"Ah, basketball training is so tiring. How is the swimming club?" Kisumi asked as he and Haru ate.

"Normal," Haru replied, his voice emotionless as usual

"That's all you ever say, Haru." Kisumi looked around, spotting Ikuya who was reading a poster on the wall

"Kirishima..." Kisumi started. Ikuya turned around

"What?" Ikuya asked almost coldly.

"Do you want to eat with us too?" Kisumi asked enthusiastically

They don't like you, they're just trying to be nice. You'll just annoy them. they don't want you here...

Ikuya's thoughts began to run wild again however, before they could take over completely, he replied with

"Not really."

Ikuya began walking away, glancing back at Haru and stopping for a second.

"What?" Haru asked, noticing Ikuya staring

"Nothing." Ikuya mumbled, looking down to avoid eye contact with Haru and Kisumi who were both watching him expectantly.

"Let's eat together. i want to talk with you too Kirishima." Kisumi said, smiling widely

I don't see why you'd want to talk to me...I'm just the quiet kid who sits at the front of class and has no friends and panics about small irrelevant things.

"Then I guess have no choice." Ikuya replied, trying to ignore the wave of panic that washed over him. Still avoiding eye contact, Ikuya pulled a chair over and sat down.

"Ah! Why are you sitting there?" Asahi asked when he saw Ikuya.

Damn, of course Asahi would be here...You should just leave before you annoy him even more...You're obviously not wanted here...They don't like you...

Ikuya could no longer hear what Asahi was saying. He was focused on attempting to keep his breathing at a regular pace as his heart started hammering in his chest.

No, calm down. You're being stupid, what is there to panic about?

"Hey, are you even listening?" Asahi was waving a hand in front of Ikuya's face.

"Yeah.." Ikuya said distractedly, earning himself a few confused looks as he stood up before stuttering out a quiet "I...I need to go..."

Ikuya ran out of the room after that, ignoring Kisumi who called his name and trying to ignore the many judging looks he got.

"Ikuya?" Makoto asked as he saw the smaller boy run past him. Ikuya ignored him and carried on running.

Makoto arrived at the door to Haru's classroom looking concerned. He approached the table where Haru, Asahi, Kisumi and presumably Ikuya were sat.

"What's up with Ikuya?" Makoto asked.

"We're not sure. He ran off for some reason saying he had to go but none of us know why." Kisumi sounded concerned as he explained to Makoto.

"Did you see him? Where did he go?" Asahi asked standing up.

"He ran past me just then but I'm not sure where he went." Makoto replied

"I wonder what's wrong with him?" Kisumi thought out loud

Ikuya somehow ended up on the school roof. There were a few people sat up there but it was quiet. Ikuya's breathing was still slightly heavier than usual and his nails were still dug deep into his arm which was now covered in red scratches however, he had mostly calmed down now as there weren't people paying attention to him. He sat down, relaxing slightly at the light breeze.

Damn, i don't want to go back to class. I don't want to face them. I'll have to anyway. I'll just say I wasn't feeling too good. Yeah, they'll believe that.

"Hey is the class 1 boy's helper here today?" The teacher asked standing at the front of the room.

"Isn't it Haru today?" Kisumi asked as the teacher checked the board where Haru's name was written.

As he carried a box downstairs, Haru began thinking, what happened with Ikuya before? He seemed fine until Asahi began asking him questions so what happened?

Haru was so lost in thought that he almost dropped some of the things he was carrying.

"That was dangerous," A voice said behind Haru. He turned around slightly to see Natsuya holding a few of the things he almost dropped. Haru looked at him confused for a moment before Natsuya began walking alongside Haru.

"How are you finding the club?" Natsuya asked Haru as they were walking down the hallway.

"Normal," Haru answered simply

"That's good. If you said you wanted to quit already I'd be in trouble," Natsuya hesitated slightly before asking "Ikuya...didn't say anything about wanting to quit did he?"

Haru glanced at Natsuya for a second, wondering why he didn't ask Ikuya himself but he answered anyway with a simple

"He didn't,"

Haru thought for a moment before adding

"But you should ask him that yourself,"

"You should fix your polite speech. You're going to run into problems in the future like that," Natsuya advised. Haru looked away, looking out the window as they walked, knowing that if he was to turn around, Natsuya would be looking at him.

"Why don't you get along with Ikuya?" Haru asked. He wasn't sure where the question came from or why he thought to say it out loud but he did anyway, earning a small hum of thought.

"Probably because I pushed him away," Haru looked at him confusion clear on his face."That's why Ikuya's hated me for two years," Natsuya finished. Haru looked down, deep in thought.

"I don't think that's the case," Haru said

"Really?" Natsuya asked with a small, almost non existent smile. Haru nodded looking away again.

"You should talk to him," Haru stated, thinking back to what happened with Ikuya before. Natsuya made a confused noise

"He's ignore me even if I tried." he smiled sadly

"Something happened before. I'm not sure what but he ran out of the room for no reason. He looked a bit like he was going to cry," Haru explained

"He's been like that for the past few days, well since the start of school. He keeps running off and ignoring everyone. I'm not sure what's wrong with him but he won't talk to me. He's even been skipping meals just to try and avoid me," Natsuya said.

"I can ask him what's wrong if you want. But I can't guarantee he'll answer me," Haru suggested, noticing the pain that flashed across Natsuya's face as he said about Ikuya ignoring him.

"Yeah..." Natsuya said, getting lost in his thoughts. "Well anyway," Natsuya handed Haru the things he had been carrying. "I'll see you later,"

Haru nodded, carrying on where he was going whilst Natsuya left to go to his lesson.