A/N: I change the cover which is, pretty alright imo. I trace it from the fanartist's something like a comic. I may possible change back the old cover though.
Warnings: OOC-ness, typos, grammar error, AU, lots of YamaChi, a little KazaChi, KazaSen, and HeiChi
Chapter 11
Was is just him or was he being a little harsh on his future wife before they went on their date before? The President could've sworn that Chizuru looked down when he was giving a threat that he would stay just a friend, nothing anymore although the threatening that he gave her a few days ago were just half joking. The President didn't know the brunette would take that seriously…
Guess he has to do something as a way to apologize to her, eh?
Saying 'I'm sorry' is too damn lame for the President. He needed to do something much grander than just speak in word. Something.. that's right! He has to ask her out again and maybe spoke to her in such poetic words as well as giving in affectionate one that could make his wife blushed in red this time. Yes, that's a good idea one. Though, he needed Amagiri a little help whether the red-headed man like it or not. After all, what does he even point to join the Student Council club, anyway?
His first plan is to ask Chizuru out alone once again but this time, letting Amagiri threw down some red rose petals between them so that the brunette finds the President really attractive. Then, he needed to write some romantic quotes and poems of describing of his wife before he asks her out and-
"Yo Kazama. Nice weather, isn't it?" Shiranui interrupted the President's thought of intending to apologize to his wife, and there's a wide grin on his face.
"Shiranui?" Kazama looked at the idiot in confused. It's very unlike to see Shiranui looked happy and all, especially how he asked about the weather to the President. What the hell is wrong with that guy, anyway? "What are you doing here?"
"Oh nothing, really~" he said, crossed his arms behind his head, his smirk became widen once more. There's definitely something wrong.
"Stop hiding from me and tell me what's going on." Kazama spoke in cold tone though Shiranui doesn't seem to be feared of Oni President much.
"I'm not hiding anything from you. Why don't you figure out yourself?" At that, Shiranui left the Student Council room, waved his hand off, and leaving the President getting pissed off even more. Just what the hell is that even mean?
The President stayed in his room alone, gripped his chin with his fingers and tried to figure out of the tan-skinned man's riddle… not even one bit he knew what's going on. …Well, except maybe it has to do with his future wife of course. Even if it has to do with Chizuru, what happened to her anyway? Did she get bullied in school? Getting harass by boys? What's worst…
Kazama shook his head in denied. No, there's no way Chizuru is in danger. After all, so far, Chizuru had always been loved by a whole student of boys in Hakuou Academy. Even teachers loved her too. He didn't think it has to do with the brunette at all…
Damn that Shiranui and his damn riddle…
What the hell is he hiding from him anyway?
"Good morning Yukimura-san." Yamazaki greeted as he bumped into the brunette on the hallway.
"Oh good morning, Yamazaki-senpai."
"Are you on your way to your class by any chance?"
"Um yes, that's right."
The Health Committee member smiled gently to her. "In that case, how about we go to class together?"
"Really?" Chizuru looked at him in confused. "Shouldn't you go to the infirmary or something? I mean, you've always seem to be busy as a member of Health Committee after all…"
"Don't worry about that." Yamazaki said. "Sannan-sensei is having a meeting with the other teachers. In fact, there isn't anything I have to do even if I stay in the infirmary."
"Oh, now that you mention it, you're right…" she muttered under her breathed, remembered that Harada had told his students that the teachers and the other won't be come in classes since there'll be some important meeting or that's what the red-headed homeroom teacher told her…
"Speaking of meeting, what today is it?" Yamazaki questioned curiously.
"Today? Hm… let's see," she took a looked her digital watch on her wrist. "Today is.. November 28. Why?"
The brunette boy looked at Chizuru for a moment, then turned his head away from her. "Make sense…" he whispered softly, leaving the girl looked at him in confused. Despite how much she curiously want to know what does he meant by that, though she let it be as soon as they finally arrived to the brunette's class.
Once again, there's a very dangerous aura around Kazama. Why you ask? The moment red-headed man came into the Student Council room, the first thing he saw is seeing the President sat on his elegant chair with a grim expression on his face while Shiranui sat on the red couch with a very wide smirk on his face.
Amagiri couldn't help himself but to sigh. Honestly, both of them were nothing but like a brat. Every day, the red-headed man always be the one that needed to stop their arguing. …Not that he hated or anything. He has gotten used to it the moment he entered the Hakuou Academy.
The red-headed man greeted politely to a few members of Student Council club, then to Shiranui and Kazama(though the President didn't greeted him back. Instead, he gave a death-glared to the tan-skinned man). As soon as Amagiri greeted Kazama, he stood up straight behind the President like he always done as if he was a butler for him.
"Just spit it out already, you bastard." Kazama hissed. "What the hell do you mean by that?"
"Well can't tell you~" Shiranui whistling. "Where's the fun, anyway?"
Getting pissed off even more, the President couldn't stand of the tan-skinned bastard's riddle already. "Amagiri! Explain."
"H-Hey! That's not fair!" Shiranui exclaimed in surprised and anger. The red-headed man answered without hesitatedly, "It seems that today is November 28. Which means, it is 'Cycle day'.. or that's what Serizawa-dono called it."
"Is it already?" Kazama blinked. Was it just him or does the 'Cycle Day' was a bit… early to come?
Cycle Day is a day where teachers even the head of Clubs needed to focus on finishing the paperwork that Serizawa would prepare later. The paperworks would be filling in their officers like a mountain, and the deadline would depend to Serizawa. But mainly, it would take a week, which is, that would make some teachers and head of Clubs getting stress too much for focusing on finish the paperwork.
Serizawa is after all the founder of Hakuou Academy. None of anyone, not even teachers could fight him back since he's the only powerful to control of Hakuou Academy. A few people despised him as well, especially Hijikata and Kazama, though they didn't admitted it in front of him of course.
"And by meaning that, which means, you can't spend your life with your-so-called-wife, right~?" Shiranui said, giving a sarcastic laughed but soon he's been hit on the wall because of the President's wrath. The red-headed man remained silent, watching the tan-skinned man dying slowly.
"When is the deadline this time?" Kazama questioned then.
"For the deadline this year is… November 30. Which means, 3 days you have to finish the paperwork Serizawa-dono going to bring then." Amagiri replied.
