As what Akashi said, they didn't have club activities after school because of the renovation in the gym. Their coach then decided to give them free week, and they would resume their practice the week aftwe. And because of that, Akashi picked up (F/N) from her housex then sent her home after going to his properties to do inspections.

Which, among 8 properties they went to, he decided to close 3 of them. Though the last one, the head manager asked him to close it instead because they were lacking of staffs. Akashi decided to close it down, but instead transferred the remaining staffs to other branch.

~Friday morning~

"You really picked me up every single day this week, I can't believe it" (F/N) chuckled as Akashi was drinking his tea  while (F/N) was preparing their lunch.

"I told you, I would" Akashi then got his phone and he became serious

"What's wrong, Seijurou?" She curiously asked when she noticed his face became serious

"Reporters are in front of the school" Akashi answered and showed him her picture, a picture of her wearing her Rakuzan uniform, and she was talking to Akashi on the picture "it's circulating now, with a caption 「Akashi Seijurou's fiancè, a normal classmate from Rakuzan, from a low-class family 」 so the reporters are now trying to get a good look of you. So this place will be known soon as well, for sure"

"But still, that's a good shot inside the school. Means someone inside the school sent it to them" (F/N) commented and laughed "Shiroyama? Or Takizawa-kun?"

"Kaoru? No, I remember this picture, Kaoru wasn't here that day."

(F/N) looked at the picture, and she nodded "it was last Wednesday. He was absent. So it was Shiroyama"

"Who knows? He is still in our list, but let's not jump into conclusion." Akashi chuckled "did you tell your grandma and the others about it?"

"Yeah, they said they didn't care at all. Just live how we live. And they told me to just believe in you" she responded then turned to the door "right, Reo-nii?"

"As I said, you two looks like an old couple already. Act like teens"

"Teens these days do unbelievable things, then, can we do that as well?" Akashi seriously asked

"Do it after high school. You are going to live together anyways" Reo sighed then sat down to join Akashi "I heard that reporters are already in your school. Will you be okay?"

"It's fine. It's not that we can hide it longer. It's Akashi Seijurou after all" (F/N) responded

"It's actually impressive that it took time for them to move" Akashi chuckled and finished his tea "we were able to hide it perfectly from others outside the school"

"Anyways, I will be done here Seijurou. Are we leaving right away?" (F/N) curiously asked and he nodded "understand, then I'll just go get my stuffs"

As (F/N) left to get her stuffs, Reo looked at Akashi "So she started calling your first name"

"Yeah, she unconsciously calls me time to time" he chuckled "but he still calls me by my last name when there are lots of people around."

"Hmmmm, you two seemed like you are going out for how many years already, but you just started going out last year, right?"

"Yeah, we did. It will be almost a year though when we started talking to each other"

"Ohh, I changed my point of view of you. I thought you are like those pampered rich kids that don't even care about events."

"I was like that, but it's different now" Akashi stood up and smiled at him "thanks for the food. We'll head now" and as he was about to leave, Reo's sister, Rena, came in

"You are again here?" She asked in annoyance "why don't you just get her and let her live in your place?"

"Just wait until next year." Akashi immediately responded "we will be living in Tokyo after high school. Well then, we'll head out now"

Reo looked at Rena who was annoyed from Akashi's response and he sighed "seriously, Rena, why are you being bitter?"

"Why does he need to be here every single day? It's annoying"

"Both of them will be busy soon, so let them be, especially Seijurou-kun. If you find one that you wanted to be in the future, you wanted to be with him always."

"Did that happen to you with your girlfriend? Didn't she break up with you, because you couldn't go to her when she wanted to have a date with you"

"There's one thing too, Rena. Whatever it takes, your family first before anyone else. That time, (F/N) needed her family the most. My ex-girlfriend just wanted to go out, and she couldn't understand the meaning of family, what more if I ended up with such person?"

"I don't understand, but you liked her so much. And in a snap of a finger, you two ended. It's (F/N)-nee's fault after all."

"Rena, it wasn't (F/N)'s fault." Reo stood and sighed "you are only just a brat who don't know anything. If you don't know the meaning of family, shut up and learn about it" he hissed then left

"What's wrong with him?!"

