The smile had been wiped from your face when the three below you stared is fear, they didn't say anything - they couldn't say anything. The fear and the pain caused them to keep their mouths shut tight as if emitting a single sound could cause you to snap and maul them like a savage animal. They were right to keep their mouths shut, as well, unable to sigh in relief before you finally turned around and walked to the exit of the school.

Everyone in your way moved aside quickly, unable to say anything when all they could process was the fact that they should've been a lot more thankful when you were gone because now that you were back, they didn't realise the peace that they had at its greatest. You efficiently ignored Seiji and he didn't stop you, nor make a move to grab your attention but he almost felt relieved when finding you back and slightly okay; despite the wounds and bruises, but for now he let you go.

Soon after, you'd began walking home nonchalantly when you decided to veer off the path to your home to go to anothers. You were sure that your mother was waiting for you at home, it was something odd to think because the last thing you had remembered was the lack of a motherly presence in your house but you weren't all that clear nor caring to everything that she had gone through whilst you'd been unconscious and unable to wake.

So, with an annoyed grunt, you turned into another street and walked as the sun slowly lowered behind the homes in the familiar neighbourhood and then you made it to a fence, jumping over the short gate to land on the grass. You walked along the side of the home and sighed before hopping onto the veranda and hoisting yourself up on the slim pillars of the backyard. From there, you hoisted your body up and lifted your body onto the first story roof, balancing yourself on the tiles as you made your way to the window you'd always climbed into before and then you opened it.

She was there, sitting at her desk with headphones in as she scribbled her work that was probably assigned by Koro. You couldn't help smiling and then you stepped into the window and closed it behind you, nearing her without making yourself known when you suddenly wished you had remembered to bring your air horn.

"Rio-chan!"

"Ahh!"

She screamed immediately and you laughed, loudly. She turned around, her hair whipping across her face when she made a face of horror while holding her chest, her hand above her - what you assumed - rapidly beating heart. The laughter caused you to fall back, you landed on her bed and laid down when your tensed stomach made you falter, holding your stomach before sliding the shirt up.

"Hey, is it getting better?"

She had taken her headphones off, "What the hell (Y/N)?! I almost had a heart attack, I thought I was going to die!"

Grinning, you reply coyly, "That's gonna be Koro's job." She paused and looked at you before shaking her head condescendingly as her eyes trailed to your torso, "It's a bit lighter now. Still looks ugly, not gonna lie."

"Ugly? Me?!" Gasping, you sat up and your shirt fell over your stomach again, "Well yeah," She replied like it was completely obvious, "It's like yellow and purple, looks weird. How'd it happen?"

"A fight."

"Not even a week after waking up and you got into a fight; despite knowing who you are, it still shocks me. You should be more careful." She scolded you and stood from her chair to near you, still wearing her school uniform, she began taking off her jumper and you grabbed her phone from the bedside table to play a game.

"Whatever, lady."

She didn't reply, taking off her school shirt and her skirt soon after when she went to her wardrobe and threw an extra shirt and shorts at you when she got changed herself.

Smiling, you stood playfully and rid yourself of your school clothes, getting the shirt on and leaving the shorts on the bed when you held a hand out to her. Her gaze held confusion but she rested her hand on your nonetheless and you shocked her by pulling quickly, she fell on the bed and fell on you as well, you giggled and climbed on her and she sighed when she finally realised what had happened when you had practically become a koala, hanging onto the blonde girl as if she was your source of life.

"I wanna cuddle."

"You could've just said so." She ended up being under you, patting your hair while you hummed in content, "I missed you."

"You were basically a level up from being dead, (Y/N).." She pointed out and you huffed, replying, "So? That doesn't mean I didn't know what was happening around me."

She tensed under you and you bit your lips to hold in a smile, "You... you mean you could hear us?"

"Uh huh, I heard everything like when Terasaka and Yoshida came in and started yapping about the time I dacked Muramatsu. Good times.."

She hummed thoughtfully and smiled, "That's pretty cool I guess, you heard everyone in there, huh? Guess I don't have to fill you in on much." She was surprised when you lifted yourself suddenly, hissing in pain from the weight on your wrists when you straightened and released the bed as you sat on your ass in front of her, "Excuse me, you need to tell me why that red-haired bi-," breathing in, you continued with irritation and eager curiousness present on your face, "Karma Akabane is in our class and everything he knows about me."

