The one leading the way suddenly froze in shock, causing Mikado to bump into him.
"Aoba-kun? What is it?"
"Shh, don't move, there are people in front of us"
A group of four people was passing a few inches away, two of them loudly speaking while the two others desperately tried to make them shut up.
Aoba raised a brow at the weird dialogue he could hear
"Dotachin, I need to understand why you're not sad, come on, admit it, you liked him?"
"Who are you talking about?" answered the man nicknamed Dotachin
"But, but Dotachiiin! That man with the weird bandages who was killed earlier! No wait, yesterday, it was yesterday wasn't it? Well nevermind"
During all her rambling, Yumasaki violently nodded, while the man with the cap sighed countless times, shoking his head in incomprehension.
Still hidden in the bush, Mikado whispered :
"It's Kadota-san"
"So what?" asked Aoba
"It's safe, he won't hurt us"
Behind them, Kida nodded and added "True, he's trustful"
Knowing full well that Aoba wanted to stay hidden, is possible until they left, the blonde got out of their hideout, yelling "Hello Kadota-san"
Not seeming to be surprised the slightest he calmly answered "Hey Kida-kun"
Shyingly the others followed, the youngest one still not happy about this turn of events
"So you've got your friends with you, hello!"
They all greeted each other, and an awkward silence installed itself, only cut off by Erika's whispers to Yumasaki, probably more worries for Kadota's well being after the death of his supposed hidden boyfriend.
The latter was the one to break the quietness, "So guys, what are you up to?"
If things were only up to Aoba he wouldn't even have answered, the golden rule was to never give away your plan to your enemy, it was a basics and he thought it would be obvious for everyone, thus he mentally facepalmed when he heard Mikado replying.
"Looking for water"
Honestly Aoba would never have thougt his sempai would do such a basic mistake, he was definitely too easy to give away his trust to people.
It didn't help that he heard the man called Kadota answering that they'd go do that together. Safer with a larger group of people? Bullshit.
The young boy would rather move alone, more people meant more enemies and more noise, and he had to admit, it was easier to get rid of only one people than a whole group.