What was with those people who gave me late birthday invitations? Like I knew I was loaded so spending money wasn't a problem, but buying something good and meaningful takes time. And considering my circumstances I didn't have the luxury to stress about the purchase of presents and whatnot.

Additionally, did people really believe I could make it to all their gatherings? I had stuff to do, places to be. Like say preventing them from getting each other killed, and that took some dedication and planning on my part.

Today was the 18th of October which meant it was Inui's birthday, and only yesterday did I get an invitation from Koko Crunch on Taiju's demand. Seemingly, the muscle giant made a huge deal about this, seeking excuses to have me over at the Black Dragon Headquarters.

But the biggest issue I had with this matter, was the fact, that not only was I having a band practice today, but to make it to the party I had approximately only thirty minutes to buy a gift.

"Wait... never mind, I don't need to complain about this anymore... I could just ask the system to point me in the right direction. Let's buy him some pretty, fashionable yet comfortable heels and call it a day." That seemed like a sound plan. Also wouldn't it be hilarious if I forced the birthday boy to let me put them on his feet after? I could already imagine the rage omitting from Kokonut.

"Yes, let's go with that." I guess I managed to find a positive side of this freaky situation.

Then I proceeded with my morning like usual, and later when I reached my classroom something unexpected took place.

"Wait something is not right," I muttered to myself realizing that, unlike any other day, the students were giving me more attention. I looked around and found the culprit behind this strange occurrence. They found the article about me and South, and despite their curiosity, they didn't dare to question me about it. Not like I believed they had the right of asking me questions since they never cared about me before.

Whereas it was strange to see Kisaki being interested in this topic as well, don't tell me the only way to get his attention was to invoke some kind of jealousy in him.

"So is he truly your boyfriend?" Couldn't he already tell, by the level of uncomfort I was feeling about this whole situation?

"Look me in the eyes, and tell me what kind of emotion you see in them." He frankly proceeded to do just that.

"I guess annoyance." At least he got it right.

"So what do you think this implies?"

"You're annoyed at the fact that your boyfriend went to jail hence you won't be able to see him as often?" Was this smartass for real?

"I thought you were supposed to be clever... unless you're just pulling my leg right now." I narrowed my eyes at him only to receive a smirk in return. Was this his strategy to annoy me back for all the times I did in the past?

At lunch, I was once more questioned about the South situation, this time by an annoying existence called the vacuum cleaner.

"How dare you cheat on me like this, what about our son Mikey?" I was trying to eat my lunch in peace but Ran was annoying me with his call.

'Would you rather continue the call or visit him later in the evening to have a talk?' Like I would waste my time to meet him up, especially after something so exhausting as a party. Instead, I decided to entertain him, by flipping the script.

"Ran... I'm so disappointed in you... I thought you were someone that would understand my emotions pretty well. Is that photo of someone that really knew what was coming?" I heard him flipping the pages of the newspaper. I guess he decided to have a second look to know what I was talking about.

"I guess I overreacted..." He did sound apologetic so I decided to let it slide. I thought this would be the end of this conversation, but I was wrong.

"Also I'm inviting you over to Rindou's birthday."

"Another one?" I asked myself mostly.

"What, you don't plan to come?" He questioned, but there was a reason I assumed I wouldn't be welcomed by the birthday boy.

"I know you will be overjoyed by having me there... but I'm not sure about Rindou..." It was more likely that he would prefer not to have me around. He always seemed to be angry in my presence, was he still cautious around me? Thinking I could hurt his brother?

"No you got it all wrong, on contrary, he may be sad if you fail to show up."

"What?" Were we really thinking about the same individual here?

"Just trust me, I know him better than you do~ He actually would love it if you gave him more attention." Was this Ran's attempt to set me up for disaster?

"When is it?" Hopefully not tomorrow.

"In two days, on the 20th." That was somehow of improvement, but minimal.

"Don't expect me to turn up early I have a band practice, and you better help me out tomorrow with the gift purchase." After I had my training with Wakasa that was.

"Who was that?" Nahoya asked as I decided to throw him under a bus.

"A guy that proclaims himself to be Mikey's dad." He didn't seem to have believed me.

"No for real, ask Mikey if you don't trust me." Or wait till Valhalla, maybe Ran would be foolish enough to call Mikey son in front of everyone.

"Actually maybe he will." The trio just looked at me confused.

"I'm just talking to myself, don't worry about it." Once we finished eating Senju told me.

"See you at practice, I bet we are ready for that school festival." Right maybe it would be wise to up the practice hours a notch, to make sure I knew my part well.

When school ended and we were playing on our given instruments with the girls, Kisaki was nowhere to be seen even if Hinata was right there. Was he perhaps spending all his time preparing for the Valhalla battle?

"Yo! Michi, are you going to see Black Dragons today?" Yuzuha asked as I nodded my head.

"Yep, your brother made it his mission to have me there." Hopefully, nothing bothersome would take place.

"What, you want to tag along?" I asked as her face twisted weirdly, showing her full displeasure.

"Sorry, since I know you will be safe, I rather not go out of my way to see him." I could guess why.

"Don't worry about it, I can take on the pretty boy, Kokonut, and Toothpaste all by myself."

"Wait, did you just call him toothpaste?" Yuzuha was losing it.

