𝙠𝙣𝙮, 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚

𝟢𝟫. 𝒟𝒾𝓃𝓃𝑒𝓇

"Har?! Why do you want to sit with [name]?! I'm always sitting with her, Shinazugawa-san. Now beat it!" Kimiko spat out as she shoved Sanemi aside and [name] could only laugh then as she showed an apologetic look to Sanemi who scowled in response.

"Well, well, did something happened last night? It is a sight to see that you're flamboyantly expressing your feelings now, Shinazugawa," and Sanemi could only turn and shoot Tengen a glare as he boards the bus then.

He walked down the aisle and noticed [name] was blushing madly as Kimiko was teasing her terribly then. She could only cover her face in response as she tried to hide her terribly red face and Sanemi could only admire then how much she was trying to hide her face.

He could only sigh as he realized how stupid he was. He should have asked her back then the moment he had heard her voice from the very beginning. How could he had been so stupid, given being a fast thinker Wind Hashira back then.

[name] then yawned a little as Kimiko was smacking her thigh in response as [name] had finally told her who the mystery guy she had been texting, only to realize that it had been their schoolmate the entire time.

So near, yet so far.

"Want to play?" [name] asked as she brought out her phone and Kimiko hummed in response then as she took out her phone and proceeded to unlock it. Only to have her phone being picked up with ease and [name] noticed that Sabito had done so.

"Hey, you play this game too! Let's play together!" Sabito called out and soon he settled himself beside Giyuu who was sitting right behind them. Kimiko soon exchanged their IDs for the game and invited him into the match, and [name] noticed Sanemi had texted her.

She laughed a little then as he had texted her his play ID, and soon she added him into the match as well.

"We need 1 more player," Kimiko spoke out, and soon Sanemi had invited Tengen into the game as well. [name] then pressed start, and soon the match started to load.

"Kimi, be careful. They're aiming for you," [name] spoke out as she continued to move her character towards where Kimiko was. [name] then winced a little as Kimiko squealed in response as she got ambushed and started to hit [name]'s thigh.

"I'm dying, I'm dying!" Kimiko cried out.

"No, you're not! Stop hitting me!" [name] cried out as she came to Kimiko's aid.

"Holy shit! You're good at this game, Akane!" Sabito commented, and [name] could only focus on the game then as she was trying to get a sequence kill.

"Double kill!" Kimiko cried out as [name] had managed to kill off two of their enemies and she watched as [name] character started to move towards where Kimiko was once more, given how her character's health was terribly low, and she didn't want to return to the base yet.

"Sanemi, hold on," [name] spoke out and that's when she realized how Tengen and Sabito weren't moving their characters. Not caring about it, she proceeded to head over to where Sanemi was as he was getting ambushed as well.

"Triple kill," [name] whispered out with a smile and noticed how their enemy's last two players were left. Not bothering to notice how her teammates weren't moving except for Kimiko and Sanemi, [name] headed straight and engaged in a battle.

"Maniac! Savage! Wipeout!" Kimiko called out and she hi-fived with [name] then as she, [name], and Sanemi proceeded to head over to the enemy's base and quickly killed it off.

"Nice game, you brought me up the ranks again, [name]!" Kimiko said with a smile and [name] could only giggle in response then. She then noticed how Tengen was looking at her from his seat, and noticed how Sabito was actually standing up and looking at her as well.