sensitive topics ahead. little angst. it's time to take occult club a little serious ^^

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ᅟ✞︎ "i got 57 in kanji... i almost failed..." y/n cried as ike rubbed her back.

leto y/n, third-year section b.

midterms result:

75 literature,

79 english,

68 math,

65 science,

74 social studies,

57 kanji.

batch ranking: 99th

"that's fine, you got 79 in english anyway." ike comforted the lady.

ike eveland, third-year section d. midterms result:

89 literature,

88 english,

85 math,

86 science,

90 social studies,

80 kanji.

batch ranking: 56th

"yeah. don't cry over it too much." vox also added and ruffled the lady's hair. "at least you're not like luca and mysta." he pointed the two who are sulking by their chairs.

vox akuma, third-year section c. midterms result:

74 literature,

83 english,

71 math,

76 science,

80 social studies,

66 kanji.

batch ranking: 76th.

mysta rias, third-year section c. midterms result:

37 literature,

39 english,

27 math,

49 science,

51 social studies,

27 kanji.

batch ranking: 161st.

luca kaneshiro, third-year section d midterms result:

30 literature,

40 english,

28 math,

43 science,

31 social studies,

16 kanji.

batch ranking: 174th.

"those two are smart, especially luca. but i think they just started guessing whatever to finish quickly." shu honestly said.

shu yamino, third-year section c. midterms result:

89 literature,

91 english,

94 math,

90 science,

87 social studies,

85 kanji.

batch ranking: 29th.

"we all suck at kanji, don't we?" fulgur said and chuckled. "but look at those three's smug faces." fulgur added, talking about sonny, yugo, and alban.

"is being gay still an excuse for failing scores?" uki grumbled and groaned.

fulgur ovid, second-year section a. midterms result:

92 literature,

92 english,

89 math,

93 science,

95 social studies,

75 kanji.

batch ranking: 34th.

sonny brisko, second-year section b. midterms result:

81 literature,

86 english,

80 math,

87 science,

85 social studies,

87 kanji.

batch ranking: 63rd.

yugo asuma, second-year section c. midterms result:

73 literature,

75 english,

78 math,

83 science,

80 social studies,

87 kanji.

batch ranking: 81st.

alban knox, second-year section c. midterms result:

82 literature,

83 english,

71 math,

75 science,

81 social studies,

90 kanji.

batch ranking: 65th.

uki violeta, second-year section b. midterms result:

85 literature,

85 english,

79 math,

80 science,

88 social studies,

68 kanji.

batch ranking: 59th

"oh well. everyone did their best except for mysta and luca, so good job everyone. let's do better in the finals!" y/n beamed.

everyone cheered except for the two that were mentioned. thanks to them shotgunning the exams, they failed mercilessly. now they have to take remedial lessons and make up classes.

"ah! shoto has already sent his midterm results!" y/n happily said but immediately turned pale and closed her phone.

"what was it?" vox asked.

"it was all in the line of 90."

"huh. as expected from the first section president." vox said.

y/n just pouted a little before replying to shoto's texts. while she was busy doing so, the five were already debating on what to do after class.

"i've never received a case, i suppose we're all free from club activities." y/n said before going to luca and mysta.

"you two are in luck, you can use the club time for remedial classes!" she added, making them groan.

y/n stared at the two with her fingers on her chin, thinking deeply while the others feasted on her cuteness.

"how about we go to the arcade after your last remedial class?" y/n asked.

mysta and luca were like dying flowers that suddenly bloomed again after they were showered. their eyes twinkled as they excitedly turned to y/n.

if only they were real dogs, their tails would be wagging by now. how cute.

"really?!"

"yeah. it could be everyone's rewards, but especially you two." y/n happily said. "so do your best, okay?"

"okay!"

"hm. she obviously learned that from you," ike mumbled.

"me? that what?"

"manipulating people to work."

"since when did i do that?"

"you guys can go together." alban said. "me and sonny have part-time jobs, so we can't enjoy any after-school activities," he added with a little laugh as sonny agrees.

"i can't join too, i have to tutor a first year." fulgur said.

"i can't join you guys too since i started attending an after-school program." uki also said.

"yugo?" y/n turned to yugo.

"oh, i'm not coming if they won't. and besides, i have to help in the shelter."

y/n gasped lightly. "nihillina?"

yugo also gasped. "do you volunteer there too, senpai?"

"yeah i do! but i only go with my parents. it's a bonding time for us."

"wait what's nihillan?" alban asked.

"nihillina." ike corrected. "it's a shelter for the disabled. i volunteer there too whenever i have free time."

"i didn't know that. we three should go together sometimes."

"that's not fair, we wanna help too?"

"true true."

"korique."

"at least without them..." vox mumbled, but shu immediately nudged him before ike and y/n could hear.

