When I awoke the next morning I felt good about myself, I was still dreading today's meeting with the Haitani brothers, but hey I was already reaching the amount of stats I desired before the Valhalla fight. I checked them out.

Intelligence: 51

Luck: 50

Endurance: 46

Agility: 46

Strength: 45

Previously I believed I would only make it to the 60 mark before reaching Halloween, but hey I maybe would be lucky enough to reach beyond this point. However, would Kazutora really join this fight? I did have a hunch he was getting better, so much so that Kisaki couldn't easily mess with his mental state. Tora had the family he always dreamed of, so there was no reason for blaming Mikey for all his troubles in life, which he previously did.

"If everything goes smoothly the only opponent worth mentioning will be Hanma." Once I dressed up I walked outside to give Kazu-chan a hug. His tired self just hugged me back not really questioning why I demanded one, but then he asked.

"So what was that laughing about yesterday?" did he perhaps only now gain the courage to ask me about it?

"Oh, I was scheming to ruin someone's future plans," I stated proudly, but it seemed like I needed more explanation for my motives. How do I describe it briefly?

"There is one dude that thinks he has the biggest brain out there, so to prove him wrong I plan to crash his plans. And show him who's the real alpha in here." Kazutora scratched his head but accepted my reply, and didn't inquire for more details. So we headed downstairs for some yummy breakfast.

Today I decided to take my guitar with me, together with the speaker. I planned to use the club room for some practice before heading out on my adventure, which could potentially be a trap. And after the initial meeting, I thought it would be fun to visit Izana to see if we could try to play together. We wouldn't want to see him even more depressed. After reaching school I left my instrument in the club room.

Today I decided to annoy Kisaki just a little because how dare he try to scheme something against Kazutora? Not that I knew if he truly did such a thing, maybe I was just searching for excuses to bother him, who knew?

"My fair maiden, how do you fare on this wonderfully sunny day? Can I perhaps sing you a song, to display how deeply intrigued I am by your dashing beauty?" Was the exact word he heard at the lunch break coming from my side. He looked quite baffled, not daring to utter any response so I continued.

I pulled a picture of a cute couple while saying.

"This could be us, but you're playing." I displayed a devastated look on my face to show how deeply I was affected by his lack of affection for me.

"Should I leave you with Hanma next time around?" He asked smugly.

"Okay, I will stop immediately." Would he really use this guy's name whenever he had enough of my theatrics?

Once the classes ended I was shocked to hear Kisaki's request to study in the club room, precisely the day I wanted to use it for my non-existent guitar skills. I let him in but quickly informed him I wanted to practice, he didn't seem to mind, that was until he realized how bad I was.

"Can you stop with the racket?" He asked all annoyed.

"Excuse you, it's a rock club, not a reading club." He didn't seem to like the sassy tone in my voice.

"I will leave soon just bear for it for another 10 minutes." Once that time was over, I handed him the key and asked him to hand it over to me tomorrow since we planned to use the practice room then. I started to make my way to my destination, surely my face scowled when I saw glimpses of their faces. And once our eyes met I didn't spare any time, just equipped Pixie dust into my hand, for safety precautions. There was no way I would trust them fully, you never knew what the system would make them believe next.

"So you guys really plan to apologize sincerely or is it some kind of trap?" Ran soon started to speak.

"We do indeed want to apologize." Did they?

"Upon hearing the girl's story we realized how we got it wrong, after all, you used your precious time to spend it with her at the hospital, then Izana mentioned how he helped him out trying to slowly come over his grief." Suddenly it kind of felt like they possibly meant it.

"Considering how you have great healing powers which you use for the good of others, there is no way you're a demon." Somehow Rindou sounded more sincere than Ran, but why did such a thought cross my mind?

"Fantastic you finally came to the conclusion, it was about time." Was it safe to assume they wouldn't bother me with the succubus nonsense?

"Please let us somehow repent for our mistakes." Ran suggested which got me thinking, but part of me still didn't want to ask them for anything, but it seemed like the system had other plans in mind.

'Would you rather ask Ran Haitani to play with his braids or Rindou Haitani to play with his glasses and hands?' This posed the golden opportunity I was waiting for.

"So you won't mind if I make a request?" They both shook their heads in unison.

"Great... then let me play with your braids Ran!" My excitement must have bewildered him, but what else could I do when that's all I ever wanted to accomplish when coming into this world? But couldn't because previously those guys were out here to kill me?

