Fated to Meet(COTE X Tomodachi Game)

Chapter 22: Their Strategy

Before reading
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(Horikita POV)

The sun shone in our room, telling us it was time for the second, and last day of the first part of this exam. You could hear seagulls outside the window, and waves as the ship made its way to its destination. One could call it calming, others would say it makes them sick to their stomach.

Personally, I wasn't calm in the slightest. It was the last day of the exam, and Class D remained in last place. Despite this, Katagiri Yuuichi and Kiyotaka Ayanokoji remained asleep. They didn't seem to have a worry in their minds.

Yuuichi seemed to have everything figured out, telling me absolutely nothing. While Ayanokoji, more or less, just seemed lazy.
I decided to give up worrying about it.
It was no use trying to get information out of either of them. Even Chiaki ignored me.

I decided to get up before anyone else, and try something.
I stood over him, and over his futon. Hoping to read his thoughts, I stared.
A few minutes passed, and nothing happened.

As the sun shone deeper in the room, I could see something on his face.
Wait...is that a tea-

"Good morning, Horikita."

A quickly turned around and saw Ayanokoji sitting up in his bed.
"How long have you been awake?"

I honestly wasn't sure how long it had been.
"Not very long."

As he got up, I could see his physique. He apparently slept shirtless.
"You seem surprisingly well built."

He proceeded to put a shirt on.
"How did you get like that? I've never seen you do anything remotely athletic."

"Piano and Calligraphy."

Huh...?

Despite saying something completely ridiculous, he kept a straight face. Was he serious?
I looked to Yuuichi, wondering if he was hiding something similar.

"Don't commit sexual assault, Horikita."

"I will stab you."

"Is that why Katagiri's hand was bleeding?"

"Possibly. You should go to the shower. We have things to do today."

"Don't have to tell me twice."

"I'll wake up Chiaki. You wake up Yuuichi."

I looked over to Chiaki's bed, but she was already sitting up.
"How long have you been awake?"

"Not long."

I found it hard to believe, but I left it.
I looked back over to see Yuuichi sitting back up.
"So you were hiding the same thing."

"That's a strange thing to hear when you first wake up."

He grabbed the shirt from Ayanokoji's hand, and got up to get more cloths.
"What do we plan to do today?"

I expected a half answer, but what I got was unexpected.
"Ask Chiaki. She'll tell you. Were heading out."

An actual answer. I was finally going to get an explanation.
They both headed for the showers. I looked to Chiaki for answers.
"What were you talking about when you said 'information'"

She smiled.
"Let me respond to your questions, with more questions. Where do all the sold students go?"

I remember being told that all sold students were taken to a big room in the back of the ship.
"I'm pretty sure the big private room..."