DAY 4

Students are in class taking notes and asking questions. Ayano raises her hand and the teacher calls on her.

"Please can I go to the toilet?" Ayano asks and the teacher and she's allowed to go. She climbs up to the third floor because she thinks that the farther she is, the better. She goes into the toilet and closes the door. She takes out her phone and calls Info-chan. She sees the light blink five times but ignores it.

Phantom girl is leaning on the wall and glaring at Ayano but she is unaware of this.

📱"Info-chan" Ayano says

📱"You don't need to tell me anything. I saw everything" Info-chan says with a shady voice.

📱"So?"

📱"It's still not enough"

📱"What do you mean by that? Senpai was angry" Ayano asks with a tensed voice.

📱"Yes. I agree - he was but, by now, he's probably on good terms with her. The only difference is that he'll find it difficult to trust her with anything he finds important" Info-chan says.

📱"At least, there's a difference but, today is Thursday and she's going to confess tomorrow. I'm definitely going to end this" Ayano says in determination.

📱"There's something I need to ask you for" Info-chan says mysteriously.

📱"Ugh! What?" Ayano says effortlessly.

📱"Pantyshots"

📱"Eew. Why? Are you a pervert?" Ayano says in disgust. She feels like she has gotten herself in some deep shit with someone who wouldn't even provide her name.

📱"It's not like that. Boys normally ask for pictures of pants of the most popular and cute girls in school" Info-chan says "That's the price you'll have to pay if you want me to do favours for you"

📱"Fine" she sighs and ends the call. What a bummer.

Phantom girl looks at Ayano and wants to touch her but felt something. It scared her. As a spirit, she saw a lot of darkness in Ayano's heart, but, there was a very small dim light in the darkness. She saw a lot of blood on Ayano's body. Without a doubt, it was only an illusion but could it be a vision of what is to come one day? As expected, she couldn't touch Ayano.

Everyone is done with class. Some go to their usual clubs, some go outside, the student council go to their office for a meeting and Taro reads by the fountain. Osana walks up to Taro.

"You always read by the fountain. Can't you find a better reading spot?" Osana asks as if she knows a better spot. Infact, she doesn't know any spot for reading books.

"Can you find me a better spot?" Taro asks and shuts his book. Hearing this, she takes it as a challenge.

"YES! I CAN AND I WILL! IT'S ON!" Osana says relishing this moment. If she can find him a good spot, she might get closer to his heart.

"Don't you think you're taking this a little too seriously?" he folds his arms in confusion.

"Of course I will take your comfort seriously" she mumbled to herself.

"What did you say?" Taro leans close to her but Osana shoves him back.

"I'LL FIND YOU A GOOD SPOT!" Osana says in motivation. Raiburu calls out to her her from behind.

"Did I interrupt something?" Raiburu asks trying to tease her. Osana hides her blushed face and pulls Raiburu with her, away from Taro.

"I'll see you later Taro; and I'll definitely bring you a better spot" Osana says and walks away with Raiburu.

"I'm worried" Osana says out of the blue.

"Why?"

"I'm worried that I'll mess up. Nothing good i've planned for Taro has gone right. I'm afraid he'll hate me" Osana says scared shitless, then, she feels a hand on hers.

"He won't hate you" Raiburu reassures you.

The student council are in their meeting room, sitted on a round table.

"Has anyone noticed anything suspicious about her?" Kuroko demands.

"No. I really don't know why Megami told us to watch her. She looks like a normal school girl to me" Shiromi says in disinclination, like it's all a waste of time.

"She said she'll tell us why she told us to watch her but she hasn't yet. Why?" Akane asks. The members found this irksome. They've always wondered if watching her is a waste of time.

"She has a reason to believe that girl is not a good person" Aoi says like she believes it to. Kuroko bangs the table rapidly.

"And we should support her. Remember Megami is our president and we are like family. There must be a reason she told us to watch her and she's ready to tell us in details, she will" Kuroko says strictly and stands up "Meeting dismissed. It's time to parade the school"

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Osana is by her locker using her phone while Ayano is pretending to be getting something from her locker. When Osana is done, she places her phone in her locker and locks it, heading for the cooking club.
Ayano walks to her locker and tries to guess the password but it fails.

'Damn. Why is only Osana with a password secured locker?' Ayano complains in agitation and brings out her phone to send a message to Info-chan.

Ayano just rolls her eyes at the last part and punches in the password.

Click! The locker opens. She sees Osana's phone in a purple bag. Her phone cover is white with pink hearts on it. Ayano starts to get a wise idea. She wants to use Osana's phone to take the pantyshots and send it to Info-chan but, she will leave the pictures in her phone so when she's showing Taro the pictures of the spot...

