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

Old friends II ~ Chapter 14 ~

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Thoma was left speechless, but he figured he should presumably not disturb Diluc at this moment any longer.. He disappointingly walked to Ayato, upset.
"He.. He seems mad at me.. I'm not.. I'm not a good friend." Thoma spoke his thoughts without a second to process them. He regretted that for Ayato looked at him in the most unbelieving way, he almost looked offended.

"Of course not, You're a wonderful friend. I'm surprised you could consider yourself in such a way." That boy is just foolish to turn you down in such a rude way. "He is most likely just startled to see you. That's all." Ayato said in his usual voice but it was easy to see that he wanted to assure Thoma. Thoma let out a sad smile,
"Thank you Ayato-san, you're a great friend too... Yes, I feel a lot better. Thank you." Thoma now had a proper smile on his face, though it stung a bit hearing "a great friend", Ayato knew the adoration Thoma had for him behind that facade already.
"Glad to be. I trust you still wish to talk to him somehow?"

"If it's possible.. Yes." Thoma answered in a small voice.

"Well, It was already really difficult to figure out which dorm he was staying in, w- I, had to first note down which dorm every other student was staying in, and then I had to make improvises to figure out where exactly this guy was staying. He has suddenly cut off all ties with the student council of mondstadt and as the former president, he took all his student files before resigning. What a bold yet intelligent move." Ayato sounded somewhat... Annoyed. Was that the right word?

"You've already helped a lot Ayato-san, I think I'll try and tackle the rest from here." Thoma gave a smile to Ayato. It was enough to get his heart racing.

But Ayato had already almost perfected the way to expressions.

"Alright, If you need any help, just give me a message. Don't think too much about it." Ayato gave Thoma a smile back.. Maybe there was a little blush on his face but you couldn't blame him, okay?

And just like that, Thoma felt his heart skip a beat or two, still smiling
"W...well, I'll go now, Ayato-san. Thank you for helping me, I'll remember that advice." Thoma quickly turned and ran away, he didn't need to show Ayato how much his face was burning.

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"He turned you away?... Well... It's not unexpected of this.. 'New Diluc'..." Jean replied in an upset tone. Having sadness written all over her face.

"So, there is no way for me to talk to him?" Thoma wanted to be more hopeful, There is no way the Diluc he knew would turn anyone away.

"Well, for now, I'm unsure. Do you know what exactly happened to him?" Jean asked Thoma, it seemed like she knew what happened.

"I just know there was a terrible accident, nothing else. Why?" Thoma sounded confused as Jean sighed.

"I'll tell you from the start, it's only so that you can understand the situation better and also because you're one of his good friends too."

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"And so, he cut off all ties with the student council, there is no data of him available in Mondstadt apart from his personal information which is with the headmaster, Mr. Barbatos.. There is only one piece of this story that I don't know about. For some reason, Kaeya and Diluc have stopped talking to each other. Diluc always passes him a glare every time he has to walk by and Kaeya is now more... How should I say it? He is eerily calm nowadays. Not in the way you'd expect, He has gained more confidence on a positive note but.. I don't know how to put it into words." Jean sounded confused. Maybe it was because she wasn't clearly up to date with the information or perhaps the big pile of files that she had on the table. Whatever it was, Thoma didn't want to trouble her more.
"Well, I-"