Sniper's Time : Thoughts and Courage

Characters : Ryuunosuke Chiba, Rinka Hayami.
Genre : Friendship/Romance

Disclaimer : Ansatsu Kyoushitsu belongs to Yuusei Matsui !

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Sounds of airsoft gun blast echoes the shooting range. In fact it was the only sound that can only be heard of in there. Several meters far from the target, a duo, one a boy, and one a girl are standing, practicing their aim. Though they were called the 'best snipers' in their class, their performance has been dropping in these winter holidays. The training today did not seem to got the results they wanted. The duo looked on their scoreboard and both sighed. It seems their aim has worsen from time to time.

Rinka Hayami

Score : 68/100

Ryuunosuke Chiba

Score : 71/100

As it was expected, the duo didn't seem so surprised by their unnaturally bad score, they indeed have lose their touch with that kind of score. They couldn't focus anyhow, thinking whether this kind of practice still have meaning in the future. The duo left the practice range, and went outside, they both saw the snow started to fall. The two walked silently across the town. Though silent, their emotions seems to connect with each other's expressions and thoughts. They realized words are not needed. Simply staying near with each others are enough to felt their confusion and anguish, though they will not show it. This kind of communication, is developed with their bond based on short but deep platonic relations as the sniper pairs and their recent romantic relationship.

The couple finally decided to rest on the park bench not far from there. The green-eyed girl finally break her silence. She had been wanting to talk about this with her partner, but she couldn't seem say it because she is not sure herself.

"Ryuunosuke…" The girl, calling her partner by his first name, out of closeness, said weakly. The boy just nodded and looked at her.

"Yes?" Was all he could reply. He understands her, what she going to say, because the boy actually had think the same thing recently.

"Should we…continue the assassination?" The girl finished weakly.

"…" The boy stayed silent, as if waiting for her to speak another word.

"I..We never looked at him as a person, don't we?" Her words are shaking, beneath the cold exterior Rinka has, a delicate and warm heart exists in her. "I mean, he is a person. Not a monster. We are killing a person, not a game character." Chiba stayed silent on her question, seems to thinking himself.

"When he is gone, he is gone." Rinka shakingly said. The girl rarely felt this emotion, only this time, it's enough for tears to build up on her eyes. But she will never cry. Never. She is a strong woman, she had to be strong.

"Then." Chiba finally replied. "We just quit all hard work we done from start?" Chiba tensed a bit, and continues. "The bond he said we share? The assassins and the target?" Chiba finished, his tone filled with surpressed emotion.

Looking at her partner, Rinka stayed silent. Chiba opens his mouth again, this time seriousness filled his voice. "We grew up, because we keep trying to assassinating him, Rinka. It was our goal from the start. Also, it's his goal also. I want to respect his wishes."

Rinka blinked before answering. " You never thought about saving him?" Chiba shrugged with his partner's remark. His eyes shown for a second beneath his long bangs. What Rinka saw is…sadness? despair? She could never comprehend his partner's emotion. Though he smiles more often than her, it's harder to see his true emotions beneath his long, black colured hair that covers half of his face.

"I never thought it. I always assumed he would never be saved.. If there is a way, wouldn't the world goverments consider it? Factually, there is no." Chiba dryly stated. "I am a realist, Rinka." Rinka hated to admit it, but she thinks that his partner is right. There may be no way to save him, and if there is a way, it may be near-impossible to obtain and know it for sure, it's either the world destroyed or saved right? Before she could speak however, Chiba spoke again.

"Rinka, you said it before, right? When we was back then on the island. After the failed assassination attempt and after we get rid of that Takaoka?" Chiba chuckled, his partner looked up on him. "When I asked why we did this, you said the only way to graduate and move on fully is by killing Korosensei. It was the class goal."

"…." Rinka fell into deep silence. She, like the rest of the class was sure of assassinating their teacher, until that disturbing revelation. Chiba noticed her silence and continues.

"We need to assassinate him. It's for this world, and for us to fully move on from him. Proof that we had succeeded the teacher. To move to our future." He said confidently, his eyes staring into the light-grey coloured sky above, with snow falling on his face.

Rinka contemplates for some time until she finally nodded in agreement. "Yeah..you are right. I'm the one who told you that." She paused, her words are trapped on her minds, but she decided to say it. "Thank you, Ryuunosuke." Her sincere words were accompanied by her small, but sincere smile.

"For what?" Her partner asked, raising up his brows, only partially visible behind his hair.

"For reminding me of our class goal, our purpose, and my goal that I lost." Rinka smiled and lean on her lover's shoulder, looking at his face. Both of them blushed lightly out of their closeness, they were never good as something 'mushy' like this.

"It's not that easy." Her partner suddenly shifted to a very serious mode, suddenly realizing the reality that will be unfold. "You said class-goal but I think not everyone will agree with us." Chiba plainly stated. Rinka's face tensed, the thought of the consequences of the recent events finally get to her now.

"Rinka, I talked with Karma yesterday. He wants to continue the assassination, but he thinks the same as I am—at least half the class will dislike our choices." The best shooter in the 3-E stated while holding his anti-sensei rifle on his hand, seems to polish it with his hand. Rinka stayed silent, half listening to Chiba—but it seems she knows what he will say next.

"What about those who most likely think to save him? I can name some, Isogai, Nagisa, Maehara, Kurahashi-san, Yada-san, Hara-san, Okuda-san, do you think they have the heart to do that? Or they think like we do?" Rinka stayed silent with her partner's explanation, the name he listed are the same that she worries about.

"There will be—"Chiba continued, but Rinka cut him half sentenced.

"Schism, Divide." Rinka finished for him.

"That's right." Chiba stated plainly. His eyes now fill with worry, still looking up to the sky, hoping some clarity in the storm of his mind. "It takes courage to face your enemies , but more when facing your friends. We have to be prepared in making them realize what is our goal." Chiba finished plainly

"But we will be together, right? So that's fine." Rinka answered him, her face now decorated with a loving smile, now holding Chiba's hand, their fingers touched each others. The closeness make both of them blushed beet red, although Chiba is the more embarrassed looking one.

"Y-Yes." Chiba stuttered, looking away to hide his deep blush.

"One more question, Ryuunosuke….If..i suddenly change my mind and wants to save Korosensei…Will..will you be there with me?" Rinka asked, she didn't know what she asked, honestly, it just felt that she HAD to ask him, to make sure she wasn't alone. She needs him to have courage to face all of this.

"Of course, Rinka." Now Chiba's face is smiling lovingly at his lover. The snow fell from the sky deepens the atmosphere within the two, they did not felt cold at all, each of them give warmth to others. Rinka felt like a fool for a second after asking him that. She knows he will be there for her always, their bond is stronger than mere 'class goal' that they spoke of.

Eventually, it gives them the courage they needed, to kill their sensei…and to face the class with opposing views

Words are never needed, they knew they will always be together….

Whoo. My OTP. Sorry guys I always biased to make romance stories with Chiba and Hayami. I always wondered that Chiba and Hayami may understand each other, almost at the level of Maehara and Isogai. That was intended toward Friendship at the end. They didn't talk much, yet comes first together to pick red faction in war. Also i imagine they are they consider each other a place to talk about their troubles.

The quotes is from Harry Potter's Albus Dumbledore in the first series. Why I made this to Chiba? I felt Chiba is one of the guys in the class 3-E that has 'loud thoughts' due to his introverted personality, so I picked him.

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