>>6096212Nothing. There’s nothing immediately wrong for you to point out. All you have right now are suspicions, and that might just not be enough. You’ll just have to take it by her word that nothing is going on.
“But you know, it’ll eventually come out one day.” Words to leave behind with her. You turn your head slightly to peek back at Rinkou. She just wonders what you’re talking about, then breaks out into a giggle.
“Are you trying to go in style? I’ll see you around.” You leave after this. Seems like it was nothing at all. Trying not to think about what happened, seeing as the chance to pounce on them just passed.
One more school day until the weekend arrives. Yippie. Would it have killed them to just delay the academic year by 4 days just to have a full starting week? These two days will feel near pointless, but lets chalk this up to the usual suspect, incompetence. Going home later than everyone else does hold its advantages. No crowds on public transportation for one, so the ride home was spent sitting instead of crammed standing.
It isn’t long before you made it home, and dad’s home to greet you as you walk in. “Hey son! How was your day been?”
Aw man, where to start? Betrayed, beaten and trying to make a name for yourself in the concrete box called school.
“Well, I feel like my efforts aren’t being recognized, but that’s alright, I did the work in the end, so I guess it went by great so far.” Nothing worrying, not that there's anything to sweat about yet.
“That’s good to hear, but a couple of your classmates came by earlier looking for you. Told them you weren’t around, but I let them wait a little bit for ya.” …So they bought the fight to you then.
“Who?”
“Sorry, didn’t catch their names before they left. You just missed them. They went that-a-way if you want to catch up.”