So soon? It's always been only a week they needed to finish down the paperwork.. Guess that old bastard intended to make his life miserable, eh? Kazama couldn't help but to sigh in disgustingly. Of all the founder of Hakuou Academy, why Serizawa?
"Can't be help then." The President muttered under his breathed. "Amagiri, when lunch time coming, tell my wife that she can eat lunch with her other friends if she like. And do whatever threat you like as long as Chizuru stay away from the Student Council room."
"As you wish, Kazama-sama." Amagiri nodded in understanding. "But.. what if Yukimura-dono stubbornly listening to me?"
The President eyed elsewhere then as if he was in a deep thought. "…I'll think about it later then."
At that, Amagiri bowed in respectfully, taking a leave from the Student Council room to leave a message for the brunette. There, Kazama exhaled softly, leaning against his elegant chair as Shiranui still dying because of getting hit on the wall.
It seems that he have to endure of not spending his times with his wife for 3 days eh?
"Oh, Chizuru! Over here, over here!" Heisuke screamed out at his childhood friend as he waved his arm widely making sure Chizuru noticed them(including Saitou, Okita, and Yamazaki)
"Hi Heisuke-kun." She greeted friendly, and went toward to the brunette boy and the others, sitting on the rooftop next to Okita then with her usual bento.
"It's good to see you eating with us this time, Chizuru-chan." Okita said, took a big bite of his yakisoba bread that he'd just bought from the cafeteria.
"Well, Amagiri-senpai told me that I can hang out with you this time and I would like to eat with you guys every once in a while."
"Although I don't like that Oni bastard, that red-headed guy is exceptional if you ask me."
"Most of Student Council members are very kind and all, Okita-senpai."
"Except the President and that blue-haired bastard."
The brunette couldn't help but to sigh, giving up on arguing with the emerald-green orb man. Then again, that's Okita for her. Always hating people without acknowledging them.
"More importantly Saitou," Yamazaki began. "Shouldn't you suppose to finish the paperwork that Serizawa suppose to bring?"
"I've got a message from Serizawa-sensei that the paperwork for the Music Club has been postponed. He would send it next week." The violet-haired man explained without hesitated and confident.
"No wonder…"
Chizuru looked at Saitou for a moment, then to Yamazaki, tilted her head in confused of what's going on. "Um.. what kind of paperwork are you guys talking about?"
"You see, Yukimura-san," the member of Health Committee began. "'Cycle Day' is a day of teachers and the head of activities clubs needed to finish the paperwork Serizawa going to send for as soon as possible. They'll end up stress too easily since the paperwork will fill on their office like a mountain and the deadline is very short." He explained from what he learnt from Sannan.
"Oh, no wonder why..," she mumbled softly.
"Well until the deadline for 'Cycle' over, you can always eat lunch with us, Yukimura-san." Saitou said, smiled gently to the brunette.
"That's right!" Heisuke agreed. "Since that Kazama bastard is too damn busy with his paperwork, you can always eat with us." At that, he grinned widely.
"Th-thank you, Saitou-senpai, Heisuke-kun, everyone," she bowed politely, thankful for letting her to eat lunch with them in the future. Although she'd still enjoyed eating with the President more than with them the moment she finally found out of her true feeling for Kazama…
The paperwork was a lot as last year, just as the President was expected. But without any complaint, he wrote down of them. A few paperworks Amagiri and Shiranui helped along too since they are, after all, his faithful followers, always helping him whatever they can no matter how idiot they can be.
And just as Kazama was expected once more, a few hours later then, Shiranui get stress out, giving up on finishing the paperwork in which, he left the Student Council room and bickering over something stupid once more. The blonde-haired man sighed in frustrated.
"Should I bring Shiranui here?" Amagiri questioned as he still finishing down on the paperwork that filled on his desk.
Kazama shook his head. "No, it would make me drivin' crazy if you bring him back here." He said, continued on doing his paperwork.
"Well what about the other papers that Shiranui leave it then?"
"Isn't it obvious? You'll have to finish it."
The red-headed man sighed, knowing this was going to happen if he asks that.
Although it's only 1 day left Kazama could able to free from having this nightmare, there's still some more of paperwork he needed to finish thanks to Shiranui for leaving it like that.
The President sighed softly, feeling slightly relief since there's only a few papers left he needed to finish it. It wouldn't take much longer then.
And just as he was about to take a short nap, there was a knocking on the door, revealing one of a member of Student Council Club, feeling a little fear and panic as if that boy was bringing a bad news for the President.
"I-I'm terribly sorry, Kaichou-sama, but I have a bad news for you." He stuttered, his body trembled in fear then. "Serizawa-sensei is sending some more of paperwork for you." As he said that, Niimi, an assistant of Serizawa came and bring another load of paperwork and there's a mischievous grin on his face then.
Kazama sighed once more. This year has been worst than the last one…
Chizuru can't help but find it odd to eat along with Heisuke and the others in lunch time. To be honest, she does enjoying eat with them, having fun watching Heisuke getting teased by Okita, has gotten seeing Yamazaki quite a lot now since he's always been busy with his job as the member of Health Committee, of course, she wouldn't forget of the quiet aura around Saitou. But somehow.. she was much more enjoyed eating with the President no matter what. She knew it'll be bad to cause Kazama some trouble.. but she really, really want to eat with him so badly. Eating next to the President always makes her comfortable though his teasing needs to fix it somehow.
As the brunette was in the hallway to reach to the Student Council room, she met a very familiar man with a blonde hair, which is for a few moment then she realized it was President.
"Kazama-senpai!" Chizuru yelled out at him, in which Kazama turned around, looked at her surprised.
"Chizuru..? What's wrong?" The President questioned, still gaped like a fish.
"I would like to eat lunch with you Kazama-senpai. I know you're still busy but I'd really like to eat lunch in the Student Council room somehow." Chizuru said, hoping for the President gave her a permission to eat lunch with him even if he has to finish the paperwork.
"..No."
"Alright then, we should go to the Stu- wait, what?" Chizuru looked at him in disbelief. Did.. did she just heard it right? Did the President said.. no?
"I said no." He repeated, this time he gave a very annoyed tone in his voiced.
"Oh.. alright then. But I-'"
"Yukimura Chizuru."
