-*- (POV is Masumi Kamuro)
I know Sakayanagi told me to watch this guy, but he's a robot. First, he goes to the library and then goes to his dorm room until school the next day. How did someone like him catch the Class A leader's attention? One week of my time wasted following this useless guy and worst of all, I still had no information. If this continued, I didn't want to know what Sakayanagi would do with me.
I guess the only way to get information out of this guy is to follow him back to his room. If I at least get his dorm number, it should be fine, so I was sitting at a cafe, waiting for him to pass by. It's 6, why the hell is he still at school???
Finally, I saw him passing by, so I ran out of the cafe and followed him. I didn't do my best to conceal my presence as he would know I was following him anyway when I went to same the dorm room floor as him.
Does this guy not know how to get back to the dorm building? Why the hell is he taking me through this random park? Suddenly, the boy turned around and called out. He wasn't mad at me for following him, but he was mad because.
"Why the hell did they send someone so inept to follow me??? Tell me."
"..."
I was shocked and infuriated at the same time. This guy dared to call me inept? I had followed him over a week straight and this was his first time noticing me. This prick... While I was stumbling over my words and thinking what to say, he ignored me and headed back towards the dorm building.
Tomorrow is the day, I have to report my findings to Sakayanagi, no matter what I can't come empty-handed. I don't care if it costs me my pride or dignity. Anything's better than getting punished by that devil girl.
I followed him back to the dorm building, not at all hiding, there was no use in hiding at this point. When we entered the dorm building, he immediately went to the elevator and pressed the button.
Now's my chance
I followed him into the elevator and he looked at with me a shocked expression.
What is Sakayanagi making me do? Alright floor 5, now I just need quicky follow him to his dorm and get the room number, and then finally I'm done. I can actually do things with my time, I don't have to follow this useless bastard anymore. I followed him off the elevator, and he tried to distance himself from me. After 10 seconds, he pulled out his phone and began calling someone.
Shit. The phone picked up and he spoke into the phone.
"umm some purple-haired girl is trying to find my dorm number"
"..."
I looked at him with shock. This guy. Is it that bad for me to know his dorm number? Other guys would simply let me have it and go about their day, but this one decided to call someone. He then reached out his hand with his phone and a voice came out of it.
"Hello, can I ask why you're following a member of Class B"
Fuck, he called Ichinose. I'm dead. If I answer wrong, there could be a conflict between the 2 classes, and then surely I would be dead by Sakayanagi's hands. Was this guy really willing to go to such lengths to protect his dorm? I need an excuse and one that doesn't involve the class in any sort of way.
Ah, I found one. I already told myself that dignity and honor didn't matter. I trembled and spoke.
"u-u-h I like him romantically"
-*- (POV Back to Hikigaya)
This girl was willing to go to such lengths to find my dorm number. Normally, stalkers would have given up immediately after I called her out, but no she decided to follow me up to my dorm floor. And now, she was blurting out some nonsense. At this point, I'm impressed. She has sacrificed all dignity and confidence for my dorm number. Is my dorm really that important? I turned the phone off speakerphone and spoke to Ichinose.
"Ah, it seems I got the wrong idea. I'll take it from here. Thanks for your help."
"... yeah"
I looked at the purple-haired girl in front of me with curiosity. Just so how far was this girl willing to go to get information on me, and who the hell could scare this girl so much that she would rather sacrifice all dignity than come back with no information? It was time for me to test her limit. After 30 seconds of silence, I looked at her trembling in front of me and spoke. It was time for my inner Romeo to come out.
"Ah, fair maiden, my heart echoes your sentiment. From the instant mine eyes beheld thy beauty, I was ensnared in its enchantment. Thou art to be my lady, the beacon of my affections."
"..."
Ah did I really just say that? I know I said I was curious, but after saying that, I realized how fucking stupid I sounded. Well, it's too late to go back now, and more so, I'm curious about how she will respond. She probably thought that saying would just lead to me denying her and sending her back to her dorm floor instead of causing a class conflict, but now things must have gotten complicated for her.
Her shivering body went stiff at my words. I mean I did go a bit overboard with the love at first sight thing, but none of this is my fault, she should have just given up when she had the chance.
"a-a-alright, c-c-can w-we t-talk about t-t-his in a more private space"
I have no words. This girl really will do anything to complete her missions. This doesn't even seem like the first time she's done something like this. I am scared of whoever this person's master is. If they can have a subordinate willing to complete a mission by any means possible and have no self-respect, they must be a terrifying person.
