After that day, everyone knew that I dated Ichinose and had already broken up.

Sudo walked toward me as soon as I appeared in the class the next day. At first, I thought he would thank me to help him.

But----

"Ayanokouji! Are you dating Ichinose!?"

"If you asked, Did I date Ichinose? I would answer yes. " I said. "We broke up yesterday."

"Yamauchi told us. How idiot are you? You left Ichinose for someone like Sakura?"

"That's rude. Sudo. And the truth is----"

I told Sudo about what really happened. Sudo looked at me with disbelief.

"That girl---" He meant Chihiro. "is so scary."

"No! Don't say that!" Ike came from nowhere. I and Sudo flinched.

"W--What? Kanji! Where have you been!?" Sudo yelled. "You disappeared for 7 chapters! Chabashira-Sensei almost called the police to find you!"

"W--Wait. I disappeared for 7 chapters. And she hasn't called the cop yet?" Ike sighed. "Forget it. Don't dare call Shiranami Chihiro scary!"

"Why?" I ask.

"Because I praised her now. " Ike whispered. "I have investigated the cultural smell for a week. And I can tell you, my friend, I can smell it from Shiranami-Chan. The greatest smell of all times!"

The girls in the class walked away from Ike with scared. But he still didn't realize it.

"I'm glad you broke up with Ichinose-San, Ayanokouji. " Ike padded my shoulder. "Sometimes, we need to sacrifice the man to plant the lily."

I didn't understand him, I tried to not understand him. I decided to stop the conversation and walked to my desk.

On the way, I glared at Sukura's table. She hadn't come yet. I was afraid that she was too scared to come.

"Good morning, Horikita. " I greeted my neighbor, she was reading Anna Karenin. This girl really liked the Russian novel.

"Do you date with Ichinose-San?" She asked me as soon as I sat down.

"Until yesterday, yes. Why? Are you jealous?"

I had prepared myself for the flying compass, so I didn't surprised anymore when it came.

But the Bang sound, I didn't prepare for it.

When they heard that sound, everyone in the classroom became panicked. Yamauchi held his bat tight. Doctor collapsed. Miyake Akito from the archer club drew his bow and yelled. "Everybody, head down!"

"What the---!?" I stood up. "Now, are you trying to kill me with the gun!?"

Horikita's face was serious than normal.

"No, you idiot. Look!"

She pointed to the wall.

I looked followed her finger and saw the compass pinning the bullet with the wall.

"Y---You stop that bullet. Did you save me?" I mumbled.

"Yes. No one can kill you except me. " Horikita walked to the window. "There he is. The sniper."

I looked through the window and saw someone standing in front of the building. He was the guy with VSS Vintorez. I didn't know him but Kushida who standing behind us called his name.

"That's Shibata-Kun!"

"Who is he?" I asked her.

"He is from class B. " Hirata answered me instead. "He is in the football club with me."

Shibata looked up to our classroom.

"" He yelled. "How dare you cheat on Ichinose!? Came here and get your punishment!"

"Class B loves their leader so much. " Kushida said from behind. "You shouldn't do something like that, Ayanokouji-Kun."

"I didn't cheat on anyone, okay. " I tried to explain myself.

Before I could do anything else. Miyake reached the window and pointed his arrow to Shibata.

"Ayanokouji is our people! We won't give him to anyone!"

Shibata replied him. "Who are you? Are you the lord of this castle?"

"No, but I'm the one who protects this castle! Who dares to mess with our castle or our people, they will eat my arrow!"

Wait, I thought the time setting was strange.

Shibata laughed.

"I don't think so. Kanzaki! Hamaguchi!"

In that second, the two guys appeared in our class. One is Kanzaki, another is the glass man that I never met, I think he is Hamaguchi.

Kanzaki pointed his sword at Miyake's nape. And Hamaguchi grabbed Karuziawa's neck. The girl screamed with panic.

Horikita looked at them and mumbled.