"yeah, no shit. we can solo y/n." mysta whispered before glaring at shu. "what? i'm not wrong, am i?"

"you're not, this time." ike also mumbled with his eyes glowing under the shadow of his fringe.

feeling a dark aura, y/n glanced at her favorite third-years. the five immediately erased the dark looks on their faces and smiled at her.

"why do i feel like you guys were just thinking of something bad?" y/n asked with a smile.

if only you knew how they've been thinking of something even worst.

y/n just sighed and let them be.

after the club time ended, the second years went home while mysta and luca attended their remedial class. there were 10 students in the remedial class and they talked about the schedule being after club time.

when they met the other failures, they asked them if it was possible to move the remedial class to club time. they all agreed, including their teacher.

kind enough, y/n and the remaining three waited for mysta and luca at the canteen. while waiting, they did their homework.

y/n has never been glad that she got academic help from the three. shu was a math god, ike was a mystic literature geek, and vox kept her sane with his support.

after an hour or so, mysta and luca came back.

"wow. you were like deadge when you came back from remedial classes yesterday. now you guys are smiling happily." shu pointed out.

"hehe. we got reasons to finish remedial classes now, after all." mysta said.

"is failing not a reason to finish it though?" ike asked.

"it's not enough."

"failing wasn't enough?!"

they went to the lockers and got their shoes changed. while they were all bantering on their way out of the school building, y/n paused and looked up at the clouds.

"it's going to rain," she mumbled.

she stuck her hand out as she eventually felt it. the rain.

"i..." y/n whispered.

she doesn't like the rain.

"did you guys bring umbrellas with you?" y/n asked.

shu and ike took theirs out. luca doesn't have one, but he has a raincoat with him, which was very random of him.

"ike, let's share." vox immediately said.

"do you have an umbrella, y/n? you can go under mine." ike said to the lady with his signature smile, ignoring the poor demon.

"you can take mine if you don't." shu then said, handing his purple umbrella. "if mysta is going under the rain, i wanna do it too," he added with a little laugh.

y/n smiled back at shu and ike.

"i have an umbrella with me too." y/n said and took her umbrella out.

"then two under an umbrella, yes? you have no choice, ike. you're sharing with me."

"mysta, have my umbrella, i'll share with shu since we live near each other."

"i live near you guys too though?"

"can i share the umbrella with you?" luca asked y/n while the four behind them are busy deciding which is which. "you can wear my raincoat and i'll bring the umbrella for us."

"keep the raincoat. the rain isn't that strong." y/n said and gave her umbrella to luca.

"ah! wait for us!" mysta called and followed luca and y/n with ike's umbrella. vox hurried and also followed mysta with a broken heart.

"are you cold, y/n? do you need a jacket?" shu asked.

"i'm good. thank you." y/n softly replied.

they all walked together outside the school in the light rain. the five guys were talking to each other as they make sure not to leave y/n behind.

but this time, y/n chose not to join in the conversation and just kept quiet.

the rain isn't a good friend, it makes her drowsy. especially when it's between spring and summer.

but rain is good for the farmers. i hope to eat good crops. y/n thought.

eventually, everyone noticed y/n's silence and copied her.

"why did you guys stop talking?" y/n asked after realizing what her friends did.

"we were talking about what we're taking in college." mysta said. "we called for you but you didn't hear us."

"lady in deep thoughts, a penny for what's going on inside your pretty head?" vox asked.

y/n shook her head. "just eating rice. i'm sorry." y/n chuckled. "what are you guys taking in college, then?"

"i'm taking business management." luca answered first. "i want to start a people-related business."

"i'm taking computer science. ITs are in demand right now." shu said next.

"i'm taking literature. i want to continue writing." ike briefly said.

"i'm taking fine arts. maybe i can get into voice acting or performing arts." vox said.

"i'm still indecisive. i want to take up marketing, but i'm not good at math. maybe anything criminology related? forensics?" mysta said and shrugged.

"so, how about you?"

y/n hummed. "i haven't decided either, but i might take an art degree." she said.

ike grinned a little. "you'll do good. it was your posters that got us in the occult club after all." he said with everyone seconding the motion.

y/n giggled before sighing lightly.

it hasn't been a while since she was friends with them, but it already felt like a decade or so.

time flies so fast and slow. if only she can wish for everything to never end.

"wanna come over to my house? i just remembered my untouched cocoa powder from the states. i can make us a cup of hot choco." vox suddenly asked.

"ooooh sounds fun."

"i'll go."

"wait i have to tell my mum."

"wait me too— do you guys have load?"

"i'll tell my dad too." y/n said and took her phone out.

to: papa 🐻

from: me

papa can i go to my friend's house? i promise to come home before dinnerrrr 🥺

"cool. mum says i'm good." luca said and hid his phone.

