Kuoh Academy

[Bloodedge]

Interestingly enough, one Yasukawa Takumi would be found in the company of the crimson-haired school idol. Outside of the Occult Research Club which served as their base of operations, he'd never been in this woman's presence on school grounds at all. Even then, there had only been one opportunity in which he'd been seen in her company, but now, he walked alongside her as if nothing was amiss or different in the slightest. While Eira gained an addition to the already high level of attention paid to her daily, Takumi had the same happen for very different reasons. On him were gazes of disgust, of hatred and jealousy even. This was nothing too strange for one such as Takumi, though the intensity this time was very, very high in comparison to the norm. In the meantime, the third member of this walking group - namely Yasukawa Shouki - received the attention of many curious individuals, be it good or bad given the company he was keeping. He hardly had a care who looked his way and why, but Takumi had something to say as his head leaned back and his eyes closed. An exasperated sigh preceded his words. "Yare yare. This is going to be the worst day yet. I might be suspended this time."

[Apollymi]

Eira to her credit noticed the abject hatred directed at Takumi and though she knew it was happening, she still didn't get it. It was as if his simple existence near a woman garnered him a ridiculous amount of animosity. "To be fair I didn't expect you to walk with me. I wouldn't have held it against you if you didn't want to... this looks like it will be problematic for you," Eira said. Her commentary was the truth, she'd read Takumi's school records and understood that he often got in fights about the young women he hung around with. Given her status as a school idol, Eira fully expected that the lad might not want the extra difficulty associated with being by her side in these moments. And if he did want to avoid it, she wouldn't have blamed him at all. They walked through the halls heading straight to the Student Council Office, to get Shouki properly registered for school. "I need another registration~" Eira mentioned to whoever of the Student Council members she'd find here, content to leave the riff-raff behind while she got Shouki properly registered for school.

[Bloodedge]

"Iia," Takumi replied without so much as a second of hesitation. If Eira understood his situation for so long, Takumi understood that she would throw no blame at all if he chose not to be in her presence at school. However, at this point, Takumi had a completely different mindset. In fact, as his response continued, a wicked grin crossed his face while his eyes remained nonchalantly closed. "I want them to know. If they have anything to say about it, they can bring it on. At this point, I think I could take over this whole school if I had to." At this very moment, Shouki glanced in Takumi's direction. As a former part of the other male, and since he was no longer so directly linked to him, he could now see these moments clearly. He knew that despite Takumi refusing to openly accept the mantle of Red Dragon of Domination, he'd been slipping into the persona of it more and more since the Sacred Gear first appeared properly. This made him wonder what would become of the other lad.

Inside the Student Council's office, the trio would find a silver-haired male who looked about as delinquent-like as Takumi in recent times, especially given his status as a member of the Student Council. He sat lazily on one of two couches facing inward in front of the desk, and when Eira called out, he opened his deep purple eyes and set his gaze on her with an expression that looked rather discontent. "Huh? Again!? Kisama, just grab one and fill it out; you know where they are!"

[Apollymi]

"Ufufufufu~" the chuckle which came from Eira was likely not what should have been expected given that she was his leader. Even so, she couldn't blame the lad for defending himself from the attacks which were most likely to come his way simply by virtue of associating with her. And if she was being honest, she found the form of him which was dominating to be rather amazing and attractive. "Well, if it comes down to that, you don't have to take them all in one day or anything~" she said.

Within the Student Council Room, Eira found, not Leishi, Lucaro or even Nymphia, instead a young man with purple eyes and silver hair was found laid across the couch. This lad was quite the prime member of Lucaro's Peerage and would get a greeting from Eira as if they were at least acquainted, more so than that because she didn't even react to his rather cranky opener. "Sugoi, sugoi, Zu-ri-ya~ That was almost friendly~" she mused as she walked by him further into the office to the left hand desk drawer to remove the paperwork she needed from that part. She then took it upon herself to have a seat at the desk and fill it out, given her level of familiarity with Lucaro she didn't seem to maintain proper boundaries about this. It would take her a few minutes but after she was done she labeled a file folder with this lad's name, and assigned him a class before leaving the paperwork in a pile with the other new transfer students and workers for the week which would be put in sometime within the next hour. But one of the triplicates was pulled off and held out to Shouki. "Here you are Shouki~ You just go to the room at the bottom of that paper and hand it to your homeroom teacher, they'll take care of the rest~" she said, noting that the end of the page had Shouki in 1-A the same as Miyuki and Sairevil and strangely Cassiel. "Arigatou gouzaimasu, Zuriya. Thanks for having us~" she said before she left as if nothing at all as amiss in the world.

