"We are so sorry for the delays. We will be arriving in Iwatodai very shortly." Said the conductor as everyone grimaced.
A sigh came from a Minato
He was stuck in the train late at night after so many delays. He still had his classic blue headphones on, listening to Burn My Dread which would distract him from the pure boredom. The regal blue hair covering one of his eyes made him look emo but he didn't care. Nothing was interesting the whole day.
He thought coming back to the city where his parents died ten years ago would've been cool. All the mysteries and murders would've been fun to investigate but he had to go to a dumb dorm and meet up with a Kijiro highschool girl.
He had no information whatsoever besides her name, Mitsuru Kijiro. For some reason, they decided to send him to a housing facility the day before classes started.
Barely any passengers caught Minato's eyes except a red-haired girl across from him that also had a pair of headphones except that they were red.
She bore crimson eyes and was happily listening to her music. Her outfit consisted of a school uniform with a red ribbon and a short, black skirt. She was staring out of the window and had a long ponytail that extended to her back. The rogue lipstick looked glossy on her soft lips.
Minato was a bit too interested and was staring at her. "She seems familiar." He thought in his head and started to notice more and more about her. She also was wearing the Gekkoukan High School uniform just like he was, besides the skirt and bow tie.
He couldn't stop gazing at her. The most fascinating part about her was her rose-colored hair. Even including four pins that were holding her ponytail on. The four pins were in roman numeral form, two Xs and two Is. He wondered why she had them and he always loved mysteries.
The assumed emo hadn't had the much experience with girls but he learned a lot from his grandfather who hit on anything that moved. Needless to say, he knew exactly what to say.
The gir turned around and still had the glowing smile on her face when noticing the cute boy staring at her, right while skipping towards Minato. Being a little nervous and worried that she would smack him or call the teenager a pervert, he took off his headphones.
Talking to the girl was his goal as soon as she sat down.
"Like what you saw?" The girl said in a playful tone while she took his headphones off. "Heh, this should be fun." Minato thought in his head.
His expression softened and answered by whispering to her ear "It's not everyday that you meet the most beautiful girl in the world."
She blushed a bit before saying "I bet you say that to all the girls" and turned her head away.
He still had his warm smile and it made her come back to his blue orbs when their eyes met. They both turned away from each other when a blush appeared on their faces.
"So, how long have you been living here?" She asked trying to break the awkward tension.
"Actually, I'm new. I've been living in Inaba with my grandfather. I used to live here about ten years ago. Main reason I came back was to see my parents. They uh, died when I was 6."
"Did they die on Moonlight bridge?" She asked with a concerned face.
"Yup. How did you know?" Minato inquired. Her face lost the gorgeous smile and her lips curled into a frown.
"The same happened to me." She said before gazing out the window. Her eyes felt a little wet. Both were wondering if their parents crashed into each other.
"Do you remember it?" He asked. She shook her head. "No, can't even recall their faces. Kinda frightening actually." she said with a nervous chuckle.
Eventually starting to be sad, the boy wanted to snap her out of it by asking
"So, are you also going to Gekkoukan High?"
"Yeah I am! But thanks to this delay, my senpai's are gonna yell at me when I arrive at my dorm late." Minato perked up at her last statement before taking a piece of paper.
"Wait, is it the same address as this?" He said pointing to the paper. The redhead leaned in and read the paper. She examined it and then exclaimed "We're gonna be living right next to each other!"
She then started to calm down and had a look of worry.
A street thug gave a creepy grin to her so she wouldn't be surprised if she felt a little weird.
Creepily staring at his new dorm mate, the supposed thug was going to attack them and he knew when it was coming.
People had tried to rob him all the time and assumed he was rich. He was financially stable since his grandfather was a notorious detective. They also called him a "pretty boy" which startled him, considering that all of his muggers were male.
Since the thug was going to attack any second, Minato put a hand near his pistol. He didn't exactly care for most people, especially if they were dangerous.
