Axel's Point of View

10 years ago

"OKAY ENTER THAT DOOR, after that you can sit whenever you want to sit and behave yourself okay?" The man white white suit said to me, I just nod. Then, he walked away I'm so happy because someone will adopt me and will take care of me.

I'm just quite confused about this place. It's like a Laboratory or something.

I walked towards the door, I'm small so I had a hard time opening the door. Before I open the door, the door suddenly opens. My whole body falls, I close my eyes waiting for my body to fall on the ground.

I felt some arm around me, I realised that I fell on a person! I immediately stand up and look at the person. I bow.

"I'm sorry!"

"Hmmm." Huh? I looked at the person, ohh I think he is the same age as me. He looked at my face and then down to my feet.

"Who are you?" he asked me with his cold tone. I got shivers. I start trembling.

"I-I'm Ax-Axel Ar-Arison." I nervously said. He nods and he goes to a sofa and then sits and starts reading a book. I took a deep breath. That was nerve cracking! He's scary! God help me.

I closed the door and sat beside him.

Who is this boy? The boy had brown hair and a mix of purple and yellow in his eyes. At first it's creepy but It's beautiful. When he turned his head towards me I quickly looked away. When I felt like he was staring at me I almost choked my saliva.

Wait, he looks like a robot!

"Sorry for scaring you, this is just my normal voice." he said. I look at his expression and nothing changes, but still he apologises. Oh, he's not a bad person!

"I-Its fine, Do-Don't worry." I said.

He nodded and started reading books again. I yawned, my whole body started craving for sleep. Oh yeah I haven't slept for 2 days. Then I didn't realize that I was already sleeping.

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I SUDDENLY WOKE UP. Dang dang dang! Why did you suddenly sleep!? You bastard! Don't sleep without my permission... Oh I should stop cursing myself.

I looked around to change my thoughts and jumped in fright when I saw the boy looking at me. My cheeks were burning up in embarrassment, because he saw me sleeping! And I know myself to do that while I'm sleeping... dang I'm no good.

"Can I a-ask who are you? We-Well I just told you my name and-" he just cut my words when he spoke up.

"Ayanokoji Kiyotaka."

"Ohhh! The kind man's son!" I said while smiling, then he looked confused. He asked me why I called his Father a kind mind. Then I start explaining why I'm here. After that he looked at me.

"You.." he said after I told him the reason.

"Wh-what?"

"You shouldn't come to that man."

"Why? He seems kind."

"No you don't understand, you will just become like me." he said to me. I looked at him, actually looked confused right now. I honestly don't understand what he is saying.

"You'll be manipulated and lose emotion like me."

Just... just what are you saying right now?

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Present

Kiyotaka's Point of View

EVEN THOUGH THIS IS HARD, the entrance ceremony is the same here as it is at any other school.

After a speech of thanks from some principal or other director, the ceremony ended. I grab Axel's hand and drag him outside the venue.

And then it was noon. After we got an explanation of all the buildings and facilities on campus, the group split up.

70, 80% of the students started heading for the dorms. The rest of the students formed small groups and walked towards the cafes and the karaoke rooms. The whole crowd soon disappeared.

On our way to the dorms, I decided to go to the convenience store of course with Axel. He said that he would buy some snacks and important things, which was on the way.

"... What an unpleasant coincidence."

Once we entered the convenience store, We immediately ran into Horikita again. Axel rolled his eyes and started roaming around the store.

"Don't be so hostile. Rather, did you also have stuff to buy?"

"Yea, just a bit. I came to buy some necessities."

Horikita talked while examining shampoo that she took from the shelf.

Dormitory life starts from today, you need much more than just "a bit"... Girls also need various products.

She quickly put the shampoo and other daily necessities into her basket. I thought she would go for good quality items, but she only went for the cheapest one available.

"I thought girls paid more attention to what kind of shampoo they used."

"That depends on the type of person, no? The type of person who doesn't know where they should be spending their money."

She sent me a cold gaze that said, "Could you not look at other people's stuff without permission?"

"Also, I didn't expect you to stay in the classroom for self-introductions. You don't look like the type of person to be in that group of classmates."

"I'm trying to be in that group quietly precisely because I try to avoid trouble. Why didn't you participate in the self-introductions? It's only a short greeting. You could get along with the others and get the chance to make friends."

Also, a lot of the students exchanged contact addresses with each other.

If Horikita had participated, she probably would've been popular in the class. What a waste.

"There are a lot of reasons I could give you, but should I give a simple explanation? Even if I introduced myself, it's not guaranteed that I would get along with everyone. Rather, it would've probably created problems instead. If I don't do the introduction, none of these problems occur. Right?"

"But there's still a high probability that you would get along with everyone..."

"Where'd you get that probability from? I say that, but we would endlessly argue over it if we tried to debate that, so let's just say that the probability is high. So, did you get along with anyone?"

"Uu..."

She looked at me while talking.

... I see. Surprisingly, she's right.

Actually, I was unable to exchange contacts with anybody.

It couldn't be used as evidence to prove that there was a high probability of getting along if she did introduce herself. I averted my gaze at Horikita's words.

"In other words, you have no proof that self-introductions make finding friends easy."

Horikita continued.

