giving Chizuru tilted her head in confused.
"Here. You can have it."
"Eh…?"
Chizuru blinked in dumbfoundedly.
"A-are you sure? I mean, you did win in the shooter game so you should've keep it, Heisuke-kun."
"No, no, it's fine at all." Heisuke said. "After all, having a companion with you in arcade is enough for me. So the least I can do is giving you this. You've always wanted a big and fluffly dog plushie right?"
"Th-that was before you move to a new house…" Chizuru mumbled in embarrassing upon of remembering those memories. When the brunette noticed her childhood friend was about to show his sadness and heartbroke expression on his face, the brunette quickly took the plushie. "A-Alright, alright. In fact, I'd still want to find something to cuddle at night.." She lied at the last part.
When Chizuru has finally took the plushie on his hold, Heisuke began to grin once more, feeling himself happy to give something for his childhood friend.
"Now then, let's go to other games."
Chizuru nodded in reply, as she ended herself embracing the plushie so tightly in happily one while following her childhood friend to wherever he goes.
When night's coming, it's almost about time for the couple return back to home.
"Whoah.. it's already dark." Heisuke said in amazing. "Well, I guess staying in the arcade was really bad idea, huh?" Heisuke gave an awkward laughed, bringing Chizuru joined to giggle as well. "Since it's my fault for staying there very late, I'll escort you to your home."
"Thank you, Heisuke-kun."
The younger boy nodded then, started to walk together very quietly all the way to her house. There was a quiet atmosphere between them then. They never walked together while remaining silent before. Usually, Heisuke would often started a conversation and blabbered something stupid. But this time, the younger boy has starting to be a little obedient now.
She wondered what made him acted this way..
Could it be because of her strange behavior…?
The thought of it brings her felt really guilty.
She has to break this silent.
But what…?
It took a moment then, Heisuke's finally started a conversation.
"So," the younger boy began. "It's almost Christmas huh?"
Chizuru nodded. "It looks like it."
"Are you feeling excited about this?"
"Well.. I haven't got any message for my father. So I'm worried that I can't celebrate your Christmas party with him…"
"Oh, right…"
Dang, he completely forgot!
Her adoptive father is still in the overseas. Not even a single message Kodou has ever talked when would he return back to Japan. He could understand how much important his job is, but the least he can do is he should at least visit and see his daughter every once in a while…
"B-But you know what, we should forget to make a Christmas party in my house."
"What? Why?" Chizuru exclaimed in shock.
"Wouldn't it be better if we celebrate a Christmas party in school?"
"Eh? Is there such a thing…?"
Heisuke nodded.
"Yeah. Once a Christmas day, the Hakuou Academy would always celebrate a Christmas party at there. Beside the banquet is the best, Kondou-sensei is also becoming a Santa when the party starts!"
"K-Kondou-sensei becomes a Santa?!" Chizuru gapped like a fish. She never expected to see the Principal becoming a Santa before. He must've look good in the Christmas costume then..
"Yup. This is one of Souji's favourite event as he adored Kondou-sensei becoming a Santa. He was like a kid, who would accept any kinds of present as long as he get to see Kondou-sensei as a Santa."
"W.. wow…"
She could understand that Okita took a highly admired for Kondou. But even in Christmas party..? Well, there are times the older senior does has a cute and adorable side. Something like Hijikata's.
A few days later, it was the usual same school day of Chizuru's life.
Until…
When recess coming as usual, the brunette noticed that there's a group of male students in front of the school gate.
What's going on..?
"Umm, Ryuunosuke-kun, what's going on?" Chizuru asked her trustworthy classmate as he is one of a friend that they're very closed.
"Oh, that. Well, I think he finally returned from overseas."
"He?"
Chizuru blinked.
When the brunette tried to peek on whatever going on of the ruckus, she finally met a very strange male figure with such a… strange sense of fashion. Each footstep he made was like a catwalk on the paparazzi stage.
"Well hello there, everyone. It's been a while."
"Itou, what brings you here? I never expected you've come"
A familiar male voiced with the usual cold and stern tone spoke.
"Ah, Hijikata-san. It's been a while. You're very rude as usual. Well, it's nothing to be particular most of it." The man named Itou said with a creepy grin. "I've recently quit my job a week ago just to work in here once again. After all, this is where I lived."
