Chapter 5

Kiyoko POV    A month passed by quickly, the students of Class D spent their days in debauchery. Sleeping in class, tardiness, absences, talking in class, were all commonplace.

    Today was the first day of the month which is the day we got our points, but…“Sensei, why didn’t we get our points?” asked Yaumuchi.

“I can say with certainty that this month's points have been allotted.” she responded

“But we didn’t get any points.” he replied

“Geez, what a bunch of idiots you all are” said Sensei

“Wha-” Yaumuchi was about to respond before he was cut off.

“98 total absences and tardies. 391 incidences of talking and using of cell phones in class. I counted every infraction. In this school, your class performance is reflected in the amount of points received” she continued

    As the lecture went on we reached the explanation of class competitions, each class has a certain amount of class points. These points decide the order in which the classes are divided. Class D had 0 points, Class C 490, Class B 650, Class A 940. Though there was one sentence Sensei said that shook the class to its core

“Only Class A will gain the 100% employment rate or guarantee of future education choice”

    This was a little hard for us to swallow, after all we were 940 class points behind Class A. I looked around the room and there were only two people who had managed to maintain their composure other than me, Horikita-san and Kouenji-kun.

    The rest of the school day went by as normal, though the atmosphere was tense. When PE came around we all went to the pool to change into swimsuits. The boys have seemed very anxious the whole time and Sotomura-kun and Yaumuchi-kun seem to be at the center of it.

    We changed and went to the pool, I immediately counted all the boys and noticed Sotomura-kun was missing. I looked up and saw that he was on the observation deck, Sakura Airi, Hasebe Haruka, and some other girls were up there as well.

“WHAT!?!” it seems like Ike-kun has also noticed Haruka-san’s act of rebellion, he fell down to his knees and cried out “I don’t get to see Hasebe’s boobs?!”

    I and all of the girls were disgusted by this, though it wasn’t a complete loss for pervert-kun, there were many girls who decided to swim regardless of the eyes of boys.“You sure change quickly” Horikita said as she stood beside me, meanwhile the boys were making an uproar over Kushida-san’s figure.

    Upon inspection I discovered that Horikita-san had a very cute face, and a slim body. Not only that, but her breasts were not too big nor too small, they were just the right size.

“Kiyoko-san, are you by any chance into girls?”

“I swing both ways, how did you know?”

“You’ve been staring at me with perverted eyes for a while now” oh shit, I didn’t realise that

“I’m sorry”

“I don’t mind, it's better than being looked at by Ike-kun anyways.”

“Gather around everyone” our P.E teacher’s voice thunderously echoed through the pool. “Only 16 girls? Whatever it will work, we will be having a 50 meter freestyle race separated by gender, the winner of the boy’s and girl’s will get 5,000 private points as a reward, we will start with the girls group, create 4 groups of 4 and line up at the pool”

    My group was the first one which consisted of Kushida-san, Mii-chan, and Sato-san.“Good luck, and give it your all!” Kushida-san said with a smile, I nodded in reply and got ready to swim.

    I leaped in the water and kicked my legs with all my might. Kiyo-nii is stronger than me physically, but I outshine him in flexibility and speed of limb movement. I took quick gasps for air while maintaining my form and moving with all my might, I touched the wall and looked back and saw that I out performed everyone greatly.

“I will announce times from last to first place, Mei-Yu-san with 48.8 seconds Sato-san with 44.6 Kushida-san with 31.2 seconds” he paused and built up suspense “Ayanokoji-san with 21.6 seconds”

“How did you do that?” I heard many cheers for my score, I wanted to stand out a bit in order to build trust but… it looks like I overdid it

“Woh, her abs are like, made of steel” a look of shock appeared on everyone's faces, Ike-kun was feeling my stomach with a curious look on my face. I immediately kicked his left leg and he fell to his knees. After this I wound up a punch and hit him hard, I didn’t hit him hard enough to cause any serious injuries, but I still knocked him out with one blow.

    Sensei came running up to us with a worried look and examined his body. “It doesn’t look serious, but I'm still taking him to the nurses office. Horikita-san and Hirata-kun will finish taking the time for me. And Ayanokoji-san, I’m going to look the other way this time because it was blatant sexual harassment, but next time don’t beat him up.”

“Ayanokoji-san are you ok?”

“Did he touch your private areas?”

    Sympathy and admiration came from girls who crowded around me, it looks like I achieved my goal of building trust. Though it was only with the girls, all the boys looked at me with fear.

    The girls finished up there swimming and I came in first place, Onodera-san in second with 26 seconds, and Horikita-san in third with 28. Horikita-san approached me after she finished swimming

“I knew you were fast based on that battle with Nii-san, but that speed was monstrous. Do you swim often?”

“Yeah, I have done a lot of swimming throughout my life”

    Her look of curiosity ended as the boys began to swim. The one who stood out the most was Kouenji-kun, who was wearing a speedo. This made a lot of the girls uncomfortable, though not me. In the white room we all changed in front of each other, regardless of gender. I was used to seeing the male body.

“Now ladies, make sure to watch closely, not everyone has the privilege of seeing my body this much”

    His narcissism and inability to understand women at all would normally make him a social outcast who is hated by all women. But he was handsome, rich, and in shape. This was likely enough to make them put up with his ego.

    The first place for boys went to Kouenji-kun who finished in 23.2 seconds, second place was Sudo-kun with 25.4 seconds and third place was Hirata-kun with 26.5 seconds.

