You Last Seat - Reikou
The test is over. Mr. Yinglan starts collecting the answer sheets from the students.
"You, last seat—Reikou! Quickly bring your answer sheet," Mr. Yinglan shouted from the teacher's desk.
"Ann—okay, sir," Reikou replied, got up, and handed over his sheet.
When he went to submit his answer sheet, his gaze caught Meiyu. Reikou saw that Meiyu was going somewhere outside the class. He quickly started following her—
He kept one pen and paper with himself. He was still observing Meiyu, but this time, he observed and wrote something on paper while borrowing.
Meanwhile—
"Hey! Ryuuto!"
"How was the test?" Shiori asked Ryuuto.
Ryuuto's head was down, not responding to anything for a while—
"Huh?! Ryuuto, are you sleeping?" Shiori whispered again.
"WAHHHHHH! WAHHHHHHI!"
Ryuuto started crying like a baby.
GASP!!!
"W-what happened?"
Shiori asked with a terrified face.
"WHHHH! Why are you asking about my test?!" Ryuuto replied with tears falling from his eyes onto the surface.
"Ahhh! S-sorry then," Shiori apologized.
Meanwhile—
Meiyu was in the library, sitting and checking her question paper. But Reikou was watching her secretly from behind a bookshelf. Again, he noted down something on paper.
"Hmm! That's pretty good,"
"All the MCQs and one-word answers are correct."
Meiyu thought while checking her questions, and a faint smile appeared on her face.
Reikou only watched Meiyu and wrote something on paper.
Meanwhile—
"WAHHHHHHH!"
"Okay, okay! Keep quiet!"
"It's okay to have a bad test!" Shiori tried to calm Ryuuto.
"HIC! HIC!"
"Bad test?!"
"You know how my test went?"
"I just wrote the questions!"
"Wha-?!"
"So, what were you doing for 40 minutes?!"
Shiori asked in shock.
"I—I... HIC! HIC!"
"I wrote all the questions five times!"
Ryuuto replied, still crying, his tears and snot dripping.
"Oh my god..."
"You're really a duffer," Shiori said, shaking her head in disappointment.
"But don't worry!"
"This is just the beginning!"
"Just a trial ball!"
Ryuuto suddenly changed his mood. It felt like he had been acting the whole time.
"I was just testing the test paper!"
"I was testing whether this question paper had the potential to be my question paper!"
Shiori stared at Ryuuto like she was ready to hunt him down.
"And you know what?"
"The questions were too easy. I could have easily topped the test!"
"But the thing is, I don't want the topper tag!"
"So, that's why I only wrote the questions and left the answers blank!"
"So Mr. Yinglan can spend more time with his family!"
Ryuuto explained proudly like a teacher. He crossed his arms and whispered—
"I SAVED BOTH THE TOPPERS AND MR. YINGLAN."
Ryuuto whispered while closing his eyes.
When he opened his eyes, he noticed—
Meanwhile—
Reikou was still watching Meiyu from the bookshelf, and this time, he wrote one more point on paper.
Meiyu was happy because all her answers were correct. But suddenly, she felt that someone was there.
Since the library was so silent, when Reikou wrote something on the paper, a soft noise came—like paper rubbing.
"Huh? This noise came for the third time..."
"Is someone here?"
She secretly scanned the library with her eyes. She noticed something ahead, in the bookshelf, between the book gaps. She tried to focus more—
Reikou noticed that Meiyu was looking, so he moved away from there.
But that was the biggest mistake he made.
Because the moment he moved, Meiyu became sure that someone was there!
Meiyu had been watching an object in the bookshelf gap. When it moved, she confirmed that someone was hiding.
"Did she notice me?" Reikou thought to himself.
"Who is this?!" Meiyu thought to herself.
"She 100% noticed," Reikou thought again.
"100% it's Reikou," Meiyu thought.
