My Husband Is A Night Class Student
Chapter 15 : Aidou-sempai
Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Knights.
"Kyah! Kain-sempai!"
"Idol-sempai!"
"Everyone! Please stay back!" Yuuki said as loud as she can while pushing nearly everyone back. It is the usual day and nothing has change. However, one fact still remain distinct than the rest and that Daidouji Hinata joined the rest of the night class starting yesterday. Her appearance with them had cause confusion and anger among the fans but the sun dorm president successfully convinced them with a white lie.
Due to the last commotion, Akatsuki's parents immediately laid a plan which also involved Kaname, the chairman, the prefect, the sun dorm president and vice president. The rest of the night class was also briefed with the details. The plan was introduced three hours before the night class starts.
The purpose of the white lie was only for the purpose to convince all day class students that Daidouji Hinata is supposedly to be in the moon dorms instead of the sun dorm. It's a completely harmless plan. They couldn't afford anyone to be suspicious most especially the day class students.
Hinata did her best to walk normally as possible. Nervously, she looked up at her temporary "older brother" named Ayuru Saheitei. Ayuru has the same colour as her hair, have silvery blue eyes, pale skin, and is as tall as Akatsuki. Compared to Akatsuki he looked cunning and completely serious. He barely smiles but he was gentle with her. She remembered meeting him in the parlour area when Takuma excitedly told everyone to taste her freshly baked cookies. Well, it wasn't exactly a meeting because she only saw him sampled her cookies with a blank expression. She almost thought he didn't like them when, for a second there, he gave her a quick smile and left the room.
To think that very same person would eventually become someone close to her. Her parents were told of the plan and agreed to it much to her surprise. Probably because they knew it's for the best.
Ayuru Saheitei is a noble vampire and compared to all the noble vampires he's family is a small one, too small to be called a clan but respectable. To put it simply they live quietly and barely involve themselves with politics and the council. Almost coincidentally, he started school at Cross Academy the same time she did. So, it was easy to make a small fake story. Her visit to the clinic should remain as it is as a scholarship but the fact that she was the poorest of all students should diminish. A noble vampire with a low profile- it was perfect. What's more is that his mother and Akatsuki's mother are very close. When Akatsuki was informed of the plan it wasn't long before he agreed. Hinata assumed Ayuru and Akatsuki are friends too, but she hasn't seen them talk to each other yet. The reason why the Saheitei family agreed to this is beyond her and told her simply not to worry about it too much.
To put the plan in motion all Hinata has to do is to walk beside Ayuru all the time during the cross over. As simple as that. And if anyone ask Ayuru would answer for her. No day class students should think that it is possible to enter the moon dorms, which is also one of the objectives of the plan. The plan is only applicable within the school premises and only when she is troubled by personal questions. Her vampire instructors doesn't need to know the plan or get involve.
Ayuru noticed her looking at him and simply just smiled back at her. Hinata being Ayuru's little sister should cover everything. Everything, starting from the time everyone knew she entered the moon dorm.
Today and until then... she is "Saheitei Daidouji Hinata"
"Kaname-sempai!"
"Kain-sempai! Look over here!"
"Hi, everyone! Is everyone doing o.k.?" Aidou, with his usual grin, greeted everyone. "KYAAAAHHHH!"
Both Yuuki and Hinata sweat dropped when several of the fans fainted. Hanabusa acted like he usually does and Akatsuki walked behind him quietly. Akatsuki decided that it's best to confront him later than during class. He knew Hinata wouldn't want him to see him lose his composure once he confronted Hanabusa. He should leave things at as it is for now.
As Ayuru and Hinata passed by some of the students whispered to each other.
"Hey,..its Daidouji-san..."
"Tsk! Just ignore her..." One said, irritated.
"I can't believe that she is actually the younger sister of Ayuru-sempai."
"So, that means..."
"It seems like she only used her mother's maiden name in the registration." The other assumed.
"But why was she with us before then?"
