Today, I met up with Kubo at the same place as yesterday. He seemed a bit more cheerful than usual which is kind of conforting.
"So I heard about this FFF cult and I would like to know about it."
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What?
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After an eternity, I decided that the best route was to answer honestly.
"It's like a group of people who have no love life."
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"Oh..." There's an awful lot of awkward pauses so I ended up changing the subject.
"Um, do you play video games?"
"Well, I have before, but due to the constant studying to stay at my peak, I've stopped. Instead, I read books when I'm free. You should, too." He dug around in his bag and pulled out a hardcover book that was about as thick as my thumb. The cover was a dark red reminding me of the color of my blood.
"Um, it's okay! You don't have to give me anything." I have to admit, I don't want to read a book that thick unless it's a manga.
"But I insist! It's a fantasy novel. I think you'd like it. Think of it as an rpg without the interactivity." There's no way of getting out of here is there?
"If you're going to give me something, then at least let me giv you something in return." I reached into my pocket and pulled out my PSVita. "I'll let you borrow my game in return for your book, okay?" I'm not sure what I'm doing, but I'll feel bad if I don't do something to make us even. Besides, he's missing out on the fun.
"R-really? Yoshii, y-you're much too kind. Thank you." He grabbed the console quickly and shoved it deep into his bag. I took the book from him and plopped it in my bag where the textbooks won't crush it.
"No need to thank me."
After another awkward conversation about the FFF, we said bye to each other and went back to our classes. Of course, chaos was breaking loose throughout.
"Aki, where the hell were you?!" Minami shouted. I swear, it was so loud, Kubo probably heard it in Class A.
"I was just talking to Kubo." Gladly enough, she didn't murder me. Thank god Kubo isn't a girl...
I sat down on a pillow (a.k.a poor excuse of a chair). Doing anything else was suicide, so I thought why not start on the book. Kubo recommended it, so why not? I flipped to the first page and skimmed it. Instantly, I was hooked.
It was until chapter three when I noticed something different about the class. My friends stood around me forming a circle.
"Okay, who are you and what have you done to Aki?!" Minami yelled. Her hands were clenched in a fist as if she were ready to grind me into dust.
"Perhaps it's one of Class A's spies posing as Akihisa." Kouta added.
"If so, what would they want from us?" Yuji responded immediately.
"Maybe he's possessed..." Hideyoshi retorted.
"Possessed? Oh my god! Whoever you are, let me speak to Akihisa!" Himeji replied. I shrugged and continued to read. This was getting weird. Before I could progress through the story, some students tied me up and placed my body on a magic circle that was probably drawn with washable markers. I can slightly tell by recognizing the neon orange it was colored with. Then, they started chanting...
"Leave this body at once. Show us your true form, Spirit of The School. Let us bring salvation to your so that you may go to the afterworld!"
I struggled the best I could, but to no avail. I bet Kubo is probably thinking "Why am I hearing a faint choir of students trying to do an exorcism?"