The Song of Windchimes

Chrysanthemums

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Chapter 6

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"Alright, you guys!" Bofurin stood in front of the alley that separated them from Shishitoren the next day, a refreshing wind blowing their gakuran around, "Now, Let's head on out!"

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18 hours ago...

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"AaaAaaaAAH......"Nirei whined in fear, getting side eyed by Sakura. Ryuu sat beside Suo, watching as he interacted with Sasaki, as basically mesmerized by his earring. He was infatuated with the long yellow tassels that swayed in the wind so easily and beautifully, flowing with every movement the teen made.
"Shit, shit, shit..." Nirei rambled, tears collecting in his eyes "we're screwed... we're definitely screwed..." Ryuu turns to the boy that's freaking out, placing his hand in the boy's hair, it was very, very, fluffy.
"There's no need to worry Nirei-" Ryuu says before he's cut off, jumping back.
"Shut your yappin'," Sakura glares

"AND WHOSE FAULT DO YOU THINK THIS IS?!"

"There's no point in kicking up a fuss about it now, Nirei," Kotoha, the only employee and possibly the owner of the cafe, interrupts as she places a nice looking omurice and a small cup of earl gray tea. Ryuu bows his head, staying silent because he knew if he said something, he would get cut off.
"Get something in your stomach. It should calm you down."

"Kotoha-san... you really don't get it..." Nirei clenches his fists and stares down at the food that was set in front of him, "Bofurin might just disappear tomorrow..." Ryuu's eyebrow twitches at that, he was getting annoyed with all of the negativity Blondy was exuding at the table.

"Still..." Kotoha places another Omurice in front of Sasaki after placing another tea in front of Suo. "Freaking out about it now isn't going to help."

"It'll be fine. Bofurin isn't that weak. You already know that don't you?"

Ryuu smiles slightly, looking back to Nirei and Sakura, who was gobbling down the omurice that was just handed to him. Ryuu huffed before taking a sip of his earl gray tea. The light brown color became a much more beautiful color due to the milk and sugar that he had, shyly and nervously, asked Kotoha to add.

He takes a sniff of it, the light smell of the rind of bergamot oranges invading his senses. He takes a sip of the warm drink as he ignored the conversations happening beside him, until-
"SAKURA-SAN! WE NEED TO STRATEGIZE! GET EVERYONE TOGETHER AND FIGURE THIS OUT!!" Ryuu looks up at Nirei, who is grabbing at Sakura's shoulder.
"There's no strategy to a damn one-on-one punch-off," Sakura states, mouth full of Omurice, "Anyway, I'm done eating... Can I go?"

"But.. Umemiya-san and Hiragi-san aren't here yet..."
"They're taking forever. They told us to wait for 'em but they're a damn no-show."
"Well... I bet it's not so quick to calm all those other guys who were out for blood," Suo smiles, the memory of the school being more than ready to fight back against the Lions coming back to all of them.

"But, still," Sakura leans back into his seat, angry as Ryuu huffs a laugh and takes another sip of his tea.
"Umemiya said we'd go out for a meal, right? So... why're we at a cafe?"