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 I went home shortly after my meeting with Sakayanagi-san. I'm glad the meeting was successful and it was now nearly official, I, Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, was now a part of class A. While some part of me wishes that I could've made it to class A with my original class, I knew it would never be a reality. I wish Horikita could have developed some more but she will never be on the same level as her brother, she proved it to me when she chose not to expel Kushida which forced me to act and expel Airi. I did put up a cruel front at the time but I rather have had Airi not expelled, in that regard, Kushida was much more suited to receive the boot from this school.

I laid down on my bed, thinking about tomorrow as tomorrow was the day I'd announce my plan to Kei. We hadn't texted tonight nor talked through the phone but I'd told her to prepare for tomorrow and that it'd be a huge announcement.

I woke up the following morning, wanting to meet with Kei as soon as possible.

"I'll be at your front door in 10 minutes, keep the door unlocked Kei."

"Sounds good👍" Replied Kei in text.

I brushed my teeth, changed my clothes. I never really spend much time behind my hair but I do regularly maintain it, I styled it to my usual middle part and headed out. On my way there, I ran into Ichinose who was at the lobby, seemingly waiting for someone so I called out to her. We hadn't had much contact since she found out about my relationship with Kei, and I can understand that but I'd like to continue keeping a friendly relationship with her.

"Are you waiting for anyone?"

"O-Oh- Ayanokoji-kun... I wasn't expecting you to be outside at such an early time. But yeah, I was waiting for someone."

"I'll leave you to it then, see you around Ichinose"

"W-wait, I want to say something first"

"Yeah?"

"I don't want our relationship to be damaged because of my selfish actions during the island exam, please Ayanokoji-kun, I would like our relationship to go back to normal. We haven't been in contact for awhile but I-I don't want that.."

"Ichinose, I think you're the one overcomplicating it, I never once intended on our friendship getting affected from our previous altercation..."

"Oh... Well in that case, I-I'm really sorry for the trouble I've caused. Please forget what I said before to you during the exam. See you around Ayanokoji-kun"

"Will do, see you later."

The conversation barely lasted 3 minutes.

I walked away, looked back and noticed Ichinose was starting to walk away as well. Was the person she intended to meet with me? How would she know that I would be out at a time like this? There was only one answer...

I arrived at Kei's dorm room successfully without being spotted by anyone and swiftly entered the room. To my surprise, Kei wasn't even there, she was in the washroom... Taking a shower? I decided not to intrude on her and instead went to the living room and took a seat. Her room was very well kept and clean, with a pleasant smell in the air. It was a common recurrence amongst the rooms of girls that I've been in but I'm not complaining. Soon enough, Kei exited the washroom, looking fresh from her shower. She seemed surprised from the sight of me sitting in her living room and flinched.

"K-kiyotaka, when the heck did you get here??"

"Like 5 minutes ago, I noticed you were in the washroom so I just didn't bother interrupting you."

"You could've knocked the washroom door or something to let me know, you know."

"Maybe your awareness skills just aren't up to par?"

"Oh shut up"

"I'm joking, by the way, since when have you been in contact with Ichinose?"

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

"..."

"Yea I'm not fooling you anytime soon huh, I figured you'd lead this back to me right away but wow... It's not like I talk to her or anything, she just texted me for some reason last night saying that she wanted to meet with you really quickly and that she couldn't contact you so I didn't have a reason not to help her. I knew you'd be here this morning so I just told her to catch you on your way to coming here, of course I didn't tell her we were meeting though."

"I see, so you're okay with me just hanging out with any other girl."

Kei knew that Ichinose knew of our relationship and while our relationship wasn't exactly public, most of class C was aware of it but they were told to keep the knowledge in class. So Sakayangi only knew and thought we were limited to classmates who hung out sometimes.

"N-no! Nothing of that sort, in fact I'd actually hate that but I know it was probably business talk so I don't mind."

Yea no, it wasn't anything of that sort but I couldn't tell her that Ichinose had a crush on me.

"Anyways, I'm not just here to hang out today, I have something important to discuss with you"

"Ooh? Let's hear it then."