"mum says i should be home before seven. meh. sounds good." mysta also said and hid his phone.

"yay! papa says i can go." y/n chirped, making them all cheer.

they all went to the station and rode the train together. that was the first time they did that. it was a good thing that the train wasn't packing, so they all had a seat.

however, they all ended up standing before they came to vox's station since they gave their seats to the seniors.

the rain poured harder after they left the station. the five of them had no other choice but to let themselves play under the rain. only y/n was left with an umbrella while wearing luca's raincoat.

the guys were all laughing while chasing each other— they were all soaking wet with their dirty uniforms. it was kind enough of y/n to volunteer holding five bags.

"don't you really wanna join?" luca asked. "ah—! don't hit me with the water, i'm talking to y/n!"

y/n shook her head and just gave luca a smile.

she then looked up at the clouds.

it was the same clouds, the same hard pour, and the same darkness when y/n first used her charm.

it was during a rainy day that she had to kill a spirit after it tried asking for another wish in exchange for dangerous conditions. the spirit wanted more than y/n and her friends could give, and she had to resolve into attacking them.

in the end, y/n was left with no choice.

it's better to kill someone who is already dead rather than getting someone alive killed by the said undead.

y/n sighed secretly. she can't be in such mood, just look at her friends. they're having so much fun under the ill weather.

"i'll make it up to them by helping vox make hot chocos! that's right!" she whispered to herself.

"be careful, we're crossing the road." vox said.

y/n carefully followed the five. but since there were spirits running around too, she couldn't help but stop on her way and let them pass instead of just letting them go through her body.

y/n felt herself being nailed on her spot. she couldn't move and all she could do was just stare as a fast-driving motor approaches her.

but shu was quick enough to throw himself to y/n. the bags were thrown on the ground while the umbrella flew up in the air.

eyyyyy! shu just took a big ass risk and ran to y/n when she was about to get hit by a careless driver! the others were all frozen on spot and he was the only one who snapped out to save the lady!

the shall proceed to the .

shu tightly held y/n as they rolled on the wet ground, also holding her head with his other hand.

"shit— oh shoot— whatever— are you alright?" shu worriedly asked and held y/n to sit down. "you didn't hear anything," he added with an awkward chuckle.

and he was right, y/n didn't hear anything and just stared at him absentmindedly.

"y/n? y/n. hey... hey, sweetcheeks. hey." shu called while gently slapping her cheek.

"y/n! shu!" the other rushed to the two.

mysta was the first one to hug the lady. "y/n! speak up! y/n!"

"h-huh? yes!"

"what do you mean yes?!" mysta exclaimed. "how are you?! were you hurt?!"

"oh god... shu..." ike mumbled and hugged him.

luca also sat on the floor and hugged y/n while vox rubbed ike and mysta's backs.

"s-sorry. i was clumsy..."

"hell yeah you were!" mysta suddenly yelled. "s**t—! don't do that anymore! i didn't know how to f****ng react to it earlier that i was frozen— shu! shu, thank god, man! f***..!"

"i'm sorry... i was too shocked as well so i understand..." luca gently said while burying his face on y/n's neck. "god, that was scary..."

"fuck..." ike clutched his chest. "fuck— my heart is beating so damn fast. i was so scared but i couldn't do anything... god, shu..."

"as a demon who's been living for centuries, i was also embarrassed for not being able to do anything myself. it was like my life flashing through my eyes that i couldn't move at all..." vox honestly said and also sat on the wet ground to give y/n a hug.

"we almost failed to protect you if it weren't for shu..." vox mumbled.

everyone was so close to crying. while hugging each other. they almost lost someone so dear.

y/n's eyes were empty. it was the same thing that day too.

under the rain. everyone was drenched wet, crying and hugging each other for dear life.

shocked.

overwhelmed.

traumatized.

"ah! she's crying!" luca suddenly said.

y/n kept staring at nowhere as tears trickled down her cheeks with the rainwater. her lips started trembling with her pale face, making the five guys panic.

"no use in panicking. we cannot repeat the same mistake twice." vox immediately said.

the four nodded and took their own bags. vox hugged the lady tightly just for a few seconds before he effortlessly carried her in his arms.

y/n flinched out of her trance, snapping out of it. she instantly rubbed her eyes and calmed her heavy chest.

but she couldn't. it was hard.

the lady held her mouth but she couldn't stop her wails from escaping her lips. like a little child under the comforting presence of the five, she cried her heart aloud.

no one bothered saying anything.

a few minutes later, they arrived at vox's house. calming y/n wasn't easy, but after they successfully did, thanks to vox and luca, they all took a shower one by one with y/n going first.

they all wore vox's clothes, even y/n too.

in the end, y/n wasn't able to help in making hot chocos.

but the guys did their best to take care of her that day.