'You, Belong To Me." / Yandere Ayato x Thoma / Highschool AU

- Chapter~3

Without a doubt, Hu tao ran away when she heard the bell. Before she got replaced by others, Thoma quickly shoved the letter into his pocket and got his Literature book out. Students entered the lockers, so did Ayato and Itto once more, But this time, Ayato went straight up to him. 

"Good Morning Thoma, Did you sleep well?" 

Thoma was caught off guard, "Ah! uh, Yes I did... and good morning to you too Ayato and.. Itto." 

Itto would just smile at Thoma, then he'd go to his locker and reveal a big mirror inside with a  comb.. who could've guessed. Itto then proceeds to comb his hair, while being watched by Ayato and Thoma, Ayato looking unamused while Thoma just stares at him in confusion. 

"It's great news that you have adapted to the school dorms already. I can tell you, It took him," Ayato would slightly point towards Itto "A fever and a vomit to..." 

"To get used to the place?" Thoma interrupted with a question

"To realize he is terribly home sick and can't stay in the school dorms." Ayato finished his sentence, with his ever so unsurprised voice. 

"Ah... So he goes home after school hours?" 

"No, he stays around in the dormitory, his main excuse is because his 'tutor' stays in the dorms. but, he just uses the class president as an excuse, he never actually pays attention to the tutor sessions. And, using that as an excuse, he gets to annoy me further." 

With an awkward laugh, Thoma gets pulled back by someone. A certain short someone. 

"What are you doing?!"  

"huh?- Oh.. Hello class prez."

It indeed was Gorou, the class president, he seemed confused and surprised as to how Thoma was already so comfortable around Itto and Ayato. 

"Well-" 

"Did you not see Ayato chatting with him yesterday?" 
Thoma was interrupted, by the class president's good friend, Kazuha. 

"Well! I did not, because I was too busy trying to knock some sense into. him!" Gorou would point at Itto, he seemed pretty fed up. 
"Why do the teachers always have to put me in charge for tutoring him." 

"Its mostly just Ms. Kokomi's idea told by another teacher" Kazuha replied, seems he knew a lot more than an average student would. most likely because of his sense of surrounding and the amount of attention he gives to every detail, He is rumored to be able to even understand wind- 

"Ughh, I already told Madame that I did not need to befriend him!" 

"She just wants you to have more than just one or two friends, befriending Itto can give you many more, and in the process, you can tutor him as well. I see her plan as mostly flawless-"

Kazuha was cut off by Gorou complaining about how Itto never co-operates. Thoma could barely understand a thing, It was like Gorou was speaking dog or something?? well, he has seen a certain someone behave like a cat back in the Mondstadtian wing. Though, she was mostly that aggressive toward one of his good friends, Diluc Ragnvindr.  Thoma shook the thought off of his head, they were old friends, They can barely meet up and Thoma isn't so sure they would want to.  Since he never gave them a proper explanation for leaving and transferring. To them, it was like suddenly out of the blue, their friend just leaving immediately. Thoma felt very bad and like a terrible friend, it was written on his face. But, he was poked into reality by Ayato, who was waiting for him.

"Done daydreaming, pretty boy?" Ayato teased. 

It wasn't daydreaming, it was more of a nightmare. 

"Ah.. Sorry!" Thoma would quickly look around, seeing no one in sight apart from Ayato, and panicked
"Wait, are we late?!" 

"Eh, don't worry. we aren't, there was a sudden announcement that classes wouldn't happen today due to an important staff meeting. So, all of the people here ran out immediately." 

Ayato showed a lot more emotion, that's something Thoma noticed. Thoma looked, and stared at Ayato's face, it seemed weird, but it seemed as if he was leaning closer. 

"Hm?" Ayato said, looking with a smile.. a smile that didn't seem like the usual one he'd give people. 

"Oh! Sorry, Sorry." Thoma apologized, after immediately realizing what he was about to do, really close to Ayato's face "I don't know what came over me! I am really sorry" 

"No need for that, If you just wanted a kiss, you could've told me." Ayato teased Thoma again, but this time, he pushed him onto a locker and was extremely close to him. Who knows what he could've done next, because they were interrupted by Ayaka... and Yoimiya, staring at them. 

"Brother! stop trying to persuade Thoma into whatever you scheme to do! Leave him alone." Ayaka scolded Ayato

Ayato immediately let go of Thoma and walked over to his sister
"Sometimes, I think I am the younger one.." He'd mutter while walking to her, Thoma couldn't help but slightly smile. But, what just happened, Why was Thoma's heart beating so fast? was it the lack of personal space.. no, Thoma doesn't think that's the case. He looked back at Ayato, slightly gloomy (because Ayaka was lecturing him), Which made Thoma feel a little guilty inside. 

"Yes, Yes, I understand, Sister." 

"Well, you never seem to obey then, Brother." Ayaka would cross her arms, Yoimiya standing behind her with an awkward smile. 

"It seems I should apologize as well, I was mostly the reason that happened.." Thoma said, taking the blame on himself as usual. 

"No Thoma, my brother has a history of persuading people to do his bidding. Who are mostly girls.. I am not sure where he was going with you, but that's not the point." 

He acted like this towards many people? that made Thoma feel a little weird in the stomach, it felt uncomfortable. So, it was a show? Thoma's expression carried the same awkward-ish guilty smile but his mind, it was having different thoughts. He felt extremely played. 

"Well, they are mostly girls for a reason, I have no interest in them." Ayato's voice made him come out of his thoughts, what was he trying to say? 

"What?.." Thoma asked, out loud. 

"Ah.. uh.. please do not bother Thoma in such a way, Brother." 

"Without his consent, of course not~" Ayato said, it felt. fake, yet truthful? Thoma couldn't describe the feeling. 

"Heyy, Terribly sorry to intrude, but we should get going, Ayaka."

"Oh! I forgot the reason we were here in the first place.. Apologies."

"Don't worry about it! That's why I tagged along!~"

Ayaka walked to a part of the locker room, she got something out, it was a bag. Thoma didn't want to seem like a creep or invade her privacy, so he didn't question a thing. As soon as they both left, Ayato turned to look at Thoma, a chill ran down Thoma's spine.

"Pay me a visit at my dorm whenever you have the chance." Ayato said, softly. Thoma felt most comforted but he only managed to nod. Ayato left, and Thoma's heart felt like it was about to pounce out of his chest. What the hell was that? Did he like this guy after 1 day of meeting him? No. Of course not, Thoma merely felt that because of how close Ayato was at that moment, Right?.. 

Sorry for the short chapter! D: I honestly wanted to just cut this one short, maybe I'll make the next chapter longer or I'll drop a lot more small chapters like this. Thats a problem for future me, okay? 

Thanks for reading! I will be adding more chapters soon. 
Word count: 1285