Timeless

Chapter 12

New spring came with new students and duties for the school year. Yaga-sensei had been appointed to be the latest headmaster of the school so he was relieved of teaching duties. Because of the low numbers of staff, the now third-years consisting of two special grades and one rare RC user, were concluded to need only a monitoring teacher. Ume-sensei was the one who got assigned as the homeroom teacher for the second years and a monitoring teacher for the third years. There were only two first-years this time, a boy named Ijichi Kiyotaka and a girl named Serinuma Kae. Both of them didn't seem to have combat skills so they would focus on supporting roles.

Just like last year, Satoru arranged a welcoming party for the two. The new girl was initially shy but quickly warmed up once she got used to the people. The new boy, on the other hand, shook like a leaf when the four boys crowded him in the middle. To be fair, Satoru and Geto were now nearly six feet tall, and Kento and Yu were getting buffed with muscles. You couldn't blame him for getting intimidated by them. Based on the smirks they had, Satoru and Geto knew exactly what they were doing.

"You guys are scaring the poor boy. Back it up!"

Shoko pushed away her fellow classmates and held out a hand towards the youngest boy in the middle, "Are you okay, Ichiji-kun? They aren't usually- wait well, they are always like that. Anyway! Do you want to have some snacks with us?"

"We have cupcakes and juices!", you held up the items cheerfully.

"Ichiji-kun! Come on", Serinuma waved at him.

Ichiji, who had an energy-drained face expression, healed into a blissed face when the girls saved him.

"Shoko, how mean. We were just getting to know the new student."

Geto's words would have some effect if he wasn't smiling like a fox.

"I know you two more than I would like to admit so don't bother to lie", Shoko just rolled her eyes.

"But, we were just talking to him though!", Yu frowned sadly.

"Maybe you and Kento were. I believe not one bit to these two."

"Whatever we had done to receive this treatment, Shoko?"

"Should I list them down?"

While you were getting amused at Geto and Shoko's bantering, Satoru came up from behind and ate the piece of cake that you were holding, "Hmm~ Is it from the new shop?"

"Yep, it is. What do you think?", you tried to ask nonchalantly because your mind kept drawing you back to the sensation of his lips on your fingertips earlier.

"I think I like its vanilla cupcake more. But, our usual shop still has the best strawberry cupcakes."

"Now that you mentioned it, I want to have some of them."

"Let's go after school together then."

After a year of being with Satoru, one would think that was enough time to get used to him. But, the truth for you was not it. Your heart fluttered whenever he said that he would go somewhere, and do something with you. Your delulu mind treated these outings as mini-dates.

Unnoticed by you, Satoru always watched your face every time he made suggestions like this. At first, he didn't mean to stare at you. He simply wanted to take you out because he enjoyed spending time with you. Sure, you two still went out with the rest of the group but sometimes, he felt selfish to hold your entire attention on him. Since the others weren't too obsessed with sweets, he started to visit them so that he could have you alone.

When he mentioned going together, you got this overjoyed expression. Your eyes would widen with sparkles and a color of peonies decorated your soft cheeks. Most of all, the way your coral-pink lips stretched into an adorable smile got him fixated. So, lately, he only invited you out when he was directly in front of you. Just a glimpse of your facial expression made his day better.