Hi there! New one-shot for this fanfic, this time it'll be a yuri ship. I'll let you discover the ship and which kids in it during your reading. I hope you'll like it.

This was so frustrating. Each day, they kept picking on that girl. Nothing too serious, there was no physical harm or property vandalism, but it was still bullying. Bullying in the form of hidden mockery, taunting sarcasm, and malevolent scheming. But the girl, the victim, never seemed to care about those attempt to ridicule her, it was like she was immune to bullying.

It pissed her off. She didn't feel bad for that girl, far from that. She was incapable of feeling sympathy. But she was angry at those bullies. She hated those who prey on weaker than them. They reminded her of her late parents, who used to mistreat her, and her old classmates who once targeted her for their cruel bullying. That kind of people gave her murderous desire. She did kill some of them when she was younger, and the only reason she was still free was because someone dear to her took care of her. That person was pure-hearted and kind to her, so she liked her. It was the sole person she actually cared about, and by respect for her, she was trying her best to not commit murder again. But it was hard to restrain herself, not with those bullies picking on that girl.

So she decided that the best way to control her murderous urges was to get them to stop, to play the knight in shining armour, even though she didn't care about the victim at all.

"Hey, leave her alone, wouldn't you? You damn bullies," she said as she approached them.

The bullies, who were surrounding the girl, turned back and looked at her with contempt and mocking smiles.

"Looks, it's Kenshi Ryuka-san, the defender of the weaks at the rescue," one of the bullies said.

"We're doing nothing wrong, we're not bullying her. We're just having a friendly chat with our class rep," said another bully with a fake innocent smile.

Ryuka just wanted to stab them in the eye with a pencil. Those smug attitudes pissed her off so much.

"Don't fuck with me! If you keep going, I'll beat the shit out of you!" she replied harshly as she raised her fist.

The bullies seem to hesitate, before leaving. Ryuka had the reputation of being rather strong, so people usually don't want to pick a fight with her. And the multiple bandages on her face and arms contributed to this.

The girl was still there, gazing at her with an emotionless expression. Ryuka forced herself to smile in a friendly way, putting a lot of effort in her faking that it looked sincere. She was used to pretending to be someone she wasn't, to wear a mask. It was the best way to avoid getting in trouble, and please the person she respected. But she hated every second of it. She hated to act friendly and sociable while she actually disliked pretty much everyone.

"Are you alright, Fujimoto-san? If they keep picking on you, you should tell a teacher," Ryuka said with the nicest voice she could fake.

Fujimoto Yuki was her classmate and the class rep of her classroom.

"I'm fine. But those weren't picking on me. They just wanted my help for their homework," Yuki replied stoically.

"No no, they were clearly bullying you. They just wanted you to let them copy your homework because they were too lazy to do it themselves. They were trying to manipulate you, as they always do."

Yuki looked thoughtful for a moment, before she sighed with what appeared to be relief.

"Oh, I see. I'm glad. I thought they were just dumb. I almost felt bad for them. Good thing that they are just being lazy."

Ryuka felt confused. Was this girl feeling bad for those bullies? How ridiculous. Feeling sympathy for bullies was unthinkable for her. What kind of person could?

"Kenshi…how long are you going to play a role? I thought I saw the real you for a second, but here you are, with this fake smile. Why are you pretending like that?"

Ryuka continued to smile, despite the growing confusion she was feeling.

"What do you mean, Fujimoto-san?"

"You always act as a friendly and sympathetic person, people are easily drawn to you because of that. But it feels…off. Like it wasn't natural. But the way you react when you threaten others, when you're being violent, it feels more natural, like it's your actual self. So I think…that you're actually a violent and dangerous person, Kenshi," Yuki replied calmly.

Ryuka was shocked. She thought that her disguise as a normal and friendly person was perfect. And when she was acting more like her real safe, it was always to deal with bullies, so most people still view her as a nice person, thinking that she was protecting the bullied. But that girl saw through her lies and mask, she saw her real safe. Since there was no point in pretending anymore and that there was no one else around, she decided to drop the act and be her true self.

