Third Person PoV

1st place: First year, Class D

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2nd place: First year, Class A

3rd place: First year, Class B

4th place: First year, Class C

The red team, which consisted of Class A and Class D students from each grade, had won by a landslide. Furthermore, first year Class D students had accomplished first place in the festival, which ultimately earned them 100 class points for both the placement win and overall win.

And with that...

Class C was in danger of losing their rank to Class D.

" Ryueen. they're closing in! That Kushida lied to us!" Ibuki whispered, angrily.

" Ryuuen-san, what are we going to do?" Another accomplice, Ishizaki, had asked in worry.

" Well, she tricked us. That's that." Ryuuen shrugged nonchalantly.

" Huh? You're just going to let it go like that?!"

"Tsk, Tsk. Such stupid thinking from you Ibuki, well, that's to be expected from a girl who only deals in physical confrontations." Ryuuen said.

Ibuki glares at him. " Then do you have a plan or not?!" she asked.

" Heh. Albert, show the attachment." Ryueen said.

" SURE, BOSS." The intimidating yet gentle giant grabbed Ryuuen's phone from the table and searched through the emails.

Albert then showed the certain email to Ishizaki and Ibuki.

The first sentence read.

" Anonymous...." Ibuki read the sender's user.

" Yep. This is without a doubt, the mastermind of Class D. They were bold enough to send me this." Ryuuen chuckled.

" But why? " Ishizaki asked.

" Read furthermore, then you'll understand." Ryuuen said.

Ibuki and Ishizaki glanced at each other before continuing to read...

" W-Wait....someone snitched?!" Ibuki exclaimed.

" I've thought about it and it's likely the case. Kushida sent us their fake schedule but nobody told her anything about what we were planning to do with it. That's when the so called traitor in our class comes in. Whoever they are, they revealed the details to the mastermind. And so, they were prepared." Ryuuen said.

"...But who do you think is the traitor?" Ibuki asked.

" We'll find out." Ryueen finally faces them. " And when we do. We'll extract any information they might have on....let's just call them ' X ' for now. We'll extract all the information that little traitor may have on X through any means possible." He said.

" Is that all we're gonna do, Ryuuen-san? What if we're playing right into X's hands?" Ishizaki asked.

" Or what if X is just messing with you again? It might just be a bluff!" Ibuki said.

" That's why we're going to observe for now. And by ' observe', I mean dispatching Class C students to spy on the Class D students." Ryuuen responded calmly.

" At the same time, we'll scour our own class and observe the assigned observers. That's your task now." He added.

" I'm glad you came back, Sudo-kun." Suzune said.

Sudo blushes a bit and scratches the back of his neck.

" Well....Ayanokoji said a few things....he kinda motivated me." He admitted.

" I see."

' Well, can't say I'm suprised. Ayanokoji-kun is just.....helpful....no matter who it is.' She thought.

" Oh! Uh, can I....you know....since I won mvp and all..." He nervously asked about their little deal.

" Yes. You did well, you held up your end of the deal so you may go ahead and call me by my first name." Suzune sighed.

" Yes! Thank you, Suzune." He gave her a big grin.

" I should be thanking you. The outcome might have went a to a different route if you hadn't come back. " She said.

Sudo nodded, he was in complete bliss. He finally made the first step!

Kiyopon gave a thumbs up for Sudo's victory.

" Oh, and could excuse us for a bit, Sudo-kun? I have something to discuss with Ayanokoji-kun." Suzune said.

Sudo nodded, and was too happy to process her words, so he happily skipped away to his group of friends to preach the good news.

Kiyopon stares at Suzune silently.

Suzune blushes in embarrassment for what's to come and sighs.

" Fine....you can go ahead and draw on my cast...." She muttered.

Kiyopon immediately pulls out his colored sharpie pack.

Suzune sips tea quietly while Kiyopon is by her side, doodling stuff on her leg cast.

" Are you done over there?" She asked Kiyopon.

Kiyopon nods and stops drawing. Putting the sharpie back in the pack.