The girl got a little bit closer to Minato and was almost directly touching him. He was fun to be around, but she kept telling herself "Anything to get away from that creep across from us!".
A smirk was on his face as he checked the time on his phone was 11:58.
It was going to be witch time. He was a little sad that he had an hour to do nothing and that his headphones weren't going to work.
Minato had first discovered the additional hour when he was eight and heard noises. He started to reminisce about it.
A young blue-haired boy in pajamas was snoozing in his bed before being awakened by another bluenet in a cap with long hair and was holding a stuffed bear. The one in bed and wrapped in blankets finally got out of the drouse only to see his younger sister petrified with fear.
"Can I have five more minutes Naoto?" He asked sleepily. Naoto then began to shake him.
"There's weird noises downstairs and I'm scared to go get water! Please big brother! Grandfather is still on a case and I don't want to ask the assistants."
"Ugh fine." Opening the door, he could see the hallway. Through the panes, was a freaky green color instead of the normal blue in the sky.
But he thought it was just his imagination. "Being up this late and my drowsiness is probably the cause of this" he thought to himself while running down the stairs.
Getting the water and then sleeping were the only things he wanted to do. Unknown to him, there was a more vicious cause of all these weird events. The dead giveaway that this wasn't normal was what he saw when he opened his refrigerator, only to find it non-functionable. No lights but Minato always carried a lighter with him and got a glance.
The foods didn't look that different and everything looked fine. Until, he looked to the corner of the fridge and found his target, water. But, the jug of water was filled with some dark liquid.
Even the water bottles in there were a blood red. Even juices that contained a little bit of water had a red tint.
"What the fuck!" He screamed. He tried to sprint back upstairs but the doors closed in his kitchen. There was no escape besides the door but that didn't stop him from looking for a place to hide.
Scratch.. Scratchhhhhh. Loud noises came from the fridge. It became louder and more frequent. Needless to say, Minato was about to cry. Before he could, some creature popped out from behind it. Minato remembered that he somehow killed it but didn't know how he pulled it off.
Only recalling that the time was stuck at 12 o'clock. He tried to go to the servants' rooms but they were all coffins.
From then on, he made sure than Naoto didn't leave without him late at night. If his little sister got hurt because of him, he wouldn't know how he could live with himself. He tried to figure out more and more.
One time, he went with his grandfather on a case and then it became midnight. It seemed the blue-haired siblings were the only ones that didn't turn into coffined beings.
The only theory he could come with was that it was because their parents died when they were so young and it was depression. He remembered using that time to practice his marksmanship or sword play. About a year ago, he told his grandfather and he reacted by telling him he was crazy.
The weird part was that his grandfather made a phone call to someone that had supposedly knew what was happening and offered to bring Minato to a new school. That was how Minato came to the school.
"Good times." He thought as he looked at his watch. Only five seconds remained until twelve o'clock.
"Well my name's Hamuko Yuki. Since we're gonna be living right near each other, we should be friends!"
'5' The red-haired student said with a smile that made the supposed emo's feel weird.
'4' "It's Minato Aragami and we're friends already." He added before smiling at her, which was a rare for him.
'3' The doors opened and the pair were about to leave together but just then, the creepy delinquent got up and tried to run towards them. '2'
Hamuko didn't react fast enough while the boy next to her punched the approaching attacker. Her eyes could barely process what happened before '1', time stopped.
Minato looked around and saw everyone turn to coffins, even the punk that was about to attack Hamuko became a coffin. He was sad and about to walk until he saw that the red-head wasn't affected by the odd time.
"Hey, you're not a coffin!" the two said simultaneously.
"At least we won't have anyone interrupt our walk." she said bubbly.
"Yeah, the monsters are still roaming around here so we should be careful." He said with a bit of anxiety in his voice. Being outside at this time was a terrible decision
They made basic conversation and talked about some of the changes in the weird He usually wasn't such a talker but this girl felt different. The redhead would be his first friend aside from his family.
