It was a sunny day on July. I just arrived at school with a pair of headphones on my ears and a guitar hanging on my back as usual. Both of my hands were inside my pocket. I climbed up the stairs to my class, and saw that everyone was gathering in front of it. 'What's happening?' I asked to myself.

I walked into my class, just to found out that the rascal guy who had been suspended for 3 months was back. Shinsuke Takasugi. That rascal, the most dangerous and the most hated guy in our school had his return. He was looking out of the window, with his head held up by his left hand which leaned on the table.

"Excuse me. Let me in, I dare say." I said as I broke through the crowd. I straightly walked to my seat that was in front of Shinsuke's. I looked at him as I walked to my seat. He didn't seem changed after all, still as cold and as quiet as usual. Except his body that was looked skinnier than his body 3 months ago.

"Welcome back, Shinsuke." I welcomed him, but he just gave me a cold stare before he turned his head back to saw the sky outside the window.

I didn't really gave a damn on his respond. I just sat quietly and waited for the perm-haired teacher to started the class.

The class was over. Everyone was so excited to left the school. But not with me and probably Shinsuke. I was the leader of the music club, and we had the practice time about 1 hour later. Shinsuke walked passed my desk. He didn't seem in a hurry. I put on my headphones, and then took my guitar. I was about to straightly went to the studio at my school. Until a classmate of mine called me.

"Bansai-kun." a blonde side-pony-tail girl had just called me. Matako Kijima, my classmate, my drummer, my neighbour, and also my childhood best friend.

I looked at her. Her face showed an anxiety. Judging on it, I knew where our conversation would be going. "He is okay, I dare say." I tried to cheered her up. "I am sure he just feel a bit uncomfortable, I dare say." Yes. This conversation would be all about Shinsuke. Matako had a very huge crush on him. Seeing her crush finally had returned, I was so sure that Matako must had feeling so happy. Yet she still be worried at how uncomfortable Shinsuke was. That was so understandable. Being suspended for 3 months long and when it was time to returned everybody seemed so strange to his eyes.

"Are you sure about that, Bansai-kun? Because I doubt it." Matako sat on the seat in front of mine, front-facing me.

"Why would you have that kind of think, I dare say?"

"I don't even know." Matako sighed heavily. "His face didn't only showed that he was all uncomfortable."

"Then? What else?"

"I am not sure. But I think.." Matako looked at me deeply. I didn't really understand girl. But I think she was about to cry. Matako wasn't that kind of girl who was easily to cry. She was a strong girl. But when it was about someone she loved so much, she could easily cry. Or atleast being overly anxious.

I stroked her hair. I had been used for doing this kind of affection since we were kid. No romantic action. Just an affection between two best friends. "Don't be worry. I will make sure that Shinsuke is okay, I dare say."

I could saw the little smile on her face. She cheered a bit. I was glad. "Promise me?" she pulled out her little finger. I pulled out mine. Then I attached it to hers.

"Thankyou, Bansai-kun." she said in a such relieved tone after I made the promise. Well, started from now, I had to found my own way to got close to him. Shinsuke was too hard to approached. He always been a loner.

I nodded in a respond to Matako's thankfulness. "Do you want to go somewhere? Or straightly to the studio, I dare say?"

"Whatever you want." she answered.

"Then, straightly to the studio, I dare say."

"Straightly go to there? Ah, you are not fun." she rolled her eyes. And I was like'weren't you the one who said whatever I want to go?' Ah, girls are really hard to understand. I thought understanding them was more difficult than understanding Shinsuke.

"Okay. Are you hungry? We can go to Maji Burgers or Kenpachi Fried Chicken for a lunch."

"Cool. You pay for all." Matako winked her eye. She gave me her naughty smile as she pulled my right arm. "Let's gooooo!" she yelled happily.

"Alright, alright. But give back my money once we arrived at home, I dare say."

"Tck! Don't be stingy or I will break your headphones!" she threated me.

'Damn. Girls are the scariest creature living, I dare say.' I muttered inside myself. It would be dangerous if she heard it and broke my headphones, even though she was joking when asking me to paid for her lunch.

The next 3 days.

It was still a sunny day. I came late.

"Excuse me. I am sorry for coming late, I dare say." I bowed my head in a guilt.