~

Akashi and (F/N) headed to school, and instead of going through the main gate, they went through the back gate.

"And here I thought they won't think of the back gate" Akashi sighed seeing reported gathering outside the back gate "we can walk freely if you want to"

It was then

"Huh? Akashi-sama's fiancè?" The two turned to that voice and it was some of their classmates, being asked by the reporters "we know her of course"

"Then, can you tell us what you know about her?"

"Why do we need to?" They responded as they crossed their arms

"Don't you know the word privacy?"

"Can't you let those two enjoy their high school life as a normal couple?" They hissed and shook their heads

"What's wrong with knowing her? She will be the head of Akashi group. Is she qualified to be an Akashi?"

"Our source said she is from low class family, that she is nothing-"

Their classmates glared at the reporters, and they raised their voice

"What do you know about those two?! Qualified?! In relationship, is that even matters?!" They angrily retorted

"Don't fight with them" Arai arrived and sighed "there were lots of annoying people at the main entrance, and here too?"

"These people didn't understand privacy nor relationship. We indeed question at first to why her. But it is Akashi-sama, he saw something on her, and chose her. So our comments towards them are unnecessary. We had no rights to question their feelings towards each other" one of their classmates hissed as she glared towards the reporters

"I'll go" (F/N) decided that confused Akashi "I have great friends now. I limit my trust towards my close friends, because of what I experienced. But I am okay now. I know deep inside, I can fully trust them" she smiled towards Akashi then hold his hand "I'll go first. At least that will make their guard down. If we both go together, it will be more troublesome"

"Are you ready? To face all of them?" Akashi seriously questioned her

(F/N) smiled back at him then she chuckled "Who knows? I might, I might not. But I'll be okay. I have you, my friends, and my family." she responded then approached their classmates, and greeted them with high tension

"Why are you here?" Arai nervously asked

"Well, there are lots of reporters at the main entrance. We couldn't enter." she responded with a smile as she stood in front of them "I'm glad I saw you all here. Meeting point?"

"...No... that's not the problem here" They responded as the reporters started taking pictures of her "Let's go" Their classmates grabbed her and pulled her inside the school. "You! At least have some self-conscious." 

(F/N) laughed and nodded "But, I will be okay. Thank you very much!"

Akashi on the other side, he went once (F/N) and the others entered the school. The reporters immediately swarmed around him. They bombarded him with questions, and also questioned him if his decision of choosing her was correct, or is she really qualified to be an Akashi, or is she engaged to her through business since it was a stereotype for his family.

Akashi turned to them and smirked "The usual stereotype. What do you know about our feelings?" He questioned them, and with intimidating voice before he entered their school "If you bother my girlfriend, that it became annoying, I won't keep quiet about it. Tell your source about that"

The reporters froze in place as they watched him enter their school, and they all thought "He is still in high school, but he has the presence"

~

The whole morning, reporters stayed outside the school, and from outside, they tried to take pictures of (F/N), but they failed. However, to their surprise, medias still could get a picture of her inside the school.

"Wow, it's still lunch time, and they got good pictures of her, but they are all inside the school" Takizawa chuckled as he browsed his Twitter "Someone is taking picture of her inside the school instead, and sending them to those reporters" as he said that, their classmates looked at him suspiciously "Just let you know, it's not me. I ship those two after all. Besides, I somehow have an idea who sends these pictures"

"But speaking of" They turned to one of their classmates and she tilted her head "Where are those two?"

"Ah, don't mind them" Sae responded "Those two are eating lunch together in their own place" she giggled then coughed seeing a new reports from twitter "Somehow, this is getting bigger than we thought"

"What do you mean?" The others asked and even Takizawa became serious. They all got their phone and checked their Twitter

"Akashi Seijurou's fiance, (L/N) (F/N), a daughter of a criminal."

"Akashi family's future daughter-in-law, a daughter of a criminal, and also a criminal for pushing her friend out of jealousy."