'He'll see the dirty pictures instead' she says in her mind and chuckles evilly. She locks the locker and hides Osana's phone in her clothes. As she is walking down the stairs, she sees a girl walking down with her. She tiptoes and bends down to take the picture. The girl hears the snap and turns back but, Ayano is long gone.
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Budo is in the martial arts club. Aiya, one of the girls Budo teaches martial arts is hitting a punching bag and notices that he is distracted by something. He's gawking at a picture of Raiburu sparring with him. It was an international school event where Budo and Raiburu got paired up. Because Raiburu lost for the first time, she was very happy. She left the martial arts club with satisfaction but Budo misses her.

"Still missing her?" Aiya asks walking up to her. She stands by his side and looks at the picture, expecting a response from him but doesn't get one. She realises his weak point.

"Come to think of it, you seem to have taken a liking to a particular girl. I think her name is Ayano. She doesn't seem to talk much" Aiya says and peeks at him, noticing his cheeks turn red.

"I knew it" she exclaims.

"It's because, she reminds me of her. The immense strength she used to kick the ball - that's the same way Raiburu kicks the legs of people. And...I don't think there's any hope of being of her but- Ayano has this attractive, mystical aura" Budo babbles as though he's hypnotized by something but Aiya listens attentively.

In the school field, Musume who happens to be a bully is gossipping with one of her friends, who apparently is also a bully. It is obvious to Osana who is sitting on the grass just a few feets away that they are gossipping about her. Ayano had been looking everywhere for Osana and sees her close to them. She sneakily moves back and pretends to be on her phone. Musume tells her friend to wait and catwalks to Osana. She taps Osana in an unfriendly way.

"Osana, my girls and I heard something about you" Musume says in a way that was meant to intimidate Osana. Ayano likes where the conversation is going.

'This girl never has anything good to say' Ayano thinks and brings out Osana's phone. She starts to voice record their conversation.

"Uh... what is it?" Osana asks while moving her hands restlessly.

"We heard you love your childhood friend, Taro" Musume states out in attempt to pry.

"Actually-"

"Hold up! You love him but you treat him like shit. You know what I think? I think Taro is too soft to realise you use him to get what you want" Musume says rudely.

"I DON'T! I love him and I will tell him tomorrow. It will be his choice to make it he wants to be with me or not" Osana says in attempt to defend herself.

"But you easily get fazed by what he says or does. I heard that you destroyed his favourite book and when he said that he wasn't talking to you, you SANK!" Musume says, trying desperately to get under her skin.

"WHAT? PLEASE, NOTHING HE SAYS MATTERS! I DO WHAT I WANT!" Osana fires back.

"That's the spirit" Musume says, feeling good about what Osana says. "Be like this and we might actually become good friends"
Osana tries to process everything that just happened. She didn't mean anything she said. She was just pressured by Musume's annoying voice. Ayano plans to edit the recording and make it sound worse than it actually is.
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Ayano steps into the computer lab and sits down on a seat. Beside her is Midori, an inquisitive girl who likes to ask stupid questions. She is too focused on the game she's playing to even ask a stupid question. Ayano connects a wire to the phone to edit the conversation. At the end of the editing, the result comes out like this:

:-) Musume: You treat him like shit. I think Taro is too soft to realise you use him to get what you want. You easily get fazed by what he says or does to you. You destroyed his favourite book.

Osana: WHAT? PLEASE NOTHING HE SAYS MATTERS! I DO WHAT I WANT!

Musume: That's the spirit.

Ayano applies finishing touches to the recording and saves it. She admires the spot on Osana's phone and starts to fantasize her senpai reading in the spot. Snapping back to reality, she returns Osana's phone to her locker and awaits the interesting drama that will take place after school.

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12:00pm - LUNCH

Ayano is sitting on a bench outside and eating her lunch, fried rice and boiled egg. Budo spots Ayano from a distance. He takes out a chopstick from his bag and steals a piece of meat from her plate. She just continues to eat as if nothing happened.

"You don't like meat that much?" He asks her, surprised that he didn't get any reaction out of her. All of a sudden, she paused and glares at him.

"What do you want?" she asks sternly. Budo smiles through all of it - at least she's talking to him.

"I'm just here to tell you that you are free to come for more lessons whenever you want" he says in a flirting way.

"I've learnt the fundamentals. I'm done" she says and gives Budo her plate of food, considering that he already ate out of it. She stands up and is about to go but Budo holds her hand.

"Ayano i-" he says but she twists his hand a bit, trying to use what her in the club. She pulls him down.

