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• I didn’t plan much in advance, just let myself flow with the story as it progressed
• I thought about splitting the story in two but discarded the idea, though I kept the marking here
• bless ChatGPT, who helped me with finding a suitable title… </aside>

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“J-just forget what you saw and don’t talk about it anymore. It wasn’t something special anyway…”, Sakura mumbled.

Nirei didn’t think that what they just found out about Sakura-san was something bad that should be kept as a secret but it was still Sakura-sans choice, wasn’t it? Even if he knew that Sakura-san sometimes didn’t make the best decisions for himself he should respect his wish, right?

The same didn't apply to Suo-san, though... "Nirei-kun, do you still have the presents Satou-san gave you?", Suo-san inquired with a mischievous glimmer in his eyes.

Nirei certainly had some new and highly interesting information to write in his notebook.

Or: After Suo, Nirei and Sakura himself accidently find out that the latter one can't help but eat everything someone feeds to him Sakura makes clear that no one will ever find out about his little quirk. Unfortunately there were still the nervous worryward Nirei, the sadistic gentlemen Suo and a highly curious Kiryu promising nothing good but only shenanigans.

And who has to suffer from it? Sakura Haruka, of course.

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He likes strong people and has no interest in the weak ones.

It is not like he hates them, he simply has no use for weaklings in his life.

Contrary towards people, who think they are strong but are weak as hell. Those were the worst. They would gang up on even weaker ones and think they are the best. He just wants to puke his guts out before he beats every single one of them into a whining pulp.

He will reach the top of Fuurin with this conviction, no matter what happens. He will never back down from a challenge and instead fight his way through to prove everyone who judged him that he wasn’t just some rowdy teenager watching too much fighting anime.

That’s Sakura Haruka for you.

And at the moment, he was on the run.

“S-Sakura-san, wait a moment! You are too fast!”, Nirei complained, short on breath and mostly wobbling behind the black-white haired boy. Beside him was the second vice captain, Suo, jogging relaxed while he had his hands behind his back. He had his usual smile on his face as he probably thought that the whole situation was rather amusing. “Why the hurry, Sakura-san? We still have plenty of time before school starts”, Suo remarked in a sing sang.

They passed the main shopping street where many curious eyes watched the three first years running but most of them just laughed it off as their usual shenanigans. Even when Sakura shouted: “Shut your trap and quit following me!” they found it more endearing as they were already used to the harsh but caring behavior of the black-white haired boy.

When Sakura turned around a corner and nearly bumped into an older couple, he suddenly came to an halt. Before he could either apologize, scold them for being in his way or just ignore and go around them, a pair of slim arms slung around his waist and hold him back. The heavy breathing and high voice made it clear that it was Nirei who desperately threw himself against the other one in order to hinder him from escaping further.

“Just keep still!”, the blonde boy pressed out while trying to catch his breath. Suo quickly apologized to the couple who just played it down and greeted the three of them before continuing their stroll. “Ok, ok, I’ve got it so stop bugging me!”, Sakura yelled, his face now a little bit less red than before but still burning hot. There was a short moment of silence were Nirei and Suo looked expectantly at Sakura while he just scowled at them before he started mumbling something. “J-just forget what you saw and don’t talk about it anymore. It wasn’t something special anyway…”, he said while turning around to start walking again, now at a normal pace. Both vice captains looked a little bit surprised at each other before Suo shrugged his shoulders and gave Nirei a short glance to signal him to just do as their captain told. However, the blonde boy clearly saw the mischievous glint in his eye that never promised anything good for his victims as he silently walked alongside his friends towards their school.

Nirei had some new and highly interesting information to write in his notebook.

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Luckily, the three boys arrived at Fuurin without any further incidents. Some of their friends could sense that something was off with them but didn’t meedle in further since they acted as always. Sakura was a grumpy cat, Nirei a nervous worryward and Suo a sadistic gentlemen.

When lunchtime arrived, some students went out to go into town but a vast majority stayed inside and got into their respective groups. Sakura was sitting in a circle of tables with his his two vice captains and Kiryu but it was clearly obvious how the black-white haired boy kept a certain safety distance from them while munching on a stuffed bread from the Cactus Bakery. The mood wasn’t that different to be worried about since Sakura participated occasionally in their conversation but mostly kept silent like he always did. At first Kiryu thought that he was keeping his distance from Suo and Nirei but it was actually just the first one since his blue and yellow eyes would only carefully wander towards the boy with an eyepatch, as he was expecting him to do something. He glanced towards Suo who unsurprisingly didn’t show any kind of unusual behaviour so Kiryu decided to do nothing for the moment. If he did Sakura would probably try to avoid the topic and in the worst case leave the group. He was already as social as a stray cat so the pink haired boy didn’t need to stress him further.

But could the same thing be said about Suo?