Apparently, the general consensus about Kyoya's birthday is that the less said about it, the better.
Yayoi doesn't get why— unlike last year, only two separate buildings suffered from property damage, and none of them were directly his or Kyoya's faults. Plus, Kyoya was so happy with his present (tonfas with retractable hooks, Yayoi's such a thoughtful big brother) that he went and flushed out not one, not two, but THREE budding criminal organizations. Three! His baby brother's practically doing the town's spring cleaning! (How come criminals are so attracted to this place anyway?)
So there should be no reason for the sheer terror that crosses everyone's faces when Yayoi mentions he'll have to make next year's celebration even better. Namimori needs to lighten up a bit. Maybe with some fire.
Okay, so the fire thing was a joke. Yayoi didn't actually mean to cause spontaneous human combustion.
But is it really his fault if the person in question was carrying a freaking whip? Everyone knows walking around Namimori with a visible weapon is just asking for a fight with the Hibaris. It's the equivalent of signing a consent form and everything. But still, maybe he should have announced himself instead of going in swinging...
Anyways, the fire thing. The person Yayoi attacked was so startled by him that he burst into flames. And, well, Yayoi's been places, okay, and seen lots of things, including magical powers that take the form of colorful flames. Like blue. Or purple. He even thinks he might've used his own magic fire powers once. But he's never seen magical orange flames before, so he very reasonably assumed that it was actual fire and not magic fire. And when someone bursts into flames in front of you, you don't think it's magic, do you? No. You think they're burning alive.
So he should be forgiven for kicking the dude into a pool. It was logical. He had good intentions.
It's really not HIS fault the guy happened to be in possession of a turtle that grows in proportion to the water it absorbs. That's just pure unfortunate circumstance. No one actually accounts for the presence of supernatural animals before they jump anyone, right? Right. For once in his lifetime, Yayoi's pretty sure he's the normal one here.
So he'll admit it; the spontaneous human combustion might be his fault. But the giant rampaging turtle isn't, that's on the ditzy blond. The giant rampaging turtle that's destroying Namimori roads and buildings, oh my god.
"Dude, get your turtle!"
"He doesn't bite—" "YES HE DOES!" "—oh shit, Enzo!"
Yayoi learns a lot of things that day, like how helping someone beat a giant rampaging turtle into submission is a good way to make friends. And how if he moves fast and murderously enough, Dino lights up in flames, kind of like those kiddie shoes that twinkle if you stamp on them hard enough.
How interesting. Yayoi will keep this one.
Classes are killing me. I rewrote this chapter at least 15 times and ended up scrapping all of Kyoya's birthday scenes... I might edit this later and end up changing some lines.