"Who knows..." One of them shrugged.
Some of the students continued to murmur to one another while the other continued to scream and yell. At the back of the crowed Kokoa narrowed her eyes dangerously as she watched Hinata. Turning her right hand into fist she spun around and left the area.
"The sun dorm president should come back out again to shut them up." One of the noble vampires muttered under his breath.
"Just keep moving will ya. I think my ears are bleeding." His friend pushed him lightly forward.
"Move aside prefect!" One of the students yelled and pushed through Yuuki. "Kyahh!"
"W-Wait!" Yuuki fell and several students nearly ran over her. At that moment Hinata and Ayuru was walking by. Hinata was caught by surprise when someone suddenly grabs her wrist and pulled her with them. Ayuru immediately went to her aid.
Zero walked over and yelled at the females who went pass Yuuki intentionally. "Hey! How many times do I have to say it. Go back to your dorms NOW!" The girls froze and screamed away. Some of the girls who fell on top of Yuuki apologize and stood quickly.
Takuma worriedly hurried over to where Hinata and Ayuru is. Several of the students who saw the commotion stared at the two. Akatsuki, with an annoyed expression, stood behind Takuma. Due to yesterday's commotion he has to avoid walking or staying too close to Hinata during the cross over.
"Hinata! Ayuru! Are you alright?"
Hinata sat on the floor while Ayuru kneeled beside with his left arm around her shoulder. "Hinata, you are not hurt?" he asked gently. Hinata nodded, "I'm fine,...Onii-sama. Thank you..." Worriedly, she checked her wrist that was just pulled and found nothing unusual. But it scared her a bit. Whatever it was, it was so cold that she felt her whole arm freeze with the contact. What just happened?
Ayuru looked behind her and found nothing. He knew someone pulled Hinata into the crowd and it wasn't the day class students.
Kaname and others stopped walking when they heard Hinata being pulled through the crowd. "What just happened?" Rima asked. No one answered her but Shiki narrowed his eyes and looked over at Aidou.
Aidou strangely just stood there, not speaking. A blank stare plastered across his face. His eyes almost looked strangely dark in colour. Shiki blinked twice and watched as Hinata and the rest walked over to them.
By the time Hinata and Ayuru joined them everyone continued to walk to class.
"Hinata." Rima asked as she walked beside her.
"Rima." Hinata greeted her, giving her a small smile. "Are you alright? What happened back there?"
Hinata shook her head. "I'm not so sure, Rima." Hinata looked down and thought about what happened. Before she even knew what was going on when Yuuki fell on the ground someone or something just suddenly grab her wrist out of nowhere and then she was pulled in. Whatever it was it released her when Ayuru reached her. By the time she told them what happened Zero scared the rest of the day class students away. Class will start soon and there is no time to ask who did it. At least she wasn't completely hurt, much to everyone relief. Akatsuki's parents were right, whether she is to marry Akatsuki or not she is in great danger.
Looking up she saw Aidou walking on his own. Strange, usually he would glare at her or say something. He was acting normally just awhile ago. Maybe it's because he doesn't want to look at her or speak to her. After what happened the last night, Hinata was sure Aidou hated her.
Sadly she watched him. 'I have to talk to Aidou-sempai whether I like it or not. I have to tell him how I really feel and that... I love Akatsuki with all my heart. I have to try. Maybe...maybe Aidou-semapi would understand. If only I've been more honest to myself this kind of misunderstanding won't happen.'
...
'Idiot! You were almost caught there!' The night class history instructor almost yelled in frustration. He and his comrade stood secretly behind one huge column hiding them from praying eyes.
"I was close to getting her! You know it. And don't yell!" The other retorted. The prefects are still around patrolling.
"Our orders are not to abduct the target." The vampire hissed back. "Killing her in the middle of the crowd was a stupid move. Anyone, especially, Kuran Kaname-sama could have detected you easily. Are you sure you weren't seen?!"