"Yep, since his hair is blue and white, it only needs streaks of red to complete the look, do you think I will get away by putting ketchup in his hair?" I asked, the idea was so stupid so I probably wouldn't attempt it, in fear of future consequences.

"Not the ketchup!" I guess she never would have thought of messing with this guy at this level.

"I will save his number under that nickname." She admitted, already on the task.

"Please do, but I wouldn't advise showing it off to him." Since they didn't communicate often it shouldn't have been a problem.

When the practice ended, I asked the system for assistance, again I was posed with two options to choose from. Since this time I was more specific about my request than before, I knew whichever choice I opted for, Inui would most likely love my present, no questions asked.

"They are perfect," I said to just reassure myself since I got no clue what kind of style of heels he liked, but they were black and pretty. Additionally would most likely work with any outfit combination as well, so that's a steal if you ask me.

And so I arrived at their base only ten minutes late, somehow the celebration was kind of quiet.

"Does the birthday boy want a kiss?" I joked, but Taiju wasn't happy about this. Inui just stood there stoic as ever, while Koko decided to answer that question for him.

"What are you? His distant aunt?" I was shocked he figured out what kind of vibe I was trying to go for when presenting this suggestion.

"Also forget about it." He added holding Inui close.

"Yes, you're gay for your friend and won't hand him to anyone else, I get it. Keep him, I don't need him." Koko Crunch panicked.

"I never said anything of such." I rolled my eyes at his reaction and asked Inupi to sit down.

"I bought you some heels, so let's try them on... I didn't bother to package them tho, because I was under a time constraint."

"Wait are you planning to put them on yourself?" Koko asked as I send him a devilish smirk. Inui understood I was just egging Koko on, so he hardly minded me doing as I pleased. So when he took off his previous shoes, maybe ones that his bestie bought for him, since they looked more luxurious, once I slipped on the new shoes, he seemed pleasantly surprised.

"How are they, is the size right?" I wanted to make sure everything was alright.

"Actually they seem perfect." That was nice to hear, that the system wasn't all that useless. I glanced at Koko and caught him biting on a handkerchief for whatever reason. I didn't even question his behavior.

I merely went straight to the cake that they seemed to have enjoyed prior to my attendance.

"Good to have you here," Taiju said and pulled me by my waist closer to him.

"Um excuse me, sir I'm having an important meeting with this piece of cake, please don't disrupt me." It seemed like my interaction with Taiju made Kokonoi recall something.

"Right, Michi! You gotta stop our boss." I sighed wondering what else could take place today at this point.

"Since I'm so merciful I will hear out your story, proceed." I saw Koko's eye twitch, I bet he didn't like me bossing him around.

"Boss wants to go to jail, only to beat this guy." Great, I was seeing this stupid article once again.

"I'm not sure what kind of relationship you have with this tall guy, but I could tell by your expression, you were taken by surprise, and although I explained it to Taiju he refuses to listen." Couldn't someone for once just congratulate me on winning an award rather than talking about my relationship with South?

"Ah right, congratulation on winning first place in the competition." I heard the muscle giant mention, wait did he read my mind? My hand stopped midair as I was about to stuff some more cake into my mouth.

"Alright I will excuse your insolence." I looked away and filled my whole mouth with the cake. Once I finished chewing I added.

"Also don't bother seeking that guy out, he just wanted to be arrested in style and tricked me into it." He probably had no other girl to ask to play the part. My guess was he probably knew I would refuse, considering the stream of issues being on live TV has given me.

"You're not lying are you?" Taiju asked which got me irritated.

"Of course not, I don't like giants in the first place." I guess that's something I shouldn't have said in front of him, then again he should have been already aware of the fact.

"Why?" Koko seemed to be curious about my reasoning.

"Do you see this tower, you know how difficult it would be for me to kiss it? I won't reach him even if I stand on my toes, lemme give you a demonstration." And so I did, and then continued my rant.

"The only way for it to be possible is for me to either go standing on a chair or climbing him like a pole, does that even remotely look sexy to you?" Koko just shook his head.

"I have never seen a girl climbing a tall guy, so I can't make any proper judgment."

"Then let me give you a proper demonstration." I looked at Taiju while saying.

"Pardon it's for science." And climbed him like a tree, thankfully my strength and agility were sufficient for the task.

"Actually that looks hilarious," Koko added, and I could see him and Inui both trying to hold themself from laughing.

"I told you." I was about to go down but Taiju was now holding me in his sturdy hands.

"Is that the only reason?" He questions as I nodded my head.

"Also neck problems." Who wanted those? Not me, I would only accept someone ten centimeters taller.

"I could just pick you up when you want a smooch." Why was this giant suddenly winking at me?

"No thank you, surprise attacks coming from the shadow realm is something I want to do occasionally, where is the element of surprise if the person in question feels me climb their body or sees me pulling out a chair?... Outrageous." I guess I got some laughs from those three.

Then a mission popped up.

'Would you rather feed Seishu Inui some cake or Taiju Shiba?' Not feeling like starting any other fights or odd discussions to the table I ended up feeding Taiju, which in itself may have been a mistake because he was trying his best to flirt with me for the rest of the evening.

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There won't be any update tomorrow :3