They eventually reached the dorm and it was a massive building compared to the others. On one small edge of the structure, it read S.E.E.S and had an odd logo near it.
"This is the place right?" Minato asked unsure if they were at the right place. It looked more like an army base than any sort of school establishment.
"Yup, this should be the place." She said giddily. Lights were out in the building but the door was open.
The couple entered and saw a small desk with a sign in sheet and a coffee table right near. No people were present as if it had been deserted. There were stairs but they decided to sign in and find the dorm mother or anyone that ran the building.
"Oh you two finally arrived." said a young boy. The two turned around to see a kid that was around 7-8 and had purple hair.
Red and blue striped pajamas were all that he was wearing. He was somehow sitting at the coffee table but he was not there when they first looked.
His turquoise eyes were almost the complete opposite of Minato's deep silver ones. He had a piece of paper in one of his hands.
"Sign this please." He said offering a piece of paper that had two name slots ready. Hamuko looked ecstatic and wrote her name on the right.
"Why would you write it so quickly?" Minato asked, curious to know if she actually read it that fast.
"No way! Who in the world actually reads those long contracts? I was always just click agree and get on with my life." She said sheepishly
The supposed emo facepalmed. "Be mature and read it." He said causing the redhead to pout. "Could you just give me a summary please?" She said with puppy dog eyes.
"Must resist temptations!" He repeated in his head before realizing how adorable she was. The cutest smile and the most amazing hair only added onto her request. "Alright fine."
He took a brief glance. Most of it was filler crap that he learned to disregard entirely
"So what did it say?" She asked.
"This says that we have to take responsibility for all our actions." Minato replied nonchalantly. Signing the paper, he saw the boy thrilled.
"No one can escape time. It delivers us all to the same end. You can't plug your ears and cover your eyes." said the boy before disappearing into literal thin air.
The two were left, confused on how he did that but couldn't ponder on it for too long. One of the lights turned on from upstairs and someone emerged from the shadows.
"Hey, who are you?" A girl in a pink cardigan and brown hair said as she came down the stairs. Her hands were on a pistol that Minato couldn't recognize and assumed it was a fake. Her hands were shaky and she seemed to be scared even though she had the weapon.
Minato pulled out his colt and pointed it at the girl.
"Holy crap, why do you have guns!" Hamuko yelled. The unknown girl pointed it at Minato. But, he responded by putting his revolver down and kicking it towards her as a signal of peace.
It was to no avail as the girl was about to pull the trigger. He had seen what nervous people could do when they were pressured and he immediately pushed Hamuko behind him. He would at least help someone in his life.
Thankfully, another girl stopped her and turned the other lights on.
"What are you doing Takeba? These are the transfer students. I just didn't expect them to be this late." said an older student than us. She wore a similar outfit to Hamuko and had darker red hair than her.
"Well it's a pleasure to meet you Minato Arisato and Hamuko Yuki. I'm Mitsuru Kijiro and the girl in the pink is Yukari Takeba. She's going to be a junior like you two tomorrow."
"Hmm, so that's the girl I was supposed to meet. I should probably thank her for saving us." Minato thought before taking a breath of relief.
"You two should go to your rooms and we'll explain everything tomorrow." She said as the transfers were lead upstair by Yukari.
"I'm sorry about that." She said sheepishly but was met with a glare from Minato. Hamuko forgave her and He still had a bit of resentment towards from almost being shot.
"Umm anyways don't lose your keys and try not to get attached to the rooms." Handing them the keys, Yukari went to go downstairs but Hamuko stopped her.
"Hey, does the little boy in with blue hair and a prison outfit live here?"
"What little boy?" She asked while her skin turned a bit pale. The other exchanged a look before saying "Never mind."
"Okay?" Yukari said before leaving.
"You think we're psychopaths or something?
"We might Hamuko, but I doubt you would be one. You're too upbeat and nice to be considered one."
