Ken was wondering why the class got quiet all of a sudden when he felt Hana shaking. He looked at the blackboard too and was dumbstruck.

“HANA IS HER PLAYBOY DADDY’S BITCH”

What the hell is that? Ken was wondering when he received an e-mail from Kai,

“Hana has a father who is a big playboy, he left his wife for someone younger than her, the sad part is her mom cannot move on, feeling sad for Hana :( “, Ken, what the hell is this? Someone forwarded this to me.

He was trying to process what all was happening when Futaro approached him and Hana

“Airi San, what I’m hearing is that true”, he was teasing Hana, “Does your father have multiple girlfriends? If yes, then what a man”, he laughed hysterically.

Ken was about to bash his head but Hana spoke up, “Do you think it’s funny?”, she was shaking furiously now

“Ahhh, no I was just asking”, Futaro was looking scared

“What the hell do you think you are doing? You think this will be pleasing to me and my Mom?”

“No, please forgive”, Futaro was almost cornered

“Think how you will feel if someone says stuff like this about your mom”, Hana had almost lost it

“Hana, cool down if you kick mud nothing will happen to it only your shoes will get dirty”, Ken tried to calm Hana

Futaro was feeling remorse when someone spoke from behind

“Why are you cornering poor Futaro, after all, he is speaking the truth”, it was Shizune

“What the hell do you mean, how do you know any of this is true?”, Ken questioned Shizune

“First of all, I was the one who forwarded that message to all”, Shizune was talking about the e-mail Ken had just received, “And second of all my mom is Airi Chan’s father’s colleague. She saw Airi Chan last time and told me about her situation. My Mom also added that her dad tried to flirt with her too. Shameless. Oh, and you didn’t know about this I thought you two were good friends”, Shizune tried to act sympathetic.

Ken looked at Hana, “Is that true?”

When Hana said nothing and looked away to hide her tears, Ken spoke up, “So what if it’s true? Does it change anything, why should her father’s action affect her image?”, Ken said that to the whole class he turned towards Hana, held her arms and assured her, “Hana don’t worry about stuff like this, these people are immature”

Hana said nothing instead she turned around and ran out of the class, as she ran out, she passed Kuroso Sensei in the hallway, he tried to stop her, “Oie, Hana where are you going, class is about to start”, but Hana didn’t stop.

When he entered class, he was furious after he took a look at the blackboard, “Who the hell wrote that?”

The whole class fell silent.

It was Ken who answered, “I’m pretty sure it’s Hanari”

“On what basis are you saying that?”, questioned Shizune

Ken showed Kuroso Sensei the mail.

“Shizune, meet me in the staffroom now, and rest of you be on your best behaviour you don’t wanna irritate me further”.

After Shizune left, Kai entered the class, he went straight up to Ken, “Sorry I’m late, where’s Hana?”

“She ran out”

“Common, we have to go after her”

“Nope, she needs time and space, let’s give her that”

“Where is Saichiba?”

“HERE……”, Saichiba was at the door

“You’re late”, said Ken

“No actually today I was gonna stay absent, but then I received the mail”, she looked sad, “where’s Hana?”

“Let’s give her some time”, Ken suggested, “We’ll find her after school and she left her bag here too”.

They all decided on that.

“Why would she do such a bad thing?”, Saichiba was about to cry

“Saichiba Chan please stay strong, we will make Shizune pay for it”, Kai was determined.

Deep within Ken was concerned about Hana but he knew that she was a tough girl and wouldn’t let these trivial things affect her.

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“So Shizune why did you write that in the blackboard?”, Kuroso Sensei had begun interrogating her

“I didn’t, do you have any proof?”

“No, but…”

“Then how can you blame me just because someone told you? Takanori wasn’t even there until a few minutes before you arrived”

“Okay I’ll believe you, but what about the mail?”

“Yeah, I send it, why now is it a crime to send a mail to a friend? And the school doesn’t have any authority over what we do outside school, and I’ve only written the truth in the mail nothing offensive, what’s the problem?”

Kuroso had dealt with students like her before and knew it was useless to pry further. He knew now the situation could only be solved within the students.

“Okay you may go”, he said with a long breath, “But remember if I find anything against you in this matter, I’ll make sure you are suspended”

Shizune coolly said, “Sure”, and left the staffroom.

Before he started class, Kuroso called out Ken and told him the school cannot do anything further and he and his friends would have to deal with the situation.

Ken said, “Don’t worry Sensei, we will find a solution”.