Kuoh Academy

[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!"