"Aww thanks! But it's getting late, so good night Minato-chan!
"Good night." he said as he entered his room.
The next day
Hamako was excited! She couldn't wait to go to school and meet all the other students. Waking up early at six A.M, the young teenager decided to make breakfast.
There was a small fridge that barely had any ingredients besides vegetables, milk, eggs and a bunch of protein powder. Omelets were the only possible things she could make for the other three in the dorm. She put her headphones on and got to work. Her favorite song, "Burn my Dread" really made time fly by.
After a rigorous attempt to cook, Hamuko finally put four bowls down with their own omelets in them. The first to come down was Minato, much to her delight.
He seemed pretty sleepy and groggy but became normal when sitting down to eat.
"Wow, it tastes great! Where did you learn to cook?" He asked while devouring the omelet.
"Learned it myself! I didn't really have anyone to teach me since my aunt was working all the time." She said with a small frown remembering her childhood.
Minato gave her a caring glance and said "Wow, guess our lives are a lot similar than I thought." Quickly, she regained her normal attitude and began to eat. To her surprise, it was great.
"You think you could teach me sometime?"
"Sure! I wouldn't mind but can you teach me how to shoot? I felt kinda out of place at that gun show last night." The two chuckled until they were interrupted by a scowl that came from none other Yukari.
"You two dating or something?" She said but with a hint of some emotion that neither could detect. "NOO!" Hamuko replied a bit too fast before having a shard of red on her face as she offered food to Yukari. She politely declined and had cereal instead. They enjoyed the blissful silence until the brunette got a book bag and walked out the door.
"By the way, Mitsuru-senpai asked me to lead you two to school since you're new. So, get your things ready and let's head off."
Hamako didn't notice the cold stare radiating off Minato towards the other girl. The two soon cleaned up their dishes and put the other two plates in the fridge, for later usage.
The walk was fairly boring as Yukari kept going on and on about the history of the school and the teachers. She mentioned something about a Kijiro group and how Mitsuru was not trustworthy but neither cared to make any comments.
The scenery was beautiful and the train wasn't delayed for once causing a sigh of relief from the red-head. They exited and finally had to walk a bit to reach the school.
Hamuko was distracted when she saw a red butterfly fly around her and land on her wrist. The same happened to Minato except it was blue. The two both gave each other a look that read "This is weird."
When they were reached the school entrance, it read Gekkoukan High School and many of the student were outside. Most of the chatter was gossip which the whole party decided to ignore. Yukari commanded the two to go to the faculty office and find out their homeroom.
As they entered the office, a teacher in her early-twenties greeted them
"You must be the transfers I've been hearing about! Hmm let's take a look at your profile. I haven't the chance to read it yet so I'll read it outloud and correct me if I'm wrong." Hamuko rolled her eyes while Minato just had an emotionless expression.
"Well, you two both got a full scholarship to your hometown after living in different cities! Wow, you two must be brilliant. Our school has very high expectations and it seems you two aced the introductory exams! It also says that you had to leave Iwatodai because your parents…."
"We're used to this. Can you just tell us our homeroom and save us this repetition?" Minato asked with the other student nodding her head. "2-F" She said before taking a spoon of cake in her mouth.
"I'm the teacher there but there's a speech by the principle in the auditorium." Pointing at the big door right next to them.
"Thanks back there. I really hate being reminded of the event and the reactions especially." The girl said as she dragged the half-asleep boy to the stands. The principle was giving a speech about the importance of the school's pride that everyone tuned out.
Minato was sitting right behind the red-head and noticed that she was about to take a nap. About to do the same, he began to close his eyes until "Hey there buddy!" came from a boy next to him.
He turned his head to see a teenager around his age with a baseball cap and a goatee. His black blazer covered a blue dress shirt and had a mischievous some reason, Minato wanted to punch him but he didn't know why. "Sup I'm Junpei Iori, certified babe magnet. From the way I hear, you could be my new protege! The rumor was that you scored with Yukari! Is it true? It has to be, right?"
