Poisoned Honey (Ayano x Budo)

Chapter 7

Nobody's POV-

The Martial Arts leader took a pause, then continued,

"That's a great idea Mina! Even though school is off for a couple days, we should continue club activities. I'll host them at my place."

The school would temporarily be shut down and thoroughly investigated for the next 3 days. However, the martial arts club members weren't ready to give up everything and decided if martial arts wasn't important then, it's definitely important now. Self defense was all they needed to avoid this and stay safe.

The boy then proceeded to stare at Ayano, wondering if allowing her in his house was a good idea.

'What if she murders us all?' 

He thought, then assured himself knowing that it would hard for her to do so as long as he's around. After all, he's been practicing Martial Arts his entire life.

"Cool! We'll be there by 7pm today then." Juku replied, everyone nodding their heads in agreement, aside from Ayano.

"Sure. Just one thing, I don't know where Budo lives, nor do I have any of your numbers." Ayano said blankly. 

"Oh yeah," Budo said, then opened his phone.

"What's your number? I'll add you then share the address." He replied. Ayano proceeded to tell him her phone number.

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~After the police sent the students home~

The black-haired girl changed her clothes into something more casual. 

She put her bandana and gi in a bag, since she figured it would be quite odd to go outside and she should just change at Budo's house.

She looked at the address he sent her, and noticed that his house wasn't too far from hers.

'No wonder we happened to see each other on the same street that day after I joined the club...'

Ayano walked only a few blocks and soon arrived at his apartment.  While waiting for someone to answer the door, she looked at the time on her phone.

'6:10pm...' 

The boy opened the door, a bit surprised to see her.

"You came almost an hour early! Didn't expect to see you right now, heh." he said, then examined the girl closely.

Her dark hair was free from its usual ponytail, cascading down her shoulders. She had a nice pair of blue jeans on along with a black t-shirt which accentuated her waist. 

"Y-you look nice!"

He felt a blush slowly creep up his cheeks, and cursed himself in his mind for doing so.

'What am I doing?! I'm NOT supposed to like her.' 

"Thanks, so do you." She casually replied, then proceeded to come inside his house.

"You live alone?" The girl asked, noticing the relatively small apartment had no one else except them.

"Yeah, my parents got divorced about a year ago and I was sick of switching sides between them so I moved out." 

"Oh, I see. I live alone too, but only temporarily. My parents went to America and won't be back for a good 10 months." She replied.

"Of course your parents are away throughout all of this. Makes it much easier..." He murmured under his breath.