𝓘𝓻𝓲𝓼 | ʜɪɢʜ & ʟᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀꜱᴛ

Chapter 5: Encounter At The Shrine

"I'd rather shove a shoe in my mouth than go with you."

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The twins walked home after accompanying Ueda Yui. The girl told them to wait as she will pay them the promised fee but the twins decided that it can wait until tomorrow.

They also learned that the woman that they met was Hanaoka Fuyumi. She and Madoka seem to be close because they grew up at the same compound. They also learned that she's a photographer and a professional one at that.

Kiko and Nozomi entered their home and found their parents are already home. They are rarely home due to their jobs.

"Hey, girls," their father greeted with a smile on his face. The twins immediately smiled back and walked towards the kitchen. "How's school?"

"It's alright," Kiko said and smiled as the twins sat down on the dining chairs.

"Anything interesting happened?" their mom asked and the twins looked at each other before answering.

Nozomi cleared her throat, "It's the same as always."

Kiko nodded in agreement. As if they can tell them that one of their schoolmates was almost kidnapped and they were there to witness it. Their parents won't take it in a good way. They were even worried about Yuken when they learned he got involved in a gang fight a few months ago. The only thing that kept their parents from letting him attend Housen is that he is still doing well in his studies.

Surely, the girls are spoiled and they can get what they want but at the same time, their parents are overprotective of them that they can't tell what they have been doing after school. That's the reason why they are still holding back and doesn't cause that much trouble.

Besides that, Yuken knows what they are doing and used it to blackmail them into telling their parents. But the twins also know that their oldest brother is joining gang fights occasionally and that their parents don't know about it. Their parents only know the fight that Yuken had a few months ago. He even lied that he just got involved in the fight.

In short, the siblings know their deepest darkest secrets that their parents shouldn't know.

"Oh, isn't your band performing next month, Kiko?" their father asked.

"Yeah, are you guys going?" the girl asked. Since the two are always busy, they weren't sure if they will expect them to come and see her competition.

"We are. We already save that date to watch your performance," their mom replied and smiled at the girl. Kiko grinned as she was excited that their parents are actually coming for her band's competition.

The next day, Kiko decided she will go to the shrine near their school by herself since the upcoming competition with the band will be in the next month.

Nozomi let her as she will be doing something else. That is finding a girl for Yasushi since they need to find him someone within five days. As much as they don't want to do it, they've considered helping him since he's their usual client and the twins already did it to a female classmate before. Up until now, their classmate and the guy they found are still together until this day.

Maybe they are really good at matching people.

Kiko sighed as she finished praying and turned her heels to walk downstairs of the shrine. The girl is still in her uniform as she went straight to the shrine after school ended for the day. She took her mp3 player out and her earphones as she played classical music.

Kiko was completely immersed in the music as she imagined it playing with her violin. She hummed while walking down the streets. It was almost sunset, she realized she spent her time at the shrine shortly. The girl also remembered that someone with Housen pants is there. She was actually intimidated by the presence of that person and the girl immediately realized that it was Housen's leader, Ueda Sachio.

She found him as someone who is nice and you don't want to get on his bad side. Kiko thought that he must be really strong but he didn't defeat the head of Suzuran.

Then that means that Suzuran's current top is stronger than that guy.

The girl was snapped out of her trance as she immediately stopped walking when she was cornered by a group of four guys. The girl frowned and looked at each of them. She also noticed how the other people who passed by steered away from her direction.

"Hey, miss. Why don't we go to karaoke to have some fun?" the guy with bleached hair said with a smirk plastered on his face. Kiko was clearly irritated and she just wants to go home quietly but these guys won't let her.

"I'd rather shove a shoe in my mouth than go with you," she said as she smiled sarcastically. The other guys looked at the bleached guy who seems to be their leader. He was clearly offended by what the girl said but he didn't let it show. Instead, he let out a humorless laugh.

"Are you sure about that?" he asked.

"Oh, I am sure," Kiko nodded sarcastically as she is trying to provoke him. As soon as she was grabbed by the wrist, she quickly flipped his arm and pushed her palm on his chest causing him to stumble backward. "Ugh! Don't touch me, pervert."

The other guys started to attack her but Kiko dodge it and punched one guy in the nose. She elbowed the other guy's face while the other one was slapped really hard on the left cheek. The guy with bleached hair walked toward her but Kiko quickly kicked him on the chest which sends him to the ground.

The girl then punched another guy with slicked black hair. "Ow! What the fuck?!"

Kiko was ready to punch him again but the guy gestured for her to stop. "Why the hell did you punch me?!"

The girl scoffed in disbelief, "You're really asking, you pervert?!"

"What the heck do you mean? I was trying to help you!" the guy exclaimed. Kiko frowned and looked at the four guys who fell to the ground.

"I'm not an idiot! You fucking pervert, stay away from me!" Kiko yelled and swung her bag towards the stranger. Unfortunately, he dodged it. The girl quickly ran away from the scene after that.

She was actually not sure if the last guy was one of those perverted men. She can't remember since it happened pretty fast.

She knew she counted four. But are there really four of them? Or five?

Kiko shook her head and sighed. It didn't matter to her anymore, she just wants to go home and take a nice warm bath.