Minato gave a confused look at the last part and corrected him "That's not true, we just met yesterday and she was going to blow my head off. She just walked me to school, nothing more."
Junpei was surprised at that and exclaimed "You walked with the most popular junior and didn't even make a move! Dude, what's wrong with you? Oh now I get it. You've got your eyes on someone! You already got the badass vibe around you and the whole 'I'm so dark and edgy' thing too! Damn, you could get any girl you want if you took a lesson from me,"
Minato listened to him rant about girls and about how Junpei deserved all of them while he just nodded, waiting for the principal's worthless spiel about the future to end.
"Oh by the way. Is Yuka-tan dating anyone?" Minato shrugged at the question, not caring. "Hey I hear someone from Ms. Toriumi's class talking."
A teacher said into the mic causing the aforementioned teacher to glare at the bluenet and baseball capped students. It was annoying to the "Chick magnets" or whatever Junpei called themselves, considering almost everyone was talking through the horrible speech.
Eventually, Mitsuru came up and was about to give a speech. Hamuko was still fast asleep until tapped her.
"It's senpai's speech time." he told her. "Five more minutes…." She said while leaning back on him.
Pop! Hamuko felt a sudden pain in her forehead as she saw that Minato had just flicked her. It woke her up but made her glare at the torturer ( In her eyes).
"Oww! Meanie.." She said while massaging her temples. Senpai was about to give a speech and started to sit formally.
"Good evening everyone. My name is Mitsuru Kijiro and I'm a second year. This school year can only be a successful one if all the students give their maximum efforts. Gekkoukan High School has had several monumental accomplishments and it wouldn't possible without our fellow peers. So, I ask that all of you take school work seriously as we approach graduation day. Thank you very much for your time."
Claps filled the auditorium as cheers started to erupt. Chants of "Mitsuru!" and compliments about her also surfaced.
After the pep rally, the students returned to their homerooms for a short break.
They had a solid hour of sleep was what Minato had hoped for but that same boy from the pep rally was there.
"Hey there Minato! Just wanted to see how you were doing best buddy? I was a transfer student last year and just wanted to say I know how hard it is to adjust. Wow, I'm such a nice guy!"
Yukari walked up to the pair, dragging Hamuko alongside her. Junpei greeted them.
"Hiya Yuka-tan! Oh and you're Minato's girlfriend! Heh, no wonder he picked you over Yuka-tan, you're hotter." He said pointing to the redhead. The goateed kid was met with a smack, punch to the arm and a kick to the shin by the three.
"You guys are so rude." He said while rubbing his injuries. The emo looking kid was surprisingly strong and so was the other girl.
"For the last time, Hamuko and I aren't dating. Also, who spread all these annoying rumor? It's probably you Junpei since you love having attention." The bluenet said, mildly annoyed at it.
"Yeah, what's wrong with you Stupei anyways? It was probably you and it's not a wonder why you don't have a girlfriend." Yukari said.
" I wouldn't be surprised if that crappy goatee made everyone cringe." Hamuko added on.
The "babe magnet" was a little hurt at the ganging up on him but payed it no mind while he began to talk to his other classmates.
"Hey you didn't tell anyone about last night?" Yukari asked in a whisper to Minato which he shook his head no to.
"Good, don't tell anyone about it." Unfortunately, Junpei had heard and started to run out of homeroom.
"Why did you have to phrase it like that?" he asked, knowing what Junpei would do with that misleading conversation.
"What? I just said not to mention anything that happened last night! Oh wait…." Hamuko laughed for what seemed to be a long time while Minato just put his head down.
"Tch, whatever. I have archery practice so I'll see you two later." With that Yukari left, leaving the pair wondering how their first day turned out like this.
The rest of the day was filled with people bowing to the bluenet and boys hitting on the redhead all thanks to Junpei. Anyone who had even mentioned either of them were met with icy glares.
