Me? Fall In Love? As If! (MFILAI)

Chapter 3: "I Will Protect You!" (The 1st Elemental Holder's Climax)

"...I understand. Then, I'll ask critically... What is with the elemental holders and balancing the world meant earlier?" Gailyn asked Iori.

Right after her question, Henderson is now awkwardly surprised. He still don't see the point of their conversation as he still hides nearby the rooftop door.

At Iori's point of view, she wonders if she heard everything or not... Either way, Iori sighed before she talks again. She needs to be calm and explainable to the school's great detective, Gailyn Aspillera. Gailyn solves many cases and mysterious events of the school without fails.

"Well, all I really know is about some rare folklores about Datu Matiyaga. For other details of that other side of the story, you may approach uncle. He's informative about that. Trust me." Iori explained before she grabs another bite of her lunch. As she look at Gailyn once again, she seems in a position of deep thinking.

Another few seconds later, Gailyn finally speaks. "Let's see. I really appreciate your help." After that, she walks towards the door. That is where Henderson hides behind. Henderson suddenly goes down the stairs. He got panicked while walking faster.

As Gailyn opens the rooftop door, she heard footsteps from the stairs. Henderson's footsteps. She became more observant as she follows the sound of the footsteps. At Gailyn's point of view as she walks down the stairs, she checked as she counts the number of footsteps she heard. She knows that the student is at the first floor because there are many loud footsteps that are getting farther than any stairs at each floor of the school. She decides to go to the first floor.

Reaching the first floor, she looks around the hallway. Unfortunately, the sounds of the footsteps are now silent. She checks the first floor hallway once more. To the point that she lost her evidence, she decides to walk back up to the stairs. Several seconds later, Henderson is still hiding behind the staircase at the ground floor. He felt relieved. He finds the girl more mysterious in an intentional purpose. He knows that she might have a debate on him about him eavesdropping.

Later on, at the rooftop, Iori felt relieved and peaceful as she almost finishes her lunch... until the door suddenly opens all of a sudden.

"Oh come on! At least let me have a moment of eating---" As Iori suddenly stops talking, Henderson closes the door. Right now, he had a serious expression facing at Iori. Because of message incident from the class, Iori is still mad at him on the inside.

"What are you doing here?" Iori asked.

Either way, he walks near her. After that, he only leans to the wall beside the bench where Iori is sitting. Honestly, Henderson wants to talk to her about their conversation earlier than the message incident at the classroom. He felt more awkward than he's used to be right now.

"Fine. If you put it that way..." she said as she continues eating.

When Iori finally finished eating and packing her lunchbox, Henderson finally spoke while looking at the cloudy sky. "When I'm in a place that the wind and the sky are in refreshing manner, it is somehow makes me calm from my problems. You see, I'm sometimes easily short-tempered." he replied.

"Makes you calm---"

"Until you show up in this kind of place. Tsk. So annoying." he answered in his frustrated manner.

"W-What?! I'm annoying?! Huh... Don't even lure me from your traps, you casanova!" she added. She also made a glare to him. He glanced at her as he look back at the sky once again.

"See that annoying face of yours when you're angry? Honestly annoying. You're not even my type at all."

"Ugh! Of course you're not my type! You only flirt girls for your own good! How will you even be serious to the girl you really like? Heh! Not me anyways!" As Iori talks like this, Henderson starts to shout at her also.