Recalling she saying those names together in her last sentence, made me a bit baffled, I was cursing myself for not clearing that confusion up earlier, it shouldn't have been allowed to continue, she walked away still thinking that the two girls I was dating were these two .
She might not be wrong about Tokiko, but she was completely wrong about Momochi-senpai, I just hope that she won't be trying to approach them for that kind of topic, in Tokiko's case, she might get a little mad at me at most, but she might also be quite happy about it, but in the case that she decided to approach the timid Momochi-senpai with that kind of topic .
She might end up creating more troubles for me by creating a huge amount of confusion, confusion that with the amount of gossiping going on with this school, it would be impossible to circle around the whole school and of course reaching the ears of the principal .
As I was thinking about this, I couldn't help but pray in my heart, that she don't talk about this anymore, I really hoped so, she seemed to have at least calmed down a little after this incident about dating and finding a partner, so should be doing fine for the next few days .
As I reached the hostel, my phone rang, I picked up the call a bit nervously, thinking that the airheaded girl had come to her senses and might be inquiring about when we will go on the date of ours, just thinking about the corner that I forced myself into, I couldn't help but grimace of discomfort .
Luckily the worst case scenario didn't seem to be happening, the one who was calling me was my mom, she was checking on me and asking if I had talked to the principal's permission about letting me live in the mansion with her, I gave her the excuse of having not gotten the chance to do so just yet and I was surprised when she said that she will be asking herself later when she sees her .
After over 10 minutes of trying to dissuade her from being the one to bring this topic up, she finally gave in and agreed with me on that matter, but her call reminded me of something and I asked her if Suguha was currently around her, she nodded and with a curious tone asked me if something had happened, I told her that it wasn't something serious and just to hand the phone to the girl who was being discussed .
She called her up and handed her the phone, the girl then said :
Hello, Ryuu-sama, what can I do for you ? .
" Didn't I tell you to just call me Ryuu, anyway, how are you hanging up ? .
I'm thankful for your concerns about me, I'm quite fine, Ryuu-sa.., ouch, Ryuu .
" Huh, what just happened, have you hit something, tell me .
Well, I was just suffering from a mild electric like shock that just ran through my body as I was about to disobey your orders, sorry for causing inconvenience .
As I heard that, my conscience began to lash at me again and my resolve about finding a way to remove that enslavement seal grow even stronger, I will be doing my best in finding a way to remove it, but for now to ease some of the guilt towards what I did to her, I said :
" You don't have to apologize Suguo, if someone have to apologize, it could only be me who have you getting injured for such a trivial thing, it was me who also exposed you to this kind of thing, for that I'm the one who should be saying sorry for being inconvenient and I promise to try and find a way to remove what I did to you .
After I said this, the girl fell quiet and seconds later, her only response to me was a soft Hmm, she then cut through the chase and said :
I still don't know of what I could be of help to you, Ryuu .
" Well, I'm calling you to check a few things before telling you the real reason to why I was calling you, but let me know first whether my mother is eavesdropping .
No, the madame was currently watching TV and quite engrossed in watching .
" Good, well then, let me ask you this first, you seem to be my age for that I was wondering, if you could see yourself going to school and doing what normal people do, I was wondering whether you would like to live your life for yourself this time, what are your opinions on this .
As I said this, the other side of the phone fell silent once more, but this time the silence went for over 5 minutes, before she said :
I'm thankful for master's concern for me, but I don't believe that my past or current state and mission could qualify me to do something like this, I'm tasked with the prot.... .
" Suguha, you know that this wasn't my question, my question was if you would like to attend school, to have a life out of your missions and whatnot, forget the past and present, I'm asking you to consider having a future, that's I'm asking you, if we discarded of all these unnecessary thoughts, will Suguha like to have a future, she could call her own, that's what I'm asking you .
If I could, I would have, but the past can't be discarded nor can it be forgotten, my past will always be coming after me, no matter whether I made due with it or not, I did bad things, that I can only hope to attone for by trying to do my best in protecting the madame from any threat as per my mission .
I had no idea what would be even needed to have a school accept me enrolling in it, I had no official id on me, all I have was a fake id that won't allow me to get enrolled, so even though, I do might have the intention to attend school, I also aware that it was something quite difficult, that's what I truly feel, Ryuu .
" So if all those things were solved, your mission, your fake identity and others were solved then would you still accept to go to school, right .
Another hmm and I understood that I had already gotten the answer I wanted, I then said :
" I will be sending you a phone number, call it and introduce yourself, I already filled that person in about all your circumstances, he still wanted to make you enroll, so just call and I promise you that you will be able to enroll in a school with no problem, oh, yes that's an order .
I said this and felt the guilt creeping on me again, so I decided to end the call without saying anything else, leaving her in shock, once I cut off the call, I texted her the number and put it on silent mode and went to shower, I had accumulated a lot of dirt and sweat on me so I headed to the bathroom to clean myself and take a shower .
After I went out of the bathroom, I couldn't help but realize that I hadn't eaten much all day long, what was even more weird, was the fact that I didn't feel that much of hunger that I would normally have felt, I thought that it was weird, but it didn't matter much to me since I didn't feel that something was wrong with my body, I thought that I might have lost my appetite after all that went on today .
