"Can you smell that , dear?"  Satou smirked , teasing the third year hiding behind the thin wall where she hid before.

"What?" Atsuka raised an eyebrow , packing her lunch as the plump library lady laughed.

"The smell of tight rivalry and forbidden love,"

"Satou-san , don't make me take away your wattpad book collections."

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T.E.W.D.S.
🥀  CHAPTER 7 🥀

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"She.. she visited here then went away???" The new girl gasped , taking her belongings before going out of the library , thanking Satou in the process.

"T-Thank you!" Goshiki yelled while bowing , running behind the girl madly like he doesn't wanna lose to her.

After their unexpected appearance in the quiet library , Satou-san took the hint and told them Atsuka went to the park.

Atsuka , behind the thin wall , tried her best not to cough loudly because of her choking on her own saliva.

Right when the library door closed , Atsuka coughed a fit.

It was that easy to distract them? Amazing purity.

"The boy , he's the cousin of yours??" Satou laughed , piling up the books and put them on the shelf.

"..Hm," Akatani sighed."Please don't say that out loud to any people,"

Satou smiled.

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RIIIIIIIIIIINGG!!!!!

The break is over.

Back to the greeeaaaaatly annoying classroom.

After ending their joking session , Akatani , took her belongings and said goodbye.

"Have a good day , Satou-san,"

She waved back.

"Have a good day too dear!!"

Clack.

Akatani sighed with faint smile , closing the library door behind her.

Her gazed lifted up , and when she notice the pair of eyes staring back at her in front of her , she felt like a giant dangerous trap closed and destroyed her until no remainings.

Like a deer caught in headlights.

"..Ah! There you are! Akatani Atsuka-san , am i right??" Her small figure approached her from her spot , the other end of the hallway.

Akatani just looked at the new girl blandly.

"What do you want."

The new girl , Kosaki , flinched.

"Uhh well , the library lady told me you visited the library and then left to the park...but you're not there , so i wanted to ask the library lady again," She scratched her nape.

"No." Akatani glared."Why are you looking for me?"

Kosaki blinked several times , before laughing.

"Silly Akatani-san! I wanted to be friends!!" Kosaki pouted , before putting out her hand for a handshake.

Atsuka looked around.

The hallway is empty , all students have enterred their own classrooms.

" i have no time.The third period is starting." Atsuka passed her , jogging down the stairs as she left the new girl like a statue on her spot.

Kosaki sighed and looked at Atsuka's far back with a sad smile.

" This i gonna be difficult , isn't it..."

She slapped her cheeks.

"Don't give up..Maru!!"

Her gaze which was plastered to the ceiling,  turned to the side,  to see Satou doing her work from the glass library door.

She smiled and waved , returned by Satou.

"Satou-san , eh?"

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"Disrespectful students...it has only been a few days since the first day of school and you're already late to the lesson??" The physic teacher , another killer teacher , stomped and scolded her on the corridor.

Atsuka said nothing.

"Stand there for 10 minutes. And don't eve--"

"I-I'm so sorry!!" Kosaki's high toned voice rang across the other end of the hallway.

Mr.Yang , the physic teacher raised an eyebrow.

"You--"

"I'm Kosaki Maru , the new transfer student sir! I'm sorry for our lateness!!" She bowed.

Our..?

"Actually , I'm a new student and Akatani-san gave me a tour around , but I'm too stubborn and i asked to continue the tour a bit! Because if i don't,  i won't know my way to my driver later after school..I'm so sorry !!" She bowed again , making Mr.Yang speechless.

Wait what--

He fixed the bridge of his glasses with a throat clearing.

"I see.I'll let both of you go this time.Please don't repeat this , okay? Get in my class," he commanded.

"Thank you so much , sir!" She bowed again , taking Akatani's hand as she dragged her in the class.

Akatani yanked her hand away , looking at Kosaki Maru , terrified.

Kosaki seemed to interpret the look wrongly.

"You can thank me later!"

Akatani looked away from her coldly and sat on her seat speechless , while the class were chaotic like usual.

Seems like nobody even noticed that they were late.

She...she lied and created that story long lie in a second without stuttering..

...scary.

But...

Akatani glanced at the new girl , sitting on her seat with a sad smile , while the girl around her asked what happened.

She  shook her head and said something which looked like 'nothing'.

Well she helped me...

...but i didn't ask for it though..

But she didn't deserve those..

....

Akatani sighed in frustration.

Focus on the lesson now , Atsuka.

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Clack.

Akatani left the room in hurry , after putting the strawberry milk on Kosaki's desk , as an indirect thank you.

It's currently the second break ,  everybody's out , whether to cafeteria or to other classes.

In this case , Akatani decided to look for new hiding place.

Cafeteria? A big no no.

Park?

Yard?

No.

But..

Akatani looked at the big tree in front of her.

She's currently already at the back yard.

It's far from the class , but near the small canteen and from there , anyone can see the library.Which means , she can see Satou-san.

Akatani looked around.

It's not shedding leaves and there's no bugs except some visiting birds , so it seems perfect.

But Akatani wasn't really a sporty type ,
so climbing wasn't really her thing.

But that doesn't mean she can't.

She spent her childhood under Goshiki's family's care , playing around with Goshiki.

Playing soccer randomly at an abandoned field , trying out volleyball , and climbing trees to catch beetle wasn't really a stranger thing for her.

It's just that she's not too sporty.

"Humph," she climbed up after making sure nobody saw her , folding her skirt between her thighs and sat leaning on the big trunk , and just as she predicted , she can see everyone from far and the library window at the third floor.

Amazing.

Bless whoever planted this mighty social distancing tree.

Akatani pulled out her sandwich and munched on it , pulling her phone out too when she saw Satou from the library's window , back facing the window.

Akatani huffed as she took the last bite.

Her eyes shifted back to the library window , finding the familiar figure gone from sight , probably carrying the books to other shelves.

Until another figure came in sight.

The girl whose book she stepped on a few days ago.

Dunno the name.

She appeared in front of the counter , dropped something and wrote something , then left.

Probably returning the book she borrowed.

Much to her suprises , because it looks like there's no such people who takes interest in Shiratorizawa's Highschool library.

The other smart rich kids just hired private course teachers.

They never went to the library.

RIIIIIIIINGGGG!!!!

And look , the narrtor-disturbing bell ring has spoken again.

Damn it.

Akatani sighed as she packed her lunch and crumbled the sandwich's wrap , stuffing it in her pocket.

She steadied herself and prepared to jump down , the back of her thigh slided down slowly.

Her skirt were a bit lifted at the back because of the branch and her thigh , but she couldn't care more.

Well , nobody's here and the bell has rung , and before i could get scolded for the second time , i should---

"A-AHEM!!"

Akatani almost shit herself.

The stutering intrupting voice came from behind her , to the bench she hasn't looked at when she came to the place.

Oh no.

There , sat an ash haired male student with black tips , coughing while looking down , covering his red face.

"Can you please....even if you thought nobody was here...please fix the back side of your skirt? Please." He groaned and looked down more , while Akatani just froze there.

Her hand roamed to her bottom , realizing that her skirt were lifted a bt , probably enough to show a small part of her ass.

"Fuck."