While Y/n was occupied with boy problems, Saki, Kokona and Frueddo set out for the science club, where they had originally given the sample of hair Frueddo and Y/n found to the club leader, Kaga Kusha.

It was safe to say he was absolutely mad, all three of them could recall atleast one event were they walked past the science lab only to hear maniacal laughter, belonging to him. He definitely takes his club to seriously or the fumes must of really messed him up.

The Science Club is located on the third floor in the west wing of the school. It has a gray floor and walls, and a black ceiling with green lights.

Each club member has a work station that fits their area of expertise. In the center of the back wall, Kaga has a super computer with two holographic walls on either side.

In the back left corner, Horo has a series of holographic displays that he controls with a tablet. Along the front wall, Yaku works at a chemistry table, and Meka works on a machine that sits on the floor.

Along the right wall is a changing station where members of the club change out of their school uniforms and into their club uniforms.

And for some reason there is a large vat of acid beside the right door.

They all choose not to question it, mainly out of fear, Kaga has messy, silver hair fading to blue like a stereotypical mad scientist.

He also has light blue eyes with a blue eyepiece over his left eye.

Kaga wears a long, white lab coat with a slit in the back and gold rubber gloves, he laughed psychotically ''HA. HA. HA. HA. HA. HA- erm sorry about that. Welcome...to my lair! I, I mean...the Science Club. What do you seek?"

"We gave you a hair follicle a few days ago, so we were wondering if you did a DNA scan yet?" Saki asks, slightly concerned by Kaga's behavior.

"A minor setback occured, and it seems our machine might have...been dropped, therefore we can not conduct the experiment as the hair- Well is gone as well." Kaga spoke in a serious tone with his arms crossed.

They all sighed.

Y/n was currently sitting around the ritual circle with Oko standing in front of the skull, chanting a ritual with his book in the center. Club members surrounded it and they joined in the chant.

No one noticed the door slowly opening or the person recording it either.

Oko picks up the bag he found and tips it upside-down opening it up, and a dead bird lands out with a thud. Y/n recoils and stares up at Oko in shock and disgust, "I thought we were doing a ritual! Not a sacrifice, I didn't know this is what this club was about! I'm leaving." Y/n spat getting up to leave and the person at the door took off.

"Y-y/n no that's- I didn't do that..." Oko tried to explain, but Y/n already rushed out the door, her legs burnt and so did her lungs but she made sure she was as far from the occult club as possible. She only slowed down when she spotted the student council, her chest heaved in and out, and she laid her head against a wall.

She inhaled more oxygen as she slumped down onto the grassy floor.

Meow.

Hm?

A cute kitten was stared up at her, eyes filled with pure curiosity and adventure, she patted it lovingly and decided to spill her heart out, "Nothing is going right for me anymore..." Y/n spoke with her hands mindlessly stroking the precious ball of fluff.

A ding. Made her fish her phone out of her pocket and she typed in her password, seeing the message from her group chat titled 'Mystery Inc' with Frueddo, Kokona and Saki. They texted depressing news and it doesn't help her mood at all, the evidence she found had been lost and she doesn't even know where to start.

Her knees pressed against her chest and she stops petting the cat, causing it to meow again. She decides to take her mind of things by stretching her legs and placing the kitten on her lap.

"Your so adorable, I wonder who owns you. I could just take you home, would you like that?" Y/m asked, and she imaged the kitten said yes as it meowed back to her suggestion.

The cat went in a circle before curling up in a ball to sleep, she quickly took out her phone and took a picture of the kitten. Her mood was already increasing by the second, she looked to her right to see, Ayato sitting beside her.

She hates the fact she can never hear him walk towards her.

He startled her but she had to suppress that fear since she didn't want to awake the ball of fur nestled comfortably on her lap. She swore she saw Ayato give the cat a hard glare but as soon as she blinked he was staring at her, as if he never moved at all.

She immediately notices the black eye that was beginning to form on his face. Without thinking, she placed both of her hands either side of his face to inspect it for any further injuries and Ayato gasped and blushes but she was too busy looking for another injury to notice.

"How did this happen, Yan?" Y/n questioned with such a worried and concerned tone it made his heart flutter.

"Those delinquents tried to attack you, don't you remember? Budo told me about what happened that day, and I couldn't help but worry what would of happened if he wasn't there." Ayato responded, Y/n's face felt hot and to think she really thought he was capable of murder...

"The thought sickened me of you ever getting injured, so I had a 'talk' with them." He says with so much venom in his tone she's wondering who got the worst end of the stick, him or the delinquents?