He gave it some thought but then accepted.

"Fabulous!" I didn't even bother to hide my eagerness, I took them into my hands gently and started to twirl them around, then made sure to smack them into his face a couple of times, finding his perplexed expressions hilarious. I had so much fun I forgot who I originally was dealing with here. Soon I felt his hands creeping their way onto my waist, as he said in a low voice.

"If you want, you can come over to my house and play with them whenever you want." Like I would be foolish enough to follow him home. This truly killed my joy.

"Thanks for the offer, but I would never follow a guy like you home. Know your place." I tried to read how he felt based on his expression but couldn't figure it out. I smacked his hands away and started to head to Izana's apartment.

"Where are you going?" Ran asked, I wasn't too sure why he needed to know my destination, but since I was heading to Izana's place I decided to use his name to scare them away.

"I'm gonna see Kakucho and Izana." I wasn't sure why I was so nice to wave them goodbye but thankfully it didn't strike Ran to follow me to their place.

Once I reached their house I knocked on the door, this time it was Izana that opened it for me.

"Hey!" I said as he let me inside.

"I see you have a guitar." He then seemed to have connected the dots rather quickly.

"Does it mean you come so we could play together?" I nodded my head, admitting that it was my reason for coming over. He seemed so happy, maybe if I wandered here with my guitar last time that fiasco wouldn't have happened.

"So how much did you learn?" He asked as I admitted.

"Not much, I'm a total beginner at this, but I bought this beauty because I and the girls created a band, and I want to give it my all. So you won't mind if I ask for your advice often right?" He shook his head, making me wonder if he reconsidered the things we talked about last time.

As he was demonstrating to me the basics, which he learned recently, at some point he decided to sit behind me to guide my hands on the strings. Why was my brain paying so close attention to his slender fingers? I titled my head in confusion.

"Are you listening?" He questioned.

"Oh sorry, I got a little distracted." Then my brain decided to play a prank on me by starting playing the classic which went.

"Kiss kiss fall in love~, maybe you're my love~" On repeat.

"What?" Izana asked confused.

"Oh it's just a song I know that suddenly won't leave my head... so how about a break?" He agreed, but that's when the front doorbell rang. I wasn't expecting to see the brothers again. I could see Izana's gaze darken.

"Relax, we are already on good terms with your little cute friend." Ran said while sending me a wink. Izana looked in my direction asking for confirmation of this statement.

"I guess... after all they did apologize." They came with food and even bought me a portion. Why did they suddenly become so generous I had no clue, were they really acknowledging I was an angel? Rindou maybe, Ran I had no clue what he was really thinking.

"Can I inspect your arm?" Rindou asked while we were eating our meals, was he curious about the time he broke it and I cured it with a health potion?

'Would you rather let Rindou Haitani inspect your arm or kick him between the legs?' I certainly didn't want to start a fight now when they were behaving nicely, I outstretched my arm as he looked at it all interested, but when I peeked at Izana his eye was twitching in annoyance, to his relief I cut the interaction short when Kakucho returned.

"Kaku-chan!" I yelled and jumped out of my seat to greet him.

"Oh, Michi what are you doing here?" He asked as I pointed at my guitar.

"Practicing how to play the guitar with Izana, although we got some unusual guests." Like where were Izana's friends when he was depressed? How come they were coming around now only when he started to feel better?

Kakucho took his portion of the food

and joined us. I wasn't sure why the brothers stuck around, but later they were observed when I was practicing with Izana. Naturally, at some point, I had to manifest some kind of clumsiness.

"How did I?" I cut my finger on the strings.

"Wait I will give you a bandaid," Kakucho declared as Izana stood up to assist him in the search for the medical kit, I put the guitar to the side and was about to stand up to follow them both but that's when I felt someone grabbing my hand, before I realized what was happening Ran put my finger into his mouth. I was thrown into a spiral of confusion. What was he doing? What I am doing? Why I am here?

Obviously, he let go before Izana returned, that's when I heard myself say.

"Ewww." I took the opportunity to wipe it on his clothes, my chaotic brain didn't waste time for revenge tho, so I spit into my other hand and wiped it on Ran as well, he was also puzzled by my actions. Confuse the enemy.

"What are you doing Michi?" Kakucho asked as I just pointed at Ran while claiming.

"He started it first!" I just went to wash my hands, refusing to elaborate further. I stayed another half an hour before I decided to return back home.

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Also this time we got some Michi back-pain artwork~

Cute~