Chapter 4.
Third person POV.
No POV.
Araki is now seen tidying up his books and stationery on the desk, it is recess and the class has begun to be quiet because his classmates have left to just find fresh air or go to the Academy cafeteria. But Araki did not intend to leave his class, and instead decided to stay in the classroom, but suddenly from the direction of the classroom door, Issei was seen walking up to him with two young man beside him.
"Yo, Araki. Introduce, they are both my friends. They are Motohama and Matsuda." Issei said enthusiastically while pointing to the 2 young man next to him.
"Yo, my name is Motohama. It's nice to meet you." The young man with glasses said enthusiastically, introducing himself as Motohama.
The young man with glasses greeted Araki with a sense of friendship, making Araki feel happy because he could have a friend for a very long time. Although Motohama's performance is not very convincing, however, he will still be friends with anyone.
"As for me, my name is Matsuda." Said the short-haired young man who was right beside the young man with glasses before, introducing himself as Matsuda.
While the young man who was standing next to Motohama, was a short-haired young man with both eyes that looked a little narrower than other students in general. The two young man seemed to be smiling broadly at him, making Araki even more happy because not only did he make two new friends, he also made friends who would be very fun later.
Araki immediately stood up from his seat and began shaking hands with Matsuda and Motohama despite being stared at by the piercing gazes of the female students who happened to live in the classroom. Of course, Araki is now aware that the female students seem to be unhappy with him befriending Issei, Motohama and Matsuda, but he has no idea why they seem to harbor hatred for the three young men before him.
"Hello, Motohama and Matsuda. My name is Kazuma Araki. Hope we can be good friends!" Araki replied kindly, smiling broadly at Motohama and Matsuda who have now become his new friends.
But unexpectedly by Araki, suddenly Motohama and Matsuda grinned broadly at him, making him feel a little uncomfortable. And sure enough, with just a blink of an eye, Issei quickly withdrew his hand and led him to get out of the classroom in a hurry.
"Hey, Issei. Where are you going to take me?" Araki asked in confusion and surprise, as Issei was pulling him out of the classroom.
"Just shut up, Araki. We will take you away for a very fun thing." Issei interrupted quickly, while revealing a hideous grin on his face.
"I don't know why I have a bad feeling about this..." Araki said softly with a look on his face that seemed to be starting to worry, he felt that there would be something bad if he continued to let Issei drag him.
"Take it easy, man. You'll like it." Motohama said with a big smile at Araki, which actually added to the discomfort felt by him.
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(Timeskip.)
"Damn, it hurts so much." Issei's sigh with his voice full of pain, it can be seen that the brown-haired young man is stroking his cheek that were full of bruises.
Currently, Issei, Araki, Motohama and Matsuda are in the back garden of the Occult Research Club Building after being chased by several angry girls after the they owere caught peeping at them all while changing clothes.
Luckily, Araki did not follow the depraved intentions of his three friends, which as a result made him not so battered like Issei, Matsuda and also Motohama. Araki also couldn't help except laughing at his friends when he saw Issei's face covered with bruises, really the three of them were really perverted young men who were also stupid. In fact, they have a great courage to peek at female students who participate in extracurricular Judo, which is actually an act of suicide.
"I told you, doesn't I? It's too dangerous. Also, why are y'all so obsessed with girls' chests?" Araki teased to his three friends while occasionally laughing out loud.
"Don't laugh at me, man!! Also, the three of us entered this Academy only for this!!" Issei cursed with annoyance, really he felt very anxious to beat this handsome young man in front of him right now.
But then, Araki started to stop laughing when he saw the condition of Issei, Motohama and Matsuda who seemed very concerned. But he could not help the three at all, because this was also the result of their own actions. He could only shake his head lightly and began to walk slowly towards a tree not far from him, under the tree, he began to sit and lean against the trunk of the tree.
"Also, why did you two leave me?!" Issei asked irritably to his two best friends.
