The Reason Why: Part-1

"Where are you right now?!"

"I am at my friend's hous-"

"GO HOME RIGHT NOW!" He yelled at me.

I didn't see a reason for him to be angry like this. I wanted to reply with something mean too but stopped.

"Why-" I asked.

"Do what I say,"

"Ok, I am going home," I replied.

Why do you have to call me at this moment? I was just hanging with some friends. I don't have the right to do that either? What type of father are you?

I didn't have any other choice but to go home.

While entering Fuchizawa's room, I noticed that Yamazuki was looking at me with curious eyes, the curiosity of suspicion. By totally ignoring her, I said, "Sorry guys, I have something to do. Let's hang out later again,"

Yamazuki stood up.

"Fumiko-chan, I am going to see him off."

"Ok. See you again, Kaname-kun," Fuchizawa bid me goodbye.

I walked downstairs with Yamazuki walking behind me.

"Do you need something?" I asked her without turning around. I felt like she only wanted to see me off just because she wanted to talk with me about something.

"Yes, I do. Let's go outside first,"

I bid goodbye to Fuchizawa's mother and went outside.

"Can we talk about something right now?" Yamazuki asked me.

"No, I need to go."

"Ok, then. Let's meet up at the cafe closest to the school tomorrow."

Well, that was unnecessary. She could've just shared her contact info with me. Maybe, she didn't think of me as a good person.

"Are you asking me out on a date?" I tried to be a bit sarcastic.

"Tch, I didn't have any use of you after this." She murmured.

"I can hear you," I replied which made her jump a little.

"What did you hear?" She asked.

"That you didn't have any use of me after this since you've already made Fuchizawa's mom think that Fuchizawa has a lot of friends. I bet you didn't even try to contact those students whom you brought here, after the 'friendly' visit was over."

"I don't remember saying that much," Yamazuki replied.

"Did I hit the bullseye?"

She remained silent for a moment, then spoke up,

"How did you jump to that conclusion?"

"Dunno"

I started walking, "I need to go now, see you in that cafe."

Even though I didn't have the slightest idea where the cafe was, I still accepted her invitation. I should probably have to find it myself since I don't want to talk about it in class. If anyone hears us talking about some cafe, they might spread rumors. Teenagers like to spread rumors a lot for some reason.

"Oh, I forgot the way back home,"

...

"I am home."

It was a long journey. I couldn't remember the way back home at all, so I went all the back to school and then to my house.

I went straight to the washroom and washed my face. I wanted to take a shower but didn't feel like taking one.

After that, I changed my clothes and went downstairs to make some coffee. There were some snacks at home which goes well with coffee. I took out a donut and some dark chocolate from the fridge.

I had a coffeemaker in my house, so I didn't have to make coffee by myself. It took some time for the coffee to be prepared. After the coffee was made, I picked up the coffee cup and the snack and went upstairs.

I had some homework to do. I didn't bring homework yesterday, the teacher wasn't very pleased with me, so I had to do it today together with the previous ones.

"Oh gosh, I didn't think doing homework would be this boring," I took a sip of my coffee.

I flipped the pages of the book over and over, it felt like every page was the same.

"Am I hallucinating?" I asked myself.

Maybe I was just tired, my body was feeling kind of heavy. I closed my notebook even though I didn't even complete half of the homework and lied down on the bed.

"No homeworks for the teacher, I guess. haha."

It was almost 5 pm on the clock. After a few minutes, I got up from bed and took another sip of my coffee which was a bit cold.

"It became cold,"

I picked up the coffee mug and went downstairs to heat it in the oven.

As soon as the coffee was heated up, I realized why Fuchizawa made that type of expression when I entered her room. Even though it had no connection with the coffee being heated whatsoever.

Yamazuki said I wasn't the only boy whom she invited to Fuchizawa's house. There is a great chance that the other boy was Yamado Shin. Like I thought before, Yamado is even less dangerous than a bug. Fuchizawa somehow knew about Yamado's shy behavior. So that's why she was calm the moment Yamado entered her room I guess. I might be wrong though. But there was a great chance that this was the reason why Fuchizawa wasn't looking comfortable at that moment.

I took the coffee upstairs, pulled out a page from my notebook, and started writing some important points, not about the homework or any study-related stuff but about Fuchizawa and the others.

I didn't know why but I felt like these points would come in handy in the future.

I think Yamado Shin is someone who's close to Minase. Maybe, he's his cousin? Or might be his brother? But they have different last names, so let's suppose that Yamado Shin is Minase's cousin and Minase recently found that out.

The reason why Minase made Yamado join their group is to keep Yamado safe from somebody or some group. An introverted guy like Yamado is both easy to bully and manipulate.

The reason why I think Yamado joined the group to feel safe is Minase's next act. He threaten their childhood friends by saying that he wouldn't hang out with them if they didn't accept Yamado.

By observing Yamazuki's behavior, I think she was the one who didn't want Yamado to join the group. Which was pretty reasonable, I would've done almost the same.

If I think a bit more about it, it seems like Fuchizawa knew Yamado's current situation. Maybe I should ask her? Wouldn't that be a bit straightforward? I need to figure things out by myself.

While I was busy with my thought, my phone started ringing.

I picked up my phone and the caller was...

My Dad.

"Hello?"

"Are you at home?"

"Yes, I am. Why did you call me?" I asked.

"You'll know pretty soon,"

"It's probably 2 am in the USA, you should get some sleep."

"I know what I am doing, now listen very carefully."

"Yes, I am listening."

I braced myself. My dad didn't talk to me like this before.

"Now listen, the reason I sent you to Japan is..."