[Bloodedge]

"If they make me do it, it'll be their fault," Takumi said in all seriousness. He didn't care to fight his schoolmates, nor did he ever. However, he cared less for taking on the bullying attempts without giving a proper fight back, and he now had the knowledge of his powers - and the control - to do so without accidentally killing someone.

Soon enough, they were standing in the office with an individual recognized by neither of the males in this trio. He was at least on speaking terms with Eira though, and they went on to have a very interesting back-and-forth. "Uruse," was all he said to Eira before his eyes closed again. Apparently, there was a second lazy individual within the Student Council, and now was this one's time to sleep away his duties for as long as possible. Eira seemed capable enough to find and fill out Shouki's papers though, so after only a few moments of waiting, the boy was handed a slip to take care of his entry. Looking at it, he realized what general vicinity his class would be. A nod came from him then, and he was on his way. "Hai! Arigatou gozaimasu!" he said while leaving. Takumi was content to walk along with Eira during her exit, but with her farewell to the male dubbed 'Zuriya', there was one final message for the Gremory heiress. "Uruse!"

[Apollymi]

Shouki was soon off all on his own, with the same level of excitement he seemed to have all the time. "Hai hai. Gambatte ne, Shouki!~" were the words of encouragement given to the lad as he left in place of his thanks. Eira found this kind of funny but at least the lad was independent. And with this in mind she was fine with him running off all on his own. The words from the Student Council Member who was also member of Lucaro's Peerage made Eira chuckle but she said nothing else, as she and Takumi exited. She'd done all she needed to do, and as such she was content. She also wasn't perturbed at all by the attitude of Zuriya, perhaps she was used to it. "Hm, they should let him get more sleep... he's always so cranky~" she thought about the situation aloud. Of course, she didn't really care much and as they made their way back to the halls, once again all eyes were on them. But Eira paid this no unnecessary attention as she made her way to class 2-A where she would be entering. "Thanks for walking me, Takumi~" she said standing outside of her own classroom for a few extra moments, knowing that as soon as the lad was out of her presence, he would likely be bombarded. And though she trusted him to take care of himself... she still didn't like it knowing it was coming.

[Bloodedge]

Takumi had nothing to say regarding the apparent crankiness of their host from moments ago. He didn't know the lad, nor anything about him. It seemed to have simply been his preference for addressing people, but to Takumi, that was nothing more than an assumption. He continued walking without bothering to comment, instead focusing on the fact that there were so many eyes paying more attention than usual to him. He often thought negatively of this sort of attention, but today in light of what he'd achieved over the past 24 hours... he was feeling strangely excited. 'What will I get to hear this time? I wonder...' he thought. As they reached Eira's class, which happened to be the room beside where Takumi needed to be anyway, the crimson-haired Devil stopped moving to thank him for the company. Given the mood that had been growing within Takumi since arriving this day, he kept his bag slung over his shoulder and stepped toward Eira. His left hand reached out to lift her chin while he closed the distance between them, to such an extent that he barely even needed to move his head forward to kiss her.

Three seconds. After three seconds, Takumi separated his lips from Eira's, and walked around her toward his own class with a grin of sheer arrogance on his visage. "Ja ne," was all he said to her as he stepped closer and closer to a full platoon's worth of angry and confused male students.

[Apollymi]

After Eira thanked Takumi for walking her to class something she hadn't expected occurred. Though they'd taken their relationship to quite a new place and fundamentally changed how they interacted with one another, gaining both comfort and ease, she still didn't expect an outright public display of affection. But pretty soon after she thanked him, he stepped up to her, lifting her chin and kissing her on the lips. She was shocked but nothing about her visage changed, it was as if she expected this kiss, but her mind screamed at her the entire time. 'He kissed me! In front of everyone!' in a moment like this she couldn't help but feel even more attracted to the lad, even knowing that such a thing was at least partially an act of domination, or maybe because of it. His final words spoken to her made a small smile come to her face. "Ja ne~" she chimed, watching him walk away for just a second before she turned and walked into her classroom, taking a seat in the center front row where she belonged. Within her own class several people had been watching and had seen this kiss take place outside of their door and most were whispering about it, but Eira was far too elated to care.

[Bloodedge]

Surprisingly, Takumi met no resistance as he headed into class 2-B next door. The other lads who'd been seeing him interact with Eira, and those who even saw the kiss between the two, seemed to be seething without action until their opportunity to act came later in the day. Whether that would actually come about was up for debate, but eventually, classes ended for lunch break. Takumi traversed the halls just as cockily as he'd done during the morning at the start of this period, but as he retrieved his food, he was still of a mind to take his meal on the roof. As such, he gathered his things and made his way up the stairs of the main building.