"Akashi Seijurou's fiance, a gold-digger from a low-class family. Asking Akashi Seijurou to pretend to be his boyfriend, for fame and money"

"Now, now, now, I wonder how Seijurou-kun will react into this" Takizawa laughed and thought "This is out of line, Takeru."

~

"Wow, should I get mad or laugh?" (F/N) showed the news to Akashi "As far as I know, my mom is already dead, and my dad is in the hospital. Did they get the correct person? I wonder where they got these news? I mean, they even know that I asked you to pretend to be my boyfriend. But let me clear, it's not for money-"

"I know, (F/N). These news, you had a friend before, right? And a step-sister."

"Ah!" She gasped "But isn't she already got caught? For Kinako, isn't she already with her mom's relatives? I actually have no news about them anymore"

Akashi chuckled and he nodded "She was caught, but her family bailed her out. For your step-sister, she is indeed with her relatives, but she is still here in Kyoto" Akashi then stare at his phone and chuckled "Well, they won't tell this to anyone if someone didn't ask them since it's grilled to their heads already what would happen. Besides, these news, the words are manipulated."

"Well, it couldn't be helped. Medias love to manipulate stuffs, and won't tell the real story."

"You sure are positive"

"As long as my family and friends know the truth, and most of all, you and also Masaomi-sama. It's irritating that these truths are being manipulated"

"Don't worry, this will be handle easily soon" Akashi chuckled "And speaking of" he showed his phone and smiled

(F/N) read what he showed and her eyes widened, then looked at Akashi "This..."

"I told father everything, so he knows that these news are fakes and over the line" Akashi chuckled and read it "Akashi Masaomi files lawsuit to all media outlets spreading false rumours about his daughter-in-law. Addition to that, he is now doing an immediate action towards the medias' source"

"He knows the source?"

"Who knows? I haven't told him though. Anyways, I'll head to the student council room. Do you want to come with me?"

"No, I'll walk with you halfway. I'll head back to our class."

The two left the empty building, and part halfway. (F/N) watched Akashi walked away, and got her phone out, reading all the negative comments about her.

"Wow, as if they know anything about me to say these words"

"(L/N)-san" (f/n) turned around and there Shiroyama was approaching her "are you okay?"

"Somehow" she chuckled and faced him, knowing that he might be the person behind all of these "thanks for asking"

"We all read the news. It was so terrible"

She smiled and nodded "yeah, but they are lies anyways. They are bunch of lies and craps" she chuckled and teared up a little "but my friends, and Akashi know the truth anyways."

"You are being criticized by everyone, isn't it fine already? To be separated to him?"

(F/N) turned to him and tilted her head and with serious voice "Akashi is not giving up on me. He knows everything about me, and accepted my everything. If I give up on him, all his time and effort would go on waste. Instead of being separated, isn't it better to get stronger and stand up against those false criticisms. I didn't do anything wrong, why would I choose to be separated with him?"

"Because you are suffering"

"Actually, I am not suffering" she smiled to him and stood to her statement "why would I? Those are just lies, and they are being judgemental, they didn't know anything about me. Funny that there are people who would do anything just because they either didn't like one to be happy, or because they thought that one isn't qualified to the other" she sighed then bowed down "well then, I will head back to my class"

As (f/n) left, Shiroyama clicked his tongue and gritted his teeth. "What a stubborn girl" He got his phone and called someone

"It's me Shiroyama. Did you get that picture? I wanted you to add that, and write that she is also seducing the Shiroyama group's-" but before he finished what he wanted to say, he felt a hand on his shoulder, and he was slowly falling on the ground. "Eh?" And as he fall on the ground, his phone disappeared on his hand

"It's me Akashi Seijurou" Shiroyama froze to what he heard and slowly looked up "thanks for the good work for all these years. Your media company will end soon. And your source as well." Akashi ended the call, looked down at Shiroyama and handed his phone back "how brave, aren't you, Shiroyama Takeru"

"What are you talking about?"

"I got all everything in the video, and even you taking pictures of her" Akashi pointed at camera on corner and chuckled "from the time you approached her until now. Actually, there are CCTVs around the school since January."

"What?! That's invading the students' privacy!"

