That day was an easy one. Ira had the afternoon free and she was going to use it in good ways. That practically meant she went in her room and slept. She woke up when she heard someone knocking on the door. She groaned and barely got out of bed.
"I'm busy Yu-" In front of her was not Yuu. "Mrs Secretary. What can I do for you?"
"I'm really glad that you rose and became the student council president. I'm glad that you created a student council in the first place. But there are some rules and you'll have to move" She blinked in confusion.
"Move where?" She laughed nervously and rubbed her arm.
"In the residential apartment" Her eyes widened and she was still unsure if she heard right.
"What?"
"Wait, what?" Ira just gave the news to her roommates who didn't look like they understood why she was packing. She wasn't completely alright with what she found out that afternoon but after a few hours of intense meditation, she concluded that she had no choice.
"It seems I can't be in any house because that would make me subjective. Therefore, I'm being moved to the residential suit" The girls blinked in astonishment.
"But that's where Hibari lives" Ira glanced at Mei with a blank face.
"Does it look like it bothers me?" The two girls nodded. "It does. But I will have my own room and he will probably stay in his most of the time" The girls glanced at each other.
"Just because you became the president of our first student council doesn't abhors you from any crime" Ira raised an eyebrow in confusion. "What I mean is that he will beat you up if you do something that won't approve of"
"Do you really think he would hit a girl?"
"Yes" Their response was strong. Well, they were right. She did fight her way to the presidency; literally.
Either she wanted it or not, Ira had to move with Hibari. Those were the rules and she couldn't change them. She was automatically out of any house for the time she was president of the student council. That was indefinite time with Hibari next door.
No. She was wrong.
Hibari's room was right across hers. The bathroom was in between the two rooms, at the end of the hall. The apartment was rather big and comfortable. It reminded her of home for some reason. It had an open kitchen which meant that if she were to cook, it would smell in the whole apartment. The living room was spacious and nice. It had a working desk in the corner where Hibari was doing his work. But he wasn't there at the moment and she could easily mess his stuff if she wanted.
"How is it?"
The secretary was uncomfortable. She was in her boss' apartment and she wasn't allowed in it.
There was a dark and intense feeling in there. Ira couldn't feel it since she had been through that before. Living with a hitman wasn't all sugar and honey. She shuddered when she remembered the first few months with him. They were excruciating.
"It's nice. As long as I won't see Hibari, everything will work out" The secretary froze when she felt someone stop behind her. She gulped and got out of there as fast as she could.
"This is my apartment. I make the rules here" She grabbed her luggage and entered her room. He followed her silently. The room was empty but she was going to place furniture here and there.
"Same with the school, right? You are the headmaster, you rule. Just like in ancient times" Her words pissed him off. She was ironic with him. That wasn't going past him unnoticed. She glanced at him over her shoulder before she closed the door in his face. He was a little surprised and a little more ticked off. She was pushing his buttons from the first day.
"Let me see if I got it right. You are now living with Hibari?" She nodded. The first person whom she found the next morning was Yuu. He was originally waiting for her in front of the Blue Dorm but she didn't appear. "Is that even ethical?"
"You said it yourself, this school is unique. And besides, as long as we're not going to see each other it's fine" Yuu tilted her head to the side and watched her suspiciously.
"And he actually agreed with this new instalment?" She nodded. "Something's fishy" She rolled her eyes and pushed him playfully.
"Says the delinquent" Yuu chuckled and narrowed his eyes at her. "What?"
"I found something worth knowing" She raised an eyebrow and looked at him expectantly. "It's from the Red House. It seems one of the girls used to be with a member from Yakuza. I asked around and she has been seen sneaking out late at night lately" Ira still didn't understand what that had to do with her. Yuu sighed. "She's breaking the rules by going out at night. Aren't you supposed to talk to her and tell her to stop?"
"Fine. I'll talk to her" Yuu watched his new boss walk around the corner and disappear from his sight. He chuckled bemusedly.
It took Ira a few minutes to realize that she didn't know where the Red Dorm was. But she found someone with a red crest and forced him nicely to show her the way.
Surprisingly, the lowest rank looked really good. It resembled the Blue Dorm a lot but the colours were different, of course.
She searched the names on the panel when she realized she didn't ask what her name was. She felt like hitting her head against the wall.
"Kyoko Murakami" She relaxed when she heard his voice. "Room 404" She glanced at him over her shoulder only to find him stare at her lazily.
"You look different" He had his hands deep in his pants pockets and his face was annoyingly smug. He laughed and ruffled his hair. He told her to follow him down the corridor.
"I have a reputation to exceed"
It was after class so most students were in the dorm. From what it seemed, no one gave a shit who she was and what she was doing there. They were too busy smoking inside and picking fights with each other.
"I feel like I entered some cult" Yuu glanced at her and raised an eyebrow. Many people knew him and knew how he was usually acting. He didn't want to change his status as a delinquent so he acted all mean around Ira. But not mean enough to offend her.
"Here" He stopped at the end of the corridor, in front of a half opened door. She could hear a girl talking and another one moaning in pain.
Ira's eyes widened for a moment at the sight. Three girls were ganging up on another one that looked half beaten up.
"Don't go around with this kind of rumor, Saya. You never know what can happen to you in the hall" Yuu smirked when he saw Ira tensing.
The taller and stronger girl grabbed the weak one by the hair and was ready to punch her. Luckily, Ira caught her arm before that would happen.
"Fighting on the school grounds is prohibited" Her grip was quite tight. The delinquent pulled her hand harshly back and glared at Ira.
"Did someone ask you something? Don't bug me, new girl" Ira kept her strong gaze on her. She wasn't scared but she didn't look good either. Her left cheek was bruised. "Oh, wait. You are the student council president. How did you manage, huh? Did you do something?" She became smug when her lackeys started to laugh. "Don't you know? We don't need someone like you here. Go play with your rich friends and leave us alone" Ira didn't budge which just made the other girls laugh loudly.
"Are you deaf? She told you to get lost!" One lackey jumped in. It was nice to see how they were protecting the leader. There was only one problem: it wasn't supposed to be like that in university. It wasn't the mafia.
"Well? Are you-" Ira grabbed the leader by her arm and pulled her close. She frowned when she realized how hard Ira's grasp was.
"I'm not here for this stupidity. If you bully others, I will take care to bully you too; with the same amount of anger" Her grip tightened and the girl whined. "Did I make myself clear?" Ira's green eyes were intimidating. Kyoko nodded.
Yuu watched everything with interest. Ira was a strong fighter and could even draw with Hibari. If only he could find more information of her whereabouts, he would be very happy.
But the situation didn't become better. After Ira's threat, Kyoko didn't change. Instead, she left the school grounds for a few days before she came back like nothing happened. Neither Ira or Hibari were going to close an eye on that.
"Let me take care of this" She became rather bold ever since she moved with him. She wasn't playing the nice new kid anymore.
"Why would I let you? Removing my men was a mistake" Hibari responded calmly. His eyes were staring intensely into hers.
"I have it under control. I tried the nice way but it seems I'll have to use the hard way now" Hibari raised an eyebrow and drummed his fingers on the table.
"Alright. You have one day to get it over with" He left before she had the chance to respond. She groaned and sat on the couch. It really felt like the mafia.