*CHU* *KISS*

To no one's surprise, Touko was dead serious about absolutely smothering me with kisses the next day after I survived and assassinated Helter-Skelter and entered UAA's ranking list at place number 100.

She wasted no time running up to me as she entered CiRCLE alongside her bandmates, before pinning me to a wall and beginning her extreme smooching. Man, killing that asshole was so worth it~

Doing a final kiss on my lips and hugging me, Touko soon heads with her bandmates to practice as I begin wiping of the overwhelming amount of kissmarks that came all over my face from all the kissing, but once again, totally worth it.

Not long after, the entrance bell rings, and in comes another band I haven't met before.

"Oh? Wait, don't tell me, you are the new part timer Marina has mentioned to most of us!"

"Yeah, that's me alright."

"Finally we get to to meet you! I'm Himari Uehara, the bassist and leader of the band Afterglow!"

"Nice to meet you guys too. It's always good that I get to meet all the bands here and get to learn about everyone."

"Huh, I heard you've already met Roselia. Ran Mitake, vocalist and guitarist for the band."

Geez, another serious one..? Ah well, I can't blame anyone for being serious when playing in bands, some just wants to see perfection in their sound.

"I'm Moca Aoba, also the guitarist~"

"Have you been sleeping well? You sound tired." I ask Moca, just getting a smile from her as she shakes her head.

"I wonder that too at times, if I get to be honest. Tomoe Udagawa, the drummer!"

"I see, the big sister to Ako, right?"

Tomoe nods and grins at me, before I look to the final girl.

"A-ah, well, I'm not too much to me, but I'm the keyboardist of the band, Tsugumi Hazawa."

"Well, most often being normal is completely okay, so don't worry about it!"

Stupid of me out of all people to say that when I'm literally an assassin. Or well, I try my best to just live an honest student life, can't go around being bothered on the assassination stuff the whole time, it's more dull to not actually have the time of your life, not gonna lie.

"Anyways, practice for you guys, right? Morfonica are in studio one, so choose any other studio that suit you guys."

"Thanks! Oh yeah, what's your name?"

"Stephan Klausch." I reply to Himari as she nods before Ran goes first and everyone follows after. Perhaps I should've told them my name in the very beginning, just so I won't forget doing that for any later encounters.

Soon enough, it becomes pretty quiet, as no one comes by. Tapping my fingers in a rhythmic motion on the reception desk, I yawn and stretch myself before finally going for looking up stuff on my phone.

While I anticipated a new message about my next ranking battle, I also just looked in the group chat I have with my classmates, some of them speak about our current assignments, while others ask one and another about hanging out.

It's kinda strange how I've already gotten into a relationship, while my classmates are struggling to get the boy or girl of their dreams... Ah well, everyone just need to take their time, not everyone just finds the love of their life in an instant.

Soon enough, Morfonica are the first ones getting done with their practice. While Rui, Mashiro and Tsukushi heads home, Touko sticks around a little and help me with some cleaning though we just began doing rather raunchy stuff together, before Marina caught us. Man, just as she was about to get her uniform undone and undoing mine as well...

While Marina told us it was rather indecent that I almost doinked Touko, I guess it was better off that she stopped us. We can do way more in my apartment after all~

Saying my farewell for the day, I head home, still thinking a little about everything that transpired yesterday.

I killed those two sole goons and the assassin himself without regretting much. Sure, it was gruesome, but I had to do it, as I need to save my parents.

Yeah sure, it's maybe wrong of a high schooler to be an assassin, but if Maki Harukawa could have her real Ultimate title being the Ultimate Assassin, then so can I!

That said, I wonder if I should come up with a moniker, just so future opponents of mine don't need to refer me to my real name.

I think for a moment before I see a blue haired girl walking around, seemingly lost and not having any idea where she is.

"Hey there, you lost?"

The girl immediately turns to me before seemingly becoming embarrased.

"Y-yeah, I have never been good with directions..."

"Where were you heading then-"

"Kanon!"

I suddenly hear another girl's voice as I turn around and see them running into our direction, and she looked concerned.