"To begin with, I never intended to make friends. So, there's no need for me to introduce myself, and no need for me to listen to anyone else's introduction. Are you convinced now?"

She did reject me the first time I tried to introduce myself...

It might've been a miracle to have gotten her name in the first place.

When I asked if I shouldn't have introduced myself, she shook her head though.

People have various different ways of thinking; it's impossible to deny that.

Horikita is a much more isolated, no, aloof, type of person than I thought.

We didn't even look at each other as we wandered about in the convenience store.

Even though her personality is a bit uptight, it didn't feel uncomfortable walking together.

"Wow~. They even have all the different kinds of cup noodles, this school's really convenient~"

In front of the instant food section, two boys were being noisy. After throwing a bunch of cup noodles into their basket, the two of them went to the register. They also had lots of snacks and drinks that filled up the whole basket. Since there are a lot of points that may be left over, it's only natural that they try to spend it somehow.

"Cup noodles... so they had that kind of section too, huh." Axel said beside me. I looked at him and his basket. I chope his head.

"Ittai! What was that for Kiyo!"

"Are you planning to buy all different types of snacks huh?" I asked, he pouted and started returning some snacks in his basket.

"Still too many Axel." I said he was still pouting.

"Fine, fine." I said he smiled and then suddenly hugged me. My heart starts beating fast again. What is this?

"Oh right, do you want some cup noodles Kiyo?" He asks me, I nod. He put his finger on his chin and started thinking.

"Well Internet-chan said that this flavour is good so you should try it, I'll buy it too and we should eat this in your dorm." he said to me. I nod.

"So boys really do like this kind of stuff? I don't think it's really good for the body though." Suddenly horikita appeared. Axel just sighed.

"Eh, I was just considering if I should buy it." I said.

I checked the price of the cup noodles that Axel gave to me. It said it was 156 yen, but I wasn't sure whether that was high or low for a bowl of cup noodles.

Even though the school calls it "points," the prices are all written in yen.

"Hey, what do you think of these prices? Do they look cheap or expensive?" Horikita asked us.

"Hmm... I can't really tell, but did you find something with a strange price?" Axel said, I nodded.

"No, that's not what I meant. I just wanted to ask."

The prices on the goods in the store seemed to be about right.

Also, it really does seem like 1 point is equal to 1 yen.

Given that the average high school student's allowance is about 5,000 yen, our monthly allowance is 20 times bigger.

Sensing his suspicious behavior, Horikita looked at Axel strangely.

I took the closest bowl of cup noodles to throw off her suspicions.

"Wow, this is really big. It's a G cup!"

It looks like it stands for "giga cup," but for some reason it makes me feel full just looking at it.

On an unrelated note, Horikita's breasts aren't small, but aren't large either. They are just the perfect size.

"Ayanokouji-kun. Did you just think of something inappropriate?"

"... No, of course not."

"Yes you are Kiyo." Axel agreed to her, I looked at him full of betrayal. Kidding.

"You were acting strangely though..." Horikita said.

With just a glance, she was able to tell that I was thinking of strange things. She's sharp.

Horikita drew her attention away from the food section and started to look at the necessities section of the store.

Now I could finally score some points with Horikita by telling some witty jokes.

"Stop, just stop what you are thinking Kiyo. Stop it, you know I can help you to get friends but If you say something they didn't get, they will immediately avoid you. Horikita seems to want a friend but I sense that she is a good person." Axel said to me.

"Are you a mind reader?"

"No, I just know you a lot."

"But can I give it a shot? Just one." he shook his head but just nodded at me. I promise to you that I will not fail this mission.

I walked to Horikita.

"Wow, this razor has five blades! Seems like it would shave super cleanly."

"The hell, what would I shave with that?"

I held the razor blade, feeling proud of my joke, but the reaction was different than I expected. I thought she would smile, but she was looking at me like I was disgusting.

"... You know, there's nothing to shave on my chin or even under my armpits."

That hurt my heart. I guess my joke doesn't work on females.

"I'm envious of your courage to say that to someone you randomly met."

"... You've also been saying shit to someone you just met too."

"Really? I was only saying the facts. Unlike you."

She returned my words calmly and shut me up. Granted, I was saying some stupid stuff. The smooth Horikita, though, showed no signs of saying crude things.

I looked at Axel who was holding his stomach while laughing, he patted my head.

"I told you, it's okay to try again but don't forget I'm here okay? Besides, I'm confident in my social skills." Yeah yeah, he just introduced himself perfectly in the class.

When he ends up introducing himself in the class, all of the boys are blushing while the girls also have hearts in their eyes. While me... I failed. Of course what are you expecting with this poker face and monotone voice?

I just nod.

Horikita once again chose the cheapest facial cleanser. I think girls should pay more attention to themselves.

"I think this one looks better, doesn't it?"

I grabbed a facial cleanser that was a bit more expensive and looked creamier.

"Not necessary."

I was refused. I heard a chuckle coming from Axel.

"I think you should become just like Axel, the quiet one who seems to be observing his surroundings." she said to me.

Again, it hurts.

"Hey Horikita, don't be mean to Kiyo he's just... just..."

"What?"

"Well you know just like a .. a yeah yeah nevermind." Again and again. It hurts.

"You both are so mean." I mumbled.