"Not really" Akashi immediately retorted "the CCTVs were installed on the corner for each hallways because there were bullying happening within first years last year." Akashi chuckled "Congratulations, by the way."

"Huh?"

Akashi got his phone and called someone "it's me Seijurou, make sure to remove the Shiroyama group from our business group, all of them. Make sure to pressure all the groups connected to them as well. I want their family to be out of the Akashi group by the end of the day. Yes, please let them suffer" Akashi ended the call then turned to Shiroyama and again called someone "father, this is Seijurou. Yes, it's the son of Shirayama group, Shiroyama Takeru. I called them already, and they are now removing the Shiroyama group from our business group. You can call the Company president already and inform them why. You can announce it to everyone."

Akashi ended the call and again looked at Shiroyama, who already stood up, glaring at him

"What the heck are you doing?"

Akashi approached him and glared at him "I told you when you messed up with me for the first time, that if I get serious, don't dare to mess up with me because you would regret it with the rest of your life." He closed his gap towards him, and with intimidating voice "you messed up with me and especially to my fiancè, don't think that you will get away from it. Shiroyama Takeru, this is just the start of your hellish life." Akashi smirked then left him.

Shiroyama clenched his hands, still he couldn't process what just happened. His phone was ringing non-stop, and it was then, someone laughed behind him

"I told you, don't mess up with Seijurou. I'll throw a party for you, for diving into hell. That was fast, you were beaten in just half a day." Takizawa laughed at him as he approached him "Seijurou told me to come here and watch everything. I was doing my best not to laugh"

"Shut up!"

"Takeru-chan" Takizawa smirked at him and again laugh "Congratulations for ruining your family business" he left him and he couldn't help himself but laugh as he run to catch up with Seijurou

Shiroyama got his phone out and saw a message from his parents, asking him to go home right away.

~

"Woah! Media outlets are now reporting that all were manipulated and they corrected everything!" Sae shouted in surprise then looked at (F/N) "that's fast"

"Akashi, for sure" she responded and Akashi then arrived smiling, with Takizawa behind him, also having a big wide smile "what did you do?"

"Well, confronted the main source, removed their family business from our family business, and talked to the media that their business ended already." Akashi stood next to (F/N) and sighed "I'm so done with those people, so now, we will finally be in peace"

"Why are you so sure that no one would bother you now?" The others curiously asked

"What happened today is a warning to the others. They know now how serious we are that if they mess up with my personal business, it will be the end for them" Akashi seriously responded silencing everyone, they couldn't retort or say any words. 

It was then (F/N)'s phone vibrated, and it was Akiko. As (F/N) answered the phone, she wanted to speak, but for some reason, she could feel a bad aura coming out

"...Akiko...chan?"

"(F/N), who the hell is the main source of the rumours? I will also file a lawsuit against that person. I won't tolerate such impudent act against my bestfriend!"

"Thank you so much, Akiko. But it's all done already-"

"I don't care if Akashi already settled it, I won't calm down until I beat that source"

(F/N) sighed and chuckled hearing her endless complain, but then she was surprised when Akashi got her phone

"Finn-san, please look after him, congratulations" as Akashi said it, the call immediately ended and he chuckled as he handed back her phone

"Eh? What do you mean by that?" (F/N) curiously asked

"Ask her, I don't want to spoil the fun. Anyways, I'll head to my  seat. Our teacher will be here soon-"

"Ah" (F/N) interrupted him then showed her phone to him "She's on her way"

"Tell that stupid boyfriend of yours to shut up! I'll tell you everything! I'll see you later, I'll stay in your place!"

"Hmmm, but I'll stay in your place tonight" 

"Eh? Why?"

"They didn't tell you?" He asked and she tilted her head "The workers went back to their hometown since they will be busier these coming days, your grandma gave them day offs. Reo-san's family would be leaving this afternoon to their father's hometown with your grandma. They wanted to bring you, but they said that there was a family circumstances, and you couldn't go there"

"Ah, well, step-mother made a ruckus there before, resulting for her to be banned there and they included me. In other words, I cannot go to Reo-nii's father's hometown" she explained "But why they didn't tell me? And they told you?"

