On a stormy, rainy night.
Kushida ran nonstop, as if fleeing from some terrifying figure.
She ran into a narrow alley, seeking somewhere to hide, but accidentally tripped over a stone by the roadside and fell straight to the ground. She scraped her hand, and mud stained her clothes, but she had no time to worry about such trivial things.
She gasped for breath, staring in terror at the horrifying shadow pursuing her.
The black figure gradually approached Kushida.
It was someone wearing a black raincoat.
Judging by the figure, it was probably a boy.
Kushida gritted her teeth and shouted angrily at him.
"What will it take for you to leave me alone? Akasaka!!!!!"
Kushida's cry was utterly heart-wrenching.
As a bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, the figure gradually came into view in Kushida Kikyo's eyes. It was none other than Akasaka Ryunosuke.
Akasaka casually pulled off the raincoat covering his head, revealing a cold expression as he looked at the person before him and spoke icily.
"If you dare interfere with my business again, you can leave this school, Kushida Kikyo."
Kushida abruptly sat up in bed, sweat soaking her clothes like raindrops.
She looked around her room in terror, then seemed to realize something and gave a relieved smile.
"So it was a dream..."
Kushida rested a hand against her forehead. "I've got a slight fever. Did I catch a chill?"
"Ah, it hurts!"
Kushida suddenly realized something and looked at her injured palm. It was the same hand she had scraped when she fell the night before.
Kushida's face filled with fear.
"That wasn't a dream! It was real! Akasaka knows my secret. He knows everything about me."
"He knows I betrayed the class. He knows everything."
Kushida grabbed her hair as if she