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Nendou glanced down at the smaller boy "Are you beat boxing?"

Instead of answering Kinekshi turned to him instead "Do you have a cold, Kaidou?"

Kaidou in a groggy voice replied "Yes, I think so."

Keiko gave him a concerned look "Maybe if you're not feeling well, do you think it should be a good idea to maybe stay at home today?" she asked him.

He glanced at her "It's fine Mochizuki, it's not to bad." he reassured, he then pulled down his mask revealing his tinted cheeks "The Dark Reunion must be testing out a new biological weapon. They are trying to stop the breathing of all humans." he ranted but since his nose was blocked up he sounded ridiculous.

Nendou snickered and placed his hands on the back of his head as if he were stretching "What a weakling."

"Everyone catches colds!" Kaidou snapped back forgetting what he previously just said.

Nendou rolls his eyes "I've never caught one." he claimed.

"Now that I think about it, me neither." Kinekshi added.

Keiko thought for a moment "Actually, I don't remember the last time I was actually sick." That's because you never get sick.

A few moments later Kuboyasu had walked passed the five and seemed to also be wearing a mask "Kuboyasu, did you catch a cold too?" Kaidou asked, the purple haired boy paused and turned around confused "Look at that mask!" Kaidou then pointed towards him "See? Most people catch colds." he pointed out before turning around and coughing on Kinekshi.

"Both of these guys are weak." Nendou said.

"Nendou you do realize, it's part of human life to catch colds, they can't control it." Keiko informed him.

Kuboyasu furrowed his brows and turned to face Nendou "I see. Most people wear masks only when they catch colds."

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Keiko was sat in class and noticed that Kaidou looked lost in thought, she saw that Nendou has approached him so she also decided to go over "Hey Kaidou, you all right? You seem a bit lost in space." she said.

"Oh well, the truth is... It's about Kuboyasu." he said discretely however the said boy seemed to hear him and walked over.

"What about me?" Keiko turned towards him while Kaidou screamed dramatically.

"Oh hi Kuboyasu, I didn't know you were in here." she said innocently but it raised his suspicions and he glanced at the screaming boy who said his name.

"What are you talking about?" he asked the blue haired boy then gave him an evil smile "Let me join you." his face made Keiko gulp 'Wow, he has really scary facial expressions sometimes.'

Kaidou placed his hands on the chair he was sitting on "It's nothing, sir." he quietly said, avoiding eye contact like Kuboyasu was his teacher.

Kuboyasu gave him a confused look "'Sir'? What's wrong?" he asked placing a rough hand on his shoulder making the boy flinch. "You are acting strange." his tone then changed to become more menacing and his hair became spiky like he was some sort of devil "What happened? Did you see something scary?"

Kaidou jumped from his seat and hid behind Keiko but not much was hidden since he was taller than her, he crouched down and held onto her arms, peaking through "Kaidou is something wrong?" she asked in a concerned tone.

"I was just a little dizzy!" he quickly replied.

Nendou then placed his elbow on Kuboyasu's shoulder before pointing at Kaidou "This guy is weird, right?"

"Oh Nendou! Leave him alone." Keiko told him while Kaidou threw an insult back at him.

Nendou then gave the boy a confused look "What are you saying? I can't understand you." he then let out a heavy breath and let out a loud sneeze on kuboyasu, getting saliva on his face and in his hair.

"Stop that!" Kaidou cried.

"Seriously Nendou, sneeze with a hand over your face. No one wants to contract your germs." Keiko said, now pulling out a napkin and wiping the spit off of Kuboyasu's face "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. It's nothing." He kindly said to her, however Kaidou thought that he was going to punch her so he pulled her arm back and glared at Nendou who was blowing his nose.

"Apologize to him, Nendou!"

"My nose was kind of itchy." Since Keiko couldn't finish wiping Kuboyasu's face as she got dragged away from Kaidou, Nendou used his snotty rag to wipe Kuboyasu's face "Oh, you have something here." he said.

Keiko face palmed "Don't use the same cloth!" Kaidou shouted.

"I'm fine." Kuboyasu repeated, he then lifted his head revealing veins popping out of his face, Kaidou gave a scared look and grabbed onto Keiko again "We have PE next. Let's get changed." Kuboyasu told Kaidou.

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Kaidou was walking home with Keiko and Saiki today, however he kept on pulling a face like he was in lost thought again like he was earlier that morning, he then turned to the two who were walking behind him "Do you two want to grab some food?" he asked as they turned the corner.

Revealing a group of suspiciously delinquent looking guys who seemed to notice the three "Hello." one said.

One with a nose ring then spoke next "I know this is sudden, but could you lend us some cash?"

Keiko obliviously pulled out her purse "How much would you-" she was cut off as Kaidou awkwardly shuffled back pulling her along with him but they were soon grabbed by one of the guys, the group then surrounded the three.

"You can't escape either." one said.

The creeps didn't seem to leave anytime soon, Saiki had grabbed Keiko's purse and put it back in her bag for her

Kaidou then imagined a scenario were he was getting punched by the delinquents but hadn't backed down imaging he was superhuman, in reality the delinquents had grabbed him to since he was once again lost in his own world, "Are you listening to me?" One of them asked.

