Chapter 2
On the second day of school, Yuukari sat on table closest to the exit in the dining hall. Usually she would sit with Mika who was always accompanied by the more socially accepted crowd, but with the absence of her boyfriend Ken, she didn't feel in the mood to force herself to mingle.
Just when Yuukari got up to return her tray, she overheard her neighbors sharing the newest gossip. The minute the two girls next to her finished laughing, Yuukari got up and ran. It wasn't like she knew where he was, but she did her best to guess.
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In the third floor of the building, the basketball team was having a new meeting concerning the new recruitment of freshmen players. The team passed out a few forms and reminded the interested students of the tryouts after school. The meeting just about ended when a second year female student greeted the players with an unexpected visit.
Yuukari slid open the door to the classroom where over fifteen pairs of eyes turned to stare at her. She felt her face immediately heat up.
"What do you want?" a commanding voice asked. The frightened girl recognized that he was from her class so she pointed at the shorter redhead standing next to him. Another boy stepped up and blocked her view.
"Another girl trying to meet the new popular freshman. You should leave."
The boy felt a strong hand clamp down on his shoulder. He turned to see that it was Akashi.
"She's my 'mentor.'" Akashi turned his head and the other people took hint and trailed out, leaving the classroom to the two students.
When they were alone, Akashi looked at Yuukari with the same impassive eyes.
"Why are you here?" he asked in a monotone voice.
Yuukari felt more anger boiling inside of her. She knew that he knew exactly what she was here for. But she had no time to get sidetracked.
"Akashi Seijuurou. What did you do to Ken?" Yuukari barked. She stared at him straight in the eyes.
Akashi got up from the desk he was leaning against and closed in the two feet gap between the two. As he stepped closer, the girl found herself retreating backwards until she hit the black chalkboard.
"He's expelled from Rakuzan," Akashi revealed with no signs of guilt. He leaned in close to Yuukari who was ducking to avoid direct contact.
"I don't know what Ken ever did to you. But you didn't have to get him expelled from school." Yuukari felt hot tears roll down her cheeks again. "If you want to bully me, you don't have to hurt those around me."
Akashi terrified the girl when his bandaged right hand slammed on the chalkboard behind her. Her eyes shot up and she had to blink a few times to recover from her trembling.
"Bully?" Akashi gritted his teeth. Yuukari bit down on her lips. She knew that the redhead was angry, but she had to continue.
"Rakuzan is very hard to get into. If you expelled Ken, you basically ruined his future. Akashi do you know?" Yuukari pleaded for the younger boy to find a way to return her boyfriend.
Much to her surprise, instead of getting angrier, Akashi pushed his weight off the board behind her and stood straight. She gathered all her courage to look up at him only to see an ominous smirk light up his usual grave expression.
"Are you asking because you care about him?"
Akashi spoke calmly, making sure that every single word was clear. Yuukari stared at him blankly, contemplating an appropriate answer for the situation.
"Or is it because he's your first boyfriend?"
Akashi bent down so she could not avoid looking at him.
"Or is it because of guilt?"
Yuukari's eyes widened.
"What do you want me to say?" her little voice sounded. "I just want him to return to school. Is that too much to ask?" Yuukari whimpered.
"Why? Is it because he's the only one who bothered to accept someone like you?" Akashi asked menacingly.
Yuukari raised her hand to slap the freshman. She stopped when she realized that Akashi had no intention of deflecting her attack. She couldn't bring herself to hit him especially when he was purposely waiting for her to do so. She took a deep breath and recalled her initial goal. Her best bet to help Ken was to be on good terms with Akashi and not anger him.
Yuukari slowly pulled her hand back down and stuck to her bad habit of looking down at the floor. The trembling girl held back her easily activated tears and gripped onto her black skirt. She searched for the words to say and finally opened her mouth.
"What do I need to do?" Yuukari winced at the familiarity of those words. She never would have imagined that she would have to say it ever again to that person.
Akashi noticed her flinch and was suddenly surged with wrath. He grabbed her thin frame and shoved her onto the closest desk behind him. Yuukari attempted to get up by pushing from her elbows, but slipped back down after losing balance. Akashi immediately pinned her down, securing all possibility of her leaving his invisible prison.
Yuukari shut her eyes and covered her mouth with her two hands. Every inch of her bare skin that Akashi's hand roamed became instantly hot. His delicate fingers ran upwards and eventually crept up her short skirt. In seconds, she felt the string of her underwear being detached from her skin.
By now, Yuukari was shivering wildly. With just his simple action, the girl was bombarded with all the memories he carved into her in Teikou. When she thought she couldn't hold back anymore, she bit down on her hand to suppress her trembling.
Suddenly, Akashi removed his hands. Yuukari then felt his white blazer drop on top of her. She swallowed hard and sat up on the desk to look at him with her red eyes.
"If you want him back, be prepared to be caressed like this." Akashi drained the last bit of dignity in the girl. He looked down on her with his omniscient heterochromatic eyes one last time before violently flinging open the door.
After seeing him exit and completely depleted of energy, Yuukari folded her knees to her chest and sobbed into his uniform.
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At the dinner table back home in the mansion, Mika's parents stared worriedly at their niece.
"Yuu-chan. Are you okay? Your eyes are red." Mrs. Tooru looked at the quiet seventeen year-old with concern. "Are you feeling okay?"
Yuukari kept her head low and nodded quickly. She picked up her chopsticks and began eating faster. Mika, who was sitting next to her cousin, was profoundly amused. It was rare to ever see any change in her boring cousin. Unlike Mika, Yuukari was quiet, conserved, and plain. That also explained why no one believed her when they said they were cousins.
After washing the dishes, Yuukari happily retired into her room to take a hot shower and wash away the feeling of Akashi's touch that still clung to her persistently.
As Yuukari stood in her shower and allowed pellets of water to make contact with her skin, she closed her eyes. She picked up her bar of soap and rubbed it onto her skin until it turned red. No matter how much she tried getting rid of the feeling, she found it almost impossible-just like the first time in Teikou.
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