Yorusaki Kageo was running his mechanical pencil over a printout.
Shut up. Shut up. You all just fuck off and die!! It's still study time!
As always, the girls clamoring over petty subjects would irritate him. He'd
kill them if he could.
Pop idols, topics about anime, love talks, cosmetics, convenience store
sweets. Gossips about teachers and classmates. It was so childish he got fed
up.
"Layla, you're so cute today too. Just like a doll"
"I wish I was taller. It'd be nice if I could be a model"
"Blonde hair and blue eyes are so beautiful. It's like gems"
The one who particularly irritated him was Sudou Layla. Number one on the
list of someone he wanted to kill.
While Layla was happily being pampered, Kageo had to write the furiganas1
over the kanji characters for her, a returnee2
student. This was another time
consuming task.
Women are sly. They put a mask of frailty to cajole others. Women who are proficient at weaponizing their inadequacies and stealing people's time can
just go die!
While spitting out toxic words in his mind, he continued on to mechanically
put in the ruby3
characters.
"Your skin is so fair. Even your eyelashes are gold"
"Your hair is so smooth. Wow. It's thin and pretty. Supdupkyut. Like silk"
Layla gently pushed away Kurotaki's hand that was touching her hair.
Kurotaki Yuuno was a girl ranked number two on the list of people he
wanted to kill, a woman of the gyaru4
type. Supdupkyut was a gyaru term
that meant super duper cute.
At least speak Japanese properly!
"Black hair, brown eyes, beautiful-desu. Everyone cute. I'm yelous"
"Ahaha. Layla so cute. You got it wrong, it's 'jealous.' Repeat after me,
okay? 'Jealous'"
"Jealous"
Irritation was seeping in her voice.
Layla's blue eyes narrowed, becoming as sharp as icicles.
Eh what? Layla, she's not happy about it. She hates it? Angry? Or rather, fed
up? I get you. They're so annoying, aren't they.
"Even Sudou-san must be ordinary. She's a human too after all," Kageo said
in a whisper.
"Ooh. Ordinary-desu. Great"
The returnee's face suddenly brightened. It was like a flower had bloomed.
She was such a beautiful girl that you couldn't help but gaze at her, so shesure looked cute when she had that look and smiled.
"Saying ordinary, how rude. After all, Layla is special"
"Don't mind him"
"That's right, it's better not to mind him. Yorusaki Kageo, his name itself is
already dark, isn't it"
The third and fourth rankers whom he wanted to kill each spoke out.
"Yorusaki Kageo. Name, meaning, dark-desu?"
"It has characters for night and to be born, so is the meaning 'being born at
night'? A fitting name, isn't it"
"This guy, he's too serious, it's just creepy, isn't it"
Yeah, that's right. I'm not like you all, I take things seriously!, was what
Kageo didn't say.
It wouldn't get through even if he said it. He couldn't communicate with
them on a level that made him wonder if they were of a different race. All he
could do was curse death in his mind and imagine their stomach ripped out
by a box cutter.
"Like, kinda gross, and somewhat dirty, don't you think? Yorusaki is"
A bad-mouthing in a hushed voice, but it was piercing into him.
I CAN HEAR YOU!
Kageo had a high voice. Moreover, he was a bit plump. They said he
appeared to lack hygienic care. However, he couldn't change his voice and
outer appearance.
He was properly taking a bath and wearing a laundered shirt. He cooked for
himself and also ate vegetables. It wasn't like he was obese.
"Here, I wrote it"
Kageo held out the printout to Layla.
"Thank you. Kageo, always quick-desu. I will, work hard-desu"
He finally could do his own studying. Kageobegan to solve the equations on
the printout.
The bell rang, and the noisy self-study period ended, making it even noisier.
He had to collect the printouts from the desks and bring them to the staff
room. This was the role of Kageo, the class representative.
Bothersome. Die all of you!
Class president, beautification committee member, executive committee
member for sports festival. Gloomy people were forced to take those
positions. While the outgoing and cheerful people were having fun at karaoke
and family restaurants, Kageo was doing cleaning and odd jobs.
Having his innate seriousness worked against him, he was unable to slack off
as he spitted curses.
Die. All of you die. Quickly die.!
In front of Kageo, the number one to five ranked people he wanted to kill
were walking. The five of them entered the women's toilet, exited
immediately, and began to go down the stairs.
"C'mon, Layla, quickly. The first floor toilet should be empty"
It seemed to be packed. From the bottom of the stairs, Kurotaki, Fujikawa,
Yamamura, and Isozaki were beckoning Layla.
How dumb. Can't you at least go to the toilet by yourself? So childish, you
people are.
Layla's blond hair swayed in front of Kageo's eyes. It was shining like gold work under the autumn light coming through the window. It was a
beauty that would make you want to touch it.
"Kya"
Layla missed her step.
"Watch out"
Kageo hugged Layla from behind and forcefully pulled her towards the back.
He fell backwards as he was, and slid down the stairs accompanied by loud
noises, thump thump.
It was like sled skiing. Of course, Kageo was the sledge, and Layla was the
one riding.
"UWAAAAAH"
The next thing he knew, Kageo was lying on his back on the stair landing
while hugging Layla's back.
"Kageo, Kageo, all right-desu!?"
My butt hurts. My back hurts. My shoulders hurt. More importantly, Layla
being on top of me is scary.
They'll call me a molester. They'll say I raped her. They'll call me a sex
fiend. I won't be able to go to school. I'll get arrested by the police. My life
will be over.
"Please move aside…"
Layla jumped aside quickly, and gathered up the scattered printouts.
Kageo tried to stand up, but a severe pain shot through his body and he fell
flat on his face, "Oouchs…," and groaned.
"School infirmary, hospital! Ambulance"
"Are you safe, Sudou-san?"
"Yes-desu. Kageo, stairs, thud thud, me, fine! Safe-desu"
Layla made a guts pose.
"Sorry for being a little fatty…"
Kageo closed his eyes