"Minato Arisato and Hamuko Yuki. Please report to the student council room." An announcement from the speakers came. The boy sighed while the girl got up and started to walk there.
"Well at least she's excited about it." he thought in his head as she saw her bounce wall to wall.
She seemed to be loving today despite the weird guys that kept trying to ask her out which she politely declined. "So um I guess you and Yukari didn't do anything like the rumors suggested?" She asked unsure. Minato didn't seem like the type to take advantages of girls but she had no idea what Yukari did on her own free time.
"Nope, not really interested in girls." It was silent for a bit before he realized what he just said. Some of the guys were staring at him with a passion before he quickly corrected himself. "Wait I mean I love girls! They're the best part of the world and I think they're hot! Ugh what's wrong with me."
She laughed at his outburst before saying
"Don't worry, I can tell you're not into guys." Minato was relieved when hearing that.
"I mean I see the way you look at Yukari and I!" She finished with a mischievous grin.
He put his head down in shame and she lead him down the way. Attempting to navigate the hallways was easier since she got a school map. It was fun since she could make him walk into lockers with him not looking up.
The pair heard lots of "details". Some of them included Mitsuru-senpai when everyone found out they all lived in the same dorm. Even some guy named Akikho was involved since he lived in the same dorm. The aforementioned guy also had a group of fangirls glaring at the red-brunette.
Arriving at the Student Council room, they saw Mitsuru waiting there with some other students. "Ahh good to see you've arrived Arisato and Yuki. I've made arrangements for you two to join student council." She said. Minato shrugged while Hamuko happily agreed.
"Tre's Bien! I've been struggling with all this paperwork and attention. Minato, you seem to be experienced with stalkers and I need help finding the culprits of these scandalous notes." Pointing to a mass of letters that all made Minato cringe.
Heart shaped letters all declaring love for Mitsuru filled the table. The bluenet cringed and asked "Am I allowed to initiate a fight since they were harassing you?"
Mitsuru happily replied "You can do whatever you want to those students. None of them seem relevant and I'm sure my father could hide some facts about what happened."
The two shared a maniacal laugh before the other red-head broke it up. "So, um what do I have to do?
"Oh Yuki, I need your help with paperwork. Also, to pick up slack from Fushimi and Odagiri." She said while albeit glaring at a gray haired boy and a girl with long black hair.
"That's all for now. I'll see you two at the dorm. There's also someone we would like you to meet when you get there."
The two walked off to their classes with most of them being rather lackluster.
Mr. Ono was rambling on and on about samurai. Boring thoughts were the only ones that went through students mind, especially Minato and Junpei. Magically, the two would up right next to each other.
The latter was on his phone playing angry birds while the other was napping. Hamuko was just watching Minato sleep as she was right next to him, counting to see how many times she could bounce a tiny paper ball of his head.
"Iori! Are you not paying attention in my class?" The teacher boomed which shot the attention of the goateed student.
"I was paying attention!" He said putting down his phone and looked up at the teacher.
"Oh really? Then tell me this, how was the Heian Emperor related to the religion of Shinto ?" He asked looking discerningly disappointed.
"Hey Minato, psstttttt!" Junpei yelled into his ear. "He was the chief priest." Minato hazily replied, not even moving his head.
The baseball cap wearing student repeated the answer and the teacher went back to lecturing. "Thanks Minato." The goateed student said as he just slept on.
-After School-
"Hey Minato! Wanna go shopping with me?" The transfer student asked as she found the boy still sleeping. "Yeah, sure." He said.
"Great, I needed more clothes. But we should probably wait until after we meet whoever Mitsuru wanted us to see at the dorm.
This time, the walk did not involve butterflies.
As soon as the pair arrived, they spotted Yukari and a man with brown hair sitting at a coffee table. The brown haired man had a tan suit on and a pair of spectacles.
"You're back." Yukari said while picking up her cup.
