Falling Petal One

The next day at school.

"Aak!"

Aya yelps and gasps while clenching onto her uniform, being thrown a few buckets of water and rotten eggs on the backyard of the school during afternoon recess. Some students witnessing it happening, including Naoki, Tetsu, Ryu, and Hirofumi on the hallway of the third floor while eating their snacks.

The brave, bold, full of guts first year female students cornering Aya in the backyard and doing all of that. And then pushing her repeatedly until she falls on her butt on the ground, being looked down by the first year female students who seems to be Riku's fangirls.

"Ew! A plain, boring girl like this?! You should know your place, seeenpai!" One of the girls say it mockingly in a very condescending way.

"Don't you know better about yourself when you stand next to someone like Riku?! It appalling!" The other girl adds.

A full blown bullying scene right in front of Naoki's, Tetsu's, Ryu's, and Hirofumi's eyes. Yet they can't help but smirking at it. Even when those girls start grabbing Aya's hair and pull it to the left and right aggresively while yelling at her. Naoki, Tetsu, Ryu, and Hirofumi remain calm and unfazed with the same smirks. Aya screams in pain and fear, hoping someone will help her, but her closest childhood friends don't even show up...

"Aaakk! That hurts!!"

"Use your head, senpai! Use your heaaad!!!" The girls aggressively throw Aya's head to the ground, hit it hard with her head that it makes Aya passes out instantly.

The girls quickly leave the crime scene once Aya passes out. They run like a bunch of cowards while the students around who have been witnessing it also leaving Aya alone. They're too scared or too dense to do anything.

"Well. That's our cue." Tetsu says nonchalantly once they see Aya passes out on the ground.

"Come on." Naoki leads the rest of them as he walks first and then followed by Tetsu, Ryu, and Hirofumi from the third floor towards the first floor. They had an enjoyable moment when watching the event unfold because it makes Aya becomes more... helpless.

"Wake up." Naoki slaps Aya's cheek hard once they arrive at the school's backyard. Trying to wake Aya up in a violent way, but she doesn't wake up.

Hirofumi squats down next to Naoki and puts his finger near the holes of her nose, still feeling her breathing, but slow and faint. "She's still alive." Hirofumi says.

"No shit." Naoki replies.

Naoki puts up a hand to Tetsu and Ryu and then they both hand Naoki a towel and a pair of PE uniform that belongs to Tetsu since Tetsu's size is close to Aya's size.

Naoki takes the towel and starts wiping Aya's face while Hirofumi wipes Aya's hair. They all surrounding Aya so nobody can see her from three different angles, while the other one angle is covered by a very high wall.

They even takes off Aya's uniform to change her into the PE uniform, and then put Aya's uniform into a plastic bag while she's still unconscious. Hirofumi examines Aya's head to see if there's any injury.

Naoki then lifts Aya's body to carry her in a piggyback while the rest of them follow.

"Get my bag, Ryu. Suzu will give Tetsu Aya's bag." Naoki says. Ryu and Tetsu nod their heads.

Hirofumi's job is entirely different since he has so much authority as the Student Council President. He lets the five of them go home during lunch break with sick excuses.