"Oi, Deaf kid. Didn't I tell you to put off your headphones so you can hear your alarm?" that perm-haired teacher pointed his lollipop on me. Tho he was our homeroom teacher, I still had no idea why would he always sucked his shitty lollipop. Beside, what kind of teacher who sucked lollipop inside his class?

I could feel someone was standing behind me. He moved aside the slide door that I hadn't closed yet. "I am late. Sorry." His deep voice and cold tone. I know who was he.

"Ah, you again? Oi, oi, Takasugi-kun. Do you want to get suspended again? I am lazy to see your face at the counseling room! Ah, I wish your suspend could be any longer."

'What a rude.' I looked at Shinsuke. His face didn't show any emotion.

"I am sorry. I won't be coming late again." Shinsuke said in such a quiet tone.

Weird. That was so weird. Shinsuke was not that kind of person who would obey what the others told him to do. This was a new side of Shinsuke. Did he change to a better person after got suspended? Then, I would be glad if he did.

"'I won't be coming late again.'And still will say the same thing if you're coming late again. Students always like that. Their words can't be trusted just like the politicians' words. Oh, geez."

Again, another judging from the perm-haired teacher. Shinsuke just remained silent. But, I didn't know. His song was so calm yet dark. It didn't make sense, I know it. But that was just what I could felt from him.

"Teacher, may we both sit, I dare say?" I asked to changed the topic.

"You may sit, Deaf-kun. But this delinquent not." that perm-haired teacher gave his intimidating gaze to Shinsuke.

I widened my mouth a bit. I felt so unfair here. We both came late. Shinsuke should be allowed to sit on his seat too.

"Teacher, but Shinsuke and I-" my words got cut when I heard the slide door was moved aside. Shinsuke was gone without any words. Even the perm-haired teacher hadn't told him yet where to go. Did he hurt? Or did he already knew where he had to go?

I watched him leaving. I felt bad for some unknown reasons. The perm-haired teacher asked me to sit on my seat. I had no choice for this time so I just did what the perm-haired teacher asked me to do.

Break time.

Matako came to my seat. "Why did you come so late?" she put her both hands on her waist, while looking at me with her spiteful look.

"I didn't hear my alarm ringing, I dare say." I didn't lie. I really didn't hear my alarm ringing.

"Pft. So, you did really put your headphones on, aight?" she chuckled satirely.

"You could say that, I dare say."

Matako sighed. She crossed her arms, then sat on the point of the desk in front of mine. "I wonder what happened to Shinsuke. He was totally different than he used to be before. I think he has changed."

I remained silent. I didn't have anything to doubt, since I did also thought the same.

"He never said 'sorry' before. But he did this time." Matako held her chin. She seemed like deeply in thought. "I wonder what had happened to him in these last 3 months of suspend."

"I think he was just stayed at home, I dare say. Don't you see at how paler his skin now than before?"

"Shut up. That just makes me worried about him even more!" she raised a bit of her voice.

"I am sorry, I dare say." I said in such a flat tone. I woke up from my seat.

"Where are you going?"

"I am going to the counseling room. I want to check on Shinsuke, I dare say."

"I'll come with you." Matako jumped a little from the desk.

I shook my head in refusal. "Don't."

"Huh? Why is it? I also want to see Shinsuke!" she whined.

I shook my head again. "Judging from Shinsuke's personality, he is that kind of guy who doesn't like to get approached by more than one person. Although if he gets approached only by one person, that doesn't make a guarantee that he would speak up and opened to that one person, I dare say."

Matako seemed like she started to understand my words. She deeply sighed, as she lowering her head. "You are right." he mumbled. "Shinsuke is an anti-social, tho. Having 2 people who are going after him surely just pissed him off." Yes. Right. Finally you understand it, Matako.

"Then, I will just count it all on you."

"I will do my best, I dare say. But you can't expect me to approach him fast. I need more than a singular time to get his trust, I dare say."

"It's okay. I understand him." Matako seemed a bit down. Was she dissapointed of the fact that I couldn't got Shinsuke's trust that fast?

I just arrived at the counseling room, but I heard nothing. Was it over? If it was, then where was Shinsuke? The door of the counceling room was just opened. A nice old lady smiled at me as she saw me standing in front of her. She was the one who took the responcible of the counseling things.