"I'm sure of it. The noble vampire with her looked unsure even." The other vampire hidden within the dark shadows said, sounding almost worriedly.
The vampire instructor heaved a sigh. "Look. This is our last chance. We have to get to her one way or another. How's your control over the noble vampire?"
The vampire clicked his tongue. "Don't worry; I have full control of him. However, I have to admit that he resisted quite strongly back there."
"Do you mean you almost lost control of him? You should be more careful."
"Are you really asking why?" The vampire raised an eyebrow at him. "His a noble vampire for crying out loud. We are only below his level. You're right when you said that this is our last chance. I don't think I could hold much longer."
"Lure the human out in any ways possible. Make sure she doesn't escape you. That way we can both kill her."
...
Hinata finished the last of the problems and closed her book. Thanks to Rima, Shiki and Takuma she was able to catch up with the lectures and assignments. The problems given by the math instructor was challenging but she enjoyed it. Akatsuki was always there to assist her when she doesn't understand something. For some reasons she became attached to history. There were so many things she didn't know and she enjoyed ethics since she knew it would help her learn more vampires. What humans usually knew about them was mostly lies.
In the middle of some lectures Hinata has to admit that staying wide awake most of the night is quite hard even if you slept during the morning. It seems that it would take more time for her to get use to the changes. Shiki's chocolate pocky didn't help, it was such a shame. Shiki went through all the trouble to share it with her. Was it to help her keep awake or was it so that he will not be the only to get in trouble.
Hinata smiled to herself and stretched her arms up. "Hinata, how are you copping up?" Takuma asked, looking always cheerful.
"Oh, Ich-I mean, Takuma..." Hinata stammered, she still needs to remember not to call him by his last name. Takuma grinned at her and chuckled. "Good! You remembered!"
Hinata smiled at him. "Aren't you going to eat..uhm, lunch, Takuma?"
"Oh that? We are waiting for you, ne~ Kain." Takuma said excitedly and looked over to Akatsuki. Akatsuki closed his eyes and sighed tiredly at him. He couldn't resist him seeing that Hinata was smiling happily.
"Did you cook again your own lunch, Hinata?" Rima asked with her usual tone.
"Who wants to eat plain food?" Ruka said, annoyed as she walked pass them. Takuma pouted at her. "Ruka...really, you don't have to say that."
"How about Akatsuki's lunch?" Shiki suddenly asked behind her, almost catching her off-guard.
"Eh?Uhm...well...uhm...yeah." She blushed hard and looked down.
"Hinata, let's go." Akatsuki called, distracting her.
"Ah-hai!"
"Let's go, Hinata-chan!"
Akatsuki gave him the 'who-invited-you' kind of look as they all hurried.
...
Thirty minutes later...
"Hinata's cooking is really great!" Takuma complimented, happily. Akatsuki looked at him with narrowed eyes. The reason why he allowed them to join him and Hinata to lunch was because Hinata looked so happy. Looking around he couldn't spot the pureblood. He probably went to the chairman to discuss things again.
"You all looked so happy here. I couldn't help but wonder. " Ayuru came over, smirking. Everyone looked over.
"Oh...uhm, Ayuru Onii-sama." Hinata greeted him, feeling slightly unsure. Everyone knew his not a sibling of hers and calling him older brother is still new to her.
Ayuru smiled gently at her. "Oh, you should have a taste of her bento next time, Saheitei-san." Takuma replied for everyone. Rima quietly took a sip of her tea while Shiki looked bored.
"Oh? Is that true?" He looked at Hinata while raising his eyebrow. Hinata blushed slightly, she waved her hands in front of him.
"Eh-uhm,...I ... it's not exactly that-uhm, I mean..."
Ayuru laughed at her cute behaviour and patted her on the head gently. "You don't have to be so shy and embarrassed. If you don't mind, I would love to have a sample next time." He said quietly.
"Oh...uhm, sure, Ayuru Onii-sama."
