Highschool Of The Dead

If Things Were Different

Chapter 5: Friendship and Betrayal

Miyonji sighed as the bell rung indicating that school was now over. Saya walked over to him and smiled "Worried that you're going to lose?" She asked. Miyonji smirked "Yeah right…" He responded as stood up. Saya and Miyonji walked down the hall where they saw Kyoko standing in front of Takashi, Imamura and Morita who all had their heads down.

Miyonji had a good feeling what was going on and quickly grabbed Saya's hand. She looked at him and raised an eyebrow "What's wrong?" She asked. Miyonji tried to play it off and shook his head nervously "It's nothing, let's just go this way."

"Not so fast Sueenji!"

Miyonji stopped in his tracks and Saya looked at the teacher and then back at him. Miyonji was about to make a run for it until Saya grabbed his hand with both her hands. "So that's what you were up too." Saya said.

Kyoko smiled "Don't let him escape Takagi." Kyoko said. Miyonji looked at her "You're betraying me? You traitor!" Miyonji exclaimed.

Saya gave him a stern look "Shut up." She responded. Kyoko made her way over to him and put a hand on her hips, "Well Sueenji, I hope you didn't forget about yesterday. You left the school without permission and you made another student interrupt another student's learning time just to get you back. So for that you and your friends who also broke the rules are going to be staying with me for detention." She said with a smile on her face.

"No way…" Miyonji whined. Saya smiled at him and then reached in his pockets. "What are you doing?" He asked.

She continued to dig round his pockets until she grabbed something and pulled it out. She was now holding his keys which made him look at her "What do you need my keys for?" He asked. "I'm going to drive Alanze home while you're in detention, when it's time for you to get out I'll pick you up." She stated.

Miyonji knew that arguing with her was pointless. He sighed and nodded "Alright, just please don't crash my car." He responded.

"Shut up, I know how to drive stupid." She said as she walked away. Morita looked at him and smirked "No good bye kiss?" He asked. Miyonji shook his head "Not in public no, Saya likes to keep our business private."

"That's enough chit-chat. It's time to get to work!" Kyoko exclaimed. "Yes ma'am" They all whined in unison.

Saya who was now with Alanze walked outside. She pressed a button on his keys to unlock the door and then the two entered the car.

Saya noticed that Alanze was looking out the window. She peeked over to see what she was looking at and glared at what she saw. She growled and quickly started up the car and drove off. "Why are we leaving so soon?" Alanze asked in a whiny voice.

Saya gave her an annoyed look "Why are you looking at that fat ass. He is not worth your time." She scolded. Alanze pouted "You don't know that."

"Yes I do, he's a gun freak who does nothing but eat walmart cheetos and stare off into space like an idiot." She said as she stopped at a stop light. "He doesn't seem that way at all." She murmured as she looked out the window.

Saya sighed and continued to drive "That's because you don't know him. Just stay away from him, he's not worth talking too." She responded.

"I'm pretty sure Miyonji wouldn't like hearing you say something like that about someone who's done nothing wrong." She said getting slightly upset with Saya.

Saya was taken back by this, "What does Miyonji have to do with this, and what could that idiot do about it? Listen I'm only telling you for your own good, heeding my advice is your choice, do what you want." Saya said.

Alanze nodded and looked down, not wanting to speak on the subject any longer she would rather avoid any conflict with Saya. She wasn't that mad at Saya, she just wanted her to understand that pushing people away when you don't know anything about them is wrong, and sometimes you can't help who you fall for … regardless of who they are.

Kohta seemed kind, intelligent and innocent… at least that what she could gather from their last two encounters. Once Alanze and Saya arrived at Alanze's house, Alanze stepped out and looked at Saya "Thank you for the ride." She said as she smiled at Saya.

Saya sighed and nodded "Listen I'm not trying to be hard on you, I'm just trying to look out for you as friend." Saya informed her. Alanze nodded at her best friend "I know Saya, you just want whats best for me." She replied. Saya nodded as Alanze waved at her and closed the car door.

Once Saya drove off Alanze sighed as the car disappeared over the horizon. "He seems kind to me, a person like that can't be all that bad." She whispered to herself and ran her fingers up her arms holding herself.

