04/14
Ren would awaken once again... this time though his chest felt heavy and purry? The boy would look down revealing the cat that isn't a cat known as Morgana, a small smile would slowly creep across his face.
Morgana would soon wake up and hop off his new human shaped bed, he had already found his favorite spot to sit sit in while he's in Ren's room. Ren would quickly get dressed, and pick up his now heavier bag. He actually had a reason to go to school today... His "stalker" wanted to talk to him.
After eating his breakfast, collecting his now bag dwelling companion and taking his first train to Shibuya. The boy would board his connecting train, he didn't manage to get a seat and ended up being stood in front of a red headed girl with a ribbon, he recognised the uniform she was wearing... it was the same as his own. Ren didn't dwell much on these thoughts. The girl would stand up and offer her seat to an elderly woman, only for an asshat salary man to steal it from under them.
"Excuse me! that seat wasn't for you..." The man had fallen asleep instantly.
Ren would look between the man and the girl and finally ask "Want me to wake him up?"
"It's fine..." the girl's face would shift into a dejected look, before she'd turn towards the elderly woman "I'm sorry I wasn't able to help" The rest of the train ride went as it usually does.
Leaving the station Ren would look behind him to notice the red headed girl with a ribbon running towards him.
"Pardon me, thank you for earlier."
"Earlier?"
"For speaking up when that man took the seat. I got so caught up in the moment that I forgot to thank you" She would end her sentence with a bow. "You're a second year at Shujin right? I'm a first year!". The girl would then pull her phone out "Sorry Senpai, I have a meeting to attend" The girl would bow again before running off.
"She seemed nice" The voice in Ren's bag would finally chime in, causing Ren to glance back slightly. He'd see Morgana poking his head out of the bag and would nod at the cat before starting his walk to the school.
Ren's first lesson for the day was with his homeroom teacher Kawakami, ignoring the still ongoing whispered rumours Ren would notice that she still looked sleep deprived, it wasn't his business so he never pursued it... The lesson itself was rather boring. Lunchtime would soon arrive, the time for his meeting.
The President had already made her way up to the roof, she ate a light breakfast this morning and skipped going to the cafeteria, her mind was too focused on that boy. Why was he taking over all her thoughts?
Ren would as per the usual get some food and make his way up to the roof. The boy would gently push the door open revealing his stalker sat down on a makeshift box-chair behind the makeshift box-table.
"It's a nice spot isn't it?" Ren would ask his stalker, catching her attention.
"Yeah" She would look towards her junior.
"So..." Ren would sit opposite her, laying his bag on the table. "You wanted to see me?. The older girl would nod.
"I'm sorry..." She would bow in her seat. "I shouldn't have followed you". The girl wouldn't raise her head as she was ashamed about what she had did. Her thoughts were going wild, "Why isn't he saying anything?. Her thoughts were interrupted by a feeling on her head, ruffling her hair around in a gentle manner.
"Why were you doing it?" Ren would stay calm, he wasn't mad at all.
"The Principal asked me to do it..." Ren would lift his hand off the girl's head
"You're fine..." The girl would look up at the boy, he had a gentle smile taking up his face. "So what's the name of my stalker?" Ren would ask this in a teasing manner.
"Makoto Nijima"
"I don't need to introduce myself do I?" Makoto nodded "How was LeBlanc?"
"It was calm, the coffee tasted amazing and the atmosphere was soothing"
"I'll let Sojiro know what you think..." Ren's sentence was cut off by the sound of the stomach opposite him. The boy would reach into his bag and pull out some unflavoured bread and a bottle of water. He'd place the simple combination in front of the girl. Makoto would look at it and the look at him...
"Thank you" Makoto would take the bread and start eating it. She used the time to think, "he really isn't a bad guy"... had the "Robotic Honour Student" finally made a friend? No she couldn't have, after this he was probably going to disappear from her.
Ren would start to check his phone, not wanting to interrupt her eating. She didn't take long to finish eating... when she did she'd look at the boy and smile. Ren would look at her and return the smile before he set his phone down on the table, unlocked, left on his own contact information. "Here." He'd turn the phone around to face her, she'd quickly pull her phone out and save it into her phone... she made an actual friend... who just so happened to be a boy.
She felt happy...
Ren would finally have a eureka moment... He finally realised who Makoto was.
"You're the student council president aren't you?"
"Yeah, is that an issue?"
"I should be asking that... The President hanging around with the "criminal""
"Maybe it'll improve your image" Makoto would make an attempt at a joke, it made Ren smile so she'd call that a success. A few moments would pass before Makoto would look around the rooftop "You know we aren't meant to be up here?"
"So why are we up here?"
"Made things easier. It's meant to be locked until the school days ends, there's a third year who uses the roof for some of her plants."
The bell would chime, signalling the ending of their chat. The duo would grab any belongings they had brought with them, and head back inside walking side by side before saying their farewells to eachother. Some of their fellow students would notice the pair together, talking to eachother.
Ren would make it back to his classroom, the period began and the boy had essentially turned off once again, paying as minimal attention as he could too the teacher speaking. Every now and then he'd look down towards the "cat" that had made his home in this small desk alcove.
Ren's phone would buzz, indicating that he had received a message. The boy would pull out his phone. It was from Ryuji.
"Yo remember we gotta look for those students we saw"
"They were all on the volleyball team, right?"
"Yeah. Meet me on the roof later"
A short period would quickly pass and Ren would make his way to the roof for the second time that day but this time to meet his friend Ryuji.
"Hey! You ready?" Ren would nod towards Ryuji. "How should we do this?"
Ren would take a moment before finally answering "I think we should split up. It'll cover more ground"
"Alright! you take the main building, I'll take the practice building"
The pair would split up and begin searching each building, interrogating anyone wearing the PE uniform they could see. They all had several things in common: All of them had some form of injury, all of them looked as though they'd been through hell and they were all under Kamoshida's extracurricular "activities". Everyone Ren interrogated would act like they knew nothing. Except for one he gave a name... "Mishima"
"I got a name. Mishima" Ren would send this text to Ryuji
"I'm on my way"
The pair would reconvene near the school entrance, with luck on their side they'd immediately bump into the clearly broken boy. Ryuji would go straight to interrogating him... but it was to no avail. Mishima only gave them one response. "It's no use, you can't stop him" before the interrogation was cut short by their target himself. Kamoshida.
"Mishima, you have practice where are you going?"
"Oh right" Mishima's voice was shallow and broken. He would turn away from Ren and Ryuji and walk away with Kamoshida.
"Damn it!" Ryuji would shout in a fit of rage.
"Let's go home for the day. We can discuss our next move tommorow." Ren being the still calm voice of reason would make Ryuji go home before he started drawing attention to himself.
The train ride back to Yongen-Jaya was the same as usual minus the manga reading stalker following his every move. Ren would enter his cafe/home where he was greeted with the usual coffee filled atmosphere and the usual "Oh it's you" from his guardian.
Ren decided that today was the day that he would clean up his attic, he took Morgana up stairs, found a duster and went straight to work. It only took him a few hours but now his room was actually clean, apart from a small hard to reach spider web in the corner where the "soul gazing spider" resided. The cleaning didn't tire him out but he decided that now would be a good time to go to bed.
He'd lay down on his "bed", Morgana would take his spot on top of Ren's chest and the pair would finally go to sleep.
