The Stars Above

It just had to be school

School.

A place of knowledge, and learning, what is supposed to be a land of wonder and opportunity.

Unfortunately for many, school is a cesspit of anxiety, tears, and disappointment.

Now, Japanese schools might be better than American ones, but let me remind you that while Kuraima's heritage may be that of Japanese descent, his mind was an American to the core! God bless the United States of America!

Except for the education system.

Fuck the American education system for the reasons stated in my poetic tangent about schools.

Even now, Kuraima felt extremely tired.

Yet, he has gotten a good night's rest, so while he was tired, he was in a paradoxical state of being highly alert yet exhausted.

Truth be told, it was agonizing.

He was tired because he'd had his entire weekend of personal time taken away from him by that worm thot. And let it be known that Kuraima practically worshipped the idea of having the spare time where he had nothing to worry about! He'd barely managed to get his homework done after getting out of the hospital yesterday.

Though, something also bothered him.

For some odd reason, though, there was a distinct lack of attention. Now, mind you, that was a good thing; Kuraima was very awkward in the face of attention.

Nobody came by to ask if he was okay. Hell, there wasn't any talk about a student being attacked and hospitalized in the first place!

If it'd been covered up as him being attacked by a wild animal, sure, that'd make sense, supernatural beings are very secretive, after all.

Nope. Not a word! Zero. Zilch. Whatever words that shorten the phrase "literally nothing" that come to mind, that's what would be used to describe the amount of concern shown for him.

Okay, so maybe he was a bit of an attention-seeker. But still.

Seems like today was just not his day.

However, his day brightened up when he saw the infamous Perverted Trio™ getting chased around by the girls of the Kendo club.

Yes, those three were a true enigma. There was absolute ALL the reasons to expel them. Yet in the months they had been here, they continued to remain enrolled.

Knowing them, they probably blackmailed someone...though if their peeping skills meant anything, they most likely couldn't pull off such a thing.

Then again, this school was the furthest thing from a normal school, so who was he to apply logic to Kuoh Academy?

...Huh? Come to think of it, he only saw two of the trio running away from the girls.

"Ooooi! Kuraima-san!"

He was brought out of his mental musings by the sound of the said third member; Issei Hyoudou.

Issei was...something, to say the least. This kid had once proclaimed word for word that he would become the Harem King. Trademark pending.

To this day, Kuraima wasn't sure whether or not to record this guy's antics and post it to a cringe subreddit.

Like, seriously! All this guy goes on and on about is boobs!

'I mean, he's not wrong.' The student thought to himself. 'Boobs are nice, but PLEASE just shut up!'

"Dude! Please tell me you remember Yuuma!"