"That's a deal then." With that he left them. Hinata watched him leave and then looked over to Akatsuki. She gulped at his intense stare. What now? Did she do something?
"Shouldn't we return to class?" Rima started.
"Thank you for the food." Shiki said his gratitude with his usual tone, preparing to leave as well.
"Eh? Oh yeah. It's the time already?" Takuma hesitantly stood up.
Hinata stood up as well and was about to carry the lunch box when Akatsuki beat her to it. "Akatsuki?"
"It's alright, I'll carry it." He volunteered without waiting for her reply. "Oh,...ok." Hinata followed behind them and looked around. She couldn't spot Aidou anywhere and Akatsuki noticed as well.
"Akatsuki?"
Akatsuki looked behind him. "Have you seen Aidou-sempai anywhere? I'm worried about him."
He narrowed his eyes slightly at this. "No. I'm not sure where he went. He probably went back to class already." Hinata looked down. "Ne... Akatsuki."
"Hmm?" Akatsuki stopped and turned to look at her.
"I really want to talk to him." She said sadly confessed. "Hinata..."
Hinata gasped in surprise when Akatsuki suddenly pulled her to him with his free arm. "You're too kind, do you know that?"
Hinata blinked twice against his chest, confused. She didn't understand what he meant.
'Why is she worried about Hanabusa. I know that things aren't going well between the two of them but...' Akatsuki narrowed his eyes as he thought to himself, remembering the Hinata's bruises. 'she's doing too much by just worrying about him. Hanabusa should be willing to talk too.'
Slowly, he let go of her giving her a small smile. "Come." Gently grasping her hand they walked side by side. Ruka watched the scene in front of her and looked away, annoyed.
Takuma opened the door and everyone walked in. "Hmm...it looks like Aidou isn't back yet."
"He'll be back soon." Rima walked passed him with Shiki.
"Kuran Kaname-sama isn't around yet." Shiki added. Hinata looked around, feeling uneasy.
"Hinata...the instructor will be lecturing on anatomy and physiology next." Takuma said, holding up a book. Hinata blinked curiously. "Anatomy and physiology?" Takuma nodded.
"But it would be more on comparisons between human and vampires." Takuma continued. "There is not much difference when it comes to the anatomy but more on physiology. The way a vampire's body works quite differently compared to humans. Human anatomy and physiology are more complex."
For a moment Hinata forgot about what she was worrying about as she sat beside Takuma. "Wait... are you saying that human structure is much more complicated and complex compared to vampires?" Takuma grinned and nodded. Hinata find the idea surprising and unimaginable.
'Shouldn't a vampire with more sensitivity have more complexity?' Hinata thought out loud. She blushed a few seconds after.
"It may be hard to believe but its' true that both human anatomy and physiology is more complex." A noble vampire spoke with certitude. Everyone looked over. Takuma smiled at the noble, recognizing him. The noble glanced at Hinata and bowed his head slightly. "I'm sorry to interrupt. I'm Rei Haruko."
Hinata bowed respectfully in return. "Ah-yoroshiku onegai shimasu, Haruko-sempai."
"Is it really hard to believe that human structure is complicated than vampires'?" Hinata slowly nodded, looking unsure. Takuma placed a hand on her shoulder. "Haruko-san is really knowledgeable about these things. It would be much better if Vivi explains for Hinata-chan."
Hinata failed to see the death glare Haruko directed at Takuma and as usual Takuma looked unaffected, as if he is completely immune to it. "Vivi?"
"Ichijou gave that nickname to Haruko-san ." Shiki said bluntly with a bored expression. Haruko turned nearly red. "I didn't agree to that! Never! Who would want such a stupid nickname? It's absurd."
"You don't have to deny it,...Vivi." Rima added, sounding amused.
"I didn't give you permission to call me that." Haruko looked really embarrassed and irritated. Hinata watched the scene in front of her for a moment and smiled. She giggled when Takuma called him 'Vivi' over and over again, and everyone started to teased him too.