Tension rose in both of their minds. The atmosphere in the library felt more intense and serious. Both became alert.
"If it's Reikou..."
"Then why is he doing this?"
"How long has he been here?"
Meiyu whispered in her mind and acted like she hadn't noticed anything.
"Did she notice me or not?"
"If she did, then she will definitely come here to check."
"So why is she still sitting?"
Reikou was also confused in his thoughts.
"Wait! I don't know if it's Reikou or someone else!"
"If I do something weird..."
"He might realize that I noticed him!"
"I need a plan! I already know it's Reikou, but I want confirmation first. Until then, I have to act like I didn't notice anything."
Meiyu started thinking strategically, behaving as if she hadn't seen anything.
"No, wait!"
"I can guarantee that she noticed me."
"Maybe she's acting like this so I won't realize that she knows?"
"I need a plan to escape from here!"
"I can't afford to make any mistakes or weird movements!"
Reikou was also deep in thought.
One wanted to catch.
One wanted to escape.
Both were thinking strategically.
Meanwhile—
SMACK!!!
Shiori punched Ryuuto's face—
"You—you were just wasting time?!"
Shiori said angrily, one hand on her hip.
"Ouch! Sorry!"
Ryuuto apologized.
Ryuuto's face was burning red in the middle, looking like an omelet. He rubbed his face and suddenly noticed that Reikou was not there.
He stood up—
"Huh!"
"By the way,"
"Shiori, I forgot to tell you something."
Ryuuto whispered.
"What is it?" Shiori asked.
"Reikou and Meiyu are in a battle!"
"Meiyu challenged Reikou that if he can, then break her rules!"
"And my boy Reikou accepted!"
"But she didn't tell her rules yet."
"So Reikou is making a plan to get her rules!"
Ryuuto explained the whole situation.
"Oooooo!"
"So, what's the plan?"
Shiori asked with curiosity.
Ryuuto explained the whole plan to Shiori.
"Ooooo, it could really work!"
"I think—"
"Reikou might need our help with this plan."
Shiori said.
"Yup!" Ryuuto said, taking out his phone.
"Hmm!" Shiori started thinking deeply about how they could help. But suddenly, she had a thought—
"Wait, where is Yueko?!"
She asked Ryuuto.
But Ryuuto didn't listen because he was busy typing on his phone.
"Huh!"
"What are you typing?!"
"Ryuuto!" Shiori asked.
"Ahh—"
"See, I sent a message to the YOYO TEAM group!"
"About Reikou's plan!"
"So everyone will know about it!"
Ryuuto said, showing a huge smile.
"WHAAAAAAAA?!"
"You—you—"
SMACK!!!
Shiori slapped Ryuuto hard.
Everyone in the classroom stared at them.
Ryuuto fell down, rubbing his cheek.
"What are you doing?"
Ryuuto whispered.
"Did you forget that Meiyu is also in this group?!"
Shiori said strictly.
"Onnn! Shit."
"I didn't think about that!"
Ryuuto whispered, still rubbing his face.
"Delete that message before Meiyu sees it!"
Shiori said urgently.
Ryuuto quickly opened the YOYO TEAM group chat, clicked on the three dots to delete the message—but in his hurry, he mistakenly clicked "DELETE FROM ME" instead of "DELETE FROM EVERYONE"—
"Oooooh hoooo! Ryuuto!"
"What?!" Shiori asked.
"I—I accidentally clicked 'DELETE FROM ME' instead!"
"Hee-hee-ahh!"
Ryuuto whispered in a scared way.
"Whattttt?!"
Shiori was shocked.
Meanwhile—
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Meiyu and Reikou both got a phone notification.
"Shit!"
"Who messaged me?"
Reikou quickly took out his phone and saw—
"What?"
Reikou's eyes and mouth froze open in shock.
Meiyu also took out her phone to check the notification.
When she saw the message, she thought—
"OMG!!!"
Meiyu was shocked—