𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚍𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚛𝚜 (dropped.)

Chapter 8: Suspicious

After many school periods, school time just ended, with exhaustion from all the students. That was not except Ike and his friends at all, they had just finished their class for today. And even if he had to be honest, he wouldn't have thought that studying could be this tiring, though he wasn't bad at studying. However, what made him tired wasn't a load of time burying himself in schoolwork, but was the surprise coming from the student council- his senpai.

Finally, he could reunite with his Luxiem friends again, after 4 lessons bonus an extra one just because of the few lessons on the previous day. "How was your class time going on, everyone? I'm just so exhausted that I just want to sleep right now..." They weren't expecting Luca- the one filled with enormous energy could be tired as well. They guessed that sometimes the boy could find some exhausted moments as well. "Oh, it was stressing me out for hours! Fortunately, Shoto sitting next to me seems like a really wonderful guy!" Mysta said with happiness, finding a new friend who had something in common with him, how could he not have fun right now? Vox just made a devilish grin, it seemed like this boy was quite interesting if Mysta found him interesting. Guessing that they had nearly the same vibes then. "Oh, and Shu, too! He helped me with Maths, like Calculus!"

At least that was making Mysta happy, while Ike wasn't. It stressed him to see how close Shu and Mysta were, like how the front boy turned back and whispered something to the multi-colored hair boy, earning a giggle from him. At first, he found himself selfish, trying to make Mysta belong to him all along, while he wasn't. In the beginning, Ike chose to ignore all of his jealousy, trying to calm himself down by just thinking that they were really close friends, such as childhood friends, just like Ike and Luca. However, some weird feelings inside him just made him feel sick as if it was trying to tell him that wasn't the truth. And now, he did think that way as well, due to what he had seen from all 3 hours of class time.

They acted like....lovers, that was what Ike think, he couldn't find anything suitable theories for this. How Shu talked to Mysta with gentleness, how Mysta laughed every single time whenever he talked to Shu or just the atmosphere around them. And of course, he thought that Shu was definitely better than him in many aspects. He was envious, of how perfect Shu was.

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In class, Ike found himself looking in the boy's direction, just to see the angelic face of Shu focusing on the class period. How could someone be this beautiful? Shu then turned to look at Ike, seeing the boy look at him, making Shu stop in his tracks for a little. "Uhm...Ike, is there anything bothering you? Do you need my help?" Shu asked in confusion but still kept a small smile on his face. And honestly, Ike thought Shu's voice was soothing and warm, like a blessing.

Not even 30 seconds later, Ike quickly realized what was he doing, just to be panicking. How could he act like this!? Quickly trying to find an excuse, Ike made an attempt to pull himself out of the embarrassment. "Oh, nothing! I'm just wanting to ask you this question, I don't know how to do this one..." He could do that, obviously. "Oh. You can try to do it by this method, by adding x into each of them..." Ike was just lost in his own thoughts, not even hearing what Shu was saying. Oh, just how perfect is this boy? He must have been at the top tier of beauty, he was surprisingly smart as well. Not only that, he was kind, friendly, and reliable. He earned all the respect of his senpais, and he was good at gaming too( based on what he had heard from Shu and Shoto's conversation about the last Valorant game they played yesterday, in which Shu killed 40 but died only 9. Ike had good hearings for a reason after all). How come he didn't hear anything about the boy until now!?

"...And then, we're done! Do you understand it? If you don't, I can talk about it again!" Ike snapped out of his thoughts, and almost forgot he had just found an excuse for a Maths problem." Oh, no, I think I understand now! Thank you for your help, Shu. I appreciate it." -"You're welcome. I'm glad I can help you!"