"Are you alright?" Enomoto sits beside Hidaka, looking at him with a frown. "…Sorry, wrong question, of course you're not alright… I don't know what to say, but I'm here."
Hidaka looks at him too and forces a smile. "Eno, always a kind person… It's nothing, really. I mean, I had it coming, right? This was bound to happen anytime soon. I guess I was really too idiotic this time, huh?"
Hidaka chuckles and it is very obvious that it is forced.
"It really was my fault." Hidaka continues. "I mean, it's not like you guys didn't do your part. In fact, you guys warned me, right? But I guess I was too stupid to listen. I kept on insisting that Fushimi-san is a kind person, Fushimi-san secretly wants to socialize with us, Fushimi-san is this and that… but yeah, it's just a mistake. I'll get over it soon enough, I know. You don't need to worry, Eno."
He ruffles Enomoto's hair and messes it up, standing up while he does so. "It's getting really late. You should go back to your dorm room, Eno. I'll do the same."
"Wait, Hidaka."
"What is it?"
"Please…" Enomoto frowns. "Please talk to us if you're sad."
"Ah, it's my grandmother's birthday this weekend." Akiyama announces with a small smile. "Since we have the day off, do you guys want to come? There will be a small celebration."
"Ah, Akiyama's grandmother, huh…" Benzai slowly nods. "You've always been close to her, haven't you?"
Akiyama nods as well. "I think it will be a good idea to introduce my coworkers to her. So you guys should definitely come."
The rest of the group starts to express approval when suddenly the door to Fushimi's office opens and everyone automatically goes silent. He goes out of his office, and most of the people in Akiyama's squad, if not all of them, silently thanks that Hidaka is not around at the moment.
"…What are you guys talking about?" Fushimi softly asks, and the group looks at each other nervously. "A birthday, right?"
"Well, uh, yes, sir…" Akiyama forces a smile as he responds. "My grandmother's… It's this weekend, sir. You should… try to come too, sir."
Fushimi nods and murmurs a soft 'I see' before returning to his office.
It is then quiet for a while, before Domyouji breaks the silence by asking, "Hey, Akiyama… Did you really just invite Fushimi-san to your grandmother's birthday?"
"Hidaka will be there too…" Enomoto frowns. "Honestly, I don't really want Hidaka to suffer anymore…"
"I apologize…" Akiyama sheepishly smiles. "It was a spur-of-the-moment thing. And besides… It's not like Fushimi-san will come anyway even if he were invited…"
"Yep, Akiyama is right." Fuse crosses his arms. "You guys really think he will show up in a party? Of course not."
"Well, point taken…" Enomoto slowly nods. "Anyway, that was really weird… Fushimi-san doesn't usually do that, going out of his office to at least exchange a few words with us, I mean."
"Should we tell Hidaka about it?" Kamo asks, joining in the conversation.
"I guess we shouldn't… It will be better if Hidaka moves on from him, right?"
Everyone agrees because there is no doubt about that.
"What does he want this time?" Fuse frowns and crosses his arms as he sits on a chair. "We passed everything on time, right? In fact, we were quite early…"
"Right… and most of our papers have really little errors nowadays, if not absolutely error-free…" Goto comments and rests his chin on his palm. "I hope nothing bad happens…"
Hidaka remains quiet even as Fushimi enters the room. He normally would smile brightly at him or even wave a bit, accompanied by a really energetic 'Good morning, sir!', but of course there is none of that today.
He's followed by an attendant carrying several small sushi boxes. The attendant places them on the table and Fushimi thanks her softly. The room is silent the whole while, thoroughly clueless about what is going on at the moment.
Fushimi clears his throat and idly touches the sides of the boxes with his fingers. "…Eat up."
Everyone looks at each other with noticeable confused faces with the exception of Hidaka who hadn't reacted at all. "You too." Fushimi speaks again, this time, addressing the attendant who is already about to go out the room. "…Join us for snacks."
The attendant then shares the surprised and confused expression that everyone, except Hidaka and Fushimi, in the room has at the moment. "…What?" Fushimi opens one of the boxes and passes it to the person sitting nearest to him which happens to be Akiyama. "You guys don't like sushi…?"
"Ah, no, no, sushi is wonderful…" Akiyama feels compelled to reply as the person who actually received the box that Fushimi passed. "Guys… Let's eat."
'Right, let's eat…' echoes among the room, which truthfully means 'what's happening' and 'the world is coming to an end'.
Everyone ends up with a box of sushi in front of them in no time, although all of them are still hesitant to start eating. Fushimi starts by getting one from his own box. "What are you guys waiting for…? It tastes nice…"
Everyone except Hidaka starts to eat, albeit hesitantly. Enomoto looks at Fushimi for a while and nudges Hidaka, whispering, "Hey, dude, eat up… He's looking at you."
Hidaka replies with nothing but a shake of his head and Enomoto realizes that Hidaka must have been really upset to reject sushi, not that Enomoto is blaming him.
"Hey, yeah, this is really nice…"
"Sushi's really good, huh…"
Fushimi stands up from his seat, taking one of the sushi boxes with him, and walks towards Hidaka's place. He places the box in front of Hidaka and clears his throat again. "…Here. Eat some."
Hidaka doesn't look at him even as Fushimi exits the room afterwards, closing the door gently for a change.
Enomoto hums and nods, smirking a little bit as he nudges Hidaka again. "Eat up now. He's gone."
Hidaka rolls his eyes and smiles a bit as he opens the box.
He really can't stay mad for long even if he tries.
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