Disclaimer: I don't own the Wallflower or the characters. Just my OCs and the plot inspired by some ideas from my friend.
Kagami hadn't shown up for class a couple of days after the incident in the classroom. Ranmaru was surprised that he even cared. It was sort of out of character for him. Yet here he was sitting in class wondering if she was okay or if she was sick.
"Ranmaru-kun? Are you okay?" another girl whispered to him.
Ranmaru nodded. He hadn't felt like flirting with her like he usually did with other girls.
Maybe I'm the one who's sick, he thought. He looked back over to Kagami's empty seat.
"Mr. Morii, do you happen to know where Kagami lives," the teacher asked after class.
"No, but my friend might," he answered.
"Would you bring her the assignments that she's missed? I would hate for her to get behind, that poor girl."
Ranmaru was surprised that the teacher said something like that. What was wrong with Kagami? She was definitely a mystery and she was one he hoped to solve. He wouldn't quit until he figured out why she acted the way she did or until she accepted his invitation for a date.
"Sure," he said smirking, "I would be happy to."
Somehow Ranmaru found out Kagami's address (and when I say somehow, I mean flirted it out of the office secretary). When school ended he found himself avoiding the guys, so that Yuki wouldn't stop him, and in front of Kagami's house.
She lived in a suburban area and the streets seemed like they were abandoned. He went to go knock on the front door and to his surprise, no one answered.
He knocked for a second time and still no one answered. By the fourth time he was banging on the door and a middle-aged woman who looked like she had just woken up answered the door.
"Whatever you're selling, we ain't buying. Now go away." The door was then slammed in his face.
He then knocked on the door again and this time the woman opened it and just stared at him waiting for an explanation.
"I go to school with Kagami and I have schoolwork for her," Ranmaru explained.
"Fine, come in," the woman said nonchalantly. She went to go pour herself a cup of coffee while Ranmaru waited in the living room.
Ranmaru didn't see Kagami anywhere. He then saw her come down the stairs as if she were trying to avoid getting caught. She didn't notice that he was there as she looked around the corners. Both she and Ranmaru froze when an older guy came up from behind her.
"Good morning, sunshine," the guy whispered seductively even though it was late afternoon. Ranmaru noticed Kagami shiver when the guy got so close to her.
"Mom, I'm up!" Kagami yelled into the kitchen.
The guy did not look happy. "You're a little bitch, you know that?" Kagami still didn't look at the man as she continued down the stairs. He was about to hit her until Ranmaru made himself known.
"Hey, Kagami," Ranmaru said in a normal, non-dramatic or flirty voice.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Kagami said wide-eyed before glaring.
"Well, our teacher wanted me to come bring you your assignments and I thought I'd stick around in case you need some help," Ranmaru said eyeing the guy who was currently glaring at him before marching into the kitchen. When Ranmaru mouthed "play along," Kagami knew what he was trying to do.
"I don't need your help," she snapped bitterly. "Get out of here."
"No," Ranmaru said. "Not until you tell me what that was all about."
"I don't need this," Kagami said. The she called to her mother. "Mom, I'm going over to Michiko's for the rest of the night."
"Okay, have fun, sweetie," her mother called back.
Kagami glared at Ranmaru again and snatched her books from him. "Now get the hell out of my house and don't come back. I hate guys like you. You make me sick."
Kagami left the house and Ranmaru was surprised that neither her mother nor the guy came back to throw him out. He let himself out thinking about what just happened. After seeing how that guy, who was obviously her mother's boyfriend, hitting on her he finally understood what she meant. She hated guys who were players, who cheated on their girlfriends, and who went after girls of a different age just because they could. Well, he solved one mystery only to add another part to the challenge. If he wanted to get Kagami to accept his invitation, he was going to have to get her to like him. How hard could that be?