"Sorry, Issei. We were very surprised when they all noticed it." Motohama replied with an awkward smile, because he managed to escape the pursuit of angry female students that are intended to kill him for what he had done.
"That's right, Motohama. Just blame yourself for not being fast enough to escape!!" Matsuda added, putting on a look on his face that seemed to be in pain.
Although both of them managed to escape, but they both still received some hard blows from the female disciples they had peeped at, at least the condition of the two of them was still not too bad like Issei's current condition.
Araki, who heard the chat from his three friends, could only smile lightly while looking up at the blue sky above. It turned out that he didn't expect that his new friend was a perverted young man who liked to peek at female students while changing clothes. It was truly an unexpected surprise to his life at Kuoh Academy.
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"That blood red-hair ... It's was so beautiful..." Issei's voice sounded like he was muttering.
Araki, who heard Issei's strange murmur, began to turn his gaze towards his friend with a gaze filled with confusion. All he could see, was Issei who was staring at a window in the Occult Research Club Building so intensely.
Araki, who was puzzled, also began to follow where Issei's gaze was going at this time, which turned out to be immediately speechless after seeing what Issei saw.
Both of his eyes widened instantly, the gaze in his eyes staring intensely at a beautiful blood-red long-haired girl with a big chest, staring at him and Issei in turn. As a result, Araki raised his eyebrows slightly when he realized that the girl was staring at him. The blood-red girl was seen smiling softly at him, until finally that girl's figure disappeared from his sight.
Realizing that something was strange, Araki tilted his head slightly in confusion. But after he saw that his three friends seemed to be talking about what had just happened, he slowly stood back up and walked up to Issei who was chatting with Matsuda and Motohama.
"Yo. Who is it?" Araki asked to the three of them, which as a result made Issei, Motohama and Matsuda start looking at him with a sharp gazes.
The three of them turned to look at him with a look full of annoyance, the question from Araki seemed to be an insult to a figure the three of them had always admired. Actually, the three of them really wanted to beat Araki up at this time, but in the end they understood Araki's ignorance because he was a new student.
"Sit down, man." Motohama whispered in a low voice, but could still be heard by both of Araki's ears.
"All right." Araki replied briefly and immediately sat next to Motohama who had previously told him to sit down.
"Listen, Araki. The red-haired girl was named Rias Gremory. She is the most beautiful girl in this Academy! And she is also the presiden of the Occult Research Club for 3 years!!" Motohama explained with a look on his face that looked very serious.
"Oh.. I understand.." Araki replied briefly, nodding his head slowly, which immediately made Motohama, Matsuda and Issei feel even more annoyed at his mediocre reaction.
"That's the only reaction you showed?" Motohama asked a little irritably, making Araki confused about the reaction of these three friends who seemed upset.
"So what?" Araki asked flatly and innocently, the look on his face was also full of question marks.
"I'm telling you, man. Just so you know, her chest size is 99-58-90!!" Motohama exclaimed loudly, to the point that his saliva splashed on Araki's face.
"Well, I understand... Wait, how did you find that out?" Araki replied in surprise, as he began to wipe his glasses that were full of Motohama's saliva.
"Heheh.. Don't underestimate myself. With these glasses, I can know the chest size of all the girls in this academy!!" Motohama replied with a nasty grin on his face, while fixing the position of his glasses.
"I see..." Araki replied with a straight look on his face, he shouldn't have asked about it before.
When the three of his friends began to talk about his fantasies about the figure of Rias Gremory, Araki now turned back to look back at the window of the Occult Research Club Building which previously showed Rias looking at him with a smile full of tenderness.
Then, Araki suddenly realized that the rest time was almost up and the next class was about to begin. He got back to his feet and patted Issei lightly on the shoulder with a faint smile on his face.
"It's almost time to go in ... Y'all should hurry to the class now." Araki said to the three of his friends, before starting to walk away leaving Issei with his two friends.
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(Flashback.)
Third person POV.
