Cardfight!! Vanguard: Heiwa

-Part 4

When the final school day of the week came to an end, Izuru rushed out of his classroom, without waiting or even saying something to Tate or Ban. He made his way to the lockers at the entrance of the school as fast as he could, where he waited.

When the school building closed as all other students left, he waited by the open gates, staying long after some teachers and members of clubs that didn't use the main building.

And when night fell and school's gates closed, he waited outside the school, and kept waiting for any signs of Minami. Even if she didn't appear, he'd remain there in his almost mindless search for an answer.

"My classroom is closer to the stairs than yours, you couldn't have left before me..." Izuru muttered, staring at the time on his phone's screen, his breath taking the form of greyish puffs of air under the night's low temperature.

And then, just as he was about to put away his phone, it started buzzing with a call, which he answered, much to his distaste because of already knowing it was most likely Tate calling about either Ako or Tamaki.

"Yo."

"Dude what the hell was up today- Is that the sound of you freezing? Are you for real still at school?! Dude, what the hell?!"

"Huh... Kendo club stuff."

"That's a lie, I'm also in the club and I'm right here!"

"Yeah, Katsu-chan's with me, dude!"

"Call me that one more time and I'll kick your ass, Rasputin!"

"Oh a russian joke, just how adult of you! But that's besides the point, when the hell are you stopping by?! We agreed tonight was pizza night at my place because of my constant need to drown my bad grades in food!"

"Oh yeah, we were doing that tonight. I'll be there soon, promise." Izuru lied.

"Do you swear on your Nero doujin? The one atop the great Doujin Tower?"

"Doujin Tower? Don't tell me you're a degenerate too, Katsu-chan!"

Izuru sighed as the sound coming from the call just became inaudible yells and sounds of something being punched. Taking advantage of the two being distracted, he ended the call and turned his phone off as a whole.

'Where could you be, Minami? Did you leave before I arrived? No, I was the first student out of the school I know it. Did you skip class? No, that's not something the headmaster's daughter would- The headmaster's daughter!' Izuru thought.

His eyes widened as he arrived at a conclusion. He was aware of the day's weather forecast and had seen the headmaster driving at some point in the previous year, and as a member of the student council, he knew the headmaster always tended to be the last staff member to leave Heiwa.

Izuru took off in a run, with his destination being a small parking lot close to Heiwa, the ideal place for someone to leave their vehicle if they were to work in the school.

As he arrived at the parking lot's gate, he could see a bright pink colour at the distance, and that was enough to find where she was. He ran past the rows of car belonging to those who worked in the area, until he arrived at his final destination.

Minami stood behind a black car with an open trunk, and as she was about to place her bag inside it, Izuru called out to her.

"Minami!" Izuru yelled.

She looked back at him, and though her eyes widened briefly, she grit her teeth and glared at him.

"You absolute creep! You actually waited around and then stalked me here?! Can you get even creepier?!"