Chapter IV

The class is going on and there's a teacher talking in the front, but Aoi's attention wasn't on the teacher, but on the grey haired boy sitting beside the window who's also not listening to the teacher speaking in front.

"Akishira-san."

Aoi flinch when she heard her name being called and quickly turn her attention to the teacher and saw him glaring at her through his glasses.

"Y-Yes…?"

She respond in a quiet voice, feeling embarrassed because off the eyes that are on her.

"Are you listening to me?"

The teacher ask as he approach her.

"Y-Yes, I-I am."

Aoi respond, fidgeting with the hem of her skirts while avoiding eye-contact with the teacher.

"Then, could you please tell me what we were talking about when I'm in the front?"

The teacher ask again, stopping right in front of her desk.

Aoi never respond and think of an answer, and then she caught a glimpse of Nite looking at her and mouthed 'project'.

"Y-You w-were talking a-about the project, sir…"

She respond, still avoiding eye-contact.

"Good, Akishira-san. But if I ever caught you not paying attention to my class again, you'll have a minus on your test."

The teacher respond before walking back to his place and resume his lecture.

Aoi look at Nite who's facing the front and already listening to the teacher.

'Ah! How embarrassing! I'll thank Nuwamari-kun later, but for now I'll listen to Sensei, or else I'll get a minus on my test, I don't want that!'

Her face flush a little as her eyes focused on the speaking teacher in front, oblivious to the pair of golden eyes watching her.

'Why does she keep looking at me? Does she need something from me? Did I do something to make her behave like that? It's rude to stare at other people without saying anything, you know. And here you are, a lady of a wealthy family.'

He scoff lightly before turning to face the front and listen to the lecture of their teacher.

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"You seem to be lost in your thoughts. Are you okay, Aoi-cchi?"

Keiji ask before taking a bite of his lunch while sitting across Aoi.

Aoi didn't said anything and only nod her head before taking another bite off her lunch.

"Really? You don't seem to be okay at all, you know. You've been called out by the teachers since the first class."

Keiji said and Aoi flinch and remember the scolding that she receives from her teachers causing her face to flush and eyes watery.

"If you have a problem, we can tal-Hey! Aoi!"

Keiji exclaimed as he abruptly stand on his feet, causing his chair to be push back and fall down to the ground.

"What's wrong?"

He walk toward the girl who's quivering a little while eating.

"Aoi-

"I'm back-

Keiji was cut off by Kiara and she was cut off when she saw Aoi eating her lunch with teary eyes causing her to pop a vein and the grip she has on her bag loosen and it fell to the ground.

"Rascal…"

"Eh?"

Keiji blink his eyes a couple times before getting faced-to-faced with her bag.

"Eh?"

Aoi flinch and look up when she felt a gush of wind blow past her and turn her head around and she went pale when she saw Keiji laying against on the wall below the window, unconscious.

"Keiji-kun!"

Aoi gasp and rush to the blonde haired boy's side the moment he saw his soul leaving his body.

"Leave him be, Aoi."

Kiara said as she put her bag on the chair beside the chair where Aoi as sitting before walking toward the two.

"Putting that aside, Are you okay? What did Keiji said? Did he do something to you?"

Kiara ask as she face Aoi, her eyes filled with worry.

"Yes?"

Aoi blink her eyes a couple times and tilt her head with a confused smile plaster on her face.

"What did my stupid twin brother do to you?"

Kiara ask.

"I-I d-didn't do a-anything to her, y-you gorilla."

Keiji said as he slowly rise on his feet while rubbing the back of his head.

"Yeah, as if I'll believe that. All of the words that comes out of that filthy mouth of yours are nothing, but lies."

A very scowl is visible on Kiara's face as she respond to Keiji.

"K-Kiara-san, K-Keiji-kun is right… He didn't do anything. Not directly."

Aoi respond, whispering the last part, but Kiara heard it since she was beside the brown haired girl.

"Not direct? What do you mean?"

Kiara ask with a forced smile and pop a vein.

"A-Ah, U-umm, h-he didn't d-do a-a-anything for me, b-but h-he mention w-what happened e-earlier during the c-class!"

Aoi respond, her face flushed and lips quivering a little.

"What happened earlier?"

Kiara ask, tilting her head to the side and Aoi didn't respond anything, but hang her head low instead.

Silence filled the room and it was Keiji who broke the silence with his laughter causing Aoi's eye to water as she grip the hem of her skirts.

"Ha-ha-ha! You didn't remember when she got called out a dozen of times by our teachers since the first class?"

Keiji laugh and Aoi's face flushed more, if possible, before glaring at Keiji a little causing him to laugh harder.

"It's useless, you look like an angry rabbit."

The blonde haired boy laugh.

"I'll kill you!"

Aoi bark and Keiji stop laughing.

"Oh? The last time I remember, rabbits can't kill. So, how are you going to kill me?"

Keiji mock, and Aoi couldn't help but to pop a vein.

"By pushing you off a cliff."

Keiji's face became blank and he blink his eyes a couple of times before bursting out into laughter causing Aoi to flinch a little.

"What?"

Aoi bark.

"As if a rabbit can do that!"

Aoi pop more veins at hearing his respond before turning to Kiara and about to speak, but halted when she's turning her head to the side a little to hold back her laughter.

'AH! I'm pissed!'

Keiji laugh as he wipe the tears on the corner of his eyes.

"Enough about this rabbit-thing, Aoi. Let's face it, a rabbit can-

Keiji couldn't finish his words when he got kicked on the stomach causing Kiara to flinch when she saw him fly against on the wall beside her before turning to look at Aoi who is clearly pissed.

"True, a rrabbit can't kill, but it can knock out something by kicking them."

Her blank yellow eyes looking down at them with her hair casting a shadow over her eyes.

"A-Aoi…"

Kiara couldn't said anything, but her name as a cold sweat drip down from her forehead.

'This is dangerous! We pissed Aoi too much!'

"Did I come in a wrong time?"

Kiara was snap out of her thoughts and Aoi flinch when they heard a too familiar voice before turning around hastily.

"Nuwamari-kun?!"

Aoi's eyes widen.

"What are you doing here?"

She added, her voice a little louder than her usual voice.

"Izunari called me here, saying that the Art Club needs to talk to me about something."

Nite replied with his monotonous voice.

"I-I see…"

Aoi respond before offering him a seat.

"H-H-have a-a seat and p-pretend that y-you didn't see what happened earlier."

Aoi said.

"Sure, I'll pretend that a rabbit didn't knock out a human."

Her face went pale and she froze in her track before her faced flush once again.

'Ah! How embarrassing! I want to burry myself alive!'

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