Chapter V

"So what you're saying is that you're inviting me in Art Club?"

Nite ask, putting his cup down on the table.

"That's right."

Kiara answered before taking a piece of a chocolate cookie in her mouth.

"But if you can refuse if you don't want to."

She added when she notice that he didn't reply and seem to be lost in his thoughts.

"I see… But why are you inviting me?"

Nite ask.

"It wasn't my idea, it was Aoi's. And since she's the current president, it's her call."

Kiara said and Nite only let out a hum and look at Aoi whose busy sketching something on her sketchbook while sitting down on the floor beside the shelves.

"So it's just Akishira who wants me to join the Art Club?"

Nite ask again.

"Why would you think I'll invite you if I don't want you to join the Art Club? It's true that she's the president and her orders are absolute in this club, but she's not selfish, you know. Before she do something, she'll consult others first if it's okay for them. Be it personal or something else."

Kiara respond, drinking her tea.

"I see."

Nite continue looking at Aoi who is now being annoy by Keiji by poking her cheeks and throwing insults at him while Aoi didn't pay any attention to the blonde haired boy.

Looking at the scene before her, Kiara couldn't help but pop a vein and throw the nearest object she could reach and throw it to her twin, hitting him on the forehead causing Aoi to flinch. Keiji glare at Kiara while holding his forehead which is now bruised because of the phone that his twin throw at him.

'Is it because of that time where I offer her a handkerchief? Is that the reason why she's inviting me to Art Club?'

Nite thought as he look at the current members of the Art Club.

'And it seems a fun club. And I might be able to fit in this group of three.'

A small smile plaster on his face and let out a light chuckle when he watch the twins fight while Aoi is trying to crawl away from them.

"Why do you always two fight? Aren't you twins?"

Aoi mutter to herself as she succeed in crawling away from the fighting two blondes.

"If you want to fight, then fight somewhere else."

She added as she rise on her feet.

"Does it annoy you? Their fight, I mean."

Aoi turn around.

"Well, sometimes it annoys me, but sometimes it's amusing."

Aoi respond before taking a seat on the chair opposite to Nite.

"Amusing? How so?"

Nite raise a brow.

"The insults they use to insults each other, their imitations of each other, and just the way they hit each other."

Aoi respond before looking at them who is throwing insults to each other face-to-face with an amuse look on her face.

'She's right, it's quite fun to watch them, especially since they're twins.'

The two watch the twins fight, but they halt when they heard the school chime went off, telling the students that's lunch time is over and it's time for the afternoon classes to start.

"Luckily we were able to finish our lunch and get to talk about your application before lunchtime ends."

Aoi said as she return her sketchbook on one of the shelves and fix it and Nite help her by cleaning the table while the twins help them with everything else.

'Are they a couple or what?'

The twins thought as they watch with an amuse look on their faces at how they're in moving in sync.

"Now then, shall we go attend the afternoon classes?"

Aoi said as she grab her bag from the floor and swing it on her shoulder and so did Nite and the twins.

"Say, Akishira. Could you give me some time to think about your offer?"

Nite ask as they head toward their class.

"Yes, of course."

Aoi smile.

"Take your time, you can also refuse if you don't want to, I'm not forcing you."

She added and Nite only nod his head, muttering a small 'thank you'.

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"So did Nuwamari accept your invitation?"

Kiara ask, locking the room that the Art Club use.

"No, not yet. He said that he needs more time to think about it."

Aoi respond, munching on a piece of her pocky.

"I see."

Kiara respond as she finished locking and heading to the entrance of the school.

"Does he even need to think about it? I mean, he should be grateful that we invite hi-

Keiji couldn't finish his words when he got smack on the back of his head by Kiara.

"What?!"

Keiji bark at Kiara.

"Stop barking, unless you really want to be a dog, go one, keep barking."

Keiji pop a vein at Kiara's respond and another fight start between the twins.

As they fight each other, Aoi only keep silent and take out another box of pocky and eat it.

The twins notice her silence and stop fighting and turn to face her.

"What's wrong, Aoi? You've been silent since we left the Art Club."

Kiara ask walking beside Aoi.

"Ah, no, nothing's wrong at all. I'm just thinking about something, that's all."

Aoi respond, still munching on her pocky.

"About what?"

Keiji ask before taking a piece of pocky from Aoi causing him to receive a glare from his twin.

"Put it back, you have your own money, go buy it."

Kiara glare at the blonde haired boy while he only return it by sticking out a tongue.

Kiara was about to grab him from behind, but stop when Aoi ask them.

"Say, why is not Nuwamari-kun in any club? Is he not allowed to join other clubs? Or are they refusing his application form?"

Aoi ask, stopping to face the twins who's now behind her.

"Now that you mention it, there's a lot of senpai that's recruiting members at the start of the year and also during middle-school, but never did Nuwamari got approached. I wonder why…"

Kiara respond and Aoi didn't respond and resume her walking.

Silence envelops the three of them as they continue walking to the entrance.

"See you tomorrow and be careful on your way home."

Aoi bid to the twins with a small smile plaster on her face.

"Yeah… See you tomorrow, Aoi, goodbye. You too be careful on your way home."

"Don't think about it too much, Aoi-cchi. Or else you'll hurt your head."

Keiji said and Aoi ignore it causing him to frown and being laughed at by his twin while Aoi only smile.

The twins bid goodbye to Aoi and wave their hands at her before walking away, leaving her alone.

Aoi watch their disappearing form leave her sight as she continue munching on her pocky as she wait while sitting down on the wooden floor of the entrance.

'I wonder why Nuwamari-kun joined any club… Is he not allowed to join? Or something or someone stopping him…'

The brown haired girl thought to herself as she finished eating her pocky and just as she finished eating her pocky, she saw a black car stopping in front of the school.

She dust off any dirt off her skirt before walking toward the car with her bag on her shoulder. And as she neared the car, she halted when she heard some voices and one of them is familiar to her.

'Nuwamari-kun…?'

Aoi was about to follow the voice, but stop when she heard someone call her.

"Is everything okay, Aoi-sama?"

A white haired man ask her.

"Yes, everything's okay, Takishi."

Aoi respond with a smile.

"If that's so, shall we go then?"

The white haired man smile as he open the door for her.

Aoi utter a small thank you before she went inside and as soon as she's comfortable on her seat, he close the door. Aoi look at the direction where she heard Nuwamari's voice and she never tore her gaze away from it as they drove off.

'I wonder what that was earlier…'

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A/N: Sama - (様, さま) is a more respectful version for individuals of a higher rank than oneself. Appropriate usages include divine entities, guests or customers (such as a sports venue announcer addressing members of the audience), and sometimes towards people one greatly admires.