Rias POV.
•Inside the Occult Research Club Building•
At first, Rias was playing chess together with her friend, until finally she heard a commotion coming from the back area of the Occult Research Club Building. She was silent for a moment, until finally decided to look at the source of the sound.
Rias walked slowly towards a fairly large window, which happened to be directly facing towards the back of the building, where the source of the noise she had previously heard came from.
And when Rias was circulating her gaze through the window, she saw 3 young men who were chatting with each other, while the other one was leaning against a tree trunk while looking up at the sky that looked beautiful.
Rias smiled tenderly at the brown-haired youth before turning into looking at the white-haired youth who was leaning against a tree trunk. Both of them were very interesting to her, because she felt that there was something hidden inside the two young man.
After seeing the two, she decided to do something to the two young men, but later. Rias slowly started walking backwards after finishing staring at the two of them, to resume the game that had previously been delayed.
"Checkmate.." Rias said softly, while moving one of her chess pieces.
"Ara.. Ara... You beat me up again, Buchou." Said the girl in front of him with her voice full of disappointment.
"It's too easy, Akeno.." Rias replied lightly, while smiling lightly at the girl in front of her.
The girl is a beautiful girl who has a beautiful face, beautiful long black hair, tied in a ponytail with an orange hair tie.
"Even though I have increased the level of difficulty.." Akeno sighed softly when she realized that she had lost.
"Akeno.. Do you know about the young man who is outside behind this building?" Rias asked while staring intensely at Akeno, asking about the young men she had previously seen behind the Building.
"Oh.. Him! That brunette is named Issei Hyoudou. He is in class 2-B, if I'm not mistaken..." Akeno replied, pressing her index finger to her cheek, remembering a brown-haired young man who was famous for his perverted nature.
"And the other one..?" Rias asked back while looking at Akeno with a gaze filled with great curiosity.
"The other one?" Akeno asked Rias again, he felt confused as to what Rias's question meant.
"The white-haired one... and the one wearing black glasses..." Rias replied back, which immediately made Akeno aware of who Rias was referring to.
"Oh... That young man... His name is Kazuma Araki. Also in class 2-B just like Issei. I also met him before." Akeno replied while licking his lips with a sense of interest, accompanied by his blushing face.
"Thank you, Akeno. Now I'm going to go take a bath, please take care of the club's needs while I'm taking a bath." Rias said softly, thanking her for all the information Akeno had given to her.
Then, she went from his seat, to simply clean her body. Seeing that Rias was about to go take a shower soon, Akeno decided to come out of the room, as he still had something for her to take care of.
"Okay, Buchou.." Akeno retorted before walking away from the room.
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(Current time.)
Third person POV.
Araki POV.
Araki is now walking away from the Kuoh academy, just like before, he is seen walking alone down the streets that are starting to look deserted. But then, everything changed when he heard a screaming voice calling his name from behind.
Araki stopped from his steps, and immediately looked back, found and a figure of Issei who was running towards him. His brows furrowed instantly, because this was the first time Issei who was running up to him like this.
"What's the matter, Issei?" Araki asked in confusion as he looked at Issei in front of him, the brown-haired young man standing with his breath short.
"I think our way home is the same... It doesn't matter if I walk home with you?" Issei replied while trying to stabilize his breath.
"Sure." Araki replied briefly, and in the end the two began to walk together to head to their respective homes.
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(Short Timeskip.)
It didn't take long, Issei and Araki were now on a pedestrian bridge, accompanied by the faint reddish-orange sunlight. Along the way, the two young men continued to talk about many things, until finally suddenly an unimaginable incident occurred.
"Wait!!" Someone shouted from behind Araki and Issei who were walking slowly.
Suddenly, the shout immediately made Araki and Issei stop their steps and immediately looked back, finding a girl with long black hair standing in front of the two of them.
"Yes.. Is there anything we two can help, miss?" Araki asked, smiling kindly at the girl in front of him.
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