"A-ah, Misaki..!"

"Sorry, I made my way here as soon as possible... And who are you then?"

The girl apparently named Misaki looks at me while waiting for my reply.

"I'm your everyday high schooler that is just returning home from his work at the live house."

"Wait a minute, are you the new part timer at CiRCLE?" Misaki soon asks me as I smile and nod. "Oooh, I thought you were some random weirdo going up to Kanon just like that. I've heard good things about you, so hi, I'm Misaki Okusawa, the DJ for Hello, Happy World."

But as Misaki says that, she sighs and before I get to ask her what's wrong, Kanon butts in.

"She is the DJ, but unfortunately our three bandmates aren't aware of that fact as she often wears a costume when performing. Oh, and I'm Kanon Matsubara, the drummer, thanks for wanting to help me earlier..!"

"What the, how airheaded and dense could they be to not think extra that it's you underneath the hood..?"

"Beats me, but I have accepted that fact at this point, so I don't worry much about it really." Misaki says as she just let's out a chuckle.

Strong girl, huh? She doesn't let bullshit easily get to her and she manages to turn things around for the better, like everyone else of the band girls I've met so far.

"Kanon, Misaki!"

Another girl? And as I turn to the source, yep, another girl is coming alongside two other girls.

"We finally found you two! Oh, and who are you mister?"

"Stephan Klausch, I work part time at CiRCLE."

"Ah, the part timer! I'm Kokoro Tsurumaki, the vocalist for Hello, Happy World!"

Her clothing style is something else, I must say. While I'll give it that she is adorable looking, she seems to be someone that let's her "childish" ambitions become trouble for others.

In a way, Touko does those kinda mistakes too, but at least she can be serious when she needs to be, and I love her immensely regardless.

"I'm Hagumi Kitazawa, I do the bass!"

I get startled as I snap out of getting lost in thought thinking about Touko like I often do.

"Oh, uh yeah, nice to meet you too!"

"Well, well, I haven't even introduced myself yet! Kaoru Seta, the guitarist of the band~"

"Y-yeah, yeah..."

Oh god, I have even more thoughts about Touko running through my head now, the hell am I supposed to do?!

I just can't pitch a tent in my pants while Hello, Happy World is in front of me, Kanon, Hagumi and Kokoro are so innocent looking of them, they can't be exposed to such filth..!

"Hey Stephan are you... okay?" Misaki asks me as I just nod frantically.

Like, I can't say that I'm getting a woodie because I thought about my girl, I gotta excuse myself!

"U-uh, I gotta go, see you all around!" I tell the girls as I run away.

"Aww, he's already gone... But at least we know how the new part timer is like!" Kokoro proudly says as everyone nods in agreement.

Soon just walking at this point, I keep asking myself what I should do get rid of the party currently going on down there.

Best way is a good wank, but I rather not kill a million of my offsprings, and I rather have it explode inside Touko...

"Ah screw it, I'm not doing anything!"

Probably a very bad decision to make, but if I'm going to nut a fat nut in Touko at the power level of a Judgement Cut End, I better fucking not jerk off!

Letting the party go by, I am soon ready to head home, before... Sayo comes running past me? Oh no wait, this one has shorter hair, but...

"Oh, sorry! I were practicing running back and forth for our upcoming performance." the short haired Sayo look a like says as she smiles at me, albeit a rather smug one.

I wonder why she would have such a smug smile at someone she doesn't even know.

"I'm Hina Hikawa, the guitarist for Pastel Palettes!"

Hikawa, of course! Hina is Sayo's twin, how the hell didn't I think about that earlier?

I suddenly see Hina press a little against her ear, before smiling at me again with that smug smile.

"So, you are the new CiRCLE part timer?" she asks, as I blink at her for a hot second.

Because how the fuck does she know? She can't have heard it either from Hello, Happy World, I ran miles away from the place that band were at.

And Pastel Palettes? I don't even know which are in this band! Hell, they haven't been in CiRCLE ever since I begun, how is Marina supposed to tell them about me then?