"Well, in any case, I'll stay in your place. Since your grandma didn't want you to stay on your own. Do you want too, Umemiya? Finn and for sure two more people will be there"

"Shouta and Yuya?" Sae and (F/N) asked but Akashi smiled and just didn't response

~

After class, there were no more reporters outside their school, and Akashi's driver was there. Sae told them that she would also stay for the night in (F/N)'s house, but she would go after her club activity. Takizawa invited himself. (F/N) invited the others, but because of their weekend club activities, unfortunately they won't be able to join them.

"So your driver will send us?"

"We'll go to my place first to get my stuffs." He responded. "Then he will pick up your friends later"

"And Takizawa-kun?"

"He'll go to my place"

They headed to Akashi's place first and Takizawa was already there, then they stopped by the supermarket to buy groceries since (F/N) decided to cook dinner for them. She also messaged her auntie and told them that her friends would be staying the night.

~

"..."

"Good evening" Akiko greeted, standing between her cousin, and Akashi's green-haired friend, Midorima Shintarou

"Good evening" She responded then crossed her arms as they all stood at the entrance of their house "Please someone enlighten me, what's going on before we all go inside?" 

"I have no idea as well" Sae responded and Yuya followed

"I somehow have an idea, but I haven't heard anything" They all turned to Akiko then to Midorima, and again to Akiko, who was blushing

"Well, you know Midorima Shintarou already, he is Akashi's friend, and also my boyfriend"

Silence engulfed them for a minute until (F/N) congratulated them "Wow, that's somehow, surprising. But Congratulations. Now, that my question had been answered, please come in, so we can do the interrogation, our friend Takizawa-kun and Akashi are already inside."

(F/N) led them to the living room, and Akashi was there, already having a teasing smile towards Midorima 

"Nice to meet you, I'm Takizawa Kaoru" he introduced himself "I heard from Seijurou and (F/N)-chan who are you. Let's all get along"

"Congratulations, Midorima, Finn" Akashi greeted them with a teasing smile

"Well then, Midorima-kun, please hang out with Seijurou, Yuya and Takizawa-kun. Akiko-chan, Sae-chan and I will finish cooking our dinner, okay?"

"Before that, we need to put our stu-"

"Leave them here, we can do that later." (F/N) stopped Akiko then grabbed her hand and they headed to the kitchen, Sae followed behind

~

"Then? Since when?" (F/N) excitedly asked

"hmmmm... two days ago?" Akiko shyly responded

"How did it happen?" Sae followed immediately

"I somehow knew that you are interested to him, but how did this happen? I asked Seijurou about Midorima before, and he said that him, and Murasakibara-kun are the kiseki no sedai members that have zero interest in having relationship." (F/N) commented but the two blankly looked at her "What?"

"Akashi Seijurou-sama too" Sae reminded her "He is the least person you would expect to date someone, especially to someone his father didn't engage to him"

"Well, set him aside. What happened?" (F/N) pouted her lips then turned to Akiko

"I supposed to just keep it, but I just couldn't hold in last Valentine's day, so I confessed. Well, he was surprised too. I actually wasn't expecting him to response. Last white day, he responded that he didn't know yet, so he asked me to give him more time. But then, two days ago, well, I think Kazunari-kun planned about it, to make him jealous." she informed them with her face so red "I'll skip the next part since I wanted it to just stay between us"

"Congratulations, Akiko. I am so happy for you!" (F/N) hugged her but then remembered "Why you didn't tell me right away?"

"S-sorry, actually I wanted to. But I wanted to say it personally. So, we planned to come here. I wanted to surprise you, but we read those news."

"Ah, but then Akashi-sama knew about it already, did Midorima-kun tell him?" Sae confusedly asked, in which the other two didn't know if he did, but then "Well, it's Akashi-sama after all, he knows eveyrthing." and the two just couldn't help but agree

"But then, how about Shouta?" (F/N) worriedly asked "I mean... Even still, he likes you..."

"Don't mind him, who cares about that crazy guy anyway? He was influenced by his former girlfriend" Akiko hissed "Well, if I would meet him, I will tell him."

