It had been 5 days since Naruta and Takumi had fought and despite Takumi calming down he was still being harsh towards Naruta. Meanwhile Naruta was starting to get annoyed because it seemed like Keito was keeping secrets (and while he supposed he should not be allowed to get upset about that it still bugged him). In his lectures he'd found most of his old friends appeared, and he had only one subject none of them had. Thankfully his brother hadn't shown up, and so it was possible he was in the other university. Walking to his next lecture he thought about the situation he'd put himself in. He was wondering at this stage what was worse. To have a death sentence if he made a single mistake, or too be stuck seeing friends that think he's dead, see how they moved on with their lives, and think about where he would be if he hadn't faked his death.
These thoughts continued to annoy him until he reached his next lecture and was sat down, listening to the and writing notes. Shima was in this lecture and Naruta was doing everything he could to hide his anxiousness, although that had become a lot easier over the recent days.
Meanwhile Takumi was leaving a lecture and was approached by Bon.
"Hi, about the cram school thing, we've managed to get enough students interested, so it's going to be starting next week. Can I get your email or some form of contact, and when we've sorted out all the info I'll send it to you."
Takumi smiled and replied "uh yeah, sure." Turning to his bag, Takumi grabbed his notebook, wrote his email on a page and tore it out, before handing it over to Bon. "Can I ask one question? Is there any prior knowledge I need about demons to join this class. Cause all I actually know is that I can see them, and that's caused by a 'temptaint'."
"I don't think you will really need much prior knowledge, most people raised in families that would give them information studied to become Exorcists in high school, so people that are learning in university are normally just finding out about the existence then." Takumi looked relieved before replying.
"Thanks, that's good to know." Before leaving.
An hour later, when Takumi was sat on the couch at his dorm, he heard the door slam open. Turning his head to look towards it he saw Naruta come in, and immediately looked away. Naruta was sick of this by now.
"Hey Takumi, look. I know I was mean when we argued but are you still annoyed. It's been five days now, and you've not talked to me since. Can't we just forget about it." Takumi sighed and turned towards Naruta before replying.
"I'm joining the Exorcist cram school. You may think that it doesn't matter, that we don't need to defend ourselves, but I disagree. I want to be strong, I want to be able to protect the people I care about. I refuse to give up on this chance." Naruta looked conflicted before it turned to decisive.
"Look do what you want to do I won't stop you. But can we just forget about the argument. You join the cram school, I don't, And we stay friends."
Takumi looked slightly relieved and said,
"I suppose that's probably the best move. Although this argument has actually helped me a bit to be honest, I was able to start a conversation, which I haven't been able to do to even family in ages, so thank you Naruta." Naruta looked in surprise at him.
"Not once has anyone ever thanked me for annoying them before now. You think you could get Keito to do that?" He joked. Laughing Takumi smiled.
"Hey has Keito been acting off towards you recently? Cause he's seemed distracted for the past week. I thought since your two are close you might know why." Takumi questioned
"Sorry, that's been worrying me too. We should probably ask him about it at some point. I'll ask him next time I see him." And with that Naruta walked into his room and shut the door.
Hiya readers. First things first, I am so sorry for the massive gap since my last chapter. I don't really have a good excuse, and I know my chapters are always short so it probably annoys some people. My second thing is Thanks so much anyone that has commented on my story, I love reading them and it's amazing to see you all enjoying the story. And Finally if anyone spots any spelling or grammar issues please inform me. I would like to keep this book in high standards. And with that I will say:
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