That Blonde Guy

Chapter 34

"So, his name is Hajime Kokonoi."

Sayuri put a picture of a guy on the table before eyeing us.

"Sixteen years old. A high schooler from the 5th high. He was the former elite guard captain of a gang called Black Dragon, and he was also a former member of Toman. And then, after some kidnapping, dramatic betrayals and other cringey delinquent stuff, he ended up leaving Toman and went to become a member of a huge gang called Kenjuku, which was Toman's enemy."

"Tenjiku," Peh corrected. "And it's disbanded now, thanks to us pretty boys who kicked their asses."

"Whatever." She sighed. "So anyway, that's the guy. Inui's smoking hot but so fucking rude boyfriend."

The entire day, Sayuri had been telling Hina and I that she had something important to tell us. And so after class, we ended up in a fast food restaurant some 15-minute bus ride from the school to meet her 'bestie' Peh, and now the four us were gathered around with fries and half-eaten burgers along with the picture of the guy on the table.

The 'something important' that she'd been wanting to tell us turned out to be about the fact that she'd already discovered the identity of Inui's boyfriend.

"And how did you know all of that?" I asked.

She scoffed. "I'm Sayuri freaking Hisashi, that's a piece of cake." She pointed to the guy beside her. "And of course, with a little help from my bestie."

"Little? All that info came from me!"

"Shut up, Peh."

Hina and I once again drifted our eyes down at the picture on the table. It was a candid photograph that seemed to have been taken from a digital camera. I looked at her. "Don't tell me you stalked the guy?"

"How else should I get his picture? Duh?"

Peh chuckled. "Yeah, duh."

Hina sneered. "Thats actually creepy."

The guy was not familiar to me at all. I must admit that Sayuri's right, though. He actually really did look good. 'Hot,' as Sayuri would say.

"Wait, I think I saw him before," Hina said, looking back at the picture. "But I can't remember."

"You probably had," Peh said. "When he was in Toman he's in first division, under Takemichi's lead."

Sayuri leaned across the table, looking at us with a serious and somewhat dark expression on her face. "Look closely at the picture and remember his face. If you see him around, I want you to yell the fuck at him and tell him that he deserves to fucking rot and burn in the deepest corner of hell while being tortured by demons for taking Inui away from me."

Hina and I just looked at her.

"Just kidding." She pulled back. "Just say 'fuck you' or whatever."

Hina sighed. "You know what, I really think we should not assume that Kokonoi is Inui's boyfriend. You might be jumping into a wrong conclusion, Sayuri."

That's what I had been thinking since the time she told Kei and me about it back in the house.

"What if they're just friends?" I asked.

She raised her brows. "This Kokonoi guy was pissed when he realized I was tryna hit on Inui. And girl, the fact that they are in a make-up store! Who usually goes to a make-up store?"

"Uh, girls?" I shrugged my shoulders. "And gays?"

"Exactly!" She slammed a hand on the table. "Girls and gays! So they're obviously not girls, therefore, they are--"