[Apollymi]

Eira made it through the first half of her school day without any real issue. As she moved around people seemed to speak and move around her, taking note of her engagement ring, wanting to question her relationship to Takumi but not knowing how to approach her. But this was fine to Eira, as she went to the cafeteria she came out with a small meal for herself and then, knowing where Takumi took lunch made her way towards the roof. If no one really knew, Eira usually ate lunch by herself in the Old School Building that was her base, and played chess against her familiar or by herself while she did this. Mostly because she enjoyed avoiding the crowds of people who made her feel alone even in rooms full of people. At this point though, she thought to join Takumi. So she found herself wandering up the stairs to the roof, as if burdened with glorious purpose.

[Bloodedge]

Takumi stepped out onto the roof, where he often found much solitude. For him, this was most commonly a matter of escaping those who sought to do physical or emotional harm to him, but it was no more than habit by now. Another habit of his in recent times was to look over the location of his human death, and surely enough, he did just that yet again. This time was still quite different. This time, as Takumi stepped to the edge of the roof, he stared blankly at the ground where he landed after that fateful fall... and he felt nothing. No, that wasn't quite right. It wasn't that he felt nothing, but he no longer felt the strange longing sensation scratching at the back of his mind. Instead, he saw forward to the memory of his waking, and every one to match it thereafter. 'Sou desu.'

[Apollymi]

Eira reached the rooftop and arrived in time to see Takumi standing near the edge looking out over the place where he'd died. Eira herself looked at that exact spot quite a lot herself so she could understand the sorts of feelings he might have about it. In this moment though, she decided to speak up. "Takumi~ Let's have lunch together," she said approaching as a gentle breeze blew across the rooftop. She'd not been up here before this moment, but she knew for a fact this space could be viewed from the spot she liked in the Old School House. She felt a deep warmth in her chest as she approached this lad, she'd missed him quite a bit over the course of the morning.

[Bloodedge]

Thrice now, Takumi had taken his place on this roof without being alone. This time was quite different to the first two occurrences, as the voice which reached his ear was one he hoped for. He turned to find Eira stepping out onto the roof as well, and with the intention of joining him for a meal to boot. "Nani?" he said impulsively, albeit while walking toward the woman to meet her halfway across the space previously between them. He wore a bright grin over the course of this short journey, eventually speaking on her suggestion. "That sounds like a great idea. Come on; this is a good spot to avoid the sun burning our eyes," he suggested. In doing so, he guided the way to the wall he always sat against when he ate here. In preparing to take a seat himself, he also held out a hand for Eira, intending to also guide her down with him.

[Apollymi]

In a moment like this Eira felt like she might have been a surprise showing up to such a place, but though Takumi questioned it he walked towards her with a smile. His smile in this moment set Eira's entire heart ablaze, it thumped twice in her chest quite hard. As she joined the Red Dragon Emperor, he claimed that her idea was a great one. He walked with her over to the spot he enjoyed eating at, and then while seating himself held out a hand to help guide Eira down to the same level with her back against the wall. The crimson haired heiress, rather easily took hold of his hand and also gracefully had a seat with her legs tucked under her to the right side crossed at the ankles so that she could sit with a reasonable bit of dignity. "Arigatou, Takumi~" she said finding herself at this level, she could very easily see why he thought this was a good place. "This really is a good spot..." she mused, understanding why he liked it here, aside from it being a place he could avoid people at large. She sat here beside Takumi getting ready to eat her meal, and she felt really happy to be in his presence.

[Bloodedge]

Now seated to Eira's left, Takumi leaned against the wall, so close to the woman that his right arm was easily in contact with her left. Being ambidextrous, this made no difference to the lad who could just as easily eat with his left hand, and that was exactly what he decided to do when he picked up his food parcel and chopsticks. Even though he'd eaten so much earlier this morning, he had with him a full box of sushi, which he looked over with elation. To Eira's thanks, he shook his head. If anything, Takumi believed he should be the one offering thanks. When the moment came around though, he could only look to the open sky and comment on Eira's praise of this location. "Hai. It's the best," he said. This was strangely something he neither said nor believed prior to this moment. It was a spot like any other, and it happened to also avoid the burning glare of the sun. Here and now though, he found himself finally capable of appreciating it as something more. "Itadakimasu!"