Chapter 13

The trip was going to be in a few days. Everyone was busy with training and listing out the things they wanted to do. Rio first of all, wanted to go shopping and naturally called Y/N along.

"How do I look in this?" Rio came out wearing a pink swimsuit.

"You already have a pink one right?" Y/N asked, observing her, "Your butt looks great though."

"Okay, so this one's out?"

"Yeah, I liked the red one though."

"Ofcourse you did," Rio smirked, "The red colour's for you though."

"Shut up and go change into the purple and pink one."

"God, I should've remembered whom I brought to shop," Rio sighed, "Why are you just sitting there like a judgemental aunty?"

"Uh, I will wear my loose t-shirt and shorts. I feel more comfortable in that. So breezy and-"

"Okay, but you gotta wear a swimsuit ONCE, right?" Rio sighed, "Please? For me?"

Y/N looked at her friend cautiously and then said, "I feel like you're planning something."

"You have to trust me~" Rio said and pushed her best friend in the changing room, "Wait here, I'll be back!"

She waited for a few minutes and soon enough Rio came in and handed her two swimsuits - both red, one had stripes and the other one was a one piece cut on the sides. "Seriously this red is..."

"Too seductive, I know," Rio smiled, "And if you aren't wearing this, I can make you."

"Okay get out," Y/N chuckled and pushed her out. She started getting into the striped one when she heard Rio, talking about him.

"Have you been talking to Karma?"

"Uh huh, why?"

"No...just lately he seemed a bit weird."

"....you noticed it too?"

"Yeah, it's like something changed...but I don't know I'm not sure."

Y/N chuckled and said, "Maybe he's a bit humble after dropping down the ranks? I felt that too. Like something changed. Yes, he's close but...he still feels distant."

"Distant?" Rio scoffed, "Please he's always around and teasing you."

"Yeah but...after that day it feels like he doesn't look at me like he did before."

Rio kept quiet for a while and then said, "Maybe it affected him more than he shows? Can you tell? I mean...you're good at reading emotions."

"I make assumptions based on body language. I'm not that good Rio," Y/N opened the curtains and came out wearing it, "How do I look?"

Rio observed her for a minute and said, "Hmm...cute? Try out the other one. I want you to look hot."

"Give me a break perv," Y/N chuckled and heard a familiar voice from the left.

"Oh if it isn't the Ms. Its-just-a-hunch from section E."

Rio turned and was about to give a piece of her mind but Y/N stopped her with a chuckle. "Oh if it isn't Mr. Prodigy," she said.

He didn't look mad. Infact, he looked a bit smug and said, "Shopping for the trip I guess?"

"Well we earned it," Y/N shrugged, "Didn't you read our emails. I sent an emoji too!"

"That was you?"

"Uh huh," Y/N stepped back inside and closed the curtains, "Can you turn please? I'm not comfortable enough to change out of these with a guy standing outside when these thin curtains can blow away from just my breath."

Gakushu rolled his eyes and said while turning, "Please, I'm not interested."

"Yeah, but I feel uncomfortable and that's a reason enough."

Rio scoffed and said, "What are you doing in here? This is women's-"

"It's not," he said pointing at the sign above. Rio blushed and looked away.

"What do you need from her?" Rio asked.

"Nothing? Just small talk," he smirked.

"Small talk? An A-class student making small talk with E-class girl? What are your intentions buddy?"

"Don't kill him yet Rio," Y/N laughed from inside, "I think my email pissed him off."

"What? Why?" Rio finally laughed and asked him, observing his face.

"Should you tell or I can do the honor?"

Gakushu sighed, "She started the email with the subject 'putting your ass on fire' followed by the greeting 'hello loser'."

Rio started laughing and Y/N came out wearing the one-piece, and her friend choked. "Oh dude..wait, YOU did that? Y/N Y/L/N emailed the son of the chairman calling him a loser?"

"Yep, and with 'P.S. - I know you get a lot of emails, so this was the only way to attract your attention'. Did it work?" Y/N asked turning to Gakushu, who turned around and scanned her quickly, before answering with, "It did. It's hard to ignore a notification starting with hello loser."

"So which one?" Y/N asked.

"Hold on, you're not mad are you?" Rio asked him.

"He wouldn't be here standing with a smirk if he was mad. His plan would already be in progress," Y/N laughed, "Wait, you aren't stalking me for revenge, are you?"

"But his dad is literally the chairman, I mean if he said this to his dad-"

"He wouldn't," Y/N interrupted her and looked at Gakushu who was already observing her. They weren't talking, ofcourse but there was a conversation taking place through their eyes. No, she didn't threaten him with anything. It's just the rumors that Y/N heard about and she connected the dots. He knew something about this girl felt different, but he didn't expect it to be...scary. Yes, scary cause she can point out his weakness and right now, she was literally telling him about it. She didn't need words cause Gakushu understood her look.

Rio sighed, "Oh gosh, you're doing that thing you do again."

Y/N looked at her and asked, "What?"

"How do you know that he wouldn't?"

"Oh," Y/N smiled and looked at him, "It's just a hunch."

Oh.

That's what it was. It made him feel relieved. She wasn't exactly challenging him if she's talking about her strength right? He remembered her telling him that he's a good guy before saying that same sentence. Gakushu put his hands in his pockets and turned around, walking away.

"I've got stuffs to do," he said, "Go with the one-piece by the way."

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Class 3-E trained a lot before the trip, making plans to take down Koro during their visit. They got to the island in a cruise. Turned out Koro actually had motion sickness.

When they reached the island, their hotel was by the beach. Ofcourse, the first thing all the students wanted was to enjoy their time doing leisurely activities. Well, their plan was to make it look like that but they were already working on their moves to take down Koro.

"Dude come on, wear the swimsuit today?" Rio said, "I mean...the timing is perfect. He's here too."

"Exactly! I don't want it to be something that comes in the way of our plan."

"Ooh~ so you know it's a distraction for him huh?" Rio said wiggling her eyebrows.

"God shut up," Y/N blushed and looked at Karma. He was already wearing his swimming trunks. She wasn't the kind to gawk at men but well...its him. Can you really blame her? Feeling eyes on himself, Karma looked at her direction and winked.

She stuttered, "Fuck he saw me. This is embarrassing-"

"What's the big deal? He knows you have a crush on him," Rio snickered, "Well, I'm glad you're saving the best for the last."

Y/N chuckled, "You just never let a moment slide right?"

"Never," Rio said and looked at the approaching guy, "Oh! Look he's coming over here! Bye bitch!" She immediately called Kayano and ran towards her.

"Uh," Y/N rubbed the back of her neck nervously, "Shouldn't you be there with them and get ahead with the plans?"

"Nagisa's still changing, we have time."

Y/N blushed and said, "Oh well...okay."

"Wow, you won't even look at me," Karma said and bent down to look at her face, which was burning red.

"Hey Nagisa's here!" Kayano called him.

Karma stared at her and smirked, saying "You still owe me remember?"

Y/N looked up at him with confusion, "What?"

"We didn't get to see a movie together. So I hope you're making plans to make up for it cherry," he said.

Y/N blushed and muttered a 'yes'. It was a good time for that right? The weather is perfect, the atmosphere is perfect. It's the perfect time for their...first date. She felt butterflies in her stomach thinking about it and couldn't help but smile. It made her forget about how he left her that day. He was just upset right?

Karma walked away after that. It felt good to know that she's responding the exact way he expected. Oh no, he's still a bit mad at her for what she's doing to him.

But it still felt amazing to watch her blush and squirm around him.