Her words went lost as Kazama suddenly called her name in such a monotone voiced one. Especially call her full name. It was rarely to see Kazama being cold toward her. Is this man in front of her really Kazama? The one who always gave a very wide grin and smirk, especially have a habit of calling her his wife? Why would he suddenly being cold already? Is it because he's been too much stress because of 'Cycle'.
She has never seen Kazama glared at her like that before. It was similar as when he was very pissed off over Shiranui and Hijikata. Was she bothered him too much? Was she getting on his way while he needed to finish the paperwork as soon as possible? Just seeing his cold glare made her change her mind of eating along with him.
And the President doesn't seemed noticed of her disappointed expression..
"I-I'm sorry for bothering you, Kazama-senpai," Chizuru whispered softly, bowed down slightly, then stand up but making sure the President wouldn't noticed of her expression. "I'll go eat with Heisuke-kun and the others then."
At that, she left Kazama alone in the hallway.
Walking all the way to the rooftop, she could felt tears starting to form from her eyes. She didn't know what's wrong with her. Sure that he's busy and all. The brunette should've understood of his job as the Head of the Student Council. Why would she need to bother him when she knew that it's still Cycle Day?! If it wasn't for her damn feeling for the President.. Kazama wouldn't have been annoyed by her nor giving her a death glared to her..
Just remembering those cold eyes made her realized just how pathetic her feeling is toward him. It was definitely one-sided feeling, alright. Despite how Kazama kept calling her 'his bride' all the time, yet she knew he was just doing that for fun.
One day, once he finally graduated, he will become a mature man and finds the real woman he'll love. He's getting interested in her because of her family's background. She was sure that he will choose someone other than her.
The President will eventually choose Sen.
"Ah!
"Watch out!"
BAM!
She bumped on someone when everything looked blurry because of the tears. The voice looked very different than the one she often hears.
"Ow, ow…" she groaned softly, tried to stand up but it seemed she had twisted her ankle.
"Are you alright, Yukimura-san?" A familiar male voice spoke to her, held out his hand to offer her to stand up easily.
It was Yamazaki's.
"I.. I don't think so," she murmured. "I think I must have sprained my ankle."
"Are you sure?"
Chizuru nodded softly, avoiding on looking Yamazaki, not wanting him to notice that she had tears on her face.
"In that case…"
"Wha… KYAAAA!" She squealed out loud as Yamazaki carried her in bridal style. Her face turned in deeply red in embarrassingly.
"We should take you to the infirmary then," Yamazaki said normally, then, noticed Chizuru covered her face with her two palms of hand. "What's wrong? Are you having nosebleeding too?"
She shook her head in multiply. "N-No..! It's just that you should at least put me down. I can walk actually."
"But you told me that you sprained your ankle?" The Health Committee questioned in confused.
"Y-Yes…! But-"
"But…?"
Ahh! Stupid Yamazaki-senpai! Why are you such a dense?! It's embarrassing me if you kept carrying me as if we're some kind of having a feeling for each other or something…!, she thought herself, still covered her face with her hands.
"N-Never mind that!" She exclaimed. "Just hurry up and take me to the infirmary already!"
"Oh, right! My apologize!" At that, Yamazaki went to the infirmary as soon as possibly with carrying the brunette.
While they were on their way to get to the infirmary, Chizuru could hears some whispering and gossiping from other high school boys, which embarrassed her even more. But of course, Yamazaki doesn't seemed noticed it or he's just really too dense of what on earth he did just now.
Once they finally arrived in infirmary, Yamazaki treated her ankle carefully. They were very lucky that Sannan is not here thanks to 'Cycle Day'. If he had been here, Yamazaki really can't imagine what would he do to the poor brunette.
"There. This should be do it." Yamazaki said, finally finished on wrapping her ankle with the bandage.
"Ah.. thank you very much, Yamazaki-senpai."
"You're welcome."
As he said that, he went to Sannan's table, and wrote something on the paper. Chizuru looked at him in curiously.
"Um.. what are you doing?"
"Writing a name on whoever came to the infirmary. Wanting to make sure Sannan-sensei knew whoever comes here." The member of Health Committee replied.
"Oh…"
After a few moments without any word, Chizuru finally break an awkward silent, "W-Well, anyway, thank you for treating my ankle, Yamazaki-senpai. I think the class is almost starting already."
"Alright then, I'll see you later then, Yukimura-san."
She nodded in agreement, as she took a leave from the infirmary to get to the class.
Once she's in the middle of hallway, she stopped for a moment.
I knew that Kazama-senpai is busy and all.. but I can't help, I feel the need to apologize to him for bothering him too much.
She thought herself, determined to go to the Student Council room to apologize him after all she's intruding him when he's too damn busy with his job as the Head of Student Council Club.
Knock, knock, knock
"Kazama-senpai, are you there?" Chizuru spoke outside from the door, waiting for the President to have a permission to enter his office.
No answer though.
Knock, knock, knock
"Um… it's me, Yukimura Chizuru. I'm coming in."
…Still have no respond.
She sighed out softly as she was ready to open the sliding door.
…Eh?
When she intend to open it, the sliding door was opening slightly.
It was strange for the brunette. Usually, the President always shut the door tightly, including Amagiri and Shiranui too.
"I wonder if someone else is there.." she murmured softly. It was very rude of her to peek into the Student Council office yet, somehow, she felt an urged to peek it quietly no matter what.
When she took a peek into the open sliding door, her brown orbs then widen open like a saucer as soon as she saw what she shouldn't have see it.
There's no one in the Student Council office.
Only the President
..and her childhood friend.
She could felt time stop already. The world suddenly turned in grey color. And she started to slow dying already just watching them…
..kiss.
She couldn't tell whether her eyes were deceiving her or something, but she definitely believed that the President really did kissed her childhood friend.
There's no doubt about it.
About the President's feeling toward Sen.
The brunette always thought that she was very special for the President. The way he treated her, offered her to eat lunch with him, helped her study and everything. But Kami, she was wrong. Very, very wrong. All this time, he has never opened his heart toward her. He never had.
The person he's been opened all this time was Sen. Not the other way round.
When tears starting to fall down on her cheeks like a waterfall, she ran from the hallway and covered her lips with her hand to keep from screaming, whimpering and sobbing.
