Chapter 50
When Isamu and her friends arrived in Shujin Academy, they quickly went into their class, sat down and put away their bags before they prepared themselves for their final exams of the day.
"Today's the last day of exams, huh, Lady Isamu." asked Morgana almost quietly to Isamu (who nodded silently to him). "Whoa, I can see you spared almost no time in doing and get through the exam… I'm pretty sure that you can passed the exam and get a good score."
"We shall see whether I or the others will passed or not, Morgana." replied Isamu almost quietly to Morgana as she kept on writing the essay in front of her.
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A few hours later, in Shibuya station…
"Mmmmmm, it's over!" groaned Ann in joy and relief as she raised and stretch her arms above her.
"It's over…" said Ryuji in a despair tone of voice before he glance at Isamu. "How 'bout you, Toudou…?" asked Ryuji.
"I'm feeling confident, Ryuji-kun, thanks for asking." replied Isamu with a relief smile on her face.
"You traitor!" hissed Ryuji as he scowled darkly at Isamu before he glance at Akira. "And you, Kurusu?"
"The same as Toudou-san, Ryuji." said Akira cockily to Ryuji.
"You as well, Kurusu?" said Ryuji as he scowled at Akira now before he look away from him, pull out and glance at his phone instead. "Anyways, can we stop talkin' about the exams? Like it or not, they're gonna come back graded next week. Rather than focus on stuff that's over with…"
"What're you looking at?" asked Ann curiously at Ryuji.
"The usual site." replied Ryuji as he briefly turned and raised his phone to show them the Phantom Aficionado Website before he glance back at it. "…It's no use. There ain't any new useful info. The number of post are getting' less and less too…" added Ryuji as he frown in disappointment.
"I'm not letting this end as a one-hit wonder, OK?" said Morgana as he popped out of Isamu's bag with a scowl look on his face.
"There's no point in getting antsy though." said Ann. "I know! Why don't we go eat lunch somewhere? We still have some money leftover from the other day."
"I want sushi then! Or domestic-raised eel!" suggested Ryuji with a wide grin on his face.
"We don't have THAT much left, Ryuji-kun." sighed Isamu. "Just enough for us to go to a fast-food place or a small diner."
"Then let's go to either one of those places that you just suggested to us, Toudou-san." said Akira.
"It's settled then, let's go!" said Morgana as he smiled at Isamu before they left the station and head towards Big Bang Burger restaurant.
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A few minutes later, in Big Bang Burger…
"So… since Kitagawa-kun gave us those tickets to Madarame's exhibition tomorrow, we should go to see those fine arts." said Ann as she sipped her 100 plus soda.
"Yeah, sure. And what about you guys, do you guys wanna go or not?" asked Isamu as she glance at Morgana, Akira and Ryuji while she munched on a fry.
"Don't tell me. Was it love at first sight for you two with that Yusuke guy…?" said Morgana in a shock tone of voice to both Isamu and Ann (which make them gasped before they scowled at Morgana while Akira had a fuming look on his face).
"It's not like that." said Ann (who noticed that Akira had a fumed look on his face after Morgana mistakenly mention her and Isamu having love at first sight with Yusuke Kitagawa before she think about it and got her answer with a sly look on her face).
"Seriously, Morgana. Your mind wanders a bit too far." scoffed Isamu.
"O-Of course not." said Morgana in quick relief to them.
"When I was watching that special on TV, his artworks was pretty nice. Plus, we've got some free tickets from him. Besides, this could also be related to what we heard from Nakanohara in Mementos." said Ann.
"…Madarame, was it?" asked Ryuji as he munched on his beef burger.
"What he said piqued my curiosity too, Ryuji-kun." said Isamu.
"Hrmm…" hummed Morgana.
"So how about it, you guys? We have the other 2 tickets so you guys wanna come with us to see and appreciate some fine arts for once?" asked Isamu for the second time to Morgana, Akira and Ryuji.
"Fine arts, huh…" said Ryuji as he look down and twirled the fry with his fingers a little.
"I suggest, we should all go together! Appreciating the fine arts builds character. A phantom thief who can't identify an original from fakes is lame." said Morgana smugly to them.
"Well, if Morgana say so…" said Ryuji as he pursed his lips.
"Guess we'll be going with you girls then." said Akira as he finish his cheese burger.
"It's settled then." said Ann as she smiled cheerfully to them.
"I'm looking forward to seeing those fine arts with you all." said Isamu as she smiled at them as well.
"Just the phrase "going to an art exhibit" sounds kinda mature." said Ann as she finish her 100 plus soda. "Let's all meet at the art exhibit entrance tomorrow. Oh and, Akira-kun." said Ann as she slyly glance at Akira.
"Yes, Ann?" said Akira as he glance at Ann, saw the sly look on her face and he instantly felt uneasy about it.
"Why don't you escort Isamu-chan home? I heard that Shibuya is getting more dangerous lately." suggested Ann slyly to Akira while she winked at Isamu.
"W-What!?" sputtered Akira.
"H-Huh!?" said Isamu, Morgana and Ryuji as they glance in confused unison at Ann.
"Well then, I'll be going home now. See you guys tomorrow!" said Ann before she stood up and left Big Bang Burger. Soon after she left, Ryuji stood up, bade farewell to Isamu, Akira and Morgana before he went home as well, leaving Akira in the unable to deny position of escorting Isamu out of the fast-food place and to her uncle's house (while Morgana went back into her bag all the way home).
"Look, I know Shibuya is getting more dangerous lately but if you don't want to escort me home, then don't forced yourself to do it, Kurusu-kun." said Isamu.
"It's fine, Toudou-san. Don't worry about it." said Akira without looking at her, not wanting her to see the embarrassed look on his face.
"If you say so, Kurusu-kun." said Isamu as she shrugged her shoulders. After a few minutes, they arrived and stopped in front of Naoya's house. "Well, here we are, Kurusu-kun. Thanks for escorting me home." said Isamu as she smiled at him.
"N-No problem, Toudou-san. See you tomorrow." said Akira as he smiled back at Isamu (which make her blush a little) before he turned around and walked away. Isamu watched him go for a few seconds (and felt her social link with Akira go up another level) before she went into the house, greeted and told Naoya about the art exhibition that she'll be going with Morgana and her friends tomorrow before she went upstairs, briefly messaging with Ann and Ryuji on her phone, cleaned herself up and change into her pajamas before she and Morgana fell asleep.