Turning slowly she walked into her house and sighed closing the door behind her she leaned against the frame. Sighing she pushed off the door and walked through the house not bothering to look for anyone. No one was home so she didn't need to greet anyone. She made her way to her room passing various zombie posters and fell onto her bed, face buried in her pillow. Kohta ran through her mind over and over again, she squeezed her pillow to her body. she had only met him yesterday so why was she feeling this way about him? How is it possible for people to just get attached so easily?

She started to imagine herself cuddled up to Kohta in a rather romantic manner. Her face turned red as she squeezed her eyes tight, and she quickly got up from her bed.

"Okay, time to take shower! I have to wash this off!" She said in a nervous tone. She quickly made her way to the bathroom and closed the door behind her.

Once she got undressed she got into the shower and turned it on. The warm water felt good to her, and she showed it with smile.

Fifteen minutes passed and Alanze had finished showering. She walked back to her room and looked at her phone, she noticed that Shiko had texted her one minute go. She looked at the text and read what it said.

Alanze, Miyonji just texted me with some news i need to tell you. Apparently Jerry wants everyone to go to 150 Unzin Rd saturday afternoon, he has an important announcement that day and we need to be there for it.

"I wonder what the announcement is about. Well i guess we'll find out saturday." She said to herself before turning on the T.V and getting changed.

The next day Alanze prepared herself for school and walked out of her house. Once she closed the door she looked to her left and saw something she didn't think she would ever see. Kohta Hirano was walking out of the house next door and locking the door behind him.

Her eyes widened and her face was completely red at the sight of this. She was lost for words, what could she say to something like this? The guy she had been trying to get off of her mind all night was literally her next door neighbor. She quickly turned around and walked down her steps of her porch and walked through the gate as fast as she could.

Khota turned hearing footsteps and saw the girl speed walking away. He knew she had looked familiar when it finally clicked in his head on who it was. "Hey-"

He was cut off as she turned the corner and sped off. 'She's fast… was she trying to get away quickly so i wouldn't see her?' He thought to himself. He looked to the ground and sighed "I didn't even get to ask her for her name…"

Alanze was very athletic, so being fast when moving was nothing to her. She was very embarrassed and wanted to run far away.

'I can't believe it, he lives next door to me!' she thought to herself. She couldn't believe it, she felt like she was in a dream.

"Hey...wa-wait up!"

She stopped dead in her tracks as her heart started to race. She slowly turned around to see Khota standing behind her trying to catch his breath."Y-you followed me?" She asked her cheeks blushing bright red as she was flustered. Kohta finally caught his breath and looked at her. He reached out his hand to show a pink cell phone.

"Y-You dropped this, I wanted to give it back to you." He said with a smile. Her face turned red, as she took her phone from him in a kind manner, her fingers grazing against his. "Th-Thank you." She said.

Khota nodded and looked at the sky nervously "So um, it seems like we're neighbors." He laughed. Alanze nodded slowly not saying word, still blushing. "So um, do you mind telling me your name?"

"A-Alanze… Alanze Misoka…" She said softly. "Alanze huh? Well it's nice to finally know your name, my name is Kohta Hirano." He said as he extended his hand.

Her face turned completely red at his gesture and without thinking she quickly started to run off. "Sorry I have to get to school as quickly as possible." She said as she made her way down the street. "O-Oh Okay." He said as he watched her leave. "Bye…" He said in a confused manner.

When she finally made it to school gasping for air within the gate, all she could hear was the sound of laughter coming from the one and only Miyonji. "You ran away from him?!" He laughed slapping his knee. Shiko looked at him and slapped his arm "Don't laugh at her, she was probably nervous." Shiko scolded. Miyonji snickered as he tried to contain his laughter but was failing.

"I feel so bad… Oh man, he probably hates me or thinks I'm weird." She whined. Miyonji smiled at her "I mean you did just run away from him with no explanation." He informed her.

"Miyonji, you're not helping, she came to us for advice. She didn't come here to get laughed at." Shiko glared at Miyonji who put his hands up in defense. "Okay, okay i understand. But i wouldn't worry too much about it, from what I've seen, the guy is very persistent. He had a big cru-"

"Shut up stupid, you know she likes him! Telling her that he liked Saya is not a good move. What if she decides to bring it up to Saya? Your ass would be done for." Shiko whispered in his ear. Alanze raised an eyebrow, "What was that?" She asked.

