Hello guys! Sorry for the late update! I almost forgot to do so hehe. I fell asleep but anyway it is here. I won't say anything more .
Onwards with the story! :)
In the course of three more days, the Sycamores are the huge topic of the whole school. They say that they are dangerous people and therefore, the person who should talk to them shall take necessary precaution. Whenever they pass by, the students will make way for them. Some rumors are also spread with all the individual from the Sycamore house. It was said that the new student is the real leader and because of him, the group is reunited after being separated to different houses. Others said that Seijuro is the most dangerous member of the group and only Tetsuya can handle him. Little of the others said that Tetsuya is the strongest of all of them and he doesn't need a wand or what so ever to actually call forth his magic. All the Sycamores all shrug this off.
In the point of view of the Sycamores, they aren't able to talk to the red haired leader. He kept quiet and the surrounding area seemed more suffocating then what had happened at that day, when he finally said the lines.
Shintaro is worried but it is not shown on his face. He is worried at the fast state that Seijuro is becoming that of his parents. Now that it did, three days ago, he didn't know what to do. He already suspected that he will, sooner or later. He just didn't expect that it will be this early, and to think that it will be now that they are overseas of where they really belong. Seijuro is a pureblood, and so is Shintaro, Daiki, Atsushi and Ryouta. They are bound to be almost like their parents. He can't just believe, like the others, that it will turn out to be this worse and this early.
They tried and failed to talk to the red haired male. He seems to space out every now and then. He isolated himself to the others and kept all of them at an arms length. Tetsuya is the only individual who didn't try to talk to him yet. The light blue haired new student doesn't want to try either, and so they are left quiet and awkward all the time: in their classes, in the great hall and inside their own quarters.
Daiki, unable to hold onto the silence any longer, finally cornered Seijuro at the corner after the last class.
"What is wrong with you, Akashi?"
Seijuro stares at the ground with poker face. His eyes didn't portray any emotion except for sadness. Daiki and Shintaro steps back in shock since all the othe Sycamores already cornered him. As if that is a trigger, Seijuro's red eyes become heterochromatic and he stares at all the eyes looking at him in irritation.
"What's your problem, Daiki?"
Daiki, who is still in shock, from the emotion portrayed at their leader's eyes and the name that he is called, didn't respond. Seijuro turn his attention from Daiki to Shintaro. The green haired, second in command didn't falter in having a staring contest with the red haired leader. Seijuro raised an eyebrow and turns back to Daiki.
"Nothing? This is a huge waste of time. Now, don't bother me if it is something unimportant," he said and they made way for him.
That happened a day ago. After that, nobody tried to talk to him. In the span of three days, Shintaro and Daiki has tried talking to the light blue haired male and they discovered that they both have something in common with the male. They both become close with the male but not with each other. Ryouta and Tetsuya are also close. In fact, the three are getting Tetsuya talk a lot more. Tetsuya didn't mind the attention, he is glad that there are people who he can call friends.
They are currently inside their gathering area. Everyone is silent, as usual. Nobidy dared to talk and each have something to do. Tetsuya, Shintaro and Seijuro held their notes and reading them, the others are practicing the spells taught to them. Their head of house used an extra room inside their quarters so that they can practice alone, with somebody or with Samantha whenever they can. Currently, the others are practicing the spell that Samantha had taught them yesterday. Daiki already got it and is only practicing to get a hang of it. Neville is running behind them in terms of perfecting the spell but he tries his best.
"Neville, you should concentrate. Lose any focus can be proven fatal," Atsushi says, looking at the almost burned ceiling of their quarters.
If it weren't for the extra spells that Samantha put all around the place, then the whole place will be burned. Her students like to practice spells after all. They all looked up to see that the ceiling is reverting back to its original look, not burnt.
"I am sorry," Neville said.
