Mistreated all his Life, He Rejects her Childhood Friend & She Wants him Back

s's girlfriend Hana bullied him so incessantly that he ended up hospitalized due to the stress even on the hospital bed Hana was relentless in her verbal attacks at that moment having had enough of her abuse s breaks up with her on the spot in a flashback a young Hana spots s playing in the sandbox she notices that he seems skittish and that everyone thinks he's weird for it she claims to be kind enough to play with him anyway this is when it all began and as they grew up Sone became an unfeeling punching bag for

Hana she'd hurl verbal abuse at every little mistake or misstep he made and she never eased up on him things only worsen in high school one stormy afternoon Hana texts s asking him to pick her up near the station s considers not going due to the storm but Hana guilt trips him into going there anyway s grabs an umbrella and runs near the station fearing that Hana will give him a harsh verbal lashing later if he doesn't go when he arrives near the station he spots Hana by the window however Hana and instructs him to

Simply wait in the pouring rain until she finishes despite the Ridiculousness of the request s stands there soaking wet and entire hour passes by before Hana and her friends exit the cafe they were betting money on whether or not s would actually wait an entire hour Hanna cheely tells her friends that s will do anything she says no matter how ridiculous the request she squats in front of s and confirms as such at that moment the bubbling stress anxiety and mental fatigue finally catch up to S and he passed out back in the present Hana

is stunned silent she believes that s is just saying some sick joke but s reminds her that she's always been threatening to break up with him so it's best if they go their separate ways now Hana thinks that s is bluffing and she points out that he doesn't have the gall to make that sort of decision on his own she adds that someone like him doesn't have the right to dump her either Hana remarks that there aren't other girls who would get along with someone as useless as him but s is dead serious about breaking

up he pushes her out of the room room saying that she should be glad to be rid of someone useless like him Hana struggles to stay in the room but s gives her one final shove out Hana starts banging on the door demanding that s apologize to him a passing nurse tells her to keep it down and Hana explains that she had a bit of a fight and that it was her fault she apologizes and leaves but as she does she clicks her tongue and bites her lip this isn't going as she'd hoped she starts

texting s much to hurry up and apologize to her as well as an extra helping of verbal AB use as the cherry on top s isn't reading all that and he blocks her he heads to the window and looks at his reflection in the mirror in the past Hana convinced s that his face was unsightly and that it would be best if he just BW out his hair to hide it s's low self-esteem led him to go along with whatever Hana said but now that he is free from her shackles he decides to cut his

hair the moment he leaves the hospital he heads straight to a hair stus and gets a proper haircut symbolically ending his 13-year relationship with her when s heads to to school the next day he is apparently oblivious to all the girls fawning over his new appearance some even mistake him for a transfer student when he finally notices the girl screeching around him he is completely bewildered his friend Huda wipes away a tear of laughter and tells him that they're all talking about him Hera tells s that he looks good something that s's never heard before

s's face has been hidden behind his bangs for so long that nobody's been able to get a good look at him but now that those bangs are gone all the girls are agreement he looks hot harud asks why s chose to debut this new look and S simply replies that he just felt like it everyone agrees that he looks better this way and he's happy to hear it s is unintentionally swaave which harda can't get enough of s apologizes if he's ever brought the mood of the class down because of him but he hopes that

from now on he can get along with everyone else s joins Huda and his friends for lunch harud wishes that s got out of his shell sooner but s is happy that he's able to converse with them now harud puts his arm around his shoulder and tells him that his looks are National Treasure level s laughs which is enough to Dazzle anyone standing within 5 ft while the girls cry s spots an aggravated Hana watching him nearby s can tell she's upset but whether it's because he broke up with her blocked her or because he

cut his hair he doesn't care when he tries walking past her Hana blocks the hallway Hana to keep up appearances as one of the most popular and likable girls in school forc s to keep quiet about their relationship status putting into question if they were ever really dating at all Huda asks s if he knows who Hana is and S drops the coldest oneliner in history nope never seen her Hana shakes in Anger intending to exact her revenge in one way or another s completes his class worksheet ahead of schedule leaving him with ample free

time he briefly recalls how he snubbed Han earlier and he predicts that she's Beyond annoy at this rate while wondering how he should spend his free time he glances to his left to see a girl reading a book amidst the gentle breeze when the aform and gentle breeze knocks her bookmark to the floor s picks it up for her and their eyes meet she thanks s for picking it up for her and it Dawn on the girl that this is the first time they've ever spoken previously Hana convinced s that he'd have no chance with

any girls at all and that the only reason she was dating him was out of pity she frankly tells him that no one else will love him but her if you can even call what she's doing love because of hana's influence s was completely shut away from social interaction with other girls s apologizes to her if he's ever made her uncomfortable in any way and she reassures him that he hasn't she introduces herself as fumi but some already knew that which makes fumi happy this is the first Small Talk s's ever had with a girl

who wasn't Hana fumi remarks that the entire class suddenly started paying attention to him ever since he cut his hair but s says that they'll likely get bored of him soon likening himself to a rare animal fumi laughs and for once s feels at ease instead of being stiff and anxious over what sort of insult Hana might hurl his way he can simply be himself around fumi fumi tells s that she's always wanted to talk to him properly ever since she saw him watering the plants on The Veranda s tells him he wasn't doing anything

Noble he was just doing that to kill time because he'd always have to wait for Hana it suddenly Dawns on S that fumi wanted to talk to him before even before he became as hot as he is now fumi closes her book and remarks that from now on S will become even more popular with the ladies after school s goes out and enjoys his Newfound freedom and life he picks up some books wins a turtle from a crane machine and buys a double cheeseburger now that he isn't Shackled by Hana anymore s is no longer

anxious over having to reply to her messages these wounds will heal with time especially since Hana can no longer send him texts at all s leaves the mall and sees that the Sun is setting he gets on the train and heads home reminiscing about the leisurely time he had today he was able to explore the city converse with some friends after class and enjoy school life to its fullest he's confident that he still has a chance to salvage his youth however just as he arrives home he sees an unwelcome face waiting for him near his

house Hana who greets him with an unsettling grin Hana complains that she's been waiting for over 2 hours for him and she scolds him for taking his sweet time so mightor her and tries to walk past her but Hana holds her arms wide and prevents from moving s asks her what she wants her reaction doesn't surprise s she's always been manipulative of his feelings and she often guilt tripped him to get her way however Hana directs her anger towards s's classmates s asks her if she seriously waited 2 hours outside his house just so she

could tell him gibberish he frankly tells her that they're strangers from now on and doing this sort of thing is troubling to him she asks him if he's serious about breaking up and he replies that he is Hana warns him that he won't be able to live a normal life if he breaks up with her but someone knows better than that Hana was the problem not him still Hana doesn't give up she links arms with s and tells him that today was nothing but a fluke and that the girls who approached him earlier were only

doing it because he looked hot Hana tries to convince him that she's the only one who sees the real him Sona doesn't see his classmates as that shallow nor does hana have any control over who he befriends Hana doesn't relent and she offers to forgive s if he apologizes to her a proper apology s looks her dead in the eye and says that he can't he drops another cold oneliner I don't need you in my life and irritated Hana mutters that she should be the one dumping an idiot like him but as s points out

she can't because he just did he pushes her aside and continues home Hana shouts that she's really angry with him now but s doesn't care and keeps walking Hana grits her teeth and runs off S hopes that this clears the air and that things will settle down a few days later s continues his laidback and peaceful life he only ever sees Hana near the school Gates or here in there around school he doesn't pay attention to her but she seems to be popping up wherever he goes still at least she isn't talking to him anymore

he remembers how she forced him to wait outside her house for 30 minutes but one day he notices that she got to the station before he did she could have gotten ready early all those other times she just chose not to he notices that she's talking to Taki whom he remembers as the baseball club's Ace Hana and Taki are openly flirting and they make no effort to hide what seems to be a youthful romance unfortunately their flirting isn't the appealing kind and everyone around them is off-put by them s hoping that he doesn't have to

see that God aful sight again decides to take an earlier train the next day however as tomorrow rolls around he sees Hana and Taki again s's not dumb this can't be a coincidence he sees right through her efforts to try and make him jealous but it doesn't work he doesn't care seeing that her Gambit isn't working a frustrated Hana shakes off tacky's arms s arrives at school and greets his friends he's still a bit mentally exhausted from this morning and he tries to psyche himself up to face the day the first subject is physical education

where the coach takes the chance to decide the order for the sports festival relay race the coach encourages them to do their best so that they can impress all the girls and it works the boys are up in arms about being the fastest s's always tried to maintain an average running speed so if he doesn't know the extent of his physical abilities some often won running competitions when he was in kindergarten but even then Hana was quick to shut him down by claiming that he didn't look cool when he was running fast because of this

s began running slowly on purpose all because Hana preferred to be the center of attention it's not that s wants to stand out he just wants to stop limiting himself he wants to be normal just like everyone else the coach calls the first batch of students to the starting line and S puts his game face on S Sprints right out of the the gate his strides long and effortless he need not limit himself or control his speed when he reaches the Finish Line he turns around to check what his speed was only to see the

coach and his classmates with their mouths a gate the coach exclaims that s's speed was so fast that he might have just beaten the prefectural record harud nominates s to be their class's anchor and everyone is in complete agreement they're going to crush the competition and victory will be within their grasp the tempting prize for winning the interclass relay race is a set of dessert coupons for the school cafeteria however s turns down their proposal for him to be the anchor pointing out that his run just now may have been a fluke as he isn't

physically active or in any sports clubs the whole class becomes dejected and they practically beg s to change his mind s eventually relents unable to say no when they're all like this s agrees on the condition that they don't expect him to win and that's good enough for them harud thanks him for taking that leap of faith someone doesn't mind he was just surprised surprised by everyone's reactions and he's glad that they all think highly of him the positions for the Relay race are finalized and placed in the classroom for everyone to see when the

rest of the class learns that s is the anchor his popularity Skyrocket it seems that his breakup with Hana was for the best his life has taken a turn for the better fumi his classmate seems to think so too she remarks that he's been attracting attention again and though s had some ambition of being an athlete in the past he says that it's all behind him fumi wishes she had some semblance of physicality too and she asks him if he could give her some tips s replies that he doesn't have anything to teach her fumi

becomes lethargic and starts talking about skipping the sports festival s asks her if she hates the festival that much and she happily says that she hates it a lot s wishes he could have helped her out more suddenly hu a member of the track and field team approaches s he asks s if he's going to run the relay race with all he's got and indeed if he is willing to die for it s surely hopes that he doesn't die while running hu is troubled by s's half-baked determination and willpower hu explains that he's been training

hard to ensure he can be the anchor for the Relay race but he isn't asking s to swap places with him he admits that s has beaten him fair and square but he asks s for a favor to crush the other class's anchor tacky fumi recognizes the name tacki isn't the baseball club's Ace as s believes but another member of the track and field Club s asks him why he wants to beat tacki so badly and hu explains that Taki stole his girlfriend hearing this fumi becomes visibly troubled s is confused he definitely still saw

Takaki and Hana together that morning hu doesn't blame tacki for stealing his girlfriend away he attributes it to his own failure as a boyfriend what he can't accept is how tacky ditched her for a freshman student that's something he can't forgive but to add insult to injury when hu ran into Takaki in the hallway this morning Takaki was gloating about how he become the anchor again this year he also rubs in the fact that hu not only lost to him in love but he's about to lose to him at the sports festival some offers hu

the spot of Team anchor so he can have his revenge but as hu sobers up he admits that no matter how hard he trains he has never beaten tacky thus he entrusts his dreams of Revenge to S he wants him to knock tacky off his high horse s asks him how he should go about doing this and hu offers to properly train him on how to run he's going to need it Takaki holds the prefectural record however s is unsure if they really can defeat tacky like this pointing out that a relay run is still

a team effort in the end hosu remarks that everyone's condition on the day itself may vary but the focus and core of the race are still the battle between the two anchors hu asks s to train with him for the next few weeks before the race begins and he lowers his head s agrees on the condition that hu also teach humi how to run hu agrees as does fumi the plan is set to defeat Taki the next day s shows up up at the school's track oval where hu and fumi are already waiting for him

this is also the first time that s can remember actually meeting up with friends Hana had expressly forbidden him from befriending anyone she didn't approve of which was nobody after warming up and training they agreed to meet again after school meanwhile Hana watches with jealous eyes as s lives his best life later hu Begins the training session and he leads them in properly stretching so they can defeat Tacky in the process of stretching fumi clumsily slips and Falls flat on the floor s can't help but laugh the sight of this prompting him to call fumi

cute fumi embarrassed asks if s is a natural L killer s doesn't know what he's talking about but hu does they have a lot of nerve flirting in front of a guy whose girlfriend was stolen away they get to training and hu records their times using a stopwatch though fumi and s tire themselves out hu is an excellent coach and he gives them both great pointers their times are steadily improving but they can only improve so much in such a short span of Time s mutters that fumi looks cute while she's running prompting a teary-eyed

hosu to beg them to stop flirting the days quickly passed by and they continue training in the mornings and afternoons Hana on the other hand has begun reappearing at the same station s gets on though he notices that she looks visibly tired and sleepy Hana spots s marches up to him and gloats that he'll be seeing more of her face as the days go on S replies that she shouldn't force herself to get up early not unless she wants that horrible bed hair again Hana hurriedly fixes her hair before asking s about his role as

the anchor at the upcoming relay race she makes a bold declaration she had repeatedly told him in the past not to run so she wants to use this chance to properly humiliate him she brags that her new boyfriend tacki will thoroughly crush him at the race as if on Q tacki sizes s up and taunts him Hana returns to Taki and she wishes s happy struggle they move to the opposite end of the platform still flirting s is unbothered moisturized and flourishing several days of intense and grueling training go by with entire mornings and afternoons

dedicated to improving their speed not everyone who works hard is rewarded but everyone who has succeeded has worked hard their training slowly draws to an end hu blows the final whistle and commends S and fumei for their efforts fumi exhausted collapses to the floor s and hosu take their seats next to her and together they watch the glistening sun set on another hard day of work tomorrow is the big race hu gives them both glowing remarks about how much their times have improved despite a relay race not being a one-on-one fight hu is confident that

in a vacuum s is certain to defeat Taki s thanks him for the vote of confidence though he would have preferred to have trained a little while longer hu is moved by his work ethic so much that he is driven to tears hu thanks so Muer agreeing to go along with his plan he admits that he hasn't been getting much sleep lately due to what happened to Taki and and his ex thanks to him and fumi he was able to shift his mind towards how to help them improve their running time words cannot express how

grateful he is fumi is also thankful for how much help hu has given them she's gotten so much faster than before as has Som hu Smiles the time he spent with them these past two weeks has been life-changing to say the least but his grudge against tacky hasn't gone away yet on the topic of tacky fumi shares her observation that Taki seemed to have changed his hairstyle lately similar to s's hairstyle style but that's where the comparison ends hu explains that hu Taki has cut his hair ever since he started dating Hana his ex broke

up with him precisely because she liked Taki's hair Taki likely cut his hair afterwards just to spite him hu is a bit embarrassed to still be wallowing over his ex but s sympathizes with him he won't make fun of someone who poured their heart and soul into loving another hu sobs uncontrollably and S consoles him on that day the three of them became closer friends than ever on the way home home fumy repeats an early observation that s is a really considerate person s asks her where this is all coming from and fumy recounts the

recent instances when s showed how kind caring and compassionate he is she thinks that it's a really wonderful thing when she realizes how close their faces are together she jerks her head away but she admits that getting to know him these past few days has made her happy the unexpected compliment makes s a little flustered and it makes fumi flustered too still she wanted to tell him no matter what an awkward silence sets in and they change topics to their next big hurdle the relay race eventually they wave goodbye and go their separate ways when

s arrives home and goes to bed he thinks about what fumi told him earlier that day at this rate he won't be able to sleep with these blossoming feelings of affection the next day arrives and som's class hyped themselves up for victory the day of the sports festival has come hu struggled to sleep the previous evening but set his thoughts of his ex and Tas aside and focused on his two new friends the sports festival is in full swing as the various events are played out fumi does her best at the basket throwing event bless

her heart Som realizing that he's needed for the rope jump event gets up and leaves meanwhile tacky showers hanana with encouragement out of anticipation for her cheerleading battle likewise Hana expects Taki to get first place in the relay finally the day's Main Event arrives the class relay hu stretches and heads to the starting line fumi gives and S one last pep talk before they begin hu Smiles waves as he leaves and takes his place on the starting line the race begins and hu wastes no time getting to the front of the pack the race is

heated and intense with the Racer's ragged breaths mixed with the sound of deafening cheering very quickly fumi's turn draws near incredibly nervous she asks s if he can lend her hand for a second she grabs it and holds it tight and she is suddenly filled with determination she runs off to her position steadying her breathing as she waits for her turn she leans forward with her hand to her back and as she grabs her team's baton she bursts into a full Sprint using everything she's trained for so much cheers fum on and she manages to

pass her Vuitton on to the next person waiting at the rate they're going they're liable to lead the others in the dust fumi approaches s still panting remarking that she heard his voice amidst the Sea of shouts she finds it amazing that she was able to hear him despite the distance she feels that it was almost like a miracle she promises to cheer for him to hosu kicked off their class to a great start setting the stage for their lead s's role as the anchor is a significant one and he wants to repay everyone's efforts

with his own the relay race continues and s's turn rapidly approaches s observes that their main competitor Class B is way ahead of everyone else while their class is barely hanging on to Second Place tacky approaches s and asks why someone like him as the anchor even though his class has another track and field member hu tacky answers his own question by mocking hu's recent poor records and saying that the big UL wouldn't win no matter what he did his speech is cut short when one of his classmates informs him that his baton is approaching

tacky reades himself in the moment he grabs the Baton he practically flies away from his starting position despite his arrogance and annoyingness he can walk the talk s anxiously turns around and sees his classmate running their damned hardest to make it to him once s receives the Baton he too flies from his starting position all he can do now is use hu's training to its fullest the fact that he's in second place isn't what's important what's important is that he defeats Takaki tacky notices loud cheers coming from the stands and when he turns around he

is astonished to see s so close to him tacky doesn't even realize it until s is already way past him and he is unable to even adjust his speed in a stunning upset s blazes right past tacki right into the waiting arms of his classmates they lift him up and parade him around like a war hero someone doesn't know how to react but when he sees the smiling faces of his friends he decides that it's all right while s and his class celebrate Hana sulks her plan foiled classa has won the relay and many of

his classmates credit s's stunning breakthrough against tacky on the other hand as more and more people realize that s defeated Takaki a track and field a they start mocking him for having a pretty face but a horrible personality s glances around and notices hana's upset face near the stands he doesn't blame her for getting mad someone wanted to win for hu's sake but he wonders if Hana thinks he did it to spite her while their class assists with the cleanup hu invites s to a car after party s's never been to one before much less

been invited to one fumi too is tagging along and with everyone else wanting him to join s decided to accept their invitation while s and fumi wrap up the cleanup s Hears A Familiar voice Hana and Taki are nearby not wanting to be near Hana he grabs fumi to try and drag her away but the suddenness causes fumi to trip and they end up in a rather complicated position s apologizes and explains that he just doesn't want to bump into Hana and tacky especially after he absolutely blasted them during the race they keep their heads

low and have no choice but to ew tacky explains away his earlier loss by claiming that he wasn't at his best but he promises to snatch first place at the inter High track and field prelims unfortunately Hana won't give him the chance she ends his role as a fake boyfriend even though tacky believed they were going steady this entire time he points out that she always wanted to go to school with him and hung onto his arm but Hana explains that all that was just pretending she mocks the fact that all the nutrition has been

going into his muscles instead of his brain there's only one person she wants to be her boyfriend but she doesn't say who tacky desperate to keep Hana points out that he changed his hairstyle and dumped his old girlfriend just so that he could be with her Hana smly tells him to stop acting so desperate and she forbids bids him from talking to him ever again tacky tries to get another word in but Hana is done talking and she tells him to leave frightened tacky runs away with his tail between his legs as he Fades into

the distance Han asks s what he's doing over there with his cover blown he looks to fumi who nods that it's okay for them to get up Han asks s if he's come here to laugh at him she boasts that her revenge plan isn't over yet she only failed this time because tacky was useless s retorts that he'll only give in once she admits that s became a better person after he left her Hana angrily replies that she won't fall for such cheap provocations and she storms off ready to plan her next Revenge after a

short awkward silence fumi asks s what that was all about he apologizes for making her listen to a weird conversation but she says that she's okay later s joins his class for an Afterparty at the Car Bar where he is hailed as the MVP the entire class is in complete agreement and they recount his Gallant figure as he crushed tacky during the final leg of the race s replies that it wasn't solely His efforts but the combined efforts of the class that gave them the ultimate Victory he's hot he's kind and he's selfless the entirety

of classa feels so blessed to have him as s observes the party he acknowledges that he wouldn't have been invited if he wasn't directly involved in the race he doesn't know much about his classmates but he notices that the two class representatives seem nice and friendly enough he talks to fumi about the songs being sung and eventually it's hu's turn on the meek he grabs it and declares that his next song is dedicated to S one of the girls shouts that she's all for be hu tells the class what they already know that he was

dumped by his ex thanks to S he was able to exact his revenge this raises s's stock even higher not only did he win the race he also did it to help his friend s bashley tries to downplay what he did but it's no use everyone begins treating him like a hero if they weren't already s gives up and sinks back into his seat humi remarks that he really does seem like a hero which is why everyone is making such a fuss s still doesn't believe himself worthy of receiving such praise but fumi tells him

that so many people admire him not just their classmates but her as well fumi admits that while she watched him run her chest tightened and it felt suffocating s looks her in the eye unsure of what to do with these new feelings of his the two sit in relative silence as their classmates continue to sing their hearts out the excitement doesn't die down but s gets up and heads to the restroom as he turns the corner he overhears one of his classmates badmouthing Mina one of the class representatives the two girls gossip about Mina as

just trying too hard to try an appeal to S and they find it disgustingly desperate the two girls Erica and Mari bear an unsettling Grudge towards the more popular people s evees drops on them and recognizes them as His classmates while it is true that Mina started talking to him more once he cut his hair he believes that she's being nothing more than friendly Erica loudly says that she doesn't see any appeal in men muray Echoes her sentiment by exclaiming that men should only exist in the 2D format s goes in the opposite direction and

while he can tell Erica and Mina don't get along he doesn't know how to feel about badmouthing someone Su returns to the party and enjoys himself and a few minutes later Erica and muray Shuffle into the room a few hours later the class leaves but they had so much fun that they plan another car party they invite s much to come along and he promises to if he has the time suddenly Sone hears something moving behind him but when he turns around all he sees is an empty Alleyway as long as he's not in shabuya

he should be okay fumi notices him in distress and he shakes off his feelings by telling himself that it's a stray cat s prepares to go home with fumi but instead of walking with her halfway he offers to bring her all the way home he doesn't want fumi to go home by herself with how late it is fumi is embarrassed to have s act so sadly towards him but he doesn't even realize it after separating from the rest of their classmates s and fumi prepare to go home the sound that s heard earlier was actually

Hana who has been following him this entire time Hana angrily mutters that the only person who should know how appealing s is is her she makes it her life's mission to steal s back from them and she knows just what to do she'll ruin the happy school life that he carved out for himself the next day as classa settles in still AB Buzz with excitement from yesterday their class adviser Sakura strut in with a cold air about her the whole class Falls silent s and fumi look at each other and wonder what's up Sakura places

a letter on her desk and explains that someone sent a letter to the school accusing this class of bullying tensions Run High Sakira begins explaining the letter of complaint she states how disappointed and saddened she is by this accusation and she asks the class who bullet Erica to the point that she couldn't go to school anymore s admittedly doesn't know what kind of person Erica is he only knows his seatmate fumi and the rest of the more obvious and conspicuous members of his class s glances at the empty seat in class and realizes that it

must have belonged to Erica the girl who was bad mething Mina he remembers the hurtful things she was saying which makes him wonder if that's the type of response of someone who is being bullied she finds it hard to believe that Erica's harsh and abrasive attitude would make her the target of any bullying at all secure notices her class keeping quiet and she demands that anyone with even a slight guilty conscience should raise their hands however the class remains quiet s thinks that Sakira a relatively new and inexperienced teacher is going about this the wrong

way this suspect searching strategy won't work Sakura seeing that nobody is fessing up and saying anything declares that until this bullying case is resolved there is a high possibility that the upcoming School Camp will be cancelled the whole class falls into disarray the school Camp is a highly anticipated event that everyone is excited for canceling it outright seems like such an extreme measure no no names came up as suspects and the class atmosphere became as cold as hana's heart 5 days later the School receives another letter which seura claims contains the name of the student

who's been bullying Erica she gives this student one last chance to properly confess without exposing her name to the class when nobody comes forward she asks fumi to come with her to the faculty office fumi confused claims that she's never bulled anyone before but Sakira tells her to save her breath s tries to vouch for fumi's good character but saura shuts him up she grabs fumi and parades her out of the class like some sort of criminal while fumi is brought to the teacher's lounge to sort all these things out the class starts discussing the

matter they quickly realize that fumi and Erica have never interacted at all fumi mostly kept to herself and read her books while Erica preferred to talk about wee stuff to her Social Circle still the letter name dropped her which puzzles them hu approaches s and asks him for his two cents about the situation s remarks that that even if someone were to be bullied it' be impossible for the class not to notice fumi certainly isn't the type to bully someone either hu Echoes his sentiments and Som casts doubt on the authenticity and truth of the

letter fumi returns to class A few minutes later and without saying a word she takes her seat she writes something on a scrap of paper and shows it to S she proclaims her own innocence and she asks s to believe her s looks her in the eye and tells her that he doesn't doubt her not for a second fumi starts sobbing and S makes it his mission to get to the bottom of this after class hu s and fumi gather outside the school their situation has gone from bad to worse before Home Room ended Sakura

passed around a sheet of paper even if fumi insisted that she hasn't bullet Erica or anyone for that matter the fact remains that there is a letter accusing her of bullying she asks everyone to write what they know about fumi under the threat of canceling the school camp and field trip this ultimatum practically means that if fumi doesn't confess to a false accusation the whole class will be affected it's incredible that sakur didn't stop to consider if the letter was a false accusation Som concludes that they can't rely on Sakira to solve this problem it's

up to them hu remarks that the way Sakura is handling the situation is practically just bullying fumi too fumi apologizes for dragging them into this mess but s reassures her that she's done nothing wrong they will get to the bottom of this Scooby-Doo Mystery he consoles fumi and promises that he and hu will always be on her side internally s wants to calm her heart as soon as possible they turned their attention to the letters the first letter was sent directly to the school while the second letter was apparently handed over straight from a class

visit thus fumi is the prime suspect because Erica name dropped her on the letter hu doesn't see a third party being involved so this makes the matter simple whether this situation was a result of a misunderstanding or some other issue can be revealed simply by asking Erica herself s declares that they have one path to go straight to Erica's house they can retrieve Erica's address from the class book however fumi admits that she still isn't sure if she hasn't hurt Erica at all they'd never talked before but she acknowledges that the chances that she accidentally

or inadvertently offended her somehow aren't zero that's why if she did happen to do something to upset Erica she wants to apologize to her in person Som too has been bullied without ever saying a word so he knows that it's possible but right now he lacks the information to try and tell f otherwise hu heads off to his Club activities leaving fumi and S to go to Erica's house however once there Erica tells them to leave even though she's heard from saura that fumi isn't a bully Erica claims that fumi has been badmouthing her every

day fumi is audibly confused and Erica picks up on this she yells at her to just apologize to the rest of the class threatening not to forgive her otherwise s finds her request utterly strange why does Erica want fumi to apologize to the rest of the class even if she won't be there s spider senses tingle and he gets the same feeling he had during the car after party he Sprints around the corner and asks Yi to wait for him he chases a girl through the Alleyways what makes her think she could possibly outrun the

class relay Ace s grabs the girl's hand though he already knew who it was the moment he started running after her Hana jokingly says that she got caught s in a serious tone asks Hana what she's doing here Hana exercises her right to remain silent but some suspects her of somehow being involved with Erica's bullying case it's also extremely telling that she's hanging around in this part of town Hana believes that s chased after her somehow so that they could get back together and she offers to forgive him if he apologizes and clings to her

s shoots her down he gets straight to the point and tells her about Erica's bullying case he asks her if she is involved Erica plays Innocent but her voice is the voice of a liar s blocks her path of escape and asks her again he wants the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth the suddenness of s's cabon catches Hana off guard s tired of her games tells her to drop the ACT he already knows what she's doing Hana stunned starts laughing only s could have seen through her like that for S it

was all too easy Hana has been tricking and deceiving people since she was old enough to speak she isn't tricking anyone now and she certainly isn't tricking Soma Hana laughs that she was found out so easily she thought her little Escape was cute s asks her if she ordered Erica to claim that she was being bullied but Hana claims that she did no such thing she simply offered Erica away to mess up the class solidarity she greatly despised Hana seems quite proud of herself for it too Erica is also quite satisfied with the results Hana

was looking for a way to disrupt his class somehow and it was by complete coincidence that she ran into Erica this tells s that Hana simply took advantage of Erica Hana reveals that she did quite a bit of work on her own by gathering information about his class she asks s if he knows why she's doing all this and he guesses that it's out of good old-fashioned Revenge Hana concedes that she's angry that s has rebelled against her revenge isn't why she's doing this she's doing this so that s can see more clearly s refuses

to play along with her Antics he asks her if she's willing to admit that she orchestrated all this to the school but that's a stupid question to ask of course she wouldn't she's evil not stupid someone knows that too talking to Hana will get nowhere he has to get through to Erica the main force behind this whole incident s releases Hana which surprises her she had thought that s went through all these lengths to talk to her more s tells her not to get the wrong idea the only reason he chased her was so that

he could solve this class's problem Hana presumably in disbelief had assumed that someone was doing all these things to get back at her because he was angry Som remains silent he knows for a fact that Hana did all these things because she craved detention from him he ignored them at first but now her actions have affected his friend Yumi s thinks about what response would be most effective and he tells hanana that she should make new friends and not enemies that's another cold line for the books Hana angrily replies that they'll never go back to

the way things used to be and she cries s remains quiet hana's tears will never move him again unlike fumi's hana's crocodile tears were probably part of her plan too