Chapter 8: Information Exchange

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"Come on. Hurry up."

Agatsuma stands in front of the classroom's exit with his hand gripping his bag's handle. Agatsuma and Kamado had promised they'll go to Agatsuma's house after school and it's now after school time. But Kamado hasn't finished cleaning his desk yet.

"Alright, alright," he reassures Agatsuma, "Calm down. I'll be there soon."

Agatsuma keeps tapping his shoes. He couldn't stay calm. He keeps thinking about all sorts of bad and negative things that could happen to their other selves back in his house.

Frankly speaking, Agatsuma doesn't care about people he just met. Well... maybe just a little bit. Anyway, but. It feels wrong to leave them alone. Especially since they have their faces. It's sort of embarrassing and he's worried if someone he knows meets them, things are going to get problematic.

As Agatsuma kept on worrying, Kamado was finally done. He stands up from his seat and carries his school bag. He smiles as he turns to Agatsuma. "Agatsuma-san, I finished tidying up. Let's go."

"Okay," Agatsuma snapped back to reality and nodded, "I can't stop worrying about them."

Kamado laughs a little, "I'm sure it'll be fine, Agatsuma-san. Let's trust them." Agatsuma grumbles, "You can't be too sure."

Inosuke, who was busy talking to other people, notices Kamado and Agatsuma are together. He immediately leaves the conversation to approach them, "You guys going somewhere together? Then this great Inosuke will accompany you!"

"Oh, Inosuke", Kamado stops walking, "We-"

Agatsuma, in panic, immediately runs and shuts his mouth from speaking any further then hangs his arm around Kamado's shoulders very casually. In a loud voice, "Ahhh, no-no. We're not going anywhere! We're just going to uh... uhm. We're just going to walk to the front gate and part ways. Right, Kamado-kun?!", he smiles nervously at Kamado-kun. "Don't tell Inosuke about it." was clearly written on his face.

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Kamado is surprised. His eyes widens but then he remembers he wasn't supposed to say anything about that. While looking at Inosuke, he nods aggressively in agreement to what Agatsuma just said.

"Yeah so, uhh, that's why we're gonna go now then. See you tomorrow, Inosuke!", Agatsuma hurriedly pushes Kamado out of the class and left Inosuke alone. Meanwhile Inosuke who still hasn't fully processed what just happened, could only shout in confusion and disbelief. "What?!?"

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As they both walk to the school's front gate and to Agatsuma's house, Agatsuma scowls at Kamado. "What were you thinking!"

"Sorry, Agatsuma-san," Kamado hangs his head low, "But I feel really... bad hiding this away from Inosuke. Maybe we should let him into our secret.". Kamado hoped Agatsuma would agree. But instead, he shouted again, "No! No way, no way. If we tell Inosuke, he'll definitely tell everyone immediately."

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