When the sun came up, Atsushi was already awake, his hair was dripping with water and sitting on a chair with an opened notebook in the table as he wrote a story before he heard a knock outside the door.
"Atsushi, breakfast"
"Yes, I'm coming down soon"
Atsushi got up and grabbed his towel to dry his hair for a bit, after that, he went down and head for the kitchen.
"Good morning"
That was what Atsushi heard when he arrived and saw a grinning Rin looking at him while preparing the table, ah, so full of energy.
"Good morning" Atsushi replied with a tone of gentleness and returned back a smile.
"Here"
"Thank you"
Both of them ate slowly and quietly, it wasn't the awkward kind of silence but a serene one as the tinkling of the spoon against the plate was the only noise in the pure silence.
Half an hour passed and they have just arrived at school, as usual, the group gathered once again but today seems different because there were a lot of girls who approached Atsushi and was asking for his number but instead of rejecting them, he just gave them away to them in an attempt to make friends.
While Akane, who was walking behind Atsushi, glared at all the girls who approached him while she whispered curse words in her mind, her face looking very displeased and annoyed, unknown to her, a recording camera was hidden in the group of crowds and it is focused on her and the face she was displaying in the screen was terrifying, no one would want to see this for the second time.
"This is gonna be the end of you" Someone from the crowd said in a low voice and left with the video evidence.
Akane was fuming inside as she memorized the faces of all her targets, meanwhile, Yuu and Jiro were looking at her and saw how her expression changes, they were furious and glared at Atsushi, jealousy building up in their system.
'Just wait! I'll kill you all!!' Akane yelled internally as she clenched her hands tightly.
The group finally arrived at their class and the girls enthusiastically greeted and smiled at Atsushi brightly.
"What is happening?" Rin was very confused as to what's happening, why are the girls so desperate for Atsushi's number today.
In the corner of his eyes, Atsushi caught sight of the girl from yesterday, Miki.
"Hello Miki" Atsushi greeted with a smile, she turned to look and was about to greet him back when she saw Akane glaring at her.
Out of nowhere, tears poured down her cheeks as she looked down at Akane's feet, seeing that Miki was crying, Atsushi approached her and asked what's wrong.
"Akane, she-" But before she could even say something, her eyes accidentally looked at Akane's eyes and was reluctant to say anything when she saw the evil intent that shines in her eyes.
Seeing that she was looking at Akane, Atsushi looked back and saw that Akane was shocked, confusion was written all over her face.
"Why are you crying?" Akane asked Miki, her maliciousness disappeared instantly when Atsushi turned to look at her direction as if she was just an illusion replaced by a gentle person.
"I-"
Left speechless, Miki couldn't stop her tears and could only go back slowly to her seat and sat embarrassment written in her face as she tried to wipe her tears, Atsushi then took out his unused handkerchief and gave it to Miki but she didn't accept it and she was reluctant, her gaze can't help but look back at Akane who was glaring at her.
"I hope I can do something to help" Atsushi told Miki but she just smiled before looking away, and seeing as for how she reacted, Atsushi can't do anything about it other than seat on his chair and wait for the teacher to arrive.
In some corners, Mina smiled at Miki, too bad, she was waiting for something to happen but unfortunately, Miki got scared and backed down.
"Well, with these videos, I wonder what you'll do? Hopefully, nothing goes wrong" She mumbled and went back on doing what she was busy with.
Soon the chemistry teacher came and announced that the project would commence on Monday and proceeded on explaining more stuff about their current subject.
During the lesson, a lot of students raised their hands and asked a lot of questions regarding their subject, knowing that this is the last class before their project commences nsxt week.
Soon, the class ended with the students bowing their head to the teacher and a few more hours passed and lunch came.
On their way to the cafeteria, Akane was missing once again, just like yesterday, she was tailing and observing a few of her targets and when she saw that they are alone in an empty place, she strikes and knocks them out with their back facing her.
Satisfied, she hopped her way to the cafeteria and unknowingly, Mina was hiding in a corner of the hallway and observed her vicious ways of attacking, even when Akane hopped away, she just smiled and walked away, in her hand is her phone filled with videos and negative evidence of Akane.
On the other hand, the group has finally ordered their food.
"I'm back~!" Akane sang and sat down.
"Welcome back, I ordered your lunch already, go ahead and eat" Jiro told Akane and she smiled at him before saying thank you.
Since they arrived earlier, they were almost done with lunch and could only slow down to wait for Akane to finish, Atsushi was already done, not waiting for Akane at all so he just sat there and looking from afar, soon after, the other guys were done and started chatting by themselves.
"What time should we meet up tomorrow?" Yuu asked looking a bit eager.
"Mm, I should be free at lunchtime, I'm planning to clean up a bit tomorrow" Rin replied and all of them nodded.
"I'm alright with lunchtime" Jiro added and Akane nodded, showing a positive response when they turned to look at her.
"Alright, it's decided!" Yuu smiled which he usually doesn't do, everyone around him kept on staring at him when suddenly, he realized the reason why.
Akane chuckled when she saw Rin looking at Yuu with a glint of spark that flash across his eyes, while Jiro was stoned to his position, not expecting to see what he had just encountered, the smile Yuu showed took him by surprised while Atsushi smiled.
"You're actually cute when you smile Yuu" Hearing Akane compliment him, he was suddenly very embarrassed and shy.
Yuu fidgets and tried to stick close to Rin for a bit and even pulled on his sleeves as if he's attempting to hide from her and seeing his cute behaviors, Rin chuckled and played along and hid Yuu behind him, in an outsider's view, it looked like Rin was displaying a protective boyfriend aura, very ideal!
"You guys look good together!" Akane commented and clapped amused.
Hearing her comment, Yuu wasn't happy about it and pulled away from his spot slowly and his behavior returned to normal, the reason is that someone told him that they look good together and it's a girl!
Atsushi chuckled and got up first when he noticed that Akane was done and went to clean their servings, and Rin followed behind him.
Seeing that Atsushi has stood up, Akane also went and followed them with the others in tow and also cleaned their bowls with waters before putting it in a cart.
After lunch, all of them went back to their room, sitting on their own desk and doing what they want as they waited for their teacher.
Unfortunately, their teacher wasn't present because of teacher's gathering and they were giving them 2 hours of self-study or do what they want, most of the student brought their books out while the others did things that interest them and some more studentz went home since their class is already done with only 2 hours left, that includes, Atsushi's group.
"Well guys, I'll go home early, I'll see you tomorrow" Yuu bid them goodbye and walked away.
Rin and Atsushi turned to look at Akane.
"Oh, I'll just check my locker again because I have to get some books over there" Akane lied without blinking while her intention strays far from what she said.
"Should I go with you?" Jiro offered some help but she refused because how could she reveal this cruel side of her and in front of the people that she knows.
"Alright, I'll wait here then" Jiro obediently waited while Akane lurked around, stalking her targets and knocking them down, this time, she revised and even scratched at them a bit.
"Tsk, this is what happens when you don't keep your hands to yourself!" Akane yelled and the hallway echoed with her crazed chuckles as she walked back to her target of obsession's direction.
Upon arrival, Rin and Atsushi were about to leave.
"Oh welcome back Akane, me and Atsushi are gonna go now, have a safe trip!" Rin said and Akane nodded before waving, a bit disappointed that she didn't get to spend her time with Atsushi even for a little bit.
Rin waved back and both of them started walking away as they headed for the car and reached home in half an hour.