Takuma heard Hinata giggled. "Oh!" Everyone looked at her. Haruko looked even more embarrassed. "Fine! Do whatever you want!" He grumbled, crossing his arms in front of him.
Hinata shook her head and laughed softly. Haruko gave her a curious glance. "No...I like...it." She said in between giggles. Haruko stared at her and blushed slightly.
"Haha... see, even Hinata-chan likes it!" Takuma pointed out. Haruko still gave him the death glare.
"But why 'Vivi'?"
"His first name is actually, Virei, and not Rei." Akatsuki explained to her. Hinata nodded in understanding.
"When we were younger, Takuma thought that calling him Virei or Rei sounds too formal so he gave him that nickname." He continued, obviously he was around when that happened.
"That was really unheard of." Haruko looked over and was about to say something again when the door opened. The instructor came in, looking uninterested as usual. Hinata, still used to her usual habits, bowed to the instructor and quickly went back to her seat. Everyone then started to return to where they are. Hinata glanced at Haruko's direction and found him heading towards his usual sit. Among all the students he sits alone. She thought it would be much more nicer to have him sit with them, they were all getting along so nicely.
Takuma tapped her lightly on the back to get her attention. "Ano...even if Rei doesn't like being called 'Vivi' he's not really a bad person. It's true when I said that he is very knowledgeable when it comes to science. I think he can help you, you just have to ask and he will really lend you a hand. Rei doesn't like crowded place that's why he sits alone most of the time, so , don't worry too much." Takuma whispered a quick explanation.
Did she looked worried? Maybe. Hinata nodded and whispered a 'thank you' before looking back at the teacher who started to write on the board.
"Aidou-san is not yet back." Shiki suddenly said but not loud enough for the teacher to hear. Hinata's eyes widen at this.
...
Aidou walked quietly down the corridor while looking down. He frowned at himself and touched his forehead lightly. He looked up when he heard footsteps.
"Oh? Aidou-san?" two noble vampires stood in front of him and looked slightly surprised. He looked at them, expressionless.
"What are you doing here? You're class started twenty minutes ago. Did you know?"
Hanabusa stared at them, making the two look at each other. Again, just like the last time he could barely hear them. It was already tough enough to fight back the mind control casted upon him. He knew that it wouldn't last long since he is a noble vampire. However, compared last night the control is getting stronger by the minute as if the vampire wielding it is using all of his energy and pushing full force. He found out what they are up to.
There are three reasons why they took control of him.
First, he saw them.
Second, hide the presence of the wielder and third,
to keep others away, generally and probably get a hold of Hinata.
That's all he knew. Personally, getting caught when he saw them first things first was humiliating. He wouldn't be in this situation if hadn't gone out. The only way to save himself is to kill the wielder or have him released his control over him. Due to the humiliation, he would rather kill the vampire than let him live with the possibility of telling others how easy he was captured by a low class level vampire. His father would never allow such disgrace to spread.
About the laid plan for Hinata's death, he was not surprised why she is targeted but instead, was surprised who was the master mind behind all this. At first it was impossible but he heard it clearly who it was. It was no joke.
The vampires have tried killing Hinata even before class started. Their order was to kill her and make it look like an accident. The two vampires were desperate to say the least.
"Aidou-san? Are you alright?" one of the noble vampire in front of him asked. The other bend over, grinning at him. "Are you thinking of ditching class again? That's really daring of you, Aidou-san!"
The other noble vampire gave his friend and stern glance. "Don't praise him, baka."
Hanabusa clenched his first to his side. "Tell them to turn around..." The wielder's voice echoed in his mind, completely taking full control of his mind and body. Helplessly, he watched himself talk and move once given order.
The two noble vampires stop talking and looked back at Hanabusa who crossed his arms against his chest and spoke normally. "I have something to do and I'm not loitering." He replied.