He collapse but Atsushi is behind him so he is caught before he ended up on the floor. Ryouta turn his attention to them after casting. He run to them as he is from the other side of the room. Daiki didn't bother looking at their direction. He is still practicing after all. They are all sweaty and the thought of taking a bath crossed their minds simultaneously.
"Are you okay, Neville?" Ryouta asks.
Neville nods, "Yes, I am fine, Ryouta. Little rest and I will be feeling good afterwards."
Ryouta smiles at him brightly, "Well, I don't know about you guys but I want to take a bath. I will see you all later."
With Ryouta gone, it is quiet once again. Daiki couldn't take it and he and Atsushi enters the farthest right room, where Samantha fixed it to make it perfect for practicing, for a little spar. Neville enters his own room so he can take a bath too. The final sound heard inside the room is a door closing. Shintaro put his notes down on the table. He leans his back to the sofa and take off his glasses to massage his forehead.
"Are you okay, Midorima-kun?"
Shintaro hummed but didn't look up. He continue to massage his forehead. Unknown to his knowledge, Seijuro and Tetsuya are having a staring contest. The notes and the book they held in their hands are on the table, almost forgotten as they stare at each other. The only thing that is preventing them from having too much contact is because Shintaro is between and they are all sitting on the same sofa.
"What is it that you need, Akashi-kun?"
Shintaro opens his eyes. It was then that he notice the intensity of the stares coming from both of the people sitting on both side of his. He excused hinself and enters his room. Once inside his room, he tries to overhear the conversation but failed. He realized that thet must have used a silencing spell around them. Unable to do anything else, he sat on the side of his bed and continues his forehead massage. After a while, he lay down to just think of things that are happening and analysing it.
Outside, Seijuro and Tetsuya are now standing, facing each other. Seijuro is smirking while Tetsuya kept his usual emotionless face.
"Tetsuya, I missed you. Why won't you give your cousin a hug?"
Tetsuya face remained impassive, "You are not Akashi-kun. The Akashi-kun I know will never look at me straight in the eye everytime I look at him."
Seijuro laughs, "Oh? Is that so? I am Seijuro Akashi."
Tetsuya's stance is a little tense now, "No, you are not Akashi-kun. Who are you?"
Seijuro began walking near Tetsuya, in which the other walks backwards. When finally Tetsuya's back hit the wall, Seijuro stares at him with mock.
"So, what are you going to do, Tetsuya? If I am not Seijuro, so what?"
"I am going to bring him back," is the only reply Seijuro got from the male.
They both stay silent. They are not moving from their place and started staring at each other again. They both turns around to see a blond looking at them in shock.
"You…are not Akashicchi?"
Seijuro smirks at him, "Oh? Ryouta is here too? This is bad, very bad. Only the cousin is supposed to know but another person will be somehow involved huh?"
Seijuro removed his hand from his pocket to see his wand, glowing slightly. Ryouta's eyes widened as the wand pointed at him. He didn't remember when the wand had started glowing slightly. All he knows is that it doesn't. A spell is cast and Ryouta is thrown away in a split second that Ryouta can't react as fast as he can. He braces himself for impact but then he realized that he is caught in another spell and he is then gently placed on the floor.
Seijuro turns back to Tetsuya, "I am proud of you, Tetsuya. To think that you can do that without any words uttered is good. Hmm…but not good enough."
Seijuro is already on the process of casting another spell in a flick of a wrist when Tetsuya tried a disarming charm and the wand fell out of reach. Ryouta held onto the wand of Seijuro and pit it in his pocket. After the wand fell out of his hand, Seijuro stares at his hand in shock and he fell on his knees, yelling at the top of his lungs while grabbing a fistful of hair with his hand as if pulling it from the pain.
Shintaro got out of his room. He got a potion and forced Seijuro to drink it to help with the pain. After a few more minutes, Seijuro's screaming stopped. His voice, now raspy, asks for water. When they gave his water and he is done drinking it. He lookes at all his housemates, confusion shown on his face.
"What happened?"