Chapter 8: The girl
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So the discussion did happen, but it was only about the anime which only Issei and I knew about.
Kiba didn't try to hide his lack of familiarity with the show, but he still tried to downplay it as some mere forgetfulness thorough the rest of the conversation.
A lie that was easily caught by both the brunet and me, but not outright slammed right onto his face.
It was an odd situation that continued for about two more hours.
My health deteriorated a little more but nothing that truly alarmed me just yet and, seeing that it was starting to get dark, I decided to conclude this chat with a few words for the poor Devil.
"Ise-kohai, I almost forgot. Can I ask you a favor?" I quietly asked at the young man.
The boy blinked and nodded, the blonde looking curious. "Sure, what do you need, senpai?"
"Tomorrow I might have to skip school," I said with a pained smile, my face had to have been quite pale at that point. "You see, yesterday I got a deep cut while preparing dinner and the medicines I had to use aren't particularly sitting well with my body. If it's not asking too much, could you make an effort to get a copy of the homework of tomorrow from Tsubaki-san-"
He tensed at hearing the stern woman but I was quick to assure his safety.
"I- I will call her to tell about the situation," I assured him with a small nod. "I-If you avoid any issues tomorrow she will be less prone to lecture you and get you some detention."
The teen nodded slowly and accepted the request. "I will do what I can, senpai."
"G-Good."
I nodded too, my lips twitching in a brief situation of shivers.
"Then I-I can give you my address so you can pass around tomorrow."
I took a small piece of paper and wrote down the address to my house, the boy nodding while storing it in one of his pockets. "Understood."
"T-Then I go as I think I will need some p-power nap after this little situation."
As I went towards the door, I saw Kiba walking by. "Do you need some help, senpai? You do seem quite…"
"I-I can hold until back home, Kiba-san." I nodded thankful at him, while I tried to dodge the little bullet there. "A-Also I don't want to get some r-rumors going about our current situation here."
He blinked innocently. "What rumors, senpai?"
I looked back at Issei and the brunet didn't deign to look back much to my disappointment. "S-Something about your romantic inclinations. Don't wish for the rumor mill to hit us about that."
He frowned in confusion. "That sounds completely silly, senpai. No one would-"
"Did y-you know that girls are shipping you with Issei?"
His confusion turned in dread at my interjection.
"I hope you will make sure to clarify the s-situation or the rumors will only end up getting w-worse."
He nodded quickly and I was granted the chance of leaving that place of dread behind as I ventured out of the school and towards home.
Reaching the modest-looking house, I sighed as I let my body hit the couch, the coziness almost taking my consciousness out as I tried to deal with the growing aches of the process.
And then my stomach starting to softly groan at the terrible suffering it was subjected.
For the interest of everyone, I decided to avoid eating anything at lunch, knowing that it was now a matter of time before I would have to go to the bathroom and throw up what was left of my breakfast.
A pity that I couldn't do anything with the extra hours of being alone but dealing with the regret coming from the results of my poorly-made choices.
I was about to close my eyes and let my sore brain drift away from that reality of pain when I heard a familiar and unholy sound reach out for me.
Ding Dong~
God-frigging-dangit!
I groaned on my pillow before slowly pulling myself out of that delightful place of comfort and back to the ever-aching situation of walking around.
It was my sheer determination that got me towards the door and as I slowly opened it to see who was daring to disturb me in my moment of sorrow, my eyes were greeted back by a pair of golden ones.
Then I stared up and I saw silver-hair and…
Why was Koneko here?
She had some books in her hands, grasping them softly as she looked a little bit nervous through her 'blank' mask. "I'm sorry if I'm here without notice… but I need your help, senpai."
…
"W-What?"
"I… I have a Math exam tomorrow and Issei-san said that you were good at it," She explained with a faux-innocent tone. I admit her acting was good but- "C-Can you help me with that?"
I knew that her tone was as fake as her current attempt of pulling a nervous expression.
Her act another attempt to investigate my presence at the park the night before and I was surprised by how paranoid Rias was being over this matter.
But maybe the redhead had reasons to be this much careful over these instances as it wouldn't be the first time that she had to face quite the dangerous threats in Kuoh.
And as much as I wanted to kick her out for the sake I was in a world of pain already as I was now, I decided to let her in out of moral weakness and inherent lack of strength in kicking her out.
I just was feeling capable of making some good reasoning over why she shouldn't enter to avoid sparking new suspicions and… what kind of choice did I actually have in this matter?
"S-Sure."
The Nekoshou-in-Disguise nodded and walked inside, eyes scanning inquisitively before settling to the living room table and placing the books there.
The girl looked back, a patient glance while I slowly made my way towards the chair the opposite she was currently sitting on and I prepared myself to deal with possibly the last issue of today.
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