"What are you doing here, Bansai-kun?" she asked gently.

"I am looking for Shinsuke, I dare say." I aswered.

"Shinsuke? He didn't come here. What did he do? Did he make any ruckus again?" her tone was raised. She looked either mad or tired for hearing Shinsuke's name.

'He didn't? Then, where would he went?'

"Bansai-kun? Tell me."

I awakened from my thought. "No, he didn't, I dare say." I answered her question. "He was just coming late. About a minute more late than me, I dare say."

"You also did come late?!" she looked so surprised. Well, it must been because that was my first time to coming school late.

I bowed my head. "I shall go, I dare say."

I left the counceling room, leaving the old lady alone. I didn't want her to asked more about me or even Shinsuke. 'Now, where should I find him?'

I was walking while thinking of the possible places of where Shinsuke might been hanging out. I thought it must been the rooftop, since Shinsuke was a smoker so he probably went to the rooftop to smoking. But, my steps were stopping when I found someone inside the medical room. I looked at the silhouette of that person from outside the window, and I realized that he was Shinsuke.'What happened to him?!'

I opened the door. Shinsuke were soaking his right ankle inside a bucket filled with the water, which I believed that was a cold water. "What happened, Shinsuke?!" I closed the door before running to him. I looked at his swollen ankle.

"Nothing." Shinsuke answered flatly.

'Nothing my ass!' I mocked his answer inside myself. I bended down to saw his ankle closer. "Did you crash on your way to here?"

"That's none of your business." Shinsuke massaged his right ankle carefully. I could saw his painful look, though he was trying to hide it.

"Shinsuke, why didn't you tell the truth? Teacher would-"

"Shut up." Shinsuke cut my words.

I chose to stop talking. Shinsuke seemed like not in the mood to talk. "I am sorry, I dare say."

Shinsuke didn't respond. He kept massaging his right ankle. I was just watching him doing his business. For a few minutes, there was no sound in the medical room. Both me and Shinsuke were in silent. None of us talked. This medical room sounded like no one was here even tho there was 2 people in here.

The circumstance began to colder than before. I didn't really like this situation. So, I dared myself to spoke up again. "I feel sorry for what had teacher done to you. I seriously think that teacher has gone too far. Those words aren't appropriate to be said to his student, I dare say."

Shinsuke still not responding. Did he still mad at me?

"Shinsuke..."

"Didn't I tell you to shut up?" Shinsuke gave his cold stare to me. Unexpectedly, all of my body felt so cold. I couldn't move a finger. Shinsuke really killed all of my nerve. "Or, do you want me to destroy you?"

I widened my eyes. Was he serious? Or was he just joking? Cut it off. Both were scare me out. Shinsuke didn't really change. He was even scarier after saying that destructive word.

A cold and deep chuckled just released from his lips. I looked at him with a such frightened look.

"I was joking." he looked at me with his calm yet destructive gaze. "The one that I really want to destroy is not you. But that shitty dog."

'S-shitty dog? Does it mean-'

"Is it our teacher, I dare say?" I asked him to assured.

"Who else?" Shinsuke still chuckled. "I am going to destroy this school, together with everyone in it. But first, I am going to destroy our shitty teacher."

I sensed a hatred and revenged by his song. Shinsuke, I thought my judgment towarded you had changed. You weren't being a better person. You were just get worsen. Even being the worst. But..

"I'm still on your side, I dare say."

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Shinsuke looked at me confusedly.

"I am on your side, I dare say." I repeated my words.

"On my side what?"

I smiled as I massaged Shinsuke's right ankle.

"Ugh- What the hell are you doing?!" Shinsuke raised his voice.

I looked up to saw his angry face, with both of my hands were still massaging his right ankle. "Count me in." I gave him a to the point answer so that Shinsuke would understand.

Shinsuke pull out his right ankle, trying to avoid me. I gave him my little smile again, then held his right ankle gently. Shinsuke still forcedly pulled out his right ankle, but I kept pulled out his right ankle back. I kissed his right ankle gently, giving a soft, tender, and comfortable feeling for him.

"Count me in, on every plan you have made to destroy that asshole, I dare say."