Arisu Sakayanagi x Ayanokouji Kiyotaka [Classroom Of The Elite]

Like Father, Like Daughter

"Have your injuries healed, Ryuen?"

I spot him sitting on a nearby bench, so I pay him a visit.

"It's you, huh?" he shifts to the right, "Sit down if you'd like, Ayanokoji."

"Hoh?"

"Kuku, don't misunderstand. It's not as if I'm scared of you to turn nice and obedient all of a sudden. It's just that I don't have the energy to see you as a foe anymore. Besides...
Is it not you who told me to cease my run of entertainment? That I gain from exhilaration?"

"I guess so."

I sit down, next to him.

"Though, as annoying as it is to acknowledge, i have to admit. You are miles superior to me, Arisu did not exaggerate when she said you were abnormal."

"And?"

"Kuku, what else do I say? I guess oughta respect a strong person, koji-sama."

"Koji..." I sigh, "I didn't fight you to gain your respect."

"I know you didn't, I respect the strong naturally."

"Then, if it is I that you respect, will you consider my offer?"

"Kuku, depends on what it is."

"Then...

Can you see me as a normal person, rather than a strong one?"

...

"Why?"

"Who knows?"

"Tsk, you're some weird guy."

"I'm sorry for that."

"You would give up your status and degrade?"

"Sort of."

"Is this the type of life you wish for, Ayano?"

"Yes... I suppose it is."

"You really are weird... that Sakayanagi chose a peculiar boy, huh?" She smiles, "Kuku, then, I'll see you as a normal person, as you want."

"I'm grateful."

"So? How's life been since then?"

"What do you mean?"

"A conversation, idiotoji. Friend usually do it, though it's often revolving around girls. You not heard of it?"

"Friends?"

"Kuku, we've been through a lot together, haven't we? Kiyokoji-kun?"

"I suppose we have..."

An argument... a fight... a lecture...

"That's called friendship, robo-taka."

Friendship, huh?

"I don't get it... but I guess we can be friends, if you wouldn't mind."