Hijikata narrowed at that.
"You do realized no one understand your sense of fashion."
"That's true." Itou murmured. "Which is why I worked in France for the past of several months just to learn more of fashion sense right there. After all, this school really does needs of work with beauty."
Hijikata began to groan something that Itou couldn't understand very well in which, the raven-haired man has finally given up.
"Do it what you like. You better try not to ashamed the Hakuou Academy." Hijikata said with a growl at the last part.
Itou replied with a grin behind his fan.
"Don't worry. I'm sure you won't be regretful for this."
As Itou walked in a catwalk, his eyes laid into an unfamiliar female student.
"Ah.. and who's this?"
Chizuru bowed in a polite one.
"Um.. My name's Yukimura Chizuru. I'm a new student and the only girl in here as well"
"What…?!" Itou exclaimed. His face moved swiftly to the raven-haired man. "H-Hijikata-san! What's the meaning of this? Isn't this school is suppose to be an all-boys only. How come there's a girl here?!"
"Calm the fuckin down, Itou. A lot of things happened while you were in overseas."
"That is the cheapest excuse I ever heard!" Itou raised his voice. "Let me ask you once more—"
As the bicker between Itou and Hijikata began, Ibuki began.
"I think it's about time for us to leave this to Hijikata-sensei. After all, the recess is about to end a moment later."
"Y-You're right…" Chizuru murmured. "But.. who is he anyway?"
"Hm? Well, I don't know quite well about him. But he seems to be some kind of the Head of Fashion/Handicraft club before you've enroll here. After finding out his sense of fashion was terrible, Itou-sensei decided to quit a job here, decided to go overseas to learn more of fashion stuff over there."
"Ah.. so that's how it is."
Even so, in her opinion, his sense of fashion is still terrible as ever…
"Argh…! I can't take it anymore!"
Heisuke released a frustrated sigh on his lips as the two students(Chizuru and Yamazaki) ate their bento box.
"Is something wrong, Heisuke-kun?"
"Of course it is!" The younger boy moaned. "It's about Hajime-kun and Souji!"
"They still hadn't getting along well, huh?" Yamazaki murmured.
Heisuke nodded.
He can't stand it anymore! Just seeing the two men avoiding each other brings the world turned upside-down now! Isn't there a way to see them getting along like it used to be?
"If that's the case," Yamazaki began. "How about we let them staying in a locking room until they finally forgiving each other?"
At that, Chizuru and Heisuke started to gaze him as if he has five arms.
"That's a brilliant idea!" Heisuke chirped.
"W-wait.. that was a half-joking…"
"While the others are half-not, right?" Heisuke grinned.
"The problem is, Kazama's still clinging onto Saitou, while Souji clinging onto Hijikata-sensei." Yamazaki mumbled.
The younger boy's grin then disappeared and showed a very disappointing expression on his face.
"I'm sure there's a way to get them together."
Both male students started to sigh in disappointing one.
Chizuru couldn't helped but only watching her two friends find a way to see Souji and Saitou together, the inseparable partner.
To get Saitou and Okita together back, huh…?
School's finally over.
The droplets of rain started to fall on the Hakuou Academy.
"I didn't know rain's coming." Chizuru mumbled softly as she watched the rain continuedly fall.
Despite winter's about to come, and yet, instead of snow's coming, the rain eventually comes. The breeze around the Hakuou Academy has gotten colder as well, in which, brings the Yukimura girl felt an urged to rub her palm of hands so that she could warm her hands.
Upon of intending to wait the rain stop, an unexpected umbrella appeared above her head out of nowhere.
Meeting whoever held the umbrella, Chizuru couldn't helped but to wide her opened to see him.
"K-Kazama-senpai…"
The President didn't spoke anything, neither there's his usual playful smirk on his face. It was as if, something bothered him greatly and yet, he couldn't figured out what.
"Let's go."
"Eh.. a-ah… Th-that's alright." Chizuru protested. "I can't wait here a little longer. Just leave without me."
There was a very quiet moment between them. Kazama's crimson orbs hadn't wandered on elsewhere except the brunette's almond brown-orbs. As if he was desperately tried to search of whatever she's hiding from him.
"According from the weather forecast, it won't stop until tomorrow morning. Don't tell me you want to wait here until tomorrow..?"
"Ah…"
At that, Chizuru finds herself lost in words.