    I went to get changed, but before that I was approached by Mii-chan and some other girls.

“Ayanokoji-san, do you want to go to a cafe with us?” they asked

“I’m sorry, but I plan to go to Keyaki mall with my brother” I responded

“You can invite him to come with us”

“Really? I’ll do that then” I actually wanted to go with them anyways, so this worked out for the better

Kiyotaka POV    After morning training with Kito we went to school, where we got lectured on the S system, we 940 class points with an overwhelming advantage, my total private points was now 174,000. I was going out to eat with Kiyoko today, but she switched the plans from 5:30 at a restaurant to 4:00 at The Pallet. When I arrived at the cafe with Kito I saw it was filled with 90% girls.

“Of all days for Nishi to be gone” Kito complained

“I think we’re in the wrong place, Kiyoko knows I can’t handle this kind of environment”

“I think she’s right there” Kito said as he pointed at Kiyoko

“You’re right” I replied

    I walked up to her, she was with 4 other girls, it seems she has gotten pretty popular in her class. Kito walked side by side with me, I told him to treat me like any other student. If we gave D class any information about the state of our class, Kiyoko could use it against me.“Hello, Kiyo-nii”

“Hello” I responded

    While the girls looked at me with interest, they looked at Kito with fear. I’ll resolve that problem right away.

“Hello, I’m Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, and this is Kito Hayato. He looks scary, but don't worry about him, he is completely harmless”

    After hearing me say this they loosened up a bit, though I wanted them to be less hostile to him, that wasn’t the only goal I had in mind while saying that. After my introduction they introduced themselves as Mii-chan, Shinohara, Matsushita, and Kushida.

    Kito and I sat down and drank black coffee, which apparently is a conversation starter.“How can you boys drink coffee black?” asked Shinohara

“You get used to it” replied Kito

“Really? I could never drink something so bitter, you must have strong taste buds!” Kushida joined in

“I never really liked sweet things that much, the taste has always been kind of overwhelming” I added

    Kiyoko was eating a cream puff, and she got some of the vanilla filling on her face. I took out my handkerchief and told her to face my direction. I wiped it off her face and she was blushing the whole time.

    We chatted a bit and eventually decided to head back to my room for dinner. First we stopped at the grocery store to pick up ingredients and then headed to the dorms. I borrowed Kito’s cooking utensils and brought them to my room.

    It was Kito, Kushida, and I who made dinner. I was surprised at this but Kito is a really good cook, Kushida noticed this and asked “how did you get so good at this Kito-kun” he replied

“Neither of my deadbeat parents ever cooked for my brothers, someone had to do it”

“Oh, I'm sorry to hear that” she replied while looking down

“Don't worry about it, it never bothered me anyways” he didn’t even looked fazed when talking about his difficult past

    We finished up making the curry, and it blew them away with how good it was. I had gotten used to his meals, but I guess this was the first time they had it, so they were surprised. After more idle chatter and helping with dishes they left, only Kito stayed behind because I wanted to talk to him.

“Kito, I have a question for you, why do you follow me like you do?” I asked

“First I’d have to tell you about the life I lived before coming here” he responded“Ever since I was a kid my parents were gamblers and alcoholics, any money they had went to drinks or casino trips, while my younger brothers and I went hungry… That meant it was up to me to take care of them, I would beg for money all day then feed my brothers with what I got, though it was never enough to fill their stomachs.” he looked sad while talking about his brothers suffering “Eventually when I was begging on the street a man with a nice suit and scar on his face approached me and said, I can give you enough money to fill your brothers stomachs for years, if you can do work for me” he stopped talking for a bit

“Sound like a shady figure” I told him my thoughts

“He was, but I was only 8 at the time, I couldn’t tell”

“I see, so what was the catch for the money”

“I did dirty work for him, he was Yakuza”

“I see”

“Though even if I had to do work I didn’t like, he was like a parent to me that I never had, he set me up with a school, tutored me, taught me to fight, taught me to cook, and gave me enough money to feed my brothers, once I turned 11 he started to give me work, robbery, beat downs, drug deals, intimidations, he never gave me the most dangerous jobs or clients, but I did them with ease” he balled up his fist “eventually his boss’s started to notice me, and gave me more dangerous jobs, Seiichi-san protested, but there was nothing he could do… eventually a gang war started with the russians, Seiichi-san knew that if I stayed in that gang any longer, I’d probably be killed, so he got enough money to send my brothers to America so they could live with my uncle, and sent me here, the only place in Japan the Yakuza couldn’t reach me, by now he’s probably dead or in hiding… either way he gave up everything for me”

    He looked me in the eyes while taking a sip of his black coffee and said “I lied about my reasoning for liking black coffee, Seiichi-san always told me a true man deals with the bitterness without complaints, you remind me of him. You have the same fierce golden eyes, modesty, intelligence, and willingness to make sacrifices, and also… you drink your coffee black, like Seiichi-san taught me to”

“I see, I won’t let you down, Kito. You can always rely on me,” I shook his hand and looked into his eyes. I’m glad the first friend I made in this school was him.   

    Just to let you guys know, that backstory for Kito was made up, but I plan on making him a big part of the story so I felt like it would be best to develop his character a bit, Right now the story has 1.39k reads and 143 votes and I just want to let you guys know that it makes me really happy to see you enjoy my story! Cya soon!