"Good strategy, they know they can't reach Ayanokouji-Kun when I'm around here. So they captured other students instead."

"Hirata-Kun! Help me!" Karuizawa screamed.

"Calm down, everyone. Let's talk. Don't use violence." Hirata tried to talk.

"Lord Hirata Yousuke of class D. This is our demand!" Shibata announced. "Send us Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, the cheater who betrayed Honami Best Girl of the House Ichinose, the First of Her Name, the Shonen-lover, Queen of class B, Queen of Friendship and Thighman, Khaleesi of the Earthland, Breakers of Man's heart and Mother of Yaho----" Shibata stopped the words to breathe.

"Sorry---If you denied us, we will kill that archer man and your lady!"

"Don't accept their word, my lord!" Miyake shouted. "Don't give our honor to any bastard! I can devote my life to class D's honor!!"

"So just devote your life! Don't drag me into!" Karuizawa shouted.

"Don't worry, Lady Karuizawa." Doctor who got up for a while said. "Dying for the nation will give you a wonderful afterlife. My lord, don't let them mess with our honor!"

"But I still enjoy my life! I don't want the afterlife yet!"

Hirata looked at me and those two with serious faces.

"I can't---I can't do this. I can't let any of us die. Why? There is no way to help them both?" He mumbled, it looked like he lost his mind.

Wait a Chotto, did you all forget the school's rule? Sudo was almost suspended when he punched other students. And this was the threat to kill someone!

More than that, were you overacting? I just (be in charge that) cheated on Ichinose.

Among the serious situation, someone appeared at our castle's door.

"E--Excuse me, please listen to me for a while."

I remembered that sound. It had to be Sakura. She shouldn't be here. Class B might hate Sakura as much as they hate me. This was her dangerous place.

"Sakura! Get out of---" My last word didn't come out of my mouth.

Sakura was there---without glass. She let her hair down and she even used the cosmetics. And all of it made Sakura more beautiful than usual. This was her true beauty. She was Shizuku-Chan now!

No, she wasn't Shizuku. Shizuku was cheerful and always smile with confidence. Sakura was a shy cute girl. Sakura was Sakura.

This was her true self, either physical or emotional.

"Shizuku-Chan---" Ike and Yamauchi mumbled.

"S---Shizuku---C---Chan----" Somehow, Hirata seemed to know who was Shizuku.

Every eye in the classroom captured on her. Sakura blushed, she might be very nervous now. But she took a deep breath and walked toward Kanzaki.

"Hey, don't come close, or I will cut his head!" Kanzaki shouted. Sakura stopped walking. She showed her notebook.

Please don't do anything to him. Let me explain to you.

"What the matter with that notebook!? Why you can't say it out loud---"

Kanzaki looked at Sakura's sparkly eyes.

"Ah, I understand you. Speaking was too tired, so let's go, dear." His voice suddenly turned softer.

Sakura nodded and explained to him by her notebook.

Yesterday, Ayanokouji-Kun helped me from the creepy man, I was too scared to hug him without thinking. I'm sorry for making Ichinose-San break up with him.

"Oh dear---" Kanzaki lowered his sword. "It's just a misunderstanding. Sorry for making you fear, princess."

What the fxck with his action?

"Oi, Kanzaki, what're you doing!?" Hamaguchi yelled with anger. "Do you believe her!?"

"Just look in her eyes, Hamaguchi. " Kanzaki said. "Do you think this adorable creature will lie to us?"

"She is a bitch who destroy Ichinose's happy---"

Hamaguchi saw Sakura's eyes.

He released Karuizawa immediately, she ran into Sato's arms. It's weird. She should run to Hirata, shouldn't she?

"Well, if our Kanzaki said so, I'll believe her for once."

"What the fuck happened with you two!?" Shibata bawled from outside. "Shiranami told us Ayanokouji flirted with that nerd girl before Ichinose!"

Kanzaki replied to him. "She probably misunderstood!"

