COTE: Unfamiliar reaction

Chapter 2: Oh, Bus-kun, you flatter me!

Ayanokoji's POV:

Ya: "Well, how about we watch a little fillers, hmm?", Fillers, you say? As if our lives here is just a fictional story... Yeah, for gods, it is...

Everyone agreed, as the last one wasn't really informative. Isn't it how my peaceful life should be? Why is everyone so surprised about it...

"Ayanokoji-kun, are you okay?"

Kushida: "Horikita-san?", the one addressed just nodded. It seems she remembers it, otherwise I couldn't describe that reaction. She was looking at the screen with a disinterested expression. That is to be expected.

Horikita jr.: 'Well, these interactions aren't useful, so you could call it a filler. However, I'm curious of what Ayanokoji-kun thought at the time', she took a sip of tea from a cup. Wait, tea, cup? Where did she get it from? I heard a voice inside my head:

"It seems like I forgot to tell you, you can create any food by just thinking about it! But, for it to be safe, I need to ask you every time you think about this, as we don't want a whole theater room filled with popcorn or such", yeah, "forgot", sure. My resentment is immeasurable already, how much are you hiding from me?

It has appeared, again. Instincts screamed about the approaching danger.

Ike: "Instincts? What are you talking about, Ayanokoji? I only see Horiki- Ah, okay..?", don't give me that look, Ike... I just had to do it, for the sake of my life.

I was pretending to be asleep when it appeared – the incarnation of the devil, forcing me, dozing, to return to reality.

Ryueen: "Kukuku. Look at the wimp scared of a girl. Ibuki, I think I found you a prefect match!"

Ibuki: "H-huh!? Don't get me into this, imbecile! I would rather be choked to death than to date someone like him!", she pointed at me. That hurts my totally existing heart.

And literally immediately Shostakovich's eleventh symphony started playing in my head. The music perfectly described my current situation – that feeling of hopelessness when people are being persecuted by the devil or the rapidly approaching End of the World.

Ryueen: "He even became a musician in these 10 seconds, just to symbolise his fear of that black-haired tsundere! I think I might just enjoy myself in this comedy!"

Yukimura: "On the serious note, are you really a musician, Ayanokoji? Or do you like music?"

 Music was the only hope in that place. There wasn't any punishment for playing badly, frankly, there weren't any music instructions aswell. That's where I could relax. That's why I enjoyed listening and playing. However, at this moment, I remember any piece I was given, that's why there was no need to perform anymore... It's similar to the belief "Why would I learn how to play a song, if I can just turn on the player". Some may consider learning anyway, but I already did...

Me: "Not in particular. I just listen to some tunes in my free time", he nodded.

I could feel it without opening my eyes–the disturbing presence of the devil, waiting for his slave to deign to wake up.

Horikita: "You're calling me a devil twice already, I can't just pretend to not hear, you know?", You're mad at my thoughts now!? How was I supposed to know that you'd figure out about it's existence?