Shiko giggled a little and put a hand on Alanze's shoulder. "Don't worry about it, he's an idiot. But you should tell him how you feel. If you think you're catching feelings for him, then you should let him know that." She explained.

"S-Shut up, who said i was catching feelings?!" She asked in an embarrassed tone. Miyonji sighed "It's pretty obvious that you are Alanze, But i don't think Saya is going to like that."

Shiko nodded and crossed her arms "Which is why you're going to help her." Shiko said. Miyonji eyes widened at her statement "Why the hell does it have to be me?" he asked.

Shiko smirked at him "Because you're the only one who can keep her in control, besides that, you can keep her from getting involved."

Miyonji sighed and looked at her "You do know that regardless what I do, she'll find out some how." He responded.

Alanze shook her head "Guys don't worry about it, I'm alright." Alanze said.

"Hey guys!"

Everyone except for Miyonji were happy to turn around and see Rei standing near them with Hisashi beside her. "Alanze, Shiko, Miyonji it's nice to see you guys." Rei greeted. Shiko smiled and nodded "It's nice to see you too." She responded.

Alanze smiled "Good morning you two." She also greeted. Rei smiled and then looked at Miyonji who was looking the other way. "Miyonji, how have you been?" Hisashi asked.

Miyonji stayed silent ignoring Hisashi and blocking him out. "I'll be going now, Shiko, Alanze Rei… I'll see you guys later." Miyonji said as he walked away. Rei looked to the ground sad, along with Hisashi.

"Why is he being a jerk? He didn't even speak to Hisashi, Saya should really keep him in check!" Alanze stated. Shiko shook her head and looked at Alanze "It's not his fault Lanzy, if you're able to say all of that, then I'm guessing you haven't been told yet."

"Shiko!" Rei called out in a slightly angry tone. "It's only right that she knows!" Shiko exclaimed in anger which shocked Rei.

Alanze knew that something wasn't right between the two and she didn't want to have them two fighting. "What happened?"

Shiko turned to her "She won't tell you but I will. Before Rei got with Hisashi she was with Takashi. But Takashi started to become Naive and didn't notice that Rei wanted him to open up to her. She wanted him to have fun with her and live a good life but Takashi didn't realize that and ended up losing Rei."

"Shiko enough!" Rei yelled.

Shiko held her hand up and stopped her "No it's not and you know it!" She then turned her attention back to Alanze "Now Before Rei got with Takashi, Miyonji, Takashi, Hisashi, Morita and Imamura were all the best of friends. They always hung out and they're bonds were unbreakable until…" Shiko trialed off.

The pieces started to come together for Alanze as she heard the story, she looked at Hisashi slowly as her eyes went wide "He dated Rei behind Takashi's back." She said as she finished off Shiko's sentence.

Shiko nodded "That's why Miyonji want's nothing to do with Hisashi because he feels as though he betrayed them. Isn't that right Rei?" she asked in a serious tone.

"Alright that's enough Shiko."

Shiko turned to see Saya standing in front of them, she had just come from the same direction Miyonji left in "No matter how wrong it sounds, it's her decision to make. It's really none of our business." She said.

"Thank you Saya." Rei said a smile.

Saya gave her an annoyed look "Don't thank me, I'm not saying what you're doing is right, because it's not. I'm just saying, we have no right to get involved because it doesn't concern us, and I'm going to tell Miyonji that too." Saya explained.

Everyone grew silent after her statement and looked to the ground. Hisashi without warning began to walk away in the same direction that Miyonji went.

"Where are you going Igou?" Saya asked. Hisashi turned around and gave her smile which annoyed her "I'm just going to have a talk with a friend of mine, I'll be back." He responded.

Saya eyes narrowed "If you're going after Miyonji, I'd suggest you stay away from him. He's not too fond of you at the moment." She said.

Hisashi just smiled at her and continued to walk away which made Saya cross her arms "Idiot." She mumbled.

Rei looked in the direction that Hisashi went and was about to start walking until Saya looked at her. "Stay out of it. I just told him that Miyonji isn't happy with them, so if he goes after him then it's his prob-"

"They'll be suspended if they fight Takagi, I thought Miyonji's grades were important to you." Rei responded.

