Spook 30 | Aoi Aoi

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[ Heavy spoiler ]

[ Damn, I swear all his pictures are perfect. ]

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"What a quite sight of your class, Akane-kun."

Orange head perked up at the faint voice that's coming right from behind him, his head automatically snapped around to look over to the beautiful owner of the source of the angelic voice,

"Senpa—Ukiyo-san!"

He quickly corrected your name when he was greeted by a sight of you floating in the air despite having a sitting gesture while your elbow prompted on the top of knew and rested a chin on your palm, legs crossed.

You offered him a small wave before switching your gaze back to his classroom; that could be compared as a forest with all those large trees— with a jocular smile decorated your lips,

"I wonder if there's a tiger inside."

He rolled his eyes at your sarcastic remark when your lips pursed into a smug smirk.

"Haha, so funny Ukiyo-san."

"Akane-kun?"A soft female voice came up from behind him out of the blue, causing him to jump slightly at where he is standing and let out a small yelp. Your eyes now averted to the purple-haired maiden, slightly widened at the familiar feature of hers along with the hairstyle,

『 Akane Sumire . . . ? 』

Your hues remained on the two humans, watching the tangerine-headed boy blurted every reason that he could come up with; sometimes his eyes would glance at you but you didn't give him any response as your mind now wandered to somewhere else,

"Ukiyo-san, why didn't you help me?!"

The train of thought crashed against the wall in your head once his loud voice boomed, startling you a little. The surroundings around the two of you are now different, he probably dragging you away without you realizing.

"Ukiyo-san?"

His voice once again brought your sense back to you when a hand came upon your line of view, grabbing his wrist to stop him from shaking his palm right at the front of your face but it didn't stop him from throwing another simple question with his head tilted to the side while the gravity did a really good job at some of his hair strands,

"What are you thinking about?"

"Oh, nothing."You brushed it off and paused. Slowly, a gentle yet taunting smile crept up to your face and give him a knowing look,

"Your girlfriend?"

That's it. Those sweet two words that slipped from your lips and reached in his ears were enough to make his face mimicking a tomato. The sight of him sweating bullets would never fail to entertain you, to your delight.

"YE—S! I mean-, No—t . . . yet!"He added the last part quite loud with an admiringly confidence laced in his words,

"I loves how cute Ao-chan is! Her smile! Face! Ah, even if I listed everything about what and did I love about her, it wouldn't be enough—"

"Ao-chan?"

He stopped his own rambling when your fixated your gaze on him while head tilted to the side. Exhaling a low sigh with a soft smile, he then nodded his head,

"That's my own nickname for her. Her full name is Akane Aoi."

Blinking your eyes at those words that he just uttered, a satisfied smile made itself visible on your cold lips with each piece of puzzles in your mind were completely methodized meticulously and let out a soft,

"Akane Aoi, huh? . . . Ehhh . . her name does sound familiar."

He quirked an eyebrow,

"Really?"

"Yea— what's your name again?"

". . . Aoi Akane."

Cracking up a grin at the way he answered your question; which the answer was already known to you since the first time you and he exchanged greetings for the first time— with his shoulders slumped down in disappointment.

"That's what I'm talking about. You two have similar names. Is this count as fate or you two are totally a soulmate?"

His demeanor quickly changed from melancholy into a complete thrilled at what you just said with you watching in pure amusement that was masked with a sly smile when both his irises lit up in exuberance,

"Eh? Really? Really?! You think so too?!"

" 'too', huh?"You chuckled inwardly at how childish his face that he currently making without him realizing it,

"But don't you think her name would be weird if she ever marrying you. Aoi Aoi would indeed be an interesting name."

Oh my, why did his whole demeanor completely changed? Into melancholy, you mean.

"And that's one of the main reasons why she would always reject my confessions."

"That's sad."And how he said that while forcing out a chuckle. There was a moment of silence between the two which left you alone enough time to ponder about it.

"Don't you want to change that?"

He shot his head up, way too quick that you were a bit worried that he might snap his neck.

"Huh?"

A puzzled look is the only thing that's shown across his undenying handsome feature,

"About that sad fate of yours with hers." You explained a little bit detailed and formed a genuine smile that hides your entire motive behind it, "I can do that for you."

"Wait, what? You can do that?"

"Supernatural that can change the fate of others. I would proudly be claiming the title as mine."

"She would confess to you that she like— no, that she loves you so much."

And thus, you can make her lifespan transferred to someone else as the payment was her own life. You couldn't shorten the lifespan of someone who already died for a long time or part of a supernatural.

Thus facts enough on making that she's a perfect choice.

"I don't want to."

His sharp short answer instantly sliced through and shattered your plan into pieces. That slightly ruined your mood,

"Pardon?"

"I'm sorry and thank you for the offer but it seems that that is unnecessary."

"Oh? May I ask why?"

Before answering your question, he straightening back his body and have the composure that he needed and took a deep breath, locking his gaze with your sombre ones and seems to be unfazed by it,

"I don't want to depend on something else. I want her love for me- myself and anything about me— is nothing but genuine and pure. Not something like an enchantment, spell— or something like those. This enough to prove to you that I can change this sad fate of mine with Ao-chan."

"That's too bad. You're making my position as the 『 Supernatural that can change the fate of both the living and the dead 』wavered."You softly tittered and exhaled a low sigh before looking at him in the eyes,

"But this is why I like you."

He blinked his eyes multiple times before raising his palm up in a 'stop' or 'no' gesture,

"I'm sorry but I love Ao-chan."

"That's not what I mean— but somehow, it felt that I got rejected anyway. So this is how Rem felt, huh?"

"Sorry?"

"Ah, you don't need to worry. I'm only talking with myself."

"And that's worrying me."

"Watch your mouth, kid."

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Ending the chapter with re: zero references. Not bad for the ending of the first cour, huh? :')