The day many of my classmates have been waiting for has finally arrived, May 1st. After Katsuragi and Sakayanagi somewhat united the class 2 weeks ago we made a group chat that the entirety of class A is a part of. Surprisingly even people like Yamamura and Morishita who you barely hear in class occasionally take part in conversations there.
That group chat has been non-stop active for the past 10 minutes. Right now it's 8:10am, 10 minutes after our allowance was given to us. I put my phone on silent the second messages started flooding in, not wanting to deal with over 20 people all saying the exact same things.
I got off the dorm elevator on the ground floor to start making my way to school for the day when I saw a familiar face waiting for me at the front door.
"Good morning, Ayanokouji-kun," Sakayanagi said.
"Good morning."
"I'll be walking to school with you today." Sakayanagi smiled.
"I don't have a choice now, do I?"
It's not like I'm actively avoiding Sakayanagi. Being on guard might be a better way of phrasing things. I still don't know what she does and doesn't know about the white room. But I can't let her know I'm on guard either.
"Fufu, I'm glad you're quick to catch on."
I opened the door and let Sakayanagi exit the dorms first. Apparently according to Hashimoto this is 'the right thing to do when you're with a woman'. He has an... interesting thought process when it comes to women I've noticed. Even I can tell he's a bit special in that regard.
"And they say chivalry is dead." Sakayanagi had a smug smile on her face when she said that.
"You can thank Hashimoto for that."
"Suddenly I've lost interest."
Ouch, sorry Hashimoto. You may have the attention of half the girls in our class, but Sakayanagi is in the half that is not interested in the slightest. It's kind of interesting how extreme the two sides are. Either they aren't affected by Hashimoto's playful nature at all or they're head over heels for him. I wonder if Ichinose has to deal with the same thing.
"Did you see our allotted points earlier?" Sakayanagi asked.
"I did, it seems you were right about our allowance changing."
"That almost makes it sound like you weren't aware of it already, Ayanokouji-kun."
"That's because I wasn't, believe it or not."
"I choose not to."
"I see."
It's interesting to see that Sakayanagi's interactions with me have fundamentally changed after she shared her knowledge of the white room's existence. Conversations where she and I go back and forth in this manner, where she clearly lets me know that she has an idea what I'm capable of, have become relatively frequent. Almost like we're playing a game of chicken to see who'll go further with explicitly mentioning the white room or even that man at times.
Because of this my reputation in the class has slowly started to shift, mainly with the people that know me and talk to me. Katsuragi, Sanada, Hashimoto and even Yamamura have all begun noticing my conversations with Sakayanagi. Although Yamamura specifically never called attention to it, I know that she knows. Her mannerisms give her thoughts away at times.
"Based on our allowance, it seems like class A did pretty well. You must be proud," I said.
"Proud?" Sakayanagi stopped in her tracks and looked over at me before she started laughing softly.
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Warmth Of A Genius | Classroom Of The Elite
FanfictionThe Advanced Nurturing High School in Japan is known far and wide by youth all across the country. Boasting a 100% employment and college entry rate, it's a school that focuses on nurturing young students to support the country later in life. Having...
