Volume 1 part 15.

'What an exhausting day,' she slumped down onto the bed with a large sigh escaping her mouth. Maybe because she had been worried she would be punished because she missed classes, or wondered off, she was completely disappointed when Renaquinn's family acted as if nothing happened. Like it was totally normal.

Well, as disappointing as it was, it relieved her.

'Hah. Another class missed because I can't read this dumb western language well... should I learn this?' murmuring to herself thoughtfully, she stood up to pick a thin book, children's book.

'Ugh, this is humiliating for me as an adult, but...' she opened the book, & sat down on the couch, putting the book on the armrest in order to not tire her hands. Though she closed the book right after three seconds of looking at the front page, even before she could get tired.

'Let's just miss tomorrow's class altogether.'

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Since she knew she would be hungry without eating anything she had the maid make her chocolate cookies, & wrapped them up in a small nice bags. Anyway, she didn't even bother coming to class this time, & went straight to the gaming club.

'Hah, it's open,' Kikyo murmured as she pushed the door, but this time someone was in there.

'You're... '

'Ah, I'm sorry,' she apologized bowing down, as she saw someone she didn't recognize inside the club. A guy with a droopy grass green eyes, ruffled orange-ish blonde hair, & handsome looks. He had a rather lenient aura, something that made him seem like he was really tired, & bored.

'You're Renaquinn Alexander...' he mused as he smiled mischievously; 'What are you here for?'

'... Ah...'

-I'm missing my class on purpose?

'Never mind that, ha ha. The guy who has these blue eyes, & fluffy brown hair, is he not here?'

'Ah, you mean Nicholas?'

'Hmm... I don't know his name, I never asked for it,' she hummed; what? That sounds a little familiar, have I seen him somewhere? Now that I think about it, he also looked familiar...

'Ah! The pretty brother from before!' she clapped her hands suddenly, & he was slightly taken aback before he burst into a laughter; 'Pretty brother? You mean Nicholas's sister? Why is she pronounced as a brother?'

'Oh, I also thought that she was too pretty to be a boy, turns out she's the cross-dressing heroine!'

'...?'

Seeing his stunned expression, she smiled awkwardly; 'You know? One of Shakespeare's famous stories? The concept is used quite a lot in Jap... Japanese mangas.'

'... I never knew you were interested in such things,' he smiled at her; 'I never would've guessed the queen of social life would be into Japanese mangas.'

He said it in that way, which made it sound like she purposefully studied Japanese cultures because Akito was from there. The accusing tone offended her greatly; hah! You jerk, I'm from Japan, damn you! I've been born in that culture, fed in that way, & grew up in the country! I'm pure Japanese... I can't say that now, because I'm in Renaquinn's body at the moment. So, I've got no choice but to act like I didn't notice his meaning at all.

'Heh, I suppose no one can guess,' she really couldn't help it when she said at him through her grit teeth. Well, it was an effort not to growl at him for her anyway. Controlling her emotions was a hard thing to do for her. You'd think for all the things she'd gone through, she would've at least learned to control her anger but in reality, her mouth was just a crack under her nose; always spilling out useless things. Because of that, she would receive a beating from grandmother every single day.

'Anyway, why do you want to meet Nicholas? It's not like he'd tell you anything even if you come everyday,' he said, jabbing at her as much as possible but truthfully, she knew it wasn't because he hated her. The guy just found her one reaction amusing, & was basically calling her to be his entertainment by trying to piss her off.

'I don't need him to tell me anything in particular, except... something I've been curious about for a while.'

'Heh? What have you been curious about?' he asked, even though most people would assume straight away that it was about Akito. He was also the same, except the fact that he was asking so he could hear the answer straight from her, but this time, she couldn't understand his intention. Even if he heard it from her, rather than just jumping to conclusions, what could it do for him? It wouldn't just be for entertainment, right?

'I...' he leaned in closer with a curious look; 'I... I don't want to tell you that,' she said with a snort.

-I don't like this guy, I don't like him at all!

'Why? This is my club after all. So if you have anything to ask, ask me.'

-So petty! He told me that it was his club on purpose! But if I tell him that I'm interested in a Japanese game, he'd tease me all again. Actually, tease is an understatement. He'll try to prick me with all his might.

'I'm interested in games. I want to study the usual concept of some games.'

'Is that it? You could've just told me. I can teach you about games all day!' he laughed, & turned around to the shelf.

'I'll explain every single game I own, & how we develop interesting games to you.'

'No need, I'm going-'

'Hey, sit down here,' he patted on the ground next to him, & before she could even open his mouth, he started to explain.