#70 Aftermath 2

-----When Yuichi left-----

"May I also take my leave now?" Horikita asked since it felt as if Chabashira still wanted something from her.

"You didn't do anything, right?" Chabashira asked with a faint smile.

"..." Horikita refused to reply, she saw no advantage in revealing anything.

"I noticed you looking into your phone during the discussion...That's not a good behavior, you know?" Chabashira said, trying to pressure her a little bit.

"Someone sent me more than 5 messages in a row so I had to check if it's something serious but it was from anonymous and nothing much written, only a few letters and that's all." Horikita replied to satisfy Chabashira's curiosity.

"I see...heh. You are free to leave." Chabashira chuckled as if she finally understood the matter and let Horikita leave the room.

Horikita lightly bowed her head before she left the room.

'...Interesting, I wonder what exactly he did to make them withdraw the complaint and also to pay compensation for the trouble.' Chabashira thought while looking towards the door with an amused smile.

As an idea crossed her mind, she took her own phone and looked deeper into the system with her staff's privileges and saw something that caused her to laugh a bit.

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[PRIVATE POINTS (1-D)]

Iwamura Yuichi: 198.467 pp

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-----Back to Yuichi-----

Yuichi went to attend his club activities and when he took shower after the practices, he immediately made his way towards the dorms. He called the elevator and instead of going to the 4th floor, he went to the upper floors where girls reside in.

"Yo!" Yuichi greeted with a victorious and satisfied smile.

"Come in already!" Mei opened the door quickly, gesturing with her hand for him to come in.

"Sorry for intruding..." Yuichi muttered as he stepped inside her room and Mei quickly closed the door and leaned her back against them with a revealed expression.

"Hm? What's wrong? Is it forbidden to have a boy visiting a girl in her room or something? Well...now that I asked, it sounds a bit uncomfortable but that's probably just a figure of speech." Yuichi asked with a confused expression before shrugging it off.

"I mean...yeah, everybody from our class already knows about our relationship but it's still a bit weird for you to visit me and spend your time alone with me...Do you understand what I mean by that? Of course, it's not like I mind it! I just worry for your own sake!" Mei explained before she realized sounded as if she was the one not wanting to be viewed like that so she quickly began waving her hands in front of her in her defense.

"Haha, I can't believe you are so uptight even when no one is around." Yuichi laughed as he strode deeper into her room with his hands behind his head.

"*...That's your fault.*" She said in a low voice while cutely pouting.

"What?"

"Nothing...You are quite cheerful today, does that mean everything went as you wanted to?" Mei shook her head before asking with a supportive smile as she watched Yuichi to casually sit down on the edge of her bed, slightly leaning back with his hand supporting his body.

"Yeah and only thanks to you" Yuichi was indeed feeling very good since he made quite a lot of private points, he was feeling so happy that he even answered while winking at Mei in a flirtatious manner.

'Maybe I was born to be a businessman' Yuichi thought with a content smile.

"Hehe, I did nothing but follow your instructions but still thanks." Mei released a shy smile as she thanked with slightly flushed cheeks.

"Still, I don't understand what exactly happened...Can you explain a bit?" Mei asked with a slightly confused expression once she recovered from her embarrassment.

"Well...That unknown phone number was Ishizaki's number I have gotten from Ichinose's provided information and the content of the message, well, I never said that you can't read it so I thought you would have read it first before sending it...Simply put, I mentioned that I know that they haven't reported this incident immediately and instead went towards the Mall, specifically to the karaoke where their injuries only worsened. Provided with a few more photos and a thumbnail of the video, they quickly changed their mind plus it wasn't as if they had a choice, there was simply too pressure on them at that time. They might have grown suspicious why we haven't used that "video" to clear Sudo's name right from the beginning however those 3 are only idiots so I doubt that but just to be sure, I also explained that point in that message." Yuichi explained with a smile.

"I see...What about messages to Horikita-san's number? Why would you send them and in anonymous mode at that?" Mei nodded her head before she once again asked.

"Well, that's a bit harder to explain...plus it's not that important" Yuichi said with a helpless smile as he found it hard to explain to Mei.

"Alright, it's not like I want to interrogate you." Mei said with a smile.

They were sitting in Mei's room in silence for a while, Yuichi sitting on her bed and Mei sitting on the chair. Both were just appreciating the cheerful atmosphere but after thinking about something Yuichi glanced at Mei from the corner of his eye.

"Would you like to go somewhere on the incoming weekend?" Yuichi suddenly broke the silence.

"Eh? What do you mean? Who is going and where?" Mei asked, slightly surprised, thinking that it will be similar to the previous situation with Sakura.

"Well, I had only two of us in mind but if you want to invite your friends, feel free to do so. As for the place...I have no idea, we can go to some restaurant and then have a look around the mall. It's my treat but only your expenses, others will have to pay for themselves." Yuichi said with a faint smile.

"...Eeeh?!" Mei exclaimed as she heard his words and her entire cheeks turned red.

"I-isn't that basically called a date?!" Mei got up from her seat and exclaimed with closed eyes while clenching both her fists, keeping them alongside her body. thinking that she didn't hear Yuichi right.

"...Er, I mean, we have been already to many places together...You can hardly be excited about this, or is it different?" Yuichi scratched his head while saying this because he really didn't see how is this big deal. He was aware that if he were to invite for example Ichinose or Horikita then it would be somewhat weird and could be called a date but going out for a meal with your longtime friend was pretty normal for him.

"...I guess you are right" Mei's expression quickly changed to deadpan one before she replied without a speck of the previous excitement.

"...Ha-ha, I was just joking, of course, it is a date!" Yuichi stared at her deadpan expression and knew that she was upset with what he said so he quickly played it as a silly joke.

"...Yu-chan, I have known you for numerous years, do you think you can beguile me with your act? You have always been doing this to your parents when you got into trouble..." Mei's expression never changed as she stared at him as if to say "you serious?"

"...Whoa, Mii-chan, you must have changed your hairstyle a bit, right? It suits you really well, you are very beautiful today." Yuichi said with a charming smile before closing his eyes.

"It's completely the same and I am wearing my school uniform..." She replied and tried to keep her serious expression but her mouth curled slightly up as she started blushing.

"Well, it was nice talking to you! Give me your answer tomorrow or message me later. I will be going for now!" Yuichi noticed the chance to escape so he quickly ran to the door.

"Huh? Wait-!" Mei wanted to stop him but all she could do was to extend her hand before the door behind him already closed.

Yuichi who still stood behind the door glanced back at Mei's door with a genuine smile and soft look in his eyes before he made his way towards the elevator.