Mafu and Luz were looking at the front of the class. Their teacher was going on about whatever they were learning, Mafu wasn't paying attention at all as he kept glancing at the redhead sitting beside him.

Sakata was sleeping, Mafu frowned as he thought back on the third-years. People sure love to hurt others who can't fight back.

The redhead seemed to stir in his sleep, as if he was having a nightmare. Mafu felt pity towards Sakata, he also felt guilty. The thought that he was a bad friend for not realizing sooner. Mafu noticed that Sakata seemed to calm down as his face relaxed.

Luz had turned his head slightly to look behind him. Urata was there petting the redhead's hair in an attempt calm him. Luz smiled sadly before looking forward again. The brunette had been by the redhead's side ever since Soraru told them. Whenever Urata saw the redhead stir in his sleep in discomfort, he would pat his head or play with his hair until Sakata relaxed. It was the most he could do with his form.

The lunch bell rang, Luz turned around to wake up the redhead. Mafu watched in amusement as Sakata didn't wake up from being shakened by the light haired male.

"Hey Sakata wake up."

"....."

"Sakata."

"....."

"Sakata!"

"......."

"Hey!"

"....."

Luz groaned in annoyance as Sakata continued to sleep. Urata rolled his eyes at the redhead, what an idiot.

"Hey Sakata!" Mafu shouted in the redhead's ear, which made Sakata jolt up.

"I'm awake!"

The redhead looked around confusingly before turning to see a giggling albino. Urata was chuckling at the redhead's expression.

"You didn't have to scream in my ear~" Sakata whined as he felt his ears ring from the albino's loud scream.

"Then wake up when we tell you." Mafu stated as he got up from his seat.

Luz just chuckled at the two before getting up too. Sakata, still annoyed at the sudden rude awakening, then followed the two out of the class. He semi-glared at the albino before pouting in annoyance. Urata found the action cute and poked the redhead's puffed out cheeks. Sakata jumped at the cold touch before relaxing. Luz looked at the brunette, who was chuckling, in amusement.

As they were walking to the roof, Sakata froze and hid behind the light haired male. Luz looked a bit to the side to see a couple of third-years walk by. They seemed to glare at the three as they passed them. Luz returned the glare back before looking at the redhead in sympathy.

"It's okay Sakata, we're here for you." Mafu said as he smiled at the redhead, Sakata smiled back.

"Thanks..."

They made it to the roof, Mafu noticed that there was someone missing. He looked around the area thinking that maybe he just didn't see him. But that wasn't the case as it seemed like Soraru was absent at the moment.

"Where's Soraru?" Mafu asked as the others shrugged. The albino looked at Nqrse for an answer.

"A teacher wanted to talk to him about something."

"Wonder what it's about?" Amatsuki pondered.

"Who knows."

The guys were eating their lunch and talking about things when the raven-haired finally arrived. Mafu and Sakata turned to face Soraru with a smile.

"Hi oniichan~"

"I thought I told you not to call me that."

"Wwww but it's fun to tease you~"

"You should've never been left alone with Soraru, he's influencing you." Shima jokingly said as the raven-haired rolled his eyes.

"Www I wanna call Soraru oniichan too~" Luz teasingly asked as the mentioned male glared at him.

"Do it and you'll regret it."

"Www."

"What did the teacher talk to you about?" Kashitaro asked as the raven-haired sat down.

"Just wanted to ask me what's going on with the whole incident and how Sakata is doing."

"What did you say?" Sakata asked.

His voice seemed to waver a bit which led to Urata patting his head, soothing the redhead. Luz and Amatsuki smirked inwardly at the brunette's action.

"Just that they seemed to stop doing much since you're always with one of us at least."

"And it'll be like that until it's over." Nqrse stated as the raven-haired nodded.

"Just one more month till the school year is over and we don't have to worry about that." Shima said.

"Technically two if you count this month." Senra pointed out as the purple-haired gave the blonde an annoyed look for correcting him.

"Can you last for that much?" Mafu asked the redhead, who nodded.

"Yep~ I have you guys." Sakata beamed which made the others smile.

"Hey Soraru, not to make you worry about things but it's been a while since the last death."

Soraru slightly frowned as he remembered about that. Nothing had happened for a couple of months, which concerned the raven-haired. He had been wondering when the next person would die. Actually, he had been feeling uneasy since a couple of days ago. He hoped that maybe he was just getting sick from the cold, but that didn't seem to be the case.

"I'm kinda worried that it might be their time."

"Same here."

Lunch was over, the guys left the roof and headed back to their classes. Mafu was linking his arm with Luz and Sakata as he talked with them along the way. Soraru smiled at the albino's cheery attitude, of course he'd do anything to cheer up Sakata.

"So when are you going to confess~"

"Oi."

Soraru gave the brunette an annoyed glare, which only made Urata grin even more. The brunette's smile then went back to a neutral expression as he seemed to think about something for a couple of seconds. Soraru saw that Urata seemed hesitant for a bit.

"Hey Soraru,"

"Yeah?"

"I'm sorry."

"For what?"

The raven-haired looked at the brunette with a confused look. He didn't understand why Urata was apologizing.

"For getting mad at you, I just got irritated that you were hiding something from me."

"You sure you weren't just jealous that Sakata was following me?"

"O-Oi!"

Soraru snickered at the brunette's pink tinted cheeks. He stopped laughing and smiled at the brunette, who smiled back. Nqrse was glad that the two seemed to be okay now, he was worried about their argument last time. They made it to their class and the day went by without problem.

•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•

A couple of days have passed by, the guys would always be by Sakata's side whenever they can. The redhead felt safer when they were around and was beginning to go back to his usual smiling self now. The bullies seemed to not be around that much anymore, though Soraru still was on guard.