"Miyonji is not going to hit him. He might be pissed off, but it'll take alot more then Hisashi to get him to that point." Saya assured her.

While that was going on Hisashi had spotted Miyonji walking down the hall and ran over to him. "Miyonji!"

Miyonji stopped and turned around to give him an annoyed look. He didn't say a word he just watched as Hisashi stopped in front of him. "Listen, Miyonji we need to talk."

"About what? What do we possibly have to talk about?" Miyonji asked. Hisashi raised an eyebrow "About how you're treating me? I thought we were cool."

Miyonji looked at him like he was stupid "Igou, what makes you think, I'm okay with what you did. You went behind Takashi's back and dated the girl he loves the most." Miyonji stated.

Hisashi sighed and looked at him "I understand that I made a mistake, but that has nothing to do with-"

"It has everything to do with me asshole! We were all best friends You, me, Takashi and the others. But you betrayed us all when you decided to go against the mother fucking grain and date Rei behind Takashi's back!" Miyonji yelled. Hisashi didn't say a word, he was speechless at the moment and didn't know what to say.

"You see this is where me and Takashi are different. If it was Saya that you went for I would have hurt you, destroyed you… maybe even killed you. To be honest, I don't even want Saya anywhere near you, but you're dating Rei and it can't be helped. But if you try anything with her,... well you just better hope you don't" Miyonji stated.

"Now that's just harsh Sueenji!"

Miyonji rolled his eyes as he heard Tsunoda's voice "Great now you're here too." He said with an annoyed tone.

"It's not nice to be that way to an old friend Sueenji, I mean Hisashi is right, you don't have anything to do with the situation." He stated.

"And you have nothing to do with this one either. So if I were you I'd stay out of it while I was still able to move on my own." Miyonji threatened in an angry tone.

"Big words from such a little man." Tsunoda mocked.

Miyonji gritted his teeth and growled as he was about to take a shot at Tsunoda. Before he could do that he noticed that down the hall behind Tsunoda and Hisashi was Saya, standing against a wall with her arms crossed and her eyes closed.

He could tell she was listening and knew that if he went any further it would make her very upset. Miyonji quickly calmed himself down and sighed "I won't let you get to me Tsunoda, I'm not going to attack you, instead I'll just take you down in the competition." Miyonji said before he turned around and walked off.

Tsunoda grinned while Hisashi had a sad expression on. "I knew Sueenji was afraid of me, that's why he's running away." Tsunoda bragged. Hisashi put his hands in his pockets and shook his head "I doubt he ran away, look behind and you'll see why he left without attacking you." He said.

Tsunoda turned around to see Saya walking away with Rei and the others who had caught up with her. "Dammit." Tsunoda said as he realized what really made Miyonji leave. It was starting to piss him off, he was seeing that everything he did and everything he would say, was not affecting Miyonji. Tsunoda didn't like this at all, he wanted Miyonji to be miserable but Miyonji wasn't giving in.

Miyonji soon made his way to the outside stairway, where Takashi would usually be. Just as he thought, Takashi was leaning on the railing, "You okay?" Miyonji asked. Takashi smiled "Why wouldn't I be?" He asked.

"I can think of a reason." he said. Takashi gave him an annoyed look "Shut up! Shouldn't you be with Takagi right now?" Takashi asked.

Miyonji sighed "I would be, but she's with the girls right now, and besides all that I ran into Hisashi a minute ago." He responded.

Takashi looked at him "And how did that go? You know you don't have to push him-"

"He's an asshole and I don't respect him." Miyonji said as he cut Takashi off. Takashi knew that Miyonji was serious just by the look in his eye.

"Listen Takashi, You was there for me when i was down about Saya, if it wasn't for you I'd probably wouldn't be with her right now. I never got to tell you how much i appreciated that, so thank you, and I promise I'm going to be there for you as well." Miyonji said with a smile on his face.

Takashi smiled back and shook Miyonji's hand "No problem, and thanks Miyonji, you're a loyal friends and I'm glad you're on my side." Takashi replied.

"I knew they were gay for eachother!"

Miyonji and Takashi glared at Imamura who was standing at the top of the stairs with Morita. "We're not gay, asshole!" Miyonji and Takashi yelled in unison. They both looked at eachother for a second and began to laugh. Morita and Imamura joined in on the laugh as well, enjoying a moment between friends.