Kazama was having a very good nap as he finally finished doing some paperwork that Niimi bastard had gave him a few hours ago until…
BAM!
Someone dared disturbing his slumber by kicking off his expensive table(since he used the table to sleep)
He gave a grim expression as soon as he laid his eyes to hers. Of all the person could dare to wake him up, why her?
"What the hell do you want, bitch?" He hissed, wasn't in a good mood to talk with her.
"Hey, you should say 'thank you' for letting me visit your school where there's only boys here." Sen exclaimed, crossed her arms under her chest.
"I never ask you to come to my school before," he stood up, putting his knuckles on his chin, sighed out frustratedly.
"Never seen you look stress. Something bothering you?"
"Nothing necessary." He snorted.
Sen blinked multiply, looking on the right side where there's a mountain of paperwork on the desk, impressed a little to see how hard-work her childhood friend is.
"Well, I'm impressed to see you've managed to finish all the paperwork at the last minute. No wonder you were taken a nap just a moment ago. Which is, it's rarely to see sleep in school," she said, with a teasing tone, covered her hands to giggle quietly, not wanting to make Kazama angry although she failed.
"Shut the fuck up…," he muttered under his breathed, as Sen continued giggled once more. "More importantly, what are you doing here?"
"Oh nothing, just came here and say 'Hi' since we haven't seen each other for a while lately.." Sen explained, though her eyes didn't meet with the crimson one. Instead, she looked anywhere except her childhood friend. "That's a lie." Kazama said simply, crossed his arms then and put his left leg on his right. "Whenever you're lying, you're always looking elsewhere except me. Stop hiding from me and spit it out already."
Sen pouted then.
"Isn't it obvious? Of course I came here to warn you something about Chizuru-chan."
"Oh? That sounds interesting." The President smirked. "And what is that?"
"I want you to stay away from Chizuru. That is all." She said, and there's a very dangerous tone in her voice as if she was intending to give a threat.
"Why?" He questioned simply, ignored her dangerous aura.
"You only like her just because of her family's background right?" Sen guessed. "If Chizuru-chan hears your reason why you're taken liking her because of that, I doubt that she would like you back. And by the look of how you two went out in the amusement park a few days ago, she doesn't seem to be enjoying on going out with you at all."
"Oh, I didn't know you can be such a stalker, Suzuka Sen." Kazama growled Sen's full name, standing up from his place.
"No, I'm not being a stalker. I just can tell how Chizuru is being around with you. It's almost like you're doing this without her own will. Let me ask you then Kazama, have she ever said how much fun she had with you on your date?"
At that, Kazama remained silent. When the date was over, Chizuru didn't tell him how much fun she had with him in the amusement park. Instead, she only thanked him for sending her to her place, that's all. Getting compliment of how much she had fun with the President? No, she didn't say those words at all.
"I knew it." Sen said, sighed. "I don't mind if you like Chizuru-chan aside from her family's background. But if you do want her to like you back, you should at least treat nicely. Just because this school is filled with boys, that doesn't mean you have to treat her like you've always do to Shiranui and the others."
It's because Sen 'lectured' the President while closing her eyes, she didn't noticed the President headed toward her, with unknown expression on his face right now.
"Chizuru-chan is a very fragile girl. She lost her both parent and brother since she's still a child.." she trailed off for a moment, held her chin, and thought deeply. "Well, she doesn't lose Kaoru actually. Kaoru probably lived with another family or so I've heard from my parent.." as she kept muttering about her best friend, she noticed Kazama suddenly appeared closed to her, very, very close.
"Y-Yes?!"
As she took a gazed on him closely, Sen realized that his face has turned into darker than before. She didn't notice until now that she's been pissed off of him on how he needed to treat Chizuru like a woman!
Oh crap! Is he mad at me…? She thought in panic. She has never seen him looked in a bad mood when he was a child before. But back then, he was gloomy with a nonsense reason! Right now, he probably mad either because he's too damn tired after all he'd finished of the paperwork or maybe she went a bit too far by lecturing him…
Sen closed her eyes tightly and used a defensive pose, feared that Kazama might slapped her… though, it didn't happened in the end. Instead, she could felt something heavy on her right shoulder and… is that snoring she could hear just now?
As she opened her eyes, her hazel-brown eyes widen opened as soon as she saw something that shocked her.
Kazama took a nap once more but this time, laid on her shoulder.
Sen sighed softly. "Honestly, you're still like a child, Kazama.."
At that, she patted his head, took a sit on the couch while the President's head still on her lap this time and snoring softly.
The brunette tried to run to get to her classroom as soon as possible, not wanting to remember or think about what happened just now. Once again, her tears continued streaming down on her cheek.
Don't think! Don't think! Don't think…!
She thought herself over and over again. But as she repeated those words, tears fell down on her cheek even more. She didn't know how to stop crying anymore. Her mind has always filled with nothing except the President. No matter what she's thinking, Kazama would always be in her mind.
Why him?
Why of all him?!
Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why?!
Just.. WHY?!
As she continued to run, she realized that she was about to bump on Heisuke on the hallway. It was very lucky that she could able to stop walking this time.
"Chizuru!" Heisuke began exclaimed. "Where were you? I've been looking all over for you. I thought you would've eat lunch with us. The recess is almost over and…" soon he stopped talking as he saw his childhood friend's face was red and tears streamed down on her cheeks, which made him panic a little, thought it was his fault for making her cry.
"Wh-what's wrong, Chizuru?! What happened just now?!"
The brunette then sniveling like a child, letting her tears fell even more in front of her childhood friend.
"Heisuke-kun.. Heisuke-kun…!"
At that, Chizuru embraced her body to his, which made Heisuke became embarrassed a little and began to continue on sobbing and crying to release her sadness to him.
For a moment then, Heisuke returned her embrace as he patted her back to calm her down.
Once Chizuru has finally calmed down and told the boy about everything(except the part of peeking thing), Heisuke became pissed off then.
"That Kazama bastard…" he muttered under his breathed. "How dare he said like that to you! He shouldn't have said like that."
The brunette didn't say anything, listening her childhood friend's complain about how the President refused to eat lunch with her when Chizuru asked him politely.
"Just what's his problem anyway..!"
