FakeKouji

𝓢3𝓒8: 𝓥𝓮𝓲𝓵 𝓸𝓯 𝓝𝓸𝓫𝓲𝓵𝓲𝓽𝔂

S3C8: Veil of Nobility

Ayanokouji's POV

A beautiful overview of the swimming pool was ready for my eyes to feast on as a quivering girl wearing a proper swimsuit walked up to me and tapped my shoulder. It was Airi with her desperate attempt to push me inside the pool. Oh my, such strength!

Jokes aside, I spoke up, "You missed the element of surprise. A better method would be kicking me followed by a strong push. It might have done the trick."She quipped out in a meek voice, "h-heh...you seemed, to fear the pool. So I deci-ded to l-lend you a hand."

"After watching Ike and Yamauchi shed their dignity in this pool. I was afraid." I mocked fear as I sat down back again. From the corner of my eye, I saw a beet-red Airi as she started stuttering and uttering incoherent gibberish. She backed off shyly as I went back to watching the blue while thinking about the upcoming events. After all, I couldn't tell her that It was quite awkward being the only guys here, as the rest were busy somewhere else scheming.

"Did you call me out here to sit here like a rubber duck, Kiyotaka?" Suzune joined me as she sat down next to me and greeted me with her insult. How pleasant indeed. "Not quite, I simply was waiting for you to complete talking to the others, until I formulated my thoughts." I disagreed to her speculations when reality dictated she was absolutely right. I just wanted to bring enough people, to increase the gravity of a certain situation.

But it's often advised to lie if it's to save yourself from imminent doom.

She looked at my body and questioned, "You barely ever do any physical activities. Do you have some monstrous metabolism or something?" She gave me the perfect excuse! I nodded as she sighed and said under her breath, "I lied...and you fell for it. Classic."

A cruel trick.

She simply gave me a knowing smile and started talking about the future of the class, "Hey, Yamauchi's expulsion has set back the class by 30 points. What do you think about the situation?" I listened to her as I formulated my own thoughts, this was after all the most probable question in the aftermath of such a situation. And I also knew, only Suzune would be bothered enough to ask about it. I put my hand on my chin as I sleepily spoke, "The next exams will be a chance. Or if we can find a loophole. Now Suzune, I was wondering if you will be ready to take responsibility in the future? After all, you are the de facto class leader." She considered my question and mulled over it for a while. I simply stared at the water and dipped my hand inside it and flicked it at her face. She looked horrified as her eyebrows arched like the Himalayan ranges.

Scary...

"Hey, what was that?" Her gaze steeled at my pale visage. It seems, she didn't enjoy that. But that didn't stop my mouth from going rampant,"I wanted to see if the water would turn into ice, Ice Queen." As soon as I said that, she immediately did what Airi couldn't do. She kicked me, but unfortunately for her, my reflexes saved me as I ducked and grabbed her foot, pulling her and throwing her body into the water.

Splashhh

"The water didn't turn into ice...that's unfortunate." Upon hearing my insolence again, her eyes turned into daggers as she spoke, "You are so childish. Ugh! Kiyotakaa! At least pull me up." I sighed as I let my hand forward, which she grabbed...too willingly. It seems out of the blue, her bloodlust was raised to the maximum as she pulled me in, leaving me no room to breathe. But it seems, her smirk showed satisfaction at my pain. Truly a sadist.