"You should just leave me alone. If I want to practice, I'll come on my own. You're getting in my way" she whispers in his ear and let's go. He gives her puppy dog eyes.

"Getting in the way of what?" he asks curiously but, once again, she acted like he was invisible. He stands there like a log of wood, contemplating what she said in his mind.

Kuroko and Shiromi were watching from the council room's window.

"Was she just using martial arts on him?" Kuroko asks in amazement. Shiromi clears her throat trying to emphasize something.

"It was actually cool. I think he's teaching her" Shiromi blurts out. She finds it adorable.

"Focus Shiromi. Have you wondered why he is so interested in her?" Kuroko says, leaving her a little more serious. They start to wonder...'Why is Budo Masuta so interested in a girl like Ayano Aishi?'

AFTER SCHOOL

Students are talking with each other while others are heading home. Osana and Taro are by the school gate. Budo is watching Ayano however, he reluctantly takes his eyes off her and decides to approach Raiburu.

"Taro, I came up with the perfect spot after all" Osana brags.

"Seriously? Wow! You really were serious" he says, actually impressed with her hard work. He leans close to Osana while she brings out her phone. She unlocks her phone and starts to swipe, in search of her perfect spot. Taro stares intensely, impatient and jubilant about finding his new spot to read until...he sees PANTS. Osana's face drops with dread.

'What? What is this? How-'

"Have anything to say?" Taro folds his arms in disappointment.

"Why are these on my phone?" Osana asks and turns to Taro who looks disgusted.

"Well, are you asking me? You know, I didn't know you liked these kind of stuffs. I've learnt something new about you" he says like a professional lecturer and Osana grabs his hand rapidly.

"No. I don't like these kind of stuffs" she says while stammering nervously.

"But it's in your phone" he says finding what she's saying completely moronic. She continues to swipe in hope that she finds the spot she's looking for when she comes across the recording.

'A recording?' she thinks. She's about to play it when she remembers every bad thing that has happened to her. She swipes it away but a hand swipes it back.

"Taro?" she exclaims in panic. He tries to play but she stops him.

"WHAT? Is there something else you're hiding? Is that an erotic video?" he queries in annoyance.

"WHY WOULD YOU SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT?" she shoots back without thinking.

"Then let me see it" he says and plays it forcefully. They began to listen to it. With every word he hears, he starts to feel down. The recording finally comes to an end. Osana's eyes open like she has seen the end of the world. At the speed of light, she jumps at his front.

"What you heard is not what it sounds like at all." she says, breathing fast.

"I don't think so. It sounded exactly like it was. You said it yourself. Now, I know what think of me" he says and walks away, taking his time. At this point, he holds a grudge against her. He wouldn't want to talk to her tomorrow or the next. Afterall, he has feelings to. She jumps around like a mad person and starts to hit the tree with her hands.

"Ouch!" she exclaims realising that the surface of a tree is indeed painful.
Ayano giggles to herself to herself, the feeling of accomplishment rousing in her heart. She starts to head towards to building but, Shiromi who is blocking the building notices her.

"The school grounds are closed. Return tomorrow" Shiromi says strictly and proceeds to chewing her gum.

"I know and I'm sorry but I really need to use the toilet." she says softly. Shiromi shoots her austere looks before giving her permission to pass.

'Pftt. Too easy' Ayano says in her head and goes through. It wasn't like she was lying. She did want to use the toilet but also wanted her private moment to laugh at what she considered a success.

Right now, Ayano is the only person upstairs, in the third floor's toilet.

Phantom girl thinks it is the perfect time to touch her without making her think she might be hallucinating. Ayano starts to chuckle and laugh loudly. Later, she takes her time to calm down from the excitement that she has her senpai all to herself. She uses the toilet and comes back out to wash her hands. As she is about to wash her hands, she sees something.

A white fabric is sticking out of the floor. It looked like someone was trying to hide it. She walks towards it as phantom girl watches in horror. Ayano grabs it and pulls it out of the floor. She realises that it is their school uniform that happens to be stained with blood. Ayano's eyes widen at the sight but, she isn't scared. In that moment, Phantom girl makes herself disappear before Ayano turns back.

She felt a presence but if Phantom girl hadn't disappeared, she would have been see. Why? Because the shirt belongs to her.

FACTS💡
1.Ryoba attended Akademi High School. She is currently on a vacation with her husband.

2. Musume Ronshaku is the daughter of the second richest man in Japan. He is arrogant and Musume is spoilt.

3. Megami is the daughter of the richest man in Japan, Saishou Saiko. She has a reason to believe Ayano is not a good person due to her family history.

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