Chapter 22: Chapter twenty two

“This needs to be done or else she would only get hurt.”

 

“Well it’s for her good so she should understand right? But why do I have this feeling that she won’t?” 

 

Akira was currently standing outside Haruno's house, he was thinking whether it was a good idea to talk with her right now or leave it to the uncertain future. But after some deliberation he decided to finish it today and try to make her understand.

 

KNOCK KNOCK

 

“Coming” A female voice came from inside, he knew it was not haruno but her mother.

 

A lady in her 40s opened the door, she had normal black hair tied in a bun out of which several white strands could be seen flowing out, black eyes which had dark circles underneath them and her face had wrinkles which added to her overall looks, she was definitely someone who worked hard.

 

“Hello aunty.” Akira greeted her and she nodded.

 

“Is Haruno home?” He asked and that got a frown on her face, she was definitely not happy with the situation.

 

“Yes she is but why are you asking?” Her voice was a bit rough and unclear? Maybe her throat was sore.

 

“I had something to ask her, it’s related to the academy.” He could see that he was not liked much by her and all of it could be attributed to the original owner of this body who had done shitty things.

 

“What is it about? I can ask her.” She asked him. 

 

“It was like this that she-” He replied with a bitter smile when a voice came from inside,

 

“Who is it okaa-san?” It was haruno.

 

“It’s Akira, he wants to ask you something.” Her mother replied.

 

“What!” 

 

THUD

 

And a loud sound of something dropping came from inside. She was a klutz sometimes but it was cute.

 

“Okaa-san why didn’t you tell me?” Haruno, who came running to the front door, asked her mother.

 

“Haruno, did you fall down and hurt yourself?” Her mother asked to which she shook her head and said,

 

“No okaa-san it was kuro’s doing but why are you standing him there and not letting him inside?”

 

“That cat is getting punished and Akira just wanted to ask you something. Moreover, I don’t want him to come inside.” Her mother snorted and looked at him.

 

Previous Akira was really a famous guy, famous in negative connotations and now the present guy has to bear the consequences because of that.

 

“Okaa-san what are you saying? That’s not a nice thing to say.” Haruno said.

 

“It’s fine haruno, can we talk for a minute?” Akira interjected, he wanted to finish this quickly and go to his house.

 

“Okaa-san can we go inside?” She asked.

 

“Yes but only in the living room and Akira?” She directed her gaze towards him.

 

“Yes mam?” It was clear that she was not very enthusiastic about him being here.

 

“Five minutes and I want you out of my house.” Her gaze is really scary.

 

“Yes I will remember.”

 

They went inside the house and he sat down in her living room which again had quite a good cozy atmosphere. It was like something you could find only in places where people were really happy.

 

While he was looking around her house she said something totally unexpected,

 

“Umm Akira-san I had something to say too.” She was fidgeting a lot and was not comfortable even in her home.

 

“Oh and please go ahead haruno-san.” 

 

“No-no you said first so you go ahead.” She said while quickly shaking her hands.

 

“It’s your home haruno-san, you should go first.” 

 

“If you say like it then okay, It’s uhh… how should I say it.. I- I won’t be able to talk to you.” She blurted out the last part which almost flashed by his ears.

 

“Sorry what?” He was confused by her antics.

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“Uhh hehe… I am really sorry Akira-san but from tomorrow onwards can we not talk with each other when inside the academy.” She was looking downwards the entire time and her voice was not the usual one.

 

“Oh..” He said and though,

 

‘That’s weird but hey isn’t this why I came here? Well if she wants to make my job easier then be it. I was already afraid as to what would be her reaction but here she is the one taking the lead.’

 

“Okay haruno-san.” He replied and stood up from his place.

 

“Huh? Aren’t you going to ask anything?” She asked, her eyes were redder and bigger than usual and were looking for his answer.

 

“Hmm? No it’s your decision and I am no one to question that.” He said and waited for her response but her mother came before that,

 

“Five minutes are up.” 

 

“Yes.” He said and made his way out of their house and since they were living quite close it didn’t take much time for him to reach home.

 

Back with Haruno she was not really feeling good, no calling it that would be a heavy understatement, it was like something inside her had cracked and was hurting her. She couldn’t really describe the feeling but one thing was sure that she hated it.

 

Today after she invited Akira to his group and was rejected by her group, they said a lot of things to her, things which were true and things didn’t think much about before. She called him to her group as it would make them spend more time but she didn’t think about the ramifications of her action.

 

Her group member told her how their group would be at disadvantage due to his reputation and how no other group would like to work with them in the future and how adding another E section guy was not feasible for them.

 

She also understood that her own image would be damaged if she continued interacting with him and that was something which mattered to her. On one hand it was an opportunity to become someone stronger and help her parents who were working so hard for her, especially her mom who had been affected by a disease and her only chance of curing her was to go into a dungeon and get the required herb and on the other side was him.

 

And she wasn’t an anime character who would choose a guy over her dreams and family, it was stupid, plain utter stupid. Humans are not like shown in those animes and even though she’s not that bright in head she understands that.

 

Moreover if she was someone stronger like that Richard or Drake guy she had seen in the top classes she wouldn’t have done that to him as in this world Might was right. You could do almost everything provided that you had strength backing that.

 

When she told him that she wouldn’t be able to talk with him inside the academy or elsewhere in public she was expecting him to be angry and disappointed, she was expecting him to yell at her but he didn’t, instead all he had was a relaxed face, was he expecting it?

 

It would have been better if he had said something, showed some of the emotions but he said nothing and that was disturbing her. If only she was stronger, strong enough to do what her heart said.

 

“If only I was stronger.” Then unconsciously tears started falling down from eyes and she fell into the embrace of rest.

 

Sleeping after crying is the best, right?

 

Akira was back in his home eating the yet again delicious dinner prepared by her mother, she was so good at it. The family asked how was their day today and if something happened. It was the best feeling for him as this was the only place where he could be himself.

 

It was the only place where no one judged him based on some silly rumor, well it’s not that silly and has some pith and substance to it but still no other place beats home.

 

While in his room he couldn’t sleep and decided to fiddle with the system attached to this world.

 

“Status.”