Disclaimer: I do not own Assassination Classroom or anything associated with it. I only own the OC Hiyashi Mizuki and her siblings. All rights go to Yusei Matsui.

A/N: Welcome back my little snowflakes~ Hope you enjoyed the cliff hanger last chapter. I felt kind of bad, so I decided to move up the date of the new chapter. No new updates really except that I have a new fanfic made for OTP scenes based on this fanfiction. If you're bored waiting for a new update on this fanfic, you can check it out. I will probably update that one more frequently. Ok that's it from me, enjoy the chapter!


Chapter 15

Ryuunosuke POV

Ryuunosuke didn't know what was going on. The afternoon started off weird and had just gotten weirder by the hour.

"What are you talking about Hiyashi-san?"

"Cut the act Chiba-san. I get it. You can stop already. I can't get you back to the main building as I'm sure you're already aware. You don't need to pity me or feel guilty. Just go already. I'm no use to you or anyone else." She said hugging her free arm across her body. Her shoulders were hunched as if she were trying to shrink further into herself. Her eyes though, they glared at him fiercely.

Chiba stared at her in shock. He didn't know how she drew that conclusion but using her to get back to the main building? That was the last thing on his mind. "Hiya-"

"Don't you get it?" She yelled, "I'm worthless! Just… just leave me alone." She whispered the last part as if all the fight had left her.

Maybe she really doesn't want me as her friend. Chiba thought in his head, Why else would she come to such a farfetched conclusion?

"Alright." He said in a resigned tone. "I'll leave you alone."

Chiba started to walk away but turned back to say one last thing, "You can believe me or not, but I really did want to just be your friend Hiyashi-san. I don't appreciate being accused so harshly without any evidence. I'm sorry if you felt like I was myself on you. I…" He trailed off not knowing what else to say, "I hope you enjoy the ice cream."

With that, he turned back around to walk to the train station. *Sigh* I guess that's that. Maybe it's better for us to just be classmates.

Not having an appetite anymore, he dropped his unfinished ice cream into the trash bin and continued walking.

Mizuki's POV

Tears welled into her eyes.

Damn it. Damn it. What is wrong with me? She thought angrily, trying to wipe the tears from her eyes with her free hand. Why does he have to be like that? Why do I let people in? Why do I wish he was here, holding me again?

Mizuki stopped in surprise at the last thought. She wanted him to hold her? There must be really something wrong with her head today. Shaking her head to clear the thoughts and tears, she turned to look for her siblings. As she started to walk off in the direction of the park, she turned her head one last time seeing his figure walking slowly off in the distance.

I don't even know if he was telling the truth. For all I know, he was just lying to save himself face. She thought as she walked quickly in the direction her siblings had gone off in. Though, this time, there were seeds of doubt growing in her mind at the thought of Chiba's true intentions.

"Nee-chan!" She heard a cry when she reached the park. Looking down, she saw Ren running towards her with Reo not far behind.

"Nee-chan, where is Chiba-sensei?" Reo asked looking around for the other boy.

"Yeah, yeah! Chiba-sensei is the best! He got us ice cream!" Ren cried in joy.

"Oh, um," Mizuki was a bit lost on how to respond. "He left. You probably won't be seeing him anymore."

"Why nooot?" Ren complained.

"It's complicated."

"But aren't you friends with him Nee-chan?" Reo asked her. "That means we can see him when he comes over to see you."

"I…" Mizuki hesitated, "We aren't friends."

"Why not?" Ren repeated.

"He didn't really want to be friends with me I think. He just wanted me to do him a favor." Mizuki sighed.

"You look sad Nee-chan." Reo observed.

"Mmhmm" Ren agreed, nodding her head furiously. "It was like that time, Gaku-nii stopped being friends with you."

Mizuki looked at them in surprise. Was she really that upset over Chiba? (Totally going to ignore Traitor's name…)

"Ne, Onee-chan?" Reo shook her arm.

"What is it Reo-chan?"

"I liked Chiba-sensei. He made you happy and bought us sweets. I think he really wanted to be friends with you."

Mizuki looked at her younger brother. He usually didn't like strangers very much so for him to say this said a lot. Turning to her younger sister, she asked, "What do you think Ren-chan?"

"I agree! I love Chiba-sensei! He bought me cotton candy ice cream!" She exclaimed, throwing her hands in the air in excitement.

Mizuki gave a dry chuckle, "You love anyone who feeds you Ren-chan. The way to your heart is your stomach, huh?"

"Uh-uh!" Ren denied. "Chiba-sensei also helped us with our homework today!"

"He did? When?"

"During cram school! We were stuck on a problem but you were busy and we didn't want to bother you. Then Chiba-sensei saw us and came to help us! He explained it so well too!" Ren told her. Reo stood next to his twin nodding emphatically.

