Begin Again

3: I know...

3rd POV

Everyone in the campus, has been wondering who Ichikawa is. They keep on avoiding Ichikawa, look at her weirdly, and started to spread rumors. Like...

"I heard she threatened the Akita Group for her to be able to enter this school."

"I also heard she's targetting Shukuzawa-kun."

"Is it true, that she plans to destroy the Serizawa Group?"

Ichikawa didn't mind all the rumors that started spreading like wild fire. The people who only hang out with her is Akita.

"So how are they?" Akita asked out of the blue that startled Ichikawa, but quickly turned into a smile. "Actually, they are doing gre-" she was cut off when Akita suddenly stopped and got her phone out of her pocket.

Akita cursed under her breath and she put her phone away. "I'm sorry Runa-chan, but my dad wants to see me now." she pouted, while Ichikawa gave her a nod with a smile. Ichikawa knew that it wasn't his father but somebody else.

"See you later?" Akita called as she ran through the empty hallways not waiting for Ichikawa's reply. So she decided to go to the cafè inside the school campus.

Yes, the school is huge that it also have cafès, mini malls, and others. As soon as she entered the cafè, she walk towards the counter to order a coffee. After ordering she walked towards the empty table near the window. Her order was delivered by the waitress, she gave the waitress a smile, which the waitress gladly smiled back.

Why did I went back here again? Oh yeah, because if I stay there, huge problems will arise. This is all because of him. She sighed as she talked to herself, mentally. "That was a deep sigh. You doing okay?" a familiar voice rang to her ears that made her snap out of her thoughts. "Shun-kun..." she replied.

"Is this seat taken?" Ichikawa shook her head. "May I?" she nodded. She was curious as to why Shukuzawa sat with her. The other students who was in the cafè started gossiping. She was about to open her mouth when Shukuzawa raised his hand and glared at the students who was talking about Ichikawa.

"You don't have to worry about it though." she said with a smile. "I now know who you are." he stated with confidence. Ichikawa was shocked, then chuckled.

"What's funny?" he asked trying to hide his anger. But, Ichikawa was too sharp to notice it. "I'm sorry if you got offended but... it's funny because I didn't know that Akita would give in just like that." then she started laughing but every now and then she tried to suppress her laughters. Shukuzawa blushed but was able to compose himself quickly.

"I-I didn't got it from Akita-san." he stuttered which made Ichikawa stop laughing and smirked. "You should know one thing about me Shun-kun. I know if people lies to me."

He sighed in defeat, "Yeah, but how come you don't want anyone to know who you are?"

"Yayoi-chan told you the reason right?" she replied in a serious tone. He nodded, "I know, but I also know that there's a reason behind that reason. And that's what I wanted to know." she was startled by what Shukuzawa said. Nobody ever asked her that before. Once she told her reason, they will immediately accept it. Ichikawa smirked, "Eh~ you're the first person that ever asked me that." she put the cup back down and rested her chin on her hands.

"Hmm~ as a reward I will tell you the real reason, as to why I'm here and why I want to keep my identity a secret... But since I'm not in the mood to talk a lot today... You will choose one question and I will answer it truthfully." I smirked.

"Well played..."

"Thanks." she replied with a smile. Shukuzawa thought for a moment, to which question will he choose. He really wants to know the real reason. He doesn't know as to why he's really interested of Ichikawa's life, but something tells him that he needs to know everything about Ichikawa.

"We don't have all day Shun-kun." he snapped out of his thoughts when Ichikawa said that.

"Don't call me by my first name..." he growled. "Why are you here?" he continued.

"You can't do anything if I call you Shun-kun... And to answer your question, I'm here because of-" she stopped talking when she stared at Shukuzawa's cloud gray eyes. Her heart started beating so fast.

Why is my heart beating so fast? She asked herself as she put her hands on her chest.

"Hey Ichikawa-san are you okay?" Shukuzawa asked which made Ichikawa heat up. "Hey you're turning red. Do you have a fever?" he continued.

"I-I-I'm okay. W-well, t-t-t-the reason I'm here is because I-I-I was sent here by my parents s-s-since my big brothers needed me."

"Oh, okay." he replied as the waitress from before, put Shukuzawa's coffee on the table and left.

He sipped the coffee, Ichikawa stared at his lips as it parted to the cup. She licked her lips before realizing that she's been staring.

"Uh, I'm sorry but I forgot something, somewhere." Ichikawa said in a rattled voice and finished her coffee as quickly as possible.

There is no way I'm falling in love to a guy I talked inside a cafè again. Ichikawa thought to herself as she left the cafè. Shukuzawa smirked when Ichikawa left and continued to sip his coffee.

End of the chapter

Thank you guys for reading. Sorry if it's kind of short. Lol. Hope you guys liked this chapter, though. I will update as soon as possible! Tell me what you guys think, so I can improve in writing this story. Thank you! 😍💋❤❤

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