"It's okay, Heisuke-kun.. It's my fault." She finally whispered softly, not wanting to cause any trouble anymore. "I did asking him to eat lunch with him even though he was busying with his job as the President."
"But…"
Chizuru cut his words off, "Heisuke-kun, please."
As much as Heisuke really angry for that bastard, just looking at the brunette looked sad, the boy couldn't helped but feel the need to give up on blaming Kazama for that.
He sighed frustratedly. "Fine, fine.. I won't beat him up or something." He muttered.
Chizuru curled her lips upward then.
"Thank you, Heisuke-kun."
The boy didn't say anything, only watching his childhood friend fell into sorrow. ..No.
The girl that he had longed loved...
He has always like her since the first time they met. She was very adorable and cute no matter what. Whether she's crying, happy, angry or others.. whatever she look like, Chizuru will always be cute to him. He likes her very much. And it broke his heart a little when he and his family needed to move to a new house, which he no longer able to see her anymore.. He somehow glad that the boy able to see her again ever since she came to Hakuou Academy.
Despite he loves her very much, but he knew that Chizuru loves the President. Not just him, even Saitou, Yamazaki, Okita and even that President's slaves too! Confessing his feeling to her would ended up ruining his relationship with her after that. Which is, he ended up to keep this kind of feeling, continued on being her good childhood friend.
Heisuke patted her back once more to cheer his childhood friend again, didn't know what he's gonna do after that.
"Anyway, I take you back home this time. I doubt that Kazama bastard is going to bring you home since he's obviously busy."
She nodded, smiled once more.
It's been a few hours since Sen had let her childhood friend sleeping on her lap. Once she took a looked at the golden-haired man, his snoring became louder as she realized he's having a good sleep. With that, Sen pushed him with all the strength she had, which, ended him falling on the ground.
"What the hell was that for?" Kazama muttered under his breathed, and here he was just having such a great dream about his marriage with his bride. Can't believe someone would dare to interrupt his nap.
"As if I'm letting you sleeping on my lap. What am I? Some kind of your personal servant or something?" she snorted.
"Obviously." He said simply, which received a kick from his childhood friend though he managed to dodge it. "And here I thought I've been sleeping on my wife's lap all the time."
"As if she would do that for you!" Senhime exclaimed, then sighed. "Anyway, whether you like it or not, you'll have to treat Chizuru like a woman this time. Don't force herself no matter what. You hear?!"
Kazama didn't answer her question back. Instead, "Shouldn't you suppose to go home or something? More importantly, aren't you supposed to go to Shimabara High School Girl?"
"Oh, about that.." she gave an awkward laughed. "I skipped the school just so to see you…" again, with an awkward laughed. Kazama's expression doesn't change much.
"Uh-huh…"
"Hey, what's with that tone?! It's not that I skip school all the time!"
"Riiiiiiiiiiight…"
Feeling anger of Kazama's reaction, Sen intended to kick his ass once more but each of it he dodged it and once she had enough from him, she took a leave from the Student Council office with a stomp on the ground.
"Whoah, what's up with the Princess?" Shiranui entered the room and questioning the President curiously, never seen her looked really pissed off and all.
"Where's Amagiri?" Kazama avoided his foolish slave's question.
"He wrote all the paperworks in library since it's very quiet and he also sent it to Serizawa-sensei after he finished it."
"Then, take all those paperwork to Serizawa," the President replied, pointed all those paperwork at the table.
"Hold on, I was just about to relax here..!" Shiranui whined.
"Well you've got your free time a lot while Amagiri and I were busy for the whole 3 days. Stop complaining and just do it." With that, Kazama laid down on the couch, returned to have a good nap once more.
Shiranui then sighed in reply. "Whatever, boss."
While she studied in her room, Chizuru sighed out… again. Somehow it's been like hundreds just because she envied of the President's bond with her best friend. She couldn't understand why it bothered her very much though. It was very unlike her to have this kind feeling toward Sen. She felt like she's such a horrible person! She shouldn't be like this toward Sen. Sen is her best friend. She should have support her best friend's feelings for the President not feeling jealous!
Chizuru sighed once again, decided to call a certain friend of hers. That might probably cheer her up.
The brunette waited for her friend to answer her back and it took a while then he answered:
"Hello?"
"Um.. hi Kazama-senpai. Is it alright if talk with you for a bit?" she whispered softly, trying to hide her sadness from her voice, not wanting to make the President worried about her. She wasn't sure why she called him of all the friends she had. Somehow though, her instinct told her that she needed to talk to him first.
"Sure. What is it all about?"
"Um.. well, I…," she mumbled, feeling herself stupid right now. Why hadn't she thought about it in the first place?! "Heheh.. what was I about to say just now? I completely forgot what I want to talk about. Sorry to bother you, senpai. I'll-"
"Chizuru," Kazama stopped her.
"Y-yes?"
"I…," he trailed off his single word, then sighed softly. "I'm sorry."
"Eh?" Chizuru blinked in confused. Why would the President apologize to her all of a sudden? "..for what?"
"I'm sorry about lunch time just now. I don't mean of not wanting to eat with you like we've always done. I'd really love to eat with you, my wife. Unfortunately, there's been a lot of paperwork this year now. So it keeps me away from spending times with you. With that, I would like to apologize to you once more."
"Ah… n-no, it's not your fault Kazama-senpai. It was mine, actually," she shook her head slightly, feeling her cheeks burnt into red already. "After all, I did asking you even though you're still busy and all.. I shouldn't have come see you in recess a moment ago." She said, feeling herself regretful for bothering the President too much.
A moment then, she can hear his smirk on the phone.
"Well, to make a way to apologize to you, how about I'll stay in your place in Sunday then?"
"Eh?!" She exclaimed in shocked. "S-Sunday?"
"What's wrong? Do you have a plan?"
"Well.. no, it's just that, Osen-chan and Kimigiku-san will come in Sunday and" before she could finished it, Kazama cut her off words then.
"Oh? That girl and her personal servant are coming too as well eh? How amusing." His smirk grew wider then. "And why would you need to concern of that, anyway? Not that she'll intend to ruin our moment or something, right?"
"Well.. umm… that is.." She muttered, couldn't find a word to talk back to the President anymore.