"Shiranami know what she saw!"

Sakura walked with fear to the window. Shibata was frozen when he saw her.

She wrote on the notebook, tore that paper, fold it into a paper rocket, and flew it to Shibata.

Shibata read the message out loud.

"Please believe me. Shibata-Kun. Oss! She wrote my name! She wrote my name!" He realized how he reacted so he cough and said. "You know? Last week, Shiranami told me she started using the contact lens. She probably doesn't know what she saw."

"So, how we do next!?" Hamaguchi asked.

"Retreat! It's a misunderstanding, don't let this make the conflict with class D," Shibata said. "Goodbye, Ayanokouji. Hope we can be friends."

Shibata turned around and kissed that paper, thinking no one saw him and walked away.

But the truth was, we're on the high floors, we saw everything.

Kanzaki and Hamaguchi said goodbye to Sakura and walked out of the classroom.

No one said anything. We were shocked that the gravure idol appeared in our classroom.

Sakura sighed and walked to Yamauchi.

Thank you for helping me, yesterday. Yamauchi-Kun. Sorry for not telling you early.

"I-It's fine, it's my honor---" He couldn't do anything but blushed.

Then, she walked toward me.

"Why do you---"

Do you wonder why I changed my look, right?

"Yes."

Well, yesterday, I tried to fight with my fear. Although it's failed.

"No, you're not failing. You can say what you want out loud to someone scaring you. This is your victory."

Sakura smiled.

Thank you, Ayanokouji-Kun. Anyway, I want to fight again. I want to talk with you with my true face. I want to smile with my real desire. That's why I changed.

I padded Sakura's head. It made our classmates more shocked.

"A-Ayanokouji-Kun. " Hirata said. "Do you know her?"

"Yeah, I know she wasn't outstanding. I can't even remember her at first. But I was surprised that you can't remember her." I said. "She is Sakura."

" The whole class shouted.

"Sakura is Shizuku-Chan!" Ike said.

"Shizuku-Chan is Sakura!" Sudo said.

"Who is Shizuku-Chan, sir?" Doctor asked.

"Shizuku-Chan just safe my life!?" Miyake said.

"Sakura-San just safe my life!?" Karuizawa said.

"She is so pretty!" Shinohara said to Matsushita.

"I followed her for a long time, I don't expect to be in the same class with her!" Sato said.

"What! The secret that I didn't know!?" Kushida said.

"I want a waffle!" Someone said.

"Shit! Shit! Shit! I shouldn't do that to my classmate!" Hirata mumbled---Wait, what did you do?

"I can poop now! Thank you, Hirata-Kun!" Hondo said.

"Why does everyone keeps yelling!?"

We looked at the classroom's door. Chabashira-Sensei was standing there.

"Sae-Chan Sensei!" Ike called her. "I have big news for you!"

Chabashira-Sensei raised her eyebrows. "You can find me a husband?"

"What!? No! But---"

"So that isn't big news for me."

Chabashira-Sensei walked to the podium in front of the class.

"And my news is bigger than yours."

"What news, Sensei?" Hirata asked,

Chabashira-Sensei grinned.

"This summer vacation, we are going to trip on the island!"

Everyone became shocked again.

"OOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" Everyone yelled until my ears were hurt.

"The Trip!"

"The island!"

"Summer!"

"Sunshine!"

"Sea!"

"Girl in a swimsuit!"

"Oppai Daisukida!"

"Service Chapter!"

"Island!? No waffle! Noooooooo!"

"What a lucky day!"

"Hirata-Kun told me to drink more water, sleep well, and exercise. It could really help! Thank you, Hirata-Kun!"

They were very happy. It couldn't help. We were like Escobar. Although we were in our private paradise. But it was still a prison. Human loves freedom.

When we knew we would see something outside the school. It was natural that we're all excited.

But when I looked at Chabashira-Sensei's face.

Volume 2 End. (For real)

Volume 3 will come soon.