I went to sleep thinking about what I was planning to do for tomorrow morning, I went to bed early due to not having anything to do, I sat the alarm and fell asleep, completely unaware of the fact that my phone kept ringing for almost all night .
The next day, I woke up feeling rejuvenated again, both physically and mentally, I first went to prepare myself for the school and after getting a shower and getting dressed, I took my phone and school bag and once again began to head out, thinking about how should I use that free day that we got, but I kept thinking of just spending it either with my mom or in home .
I remembered that I had muted my phone yesterday, so I opened it and saw that I got almost over 3 missed calls from three people, Tokiko, Sophia, Mari, the three also seemed to be thinking alike, all three of them sent me messages after they understood that I wasn't picking up their calls .
Tokiko and Sophia were both messaging me, asking about the same thing, whether I was free tomorrow to go on a date, one was asking if whether I had plans, the other was asking about if I had asked my mom's permission, Sophia didn't let that matter rest it seemed, I responded to Sophia first, telling her that my mom seemed to be welcoming the idea, but that she had fell ill and her meeting her will have to wait for some other time .
As I pushed the send button, almost instantly, I did receive a reply from the girl I was messaging, telling me that she wished my mom speed recovery and that she was sorry to hear that, she kept talking about how ill omened that was, then all of a sudden the message topic shifted to her wondering when will the date I promised her happen .
Forcing me to facepalm my self in the middle of the hallway and catching a lot of weird looks aimed at me, in the end what I feared most still ended up happening, since she remembered it, she would not let go of the matter until it's settled .
I not finding any excuses to make, other than replaying and telling her that surely it will be soon, just after my mother recover .
She sent me a peace sign emoji and didn't text me anymore, I sighed and then responded to Tokiko that I didn't have much of things planned for tomorrow, I then asked if she had any plans herself, completely disregarding of her request to go on a date .
Instantly she also seemed to have been holding the phone while I texted her coincidentally, then replied with a message that she would be going on a date with me tomorrow, no matter what happens, I tried to call it off, but found that she kept receiving the messages but she wasn't convinced nor had she responded to any of my messages, adding another headache to my other headaches .
The reason I didn't want to go on a date was quite simple, I don't know how to act in a date, not to mention that I had decided to stay low for some times untill the rumors about me and Tokiko calm down and that date won't help in doing anything other than to make matters worse .
There was also the fact that I had already refused Sophia, so I didn't even want to think how would that girl feel about me lying, this whole situation was a mess, she declared that we were doing on a date tomorrow and stopped responding to my messages, asking her to postpone it .
Feeling that there was no point on keep crying over spilled milk, I decided to read nervously the last message that came from Mari, she was talking about me not telling her about what happened with Satsuki, she was informed by the teacher and when she arrived I was no longer in sight .
She then told me that she got called by Suguha and briefly described that she understood her situation and that she will be welcome in the school from the next week, surprising me at how fast was she working to allow Suguha enrolling in the school .
Most of the steps needed normally were so time-consuming, but she took it on herself to help out and sort everything needed, she then continued to check up on me and say that she was feeling as if she was still dreaming about what happened today .
At this point, I was a bit relieved that she unlike the other two, didn't seem to be going to ask me out, but it seemed that even thinking about it, jinxed it, I saw that at the end of her message, she was wondering if we could go out tomorrow .
I told her that we should postpone it for a while, since she technically still the principal of the school I'm attending, so it would indeed look out of place, if we were to be seen by others, after I sent her this .
Unlike the two girls, she seemed to be a bit busy at the moment and didn't read or replied to the message, I couldn't help but suck a breath of cold air at this while thinking about how fast were those two girls able to write all that in an instant, quite the remarkable but scary skill as well .
Finish fiddling with my phone, I then put it away, then went to the cafeteria, I wasn't that hungry, but I was still not going to miss on breakfast, just as I entered the cafeteria, I got a call from Momochi-senpai, she was asking about whether will I had any more pointers that I could give her after the strategical meeting for the upcoming mission .
I told her that I might be able to introduce her to someone that could be of more help to her than me at least, but she will have to wait for the next week, surprisingly, the first thing she asked about was whether that someone was a guy or a girl .
I was feeling a bit weird at her asking this, but I still answered her that it was a girl and introduced Suguha to her, without telling her much of the dangerous stuff of course, she said that she will be looking forward to meet her, but for some reason I felt her tone was a mix of unsettling and happy, but reminding myself that she was always like that, I ended up the call and entered the cafeteria .
Trying to find Kushina-san and clear the confusion from earlier, sadly she was nowhere to be seen, I asked about where she went, I was then told by one of the staff, that she seemed to have a day off, I didn't know what to think about this, I thanked the guy for the information, got my breakfast, then started my school day as normal .
The teacher seeing me in class early was a bit surprised, but soon he started praising me for being diligent, he seemed to not be holding a grudge about me ghosting them before, it was good .
I finished my school day and met with the scene of an annoyed Satsuki and annoyed Haimura, just as I stepped out of the school building and headed to the Training Arena, but I wasn't alone, I almost got a heart attack when Shizuno patted me on the shoulder all of a sudden .