Fated to Meet(COTE X Tomodachi Game)

Chapter 43: A secret meeting for two/ Fake Girlfriend.

( ? Person POV)

It's ridiculous.

"Yuuichi, is this true...?"

The light in the old storage room was blinking on and off.

He had a smile on his face, like a boy excited for a game.

"Yuuichi, you're..."

The light breathed its last breath.

"A serial killer?"
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10 minutes earlier

(Yuuichi POV)

After making the quick decision to make Horikita my co-leader, I dragged her out of the classroom, surprisingly unnoticed.

After exploring the entire school in my free time, I found a good place for a secret meeting.

"Yuuichi, where are we going? Theres nothing on this side of the school?"

Horikita eventually submitted, and began to follow me.

"An abandoned storage room."

I found it one Saturday after sneaking into the school myself.
It held old school swim suits and floats.

We turned the corner, and the old pool door came into site.
It was the east side of the building, where suits used to be held.
Apparently, the third year girls complained about the skimpy swim suits, so the school changed to a new room with new suits.
They never cleaned out the old room though.

"In here."

I opened the door for Horikita, and she reluctantly went in.

I can tell what's going through her mind, but none of it is correct.

"Horikita, do you have your phone?"

She started at me for a second, before pulling hers out of her skirt.

"Always. I also happen to know the number 111."

Good.

"Well there go my plans."

She sighed at my joke, and sat on the matted floor.
One can guess it was meant to absorb water.

I sat across from her.

"Horikita, do you know why I picked you as my co-leader?"

She seat her phone next to her.

"No. Is it so you can use me?"

I smiled.

"Yes, but not in the way you may think."

She scrunched her eyebrows, and I half expected her to leave.
Instead, she did something I least expected.

She reached over with her right hand, and put it on my face.

"What?"

"I felt like slapping you."

What she did could hardly be classified as such.

"This is how you slap?"

"No."

She takes it off, and jumps strait back into business.

"Just tell me what it is."

My request was meant to be a distraction, but now I'm worried about her reaction to it.

"Be my girlfriend until the exam is over."
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"I refuse."

I had imagined her answer to come immediately, but to my surprise, she froze.

"Why?"

This was a surprise to me, since this conversation wasn't meant to produce anything.
I expected her to immediately cut me down, with her compass and such, but she asked me why instead.

At this rate, the message will come in the middle of our conversation.

2 Minutes.

"Well, you know how it can be. Girls like couples right? So maybe they'll target us less in the competition."

It was so stupid I almost laughed, but Horikita didn't, so I kept it in.

"Hmm..."

The light in the room began to blink.
It hadn't been replaced in a while.

"I'll do I-"
Buzz

Horikita's phone buzzed, and she stopped talking for a second.

She turned to it, but then mentally decided to ignore it.
I needed to correct that.

"You can check it. It may be from the school."

It wasn't.

She sighed, but picked it up anyway.
Her eyes began to read over what I assume to be a paragraph.

I'm sure it was something along the lines of:

Horikita, you don't know me, but I want to help you. Stay away from Katagiri Yuuichi for your life. He killed my brother and many other people. That demon is a serial killer.

Horikita's eyes went wide, as she slowly looked at me.

I was smiling probably. Kotonoha wasn't there to tell me, so I wouldn't know, but I probably was.

The excitement of a new game had me excited.

"Yuuichi...you're a..." (The rest follows the beginning part).
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(? POV)

"I sent it, boss."

"Good work. I'm sure Yuuichi saw this coming."

"Really? He seemed to have no idea there was a spy in his own class."

"Oh, he knew. I'm sure of it."

"What ever you say. I expect those private points. This jnfo took forever to put together."

"Yes, of course. It's coming. Look for my name, then you'll know it's me who sent it."

"Are you sure, I thought you were anonymous?"

"No, you'll need to know it for the rest of our plan. Burn this into your mind and write it on the walls with blood: Kokorogi Yutori."

Money received.
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(Yuuichi POV)

I made mistakes in my past, but I find it hard to regret them.

I feel I am about to make the same mistakes all over again.

Over and over again and again.

This sports festival may be more fun then I thought.

After all, only fools learn from their own mistakes.
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Next Chapter: Yutori Kokorogi/Lies intertwined.

A/N:
After the bit of a disaster that was the last chapter, I am making this the official first chapter of the next arc!