Silence filled the area as the group passed the hallway silently but only a few seconds passed and there were whispers heard coming from all sides.
'Ooh? Akane and Jiro aren't present'
'Yeah, probably because of what happened!'
'Also, how come Akane is not suspended yet?!?!'
'If you didn't know, her father is a close acquaintance of the headmaster'
'Tsk, lucky'
The changes were obvious because without Akane and Jiro, it wasn't as lively as before and it was tense especially Yuu who knows about Jiro's plan and knowing that the person he loved was that cruel, maybe if he had discovered much more earlier, he would have let his feelings go for her.
In the middle of the crowd, a group of three approached them, it was Leo, Mina, and Yuki.
"Hey guys" Yuki greeted as she waved vigorously.
"Mm" Atsushi nodded and smiled gently with a hint of calmness as if nothing actually happened yesterday while Yuu just nodded at them to show politeness.
"Hey, how are you?" Rin asked and smiled back as well with a slight wave.
"We're doing great!" Leo replied and smiled with a trace of gentleness and there was an obvious kindness displayed in his expression.
Mina smiled and nodded at Atsushi, she then looked at Yuu and Rin before smiling, finally, she was satisfied that the lady has left the group, she has been eyeing these three men, Yuu, Rin, and Atsushi, she has been shipping Yuu and Rin the first time they caught her eyes but all of a sudden, that lady named Akane added herself in the group!
And discovering that Atsushi was being pursued by a man, she became even more determined to erase that unworthy lady!!
Who dare breaks my ships, Mina raged inside and considered murdering Akane but of course, she doesn't dare take the risk of getting imprisoned, if she did get imprisoned, she wouldn't have any more chance to do some mischiefs.
Just like that, there was another backup for Atsushi! And her job is to get rid of all the girls with unacceptable feelings for him, the same goes for the people who attempt to destroy her ships!
"Well then, shall we go to our room?" Yuki recommended and everyone gave a positive response as they are gonna end up going to their class anyway.
Soon as they arrived, they spotted Akane and Jiro in her desk, the former with her head down grieving and the latter comforting her with a sad expression as he thought about why can't she just choose him? the man who has been beside her all her life?
'It's all because of that Atsushi!!' Jiro was angered by the thought that Akane got stolen by Atsushi and his beauty as he thought of a plan, maybe to torture him or possibly to even erase him from this planet!
Atsushi's group passed by their seats, they didn't bother greeting nor giving them any glance, it was very obvious that they are cutting their ties with her, the students around didn't even assume that Atsushi nor the others were sad about the incident yesterday, well obviously, it was only Yuu who cared for Akane so he was a bit sad.
Jiro glared at them as they passed by and turned to look back at Akane with worried eyes, determined to be her pillar when she needs it.
'What a sad romance for you, too bad, Akane was too focused on your love rival to even take notice of your feelings' Mina closed her eyes which glared with pity, and was almost unable to suppress her laughter as she stared at the pair.
The class wasn't so pleasant that day because the teachers were so tense with a certain woman in their class, listening to them and probably plotting for everyone's death with her intimidating gaze but her eyes mostly rested on Atsushi with love-struck eyes.
And a few more hours passed and the group is walking around in the town, Yuki stopped on her tracks and looked around, confused about her sudden move, Rin came over to her and asked what's wrong.
"Someone's following us" She whispered and Akane appeared on their brain.
"Could it be Akane?" Mina asked and Yuki nodded before replying.
"Probably"
Atsushi felt annoyed and started walking away and seeing that he was walking away, everyone followed and didn't bother investigating further.
"Hey Atsushi" A certain man once again surprised him from behind.
"Kyouya?" Atsushi called out and the other chuckled.
"That's me, honey!" The latter shamelessly flirted with all the people in front of them, no one minded, definitely not after seeing the girls screamed their fulfilled hearts out with happy tears.
Flustered, Atsushi turned and hideaway and everyone around his was surprised to see him flustered so they cheered at Kyouya who chuckled and winked playfully, Rin was really glad that Atsushi was alright, he thought that Akane would affect his life severely but that doesn't seem to be the case.
"Nice to meet you, Mr?"
"Call me Kyouya" He replied politely, accepting the offer, he was very confident about this job and went ahead to do his job.
"Well then, please go ahead and take care of Atsushi" Mina took the initiative and threw Atsushi to Kyouya, the latter then carried the former on his shoulder before taking him away.
"Hm? what just happened?" Leo was confused as to why Atsushi got taken away.
"Did you actually just sold him away?" Yuki looked at Mina with disbelief before laughing, she didn't think that Mina would actually take the initiative to give Atsushi to the love interest! very agreeable.
Without Atsushi in the group, they walked around and had fun by themselves, not really bothered that Atsushi isn't here.
While the person of the subject is currently being abducted, he was shamelessly being flirted own by no other than Kyouya, both of them were walking around.
Suddenly, someone approached them and fidgeted for a bit before getting her phone out.
"Can I have your number?" She asked blushing as they looked at her, slowly, Kyouya's eyes seem to be looking at her coldly, the longer she stayed, the chiller it got, Atsushi turned to look at the man beside him and saw his grim expression.
"Scram" He whispered.
"Eh?" Not hearing it clearly, she confusedly looked at Kyouya, wondering about what he said.
"Scram!" This time it was much more terrifying and louder, hearing his demanding voice, the lady ran with a frightened expression displayed on her face.
"Kyouya?" In that instant, Kyouya was back to his flirty behavior, as if the incident that happened earlier was just an illusion.
'I didn't think Kyouya was hiding such a personality' Atsushi thought as he observed his target.
"Shall we go and have dinner?" Kyouya asked and Atsushi nodded without hesitation, slowly, Kyouya led the other toward the restaurant.
Upon arriving, they ordered their dishes and ate slowly, taking their time to spend their time with one another more.
An hour passed and they've already paid for everything.
In the middle of the crowd, a pair was seen holding side by side in silence, taking comfort in the other's warmth, and soon enough, the pair hit the road with the moon soaring above them, the wind was especially warm today.