Amidst the shadows and the secrets

Night Nine

Reiji teleported into the kitchen because he heard the two women and saw Chisana with her breakfast. 

"You can have tea too, Reiji. I just have my tea." Chisana smiled back at him. 

He poured himself a cup of tea and sat at the table. He wanted to make sure the blonde couldn't do anything to Chisana. Still, it riddled him on how the blonde fell out of bed early.

Yui ate her breakfast in silence and without making eye contact with any of them. 

*** 

Arrived at school, Reiji saw his brother walk away and realized he missed earbuds. He knew it had to be the reason for his grumpy mood. Pondering on if his brother broke him, he dismissed it. 

Wanting to find out who did it, Shu waited upstairs close to the broadcasting room and Chisana's homeroom. Only to remember Chisana had a MP3 player and that meant earbuds. 

Chisana reached her homeroom with Laito when Shu signed for her to come. "I'll be right back." 

"You have an MP3 player, right?" Shu asked her and waved for Laito to go inside. 

Wait, you have yours but no earbuds. She picked up on it and opened her bag. "What happened? Did you break it by accident?' She gave her earbuds to him. "You can borrow them for tonight. Do you have another set?" 

"I will tomorrow." He showed her a faint smile as a thank you. 

"Are there some shops open during the lunch break? You could get some then. Otherwise, you could get up earlier to get a few..." 

"You're coming with me. What time do you get up?" He interrupted her. 

Surprised to hear him talk so much, she smiled. "I get up at four-thirty, but we have more time on Saturday. Keep it until then, I have another set." 

"Thank you." He pulled her in a hug to say thank you. "Now get to class." 

"We'll discuss the details later at home, okay." She pushed him inside. "If you come to me, you can bite me." She winked at him and left to go to her homeroom. 

Laito picked up on their conversation about going shopping and looked sad with his head on his hand. "Making plans for the weekend?" 

"Something happened to his earbuds, and he didn't do it." She took her books out of her bag. If he didn't do it then who did? 

"Well, it wasn't me. Believe it or not but he is stronger than you think. Especially when you mess with his music, the MP3 player, or the earbuds." Laito thought about it. "But who would do such a thing? His music is something he protects in his room. Do you know where his bedroom is?" 

She opened her book and notebook, ready for the first class. "I do know that but most of you find me when you're thirsty. But your room is your room, I have no reason to go there if you aren't there. I don't like it if someone would go through my stuff so why would I do it to someone?" Going to your bedroom is asking for trouble. In case of bad luck, I could catch a few of you still in bed or something. "Maybe one of your brothers?" 

"No, Ayato-kun did once, and Shu unleashed hell on him for cutting the earbud cord." Laito never forgot how his brother retaliated. "Kanato-kun is always in his bedroom or with his doll collection. I'm not so stupid to mess with it either." He knew it didn't leave much left. Reiji wouldn't touch it either, which meant only one thing. "Don't worry, the culprit will be caught and punished." He eyed the teacher coming inside and turned his focus on the man.