" What did you even-" Suzune leans forward a bit to get a better view of what Kiyopon had drawn on her cast.

There were a couple drawings there too. But one drawing stood out the most, it was a drawing of a...bird?

Was the name, apparently.

Further to the side, there was another drawing of a bird but this time it was an owl.

it was named.

" What's with the birds?" Horikita asked, curiously.

Kiyopon immediately stood up and began telling the story through his expressive hand gestures.

Suzune COULD tell Kiyopon to use the notebook, but he looked too excited to tell the story through a charade-like method, so she didn't bother and just tried to decipher it as best she could.

Which SHOULD be easier for her since they'd been together since the first day of school...

" Back at the island exam...? Oh, wait, are you referring to the bird that was perched on the tree? The one you kept staring at?" Suzune asked.

Kiyopon nods.

" So you named it Eren, huh..." She said, amused. " Then what about the owl named Mumei?"

Kiyopon paused for a bit. Brainstorming a way to explain the creatures known as Vtubers.

Kiyopon looks around the room for a box. He quickly spots one near Suzune's cabinet and quickly grabs it.

He laid it on its side, front open. He then searched for another item, which could represent Mumei.

Suzune was curious as to what he was doing. Kiyopon seemed to be in the zone as he scoured the vicinity for anything close to what he's thinking at the moment. He goes to Suzune's drawers and opened the first row, which had her daily items.

He opened the second row and it was full of extra school stuff. He closed that and immediately opened the third one.

It was filled with more miscellaneous items.

Kiyopon closes that drawer and goes to open the last one. But then, Suzune's mental alarm goes off once she realizes the drawer Kiyopon was going to open next.

" W-WAIT, AYANOKOJI-KUN DON OPEN THA-" But it was too late.

Kiyopon, with a determined expression, pulled the drawer open without remorse.

' N-No...' Horikita's face turned tomato red.

The last drawer....consisted of her underwear....

"...." Horikita stayed silent while Kiyopon stared at the drawer with an unreadable expression.

" A-Ayanokoji-kun.....please stop looking and close the drawer...." She managed to utter.

But for some reason...

Kiyopon picked up a couple of underwears.

"H-HEY! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!" Suzune cried.

Kiyopon ignored her and began digging through her underwear drawer.

'N-NO WAY! IT CAN'T BE! HE'S NOT A PERVERT, RIGHT???' Suzune was facing denial. She can't pretend this is normal because no chance in hell will this ever be normal!

Perhaps..this was Kiyopon's true form...

But the question is; Can Suzune accept that?

" No...I can't..." She whispers to herself.

' I won't let him go down the path like the three idiots! I will not accept this! I'm sorry Ayanokoji-kun, but I'm going to make you change.' She thought with resolve.

" Ayanokoji-kun, I won't let you become like this. As your friend, it is my duty to ensure that you won't make horrible decisions. And right now, what you're currently doing? Is something I need to intervene. Think about this carefully, Ayanokoji-kun. Going through girls panties? This isn't the way, You're better than this. I KNOW you're better than this." She says.

" That's why....you need to stop! Close the drawer and let me help you rehabilitate, let me change your ways-- let me HELP you change your ways! " She insisted.

Suzune kept preaching about an intervention while Kiyopon was still zoned in.

Ah, there it is... Kiyopon thought once he saw the little object that caught his eye.

It was a small dildo- I mean, girl doll.

It was just what he needed! :D

"-So, please do not give up on going back to the righteous path, Ayanokoji-kun! Don't become what people refer to as a hopeless degenera-....wha?" She paused once she saw Kiyopon folding the underwear neatly and placed it back in the drawer.

"Huh?" She was baffled when Kiyopon closed the drawer and returned to the spot where he placed the box.

He places the doll in the box.

' That's the doll that Nii-san me as a gift...years ago...' she thought.

She treasured it and decided to secretly bring it with her and now that it's been discovered by Kiyopon, she felt the waves of cringe and embarrassment hit her all at once.

" Oh....a Vtuber..." Suzune finally understood after Kiyopon finished his little model. The box acted as a computer and the doll acted as the vtuber, he even wrote down usernames and red super chats on the side.

