"Aya-chan, please reconsider about Riku. I believe he's not a good person. I don't want anything bad happen to you." Suzu says in a soft and calm manner while looking at Aya with sincere expression.
"But what if-"
Suzu quickly cuts Aya's words before she even completes her sentence. "No. No what ifs. No buts. Regret always comes later and if that ever happens to you, nothing can ever be changed."
"I know. I know, Suzu-chan. I appreciate that." Aya nods and gives a defeated smile to Suzu.
After having their ramen, they go to their separate ways to go to their own homes. Aya goes to the right while Suzu goes to the left from the ramen shop.
Aya walks home with her eyes looking down, thinking deeply about Suzu's words and everything about Riku.
From behind, someone suddenly grabs Aya's arm and pulls Aya to an empty small alley. Her mouth being covered with the person's hand. "Hhmpphh...!"
"Sshh..."
Aya's eyes look in fear at the sight of the person in front of her after she's being slammed to the wall and caged by the person's arm. A male wearing a black cap, a black mask, and a black jacket.
"Senpai, i need to talk to you."
A familiar voice and eyes under that cap, making Aya's eyes widen in surprise. She wouldn't expect that Riku would do this to her.
Riku takes his hand off of her mouth and then takes off his mask. He speaks in a soft, gentle tone while looking at Aya with those pleading puppy eyes. His ultimate weapon to melt Aya. "Senpai... i want to explain everything to you since you blocked my number. I really didn't harm those girls who bullied you. I swear."
Aya quickly throws a punch at Riku's stomach and then runs out of that empty small alley, Riku grunts in pain. "Argh!"
Riku doesn't waste any time after Aya runs out of there. He chases after her but Aya's speed have been outmatching most guys' speed most of the time. Aya just keeps running until she suddenly hears a loud thud and louder groaning noises coming from behind her.
"Ouch... ow... Aya-senpai... help..." Riku's voice can be heard in a faint whimper. Aya quickly stops to look back, only to see Riku seems like he just fell to his face on the concrete. There's some blood can be seen.
"Oh no!" Aya quickly runs back towards Riku and holds Riku by his arms, helping him to sit up properly. Blood can be seen dripping from his nose. Seems like he hit his nose hard when he fell.
Once Riku can sits properly on the concrete, she takes out her tissue and helps Riku to wipe his blood. Riku's face soften while looking at Aya's worried face. Some part of him feels relieved that she still has soft spot for him.
"Sorry, senpai..."
"You're so lame." Aya replies. Riku chuckles a bit but then he groans in pain again when he makes some facial movements due to his bleeding nose.
"Don't say anything else." Aya scolds Riku while continues wiping his blood. Soft, slow, and gentle movements around his nose, making Riku falls for her even more.
"You're so kind, senpai. It makes me like you more and more." Riku says in a gentle tone, making her looks at Riku's eyes, realizing that he has been looking at Aya with such a loving gaze. Her heart thumps faster, her cheeks slowly flushed in pink.
"You're so cute, senpai. I like you so much..." During such moment, Riku takes advantage by leaning his face closer to Aya's face, looks like he's about to kiss her. But there's some sudden cough noises coming from around them and it makes Riku quickly pulls away. Forgot that there are some people walking by the street this whole time because they were so lost in their own world.
Aya also flustered, she quickly puts the tissue into her bag as he stands up and offer her his hand while he looks down at her. "Aya-senpai, i want to take you to somewhere nice so i can explain everything to you. Will you listen to me, please? Pretty please?" Riku pleas again. His puppy eyes, rosy cheeks, and pleading tone quickly out to lure her in.
Aya takes his hand to stand up and then he holds her hand tight, don't want to let her go. Aya gasps while trying to break free from his grasp. "We don't have to do this, Riku."
Riku shakes his head and holds her hand tighter. "Yes we do. I don't want to let you go now that i can hold you again like this. I have to hold you, senpai. I'll take you to somewhere nice, i promise."
Aya's brows furrow as she blushes again. She's worried but also curious, it makes Riku think she finally submits to him, so he takes her to a place that he said nice while holding her hand. She then just follows along.
Behind them, there's Suzu who has been watching everything. She hasn't gone home yet, she has been following Aya this whole time since she noticed a weird person in all black following Aya since they left the ramen shop. Suzu finds out that it was Riku, so she quickly takes out her phone to call Naoki.
"Don't lose sight of her. We'll catch up." Naoki says in a stern tone from the phone call. Suzu obeys and tailing Aya and Riku, from the street after the ramen shop, to somewhere around a wealthy suburban area. Riku takes Aya to a medium sized house, but the decoration looks old styles in a fancy way. A classic traditional Japanese house but with higher platform and higher roofs. Aya surprised from the design of it. It's not like an ordinary house that she usually sees.
Suzu groans when she realizes that Riku takes Aya to a house. Because that way, she can't see and hear whatever they're about to do and say. In fact, Suzu gets even more worried that if they're in a closed space with just the two of them, something else might happen between them.