"Oh.." She looked away as it would clear her thoughts and then shrugged, "He came a little while after you were hospitalised. He wondered about you every day, actually. He was really curious about the girl that everyone talked about, I'd say it even got him upset because you weren't even there and yet he still couldn't 'beat' you."

Opting to stay silent, Rio noticed and continued, "It's like everything he did was compared to you so he was annoyed that he was in second place without even having the other competitor present.."

"Rio, stop using similes or whatever and dumb it down... jeez." She chuckled and patted your head once, "It's metaphors, and alright. But I think Nagisa may have told him more about you because they're both friends."

"Nagisa.." An angered look crossed your face and Nakamura tensed up, "He-hey, I mean they're friends - it's a given that they would talk and you're always the talk of the class so it's whatever. Don't do anything stupid."

You looked at her and she rolled her eyes at the sight of your disbelieving eyes, "Stupid is basically my middle name, I'm pretty sure you know that, Rio."

She smiled, unable to disagree and you lowered onto the bed once again, cuddling against her side as she hugged you back. The silence lasted a moment before Rio opened her mouth, her voice sounded timid and you could guess that she was scared of how to word the next thing she spoke, "Everyone.. knows.. you have pills and-"

"And that I have a couple of screws loose? I think I already knew that." Answering quickly, you decided to focus on your blonde best friend instead of yourself, "Oh well, I wasn't the best at hiding it and it's kind of obvious, with the way I space out and get super violent 'n' stuff."

"Sp-space out? You mean you know when you go in the zone?"

She saw you looked up at her in wonder, a smile breaking out over your face though her own held shock and slight fear, "The zone?! That's awesome! I love that, it's so cool - I can't believe you guys named it that, holy shit!" You paused, "O-Oh, yeah I knew, kinda, I mean I never remember what happens but by the..." A forlorn look crossed your eyes, poking at Rio's interest when her eyes widened, "looks on your faces.. I know you're all scared of me and what I'll.. do.. I never mean to hu-hurt you guys.."

Her face turned red and you looked at her with a raised brow, the remorse of hurting the people you claimed to care about so much, boasting about it obnoxiously, being skilfully forgotten, "Are you blushing?!"

Her eyes couldn't help widened at the sight of your frown, slightly tearful eyes and your pink cheeks, "Not my fault you got all cute and all! Leave me alone, I'm going to sleep!" Rio yelled defiantly, hiding her face when you bellowed in laughter.

The next morning, you had miraculously woken up before Rio and to say she was elated to find that you hadn't woken her up in any bizarre way was an understatement. She had woken up to see you dressed in the same school clothes as the day before and raced to the bathroom to see her face clear of any marker markings. She proceeded to check her entire body and found nothing unusual.

"What... what did you do to me?" She paused for a moment terrified of your answer when you smiled cheerfully, "Nothing, Rio, I promise. Should we get going?"

Quietly, she took her pyjamas off and dressed into her school uniform while you sat by idly and waited, "You're not hungry?"

"Hm?" You looked up from her phone, "Oh, yeah I am. I'll wait for you, though."

Her eyes brows raised in suspicion but she chose to enjoy the normalcy and take advantage of it, "Have.. you taken your medication?"

Just as she spoke, you rubbed the back of your neck and smiled sheepishly, expecting the question and answering accordingly, "I left it in my school bag at sch-" The previous day you had left class without grabbing your belongings and you stopping, raising your hands in front of you protectively at the foreign object she'd thrown and you moved to see that it was your bag, "Oh.."

Her eyes stayed on you when you opened it and took the pills bottle. You opened the lid and tipped a single pill into your palm, downing it and making a face of disgust right after. She nodded and you almost thought she was proud by the bright look in her blue eyes, "Alright, we have one stop before heading to school so let's go."

"I'm... dreaming, right?"

She didn't answer, laughing when she opened the door to the cute cafe closer to the city than to the rural areas where you were more used to considering the location of your school. She didn't reply to you, leaving you to follow wordlessly into the cafe of sweetness and fresh coffee beans. You were almost drooling, well you would have been if Rio didn't see this coming as she raised a napkin to your lips. She smiled at you and left to go to the counter when you tried to find some spare change in your wallet to buy something for the way to school.

