The next day...
"Shindou! It looks like we'll be in the same classroom." Kazuma said to him, who comes to where the redhead was.
"That seems, but ..." Chrono answers, but ... he quickly remembers that he still had something to worry about.
"Oh, so you will be here too." Kumi tells both guys, at that moment ...
"Shindou, it's true that you won the U20?" says one of her new classmates, and that's when several fans start to approach him, until ...
"The school year hasn't started yet, and you already have your fan club." Tokoha answers, who seemed a bit annoyed.
"Tokoha, what are you doing here?" asks Chrono.
"I only follow the advice of some friends." Tokoha answers him.
"Eh?" Chrono reacts confused.
"Yes, Aichi-san suggested that she stay here for a while, and..." Kumi replies, but is silenced by Tokoha, since she didn't want to tell him yet.
"Anyway ... just be careful." says Chrono, who returns to his place.
"I think he's happy." Kazuma answers Tokoha. It didn't take long for the rest of his classmates to start making rumors about their relationship, but Chrono didn't care about it.
Later...
"What do we do?" Tokoha asks him.
"What are you talking about?" Chrono answers him.
"You know what I mean, Shindou Chrono, the whole school is talking about us." says Tokoha, who wanted a solution for that problem.
"And? You give it a lot of importance don't you think?" Answers the young redhead, who at the end adds whispering ... "It's not like we're really something." After that, Chrono left.
"We'd better go to the other side, Tokoha-chan." Kumi tells her friend, as they head towards a certain place ...
Already in Card Capital ...
"Shin-san, I'm here!" says Chrono who had come to the store.
"Shin-san Isn't here, but... he left me a few indications." Emi says to him, who was arranging a few boxes.
"Okay, can I know what they are?" Chrono replied to Emi, just when she was going to say something... she fell off the stairs, because she did not step well and slipped.
"You should be a little careful Emi-san." Chrono tells him, who manages to catch Emi before she gets hurt or worse.
"I came looking for Shin-san, but ... I think I'm interrupting something." said a female voice that sounded annoying.
"NOT AT ALL!" they said both synchronously.
"I see ... so you're the person who start working with us for today, right?" Emi asks Tokoha.
"Eh? What do you mean Emi-san?" Chrono asks Emi.
"That's right, from today Tokoha-san will work with us, Shin told me to help your new partners, since you are the most experienced." Emi replied, while Kazuma laughed non-stop.
"Wait ... Does that mean that Shin-san won't come to Work anymore?" Chrono asks Emi, since now she had many doubts.
"Technically ... Shin-san will only come to supervise us, while Kamui, Miwa and Misaki-san will take care of the other store." Emi replies to the redhead, while she starts to walk towards the exit.
"Wait ... are you leaving now?" Chrono says to her.
"Yes, it will be only this time ... Besides ... My brother is leaving tomorrow, why aren't you going to say goodbye to him?" Emi tells them both.
"Yes, I'll be there." Chrono answers him.
"Well... take care of yourself." Emi said goodbye, leaving the 3 alone.
Later...
"Ok, with this we're done." said Chrono, who was already preparing to close the store.
"Well, then I retire for today." Tokoha answers him.
"Give me a minute, I'll take you to the station." Chrono says while grabbing his backpack and other belongings.
Already outside the store ...
"You know ... I didn't ask you to do this ... right?" Tokoha tells the redhead, while walking with him to the station.
"Yes, by the way where are you staying?" the redhead asks her.
"At the moment I'm staying with Kumi, why do you ask?" she answers to Chrono.
"You won't arrive on time." Chrono answers her.
"What do you mean?" she asks Chrono.
"Kazuma lives near Okazaki's house and getting there takes me two trains." Chrono answers her.
"What do I do then?" Tokoha asks Chrono.
"The only thing closer is the old apartment where Shion stayed, but ..." Chrono replies, but there was something that put the redhead nervous.
"That's great! Besides, I don't think Shion will use it, I'll just have to ask him for the keys." replies Tokoha, who ... hears a metallic sound in Chrono's trouser bag.
"Why do you have the keys?" she asks him.
"Well ... when Shion recovered everything, he left me the apartment, and I'm just going to clean it and some times I'm going to sleep." Chrono answers her.
"That means ..." she reacts, believing that something could happen between them ...
"If that worries you, stay calm, I'll go to Mikuru's apartment, I'll just go for some things I leave there, make a call and then I'll leave." Chrono tells her.
When they get to the apartment ...
"Here's a Futon and a blanket in case you're cold," says Chrono, who was on his way to make a call, but ...
"Chrono!" Tokoha calls him, since Chrono had forgotten something.
"what?" answers the young redhead, who was trying to communicate with his aunt.
"Don't you forget something?" she tells him.
"Oh, I'm sorry, if you want a change of clothes, just go and check in the closet." the redhead replies.
"Chrono? What's wrong? You never talk to me cell." says a female voice.
"Yeah, I tried to call you at the house but nobody answered me, however ... Where are you Mikuru ?, I don't bring my keys, I just came to lend to a friend the apartment, as soon as I finish with that I will go back to the house. " Chrono answers his aunt.
"Well, you'll have to stay with him, because I'll be back in two weeks." his Aunt said to him who did not know what was happening.
Minutes later...
"And, aren't you supposed to leave? Or is that ..." Tokoha replies.
"Mikuru is not here and I leave my keys at home, so I'll stay here for a while." the redhead replied.
"How did you say?! You can't!" Tokoha answers him.
"Technically I can, it's my apartment after all." Chrono says.
"I don't like this, but ... maybe I can find out who is the girl that Chrono likes." Tokoha thought.
To be continue...