[Vol.2] Chapter 52: "Be mine."

Walking my way to school, I unintentionally bump into Mocha-san on the next corner. Since we already met, we decided to walk together at our own phase as we made our way to school.

After a few minutes of walking, we eventually were about to arrive at school. But there seemed to be a huge commotion happening as we saw a bunch of students crowding near the entrance for some reason.

Their attention seems to be caught up by something, though Mocha-san and I couldn't tell what it is until we got a little closer.

As we gradually came closer, joining in with the crowds of students, we finally discovered what it is the students were fuzzing over.

There, near the school gates, parked a very luxurious-looking vehicle that only in the dreams of those common people could have ever hoped to afford.

'A Rolls Royce?'

Mocha-san wonders, what a vehicle like that doing here in a humble school like ours.

No wonder there was so much fuzz from the students, as it was a car you won't come by so often in your lifetime. They were probably stuck staring at it, admiring before it leaves.

I don't really know much about cars, but even a guy as clueless as me about the subject could tell it was expensive by the way it looks. The way it shines and everything, felt like royalty owns it.

But of course, like the cool, calm and collected mysterious character that I am, I only took a single glance before continuing to walk, pretending to not care at all. But ngl... I'd be lying if I said I wasn't curious. But I'm a person who doesn't get swayed by money, a character who only focuses on how he will achieve his goals and objectives as a true shadow hero.

Mocha-san, seeing me leave followed. Not only because I was her master, but even if she wanted to stay, she was not comfortable with the crowd with her social anxiety creeping at her with all these people.

Walking through the hallway, with Mocha-san following from behind, with a few glances of me stolen by the student we passed by, we finally made it to our home classroom. Classroom 1-A.

While waiting for the teacher to arrive to start homeroom, casual talks are exchanged, and of course, talks about the Rolls Royce parked outside could not help but surface. The majority of the class was talking about it, like, what was that about?

Overhearing their conversations, gathering data like the masterful information collector that I am, I figured out that the car arrived at school twenty minutes earlier than Mocha-san and I did.

I heard that a girl, seemingly to be our age stepped out of the luxurious-looking vehicle. The uniform that she wears is different from ours, so she doesn't seem to be a student of ours, but a different one.

Looking outside the window, the expensive-looking vehicle parked near the gate was visible here from my spot. It really is strange now that I am looking at it. It stood out too much...

You see, aside from bikes, the only people who are allowed to use vehicles on that road are the principal, staff, and special visitors.

Knowing that that road is closed off to the public, only exclusive for private use to this school. It really was strange. But I could see everyone picking the third guess. It's probably just a special visitor.

Finally, sliding the door open, Ms. Fuyumi Shirogane-sensei finally entered the classroom.

She then proceeded to make a special announcement.

"We'll be receiving a new transfer student."

Seemingly out of nowhere, Ms. Shirogane-sensei announced.

"Eh?" My classmates, dumbfounded by the sudden announcement. 'But didn't we just got a transfer'

They thought. To be receiving another transfer student out of the blue, it's not like it's unheard of, it's just surprising to them to be receiving another one so soon, specially without prior notice.

Whatever it is, I just hope they are a chuunibyou.

Mocha-san was not quite a chuunibyou, but now that she's my disciple, I'll gladly turn her into one now that I know she could get so immersed into roleplays.

I hope the new guy is like that too. I'll gladly adopt them in the ways of the shadows.

"You can come in now."

Ms. Shirogane-sensei called for the new transfer, cueing them it was safe to enter the classroom.

However, she's not the only one who got the cue.

Getting the signal that the transfer is about to enter, I quickly position myself in the coolest and most seamless way that I could think of.

I listlessly looked outside the window, acting devoid of everything, like the mysterious character that I am.

I want to appeal to the new student as this carefree reserved looking character. Their eyes would wonder off, and will notice I wasn't even paying attention to their introduction. Then he'll wonder, what could that guy be thinking about. He looks so mysterious and cool. Or something like that.

'Kukuku, my plan is perfect.'

I thought to myself, as I listlessly looked outside the window.

Before entering the room, the transfer sends a text reading "You could leave now." Then, the luxurious-looking car I was staring at parked outside started driving away.

I never saw a girl entering the car, the one they were talking about earlier, so why did it leave..? But I guess I must have missed it.

I wanted to test my observation skills to entertain myself while listlessly looking outside the window. But I guess my mind wandered off a bit so I didn't catch them entering the car.

Upon the teacher's call, the transfer proceeded to walk in.

Not that much shorter in stature, but brimming with confidence and elegance from the way she walks, she presented herself in front of class. She stood next to the teacher with class, prepared to be introduced.

My classmates admired her for her elegance and beauty, you could really feel that luxurious atmosphere around her. Yet her stoic face seems to be disinterested in anyone... 

I don't really know what she actually looks like, my eyes are too busy looking outside the window, trying to act as the reserved carefree mysterious guy.

"Her name is Aria Tamami, from now on she will be part of our class."

Shirogane-sensei introduced the transferee to everyone.

"Isn't that the girl who came out of the Rolls-Royce earlier?"

"Yeah, she is??"

Everyone gossips as they recognize her face from earlier this morning. She was the girl who exited the Rolls Royce and proceeded to headed to the principal's office.

"Wait, Tamami-?" As they realize her surname. "She's-?"

The transfer student then started seamlessly scanning everyone's faces, as though she was subtly looking for someone.

"If you have any questions about Aria Tamami-san, you can ask her directly. Isn't that right, Aria-san?" said Shirogane sensei.

Aria did not respond, her disinterest only grew looking at these unfamiliar faces. Until... her stoic face slightly changed as she recognized a certain someone.

One of the students tried to break the silence by attempting to ask the first curious question.

"Aria-san, why did you choose to come to school."

One of the extroverted characters in the class asked.

Not even listening to the student's question, Aria-san started through the columns of desk. And before I knew it, she was already in front of me, standing directly in front of my desk as I listlessly looked outside the window.

Feeling the footsteps closing in on my direction, the presence of someone now standing in front of me, I shifted my gaze to the front to see what it was. And to my surprise, I saw a face I did not recognize belonging to this class.

In front of me stood a girl in twin-tails, with ash colored hair, and her emerald eyes looking down at me.

With her unchanging face and disinterested look in her eyes, my eyes widened as she suddenly leaned forward, pulling me by the necktie, closing in the distance between us.

She then opened her mouth and spoke,

"Yukiya Saito. Be mine."

She proposed with a perfect smile, which greatly shaken me, and everyone else in the room.

"EHHHHHHHH!!!?"

Everyone screamed while I barely held my surprise as the calm and collected mysterious character.

Well, I said proposed but it's more of a demand than anything.