"Wow, she's all gloomy it's annoying." Remus stated as he saw Rei slumping down her head onto her desk, there were as if dark clouds above her head.
"She's been like that since she came back last night, I wonder if something happened." Rinalyn remarked, also looking at Rei.
It was currently their break time and the three, Remus, Luna and Rinalyn just got back from the cafeteria holding each pieces of bread and drink.
"Why don't you try talking to her, Remus?" Rinalyn suggested.
"Huh?! Why would I, if she's not feeling well then just leave her be, she'll be fine in no time!"
Remus stomped his feet back to his seat and aggressively sat down as he chomp down on his sandwich.
"..He didn't have to be so angry, that little..."'Rinalyn sighed thinking there's no good on cursing on him as she sat back down to her seat.
The three peacefully sat down and started to munch onto their snacks. There were only a few students in this time for most of them prefer eating at the cafeteria, their break time last for only thirty minutes.
"...She didn't have any bruises, did she?"
The two glance at Remus, and at each other. A smiling slipping from their faces as they gave him a direct glance.
"Eh~ so you were actually worried about her, huh? You're not very honest with yourself." Luna teased.
"Wha— I'm not! And you're becoming a lot bolder by time, Luna!" Remus was furious, the two could faintly see his ears turning red. Whether it was from frustration or being flustered, the two girls smile sheepishly at him.
"Come on now, it's only natural for you to be worried, you've grow up together, after all." Rinalyn grin, "You, Me, Shiki and Rei grew up together! That's completely normal."
Remus didn't utter a word and just kept on eating.
"Well he's not responding, how rude." Rinalyn pouted and turn to Luna. "By the way are you doing anything for Lunch?"
"Hmm? I don't, why?" Luna replied.
Instead of a response, Rinalyn replied with a smile. Luna eventually knew what she wanted to say, as she then also flashed a smile at her.
Meanwhile, Remus glance upon Rei as Austin suddenly approached her. When he was about to get up and stop Austin once more, Rei looked like she was willing to come with him.
His gaze followed the two who seen to have gotten back to their usual self as Austin pats Rei's head, which made her to slap his hand away. The two went out of class laughing.
Huh?
Remus felt a faint sting making him bewildered. How weird, did he really felt that? It so unreal that it was almost making him baffled.
'...What was that?' He bewilderedly thought, his brows furrowing, feeling the unfamiliar yet familiar sting in his chest.
"Remus, what's wrong?" Rinalyn noticed Remus in a daze looking at the entrance door of the room.
Rinalyn tapped him on his back, making him flinch and turn turn his head to her. "Y..you ok?" She asked once again.
Remus sat back down and sighed, "Um, I have to go to the bathroom." He excused as he scurried off, hands covering his mouth as if he was about to vomit.
Luna and Rinalyn looked ay each ither and was left bewildered by his actions.
***
It was already lunch, fortunately for the class A and C, for their two remaining professors did not attend the class.
Every students was either at the cafeteria or the oval.
Luna and the others, of course, are at their usual spot. At the shade of the biggest cherry blossom tree which is now blooming with new green leaves as spring had already came to pass.
"I wonder if they're dating again, Austin and Rei, I mean." Daryll suddenly interject.
The group was initially at the discussion of their subject tasks as they eventually got into the topic of the two redheads.
"... You know you're so random." Hikari remarked. "But I too am curious of that, they seem pretty close earlier, did something happened?"
"You didn't know? Yester Austin he—ouch!" Daryll jolted by the sensation of pinching at his torso.
"He talked to Rei yesterday, perhaps they made up." Remus ad-lib, glancing towards Daryll smiling.
Daryll felt a chill run down his spine, and immediately knew what Remus was on about. But why would yesterday be kept a secret to the girls? Daryll did not get it, but he just went along with it.
"R..right, it's was soooo...uh, romantic! The way he dragged her out of the room was so like out of romance movies!"
Daryll thought he did his best as he turn to Remus with sparkling eyes looking for his approval but there was only disapprobation plastered on Remus' face. Daryll immediately pursed his lips as he looked away with cold sweat.
"Um, I see." Hikari thought something was off, but she only brushed it off for they seem to suppress whatever they have in mind.
"B-by the way how's your brother? Haven't seen him in a while, Hikari!" Daryll changes the topic looking at Hikari with an awkward smile.
"My brother? Hmm, he's doing fine, why do you ask?" Hikari responded.
Before Daryll could utter a word, Luna stood up catching the eye of others, "Where are you going, Luna?" Hikari asked.
"... Bathroom." She uttered and advanced back.
"I'll go with you!" Hikari interject as she caught up to her and Elmira, happen to also went along with them.
"Why do girls go on groups when they pee, I don't get it." Remus remarked as he watched the three maiden vanish.
"There are things you boys does not need to know, aren't you guys also go on pairs to go to the bathroom? What are you guys even doing there? Comparing dick sizes?" Rinalyn jested.
"...Saying things like that when you're a girl, you're quite vulgar Rinalyn. I always thought of you as timid!" It seems like Daryll still has a lot to know about his companions.
"Vulgar? All I did was said a part of your body. It's normal, you guys are just too close minded that even a body part has become vulgar."
Remus just stared at Rinalyn who seem to started lecturing them, "That's so unlike you." He suddenly uttered.
"Hmm? Really? I think I've always been like this. You know, there's always a part of me that can be of a surprise!" Rinalyn grinned at Remus and finished her lunch.
"Oh!" Daryll interjected. "Isn't that Shiki?" He said point his forefinger in front of them.
There they saw Shiki at another cherry blossom tree sitting at the grassy ground alone as he was reading a book.
"He looks so peaceful..." Daryll uttered, he had always thought of Shiki to be intimidating, perhaps because he's a 'Drust' but it wasn't like he was intimidated by Rei. Daryll just felt like Shiki could read every move or anything around him like an open book.
Or maybe because he just took Rei as a foolish naive girl. She was quite ecstatic and optimistic unlike Shiki who's always seem so cold and distant.
—!
Daryll flinched by Rinalyn's abrupt action. She stood up all of a sudden making the two men to be bewildered.
She was immensely looking at Shiki across them.
"Rina— hey where are you going?!" Remus was caught surprised when Rinalyn began to usher her way across if them. Approaching the man who she resented ever since he could've remembered.
Rinalyn was already in front of Shiki, panting, catching her breath. The distance between the left side cherry trees and right side was wide, for in between was a wide pathway that lead towards the arena.
She saw how Shiki slowly lift his head as he eventually stood up a second after. Rinalyn back away to give him some space, he left his book down in the ground.
None of them spoke nor utter a word, there was silence. Rinalyn took a deep breath and build up courage to speak out.
"Um, you know—!" She spoke loud which made her to catch the attention of the people around.
Rinalyn sighed and suddenly grabbed Shiki's hand dragging him to where there are lesser people around.
Unconsciously, Rinalyn dragged herself and Shiki towards the arena. Fortunately, the guards that was on duty to watch the arena wasn't there, and there weren't student who usually go within this area.
"What... Why did you drag me all the way—"
"You see, I—" Rinalyn cutted Shiki mid sentence. Her head was looking at the ground as she slowly raised her head and met eyes with the person in front of her. "...I'm...I'm sorry."