Reticent | Nakahara Chūya; AU [✔]

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It was written in her second semester schedule that her last subject for each day will always be History, in which the time is fixed starting from three in the afternoon and ends at five. Unfortunately, Orianna was badass enough to skip her last class and went home to catch up with her sleep.

Either way, she wasn't in the mood to hear more of her professor's foul mouth. It was enough that she gets the hurtful comments, but she will never, ever accept anyone who say shit against her family; most especially her dad.

It may or may not be the best decision that she has done, but at least she was able to get some rest and enough energy to do her research again. Time was a precious thing to her, and she does not have any plans to waste them any longer. By the time that she is able to personally ask her dad for some information, at least she already has an idea of the whole thing.

"Just because they write it down and call it history doesn't make it the truth." These words from her professor keeps coming back to her mind. Is he trying to imply that her father is the perpetrator of The 0619 Case? If he was, shouldn't he be arrested already the moment that he was being interrogated since there will be traces of evidence from the answers that he provided?

Orianna made some onigiri and omelette for herself and her father before she proceeded back to her work station. She knows that Chuuya would be coming home tired from studio recording his new single and all, and it is automatically her duty to do things around the house while he's gone.

How Chuuya wished that his wife was still alive so that he doesn't have to see his daughter suffer doing two obligations all at once.

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All serving plates were empty and so did the chinaware that they used for eating. What's left on the long table were the bones from the meat that they ate, and some side vegetables that they decided not to eat.

Everyone did not know what to do after the heavy meal that they had, so Oda suggested if they could all take a tour around Dazai's six storey house. The businessman proudly agreed to his old acquaintance, wanting his batchmates to see how successful he has been over the years.

Or maybe he wanted to prove that he is one of the most successful out of them all.

They all went in separate groups, in separate rooms. Nakajima, Yosano, and the Tanizaki siblings were somewhere at the living room. Edogawa, Kunikida, Poe, and Montgomery were roaming around the third floor -- an entertainment lounge. Lastly, Dazai, Nakahara, Oda, and Sakagami were at the conference room.

Where's Akutagawa, you may ask? He's always wandering on his own, of course. However, this time he was just at the balcony avoiding all social interactions.

"Did you ever wonder why Orianna is always hanging out with the bad boys of our class?" was the starter conversation for the people in the living room. Tanizaki Naomi started it all.

Everyone in that group shook their heads no.

"Why do you ask, Naomi?" Nakajima replied, curious of the same thought, as well. Their group has always been dreaming of taking Sakagami to their circle of friends, but they've got nothing against the most honorable students of the batch.

"This is just my theory," Naomi continued, clinging on to her brother in the process. I swear to all gods, these girl is a molester in disguise. "But I feel like she is after one of those seniors, so she went to stick with them to be able to stalk him easier."

"Or..." Nakajima suggested, getting an idea from what the girl has said. "It's probably because she feels safer around those guys, considering those guys are tough to deal with."