Reina, Yumi, and Haruko were watching the two share their bentos. "Hey Rei, nice weather we're having." Saya said in her normal demeanor. "Hey Saya, are you and Ishi having a good time?" Yumi said in a teasing tone. "Why are you like this?" Ishihara asked, putting his hand over his face. "I agree, must you always be so over the top with things?" Haruko added. "I agree with both of them." Saya added, trying to divert the topic. "Well I- wait, don't try to change the topic!" Reina shouted. "It was worth a try at least Saya." Ishihara said, patting her head. "What did I say?" Saya said. Even though she said what she meant, her hand stopped his hand from getting away. "Hey even if you told me that. Your hand is stopping me." Ishihara commented. Ishihara tried to pull his hand away, but Saya's hand stopped him. "Wow, She really doesn't want you to go huh." Yumi commented. "Shut it." Saya said, her face blushing a bright red. "You two should eat your bentos, it's twenty five minutes before lunch ends." Reina said, gesturing to the girls to come. They both start to walk with her, but Yumi has one last thing to say to them. "Hope you love birds, have a great time together." Yumi teased, before running away. Ishihara gets up and before he could yell at her, she runs away and the other two follow suit. Ishihara and Saya were left blushing red, Ishihara mostly. "Sit down, It's too late." Saya said.
"I know, I can yell at her later." Ishihara said. He sat down next to her and went for a tamago in his bento. "Mine." Saya said, snatching the tamago and putting it in her mouth. "That was mi- mmph!" Ishihara said before Saya put her tamago in his mouth. "Now we're even." Saya said, beginning to eat her bento. "Haah, it's always the small ones huh?" Ishihara said in his head. Without warning Saya stomps on his foot. Ishihara flinches in pain, but remains silent. "He's thinking something rude isn't he?" Saya said in her head. Ishihara began to eat his bento, while Saya kept stomping on his foot. Ishihara kept flinching in pain until his bento was finished. He gets up and starts walking away, Saya wasn't even finished with hers yet. "How are you done already?" Saya questioned. "I'm a quick eater." Ishihara answered, waving goodbye. He walks for a little before going behind a wall and cries a little. "My foot! It, Ngghh!" Ishihara said, touching his foot. His foot was bruised and Ishihara could barely hold in his pain. "Why did she have to stomp on my foot? I didn't do anything to her!" Ishihara shouted, covering his mouth immediately. He looks around to see if anybody heard him, he sighs in relief before someone taps him on the back.
He looks back and sees a small boy with papers in his hands. He looked like he belonged in elementary school. "Hello?" Ishihara said in confusion. "Hello, are you ok?" The small boy asked, looking at his eyes. "I'm… fine? How about you?" Ishihara asked back. "I'm good. I'm looking for my big sis, have you seen her?" The little boy questioned, looking around. Ishihara was confused, but then took a closer look at the small boy. He had brown hair, and then that's when he looks a bit closer. "What is your big sis's name?" Ishihara asked with a gentle smile. "Her name is Haruko Takemoto." The little boy answered. Ishihara knew he was her brother, they both had the same hair color and eyes. "Now then, how about we find that sister of yours?" Ishihara said, holding out his hand. "Okay mister." The little boy answered. They both start to walk and Ishihara decides to bring him to his classroom. "They really are similar. Wait… did I ask for his name?" Ishihara said in his head. He looks around to see if anybody is around and then sees another child. This time it's a girl. "Hey, do you know that girl over there?" Ishihara asked, pointing over to the girl. The boy looks and runs over there in a hurry. "Hey wait!" Ishihara yelled, running after him. He runs after him and right when he catches up, the boy is hugging the girl. "Haah, haah, who's that?" Ishihara questioned, catching his breath.