"It's been decided then. I'll come by your house whether she like it or not." Before she could answered him back, Kazama hung up the phone.
As soon as Chizuru put down her phone on the study desk, she couldn't help but to sigh again. To be honest, she was glad that she'll able to talk with him, especially having a little misunderstanding as to why he suddenly to refuse eating lunch with her. Somehow though, there's one problem right now.
Sen would come to her place in Sunday. And so as the President. So…
..it's not like something bad going to happen between the three of them… right?
The next day, everything's seemed fine and all until recess coming. It was time for the brunette eating her lunch along with her childhood friend and the other group. Chizuru could felt her temperature has gotten rise up although she couldn't figured out what.. Heisuke and the others noticed that.
"Are you alright, Yukimura-san?" Saitou said, with a little concerned on both his expression and tone. "You should go to the infirmary if you're not feeling well."
"Yeah, Chizuru." Heisuke agreed. "You don't seem to be cheerful like you used before.."
Okita remained silent, he was, too, worried of the brunette's health as well, especially Yamazaki.
Chizuru shook her head, tried her best to smile for them although she could hardly breathed right now. "I.. It's alright, everyone. I'm fine, there's no need to concern about me." She said weakly, coughing softly
As she stood up to get a drink from the vending machine, she could feel something burnt up inside her already. Her vision started to turn hazy now. She could felt herself to trip on the floor already.
"CHIZURU!"
Her friends exclaimed as they were shocked and surprised when the brunette's body was about to fall on the floor. Chizuru couldn't able to think anymore. It's because she's been all burning up, couldn't able to see very clearly, she thought she would ended up fell down on a very hard floor.
Instead, someone caught her body.
Chizuru tried to look at whoever person that rescued her from falling; although his eyes look calm and stern, yet he'd still worried of her… very much. It took a while then the brunette realized it was Yamazaki who caught her body.
"Yama.. zaki-senpai…" Chizuru whispered his name, not knowing what to say anymore..
The member of Health Committee remained silent, putting his palm of hand on her forehead, knew there's something wrong with her. "I'll take you to the infirmary, Yukimura-san." Yamazaki whispered softly, then faced to Heisuke and others. "Don't worry about it. Yukimura-san is having a fever, that's all."
"Wh-what…?" She said in disbelief and perplexed. "I.. I can't… Harada-sensei is waiting for me. And-" she coughed once more, couldn't able to speak anymore.
"Don't worry, Chizuru." Heisuke said. "I'll explain everything to Harada-sensei. I'm sure he could understand."
"B-But…" Chizuru was about to protest once more though she given up as soon as Okita gave her his new threat. "Well if you're still stubborn listening to us, how about I call the Oni President and tells him you've got a fever?" The emerald-green orbs man said, grinned widely like a Cheshire Cat.
She whined a little but soon given up then, which relief everyone.
"Well then, I should take her to the infirmary then. You guys go without us," at that, Yamazaki left from the rooftop, still holding the brunette in a bridal-style.
As they watched the member of Health Committee and Chizuru gone, their expression turned into concerned then anger.
"Damn that bastard… what have he had done to Chizuru now?" Heisuke muttered under his breathed.
"Let's just hope Yukimura-san would be fine and all."
"Still, if that Kazama bastard is the one that causing Chizuru-chan become like this, I'll definitely kill him for real." Okita growled. He had never been anger as anyone dare insult Kondou before. But somehow, it makes him both sad and angry just looking at the brunette looked down and all…
"S-Souji, I understand you hated him too.. but killing is crime!" Heisuke exclaimed in surprised and shocked.
Once the two of them arrived in the infirmary, Yamazaki put Chizuru down on the white bed, letting herself laying much more comfortable then.
"I'll go and find something to eat." Yamazaki began the conversation. "I won't be out that long. Would you like something to eat too, Yukimura-san?"
"Oh, well, I.. I don't want to rely on you too much, Yamazaki-senpai," she spoke softly, but at the same time, coughing.
Yamazaki curled up his lips upward. "Don't worry. I'm doing this because I wanted to. It's not that the food is expensive, right?"
"I.. I suppose so," she giggled quietly. "Alright, um… porridge would be nice then."
Yamazaki nodded, left the infirmary, leaving Chizuru alone. But like he said, he didn't go out that long. It took him a few minutes to arrive in the infirmary and the brunette is still wondering if Yamazaki is some kind of ninja or something?
"I'm back." He said, with a tray of bowl of porridge, a glass of water, yakisoba bread and a glass of orange juice. "Did I make you wait that long?"
Chizuru couldn't help but to gap like a fish. How can he say like that when it took a while he arrived here?
"You're so quick…" she said, still couldn't believe just how fast the member of Health Committee is.
"You think so?" Yamazaki chuckled slightly. "I have to be honest, I never realized of my speed much. Even Saitou and the others seemed to be shock just how fast I am."
"O-Oh…"
"Anyway, it's good thing that Gen-san made porridge today. Here, it's still hot though," he put a tray of bowl porridge on her lap. Yamazaki took his yakisoba bread then, and put two glasses on the desk.
"Th-thank you." She bowed politely, gave it a try to eat a hot porridge.
"How is it? Is it good?"
Chizuru nodded, smiled gently. "It's really good."
Yamazaki smiled at her back. "Well, Gen-san's food has always been good. That's why most boys always went to the cafeteria as soon as possible before they've been out of stock."
"No wonder why.."
As they were having a normal conversation while eating their lunch, there was a knocked on the door and it turned out to be Sannan.
"Oya, Yukimura-kun you're here again." Sanan said, surprised to see her in the infirmary. "You've been visiting here for the second times now. Is something happened to you?"
Yamazaki answered the school doctor's question: "Yukimura-san is having a fever. So I'm taking care of her until she'll be much better."
"A fever, you say?" Sannan said, and they could've sworn there's something… odd about his tone that he'd used just now.
"Yes…?" Yamazaki said, not knowing what to say anymore.
It took a while then, Sannan gave the creepiest smile on his face, Chizuru shivered down on her spine just seeing that smile from the school doctor.
It was the first time she sees Sannan smiling.
"Well then, I have a way to cure your fever." Sannan tried to speak in a very gentle tone though he failed, went to his desk and intending to find something in the shelves.
