september
"Hey Yuan, what do you call that?" She pointed at the tower in the distance.
"That's called minding your own business," he replies, not even glancing at Levia or the " things " she is pointing at as he reads his book while walking.
"How about that one?" she pointed at the dog walking around.
"That's called minding your own business."
She pouts, then says, "What about that one?" She pointed excitedly at the ice cream that the girl was eating.
And with the same face, he answered, "That's called minding your own business."
"Muuhhh!" Levia goes alongside Yuan with a chuckle on her face as she shouts bitterly while walking side by side.
After a month of living with this devil, I realized that it's damn exhausting to wear a mask 24/7. It's fine to act like a good person when I'm outside, but doing it even when I'm supposed to be alone is tough. That's why little by little I get tired, to the point that I'm steadily showing her my true color. I mean, I don't even care at this point. I'm sure this girl is too stupid to betray someone.
Plus, she is not as oblivious as I thought. I don't know why, but I feel like she's observing me more seriously than before, and she's picking up some of my habits as well, which is pretty annoying.
Ok, I've decided! I'll torture her later by eating a lot of ice cream in front of her and making it look really delicious. Too bad for her since she can't eat!
He grinned, and thinking that he might be plotting another evil scheme, she felt a shiver on her back.
"..."
At the school gate
"Good morning, Yuan!" Rikko suddenly pops out of the background.
He taps Yuan's shoulder from behind, saying, "I feel like I haven't seen you for a long time!"
"...." after a few seconds of pause,
"Who are you again?" Yuan gave a suspicious look on his face.
"oii!. It's me, your one and only best friend! RIKO!"
"Uh, you're my best friend?" He opened his palm towards him, saying, "Then give me money."
"This is not that kind of friendship!"
Besides them, there's a certain devil girl staring. "Best friend? ... in the first place, I still can't believe Yuan can have what they call a "friend," much less a "best friend." Levia smirked
"I'm pretty sure that you only think of him as a toy." She crosses her arms as she exhales proudly.
"Now you're getting me." Yuan muttered as he looked in her direction.
He then turn and begin to walk slowly as he gives Rikko one last look before saying, "Let's go."Levia looked at Yuan and Rikko walking side by side, talking like normal 15-year-old boys.
"Wait a minute, maybe they're actually friends?" with a puzzled expression on her face.
"...."
Levia is not a loner by choice, but if she had just gone to a regular school or interacted with other devils, she would have a large social circle by now. It seems as though she was a little envious because she thought Yuan was similar to her—an actual loner. However, that may not be the case.
She ran towards Yuan and walked with them.
"Hey Yuan, did you hear the rumor?" Rikko asked
Yuan paused, then replied, "Rumor?"
Rikko points to the sky and adds, "Yeah, these last few days, a number of things or stuff suddenly moved even though no one was touching it or physically moving it, and some of the students suddenly committed violent behavior."
"move?"
"Yes, in this one incident, a female student who was assigned to cleaning duty saw that the bucket she was using was moving slightly on its own and that the doors that should be closed were opening. Another student even reported experiencing wind blowing inside a room even though everything was closed."
Rikko hugs himself as he shivers as he imagined all the things he just told.
Yuan puts a finger on his chin as he starts thinking, and he looks at Rikko. "Is this real, though?"
"Hannah told me." Hannah is the girl from their class, and the three of them have known each other since middle school.
"I see; if it's from Hannah, then it must be true." Rikko looked at Yuan with a frown, saying, "What do you mean by that?" Then he continued.
"You know the class next to us? class 3B, One of the students there is named Aaron, and someone in his class reported that out of nowhere he unexpectedly threw a book at their teacher, and his excuse is that he suddenly felt like doing it. scary right?"
That is all the detail I needed to learn the truth about this rumor.
Yuan looked at Levia as she nodded, confirming his theory.
Strangely, though they are acting differently than before, it feels like they're more aggressive than usual. Did they change their type of approach or something? Or maybe it was all done by one devil? He feels like a cold wind touches his back.
*whoosh*
Yuan looks at the rear after turning around quickly, as he feels like someone is watching him from behind, but all he sees is a group of students going about their daily lives.
"Yuan?" Rikko asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"hm? "No, it's nothing; let's go."
Anyway, I need to confirm this with Levia later. There are only a few devils here in school since, compared to adults, high schoolers don't have many problems in life. and I won't let that pest roam around here either.
As he made a decision, he looked at Rikko, saying, "Listen, Rikko, don't go near that guy, Aaron; we still don't know what is actually happening, just to be safe."
Rikko nods two times as they enter their classroom.
They sat on their chairs, Levia stood in front of Yuan, and Yuan looked at her. thinking, "What is it now?"
Levia got this smug smile as she suddenly made a serious face, saying, "Listen, Rikko, don't go near that guy, Aaron; we still don't know what is actually happening, just to be safe." She then burst out laughing, saying, "Fpt, hahaha, I can't believe you just said that."
"You've said a lot of ridiculous things in the past, but this one takes the cake." Her eyes started tearing up because of too much laughter.
Nothing is more annoying than being made fun of by someone you consider to be a nuisance, but he is powerless to stop it; his only option is to psychologically retaliate. She noticed Yuan's face suddenly getting dark, and she immediately said, "Maybe I went too far, and I want to apologize," as she sat down on her knees slowly.
Later, over lunch, Yuan and Rikko order many of the meals that Levia has often stated she would like to try and eat. The two devour those foods together in front of her. while Yuan started calling her ugly as her new name.
She cries as she stands besides their table, like a lost child looking for her parent, while Rikko, who's eating with Yuan, says, "So, Yuan, why did you suddenly recommend eating this food? It feels like it's too girly for me."
where Yuan replies, "It's perfect for you then."
Yuan noticed a man who resembled the rumored Aaron as they exited the canteen. and he noticed right away that something was amiss with him.
"Rikko, you go first. I have to use the restroom since I feel like I ate a lot." Rikko went "ok" as he looked at Levia and they started walking away.
"Stop crying already," he muttered.
*