"Her name is Ikue, my sister." The boy answered. "Hello." Ikue said, waving her hand. "Hello you two, do you want to find your sister?" Ishihara asked. "Yes, please call us by our names." Ikue answered. "There's a problem with that." Ishihara commented. "What's the problem?" Ikue asked. "Yeah, what is it?" The small boy added. "I don't know your brother's name, only yours." Ishihara answered with an awkward smile. "OH, well his name is Chihiro, there." Ikue said. "Well still, it's nice to meet you Ikue, Chihiro. Well now, let's go find your sister." Ishihara said with a gentle smile. "Ok!" The two siblings said. They take his hands, both of them holding each of his hands. They all start walking and just like he was deciding before, he's going to bring them to his classroom. "Now then, let's go to my classroom. Your sister is probably there." Ishihara said. They both nod and Ishihara brings them to the classroom. On the way there, some students and teachers started to ask Ishihara If they're his siblings. "Hey there Ishihara, are those two your siblings?" Sota questioned, taking a close look at the two. The two kids hide behind Ishihara and cling to his legs. "Don't worry he's a friend of mine." Ishihara said, trying to reassure the two. They both come out from behind Ishihara and they both greet him and apologize for assuming that he was scary.
"Well now that's settled, let's go you two." Ishihara said, beginning to walk away. "Wait! I have something to tell you!" Sota said, grabbing Ishihara's shoulder. "What is it?" Ishihara questioned with a confused look. "I've heard of rumors that siblings of one of the queens are here at school." Sota answered. "Huh, well that's not my business." Ishihara said while shrugging. "Well it should be! What if those two are the que-!" Sota shouted before getting his mouth covered. "Like I said before… I don't care about the rumors, but don't drag me in with them." Ishihara said, looking around if anyone heard Sota. "All right all right." Sota said, going back to his class. Ishihara was tired and took a deep breath. The two siblings looked at him and Ikue asked him a question. "Are you ok?" Ikue asked, looking at his eyes. "What do you mean?" Ishihara questioned. "Your foot, you're walking is weird." Ikue answered, pointing at his hurt foot. "I'm fine, it doesn't hurt anymore so don't worry." Ishihara answered, patting her on the head. "Okay if you say so." Ikue said, still looking at his foot. "Let's go now." Ishihara said. They both nod, but Ikue knew that he was lying. They arrive at Ishihara's classroom, classroom 2-B. Ren sees Ishihara and doesn't notice the other two behind him. "Hey Ishi!" Ren said, slapping him on the back. "Don't do that." Ishihara said, sighing deeply.
"But why?" Ren said in a high pitched voice. "You know why." Ishihara said, doing the same high pitched voice. They both look at each other, then Chihiro pokes his leg. "Can we find big sis?" Chihiro questioned. "Big sis?" Ren questioned. "They're looking for Haruko. Have you seen her?" Ishihara answered. "Yeah she's… right there." Ren answered, pointing behind them. Ishihara and the two siblings look back to see Haruko with the other three girls watching them. "Big sis!" The two shouted, running over to her. "Hey, what are you two doing here?" Haruko questioned, patting the two on their heads. "Hey Haruko." Ishihara said. "Yeah Ishi?" Haruko questioned. "The two were walking around the school and eventually found me. All they told me was that they were looking for you." Ishihara answered with his hand on his head. "I see… you two shouldn't come here alone! You're lucky that Ishi was a nice guy, unlike other guys." Haruko said, hitting the two on the head. "We know we know." Ikue answered, making both her and Chihiro bow. "Hey Haruko, I have a question?" Ishihara questioned. "Yes Ishi?" Haruko said. "When did you start calling me Ishi?" Ishihara answered. "Yeah, when did you start calling him that?" Ren commented. "Yeah Haruko, when did you start calling little Ishi like that?" Yumi said teasingly, poking at her cheek.