Even if the weather forecast is true, she didn't want to walk back home with Kazama of all the people.
Even so…
"Stop being hesitated and let's go."
"A-ah.. wait!"
Kazama ignored her protested as she eventually gives up and walked next to the President, but…
While walking all the way to her house, not just there was a very awkward silent between them. Chizuru's also tried to distant herself away from him until she could felt a droplet of rain started to fall on her hair.
"Oi, come closer here. You'll get yourself wet at this rate."
"B-But I.." she started to mumble quietly.
"You should at least stop being stubborn or else you'll catch a cold then."
At that, Chizuru replied in groan as she finally moved closer with him in a bit hesitantly.
It wasn't last long after then that they're finally arrived in front of the gate to her house.
"Well, I guess we should stop here for now." Chizuru said awkwardly while looking on elsewhere beside that gorgeous ruby orbs of Kazama's. "You should go on, Kazama-senpai. I can use my bag to cover from the rain."
…Wait, why hadn't she thought of herself going back home with her bag when she was in school?!
There was a very long quiet moment between them. The President narrowed his eyes deeply while continuedly gazing on her eyes as if this is the only way to find an answer of whatever reason that the brunette avoiding him.
"..Tell me why are you avoiding me?"
"Eh?" Chizuru blinked.
"Lately, you've starting to avoid me more and more. What happened?"
"I-I—"
"I've heard from Amagiri that you're avoiding because of me. What did I do to make you feel uncomfortable?"
"N-Nothing's to worry about.."
"Oh..?" At that, Kazama glared at her threateningly. The brunette couldn't helped but find her heart stopped beating as if those glare had pierced deep into her chest like a sharp knife. "Then why are you no longer comes in my office? Why you've been spending with your other friends than me? Did somebody threatening to you not to come my office anymore? Who is it? I will not hesitated giving them a punishment."
"It-It's not like that…"
"If it's 'not', don't you think it's about time for you to at least come to my office? Relying on me more than them? Spending times with me more than them? What made you acting this way—"
"I have my own reason to avoiding you!"
At those words, Chizuru finds herself moved her hands on her lips. But she couldn't take back those words. No… if she told him everything, would he finally lets her go then..?
"I can't… I can't spend together with you anymore, Kazama-senpai. I just can't.." She lowered her head down to the ground. "It's.. it's too much for me… Every time I'm spending times with you, I've always admired everything's about you. The way how generous of you.. the way how kind you can be toward me. But I—I know that I can't fall in love with you. You.." The next thing she knew, warm tears starting to form on her eyes. "You have Sen. I can't do that to her..!"
At that, Kazama couldn't helped but to wide opened at that part. Was.. was that it? She's been worried of her feeling just because she thought he had a feeling for Sen…?! Damn, he should've known it by earlier. How he hadn't noticed that..?
"Wait.. you—you actually thought I have a feeling for Sen…?!" Kazama asked in perplexed.
The brunette answered then continuedly with a soft sniff despite there was a smile on her face.
"It-It's stupid right? For having a feeling to someone else even though that person already loves another person." She started to blabber stupidly like Heisuke.
"Hold on, Sen and I do known each other. But that doesn't mean that we're both…"
"Please stop.." Chizuru stopped him in mid-sentence. "Please don't feel pity for my one-sided feeling. I know that you like me because of my family's name. But please, you have to love someone who's been childhood since then."
"Like I told you, I don't like Sen. We're just only—"
"I'm okay this way. After all, I've lost my parent since I was very young. Losing a love isn't that hurt. In fact, I can always find another—"
And that was the last straw, Kazama's glare starting to turn cold like an iceberg, and gritted his teeth tighter than ever. Couldn't take it anymore, he has to stop this blabber once and for all.
"Shut up!"
With that, Kazama grabbed the brunette's both small cheeks with his large hands while smashing his lips onto hers.
Once she finally realized what the President doing, she tried so much to struggle but to no avail. The President's hold was stronger than she thought.
She wondered, what might happened if she hadn't revealed the truth about whatever reason she felt for the President?
Will she ever get tasted Kazama's soft lips..?
…No. She didn't think she eventually would.
Somehow, she couldn't tell whether she was suppose to be grateful to get kissed by the President or feeling terrible for betraying her own best friend for stealing the man Sen was suppose to be loved…