Yamazaki became panic as soon as he realized what Sannan was intending to do. Without hesitated, he raised his voice so that the school doctor would stop finding whatever he's looking for.
"S-Sannan-sensei, I've heard from Hijikata-sensei that he was looking for you!" he exclaimed. I'm sorry Hijikata-sensei…!
"Oh, really?"
"Y-Yeah, he said one of his classmate was sick or something like that. Why don't you go and see him right now?" The member of Health Committee lied.
"Well now that you mentioned it, Hijikata-san did want to see me something.. or so I've heard…"
"W-Well then, how about you should go and see him now?"
"Hmm… I suppose so," sighed out, said in such a disappointed tone before he left the infirmary "How unfortunate then.."
Once he finally left from the infirmary, Chizuru looked at the door in confusion after then, faced to Yamazaki, who sighed out loudly.
"Um.. what happened just now?" she asked curiously.
"Well, Sannan-sensei was intending to give you a strange medicine that I've been talking about back then," Yamazaki replied.
At first, the brunette blinked in confusion, wasn't sure what he meant. For a moment she remembered his conversation with her for the first time they met:
"Please, don't think of me like Sanan-sensei, alright? I won't take you to the infirmary for the sake of Sanan-sensei's odd experiment."
"He can be quite creepy sometimes, but he's very kind and caring as well. Just.. don't drink a red liquid from him, that's what I want you to know."
"Oh.. is that what you meant by..?" She murmured softly, then laid her eyes with his, curious of something once more. "Um.. as much as I would rather not wanting to know it but.. what does that red liquid do?"
"Well…" Yamazaki could felt shivering already just thinking about it. He had never drunk it before. But just watching Sannan's 'guinea pig' give a test to drink that medicine, he couldn't helped but feel bad for them somehow. "I haven't figured out what kind of effect does the medicine Sannan-sensei gave but.. I can tell that they can turn everyone's hair into silver, and…"
"And what?" Chizuru asked, eagerly what's happened then.
"And…" Yamazaki's body starting to shiver as if he was cold or something and given up to talk about this. "I-I'm sorry Yukimura-san, but I can't tell you."
"Oh, no.. it's alright. I think it's actually be best if I didn't find out about.. whatever Sannan intend to do."
Yamazaki smiled gently then. "Thank you."
The brunette looked at him confusedly. "For what? I don't think I have ever done something that would make you thanking me or something."
"Well…" He began, "Although you look like you're a kind of curious and naïve girl, yet you still won't forced me to talk about this kind of conversation anymore."
"Oh.. that's because you look scared each time you spoke about it.."
"…I think I understand why everyone likes you very much." He mumbled nonsense once more.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, Saitou seems to have taken liking you whether he noticed it or not. I've never seen he smiles often lately. While Toudou has been talk a lot about you whenever you're eating lunch with Kazama. Always 'Chizuru this' and 'Chizuru that'. And Okita.. well, Okita is being Okita, I suppose." He chuckled softly. "It's almost like as if you're some kind of goddess, somehow. Everyone had changed because of you."
"…But I'm just an ordinary girl."
"An ordinary girl who cares for her friends very deeply," Yamazaki stated, held her hand affectionately, "No matter how many girls or women would be in this school, I believed that you're the only one that could change them."
Chizuru blushed at his beautiful words. No one has ever spoken such a beautiful sentence such as this before. Not even the President could ever say like that.
But.. is it true? Is it actually true that a few of her friends change because of her? When she thinks about it Saitou has rarely speak to her in cold tone anymore.. Heisuke always happy each time he sees her. And Okita.. well, like Yamazaki said, Okita is being Okita; always taking a picture of whoever he wanted and after that, he would blackmail on all over the students of Hakuou Academy. But he'd still listened to her when she told him that he shouldn't stay out long since he suffered of asthma.
She somehow happy, yet at the same time, felt sad for a moment then. Chizuru was really happy just listening those words from the member of Health Committee, yet as always, her mind suddenly appeared of the President.
Why would she think about him at a time like this? She wanted to spend some time with her other friends beside the President. So why would she kept thinking of him no matter what?
Is it because she wants to hear those words from the President's lips? That's what she wanted?
Yamazaki then noticed Chizuru's expression changed into sad and disappointment. Did he just say something wrong? Did those words really bothered her?
"Yukimura-san..?"
"N-no, it's nothing. Really." Chizuru said, avoided on looking at him.
"I don't think that's nothing at all, Yukimura-san. What's wrong? Did I say something.."
His words lost then as the brunette moved next to him and rests her head on his shoulder.
"Yuki.. mura-san…?"
"..I'm sorry," she murmured softly. "I don't feel so good somehow. So.. can I stay here like this for a moment?"
She pleaded, still avoiding on looking at the member of Health Committee. Not wanting to cry in front of him because of her stupid one-sided feeling for the President.
Yamazaki was speechless as he watched the girl next to him rests her head on his shoulder, wasn't sure what to say anymore except letting her stays like just as she wanted so much.
"..Alright then, Yukimura-san."
At that, Chizuru stayed like this as her eyes fluttered closed to take a short nap and intending to forget her one-sided feeling for Kazama. She wasn't sure when will she stopped falling in love with him. But she hoped for Kami that her feelings for him will end up as an admiration sooner then…
"Lady Yukimura," Kimigiku called the brunette. "Let me help you on washing the dishes."
Chizuru shook her head slightly, and smiled gently to the beautiful young woman, not wanting to worry of her. "No, it's alright. I'll be fine. I can wash the dishes by myself"
Sunday is here, and just as they promised with the brunette, they would come to her house by today. Just as Chizuru also expected, Sen surprised to see Kazama visited her house. The honey-brown orbs woman wasn't happy about it, yet she let it be in the end.
Sen and Kazama looked at the brunette worriedly. They've already heard from Sannan and Yamazaki that Chizuru was having a fever a few days ago. They wanted to make sure the brunette fallen sick once more.
"You know, Chizuru," Kazama began. "You don't have to force yourself if you don't want to."
"It's alright, Kazama-senpai," Chizuru protested. "I'm fine. There's no need to concern about me and all.."
As much as the President pretty much worried of his future wife so much, he sighed frustratedly. Stubborn as always…
While Chizuru and Kimigiku cleaned the plates, Sen took the remote control from Kazama, intend to watch her favourite shows.
