The strawberry-blonde-haired girl kept dragging him without saying anything. They were starting to attract the attention of the students around, but the girl showed no sign of slowing down.
She kept dragging him and now they had crossed the fourth floor where the Director's office was located. Then after ascending a few more stairs, she opened the door to the rooftop and led him in the rooftop.
They were facing each other now. Kaito had no idea what was happening while the girl kept staring at him with fierce eyes. A gentle breeze passed through and the hem of her skirt was slightly lifted revealing more of her tempting thighs.
She then closed the distance between them and then slap.
The girl, without any prior notice, slapped him. He reflexively put his right hand to his now red cheek.
He was trying to comprehend the situation when the girl spoke with an angry tone, "That merely counts as a punishment you know. I had planned to slap you in front of the whole school but Ichika said she didn't want to draw attention so I had to drag you here to the rooftop."
You did draw some attention, you know. And who is this Ichika anyway?
While he was having those thoughts, the girl gave him another slap, this time to his other cheek.
"Who do you think you are? Do you think you are some bigshot? Although I give it to you that you are somewhat good-looking, but it doesn't mean you can force a girl to accept your confession. You should have been a proper man and accepted whatever reply she gave to you."
Now the girl was definitely spouting nonsense. Kaito thought to myself.
He had come to this school because no one knew him here. He had no intention of making any friends or being sociable. He just wanted to spend his days in peace without getting involved with anyone. And here this girl just slapped him twice because 'he' had supposedly proposed a girl?
He had just come to this school and didn't know any other girl except the one that sat beside him, and even that was a few moments ago, and he had no way of knowing who this Ichika girl was, let alone confessing to her. Whatever this girl was saying left him completely confused.
When he was just about to speak, the girl beat him to the punch and said, "You just wait here. I will now bring Ichika here and you have to properly apologize to her for what you did. Is that clear?"
Then without waiting for his response, she hurried down the stairs.
"What should I do now?"
Now he was in a dilemma. He thought about ignoring this girl and returning to his classroom. But again she might barge in the classroom causing another ruckus. But he didn't want to involve himself in a situation he wasn't aware of. But after giving some thought, he decided to wait. So even though he didn't want to, he stayed there on the rooftop and waited for the girl to return.
After some time, he could hear the footsteps of someone approaching.
"You don't have to worry. I am here with you. You just have to be there when he apologizes to you and settle this peacefully." The girl was saying so with confidence and Kaito could hear her from the other side of the door.
Then she opened the door. This time another girl was with her. She had shoulder-length pink hair and a cute face somehow projecting the image of what people would call 'a delicate beauty.'
Probably she was the girl that the blonde-haired girl referred to as Ichika.
The blonde-haired girl slowly approached Kaito.
She then turned to look around and said, "Come a bit closer Ichika. No need to be afra-"
She was just about to say 'afraid' when she suddenly stiffened seeing her friend's expression.
"What happened Ichika? Why are you making such a face?"
"He is not..." the girl named Ichika was muttering to herself.
"What are you saying?" Apparently, the blonde-haired girl wasn't able to comprehend her friend's behavior.
"He is not the..."
"Come on say a bit louder." Now she was getting anxious.
"He is not the boy that confessed to me!!" Just as the girl screamed those words, the blonde-haired girl who was approaching the pinked haired girl slowly, now stopped dead in her tracks.
Her mouth was wide open. "Huh?"
"Like I said he isn't the boy that confessed to me and tried to force me to accept his confession and threatened me!"
When the girl finished her statement, the blonde-haired girl turned her head around to face Kaito who had been silent all this time in a robotic manner. She then flashed a wry smile towards him.
While all this was happening, Kaito was silently observing the situation without any expressions on his face.
The girl then quickly turned towards him.
"I'm sorry!!" The girl then screamed the words of apology and bowed deeply towards him. Her blonde hair was almost touching the ground.
Kaito was now calmly sorting out the series of the event up until now inside his head.
After some thinking, he concluded that this blonde-haired girl had mistaken him for another guy, and because of the misunderstanding on her part, all this had happened.
"I'm so, so, so sorry. My friend Ichika said that she was confessed by a transfer student from another class and that guy even was forcing her to accept. And I had heard that Class 2-A had a new transfer student. So, I thought it was you and I did all this to you and even slapped you."
Now the girl's face was completely red. Probably embarrassed by what she had done.
The girl finally looked up with her head still bowed and said, "If you want you can slap me in return. I am ready for that." But her face was still a bit red.
The girl had already apologized and Kaito had no intention of making a fuss over it.
"It's okay. You have already apologized and I have no intention of slapping you."
"Is that okay with you? I slapped you, you know and not to mention twice." She probably couldn't believe that she was let off the hook so easily. Her eyes spoke of bafflement.
"It's completely okay with me. I have forgiven you and I have no intention of dragging this any further."
Just as he finished speaking, the school bell rang signaling the end of the period. They had missed a class because of this incident.
As soon as the bell rang Ichika spoke, "It's Fujiki-sensei's period now. We should return to the classroom now."
Apparently, Fujiki-sensei was feared by all the students in this school.
When he was thinking so, the blonde-haired girl slowly raised her head and then regained her composure. Then she elegantly bowed before leaving the rooftop.
Kaito also made his way towards his classroom.
When he opened the door, all the eyes in the classroom landed on him. They probably wanted an explanation of what had happened.
But he paid no attention to them and settled on his seat.
"So, what business did you have with Honami-san?"
After he went to his seat, the girl beside him, asked him.
He didn't want to tell others about this and spread about this around the school so he decided to not tell her about the incident at the rooftop and simply said, "None of your business."
"Is that so."
Most people will be annoyed by this response but the girl remained collected.
After that sort of exchange the class started and ended quickly.
It was now lunch break. He didn't have much appetite so he settled on having a drink.
He then went to the vending machine near the large cafeteria and grabbed a can.
He enjoyed his drink at a corner table in the cafeteria and after some wandering around the school, he returned to his class.
The afternoon classes ended without hitch. After the last period of the day ended, students with club activities started heading towards their clubs and those in the go-home club packed their bags and headed towards their home chatting with their friends.
Kaito also went to his locker, changed into his outdoor shoes, and exited the school building.
While he was slowly heading towards the school gate, he looked back at what had happened today. Today he met the girl named Honami in the strangest way possible. He thought that he wouldn't forget this girl after such an unexpected meeting on the very first day.
After exiting the school gate, he turned left and started walking at his own pace towards his home.
Kaito had a calm look on his face all the while.
But he was slightly troubled.
It was because he had noticed a certain someone from his class tailing him since he had left the school.
Apparently, his quota of trouble for the day wasn't over yet.