Against Logic 3

Lunch came as quickly as could be expected, the morning was exhausting on Saki and Ayumi having to cover again for Yuki's errant mind. He had ended up creating a small patch of grass around his feet and made some of the walls begin to warp into a jelly-like substance.

Neither of them knew what was going through his head at the time, but they had plenty of time to talk while Yuki was in the nurse's office.

Ayumi and Saki had come up with an excuse for Yuki's passing out in the middle of class. The nurse did not seem to be convinced due to the bruise that was on his head, but Ayumi and Saki happened to be very convincing.

Yuki threw up the covers of the nurse's bed that he had been resting in for a while. He rubbed his head still feeling sore from the impact as he stood up pulling his jacket off the rack. His dress shirt had been unbuttoned during the examination and he had to button it back up.

Ayumi and Saki waited outside of the office while Yuki got ready. Saki was not certain why she had followed or helped out Yuki. The feelings from yesterday were still gnawing at her, but Yuki was acting like none of it happened.

He made it easy to forget sometimes that she was upset and uneasy. During the entire time, Saki had remained distant or quiet. For Ayumi, she was lost in thought while Saki was a little distant until she noticed Ayumi.

"Something wrong? Is it about his powers?"

"Huh?" Ayumi said snapping back to reality and turning to look over at Saki. It took her minute to hear what she had said.

"No, I don't remember him being so physically fit."

Saki slipped from the wall and fell to the ground painfully from Ayumi's seemingly random reply. It took her a moment to get herself standing and jumped over at Ayumi.

"What?! Why are you thinking about that?"

Her breathing was not calming down for Saki leading to her almost panting in front of Ayumi becoming a little red in her face.

'What's going through her head? This isn't the sort of thing I'd expect her to be thinking about.'

Ayumi did not understand Saki's reaction to her comment remaining serious and matter-of-fact the entire time.

"During the exam, I noticed that Yuki had a lot of muscle definition, which seemed contrary to his poor athletic performance and personality."

The fact that Ayumi seemed to be almost analyzing the situation managed to temper Ayumi's mood, but it also changed it from embarrassment and panic to confusion and stuttering.

"Wha-what-what?!"

Saki took a breath to attempt to recollect her and then speak again still a little out of breath.

"There's a reason for that… Until a year ago Yuki fought nearly every day and when he was younger he took lessons in martial arts, but I think his violent tendency got him kicked out. While he may have not used those muscles a year isn't going to completely make years of training disappear."

Saki held her head low thinking about it.

'…Seiji…'

"I see."

Ayumi could understand what Saki was saying and it was something that should have thought of, but it was easy to forget when looking at the way Yuki acted.

The nurse's office door opened suddenly bringing the two girls to a stop as Yuki exited the room. He turned to look at the two of them still rubbing his head.

"You know how much that hurt?"

Yuki glared at the two of them knowing without question that it was one of them that ended up hitting him. It did not matter to him that it was the fastest solution. The pain he had to deal with afterward lasted.

"I'm going to have brain damage after all of this!"

Yuki marched off down the hall before he could be lectured by Ayumi for not controlling his powers properly.

Ayumi and Saki ran after him, but for them, it seemed to be a lot harder than they thought to catch him. They had almost lost him in the school when they were about to catch up to him on the grounds of the school. However, Yuki came to a sudden stop at the school entrance. Saki was brought to a sharp halt as well with Ayumi stopping only out of confusion.

"Seiji…" Saki said slowly.

"Hey, Seiji!"

Yuki said cheerfully masking up his surprise in seeing him appear at his school.

"What you doing here aren't you in class?"

Seiji raised his hand trying to act pleasant as well for Yuki.

"Hey, Yuki! Yeah, but didn't feel like it today."

He approached close to Yuki catching out of the corner of his eye the stares of Saki piercing him.

"Ditching again huh?" he said feeling a little sense of nostalgia coming over him.

"You up for ditching. This time we won't get interrupted."

Yuki stared up at Seiji trying to get a read on his face. It was true that they had not been able to get to the matter that was bothering Seiji the last night. It had been bugging Yuki what was wrong with Seiji and this could be his only chance.

'Ms. Kuniyoshi probably still thinks I'm ill. I want to know what's wrong with Seiji.'

Yuki gave Seiji a firm nod and stepped forward to the entrance to leave with Seiji.

Saki resisted her urge to go after him as he disappeared with Seiji. While Yuki had acted like nothing happened the day before during class it was still weighing on her.

'What should I do?'

Hiroshi from inside the hall standing against the wall looking around the corner watching everything. He had seen Yuki run by expecting to have lunch with him but had kept going. When he saw Saki and Ayumi following him he became curious and followed.

"Seiji again… Something from Yuki's past..."

Hiroshi waited until Saki and Ayumi had left before he moved away to the entrance of the school. There would be ground that would have to be made up, but he had questions and a feeling that he could not let go.

"Yuki's a friend and I want to know more. Though I guess me tailing him is not very trusting, huh?"

Yuki and Seiji walked without saying much to each other as they went into the shopping district of the city. The silence was awkward, but Yuki was waiting for Seiji to make a move rather than force him. However, their peace was broken by an echoing voice from a dark alley connected to the sidewalk they were on.

"Yuki Hayashi, I've come for you!"