They both raised their eyebrows at him. "Oh? Is that so then will be going ahead." Hanabusa didn't give them time to move pass him and bit them to it. "Where are you two going?"
The one on the right looked at him warily. "To the restroom. Is there a problem?" The vampire answered briefly and tried not sound offended. Even if Aidou can be sometimes a troublemaker both of them are aware that he is acquainted with the moon dorm president.
"The restroom in that direction is not working, I've already tried it. The restrooms in the west wing are all working properly." Hanabusa said.
The two vampires looked at each other one more time before accepting. "Well,...thank you. We'll be going then." Hanabusa watched them leave and once they are out of site he leaned heavily against the wall. In pain, he roughly loosens his neck tie and took deep breaths. "D-damn it..."
The wielder wouldn't let go of him until they get their hands on Hinata. He couldn't tell anyone and give signs and the feeling of uselessness filled him and that just made him angrier than before.
Several hours ago, he deliberately confronted Hinata and tried to force her to spill the beans. He couldn't understand, accept and even comprehend what is happening with his cousin. It is true that he didn't like her from the very beginning but at the same time he couldn't just...hate her. He wanted to hate her so much that he went all the way by freezing her. But when he did confront her she looked...completely terrified. And what stopped him from freezing her completely was because of her eyes. Alone with Hinata at that time, he could have killed her right there and with his own hands. He could have save the master mind of this assassination the trouble of sending two low life vampires in the first place.
Right now, why would he try desperately to inform others of the assassination? Didn't he want her dead so that his cousin could live a completely normal life? Even if it means marrying Yuroku Miyako?
Aside from the fact that he couldn't accept his cousin's marriage to a human there is another thing that troubles him. Something that is completely making him madder by the minute every time he thinks about it.
The pride of the Aidou clan.
Everything is happening so fast that he failed to adjust to the changes. When his father heard the news he immediately called him and told him to basically do something. Anything that would hold the wedding ceremony back. He remembered his father quoted "...there must be something to stop the wedding with that human..." . he didn't tell anyone that his father called. Not even Kaname.
Hanabusa wanted to protect the pride of his clan. The fact that they are related to the Kain clan disturbed them greatly. The Kain clan bloodline is in jeopardy. Years ago when they were younger he found out that his cousin is the only one left with a direct blood relation with the infamous Kain ancestor named Ryuzawa Kurei Shino Kain. Other family members of the clan have mixed blood while Akatsuki and his family remained pureblooded-Kain. The scarlet thread is another story. This is the first time he heard about it. It was a curse that's all he heard. But its' that it? Just a curse? Akatsuki will be miserable for the rest of his life because of one mistake. He met Daidouji Hinata.
He doesn't hate her that's for sure but he have to tell her he hated her so that she would walk away. Was it for Akatsuki's sake?
An image of Akatsuki smiling like never before in front of Hinata flashed in his mind. That image hit him really hard.
Akatsuki fell in love with a human.
He looked so happy that he couldn't bring himself to do what he thought he wanted or should do. Even if he didn't understand Akatsuki looked very happy. With her.
Everything was for the pride of the Aidou clan.
Not for Akatsuki. The only cousin he trusts the most.
Now, ...Daidouji Hinata will be assassinated and if he doesn't do anything she will be killed. Isn't that what... he wanted?
Aidou opened his eyes heavily as he tried to fight the mind control of the vampire for more than ten hours. When the light of the moon shone through the windows he tried to relax.
'I don't...hate her. I really...don't have a good reason to hate her.' Closing his eyes as he sorted out his feelings and thought deeply about what he himself actually think. 'I just...don't like what's happening. Everyone was against it then the next thing I know...she's accepted here and there. She will be married to Akatsuki and I wondered so much as to how far...her feelings for him.'
Hanabusa sighed heavily, feeling very tired. 'I was wrong to question her.'