"Did that talk involve a fight?" Y/n said jokingly, she noticed some blood beginning to trickle down his nose, she gently grabbed tissue from her pocket, trying not to awake the kitten and dabbing the blood that trailed down his nose.

His eyes closed momentarily, picturing the two of them in a house of their own, just him and her, while she cared for him due to some small injury. She is wonderful...

"Well, who won?" Y/n says, placing the blooded tissue beside her and handing him another. "You really have no faith in me, Y/n." Ayato laughed, and she playfully rolled her eyes, "Well did you?"

"Yes, every single one." Ayato answered, and her eyes widened before a smug look fell over her face, "I never doubted you once, Yan."

Ayato knew exactly what to do for his nosebleed so he dealt with that himself, there was a peaceful silence between the two of them other than the kitten now awake in her lap.

"Have you seen the video of Oko Ruto, that has been posted online?" Ayato asks and Y/n shakes her head, he takes out his phone and scrolls on Yaobook to reveal a video of Oko Ruto following Y/n and following the Basu sisters.

Y/n's face scrunches up in disgust, and Ayato follows suit.

She feels sick to her core, she didn't know Oko was like that, she sighed, she didn't know what and what not expect in people anymore. Ayato put and his arm on her shoulder, pulling her in closer, she leaned in to his touch.

At least she could trust him...

She needed someone to protect her and that would be him, this world is too dangerous for his beloved.

He closed his eyes for a moment and he could see it, the cherry tree and most importantly, her. The day she'd finally be his.

Her name goes so well with his surname.

Y/n Aishi.

Y/n Aishi...

His surname went so well with hers, whenever she said his name allowed it made him feel something sparking wildly inside.

He was so close to her, he could smell her shampoo, the spritz of perfume she put on this morning and he could feel the warmth radiating of his dear, Y/n. She's even more beautiful in comparison to the numerous pictures of her, sprawled across his bed. Many letter scribbled out and ripped apart as he didn't deem them perfect enough to bask under Y/n's mesmerizing e/c eyes. He practiced for the day he'd confess and whisk her away from these disgusting pests.

He saw her soft, smooth lips the same lip balm she always used, a cherry flavored one. When he saw it on her desk he simply couldn't help himself. He licked the lip balm, it was lucky enough to have touched her lips and now he was technically touching hers. Their first kiss.. Even better, she would be wearing his saliva on her lips all day and she would never know.

Yet, he felt greedy, her lips weren't enough, those nickers he stole from her couldn't satisfy his collection, only she could.

His shrine of treasures growled as much as his burning desire for her as well, he had a book devoted to pictures he caught of her. Her eating, sleeping, having a shower and talking to people other than him.

Y/n looked up at him, mainly staring at his black eye, "You didn't have to do that for me Ayato...I'm happy you care, you really are a good friend Ayato. Sometimes, I just think I don't deserve anyone, I haven't always been a great person." Y/n suddenly began, he was taken a back by her willingness to share something that seemed to be so close to her heart.

"Let's just say, I wasn't the most well behaved child, I just felt like an outcast in my own home. Over the years, that made me build some hatred, a wall blocking me off from everyone and I was only willing to break it, if I hurt someone to make myself feel better." Y/n didn't meet his gaze as she spoke, she looked off into the distance, pausing before continuing.

"I... Just, thank you, Yan. I might not say it but I like when we go to arcades, see eachother at work, go to cafés, meet up with Taeko, play videogames at ridiculous times at night and most of all I like that you're always there. Sometimes, you just kinda pop up out of nowhere though..." Y/n laughs, remembering the times she bumped into him on public.

"I like when we hang out as well." Ayato responds, he wants to say more, confess maybe but he doesn't have the courage to, Y/n is talking so badly about herself but she's so brave, confident, kind off smart in her own way and most of all she cares.

He was about to say something when.

Hiss.

Their moment was ruined by that stupid cat.

Y/n moved away from him and focuses her attention onto that cat, oh how it wouldn't see the light of day ever again when he was done with it...

Y/n's eyes were reserved for him and him alone, "Sorry, Ayato I have to speak to Kokona about something... I'll see you later. We can walk home together and maybe I'll stop by to see your cat." Y/n smiled, she began to stand up gently picking up the cat and placing it in Ayato's hands.

The cat started to hiss and scratch Ayato and he knew Y/n would cancel her plan with Kokona to stay with the cat, " I can handle it, go ahead and speak to Kokona, Y/n." He spoke, nodding and urging her to be on her way, he didn't want her to go but some things just had to be taken care of.