The raven-haired was walking around the hallways, he had to stay after to help the teacher bring some stuff to the faculty room. Earlier he texted the others and told them to leave without him but they decided to wait.

He sighed as he entered the faculty room. A teacher noticed him entering and got up. He handed them the things he was carrying, they thanked the raven-haired and Soraru left the room. He walked to the gate to see that Sakata wasn't there with the others.

"Where's Sakata?"

"A classmate told him that the teacher was looking for him." Luz replied.

Soraru began to feel uneasy, the guys could tell from looking at his face. He looked at them with a narrowed stare.

"Why didn't anyone of you guys go with him?"

"Senra was going to go but Sakata said that it's okay." Shima said as the blonde nodded his head in confirmation.

"Guess he feels a bit safer on his own now that the third-years seem to keep a distance." Nqrse thought out loud.

"He said that it wouldn't take long." Mafu said as he looked at the raven-haired.

"You're still worried right?" Kashitaro asked the raven-haired, who nodded his head in response.

"We can go look for him." Amatsuki said as the others agree.

They began to walk back into the school, though Urata looked at the raven-haired worriedly. The raven-haired didn't like the look on the brunette's face.

"Soraru, I don't know why but I feel strange."

"What do you mean?" Luz asked as he gave the brunette a confused look.

"I can't really explain it, just that I feel uneasy."

Soraru was beginning to feel more and more nervous as he walked. The feeling wouldn't go away even when they were at the faculty room.

"Sakata, he left already." The teacher told them after Luz had asked about the redhead's whereabouts. Nqrse looked at the raven-haired worriedly.

"If he already left then that should've meant that we would've passed him." Kashitaro stated as the others felt themselves become anxious.

"Since we didn't see him then that means that he's still in the school." Mafu thought.

"Let's text him. If he doesn't reply then we'll do go look for him." Senra suggested.

"Good idea." Shima said as he took out his phone and typed.

Shima: hey sakata where are you

After a few minutes of no reply, they confirmed to themselves that something was definitely wrong. Urata looked at the raven-haired worriedly.

"This doesn't seem good."

"I'm getting concerned."

"Same here Nqrse."

"We should split up to find him."

The four males looked at Amatsuki, Soraru felt an unpleasant feeling gnawing at him in his stomach. The red eyed brunette saw them nod their heads before suggesting the idea to the others.

"Let's split up to find him." Amatsuki suggested, the others agreed to the red eyed brunette's idea.

Soraru headed towards the stairs while the others went to look in different places. Urata went with the raven-haired, both felt the uneasy feeling growing faster each second. Soraru was on the first floor checking the classrooms to see if Sakata was there.

"Urata did you—"

The raven-haired turned to see the brunette was nowhere near him. Where'd he go? Soraru sighed as he now had two of his friends disappear on him. Where would Sakata be? Soraru decided to check the bathroom on the floor but saw the redhead wasn't there either. Soraru groaned in frustration before deciding to check outside. He quickly ran down the stairs and went out one of the doors only to almost bump into Luz and Nqrse.

"I'm guessing you haven't found him yet." Nqrse said as the raven-haired nodded. The uneasy feeling still didn't go away.

"Where's Urata?" Luz asked as Soraru shrugged.

"He disappeared all of the sudden."

Soraru took out his phone to text the guys to see if they had any luck in finding the redhead.

Soraru: did you guys find him

Shima: nope

Mafu: he's not on the third floor

Kashitaro: not in any of the second floor classrooms

Senra: didn't find him in the bathrooms at all

Amatsuki: i checked the roof and nothing
Amatsuki: did luz or nqrse find him

Soraru: they said they haven't

Mafu: im really worried

Shima: he's not by the gates right

Kashitaro: didn't see him from the window

Soraru was about to reply to them when he heard a couple, maybe two or three, third-years' voice from the locker room nearby.

"How's that feel?"

They seemed to be laughing at something, or more like someone. Soraru widened his eyes as the other two males froze. They all stared at each other for a second.

"S-Sakata!" Luz said as the three ran to where the voices where.

They found the third-years, one of them seemed to let go of the redhead, who looked immobile. They saw that the third-years were laughing until it slowly dimmed down.

"What did you do to him?!" Nqrse barked in a harsh tone as two of the third-years turned to look at them.

"You were so loud that they found us." One of them said as, the one Soraru assumed was the leader, stared at the redhead.

"Eh? What's wrong?" They asked the guy, who stepped back.

"Y-Yo h-he's— I wasn't here." The leader ran out of the changing room, pushing Soraru and Luz out of the way.

"What's his problem?" One of them asked, but once they saw the redhead's body their eyes widened.

"W-What?!"

Soraru and the other two were able to see the redhead, but widened their eyes as they saw the sight. Sakata had bruises around his arms but that wasn't what shocked them to most. Sakata's head was submerged in locker room's bath tub. He wasn't moving at all and just limp on the side.

"W-What did you do to him?!" Luz repeated the pink haired male's question.

"Shit, let's leave before we get into some serious trouble."

The other two guys ran out of the room. Nqrse and Soraru were still frozen in their spot as Luz rushed by the redhead's side.

"S-Sakata?!"

The light haired male removed the redhead from the tub and shook him, but Sakata made no sound or any movement. Soraru then remembered about the book. Drowning, does that mean that those guys—?! He just stared at the redhead's body, unable to process that fact that a bully was capable of trying, and succeeding, in killing someone. Luz tried to check for a pulse but found nothing.

"H-H-He's—"

Luz couldn't even finish his sentence as he noticed that Urata was there. But the brunette seemed scared, almost traumatized as he stared at the redhead.

"Urata?"

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A/n

I'm n̶o̶t̶ sorry (ಥ‿ಥ)

Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter~