Yesterday I made a spreadsheet with all the pros and cons of joining one gang or the other, however since I couldn't come to any agreement with myself, I decided that sleeping on the matter could be helpful.

Nevertheless, when I woke up no magical answers came to my mind, which prompted me to whip out the pages once more to consider my options, but I was still struggling.

"Let's think this thru... Taiju may treat me better, but considering his weird obsession, he may start to annoy me more frequently. And I don't want his whole gang treating me like his possession. On the other spectrum it would be fun to mess with Koko, but do I really want to associate with their dirty money?" Then my eyes shifted to Valhalla.

"Nobody said I need to endure till Bloody Halloween, I could always dip on the last day. But I don't feel like dealing with Hanma, sure I could use an excuse I joined because I saw Kisaki roaming around, but wouldn't he suspect me, after all, what kind of girl joins a gang to chase after a crush?... Then again I could be the first to do that." At least that sounded like a quite hilarious scenario in my head. The problem was from the outsider's perspective it was Hanma that was the one making decisions inside the gang, who knew what this weirdo would come up with? It could essentially be like the Taiju scenario but worse.

"But having an eye on both Tora and Keisuke would be good." I had to consider Kisaki's nasty ability, he and his snake tongue. Since it was an S skill, he could easily manipulate people's emotions and judgment at least if their intelligence was really low. Also, sure Kisaki may have seen me as a friend for now, but who knew what was his priority, his friendship, or his end goal?

"Aghhhh this is too hard!" I screamed into my pillow, trashing around in my bed.

"If I join Valhalla, Toman may fall back onto the spy theory once more... Sanzu would probably be delighted if he saw me having connections to Valhalla indeed.... but to be honest the results may not be any better if I join Black Dragon either." Then a random thought hit me.

"If only I could join without revealing my identity..." But then I sat up remembering an item in my inventory that I never got the chance to use.

"Face-changing potion." Even if it only worked for one hour, that could be still enough time to fool someone right?

I tried to give Taiju an answer right away, but he didn't pick up. Instead, I pulled up the system window and made my final decision.

"Valhalla here I come." Soon a window popped up informing me of the next hurdle to the quest.

"As of now, you have 2 weeks to find yourself in the Valhalla ranks." With this pretty language, it almost sounded like I was joining some kind of soldier training.

"I just hope I will avoid Hanma's attention... but since I'm not the strongest that won't happen right?"

Once breakfast was consumed, as I was heading to school I received the anticipated call.

"So babe were you calling to accept my offer?" Another nickname did he never get tired?

"I'm not sure what your babe thinks, but I was calling you to refuse your offer instead." It became deadly silent on the other end, was he calculating the best answer?

"What's the reason?" Not sure why he wanted a girl to join his gang, but I answered with half the truth.

"I simply don't have much time to spare, I already have the training to take care of, and recently I joined a club in school, so most of its activities will take up my precious time." But then decided to sprinkle some bullshitting for good measure.

"I just gave it consideration, out of respect for you." I hung on the call right after, or maybe it was a bad move, wouldn't he think I finished the call because I was embarrassed?

I put the phone into my pocket and decided to do something crazy. It was time to have a serious talk with Kisaki, if I did have feelings for him, maybe the best case scenario was to just confess sincerely for once and request an honest answer. I had this hunch that he never took my words seriously, so I clenched my wrist determined to see it thru.

However, when I arrived Kisaki was nowhere to be found, I decided to wait thinking perhaps he was just late because someone blocked his way on the way to school. But once the first break rolled in I realized it was time to stop expecting his arrival.

"How dare you miss school when I have found enough courage, to be honest with my feelings for once?" I was expecting the day to go by slowly. I did meet Senju and Kawata brothers during the lunch break, but after it when math class began with Mr.Nomura, shit hit the fan.

"What's all that noise outside?" It sounded like someone was fighting but in this more fancy school? I wanted to look out but didn't feel like getting involved in any mess. That was until Smiley busted thru the door, but not alone. Accompanied by a certain short blond male.

"What is the meaning of this?" Mr. Nomura asked, bothered by the youngsters' disrespect for education.

"We're looking for Michi." I guess he had no clue which was my seat. I sighed, annoyed with what just transpired, and put all my items into my bag dragging it along, knowing full well I wouldn't be returning here.

"Michi! You're here!" Mikey said in a cheerful voice but all he received was a glare. I pointed at the door, and they reluctantly left.

"I'm sorry Mr. Nomura I didn't think my friends would be foolish enough to disturb my class... I will go and teach them a proper lesson so it never happens again." I cracked my knuckles and went outside.

"Follow me." I decided to guide them to the club room but then realized how Draken and Keisuke were here as well, talk about a party. Once I opened the door and everyone took a seat of their own I asked.

"What's the meaning of this guys? You fellas have a nerve disturbing the class of my favorite teacher." I tried to not yell considering classes were still ongoing.

"Oh, he's your favorite teacher, what is his subject?" I had no idea why Keisuke was so interested.

"Math. Also, don't change the subject." Then someone decided to change the topic once more.

"No Michi you have the nerve, I heard the Black Dragons gave you an offer and you didn't refuse immediately." What the hell? Who even spread the info, was it Koko? Trying to get back at me? And why was this guy oozing some black aura all of sudden?

"So what if I didn't refuse immediately? Maybe your dumb-ass should see it from my perspective. The guy that gave me the offer usually swigs first and asks questions later, I'm not gonna deal with his anger issues. Refusing thru a call was the best option." Then abruptly Keisuke changed the topic once more.

"So which classmate is it?" I just scratched my head in confusion.

"What?" I asked.

"Who is the guy you like? I'm gonna ask them to a fight, maybe once you see him being beaten to a pulp you will forget about him!" Did this idiot really just tell everyone I liked my classmate? Why did Toman need to know everything about me? I saw both Mikey and Smiley being shocked but Draken was just there smiling weirdly.

"You will not beat him up." Although he would in the future most likely.

"Besides he's not in school today, so give up on that stupid idea of yours." He dared to click his tongue at me.

"Actually if you dare to even seek him out, I'm gonna stop talking to your ass Keisuke." He gasped loudly.

"No you wouldn't... don't tell me you are planning to ask him out?"

"If you keep this up Keisuke I will go back on my promise." He immediately quieted down.

"Now don't even try to barge into the school like this again, just come after school hours if you want to hang out," I warned them.

"And if we don't listen what are you going to do?" Mikey questioned.

"I simply won't hang with you guys, it's not like you guys can force me to do that." Mikey didn't seem too fazed, was he thinking if he bothered me enough I would cave in?

"And I will offer pillow services to someone else."

"No! Not the pillow services!" Mikey soon yelled, shocking Smiley. I just huffed in anger.

"I thought so." Then I stood up.

"Let's go," I said.

"Let's go where?" Keisuke asked shocked.

"Wasn't your original purpose to hang out? Then let's go do something more interesting before I change my mind."

"But aren't you planning to return to your class?" Smiley asked.

"Missing half a day of school isn't that serious really, as long it doesn't become a common occurrence." We agreed to go to the arcade, and Smiley decided to drag his twin brother along.

Once inside I wondered which game to play, that was until Keisuke decided to pull me to the claw machine while proclaiming.

"If I get you one of these will you grant me a reward?" Why was this guy treating this hangout as a date?

'Would you rather agree to Keisuke's Baji deal or ask Manjiro Sano to do it instead?' Wait come again, did this system want me to tell Mikey he would get a reward if he pulled one of the plush toys out?

"What kind of reward are we talking about?" This guy just grinned while whispering into my ear.

"A kiss." which I changed to.

"Kiss on the forehead noted." I didn't think he would get so motivated.

"Check this out!" Was the system possibly helping him out, because he just yelled loudly as if he was in some kind of war combat and got it on the first try? He picked the plush rabbit from the machine and handed it over to me.

"So the reward?" He pointed at his forehead with this cheeky smile.

"Later." Like I would be caught being lovely-dovely with Keisuke when I noticed Draken staring. Because I had this strange feeling he was stuck on the idea I was leading some of the Toman members on. No mister this strange creature called Keisuke just didn't give up.

I walked to Souya that was playing some rhythm games, so I decided to cheer him on. Maybe my presence was a distraction because he missed a lot of notes from then on.

"I am distracting you?" I asked as he quickly shook his head.

'Would you rather ask Souya Kawata if he's gonna give up on you or ask him to teach him how to play the game?' Why would I even consider the first option?

"Do you mind teaching me how to play it, this is actually my first time at the arcade." He was shocked at the sudden news.

"Sure, I can do that." But I could tell Nahoya wasn't too happy with me showing interest in his brother once more. It wasn't my fault the system wasn't discriminating. He was lucky he wasn't chosen as a target instead.

But wait didn't I just make a huge mistake? Like he was at the drum game after all. I set in the money as he chose what seemed more of the easier songs, and stood behind me, helping me hold the drumsticks his hands touching mine.

What was this romantic scenario and why was my body heating up? Perhaps I was whipped for scenes taken straight out of romance manga.

He guided my hands thru the whole song, and once it finish he asked.

"Do you want to try it by yourself?" I nodded wanting to get out of this situation.

"Stop flirting Michi!" Draken yelled across the hall smiling widely. This guy had a lot of fun at my expense, didn't he?

"It's okay Michi don't let him get under your skin, you have the patience of a saint." Nahoya that heard it just started laughing.

"Saint, you?" My comeback was.

"I'm more of a saint than you could possibly imagine yourself to be...Amen." I spent some more time with this bunch until I needed to attend my training with Wakasa, but I didn't allow them to tail me there, knowing how much of a distraction they would be.

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