COTE | | Bound | | [Suzune x Kiyotaka]

Chapter 23 | | Enter: Papakoji

KIYOTAKA's POV

And so, we completely dominated Class B causing them to fall all the way to Class D seeing as Kanzaki Ryuji unfortunately had to drop out. The school is - however - paying for his hospital bills. Due to plot armour, I received zero sanctions.

The Class Standings were now this:

Class 1-A : 1131 (Sakayanagi)
Class 1-B : 710 (Kiyotaka)
Class 1-C : 470 (Ryuuen)
Class 1-D : 200 (Irrelevant)

Class A and C's fight ended with Sakayangi winning by one event, thus making Class C only loose 30 points and Class A win 130. We made a total of 310 private points which boosted us up to Class B by a significant margin (my classmates thanked me heavily for that), so, all is going well.

Well, that was what I thought.

"Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, please accompany me to the headmasters office." Chabashira said as she had walked in to the classroom to get me. I was about to go to karaoke with the class but I suppose this will have to wait, "Along with Horikita Suzune." She added.

Usually, she'd have this significant look on her face but this time... I sensed fear.

Happiness can quickly turn upside down it seems.

We followed behind Chabashira silently for she did not speak to us.

"I will take my leave, you two may enter the room."

As she left, I opened the door and I had almost suspected this; my father. Alongside him, there was the chairman of this school who looked disappointed in himself.

"It seems you've made your way into this school, father."

Suzune immediately snapped her head towards me at the sudden mention of the word 'father'.

"I will take my leave, I... unfortunately have matters to attend to." The chairman said with a sullen look on his face almost as if he was apologising to me.

Silence cascaded the room, if I had known my father was going to be here, to be sat and waiting for me, I would have refused Suzune to accompany me. She shouldn't be here.

"I would tell you to drop out but it seems that'll be impossible because you have... changed." Atsuomi Ayanokoji was sat with his cheek resting in his palm, a bored and apathetic look splattered across his face as he looked at me, sometimes sparing a glance to the girl sat in the chair beside me.

"That is true. I have no reason to drop out." The sharp gleam in his eyes stared at me but I only reciprocated with my own, a much sharper version of his, "Tell me, why would a parent want to ruin their child's life for the sake of their own selfishness?"

"Don't make me laugh, you've never once thought of me as a parent." Our gazes were unbreakable but I sensed the uneasiness that Suzune felt beside me. This needed to end, "And no reason?" He asked, almost mockingly, "I see a reason in this room."

I sharpened my gaze at him, the cold eyes of the white room turning into a blade at the threat that he gave me.

"Someone you love so dearly, am I correct? This girl, Horikita Suzune. Second child of Horikita Kurai and Horikita Tsuyoshi, younger sister to current third year Horikita Manabu and a victim of attempted suicide. I saw your little dance, it disappointed me knowing that my masterpiece of the White Room has become such a..."

Suicide? I glanced at Suzune who flinched at the words he said. For the first to me, I saw a look of fear and panic spread across her face.

"Human? Is that the word you're searching for?" I interrupted, returning my attention to him.