He didn't have to go that far. Plus he didn't even have to stay and help me if all he wanted was to use my connections. He also comforted me today. Mizuki paused in her thinking as something occurred to her. He did all of this… after our confrontation with Traitor which means he already knew I couldn't help him. Oh no…

As the realization of her idiocy dawned on her Mizuki face palmed herself. "How could I be so stupid?" She cried aloud. "I have to go make it up to him!"

Reo and Ren looked at her in confusion.

"Okay, you two. I need you to stay here alright? Do not leave this park under any circumstance. Also, take my phone. If anyone comes to try and hurt you, call the police, understand?" Mizuki instructed.

Ren grabbed the phone from her hand and looked at Reo before turning back to her and nodded in affirmation.

"Stay safe you two. I'll be back."

With that, Mizuki stood up and started running towards the bus stop to catch a certain blue-grey haired boy.

Time Skip to Mizuki at the train station

*Huff huff*

Mizuki had her hands on her knees as she tried to catch her breath. She had basically sprinted the whole way to the train station in an attempt to catch up to Chiba. Opening one eye, she lifted her head slightly to look for him on the platform.

Not spotting him, she stood up properly and started walking around maneuvering around people standing on their phones waiting for the next train to come.

I didn't miss him did I? I went after him not that long after he left and he was walking.

Just as she was about to give up, she spotted him. He was standing near one of the pillars leaning against it with his head tilted upwards. His school bag hung loosely in his grip, most of its weight on the floor. The sunlight illuminated him giving him an almost ethereal look.

Her breath caught at the sight. Before she could do anything, he turned in her direction. Mizuki felt butterflies in her stomach as she approached him. What if he doesn't forgive me? She fretted.

"I didn't expect to see you here." His voice was as calm as ever. Though that wasn't necessarily a good thing. She still couldn't tell what he was thinking.

"I-I came to apologize." Mizuki said softly. "It wasn't fair of me to make assumptions like that especially since you were nothing but kind to me since we've met. I am really, really sorry!"

Mizuki bowed at the waist in apology. She shut her eyes tight. She really didn't want to hear his answer to the next part. "And- and I understand if you no longer want to be friends."

A light chuckle caused her to open her eyes in shock. Standing up, she saw Chiba holding the back of his hand to his mouth in attempt to smother his laughter. "Pfft. Sorry. It's just I wasn't expecting that."

"Am… am I really that bad?" Mizuki asked as she averted her eyes to the floor.

"No." He said shrugging off the pillar. Walking up to her, he grabbed her shoulders making her look up at him. "Stop doing that."

"Doing what?"

"Degrading yourself. Yes, you can be a little closed off at times and what you said wasn't the nicest of things, but I know you had your reasons for believing that. The reason I was laughing was because I had been blaming myself for coming onto you too strongly. I felt like I had pressured you into being friends with me."

"You don't hate me?" Mizuki asked him hopefully.

"No." He said with a smile. "I would love to be friends, Hiyashi-chan."

Mizuki was a little stunned, but smiled and replied, "Friends it is, Chiba-kun."

Chapter 15 End


A/n: Awwww, Mizuki-chan you're getting better. So I want to point out the significance of her use of the -kun endearment. She has been staying pretty formal with all her classmates and is reluctant to use any form of endearment because it symbolizes closeness and intimacy, so her use at the end is a huge sign of Mizuki's trust in Chiba (she's going to have a hard time calling him by his first name lol). In regards to updates, I don't have a proper schedule mostly because I'd rather give you guys a good chapter later than rush and wish I had done something different. That said, I had a huge rush of inspiration and wrote like 3-4 chapters (I'm well into the Karma arc) so you can expect a weekly update for at least the next few chapters. Karma's arc will be looooooonnnngg and the end might take a little more time because I am still debating some things, but I will tell you I have had so much fun writing his character. Alright, that's it from me for now. Ship poll is below (by the way, Chiba fans you did a good job of pulling ahead after last chapter)

Review Replies:

abi'eybie: I'm glad you like Chiba! I can't comment on Asano because I don't want to give anything away, but I definitely agree that having either of them as the main lead would change the story a lot which is why the ship poll is really important. I might try to give the other characters more POV scenes but for now I'm going to stick with Mizuki. Also I am actually debating whether I want to create a different ending for each guy. It's a lot of work though, so don't keep your hopes up. Thank you for your support! I hope you enjoyed the chapter!

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midwifeceremony1: Thank you for the review! I'm glad you enjoyed the ice cream scene and you can see Mizuki's reasons (albiet a bit unreasonable) for acting the way she did. I would love to take you up on the offer to be my beta! Is there any way I can PM your or email you? I tried to send you a private message earlier, but I was unable to. I can give you more info about the job description when we talk:)

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(Guys all these reviews actually made my week. Not going to lie, every time I see a new review I literally jump for joy. Pretty sure my family already thinks I'm crazy but it's worth it. I'll keep doing me best for you guys!)

Ship Poll

Ryuunosuke Chiba: 14
Akabane Karma: 3
Asano Gakushu: 7
No ship: 3