The room fell into a deep silence. Not a sound was made as everyone stared towards the bright screen that displayed a score of a 100.
Mio's eyes grew wider as she slowly came to the realization of the score before her. "I-I got a hundred?"
Mio then was suddenly tackled by Irashi who was smiling from ear to ear with eyes full admiration. "Hanazawa! That was amazing! You had me shook! You even managed to beat both me and Akane. You're such a great singer!"
Akane walks over and lifts Irashi off of Mio smiling not quite as hard as Irashi but hard enough for Mio to know how genuine it is. "I feel like this was some sort of prank or something. You were just talking about how you might be bad at singing, but then you blow us out the water with that performance. Ah! I'm so hurt."
Akane placed her hand on her chest and looked away in the act of looking hurt.
Mio sits up talking quickly trying to explain herself to Akane. "No! I didn't really mean to make it seem like that! I really didn't expect to do that well. I was really telling the truth."
Irashi lightly punches Akane's arm. "Stop teasing her."
Kaito walks over with a smile on his face as he leans down to offer his hand to help her up. "I knew you could do it."
Mio was left stunned, but she slowly reached for his hand not saying a word until she rose to her feet. "Thank you."
Irashi bumps Kaito out of the way leaning in closely towards Mio. "Hanazawa you should totally join me and Fujimori in becoming Idols!"
Akane pulls Irashi back with a stern grip. "Whoa slow your roll there miss sunshine."
Irashi looks back at Akane confused. "What? Is there something wrong with her joining us?" Irashi let out a gasp as she covered her mouth with her hands. "Fujimori don't tell me that you're jealous and you think that Hanazawa would replace you."
Akane hits Irashi on the top her head causing a bump to rise and making her crouch to the ground holding her head.
Mio rubs her arm looking at the ground--her voice full of anxiousness. "As fun as being a idol sounds... I don't think I cut out for something like that unfortunately. Not yet... at least... I'm sorry."
Akane steps past Irashi and looks at Mio full of concern. "Look Hanazawa you don't have to apologize to Tanabe's stupid question. There really isn't any need-."
Akane's sentence is interrupted as Mio looks at them both full of some kind of confidence. "But! I believe if it's with you guys... I can possibly do it!"
Both girls looked stunned by her words while Kaito just stood there arms folded smiling.
Irashi then suddenly hugs Mio once again. "Hanazawa you are so adorable!"
Akane just smirked and rubbed her head. "I guess I didn't need to be concerned as she watched Irashi and Mio."
Later on their order finally arrived full of snacks and drinks.
Irashi immediately snatched the tray from Akane and set it down on the table ready to savor everything possible. "Finally! It felt like I've been waiting for over 3 hours!"
Kaito looks at Irashi full of disbelief along with Mio and Akane.
"Feel like I'm forgetting something... OH! Wait I remember now! Tanabe! You're on a diet," Akane shouted.
Irashi looks away with a clearly guilty face trying to feign ignorance. "I have no idea what you're talking about."
"You're a terrible liar Tanabe," Akane said flatly.
Mio tilts her head. "Fujimori did mention earlier back at the school's entrance that you did say you would lay off the sweets."
Irashi looks back at them both arms folded with a pout on her face. "Well today is a cheat day because we're celebrating Hanazawa's first time hanging out with us!"
Akane just sighs. "Such a convenient excuse. Whatever let's just dig in."
Irashi cheers as her and Akane try to reach for the same bag which eventually led into the arguing and then fighting over the same bag.
Both Kaito and Mio just watched them until Kaito spoke out to her in a whisper. "Hey Mio I'm going to go ahead and leave now."
Mio looks up at Kaito in confusion and worry. "You're not going to stick around?"
Kaito shakes his head. "I have studying I need to do and something at home I need to check in on."
Mio just stammers trying to come up with words. "B-But I-"
Kaito places a hand on her shoulder looking at her softly. "You invited me along because you were worried about having to sing and you didn't want to ruin the mood by refusing, but you were able to do that and you did amazing. You don't need my help for the rest of the day Hanazawa. You're already doing amazing by yourself. Besides if we're being technical I really didn't do anything at all."