"Never call me that, and on that note. When did you start?" Ishihara asked, looking at her with serious eyes. "... Fine!" Haruko shouted, crossing her arms. She stayed quiet for a moment before answering why she called Ishihara, Ishi. "Well I thought it was a cute name that a person would call their siblings, a-and Yumi called you that and I thought it was fine." Haruko answered, covering her face with her hands. "So does that mean you see him as a younger brother?" Reina commented, exchanging looks with Ren and Yumi. "I appreciate the sentiment, but aren't I older than you?" Ishihara said with an awkward smile. "Well, how old are you two?" Reina questioned. "Yeah, tell us both your age, and we'll figure out who's older." Ren added. "Well I'm fifteen years old." Ishihara answered. "And I'm 17." Haruko answered. They both look at each other and Haruko smiles. "Well it looks like Haruko is the older one, huh." Ren said, looking at Ishihara. He faces away, but the others can't help but make fun of them. "So you act tough, but we're older than you." Reina said in astonishment. "He was younger than most people in our grade." Ren said. Ishihara's face turned red, but he started hearing people talk about him. "Why is he trying to act so tough?" A female classmate questioned. "Want attention does he?" A male classmate said.
"How can his parents deal with him?" A female classmate asked. Ishihara's face turned white. Ren looks at him and tries to calm him. "Hey come on, it's fine." Ren said, putting his hand on his shoulder. "How is it fine?" Ishihara yelled, his breathing getting faster. Ren looked at the girls and he was shocked. Reina had her fists clenched, Yumi's face looked disgusted, Saya looked like she wanted to kill someone, and Haruko stopped her siblings from fighting someone. "He's such a child for aching like that." A male classmate said. "His parents must think he's a disgrace to his family." A female classmate said. "I feel bad for them for dealing with that." A female classmate said. Ishihara was on the verge of crying. Ren tried to calm him down even more, but Ishihara didn't hear anything he said. "Hey Ishihara, it's okay." Ren said, getting ignored by Ishihara. "I'm gonna beat up one of them." Chihiro said, clenching his fist. "Let me join. I hate people like them." Ikue said, cracking his fist. "Let me teach you two how to beat up someone much bigger than you." Saya said with a smile, clearly wanting to murder someone. "We are not going to beat up someone or kill them." Haruko said, hitting them on the head. "With that being said is he fine?" Reina asked. "Does he look fine?" Ren said, not looking back. Reina was taken back a little and groped her arm. "You don't need to say it like that! She was just worried!" Yumi shouted.
"Shut up." Ren said in a serious tone. "What?" Yumi said in confusion. She tries to poke him on the shoulder, but gets her hand slapped away. "Don't. You. Dare." Ren said. Yumi went back with everyone else who was watching this happen. All the other classmates stopped gossiping after Ren slapped Yumi's hand away. "Why would you do that if she was only-" Reina said, before getting her mouth covered by Haruko. "Don't say anything. Look at him." Haruko whispered, pointing at Ren. Reina looks at him and sees his face. Ren's face looked as if he was filled to the brim with hatred. "Hey, we should calm down. Maybe get a drink or something?" Haruko said, trying to lift the atmosphere a little. "Calm down?" Ren questioned. "Yes, calm down." Haruko answered. Ren gets up and looks at the group. "Calm down? Everything was fine before you girls came into his life!" Ren shouted, pointed at them. "What do you mean by that?" Reina shouted in anger. "You know what I mean." Ren answered. She tries to argue further, but is stopped by Haruko. "We'll leave you two alone." Haruko said. "But." Reina said, before getting interrupted by Saya. "Yes, we'll leave you alone." Saya said, looking at Reina. It was almost like she was telling her to not continue.
"Fine." Reina said, leaving the room. "Come on." Ren said, getting Ishihara out of there. He walks out to see Reina standing there against the wall. "Can I speak with Ishihara please?" Reina asked politely. Ren pushes Ishihara forward and the two begin to walk. Ren goes to Reina's ears and whispers something. "Don't you and the others ever come near him again." Ren said with hostility in his voice. He and Ishihara go away and Reina is left there in silence. "I know… but why don't you let me help?" Reina questioned, tears forming up in her eyes.