"Wow, Congratulations, Akiko-chan! Everyone is now in relationship."

"Ah, Sae-chan, I need to meet your boyfriend too." Akiko looked at her but she stood up and reminded them that they needed to finish cooking "Sae-chan?" She called her, then looked at (F/N), who sadly smile, then again looked at Sae "eh? You already broke up? What happened?"

"Distance" Sae chuckled "he actually went to study in Australia. I am okay with it, but he said he isn't. So we broke up when he graduated"

"S-sorry to hear that" Akiko responded then turned to (f/n) "you knew?"

"Yeah, I accidentally saw the two of them when they broke up." (F/N) responded "I talked to Sae after about it"

"Well, it still hurt. But, I couldn't help about it. I thought senpai would be the one. Well, for now, I will focus on my University applications. I still don't know where to go and what to take. How about you two?"

"I will try to enter Tokyo University Medical department. I'll go with Shintarou." Akiko responded then (f/n) followed

"For me I will try to apply for Culinary schools near there. Actually, Seijurou is already accepted in Tokyo University."

"I see, so you two will be around Tokyo University. I wonder what I want to do."

"You still have time to think about it. Ah, oh yeah" Akiko turned to (F/N) and informed her "I told Shintarou what you told me, that we could live together, so I suggested why don't the four of us live in one house, and if Sae-chan plans to study in one of the school around there, we can live the five of us and even Yuya actually. I wonder if Akashi-kun is okay with-"

"Of course, no" they turned towards the door and it was no other than Akashi followed by Midorima, Yuya and Takizawa. Akashi stood behind (f/n) and sighed "I know you wanted to live with your friends, but we can all stay in one apartment mansion instead."

"That's actually a good idea. Do you have plan if there's one near there?" Akiko excitedly asked

"We have 5 story apartment mansion close to Tokyo University." Akashi stated

"That escalated quickly" (F/N) sighed then turned to Midorima "by the way, Midorima-kun, Congratulations! Please look after Akiko-chan"

"Yeah, leave her to me"

"I am really surprised that the person who will have a girlfriend next to me is Midorima, I wonder what the others will say"

"I don't plan on telling them. It's troublesome" Midorima sighed then pushed his eyeglass "but of course, I want to boast my girlfriend to them"

They all laughed from what he said, and they continued their talk as the girls finished cooking.

~

"Ahre, you are still awake" (f/n) chuckled as she saw Akashi on the kitchen, drinking a water "can't sleep?"

"The three are still awake. Kaoru is actually bombarding the two with questions."

"Questions about?"

"Me, and you"

"Why? Well, I know why he wanted to ask Yuya. But he knows you before, why question Midorima?"

"He knows me as the heir of Akashi family, he wanted to know how was I when I was in middle school. Your friend is curious too." Akashi sighed then sipped from his glass of water

"I also want to know, the Akashi Seijurou during Teiko." She sat down next to him and chuckled "but we have lots of time for old stories, so let's save them later."

"Yeah, I want to hear about you as well. Anyways, how about you? You are still awake"

"Akiko and Sae are already sleeping. They are tired so I'll let them sleep"

"Hmmm, how about you? Aren't you tired?"

"Not really. I have energy still. I mean, the problem about the media escalated quickly, and you shut Shiroyama as well. Then I found out Akiko-chan is now going out with someone, and to your friend." (F/N) turned to Akashi and smiled brightly "thank you. I thought that everything would go wrong since I had a bad start, but I am looking forward to our last high school. I am also excited, living with you"

Akashi looked at her expressionless, but then pulled her for a surprise kiss. As he moved back, he smiled seeing her face so red. And without saying anything, he again kiss her, a sweet deep passionate kiss.

~TBC~

I am back! Sorry for the long wait!
I got too busy with work and personal stuffs! I tried to update but for some reason, I wrote too much draft for my next story..
And you see, I was reading KnB manga again, and I just noticed one character that was kind of different from the anime... so, I kinda made a draft about him.. hahaha!

Hahaha!
Anyways, next chapter will be the last chapter, and then there will be extra chapters!

Thank you very much for reading this story up to here!!

~HiroC18~