Failed Yandere (YKMRO)

Chapter 17

As the group walked to the storage room, they came across a few other students who stayed back for club activities. When they saw the Occult Club, they gave them strange looks, and when they noticed Oko, they snicker to themselves.

The club members tried to ignore them as best they could, but it was difficult. Oko had the hardest time. Whenever eyes would land on him, he would start to shake. Ayoshi noticed this, so every student they came across that laughed at them, he would stare them down until they ran away.

If someone didn't know Ayoshi personally, they wouldn't know he is a sweet guy. However, people don't really try to get to know him, so they think he is very scary. People look at him, look into his eyes, and get creeped out. They feel like his pitch-black emotionless eyes were looking into their soul. It felt terrifying.

The club members noticed this and were very thankful. No one had ever protected them. With Ayoshi there, they no longer held their heads down and were much more relaxed.

Oko, the one who felt the most grateful, had a small smile on his face. He and Ayoshi were walking next to each other, so he bent down and softly whispered, "Thank you."

Ayoshi looked up at Oko, "Mm."

The others saw the atmosphere between Oko and Ayoshi. The two looked very harmonious walking side by side together. Even though they couldn't see their President's face, they could tell Oko was smiling. For the first time in a while, Oko was happy. They gave each other looks and agreed that Ayoshi was the one who made their President happy. They cared for him very much and they wanted him to stay happy, so they had to do everything they could to keep Ayoshi around.

When they reached the storage room, they all became really quiet. Before they went in, Oko explained what they usually did when they did their investigation. "We usually don't find anything, but in case we do, don't worry, Aishi-kun."

"Mm."

"If you get scared, you can just hide behind me and I'll protect you." Oko puffed out his chest trying to look manly.

However, the others couldn't help, but think he looked like a kitten who tried to be brave. 'Very cute,' they thought as they looked at their President with knowing looks, but Oko was oblivious to the looks and too focused on Ayoshi.

"If I am scared, I will go to you."

Oko blushed and played with his fingers. "Good," he whispered. He then led everyone inside the room.

The storage room is pretty large, so they all fit in the room comfortably. They were going to write on a piece of paper because they didn't want whatever haunted the room to know what they were going to say.

The Occult Club always had a lot of fun during their investigations. While doing their rituals, they are very serious, but this is the time they relax and just enjoy themselves. They don't pressure themselves to keep focus during this activity. They liked to have fun and slack off every once in a while. After all, they're still normal kids, it's just their interests weren't normal.

So during the activity, they weren't completely focused on solving the mystery. They still wanted to, but they couldn't help it. They messed with each other by poking one another to scare each other and wrote funny things on the notepad to get laughs. In the process of holding it in, they would laugh harder, making their stomachs hurt. Some of them took the activity more seriously, but still giggled along with their fellow club members.

They were usually awkward around people they didn't know very well, but Ayoshi didn't discourage their fun, in fact, they had more fun with him there. A few of them tried to get a reaction from Ayoshi and even when he didn't, they weren't discouraged. It made them try even harder and even managed to get him to play along.