Your grumbling stomach cursed you like a scolding parent and you muttered obscenities, taking a step forward before you were pulled back by the blonde girl. She carried a box, thin in volume but it was wide and long too... similar to the boxes you get when purchasing a lot of sweets... a lot.

"R-Rio-chan.. what's that?"

"My lunch, I didn't get to make anything." You had carried her bag along with your own, mouth-watering when your eyes couldn't leave the box for a moment, watching it like it would disappear if you ever dared to look away for a second.

"Y-Your lunch.. I- I don't have lu-lunch either.." She laughed to herself and then quietened down as she walked ahead of you and you didn't even realise how fast she was walking, making you subconsciously walk fast as well to match her pace and you were already close to school.

All students were ignored and didn't even exist with the box in the girls hand and you tried to get closer, just for a whiff if you were lucky. Nakamura saw all of this and laughed at the hungry gaze in your eyes, watching in amusement when you even ignored your classmates when you followed her into the classroom.

Rio when she made a turn and enter the row of desks where yours was located at the back. She led you like she was leading you to a trap and you followed with a grumbling stomach. She placed the box down finally and once you heard her prideful voice, you snapped out of your reverie for a moment, "E-eh?"

The box, the pleasantly large box, the box filled with an assortment of dessert and sweets from the cafe, was placed on your desk. Nakamura stood by, folding her arms over her chest and your wide-eyed focused on her like she was a god damned goddess - she really was.

"R-Rio..?"

"Shut up and eat, (Y/N)."

She gave you a toothy grin, infectious when tears came to your eyes and you almost fell to your knees, praising all the heavens for this bountiful gift, "Rio~! You're a goddess!" Your whiny voice made her chuckle, petting your head as if to tend to your vulnerable emotions and then she turned to return to her seat before something odd startled her.

"What's.. that?"

You didn't hear her. In fact, you didn't hear anything. God was good and it came in the form of Rio Nakamura. You opened the holy box to find doughnuts. So many doughnuts and so many colours; glazed, chocolate, oreo and caramel. There was hazelnut and Nutella too. Oh, it was amazing. The sight could cause tears to come to your eyes but someone interrupted.

Your eyes narrowed on Kayano, she stood by watching with a grin, a sweet grin - yes - but not one that could ever earn her a free doughnut.

"I ain't giving you shit." She, to your slight surprise and elation, disregarded your words and the nasty tone by taking something from behind her back. You watched, eyes widened tenfold at the medium-sized container, steam fogging the clear walls of it as the smell enticed your senses, reaching forward in slight apprehension before squeaking in surprise as she handed it to you, placing it into your awaiting hands.

"I woke up early to make these for you, I hope you enjoy them!"

"I-I-.." Unable to form words, Karma (who you hadn't noticed the entire time - but that was expected because you only focused on two angels at the moment) smirked at your hungry stare and spoke up, "I think she's broken a fuse~" His attractive voice was just another gift and you didn't reply, ripping open the lid to shove a Takoyaki ball in your mouth.

The taste, amazing. You moaned in delight, Okajima turned pink at the sound but no one could ignore the elephant in the room.

The huge steel box, possibly the size of Koro-sensei himself that stood in the back corner of the room next to the windows and only two seats or so from you.

"Whash shat?" The quiet class filled with Nagisa, Rio, Isogai, Maehara, Sugino, Karma and Okajima and they didn't even turn to look at you. Only Karma did; recalling the time Kayano had yelled Takoyaki in class she remembered you'd love it if she made some as Nakamura chose to buy you doughnuts and he smiled at the sight of your huge cheeks as you munched on them and your Takoyaki at the same time, trying to form an American and Japanese fusion by placing an octopus ball in the hole of the doughnut.

"Cute.."

His comment went unheard and he expected that, instead opting to attempt to take a doughnut, only to have his hand slapped and he flinched, smiling when he pulled away and he finally got your attention when you glared at him. You turned away when you heard the commotion between the big metal box and your friends, a screen lit up as you listened while keeping a protective hand over the delicious food you received.

"-AIFA which is an acronym for autonomous intelligence fixed artillery and I am happy to be apart of this class."