At this point, she deserved my dorm room number, so I walked back to room 502 and unlocked the door. Would she run off when I unlocked the door and proved it was mine? Would she enter? What trouble could giving away my dorm number even cause?
I unlocked the door and turned around. I stepped into the room and placed my book bag down and she followed me inside. Wait, she followed me inside? Was she trying to get more information? What the hell is the plan here? If she had run away once she found my room number, she could have been fine, but instead, she chose to enter my room. What kind of insane girl did I meet?
*CLACK*
The door slammed shut after she entered. She quietly sat down on my bed, without me giving her any permission. Breaking the silence and continuing my act, I asked.
"Art my lady favor some tea?"
"... yea"
I entered my kitchen and couldn't hold back my laughter. *PFFFT this girl really was a psycho. She didn't even question my weird accent or my choice of words that dated back to the 1600s, she just went along with it. All in the hope of gathering intel on me. However, I didn't feel comfortable leaving her in my room alone, so I quickly made a cup of green tea for her and some extra-sweet coffee for me.
I grabbed the two cups and gave one to her. I honestly felt bad for the girl at this point. When I gave her the cup, I could feel her entire body trembling. I sighed and asked her.
"Why the hell did you go this far to get information? You're a psycho."
She gulped the tea and responded.
"m-my boss"
"Alright, so what's the plan now? Why didn't you just go away after getting my dorm number?"
"... was your confession earlier fake...?"
"My dearest love, though my words may have seemed false, my feelings for you are as true as the sun's light. My heart yearns for you, and every moment apart is a torment I cannot bear."
I couldn't hold back another Romeo impression, it naturally flowed out of my mouth. That girl Hyori's book recommendation has seriously turned me into a romantic. Speaking of that, my appointment with her would be tomorrow. Back to the matter at hand, the purple-haired girl, who was previously anxious, now broke into laughter. She probably saw through my impression now.
"PFFFT, stop with the sarcasm now"
"Hey you started this when you stalked me"
"You think I wanted to spend an entire week of my life stalking you? Who the hell even are you?"
"... a week...? All I did was go to the library and my dorm... How the hell could you spend a week following me...? What is wrong with you?"
"...."
"Anyways, you must be in Class A if you are willing to follow me for a week. The others would have given up after 2 days. Are you by any chance following the orders of that creepy white-haired girl?"
"Creepy white-haired girl? Are you talking about Sakayanagi? Ye-, no I'm not"
"Ah I see, I would probably go to this extent as well, that white-haired girl seems evil. I've seen her around"
"you don't even know the half of it"
"Ah, so you are following here. Thanks"
The purple-haired girl cupped her mouth. What the hell is covering your mouth gonna do? You already told me you were following the white-haired girl or Sakayanagi. I made her give up information about her leader and wasted a week of her time, so I kinda felt bad.
"Alright, so why do you come into my room now? You already got my room number"
"More information is better"
"Alright, so now what?"
"Tell me why Sakayanagi is paying attention to a useless guy like you."
It's a miracle that she doesn't know I'm on the student council yet, but I do only go to the room right after the bell rings. Might as well tell her now, they'll find out eventually.
"Maybe 'cause I'm on the student council...?"
"... you got in over Ichinose and Katsuragi...?"
"What about it, I'm kinda the best ngl"
"..."
Yeah, I'm on the student council. No big deal you know. The leaders of Class A and B applied and got denied while I got personally invited. No big deal hahaha.
"Alright Hikigaya, one more thing, I need your contact information in case she needs even more information"
My name? She knows my name? Ah, she was supposed to be stalking me. But my contact information? The first person in my contact list outside my class is this girl. Why am I so happy, yet so sad? No, I can't fall to the desires of temptation. She can just stalk me. Wait, I don't want her stalking me. Sighing, I unlocked my phone and gave it to her.
"...? Why are you giving me your phone? Just tell me your contact information"
I coughed in embarrassment and took back my phone. Damned Ichinose.
I checked my contacts and saw the girl's name. Masumi Kamuro. Today, I had gone through a trial, a dinner with 3 girls, and a girl stalking me. Tomorrow was also aweekend, so I planned to meet up with Hyori to discuss the book she recommended. I was exhausted, so I immediately laid down on my bed.
[A/N: 2-3 Chapters Today (Sunday) Friday and Saturday, I was busy]