Top. (Reader x Various Kakegurui)

41: Sweetheart

"Sweetheart, Kaede-kun is here for you still. He's upset. Wagons of flowers and the works. He couldn't have done anything that awful." Your mother stood outside your door.

"Send him away." You cried into your pillow.

"Very well, if you wish, my darling daughter." She sighed and left your door. She cared, of course, but the throes of the heartbreak were something that she was not familiar with.

Kaede was dealing with similar issues. Especially since he insisted that Itsuki also not contact him again; not that that line of reasoning made any sense either. If you had cut him off, then it would not matter if he dated Itsuki. But his knee-jerk reaction was as follows:

Kaede: Stop contacting me.

Itsuki: What?!

Itsuki: Kae-Kae!

Itsuki: Why would you just say that!?

Itsuki: Say something back!

Itsuki: Respond!

Itsuki: Respond!

Itsuki: Respond!

Kaede: Stop.

Itsuki: Respond!

Itsuki: Sorry! Tell me what happened! Are you not coming over tonight?!

Kaede: The student council sent all of our pictures to the Princess.

Itsuki: So what?

Kaede: She doesn't want to see me anymore.

Itsuki: She kicked you off the council?! What a hypocrite! She literally is dating everyone! And you can't date one other person?

Kaede: No. Just not to see me. I don't care. I don't want to see anyone but her and that means you. So leave me alone.

Itsuki: But Kae-Kae...

Kaede: Don't call me that. I don't even like you like that. I just wanted to get better for the Princess.

But now, he was being told, highly apologetically by the staff that he would not be able to see the princess today.

And so he went home. What was he going to do? Break into the house of the emperor of Japan? Absolutely not.

Might Be- Ryota Suzui: Hey,  it's Ryota... I hope it's not weird that I'm texting you, but I got your number from Midari who came in to tell Sayaka that you left school upset. Are you okay?

That's weird. You thought as you wiped your eyes and looked at your phone, ignoring the countless missed calls and texts from Kaede.

YN: I'm fine! That seems like a lot of work just because you heard I might have been upset.

Ryota 💪: Eh, I was right there, it just sounds like a big deal.

YN: Well, thanks for checking up on me!

Ryota💪: Np. Hey, so are you interested in Yumeko?

YN: Yeah, she's like a serious gambler! Super interesting.

Ryota💪: Ah, I'll be more straight-forward! Haha!

Ryota💪: Do I have a chance with you? Or am I not in your realm of preferences? :)

You curled up in a ball and pulled your blankets around your body. Stupid. I should just say fuck boys. Honestly. But I can't resist the temptation. Ugh.

YN: Haha, you do! I'm pretty promiscuous actually ;P So you have a good chance.

Ryota💪: I'm not THAT crazy! Give me a break xD You're just really cute so I wanted to know if I was going to bug you if I started to hit on you.

YN: Nope! Try your best ;)

And you smiled a bit. The unfortunate part about this however was that you knew for a fact was that going to be a while. Why? Because you weren't going to school any time soon.