A couple rounds of playing cards later, Sanada went for a toilet break while Yamagishi went back to his phone texting his mother, leaving Fuutarou chatting with Takebayashi.
"Hey Takebayashi, I have an idea. You should treat this whole Kyoto trip as one massive date with Sanada." Fuutarou suggested while sitting beside her. Takebayashi blushed up a storm.
"Wh-what?!" Takebayashi was stunned at Fuutarou's words. Fuutarou laughed and nodded.
"Yeah. You guys grew us together, you live near each other, your parents get along well, you even went on trips together with them. And, most importantly, you both are class representatives too. You're perfect for each other! " Takebayashi shut him up by covering his mouth.
" Shush idiot, don't say that out loud! Besides, why would Sanada take interest in me? He has more important things to focus on, like his grades for example. " His friend whispered gloomily. Fuutarou snorted.
"I mean it's not like I'm telling you two to be a couple right now. Just ask him to hang out more with you, it's simple like 1 plus 1." She snorted at his casualness.
" Ceh, leave it to you to make it look easy. Do you know how difficult it is to even look him in the eyes now? Nevermind requesting him to do that with me." Takebayashi grumbled. Fuutarou sighed.
"Well... you're honest with your feelings at least, not like some people who keep denying it till the end of the world." Fuutarou mumbled.
" Look Takebayashi, if you don't do it now. You're definitely gonna regret it later. That's all I'm saying..... " Takebayashi looked down at her legs and clenched her fists tightly.
"I-I'll try, Fuutarou..."
.....
Fuutarou snapped a picture of a tall building before looking at the results. "Heh, nice angle."
"C'mon Fuutarou, we should pick up the pace and catch up with the rest!" Takebayashi shouted at Fuutarou who suddenly growled and clutched his stomach.
"Fuutarou!" Takebayashi widened her eyes in concern.
"Damnit, shouldn't have drank that expired milk with dad this morning...." Fuutarou grumbled while clutching his stomach. He looked at his friends and grinned.
"Sorry guys, I have to go to the toilet for a sec. My guts are doing a damn good job inside me. It's probably a monster class, so it's gonna be a long battle. " Fuutarou apologized to them. Takebayashi sighed and nodded.
"Alright then. We'll go on ahead to the meeting spot. Make sure you catch up. Good luck on your uhh.... battle with the monster I guess.. " Fuutarou smiled back and nodded.
Almost an hour later, Fuutarou was sitting on some steps outside of a random building while looking at the images he took with his camera.
"Well I'm definitely lost. Stupid GPS scammed me." Fuutarou grumbled. Maybe he looked at the directions wrong, who knows, but all that matters now was that he needed to get back to his group.
"Is this thing broken?" Fuutarou mumbled as he held up his camera and restarted it, looking through the lens while panning the camera left and right. That was until he was staring straight at a lady through the lens.
The girl slowly widened his eyes, staring at the boy. It was obvious what would come next....
"Aahh! P-Pervert!" Fuutarou widened his eyes in horror, as he stared at the girl to his left. The girl took off and ran away bursting into tears. Fuutarou's mouth was agape, processing the situation.
"Ah, she's probably off her meds." He shrugged, continuing on with his day. At least he wasn't attacked hy her.
He remained undisturbed for a few minutes and just when he was about to get up and go find his group, the boy heard a stern voice that most likely belonged to an older man.
"Hey, brat. I heard you've been taking pictures of a girl around here without her permission. Getting too comfy, are we?"
Fuutarou wasn't surprised when he turned around and saw a middle aged policeman, with a body size that's probably unsuited to pass as an officer. Well, either that girl reported him to this guard or he was watching from a distance and just jumped to the conclusion that he was taking pictures of someone without permission.
But one look at the security guard was all it took for Fuutarou to know what type of officer this person is. Ignorant policemen are just so easy to expose through their lies and abuse of power. How did Fuutarou know all this? It seems hanging out with Mikey and the gang has its perks after all.
"I didn't do anything of the sort, officer. Though I suppose you'll just think I'm lying and still take me away. I know how you people work." Fuutarou replied calmly, shocking the officer.
The officer gritted. "Shut up, you brat. A girl came to us earlier and told us about you. If you want to prove you're really innocent, come with us for a little talk." That's when Fuutarou narrowed his eyes a little.
'So that's how it's gonna be huh? Well, I could just embarrass him by just showing that I didn't take any pictures, but there's always a chance that he could accuse me of something unrelated to the subject...'
He wondered how many people has the officer accused like this. It must be too many to count, because it seemed like this was the first time he got exposed like this in his actions.
"Wait! Officer-san!"
The voice of a young girl stopped the guard and by extension, Fuutarou as the older man turned around with an annoyed look on his face, clearly not in the mood.
"What the hell do you want, brat?"
It was at this moment that Fuutarou chose to turn around so he could see who this new presence was. He found himself face-to-face with a girl who was a little shorter than him, had beautiful pink hair and wore a simple white dress.
Fuutarou couldn't help but be mesmerized by the sight of her. This was the first time he ever felt this way about the opposite gender, and it truly felt amazing. It was like his heart had a sudden shock seeing that girl.
"Beautiful...." The blonde found himself whispering as the conversation between the officer and the girl continued.
"Please let him go. He didn't do anything wrong." The older man was unamused by her request.
"Hey kiddo, a woman talked to us about this brat and said he's been taking pictures of her. Now be a good girl and go back to your parents." The pink haired girl wasn't convinced, simply crossing her arms at him.
"But I saw everything. He was just looking at his camera when the girl was just suddenly in the camera's view. I don't really know if she was just acting crazy, but she screamed really loud." The girl explained, using different hand gestures to emphasize her points.
The officer sneered. Children are just stubborn like that. There was no point in convincing her at this point. "I don't have to listen to a nosy brat like you. Just go back to your mommy and daddy, alright? Or go check out the other places around. There's nothing for you to see here, little girl."
The girl remained silent. She didn't respond with another argument. Instead, theegirl simply stared up at the older man with a dead-serious look on her face, one that could be likened to someone who had no intention of playing around.
"Hmm....."
The guard scoffed. "Listen here, kid. If you don't get out of my sight now, I'll have to bring you to your parents myself and trust me, you don't want that."
"Hmmmmmm....."
Okay, she was good, the officer could give her that. The girl's serious face was more intense than his own daughter's, and it was starting to get to him for some reason. But regardless, he was definitely stronger than a little kid whom he didn't even know!
"Okayyy.... that's enough now. I'm telling you kid, go back to your parents or there's going to be trouble for you too. Surely you don't want your own parents seeing their daughter getting scolded by someone like me!"
"HMMMMM!!!"
'Damn it! This girl's really getting on my nerves!' The officer gritted his teeth. That stare made it seem like she was looking into his very soul. How was she doing this? He had to stop her before things get worse for him.
"I'm warning you, kid! D-Don't test my patience, you hear? Y-You better stop what you're doing! I-I-I mean it…!"
"HMMMMMMMMM!!!"
"ARGH! SCREW THIS! GET AWAY FROM ME YOU FREAKY BRAT!"
Fuutarou was in awe as the guard stormed off, seemingly terrified by the girl. He heard giggling as he turned around, noticing the girl approaching him with a celebratory smile on her face. It was like her personality did a complete 180 degree turn. Now she was just a cheerful girl.
"W-wow! You're amazing! Thanks for helping me." The girl grinned, giving him a thumbs up and a cute wink that pierced his heart for how cute it was.
"Hihi! No problem!"
To be continued....