Y/n left and there was no one else in sight.

It was just him and the cat.

No one would know.

It was now the end of the day and Y/n decided to give him another chance, maybe Kokona was wrong and maybe he was just plain old Ayato... (Yeah that's what she wants to believe.)

As far as she'd heard, the Occult club was under going some investigations and Oko was pulled out of all his lessons, she didn't even see him at the end of the day. The fire alarm also went off and soon after she saw red and blue flashing lights, someone probably got burnt so she didn't think too much about it.

She decided to brush off the uneasy feeling and she grinned seeing Ayato approach her, they walked the whole way to Ayato's house, and she felt at peace.

She went into his house and took her shoes of at the door as usual and her head immediately perked up from the sound of a meow. The kitten was so cute, tiny and adorable, with black, brown and white patches scattered all of it.

The kitten practically walked to up to her, and of course she picked it up, she awed staring into it's eyes and not noticing the way Ayato tilted his head, glaring at the cat.

"What's this cute cat's name? I wish I could get a cat, I wonder what happened to that one at school..." Y/n says, mostly saying her thoughts out loud, Ayato's head perked up and he returned from the kitchen with two cans of soda.

"I haven't decided on a name yet, I got it yesterday. I found the cat's owner, it is the principal's cat. I returned it." Ayato spoke, sitting down and switching on the TV, Y/n sits next to him with the kitten stumbling to Ayato's lap.

"Why are you calling your cat an it? Don't you know the gender, and why would the principal let a kitten be out on its own?" Y/n piled questions onto Ayato and he had to find a way to wiggle himself out of it.

"He told me he left it in the care of his niece and that cat went missing, the cat is a female." Ayato responds, shuffling closer to Y/n as the movie plays in the background and she doesn't even notice.

"I think the name Yua would be lovely... I hope I can see that cat at school again." Y/n smiles, grabbing Yua off Ayato's lap, making him flush red.

Y/n really did drive him crazy...

The cat meowed at Y/n and she booped her nose in return, Yua playfully jumped and bite at her finger, Ayato stared at her and he could almost see him and her in the future with a child off their own. He was already getting jealous of a meer cat, he didn't even want to think about competing with a child for her attention.

Once Y/n finished her can of soda, she crushed it, basically flexing on him and giving him a joking wink.

"I have to go to the toilet, I'll be back, I'll be back Yua." Y/n said getting up slowly from the couch and placing Yua gently in his arms, she clambered up the stairs and went to his bathroom.

Thud.

She heard a knock against the window, she saw the pebbles below and she pulled it open to see Kokona, and Saki and Frueddo at the back of Ayato's garden.

Kokona had a white board in hand with the message wrote, are you safe Y/n? Y/n nodded in response, and kokona quickly rubbed it off writing something else, we had to check if you were safe, you haven't answered my calls or text-. The board was too full so she rubbed it off and continued, Saki told me and Frueddo to rush over here, she saw you walking with him.

"Yes, he was showing me his kitten, I'm fine do you guys want to come in? I could ask him to let you in." Y/n tell whispered and they reluctantly nodded.

After she finished her business, she rushed down to Ayato, "Could my friends come over for a bit?" She asked nervously, he rolled his eyes and nodded, he got up to open the door only for it to be slammed in his face from the three of them rushing in.

"Ayato! Did you get hurt?" Y/n asked worriedly, the trio look from one another and watched Y/n's reaction, what did Ayato do.

"I'll be okay, I'll survive." Ayato responded dramatically, but he told her a quick thank you as she rushed to press a wrapped bag of frozen peas for his healing black eye, that got hit again.

Ayato couldn't help but smile at her worry, if she thought he was weak that made him trust worthy and therefore she wouldn't suspect him. The three made themselves home and all gasped at the kitten and all of them took turns to pet Yua.

"What's this spot of blood?" Y/n quires picking up the edge of his shirt, Ayato calmly answered, " I was cut on a thorn bush." He should be more careful with his clothes, he though no blood landed on him from earlier...

The rest of the afternoon didn't go as planned from them arriving.

But as long as Y/n was there he'd last, and eventually they all left and he was alone once more.

He picked up the soda can Y/n had left on the table and licked the part she drank from, the feelings she gave him were wonderful. He placed the can in his shrine.

He fell asleep hugging the picture he had of Y/n tightly, giving it a goodnight kiss while staring at it. He mumbled the whole life he had planned out for Y/n and him, about their wedding, meeting his parents, Christmas, him finally taking her away and the child they were going to have together.

He fell asleep dreaming of her and things they were going to do.

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