Haru didn't go out much anymore, staying home and helping her mother around the house. Almost every night, staring up at the ceiling before she went to the world of dreams, she prayed that he would turn out to be a passing tourist and go abroad, forgetting about what had happened.

And at home, the Baron dreamed of finding the girl and clarify from whom she was hiding and whether she needed help.

But their thread of fate, like the author of the books, for whom they were heroes of the same story, decided to collide them in the most unexpected place.

At the gate of the school stood two students, they were headmen, as evidenced by the ribbons on their hands. They were waiting for the rest of the students to arrive and close the gate behind them.

When the time agreed, they slowly closed the gate and the group with a couple of students in blue uniforms switched from walking to a fast jog. One of them, was literally a millimeter away from having the gate slammed shut on his uniform. There were still a couple more who didn't make it, but the brunette didn't care, even though the obstacle was high, but with her training she could overcome it. She stepped back a bit and with blistering speed she jumped up, climbed over and jumped onto the pavement, remembering to inspect her clothes, they could easily tear from such actions.

"Hey Yoshioka, that's not fair," said one of those who remained outside the gate and would be punished for being late.

"By any means necessary," the girl shrugged and headed towards the school building to look for her friend.

"Maybe I should have gone to judo too?" - The same guy said, trying to climb over the gate but failing.

"Would that help you?"

"At least I won't have to do these stupid exercises in public," he groaned as he saw the teacher in charge of their punishment walk by

"There are more of you today, I think we should try something new," the teacher said, his face looking pleased.

"I don't like it," the other boy said

"Don't worry, you won't have to do anything difficult" said the teacher with the same satisfied smile

She was putting her street shoes in her locker when she heard voices of protest outside, it woke her up and she was ready for the day .

Her friend came up to her immediately, she was in her gym uniform and carrying a locrosse stick.

"Well, what do you have to say for yourself?" - Hiromi said, pointing her stick at her

"Guilty and ready to be punished," Haru replied with her hands in the air.

"It's good that you are aware of your actions and are willing to cooperate" - Hiromi put the club away and was carefully pretending to think of a punishment for her when she suddenly froze and stared at Haru "You'll get off with a simple throw of the ball for now, but be prepared for me to change my mind"

"I dare not ask for more" - Haru rolled her eyes and followed her friend to help her practice

"How was your vacation? "

"Nothing, just visiting my father and sneaking away from his men" Haru decided to omit the details

"Successful?"

"More than," Haru replied, remembering that kiss, and her ears turned pink

"Did anything pleasant happen during it?" - Noticing her embarrassment .

"No, just that I didn't get caught," Haru blushed even more, after that gesture Hiromi literally flooded her with questions, but managed to slip away from them.

They didn't get to play for long, they had to go back to class soon. As soon as the third class was over, they had history, they moved their desks together and had lunch. The bento prepared by Haru's mom was simple, consisting of rice, vegetables, and some seafood, but very tasty. Hiromi shared her family's specialty cookies. Cleaning up after themselves, they found a filled trash can and went out into the hallway to look for another one that wasn't filled.

After finishing up their chores and returning to their classroom, they walked past a neighboring classroom. Among the pile, she spotted two boys, one with gray-purple hair, the other with red hair.

"Redheads?" - Haru asked, her inner

Haru stopped and turned around for a second to make sure, her eyes filled with panic, she turned to her friend.

"Hiromi, do you know who they are and what class they're from?" she pointed at the group of people who had just passed by

"Of course, they're our aidols, I'm surprised you've never heard of them" Hiromi replied curtly, but looked that way too "They're the ones that make all the girls cry, especially the one with the red hair" .

"Haru, you're screwed, you're really screwed," Haru laughed nervously in her subconscious

"He's not Asian," Haru said, remembering the New Year's Eve walk, "Is he an exchange student? "

"Oh no, he's been living in Japan since middle school,"Hiromi blinked

and looked at her friend, "Why do you ask? Did you meet him somewhere?"

"No, he just reminded me of someone, that's all," Haru replied without looking at her friend

"I don't believe it, let's confess," Hiromi kept up

"There's nothing to confess," the brunette assured them

They went back to class, and during the whole lesson Haru couldn't concentrate on the teacher's words, she covered her face with a book, but it didn't save her from the emotions raging inside.

When the lesson was over and she had to leave the classroom. She didn't want to, and she was ready to throw herself out the window, but as luck would have it, their classroom was on the third floor. Looking around, she didn't notice the person she least wanted to see was quietly approaching from behind.

"Ms. Haru?" - With the same accent, only now in pure Japanese

Haru abruptly jumped up and looked at the young man. The Baron tried to catch her, but she managed to regain her balance and didn't need any help.

"Right, but it would be better if you addressed me as Yoshioka-san," Haru said nervously, feeling the girls' murderous looks on her.