Mio shakes her head. "No you were tons of help Sugiura. I really couldn't have done this without your help... Thank you... You did a lot more for me than you think," Mio said with a smile on her face.
Kaito smiles back before waving goodbye and walking through the door shutting it behind him.
Akane looks over with Irashi in a headlock trying to eat more chocolate.
"What happened to your friend Hanazawa? We didn't scare him off did we," Akane asked.
Mio turned towards them with a smile. "No no he just had some studying to do so he wanted to get home early."
Irashi spat out the chocolate looking Mio with a grin. "Sounds like to me he just wanted to dodge his turn in singing."
Mio blinked before letting out a giggle. "Maybe you're right."
Meanwhile Kaito walked through the hall with a smile on his face in silence, until he let out a sigh dropping the mask hidden within. Swapping his expression to something that he keeps hidden.
The new day arrived and Kaito was roaming the school's halls as he was making his way to class until he spotted a huge crowd of students near a class room's entrance.
Something is clearly going on... most likely just another fight, but knowing my situation it would probably be for the best if I observed too.
With that Kaito made his way through the crowd of students until he made it to a spot where he could finally see what was going on.
"WHERE IS SHE, a student yelled."
A bunch of startled students within class, shook in fear from the student's yelling.
"W-who are you looking for," a rather brave student asked.
The student whose hair was vibrant yellow wrapped into pigtails and with a viscous peachy colored eyes strutted towards the brave student with her hands on her hips, then suddenly slamming her hands on a desk. "The girl that Wakamatsu confessed to!"
Kaito watched the event happening before him while thinking to himself.
Seems like Ryota has some strong admirers. Which is to be expected since he's the popular character and usually in manga or anime rules that invites the obsessive character who thinks they're entitled to them. Though that kind of character personality varies this time fate seems to have chosen the aggressive bully type. Wonder how Irashi will handle this situation, but who is this girl. I don't remember her appearing in the manga.
The brave student looks away from the aggressive student afraid. "W-well she isn't here right now."
The girl grabbed the student by the shirt and yanked them towards her. "THEN WHERE IS SHE!"
Soon enough mummers from outside the classroom grew loud as they parted out the way of the door and Kaito followed suit noticing who was approaching and hid within the crowd.
Akane strutted inside along with Irashi. "What's going on inside of here? I heard a fight was going on. I really wanted to see for myself," Akane said with a smirk.
The girl dropped the brave student and looked towards Akane and Irashi with a fierce stare. "Are one of you two the girl that Wakamatsu confessed to?"
Before Irashi could speak up Akane stepped forward with a smile on her face. "That would be me. Is there something you need from me?"
Irashi tugged onto Akane's arm with a look of confusion and concern in her eyes, and Akane just glanced back at her with a slight smirk and mouthed, "Let me handle this."
The girl marched towards Akane not once stopping her gaze from leaving her eyes. "If you know what's good for you I would recommend you avoid Wakamatsu and reject him as firmly as possible."
Akane stood there calm. "And why would I do something like that just because of something you told me?"
She gritted her teeth and was about to raise her voice to yell until footsteps approached the classroom in a hurry and a girl with red bangs forced her way through all the students crowding the entrance. "Hey! we have to go! he's almost on his way!"
The girl with yellow hair just glared at Akane and let out a sigh and muttered something under her breath before walking past Akane but not before bumping into her. "You've been warned. AND NO ONE PRESENT TO SEE THIS BETTER SAY ANYTHING TO ANYONE OR I'LL PERSONALLY HUNT YOU DOWN!"
With that she left the classroom and soon after the students began to scatter muttering about how scary she is. Kaito just stood in place before he let out a sigh. "Something tells me I'll be even more busy these next few days."
Kaito Sugiura would find out Just two days later just how right he was as an event struck that set his plans on hold, as Mio stood before her locker staring at destroyed papers and water damaged items.