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"School is so damn boring, it's better being a juvenile delinquent than being a boring person staying here!" Niko screamed internally, suddenly he heard footsteps he looked at where the source of sound was, at the girl- THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE!

"But it's for Niku-san, eh I don't mind.." He said silently and forced himself a smile, that looked insulting. All of the sudden, someone slapped his back. Niko looked at the guy with a deadpanned face.

"Yo, Inoue-san! Who's that chick you're staring at?" It was his great partner in delinquency, Taiju.

"You don't give a fuck, Taiju." He bluntly said. Taiju just rolled his eyes. "Man, youuur boring nowdays." then he stormed off, leaving Niko behind.

"Taiju's such a big boomer." He muttered, then sauntered to his classroom.

....

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! WHEN WILL THIS PERIOD END?!" Niko screamed internally, imagining that he kicked the teacher and walked away.

"So, science is a body of language making experiments and atoms- Oh, it's your History Class, however your current teacher won't be coming today, she has extra work to do in the faculty." He said, with a bored expression. The class erupted in joy, then the teacher added.

"A subsitute teacher is gonna sub in today." 

We all went quiet. Then the teacher left. The whole class was flabbergasted, while I just sat there. Suddenly a click of heels startled us, the substitute teacher walked in.

She looked nice yet mysterious...

"Good evening everyone!" She greeted us warmly, 

"Evening? It's only 1 pm in the afternoon.." I mumbled, she suddenly looked at me. My breath hitched. "What did you say?" She asked with a sweet tone, I fumbled up to make a lie.

"Well, uhm it was nothing." I lied, her smile got wider. 

All of the sudden, the room went red and she had a smile stretched across her face, so wide that it looked terrifying.
"What the hell..." I said internally.

It went all back to normal.

"It's home time! Everyone, let's all go home!" The teacher enthuastically said, all of the students sauntered out, I heard them talking about school and love. I sighed, 

"Typical high school students.."

As soon the fresh air hits me, a familiar voice calls me behind.

"Niko??" They asked, I covered my mouth, blushing. It was Nikku.

"Want to walk home together?" She asked, I was supposed to say yes but I thought for a moment.

"All of the sudden, why does she ask me to walk home together? Isn't that odd?" I thought to myself, I submerged myself in deep thinking.

"Why, why, why, why...?" 

"Inoue-kun, so what's it to you?" She interrupted, I snapped back to my senses.

"Sure, sure. Let's go." I replied, 

ｆｅｗ ｍｉｎｕｔｅｓ ｌａｔｅｒ．

I looked at Niku, she seemed eerily quiet. But I shrugged it off, knowing she's a silent girl at her class. My lips curved into a smile.

ａｎｏｔｈｅｒ ｆｅｗ ｍｉｎｕｔｅｓ ｌａｔｅｒ．

We reached an alleyway, she looked at me. 

"Do you want to drink some tea at my house?" She asked politely as she gestured at the alleyway.
"Oh, she's really a kind one, that's why I like her..." I thought while nodding, walking in the alleyway with her. 

ɴᴏ, ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴀ ᴘʜᴀɴᴛᴏᴍ.

"So where's your house, Niku?" I asked, I looked at her slowly, my eyes widened.


She was growing into something grotesque...something primal...something...


ｔｈａｔ ｃｏｎｎｅｃｔｅｄ ｔｏ ｍｅ.