'Not only does Akatsuki love her, she also returned his feelings.' Hanabusa grinned evilly to himself, slowly trying to raise his head. 'They looked so happy that I couldn't bring myself to hurt them...not anymore. Father doesn't want any human to taint the whole family clan and I'm conflicted. I have to protect the pride of my clan by any means. Even if it means hurting...Akatsuki.'
Hanabusa gasped in pain when he suddenly felt himself losing his mind again. It looks like they are starting to move. Does that mean they were able to lure Hinata out, alone? Slowly, Hanabusa tried to stand up. 'Hinata...' Glancing at the moon one last time he smiled slightly. He should really apologize to her soon or else Akatsuki will bite his head off.
Turning around he continued to walk down the corridor. He felt his mind going blank as the other vampire tries to take control of him again.
'I...Icouldn't kill her because...she looked as frightened and ...confused as I was.' A tear streamed down his cheek. 'I looked at her...and... I saw... myself.'
...
Hinata suddenly excused herself from class and ran as soon as she closed the door behind her. Hanabusa hasn't gone back to class and worry filled her for some reason, she decided to make an excuse to look for him. There shouldn't be any problem since she is within the school, is there? It's true that she was suddenly pulled within the crowd of fans this afternoon by something. Maybe it was just her imagination that it was something else other than the girls. There is the probability that Ayuru saw it wrongly. She couldn't tell Akatsuki since she knew he would stop her before she could even make an excuse. Maybe this is her chance to talk to Hanabusa personally. Determined, she looked for Hanabusa.
Back in the classroom, Akatsuki and Takuma couldn't help but feel uneasy by letting Hinata on her own. Even if she said that she will be only going to the restroom. Watching this Rima decided to follow her and excused herself as well. Closing the door behind her she immediately scanned the hallway and tried to detect her scent as she walked.
After a few seconds of trial and error, looking alarmed she didn't think it was possible but she definitely couldn't detect Hinata in any direction, even her scent is gone.
"No,...calm down." She whispered to herself and took a deep breath and walk towards the east wing. When Rima finally reached the area she quickly went to the girl's restroom.
"Daidouji-san?" she called out but no one answered. Everything looked fine and nothing seems to be out of order. Checking the sink everything seemed to be working just fine. Quickly, she turn around and left the area.
'Maybe she went to the west wing of the building?'
Looking up she saw their history instructor standing near the stairs. Sensing her, he smiled slightly. "Sensei, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be-"
He cut her off by speaking quickly. He looked very anxious and in a hurry. "I'm just walking around. I was just about to go the chairman's office. Shouldn't you be in class?"
"I forgot to tell someone something." With a bored tone, she said.
Rima narrowed her eyes slightly. "The chairman's office is that way." She pointed behind her, her expression remained blank."I know." He said, sounding irritated and distracted."Daidouji-san is not here. Try looking somewhere else.
Rima's eyes widen at this and looked at the instructor suspiciously.
...
Running as fast as she could she climbed down the stairs, at the east wing, two floors below. She passed by her history instructor and told her that he saw Aidou downstairs about two floors below. Following his instructions she quickly went down hoping to find Hanabusa.
Slowing down, she looked around the area. The next floor is already the ground floor and there are no classrooms there. Hanabusa should around the second floor. She continued to walk down the hallway and looked in front when she heard footsteps.
Hanabusa walked slowly towards her. She let out a small sigh of relief but something seems off about him. Mentally shaking her head Hinata move closer to him. "Aidou-sempai, I'm so glad I found you. Class started thirty minutes ago and we were all worried."
'Get her!'
Hanabusa looked paler than ever and his eyes looked completely blank. He didn't give her a reply and just stared back looking really troubled.
Hinata waited for him. "Uhm... Aidou-sempai?" Aidou slowly opened his mouth. "How troublesome." His voice sounded forced and in pain that made Hinata think that he is still angry at her. Slightly feeling panicked she tried to explain.
Looking embarrassed she tried to face him. She has do tell him herself. "Aidou-sempai, I-"
To be continued