"Hey, what the hell are you doing?" The golden-haired man asked rudely. "Can't you see I'm still watching the show?"
"Well it's my turn to watch this time. One of my favourite shows is almost starting already."
"Well this is my future wife's house. Go and watch at your own place." The President fought back, which leaves her pouting, and began to argue over the remote control. Trying to end their argument, Kazama faced to the brunette. "Hey Chizuru, which side are you on? Me or Sen?"
"That is…"
Before the brunette could her complete answer for the President's question, he cut it off.
"No need to say it anymore then. I know your answer." Kazama said, which confused the girls. "It seems that I won, Sen."
"H-Hold on a sec! Chizuru-chan hasn't answer completely yet. And how do you know she's on your side?!"
"Because I'm her future husband," Kazama answered confidently. "I know everything about her."
With that, Kazama received some punching from Sen, similar with Chizuru when they were dating on the amusement park, but much rougher one.
Kimigiku chuckled softly then.
"It's been a while since I've last seen their argument." Sen's personal servant spoke. "Whenever they met together, they would ended up on having a nonsense arguing. Even Amagiri-san and I couldn't able to stop them. They are childhood friends after all. Their parents have been decided to arrange of their wedding when the time has come. Of course, both of them were really not amusing about it, often hated each other and fighting each other. " She giggled once more as she remembered her memories of watching them together despite it's not in friendly nor romantically one.
As Kimigiku continued on washing the dishes, letting her Mistress do whatever she wants toward the golden-haired man, Chizuru stopped putting the plates on the shelf, watched them fighting like an old married couple with a feeling of envious somehow.
She wasn't sure why her heart was aching just watching them close each other. She knew for along time that Sen's bond for the President is much stronger than hers. After all, they are childhood friends just like Kimigiku said just now. Childhood friend has a very special bond in which they have long like each other yet, never realized.
But sooner, they will eventually be…
Kazama's voice returned the brunette back to reality then.
"So Chizuru, would you like to watch whatever shows that Sen wants?"
"O-Oh.. I… I don't mind at all, actually," Chizuru replied back, wasn't sure what to say anymore, in which her best friend smile widely toward her.
"Thank you very much, Chizuru-chan!" She squealed as she began to continue on watching her favourite shows. Kazama was forcibly watched in the end.
Once again, the brunette took a glanced on the two of them once more as Sen wrapped her arms around Kazama's broad shoulders, her smile never faded since the brunette letting her watch whatever she's watching right now.
"You're the best, Chika-kyun," Sen said, as she close her embrace with his from the back, which pissed the President even more.
"Whatever. Now would you stop hugging me? I told you for numerous times that to stop calling that name," he growled at the end of it. But like Shiranui, his anger doesn't scare her much. Instead, she giggled quietly and took a sit next to him once more.
She had always wanted to forget this kind of feeling toward the President no matter what. But she knew that deep inside of her, she would definitely continued on loving him even more. Just watching them so close the brunette had already knew the President won't return her feeling once she confesses to him then.
She tried her best to act as if she had no interested in him. Yet, the brunette knew that, she had always into him no matter what. She didn't know whether it's because of his looks.. attitude.. or something.. The more she denied herself, the more her heart began to broke into pieces just how wrong she is…
CRASH!
After she washed one of a plate and intended to put on the shelf, the brunette accidently slipped off the plate, and it shattered on the floor.
"Lady Yukimura? Is everything alright?"
"I'm so sorry…" she murmured in apologetically, kneeled down on the ground, tried to pick all the broken pieces of plate but her wrist was gripping by a very strong hand.
"What do you think you're doing, Chizuru?!" Kazama exclaimed. "You would've gotten hurt yourself already!"
She looked at the man in front of her, feeling slightly confused.
Has.. has he worried about her?
"Did you hurt yourself?" Kazama asked, using a concerned tone this time, not to scare her this time.
The brunette shook her head. "Oh.. n-no. Not really."
The President sighed out loud, feeling a little relief about his future wife. Though, her heart clenched tightly in pain seeing a disappointment expression on his face.
"Anyway, just bring the vacuum cleaner already. I'll take care everything about this."
Nodded in understanding, Chizuru left from the kitchen to get the vacuum cleaner, once she's almost arrived from the kitchen, she could've sworn she heard someone was screaming. Feeling a little panic, she went into the kitchen as soon as possible as she saw Sen was kneeling down, her finger was bleeding when she tried to help Kazama on picking up the broken plate.
"I told you that you don't have to help me. Why do you always have to be stubborn?" Kazama muttered under his breathed.
"It's not really that bad actually!" Sen yelled back. "What about you? Acting like as if you can handle this kind of thing all alone."
And just before Sen intended to give him another lecturing, he stopped her by waving his and off of her. "Yeah, yeah, yeah… whatever. You'll need to take care of your wound though. Chizuru, do you have any first aid kit or bandage?" Kazama asked as his eyes laid on the brunette's.
"O-Oh. It's in the cabinet." She said pointed out where the first aid kit that she's been keeping.
Kazama opened the cabinet and took out the first aid kit, held Sen's other hand to pull her to sit on the couch, and started to treat her wound with a very soft expression on his face as he tried to treat it very careful.
There, Chizuru watched them together once more, and her heart began to break into pieces once more. Similar as the plate that she accidently broke it on the ground. While Kimigiku helped on cleaning up the mess, Chizuru couldn't helped but wonder if it's even possible if she kept endure this kind of unrequited feeling toward the President.
"They are childhood friends.. and they like each other" she murmured herself, Kimigiku's words ring into her head over and over.
They are childhood friends after all
They've spent times together for so many years, they had created such a very strong bond whether they noticed it or not.
Despite how they often arguing over something stupid, they ended up on laughing, and giggling and smiling together when they stop fighting. Sen always told her and Kosuzu that she never interested in men. Always despise them. But, the way how she looks at Kazama, she cared for him like how she cared for her sister and best friend.
But much stronger one.
The relationship between Kazama and Sen...
"So why do I feel such a terrible person..?"
It was one of the strongest and deepest bond she could ever seen compared with her and the President.
A/N: No, Kazama and Sen didn't kiss in part after Chizuru left from infirmary.
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