Idiot on the surface, Genius in the shadow

chapter 8

1st person POV
It's is a sunny morning. I'm currently on my way to meet Horikita. She called me this morning saying she wanted to talk with me. The vacation was announced, and as expected, everyone in the class caused a recus. I couldn't help but sigh. Well, whatever.

As I reached the cafe, I saw Horikita sitting at the corner of the cafe. Ayanokoji was there, too. It still feels weird calling her Ayanokoji.
As I approached them, Ayanokoji looked at me. I waved at her as she also waved back. She looks like a doll. After I took my seat, Horikita closed her book and looked at us.
Horikita: You're late.
Myself:Good morning to you too.
Horikita looked at me as if she wanted to kill me.
Myself:So why did you invite me here? Surely you didn't invite me to have breakfast with you.
Horikita: Of course not. Don't get ahead of yourself.
Myself: You know. You are smart, but still not mature.
Horikita gets angry. Meanwhile, Ayanokoji is just drinking her coffee.
Horikita: You act as if you are mature. Always doing perverted things.
Myself:Well, if you didn't figure it out, then that just meant I was right.
I look at Ayanokoji. Horikita also looks at her.
Ayanokoji:What?
Horikita:Don't you think he is a pervert?
Ayanokoji:On the surface, yes. But I think he just acts like it. I never saw him looking at me or you or any girl pervertedly. He just acts like he is a pervert.
Horikita looks at me.
Myself: damn. And here I thought, I was doing a good job in acting.
Horikita became confused. "What?"
Ayanokoji: He was keeping a low profile, in my opinion. Are you not?
Myself:Who knows... also about the vacation... I think they won't just give us free vacation.
Horikita: That means there will be special exams?
Myself: Well, in my opinion ,yeah. Now, if you'll excuse me I've to get out of here.
I say while standing up. I saw Hirata and some other girls walking into the cafe. I don't want to meet them now. But once again, luck wasn't on my side. Hirata noticed me. He waved his hand.
Hirata:Good morning, Ike-kun.
Myself : Good morning, Hirata.
Well, great. Now I only can hope.
Hirata: I wanted to talk with you about something. Can I have a bit of your time?
Myself:Sure. Sigh
As we sat, I saw some of his fangirls looking at us. What a pain...
Myself: So what do you want to talk about?
Hirata: Thanks for accompanying me. The thing is, some days ago, we saw you in the shopping mall cafe. There we saw you with Sakura-san, Ichinose-san, and another girl. Do you mind me asking what you were doing with them?
There it is. I knew it would turn out like this. Well, whatever. If I don't cpear up the misunderstanding, it'll only be a problem in the future. So, lying mode activated.
Myself: Well, I was with Sakura. We went to the SCO for the incident that happened in the amusement park. We met them there, and they wanted to comfort Sakura. So we went with them. Also, I went there just because Sakura asked me to. That's all.
I'm pretty sure that's a believable story.
Hirata: Oh, I see. Sorry to pry like that. I was just curious.
I sigh.
Myself: It's okay, Hirata. Don't worry about it. Now, if you excuse me.
I stand up and leave the cafe. Hirata just kept looking at me till I was outside.

I didn't look back. Now I have some free time. So I decided to go to the library. I'm interested in one book. So I head straight to the library.

After reaching the library, I looked around. Man, these are a lot of books. But I love books. So it's a place just for me.

As I walk around, I find the book called "In search of lost time." I've heard a lot about it. So I pick it up and start heading towards the reception. As I was going there, I see a girl trying to get a book. But she can't reach it." Excuse me. Let me get that for you." The girl looks at me. The moment I look at her, I get surprised but instantly get myself together. "Here you go." I say. She smiles at me. "Thank you for your help." "Don't mention it. "Then I look at the book. "The hound of baskervilles". "Oh, that's a great book." I say. She looks at me. "You've read it?" She asked me. "Yeah. The series of Sherlock Holmes is one of my favourite series. I've read them twice and still find them interesting." She looks at me. "Wow, you read a lot of books, I assume?" "Not much. But I love to read books. I'm just not patient enough to read a lot. But it's my hobby." I say with a smile. She looks at me." I'm Hiyori Shiina. Nice to meet you." She says with a beautiful smile. It makes my heart beat faster. "I'm Ike Kanji. Nice to meet you, too." I say, trying to hide my nervousness. "I hope we can talk about books again. You see, there aren't many students in my class who read books.  By the way, I'm from class C. "She says. "I'm from class D. And I would love to talk with you. Now if you excuse me. "I say while looking at the time. "Sure. Can we change our contact info?" My heart is starting to beat faster again. "Sure. I don't mind." I say as we exchange info. "Then see you around, Shiina." I say as I leave. "See you too, Ike-kun." She says.

I feel like a lot of people will hate this encounter.

I leave the library with the book I just borrowed. I think I need to take it with me. Before that, I need to have a talk with Horikita and Ayanokoji. I send a message to them.

In the evening
As I hear a knock on the door. I quickly get up from my bed and head to the door. "Yo." I say as I see Horikita and Ayanokoji is there. "Yo." Ayanokoji replies. She is cute while saying that.

"Come in." I say as I hold the door open for them. They head into the room. "Sit wherever you want. I'll go get some coffee. " I say as I head to the kitchen. Horikita takes a seat on my bed, and Ayanokoji sits on the side corner of the bed.
"I thought you were abusing the points you had." Horikita said, looking around the room. "Why would you even think that?" I say from the kitchen. "Judging by your nature, it's quite normal for you to spend all the points." She said with an insulting voice. "Ayanokoji-san, help me out here." I said as I tried to act hurt.

"Horikita, I think you shouldn't say things like that. We both know he is better than Yamauchi." "I suppose you are right." Horikita sighed. "I kind of feel like you two are insulting me. But thanks for the assist, Ayanokoji-san. "I look at her. Somehow, she looks beautiful in every way. Well, I guess like the original Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, she is the perfect girl, but in what sense? I don't know, and I don't think I'll ever find out.

I came back with some coffee and a bit of snacks. After starting to eat, I looked at them. "So here is the reason I called you two. I think you two know about Khushida's second personality. "As I said that, both of them looked at me. "What? You know about that?" That answers my question. "Ok, so I think we need to stop her before she goes berserk." " Do you have any plans?" Ayanokoji asked. I sigh. "I don't think my plan is that good. But hey, it's better than no plan." Ayanokoji looked at Horikita. Horikita just stared at me for some moments. "Are you sure? You know, she can destroy your life in the process." "I know. But..." they look at me, "it's fun to take some risk every now and then." I say with a smile on my face. They looked at me. I just ignored them.

Editors note:So here is a new chapter. I tried changing my writing style. Hope you like it. Enjoy.