"I'm sorry, but I only remembered your name that day," the Baron quickly apologized, seeing the picture looming before them, "I think it would be better if we talk in a less crowded place"

"That would be nice," Haru muttered, feeling the girls' gazes on her even more intently than they had a moment ago

When they left the hallway, Haru handed her things to Hiromi to take to her classroom . They walked in silence, and some of the red-haired young man's fan club decided to follow them . They didn't stop whispering, deciding if it was a confession or a desire to socialize with yet another stalker. But Haru was troubled by other thoughts.

"Does he want to talk about that day? Did he tell anyone about what I did? Will it be a duel?..."- the thoughts in the brunette's head flew at the speed of light, and did not think to stop

Passing through what seemed like an instant and an eternity at the same time, they quickly found themselves at the door leading to the astronomy club.

"I think we won't be disturbed here," the Baron said inviting Hara to go inside

She nodded and entered, it was very clean inside, shelves of books and models of planets, drawings of constellations attached to a special board, it all calmed her nerves a little.

The Baron whispered something to his companion, the latter replied something barbed, for which she received a reproachful look, and slammed the door in his face.

"Here we can talk," said the Baron, pointing to the cushions on the floor

There were no chairs in this club room, and the place didn't seem intended for conversation.

"Can he be trusted?" - Haru asked, looking at the door .

"He likes to be sarcastic, but he doesn't stoop to it," the words finally relaxed the girl, "but you understand I wanted to hear more than just an apology?"

"I understand, but exactly what details are you interested in" her nerves returned to her and she fidgeted in her seat

"Who were you hiding from?" - the Baron asked without lowering his gaze

"He works for my father" she answered honestly

"But then why were you hiding if he works for your father? Or did it have something to do with his activities and he wanted to do something to you?"

"I don't know about his activities but it has something to do with his work" Haru replied thoughtfully but she couldn't answer aloud

"My father is "a retired lawyer"," the girl began, trying to speak convincingly, "and he had many detractors, I was even kidnapped once when I was a child, just because he was defending someone, it brought him down. Now every time I'm in his territory I have to be accompanied by at least one trustworthy person, just in case"

."You didn't like that, so you started running away?" - the Baron guessed.

"Exactly," Haru was a little pleased with his guess, but hopefully not enough to reveal absolutely all the closets

"I managed to find out that you practiced judo, that explains a lot . But on the other hand, why don't you let at least one accompany you?"

"I've already done that . Father has a subordinate I trust, it's just that he had family matters that day and couldn't keep an eye on me."

"But you spoke to your father about it?" - The Baron continued.

"A little, but over time most have proven that they would rather take their own lives than do something unpleasant," the girl explained with a shake of her head, "so I only have to watch from my seat to see what turn it might take. But why are you so interested in my fate; is it anything to do with your melancholy when we met?"

"You might say so," replied the Baron, his look sad enough to overlook it.

"I wanted to talk about it at the stone, but decided against it" - a smile flashed across the Baron's face after these words - "but I would like to know what exactly it was?"

"There is no secret about it, my friend left unwillingly, and I did nothing" - silence followed, speaking of the Baron's internal struggle - "but we can discuss the rest another time"

"Took nothing" - but Haru's gaze became clear, and the small light in it was still wavering - "about our conversation, you don't mind a little legend...? Not that I always lie to others, but..."

Baron was sincere at that

"It's fine" - his eyes finally showed the agonek from the past couple of days - "I realize my fans aren't that exemplary, even towards me"

"So it's all, conspiracy" Haru said, extending her pinky finger

"Allies" - Baron answered her, wrapping his pinky around hers, and after listening to what the girl suggested, and seeing her idea fit, agreed with her.

They walked down the hall, and on the stairs they had to part

"Too bad we didn't get a chance to talk other than greetings," said the friend

"I guess there will be another opportunity, besides we go to the same school," Haru shrugged

"Right," they went downstairs, "bye," he waved his hand, causing him to almost fall, lucky the Baron praised him in time .

"Yeah," hes waved goodbye to them aswell

Accidentally catching the eye of the girls who were part of the Baron's fan club .

"We must report immediately, Imikami," the black-haired one said.

"No, first we'll find out who she is and try to talk to her, if possible," the other, with lighter colored hair, replied.

"You're right," they watched the passersby for a moment longer.

But now they came out of hiding, turned to see a girl who was clearly younger than them, luckily they knew who she was, and with that information they decided to wait for the next change. A disappointment awaited them, when Haru left the classroom she moved stealthily, so much so that they never managed to catch her. So with only information about her, they went to the creator of their club.

Haru didn't care a bit about the rumors, she just wanted to avoid arguments, they were tiring, but she was tired when she left the school.