It's been a few days since the Watanagashi Festival, and due to his stunt, Keiichi was walking to school alone,being shunned from his friends, and walking home. The only one who would relay messages to Keiichi, or even talk to him, was Satoshi.
The bell for lunch had rung, and without a second thought, Keiichi's old group moved away from him. Mion was finally back in school after a day hiding herself. Keiichi looked over to the group and sighed. Thinking back to what Satoshi said when the school week started again, he finally realized that his 'little prank' to get back at Mion went horribly, horribly wrong.
'She's the future head of the Sonozaki family, and with that stunt, I doubt Mion will be able to take the seat when the time comes for fear some people will still remember. Shion cannot take the head, she should have been dead. Keiichi, count yourself lucky Mion or Shion haven't come after you for revenge. But if they do...I'm siding with Shion. You did wrong, you know it, I know it, we all know it. You best make amends to Mion before Oyashiro-sama makes matters worse...I hate to say it..but be glad Takano and Tomitake died that night...they saved you.' That was the small speech Satoshi told Keiichi, the brown haired male staring out the window as he listened to the words on repeat in his mind.
Keiichi slowly looked over once more, his friends facing away from him, sunning him. The male sighed again and resumed eating. He stared out the window once again, hearing a few mumbles coming from the other group. He couldn't make out much, only a few faint sentence. "Hm...?" he listened in as carefully as he could without making himself too obvious.
"...pay...Mion...he has to..." Shion whispered to the group.
"Are...you sure that's smart?" Satoshi replied.
"He did THAT to my sister..." The younger twin said through her teeth. Satoshi backed off a bit, resuming eating to get himself out of taser's way.
"But...what should we do?" Mion asked.
"Well...there is..." Shion trailed off.
"You mean the...?" Mion asked, a bit worried.
"Of course...what else could we do?" Shion said.
"...true..." Mion sighed.
"Guessing I need to tell him?" Satoshi said, hint of boredom in his voice.
"Please." The twins told him.
"Just after school..." Shion said, turning to look at Keiichi from over her shoulder.
"Mion, just don't go too hard on Keiichi...please?" Rena asked.
"I'll try Rena..." The older twin replied.
Keiichi blinked a bit, swallowing. "What...do they mean?" he said to himself. "I know it's about me but...what are they going to do?" He asked himself. "Mion wouldn't do anything too vicious...she's my friend! Satoshi was right...I'll go apologize to her after school and everything will be alright...I hope." he told himself, calming himself down as best as he could. He calm didn't last long, as he felt the piercing glare of Shion. He felt like she was stabbing him with the sharpest and hottest knives, he was scared to even turn to look at her.
"Shii...lunch will be over soon..eat up." Satoko said, trying to lessen Keiichi's suffering, even if it was getting the younger twin from trying to kill him via looking at him.
"Right...sorry..." Shion said, turning around to resume eating.
The brown haired male swallowed again. "...I'm...I'm dead." He muttered to himself, eating the rest of his food slowly, a bit panicked and shaky.
The school bell rang and class was over. The younger students quickly got up and hurried out of the classroom with their friends and belongings, the older students staying behind to clean up. Keiichi quickly shoved his books into his book bag and hurried to Mion.
"Mion!" he called to her, stopping her in her tracks before she left the classroom.
Mion slowly turned, her head, her back to the male. "What?" She asked.
Keiichi recoiled a bit, simply from the bitter hate in her voice. He took in a deep breath. "I'm sorry for what happened and I want to make amends for what I did!"
"...really...?" Mion asked, slowly turning her body to face him, crossing an arm over her chest.
"Yes...really..." Keiichi said. He rubbed the back of his head a bit, nervous of her responses, as well as Shion's. He never knew Shion would be this protective over Mion. "I am truly and honestly sorry for what I did...I got rid of the pictures and I swear to never bring up this topic again."
Mion nodded slowly. "I see..." She simply said. "Tomorrow...you know where I live, correct?" She asked, seeing Keiichi nod. "Tomorrow, two hours after school. Meet me and Shion at the front and we will tell you want you need to do."
Keiichi nodded. "Alright..." he swallowed. "You got it Mion." He said, hint of nervousness in his voice as Shion walked past the male and towards her sister.
"We'll be waiting for you, Keiichi. If you don't come..we'll assume you don't want to apologize properly...and make things worse." Shion said, flashing a quick, slightly sadistic grin at him.
"R-right..I..I'll be there..I swear!" Keiichi told the Sonozaki twins.
"Good..good..." Shion smirked. The younger twin looked over to her older sister." Ready?" She asked, smiling.
Mion nodded, making sure she had everything she needed, acting as if what happened didn't exist.
Keiichi stood a bit dumbfounded as the group went on with what they were doing.
"Have a safe trip home Keiichi." Mion simply said, walking out of the classroom.
"Bye Keiichi!" Rena smiled, running towards Mion, knocking Keiichi to the side.
"Take care Keiichi, sleep well." Rika smiles at him before walking away with Satoko and Shion.
"Just look out tomorrow...I'll have a special surprise waiting for you tomorrow at school." Satoko warned the male, laughing her trademarked laugh as she walked away.
"Now now Satoko, be nice to Keiichi. He'll need his rest." Shion giggled, trailing behind Satoko.
Satoshi walked over and patted Keiichi's back. "See? Be honest and sorry, and the group will forgive you."
"...the fact that what could happen...and how Mion and Shion just a-" Keiichi rambled, Satoshi slapping his back to stop him. "Ack! That hurt!"
" Just relax Maebara." The blond chuckled. "You're over thinking this WAY too much. Just relax, get your work done for tomorrow and do the rest of the day doing nothing."
Keiichi nodded, chuckling a bit. "Yea...just gotta keep my cool. Calm down Keiichi..." he told himself, laughing off the stress.
"There ya go!" Satoshi laughed with him. "Now..get going home and don't worry...Mion's not gonna be THAT rough." The blond said, walking away.
Keiichi sorted his book bag and threw it over his shoulder. "Alright..all set!" Keiichi chuckled, quickly walking down his usual path home, the buzz of cicadas in the air.