"You know what, you're right. Congratulation in finding out the real me. Too bad it won't do you any good," Ryuka began to say with a threatening voice. "If you tell anyone, I'm going to beat you to a pulp, got it?"

Yuki remained stoic, while Ryuka grinned with satisfaction.

"Damn, it feels so good to be myself for once."

Yuki continued to remain silent, which began to annoy Ryuka.

"Hey, say something! You're pissing me off, you dork. You're always like that, so quiet, letting those jerks push you around like you don't care. You're no better than those bullies for letting do as they please with you. Stand up for yourself you weakling, have some spine for once!"

Yuki remained quiet again, which began to give some dark ideas to Ryuka. Stabbing her with a pencil seemed like a pleasant option. But the sudden reminder of the person she respected interrupted this thought.

"Kenshi…you may be violent and dangerous, but I know that deep down, you have a kind heart."

Well, Ryuka couldn't have predicted what she just said. She was so right until she said that. It was just plain wrong. Her, a kind heart? How ridiculous.

"And here I thought you were actually smart…You're wrong about me."

"No, I'm right. You always stand up for those who are being bullied, bullies make you angry, and the fact you think I'm being bullied infuriate you. You definitely have some good inside of you, Kenshi."

Ryuka didn't know how to feel about that. She never thought that there could be good inside of her. It was an absurd thought to her. She should be annoyed that this girl kept pretending that, but strangely, she wasn't. It reminded her of someone else, another person who firmly believe that there was good in her, that she could change for the better, a person that won't give up on her. This person was the one she respected, her legal guardian, Kenmochi Shiena.

This made Ryuka smiled in a more genuine way. This girl, Yuki, she reminded her of Shiena. A pure-hearted person, so pure that they thought there was some good inside of her. Both were the total opposite of the type of people Ryuka hated.

She then remembered what another person told her, a person she had mixed feelings for. She both felt admiration and contempt for that person. It was Shiena's lover, Takechi Otoya. She couldn't help but admire her past as a notorious serial killer, but also despise her for her bully attitude. While Shiena was trying her best to put her on the right path, Otoya was secretly teaching her how to be a better killer. Ryuka wanted to remain loyal to Shiena, but what Otoya had to offer was so tempting sometimes. She did tell her once why she fell in love with Shiena. It was because of her pure heart. And she told her that one day, perhaps she will also find a pure-hearted girl, someone she will want to be hers forever, someone that will be different from the others in her eyes. Someone she could love.

Could this person be Yuki? Was Yuki her fated pure-hearted person, just like Shiena was to Otoya? Ryuka wondered. Yuki was so oblivious most of the time and had the same amount of emotions a robot have. Could she really come to love someone like that?

For now, Yuki had caught her interest. She was curious about her. She wanted to experiment with her, to play with her. She wanted Yuki to be her plaything. And judging by how Otoya seemed to view Shiena, perhaps what she was feeling for Yuki will evolve into love.

"You seem happy…why?"

"I just realize that I really appreciate you. I want to be your friend, Fuji…Can I call you Yuki-chan?"

"Um, only my guardians and their other kids call me by my given name, but I don't mind if you do. If you want to be my friend, it's fine with me."

"Yeah! Thanks, we'll have so much fun together!" Ryuka replied happily. "Oh, you have guardians too?"

"Yes, Suzu-san and Kouko-san. I live at their orphanage."

"Ah, I see. So you're an orphan…"

"I don't see myself as one. Both of them are my family now, my home is with them."

Ryuka felt like she could somehow relate. After all, she was also living with guardians she viewed as her family, as her home.

"Class is about to begin," Yuki suddenly said. "We should go back."

"Yeah. It was nice talking to you, I hope we could hang out sometimes."

"If you say so. I'm fine with it."

Ryuka smiled as she walked with Yuki, heading towards their classroom. She could already feel it. She was going to have a lot of fun with that girl.

OtoShie 2.0

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