" You like Vtubers. Ayanokoji-kun?" Horikita asked, curiously.

Kiyopon writes on his notebook...

' I watch them now and then. Sotomura introduced me to it back at the zodiac exam.' It said.

" I see..." Suzune nods but then blushes again once she remembered what had happened a few minutes ago.

" Ayanokoji-kun.....did you....even realize...what you were doing a while ago...?" She asked shyly.

Kiyopon tilts his head to the side, seemingly oblivious to what Horikita was referring to.

" haah..." She sighs and dismisses it. " Nevermind, just forget about it..."

' Well....at least he isn't a pervert....' She thinks in relief.

The sun was going down. Currently on the verge of becoming a beautiful sunset, and usually, Kiyopon would be chilling in his room. But not this time.

Kiyopon silently followed the purple haired girl from Class A. He was asked to follow her to the special building.

Kiyopon, the ever curious individual, obviously followed with short hesitation.

Kamuro Masumi, the fortunate one, tasked to lead Kiyopon to the special building....didn't really consider herself fortunate, rather, it was the opposite from her perspective...

After all, she hated cute things because she loved them. Whenever something cute is in her head, it's quite hard for her to rid those thoughts from her head. And Kiyopon belonged to that cate--NO! He is the entire freaking category himself!

' Damn you, Sakayanagi. You cruel crippled bitch! Why the hell did you task me with this! I can barely hold myself together dammit!' She complained in her thoughts.

She tried to keep a straight face.

She tried not to do the classic anime nosebleed due to cuteness cliche.

SHE'S TRYING HER BEST, OKAY! :(

Suddenly, something grabbed Kiyopon's attention, which made him stop.

No longer hearing Kiyopon's trailing footsteps, Kamuro also stopped and wondered why Kiyopon had suddenly stopped.

' Why'd he stop?' Kamuro asked herself before turning around to see what he was doing.

Kiyopon found a conveniently placed tulip flower on the ground. He bent down to pick it up and inspect it since it looked beautiful in his eyes.

" What are you doing?" Kamuro asked since Kiyopon's back was turned to her.

Once Kiyopon's ears registered Kamuro's question. He'd suddenly recall a certain memory where Matsuo had educated him a bit about being a gentleman once more.

He must offer the lady some flowers, when possible. Simple as it may be, it still holds meaning. An act of courtesy, depending on the context.

Kiyopon hummed in a tone of approval before turning around and walking towards Kamuro.

" Here. Flower." He softly said as he presented to her the beautiful red tulip.

" Huh?" She responded in suprise and looked towards the tulip he was holding.

Her eyes widened at the tulip.

' Red....It's a red tulip....red s-symbolizes true love....and....passion.....H-HUH?! BUT WE JUST MET! HE COULDN'T POSSIBLY HAVE DEVELOPED FEELINGS!' She panicked in her thoughts whilst still wearing a stone faced expression.

She took the flower, earnestly. " Thank you." She said and Kiyopon nodded.

' AHHHH! THAT WAS TOO SMOOTH DAMMIT! A CUTE PERSON UNINTENTIONALLY HANDING ME A TULIP WITH THE COLOR OF LOVE AND PASSION! AHHHHHH I HATE YOU SO MUCH SAKAYANGIII!!!!' She cried in her thoughts.

" A-Anyways, let's go." She said.

Kiyopon nodded and soon, they were both back on track.

Well, Kamuro would've preferred if she wasn't on the verge of a heart attack like now, but whatever! She just needs to get this job done.

" Stay here." Kamuro softly instructed and Kiyopon nodded.

Kamuro headed around the corner and saw Sakayanagi Arisu waiting.

" He's here....and by the way, I hate you." She said, bluntly.

Arisu giggles. " Thank you for your hardwork, Masumi-san." She thanked before exiting the corner and seeing Kiyopon once more.

' That's really him...' she thought before walking towards him slowly, her cane making clacking sounds with each step she took.

Kiyopon squinted his eyes and widened them once more when he remembers her.