The screen shut off and you stood up, taking a doughnut with you and making sure to shut the box and the container with a fixed glare on the red-haired boy. He smiled, waving you off and you strutted to the machine with one thing in your mind, "Artillery means guns, don't it?" Your glare turned to Sugino and he flinched, "Ye-yes!" You munched the doughnut, turning it into a crescent shape and crumbs fell from your lips, "You think you're gonna kill Koro and take the money?" You yelled to the machine, it was unresponsive and that only angered you more.

"Oi! Answer me." You kicked the machine and your classmates gasped as you opt to do it again before the screen lit up again, "Hello, please refrain from any violence towards my vessel. Thank you."

Your eyes narrowed and you lifted your chin to appear intimidating even though you were looking up at the machine anyway. And as the machine had just told you not to kick it, you did it again just because it said so.

"Hey! (Y/N) sit down, now. Everyone go to your seats." Karasuma walked in, clearly unimpressed with your behaviour but you didn't argue as you hurried to your seat to place more Takoyaki balls in your mouth. You were ignored and you ignored the teachers as they spoke. Wondering to yourself about how you could get rid of this fake student with purple because there was no way you'd let a machine take your money.

"-part of the foreign exchange program. It'll participate in killing Koro just like everyone here and as per our agreement, you'll have zero recourse."

Class went on but it was constantly interrupted by the AIFA because the stupid thing learned to improve after every round it shot at Koro. It managed to hit Koro too, exploding his finger and it kept going but it didn't make that much progress after that. It had stated that the chance of eliminating Koro by graduation was a minimum of ninety percent and that only made you angry.

"I'm gonna end this machine.." chocolate sauce had been left behind as you licked your fingers. Rio glanced back at you, shaking her head with a laugh and you smiled, unknowing as to why she had started laughing but it didn't matter cause the sight made you happy. Karma watched the exchange and he saw your lips, covered in chocolate as you licked your lips but you still had some around your upper lip. He moved near you and when no one was looking, he called your name.

You looked at him, in a much better mood as you were full of that amazing food that you didn't have to share (if anyone asked you just said no and Rio knew she wouldn't want to cause an internal battle for you about whether you should give one to her or not because she's the angel who got them for you) and he didn't say anything, only moving his hand towards you when his finger made contact with your face.

In surprise, you didn't move, watching him with wide eyes when you sauce his finger after it had rubbed over your skin and you saw the brown chocolate sauce of the last doughnut you'd eaten. He stared into your eyes, still smiling when his finger was retracted and he put it in his mouth.

You watched the everything, severely hypnotised by the sight before you when his tongue came out and he licked his finger more, wetting it with his saliva and he chuckled lowly as he knew you were enjoying this and he was so ecstatic to see you enjoying it. You looked away with pink cheeks when the door opened.

To your disgust and everyone's shock, it was the principal. He smiled at the students with that patronising shitty smile that made him look nice and then he looked at you.

His eyes brightened and your fists clenched when he kept smiling, ignoring Koro when he was also silent and waiting for what Gakuhō-sensei had to say though everyone could feel the apprehension and severe irritation radiating off of you and Karma looked at you in slender concern. His eyes narrowed and he actually wasn't surprised when he felt defensive towards you though he wasn't aware of what he could do to ease your uneasiness.

"(Y/N)-san, your mother is by the main building awaiting your presence for an appointment." His voice was cool and calm, his eyes said otherwise and you stood before he could continue. You assumed that once he had seen you willingly grabbing your schoolbag to leave then that meant he could leave or just wait quietly, but no.

"I wasn't aware you had an appointment with a psychol-"

"Yes, I have my things. Just shut up. I'm going, bye Rio-chan."

You walked towards the door and Koro almost whined when his face turned light blue because you hadn't said anything to him in departing but he stopped as you stopped too. Your principal looked down at you and you knew your classmates were thinking about what had practically been exposed.

They also knew how you had purposefully spoken then so it wouldn't be revealed.

He smiled but his eyes were playful and then, you smiled. He paused and looked from your eyes and then to your lips that grew without his knowledge as to what was going through your mind. He almost faltered and stepped aside so you could walk through. You refused and remained in your spot before your mouth opened and the class gasped in unison because of the terrifying words that left your poisonous lips that had the dark intentions of starting a dirty battle.

"Say, principal-san.. is Gakushū-kun single?"