Troublemaker - ❌Juuzou Suzuya❌

7 - Tarusaka

It had been a total of 3 weeks since the Big Madame incident.

Haru was still wound up in hospital, but Shinohara was already fit with hid amazing recovery speeds. Juuzou and Hiyori only ever had minor injuries and so they had still been attending their classes since the incident.

It was a Tuesday now, which meant that it was another day to be spent at the academy. The course with the real investigators ended at the start of next year, and so the students would start normal timetables up again then.

Juuzou was sitting on the second to back row of his classroom, minding his own business as he dug into his food. Mr Aizawa was late. Again.

He laid back in his seat.

"Man, school is so pointless and difficult..." he sighed.

"Heh, only cos you're an idiot!" A tall boy with dirty blond hair and two friends came over, snorting in laughter.

It was Tarusaka and his gang. At first sight, Juuzou could already tell they were trouble, but he couldn't pinpoint what they wanted. Tarusaka was a huge bully, but he still placed at least second in about every subject, and so was regarded first place overall in their year group.

Even if his moves weren't quite as sharp as Juuzou's, his brain was definitely sharper. He was constantly praised to be a genius, a prodigy even.

He flicked Juuzou's chin upwards, and put one foot onto his desk.

"Your iris is so damn red... didn't know blood could stain eyeballs!" His friends laughed at the terrible joke, clearly nothing more than sidemen. "If it really is blood then you must have had those eyes since u were 5!!"

Juuzou flicked his own head up further, leading to a headbutt. "Leave me alone," he yelled, "nobody asked you to comment on my damn eyes!"

"Oh yea, punk?" He lifted Juuzou up by his collar. "You know what we're doing soon right? The thing we're entering?"

"Can't say I do..."

"Well find out cos I'm gonna demolish you!!"

"But I'm better than you at fighting..."

"I'll just use my wits!"

"Judging from where your wits have taken your life, I wouldn't recommed it..."

At this small comment, Tarusaka got really mad and threw Juuzou onto the floor beside him. The whole class was paying attention now, as a few giggled at the events. Tarusaka lifted is arm, and brought it down on the lazy Juuzou.

At first he was going to take the hit, but it didn't seem to be necessary.

Tarusaka's punch was grabbed halfway there by Haru, who stood between the two like a referee stopping foul play, and frowned upon the attacker.

Juuzou gasped at the figure, who's torso had been wrapped with bandages and his leg in a cast.

"Haru!!" Hiyori jumped up and ran over. "Why are you out already??"

Haru looked at her with dull eyes. "They said to stay there but it was boring... Also, I know you don't like him but please try to take care of Juuzou, he's your teammate now, we can't lose him."

With that, Haru walked off. His actions had mirrored those of a few weeks ago, and Juuzou couldn't help but question why he would save him, forcing the smile off his face.

Hiyori gave Juuzou her hand to get up and Tarusaka shuffled away in pain. "Only cos Haru said so..."

Juuzou blushed at this offer, and grabbed the hand with delight.