Classroom of the Elite

Part 2

I made my way to the classroom and headed straight to the back of the class, right up to the rightmost seat by the hall.

I placed my bag and sat down on my seat.

I took out my phone and started surfing through the internet when a voice from my right side called out to me.

"Yo."

The person who greeted me was my classmate, Miyake Akito. He was one of the people whom I got along with in the Ayanokoji Group. 

Weird, the name of the group; Ayanokoji Group, comes to mind almost immediately after seeing them. I think it's probably because I am a bit happy that I had my own circle of friends and the name of the group was kept after my name.

"Good morning."

"Good morning, Kiyopon."

"Good morning, Haruka."

She also came up to me and greeted me. Honestly, it feels good when friends come to you and greet you in the morning.

"So, what's up?" 

Asked Akito.

"Nothing much. What about you, Kiyopon?" 

Haruka asked but I felt from her tone that she was about to say something which was definitely not good.

"No. I don't have anything going on either."

"You liar."

Saying that Haruko regarded me with a suspicious gaze.

"Liar?"

"Today, you came to school along with Ichinose-san from Class C, didn't you?"

"Yes. Is it that big of a matter?"

I didn't think it was. We just happened to meet while coming to school.

"It is a very very big deal!"

Haruka cried and inched closer towards my seat. She then slapped my desk and with a demanding tone, she barraged me with her questions.

"Tell me, what's going on between the two of you?"

"Nothing's going on, I swear."

"Then, why do you seem so close?"

"I think it's just Ichinose-san's nature to create such friendly atmosphere with anyone she talks to, isn't it? That's why they might have seemed close to you."

Keisei walked over to me and spoke in my support.

Thank you.

I thanked him internally.

"Huh, you don't know anything about how a girl's heart works. Yes, I know that she's friendly with everyone, even to someone of the opposite sex. But when I saw her with Kiyopon, today, the air was different. You couldn't call it just being friends!"

That fast counter from Haruka left Keisei, including me and Akito, completely speechless.

Just then Haruka seemed to remember something. I was now sure that we were heading towards dangerous territory.

"Come to think of it, there are rumors going around in Class C that Ichinose-san has feelings for you, Kiyopon. Do you happen to know something about that, huh, Kiyopon?"

Scary.

Her gaze became more intensified and more threatening. 

"Huh?!"

"What?!"

Both Keisei and Akito let out dumbfounded voices after they heard that.

"No, I don't know anything about it."