"I'm leaving class C, more like, I've already left class C. I've joined Sakayanagi's class A"

Kei's face was blank, she hadn't yet processed what I had just revealed and she just stared at me with a mindless expression.

"Kei...?"

"S-sorry Kiyotaka, but did I hear you correctly? Are you insane? What in the world are you even talking about? Talking about leaving class C, are you teasing me right now...?"

"No, it's as I said Kei, I realized I must accomplish something at this school and it's only possible through class A. I'm sorry but it's something I have to do, you can call it a duty of mine."

"Y-you.. You're serious aren't you? What's gonna happen to us then?"

"I'll get to that later but first don't you wanna know why I made this choice?"

"Y-yea, I really want to know.."

Kei's face was one filled with despair, I felt bad just seeing it but I knew I had to carry out my plan no matter what and I'm sure she would understand at some point. I proceeded to explain to her everything, about the reward, my father and my freedom to which she actively listened to. I also mentioned that reaching class A while also reaching the 5000 point sum wouldn't be physically possible with our class.

"I really don't want this Kiyotaka, do you understand how the rest of the class will react? You'll be seen as a traitor for the remainder of your time here at this school, do you really want that?"

"I considered everything, I mean everything but it's simply not of my concern anymore, my goal is simply more important."

"Wow, I knew you were cold hearted but this is crazy! Are you really sure about this Kiyotaka? I'm all for your plan if there's no other way, but is this really it?"

"Well Kei, there really just isn't another way for me to do this, I simply don't think our class is capable enough, even if I were to go all out, it's impossible. So I must do this."

"W-What about me then?" Kei asked with a depressed expression.

"I thought about you too and there is an obvious solution..."

"Are you gonna break up with me?"

"Yea- No, I'm joking, I don't plan on splitting with you anytime soon. I intend to just have our relationship back to being a secret one for the rest of high school. How does that sound?"

"I want to be out in public again but if this is the only way, I'll deal with it then. It's better then not being with you in general."

"Thank you for understanding Kei. With that, that's basically the gist of my plan, it's a crazy one but I might be able to pull it off with Sakayanagi's class A."

"I'll miss you during class you know..."

"Oh and by the way, I'm announcing my betrayal of Class C tomorrow along with breaking up with you so make sure your acting skills are up to par."

"Huhhh?? That's a tough ask but I'll try my best, we gotta let everyone know we split up somehow and this does seem like the best way for now."

"Yea, I don't want you having to deal with any inconveniences after I'm gone so making everyone think that we've cut off our ties is a good idea."

"Alright, sounds good Kiyotaka... I'll do my best for tomorrow and best of luck in class A. I really hope you reach that target of yours."

"Don't be worried Kei, I want you to show me what you've learned from me over our time together and take a bigger leadership of the class. You guys have the potential to finish class B if everyone can chip in to defeat Ryuen, who's your only main enemy. Of-course, I'll always be here to give you advice on what do if your stuck"

"I-I'll do my best but I have a hard time believing we won't sink down to the depths of class D without your work in the shadows."

"Everyone is much improved in the class so I think you'll be able to carry your own weight. I think Horkita will hate me for the rest of her life though."

"Haha probably but they don't know your real reason so it's fair."

"I'll make sure to tell her after we graduate."

"Y-yea you probably should."

We spent another 2 hours talking away about trivial things and devised a rough plan for tomorrow's act which should be interesting. I went home and spent the rest of the day browsing through the web and just thinking about things I can do when I join class A.

"Tommorows the day..." I said out loud to myself

Indeed, tomorrow would be the day everything changes, class C would be on the short end of the stick as it may potentially mean their downfall while I would get an entry ticket to class A. I couldn't care less about them anymore, it was now a part of my past. A class that I more-less single handedly carried to a workable position without even using a significant portion of my abilities.

I went to bed reminiscing of the interesting times with my old class. Tomorrow, I would become a figure of hatefulness in the eyes of the second year class C students. But I'm ready for it...

Next Chapter - Chapter 5 : The Revelation 

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