On the rooftop.
Kushida kept kicking the barrier fence.
"Just die all of you! Ibuki, Yamauchi, Ike, and also Shimura!"
"Three disgusting men plus one rough woman! Why don't you all just resign from school?"
"Damn Ibuki! That gorilla with legs full of muscles!"
"Then those three disgusting men, every day discussing my body shape, it really makes me sick to death!!!"
"Aarrgh!!!!! I can't stand it anymore!!!"
Kushida grabbed her own hair with both hands and kept messing it up like a crazy person.
This made Ryunosuke, who was secretly observing from the side, feel tormented. This situation had been going on for several hours.
He came at 7:30 PM, and now it was already 10:30 PM...
(Until when must I accompany her?)
Ryunosuke pulled out his earplugs, then put them back in. Fortunately there were these earplugs to reduce noise, otherwise, these three hours would be pure torture.
He looked at the clock on his phone, he wanted to go home...
Kushida seemed to have vented her emotions enough and changed to the second mode, namely the cold emotionless mode. She sighed deeply, then turned around with relief, returned to her usual "little angel" appearance, and thanked Ryunosuke.
"Thank you Akasaka-kun for being willing to accompany me~"
"May I come to you again later to vent my frustrations?"
Ryunosuke immediately waved his hand. "No, no, no, no! I don't want to!"
Kushida's face became gloomy, she stepped quickly in front of him until their faces almost touched.
However, Ryunosuke didn't have any fantasies about her. Especially because that expression was too cold, not his type at all.
Kushida looked at him coldly, not long after, she averted her gaze and turned around.
"Whatever... I'll let you go this time."
"Then... thank you for being willing to accompany me all this time..."
Ryunosuke felt relieved. "It's okay, if next time you can't hold it in anymore, tell me beforehand. But never do things that harm the class."
Kushida chuckled cynically. "You don't look like someone who cares about the class. Why? After becoming leader, do you intend to control me?"
Ryunosuke fell silent for a moment, then answered. "This isn't about controlling. As long as you're obedient, I won't interfere with anything you do."
"If you need an object to vent frustrations on, you can look for me, I'll accompany you to the end."
With her back to Ryunosuke, the corner of Kushida's lips lifted into a curve.
"Making me obedient isn't impossible, as long as you can make someone leave school..."
Ryunosuke's face remained flat, but his gaze became increasingly unfriendly. "Who is the person you want expelled? Don't tell me it's Horikita?"
"If it's her, sorry, I—don't—agree."
Ryunosuke stated his position. After all, that was the Student Council President's younger sister, he would definitely protect her.
For money...
Kushida snorted softly. "You're so good to that Horikita!"
"Don't tell me you like her?"
Ryunosuke put both hands in his pockets with an expressionless face. "Don't talk nonsense. I'm only looking after her on humanitarian grounds because she's my colleague's sister."
"I'm the Student Council secretary."
"Tch~." Kushida clicked dissatisfied. Because she didn't get the answer she wanted, she didn't ask further.
She held the barrier fence and looked into the distance. "If I say... the person I want you to expel is Ibuki? Will you agree?"
Ryunosuke crossed his arms and shook his head, indicating "don't agree!".
Kushida's face became dark, both her fists clenched tightly, and she replied loudly.
"Why can't Ibuki be expelled either?"
"Do you also have a shady relationship with her?"
Ryunosuke felt helpless. "What's in your brain? I have no grudge against her, why would I expel her from school?"
"Just because she offended you, you want her out?"
"Do you think I'll agree?"
Kushida didn't argue anymore, she knew she was being somewhat unreasonable. But there was one thing she wanted to know, so she asked.
"Hey, if I were like Sakura, facing the threat of expulsion, would you protect me like you protected her?"
Kushida's large teary eyes looked straight at him, as if expecting something.
Ryunosuke turned around and prepared to leave, leaving the sentence: "Crazy."
Then he walked away.
Kushida's face became dark again, angrily she kicked the barrier fence once more.
"Akasaka, you bastard! Just you wait!!!"
Ryunosuke who had already walked far away of course heard Kushida's shout from the distance, her voice was too loud that it was hard not to hear it.
He pulled out his earplugs again and frowned in his heart.
"These junk earplugs are completely useless, even this far away I can still hear."
Of course he couldn't possibly grant Kushida's unreasonable request.
Just kidding.
What relationship did Kushida have with him? On what basis should he act that far for her?
(I have no blood or kinship with her, why should I save her like Airi? Really strange.)
(Now Airi follows me and is no different from a girlfriend, of course I must protect her. But you, Kushida, who are you to me? Why should I vouch for you? Crazy.)
Ryunosuke kept muttering while walking. He didn't understand at all what the meaning behind Kushida's earlier question was. He also didn't want to understand.
At the same time, he squeezed the earplugs in his hand until they became two foam lumps.
"These things are completely useless, what should be heard is still heard, at most only reducing noise a little, no use at all."
He threw them just like that to the ground, but then he stopped his steps, looked toward the surveillance camera above, sighed softly, then picked them up again and put them in the trash can.
"In this school you can't litter, points can be deducted..."
Ryunosuke obediently put the small earplugs into the trash can, then put his hands in his pockets and prepared to return.