"Stephan Klausch is your name, right~?"

Alright, time out, what..? How does she know my name?!

"One thing at a time! Why are you introducing yourself, and how do you know my name?!" I ask Hina, as now I'm clearly fucking distressed over actually having a potential stalker after me.

"Oh, uhm... I heard it from PAREO!"

"Pareo who now..?"

Okay, yeah, this girl is stalking me and trying to come up with excuses with how she knows about me. I do not know anyone by the name "PAREO", so she already messed up big time.

Hina was clearly getting nervous as I'm easily seeing through her lies.

"Gaaah, Hina, how did you make Touko into PAREO?!" someone suddenly yells out from the bushes as they jump out, flailing their arms around, with three others soon following after!

"Explain yourselves." I sternly say to Hina and the other band girls having just emerged from the bushes.

"G-guh... Sorry, we didn't mean to stalk you..."

"Keep berating me, I'll only like it more..!"

The pink haired and blonde haired girls say their respective things as they and the other three looks at me.

"Hmm... I'm Aya Maruyama, the pink idol and vocalist of Pastel Palettes!"

"Chisato Shirasagi, I handle the bass. Don't you think bass is better than guitar, Stephan? You wouldn't mind having thoughts about other girls that isn't Touko, would you?"

"...Ahem... Maya Yamato, the drummer, at your service! I can help with anytime you get problems with the musical equipment at CiRCLE!"

"Eve Wakamiya, the keytarist! I believe in the way of the samurai, Bushido!"

Are... these girls regularly like this..? I don't think that's case here, they way they are acting towards me, it ain't them.

"Hey girls, snap out of it! I have your fullest attention now, okay?"

"Good!" the five girls says simultaneously as... they begin surrounding me.

"Wait, hold on now here, the hell are you girls doing?"

"Slim, not too short but not too long either, foreign..! It's an all in one package!" Aya blurts out as she smiles and blushes, with the other four agreeing as while Chisato also licked her lips.

The hell is wrong with these girls, and for how long have they been stalking me?!

"Hey, hey, you like idols, right?! Hehe, just wait till you see what we idols can do for you~"

"Idols? Nah."

The girls expression immediately takes on a neutral look as they blink, confused over my response.

"W-wait, you don't like idols..?!" Aya asks, now seemingly flustered.

"Not as in dislike, but idols just aren't my thing, sorry."

"B-but don't all guys love idols? Our fans tend to be so crazy over us..!" Maya says she blushes as well from being so flustered.

I just shrug my shoulders, I've said mine, and I ain't letting anything change my mind.

"Never generalize. The day you assume too much that all members in a group are all the same with a hivemind thought, that's when you lose grip on understanding humanity."

I soon turn around and begin walking homeward, waving to the idol band.

I might've been harsh, but it will be hard or rather impossible to have me somehow ditch Touko. She means everything to me now after all.

...I would rather die than having to live a life without the existence of Touko Kirigaya...

Getting home, I sit in front of my computer to do some final assignments all the way into the late evening.

Soon enough, I begin hearing that loud ass music playing again from that penthouse. When will they ever learn..?

My phone suddenly gets a notification, and while I had hoped it being Touko, it was actually the UAA, having sent me a message about my next target:

Your next target is the 99th ranked assassin Death Metal. You will find him close by Tsurumaki Manor, be prepared, and enter the Garden... of Madness!

Tsurumaki? Oh yeah, that's Kokoro's last name!

But wait, a manor? Does that mean her parents are pure moneybags..?

Shaking my head, I soon search up how this Death Metal dude looks like, and this time, I got up results at once:

Flexing that you are getting chicks as well, old man?

Dude probably doesn't even love his bitches for real, at least the love between me and Touko is mutual, strong and very much real.

And he appears to be blade wielder, which is a breath of fresh air, considering it was pretty lame that Helter-Skelter only shot at me with his guns, and he clearly wasn't skilled with his hand blades, hence why I decapitated him so easily.

Alright Death Metal, hope you are the challenge you look to be...

Because it's game time!

To be continued :P