Stop It Shinnosuke!

Chapter 28

Shinnosuke had his doubts.

Hikari, that name was familiar to him. Hikari was the guy Kazama told him about. Simple enough.

This Hikari couldn't possibly be that Hikari, is what Shinnosuke told himself.

There are numerous people in Japan named Hikari. It wasn't possible that this Hikari was him.

This guy looked so,
normal.

Unlike what Shinnosuke had pictured about the other Hikari.

Surely enough, it wasn't him.

But why did his sudden smile at Kazama's mention made Shinnosuke so uncomfortable? Why would he smile like that? Then try to hide it?

"I didn't meet him. I hope to meet him now though.", Hikari had told Nene and others nonchalantly about how he never met Kazama in the morning, to which others nodded. They were currently eating lunch and Kazama still had not returned.

Since then, Nene was trying to include Hikari in everything. Their inside conversations, jokes and childhood stories.

"But I'm amazed that you guys are friends since kindergarten. It must be so nice to have been friends for so long.", Hikari complimented when Nene told him about their almost lifelong friendships, to which Nene blushed.

"But they are also so annoying. I think I am the only one with brains here!", Nene got shy and tried to brush her smile off, "And Kazama-kun, he is the smartest one among our whole grade."

Hikari smiled again, "I am excited to meet this Kazama guy. Where is he?"

Nene, to that question, turned to face Shinnosuke. Shinnosuke looked at Nene and then at Hikari.

"What?", he asked.

"You should go and check out where Kazama-kun is, Shin-chan.", Nene suggested. This way, she would also get the chance to sit right behind Hikari and talk to him some more.

Shinnosuke frowned but got up nonetheless and went out of the class. He was oddly pissed at Hikari. Something about him was starting to feel off.

Mostly his strange curiosity about Kazama. He might have been over thinking it, but his instincts were rarely ever wrong. Also, Kazama leaving to show the same guy around but not returning was also suspicious.

"Alright, then. Where is Kazama-kun?", he mumbled to himself as he turned around to try and find Kazama in the corridors. When finding no site of him, he decided to go look for him in the "haunted" washroom. He smiled at the thought as he walked across the halls.

Maybe Shinnosuke would try and give him a jumpscare. That would freak Kazama out totally. Or maybe he could gently blow into his ears, that would surely leave Kazama agitated.

"I can't wait anymore~", he grinned to himself as he put together his plan to surprise Kazama.

Upon reaching the infamous washroom, he gently turned the door handle and went in a with loud bang.

But before he could execute any of his plan, he himself was surprised to not find Kazama there.

"Where is he?", he scratched his head and frowned again. If Kazama was not here, Shinnosuke honestly had no idea where else would he be.

.

*clank*

The vending machine made a sound, indicating that the drink was ready to be taken.

There stood Kazama, holding a gaze that wasn't particularly focused on anything. He was lost in thoughts but somehow he didn't know what exactly he was thinking about.