First Year Class D,
Kikyo Kushida, having composed herself, had just stepped into the classroom when she felt the gazes of many classmates turning toward her.
As a social butterfly, Kikyo Kushida should have been satisfied with receiving attention.
But the gazes today were strange. Most of the boys' eyes were filled with desire, while the girls' eyes were full of mockery.
This gave Kikyo Kushida a very bad feeling.
Kikyo Kushida instantly understood what was about to happen.
Some disgusting guy in the class was going to confess to her, and the group of boys would cheer along to pressure her into accepting.
And to maintain her persona in the class, she would have to publicly consider the disgusting guy's feelings...
It's over...
The hand Kikyo Kushida had just raised to greet her classmates stiffly retracted.
Just as Kikyo Kushida turned around to leave the classroom, Kanji Ike casually blocked the doorway, intercepting her.
"Ahem... Kushida, I like..."
Feeling that the atmosphere he had created was just right, Haruki Yamauchi stood up from his seat and cleared his throat.
The strange atmosphere among the classmates today was deliberately created by Haruki Yamauchi. He and Kanji Ike had discussed it in private.
The two first loudly plotted in the classroom that they would confess to Kikyo Kushida today. The crowd, happy to watch a show, would definitely cheer along.
This time, Haruki Yamauchi would confess first, and Kanji Ike would be responsible for cheering him on to create opportunities for Haruki Yamauchi.
If Haruki Yamauchi failed, next time it would be Kanji Ike's turn, and Haruki Yamauchi would be the wingman.
As for why Kanji Ike didn't fight Haruki Yamauchi for the first spot to confess to Kikyo Kushida, Kanji Ike had his own selfish motives.
Compared to Haruki Yamauchi, who wasn't outstanding in any way, Kanji Ike at least had the advantage of being eloquent.
After the worst person in the class, Haruki Yamauchi, confessed to Kikyo Kushida, Kanji Ike would confess to her.
By comparison, Kanji Ike felt Kikyo Kushida would definitely favor him a little more.
And this little bit...
...would be the key to victory!
"I'm sorry, I confessed to Katsuragi Ren from Class A last night, and he accepted."
Kikyo Kushida, with extremely fast reflexes, used Katsuragi Ren as a shield without hesitation.
Rather than letting Haruki Yamauchi confess to her and turning herself into a joke in the class, Kikyo Kushida preferred to damage her own reputation.
"Alright... actually, I didn't really want to confess to you, Kushida. I just lost a Truth or Dare game with Kanji Ike."
Haruki Yamauchi, who was furious, used Truth or Dare as a cover for a tactical retreat.
Seeing Kikyo Kushida still looking at him with her usual smile, Haruki Yamauchi, whose fantasy was shattered, felt Kikyo Kushida was mocking him. His face turned red, and his neck stiffened.
"Has anyone ever told you that you act so pretentious? You don't actually think you're pretty, do you? No way, no way! Narcissist!"
"Mhm mhm, you're right, Yamauchi. I'm so sorry for being so ordinary."
Anxious. Someone is anxious. Kikyo Kushida knew who was anxious, but she wouldn't say.
Indeed, someone was anxious, and more than one person.
Standing at the door of Class D, Airi Sakura, hearing Kikyo Kushida's explosive remarks, could no longer care about looking for Haruka Hasebe...
"Um... Kushida, could you please step outside with me for a moment?"
Airi's voice reached Kikyo Kushida's ears from the doorway, causing Kikyo Kushida to tremble.
Kikyo Kushida stiffly turned around to look at the classroom door.
Was she... caught red-handed spreading rumors about someone else's boyfriend by that person?
Kikyo Kushida stiffly maintained the smile on her face and nodded to Airi: "No problem, Sakura."
After seeing Kikyo Kushida taken away by Airi, Haruka Hasebe, who had already noticed Airi coming to find her, also left the classroom.
"Yamauchi, it's okay. Just bad luck; we were a step too slow!" Kanji Ike, as a good brother, patted Haruki Yamauchi's shoulder, comforting him.
At the same time, Kanji Ike was secretly rejoicing that tricking Haruki Yamauchi into testing the waters first was a very correct choice.
Haruki Yamauchi was still stubborn: "I never liked Kushida! I just had bad luck this time and lost the dare to you, Kanji Ike!"
"Joker."
Rokusuke Koenji, with his legs on the desk, leaned back in his chair, trimming his nails with a nail file, and spoke faintly.
"Koenji, what did you say!!!"
Haruki Yamauchi hadn't been beaten by Rokusuke Koenji. Furious, he punched his desk and looked angrily at Rokusuke Koenji.
At least he had a small group in Class D. Rokusuke Koenji, the loner of Class D, was usually nothing but narcissistic.
In a real fight, Haruki Yamauchi wasn't afraid of Rokusuke Koenji.
So what if Rokusuke Koenji had a muscular build? Ken Sudo from their three-person group also had a muscular build.
"Joker."
Rokusuke Koenji, having finished trimming his nails, examined his beautiful fingers, not even looking at Haruki Yamauchi's impotent rage.
Haruki Yamauchi, whose self-esteem had been trampled on repeatedly, finally couldn't take it anymore. Just as Haruki Yamauchi raised his fist...
Whoosh!
The sound of a sharp object cutting through the air rang out. The nail file that was just in Rokusuke Koenji's hand was now partially embedded in the wall behind Haruki Yamauchi.
Kanji Ike, sitting in the front row, pointed at Haruki Yamauchi and said tremblingly: "Blood, Yamauchi... blood!"
Blood?
Confused, Haruki Yamauchi touched the spot Kanji Ike pointed to and felt dots of sticky liquid.
In the quiet classroom atmosphere, Haruki Yamauchi realized what happened.
The nail file thrown by Rokusuke Koenji had precisely grazed his face and embedded itself in the wall behind him...
Fear. Indescribable fear.
Following Katsuragi Ren, this fear named Rokusuke Koenji quickly occupied Haruki Yamauchi's heart.
"Joker."
Rokusuke Koenji didn't look at Haruki Yamauchi the entire time.
For Rokusuke Koenji, speaking three sentences to such a filthy thing was already a great grace.
And the reason Haruki Yamauchi received this honor was thanks to the fact that the person he confessed to today was Kikyo Kushida.
Dragon's toy is not something just anyone can have designs on.
However... Dragon, do you know your toy is so bold?
Thinking of something amusing, a smile gradually appeared on Rokusuke Koenji's face.
[No longer hiding? Or is it something else?]
Kiyotaka Ayanokoji's eyes narrowed. He couldn't understand the purpose of Rokusuke Koenji's action this time.
As Rokusuke Koenji, known as the "loner" in the class, this was the first time he had taken the initiative to act.
Is it intimidation? Or has the lion awakened?
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