"Oh so these are our new guests. My name is Shuji Ikutsuki. I'm the chairman of the Board for your school. Ikutsuki is kinda hard to say, isn't it? Even I get tongue tied with it. Please, have a seat." He said with an awkward laugh at his own joke.
With Hamuko sitting next to Yukari and Minato next to her, the man continued. "I apologize about the confusion regarding your accommodations. however, it may take a while before you receive the proper room assignment. Your current dorm mates include Yukari Takeba, Mitsuru Kijiro, Akihiko Sanada, and you two. Is there anything you'd like to ask?"
They nodded no and the man looked visibly pleased. "Perfect, now I'm sure any odd things you saw last night was from fatigue. I hope you all get along and have a successful school year!"
Ikutsuki was about to leave but he just had to make one more pun. "You must be tired from all the excitement. You should probably go to bed soon. You know what they say, the early bird catches the bookworm!"
Everyone groaned and finally the chairman left. "You'll get used to his lame jokes. But he did have good advice about going to bed early." The brunette said.
"I've got letters to decode and report for Mitsuru-senpai so I'll probably stay up a bit." Minato said before heading to his room.
"What about you Hamuko?"
"Well, I'm pretty hungry so I'm gonna search for some food and then sleep. Studying and homework can wait until tomorrow right?" She said before rushing off.
This left Yukari with no-one to talk to other than Akihiko who wasn't home and Mitsuru who was checking the cameras in each of the transfer's room. Since the other boy wasn't home yet, the pink-cardigan wearing student went to the surveillance room.
"Good evening Takeba." Mitsuru said without even looking at who came in through the door. Her eyes never left the screen as she went on. "It seems that our two new students have encountered the dark hour but do not know all the specifics."
After about three hours, it was almost time. Minato had been sleeping in his room for most of the day but now was awake. Studying and watching tv was all that they could see from the cameras. Eventually, he went up to the electronic.
"So Arisato caught on to our surveillance, not surprising. According to my father, he comes from the Shirogane family." Mitsuru said watching his movements.
He was smooth and knew exactly what he was doing when he pulled wires off. "So um are you going to punish him senpai?" She asked as the screen flickered. After about two minutes, it turned off. Leaving the two high schoolers curious into what he was doing.
"No, he was taking precautions. I would do the same if someone was spying on me. At least we can see what Yuki is up to.
Meanwhile, the two transfers were texting each other.
Minato-chan!
Hey
Whatsup
There's a camera in your room
Now Hamuko was interested. She started looking around but couldn't find it.
How do you know?
There was one in my room and I took it apart
Can you do it for me plz
But your room is pretty far. I don't know if I'm up to the challenge.
I will make you lunch tmrw
I will be there in five minutes
Laughing to herself on the bed, she waited patiently on her bed. Knock knock
"Oh Minato honey. So glad you could make it." She said in the loudest possible voice. She was still on her bed lying down.
If someone was recording this, it would look bad for the two. "Great even more rumors." Minato thought.
"You know Kijiro and Takeba are hearing us right now? The chairman could also be listening." He said while walking past her.
The location of the equipment was different in her room and hard to spot in her piles of clothes. "Please clean your room Hamuko. It's like finding a needle in ten haystacks in here."
"Aww, you broke my heart Minato-chan." The red-head said while putting both her hands over her heart.
"Found it." He said while pointing to the camera. "Alright just gotta take out the screen, the blue wire and the chips."
"By the way, we're not doing anything inappropriate. It's creepy having people watch you sleep. Right Hamuko?"
"He's lying!" She said in a cheerful tone. Unfortunately, those were the last words the two teens in the surveillance room heard even as Minato tried to yell.
"This is why there are rumors about me." He said with a groan.
"Pfft, at least they're good rumors. You get paired up with the most gorgeous girl in the world, me!" She said with a pose.
"Yeah, sure. Good night."
Sharing a good bye, they ushered into their beds.