"I know that little cutie has money for us, why don't you two just run along and we'll deal with her." The one grabbing Kaidou's collar motioned towards Keiko who started to feel coy and stood behind Saiki like a scared cat.

Kaidou then glanced at him "What? Didn't I beat you?"

"What? Are you underestimating me?"

Kaidou kept on muttering things while the delinquents stood there confused until he was pushed into a wall "Are you mocking us?" the nosed ring delinquent then pulled out a bat "You shouldn't underestimate us."

"Wait, leave him alone!" Keiko cried "You can have my money, just please don't hurt him." her eyes watered as she quickly went to pull out her purse from her bag and soon handed it out towards them "Please just take the money, and leave us alone!"

One snatched the purse of her and pushed her into a wall "Look at all this cash! Your daddy rich or something?" one asked her, the way Keiko was being treated had angered both of the boys, the delinquents grinned and soon circled Saiki "You hand it over too!"

"I gave you mine! Shouldn't that be enough?" Keiko cried.

"Shut up!"

"Hey, leave her alone you assholes." Kaidou shouted.

"You shut up too, unless you wanna get hit!" This made Kaidou quiver slightly, he then looked down feeling ashamed of how much of a coward he was in front of Keiko, the group turned back to Saiki "Your friend gave us her purse. How about you?" Saiki then poked his forehead "What are you doing?" but soon Saiki then pulled out his wallet "Nice. So you're a reasonable guy after all."

Saiki then gave him a sly grin but said nothing as he cursed to guy to have blood pouring out of his pores for months, the delinquent was about to take Saiki's wallet but was then pushed out of the way by an angry Kaidou, the delinquent dropped Keiko's purse and Kaidou picked it up "Run!" he shouted.

Saiki held onto Keiko's hand and pulled her away from the scene, she was still crying in fear as she saw the group were now chasing after them "Wait! Stop right there, bastards!" They quickly gained up on Kaidou and grabbed him.

"Let me go!"

"Saiki, we can't leave Kaidou!" Keiko said, she let go of Saiki's hand and turned around making the boy stop.

"Are you just going to leave your friend like this?" one of the guys said, now roughly grabbing Kaidou's shoulder, another on leaped forwards towards Keiko and grinned at her like she was his pray, he grabbed her arms and she tried fighting back until he locked her in his arms and dragged her back to the group were Kaidou was.

The two were just glad that Saiki could get away in time however the pink haired boy turned back round "So, you are a true friend after all." one of them mocked.

Saiki, although he was desperate to use his powers he knew he couldn't use them, that's when Kuboyasu seemed to be walking down the same street, he noticed the group and paused "What are you doing?" he asked, that's when he saw a crying Keiko and a scared Kaidou being held by the group of delinquents, "What is this?" he asked.

'It's Kuboyasu. I hope he and Saiki don't get caught up in this.' Keiko thought, her eyes were puffy and the tip of her nose was red.

"Another friend?" The nose ringed guy asked.

"Kuboyasu! What are you doing?" Kaidou asked.

"Both of you run and get out of here!" Keiko shouted along with Kaidou.

Kaidou didn't want to ask for help but he wasn't concerned about what would happen to him, he was scared that the group where going to hurt Keiko more, some boys are like animals when it came to helpless girls.

One of the delinquents walked up to Kuboyasu and grabbed his shoulder "Do you think we would just let you go?" before he could do anything else he received a harsh backhanded punch to the face.

"I used to be a delinquent. But I had to change." Kuboyasu said, the boys body his the ground and the boy in glasses then turned towards the group "So after I transferred, I tried to be a law-abiding citizen." he clenched his fist and punched another delinquent who was running up to him, knocking him down in one hit, "But this path is tougher than the path of a delinquent. I can't stop myself if others are looking for a fight." he said as he avoided an incoming punch and knocked the third guy out.

He soon approached the final guy who was holding onto Keiko and Kaidou "This is me." he told him, he then gave a jaw breaking punch to him "Don't touch my friends!" he seethed.

Keiko and Kaidou both cried in relief clinging onto each other as they realized they were just saved, Keiko then run over to Kuboyasu and wrapped her arms around his neck "Thank you for saving all of us, Kuboyasu." she blubbered and sobbed into his chest.

He wrapped his arms around her "Hey, hey... Don't cry Mochizuki, I'm glad I got here in time."

Saiki had picked up Keiko's purse and handed it to her, it soon became evening and the four continued walking, Keiko held onto Saiki's arm for comfort as she was still upset about the previous event.

"You knew?" Kuboyasu asked Kaidou.

"Of course. Did you think you could deceive my demonic eye?"

"Really? I thought I had blended in perfectly." he then turned back to Keiko who still had teary eyes "Did they hurt you, Mochizuki."

She sniffed "I'm sorry for being such a crybaby. I was so scared they were going to hurt Kaidou I just thought the best option was to give them my money, I thought they would leave us alone but I was wrong, I just feel so useless I didn't do anything."

"It's fine really, I'm just glad you're okay." Kuboyasu smiled.

"No Mochizuki, I should of been stronger to help you, when those guys pushed you into the wall, I was so angry but then I got all scared when I tried to defend you. I'm the one at fault." Kaidou said, he then turned to Kuboyasu "I don't care about your past. What matters is who you are now and who you'll be in the future." They shook hands but Kuboyasu had a very strong grip.