Behind the Mask

Compelled to be worthless (Part 2)

Ririka had just left the room a few moments ago, so Mary just assumed that it would have been the whitehaired girl who had come back for some reason. 

The wooden door opened and to Mary's surprise it was Sayaka who entered the room. "Why is Sayaka here?" It had been a while since Mary had seen the president's assistant in person. Just being the president's assistant gave the loyal girl a powerful aura around her, about which Mary didn't care too much. Sayaka entered the room and instantly started to look around. The ponytailed girl's eyes instantly fixed themselves on Mary the moment she had  stumbled upon her. Sayaka, as expected from her, had a very professional stance at all times which the person closest to the president somehow managed to let seem natural. 

"Ahh... so you're here too, Saotome..." started Sayaka to talk in her usual practiced tone which sounded a lot like she couldn't care less about Mary's presence. Mary stared at Sayaka, still surprised to see her, so random after school. "What do you need?" asked Mary in a somewhat friendly yet confused tone as the two extremely rarely had interacted with each other in the past. Mary didn't necessarily have anything against Sayaka, however she was aware that Sayaka's job was mostly about effectuating Kiraris wishes and there probably wasn't anyone at the whole academy who would be willing enough to go to such extreme lengths as Sayaka was for the president. 

"I am looking for Ririka, she has been called to the council room..." 

Although Sayakas voice sounded a lot like her usual voice, for some reason there was a hint almost like she wasn't fully paying attention to what she was saying and instead was focused on something different. Sayakas eyes were still fixated on Mary. Having heard why Sayaka was here, let Mary enter a gloomy mood "Why would they need Ririka? It's such a pain that she still has working hours", Mary felt annoyed by the fact that Ririka would need to leave, "...but I guess it was a good thing that I didn't start interrogating her..." realized the blonde girl. 

"Yeah... she has just left to get something, but she should come back soon... so if you wait here a little you'll meet her." shared Mary in a slight displeased tone almost like she didn't want to give away that information. While saying that Mary had leaned herself against a bookshelf and stared at the seemingly calm Sayaka, expecting an answer. However the presidents assistant just stood in the room and didn't give any form of reply. Mary was slightly surprised by Sayaka's reluctance of seemingly not wanting to talk to her. Mary shrugged with her shoulders "I don't know why, but I feel like she is irritated about something." acknowledged Mary, although she didn't know if she should care about that detail.

 Although Mary was thinking that, Sayaka wasn't doing anything to verify that claim as the ponytailed girl appeared to be perfectly calm. "Whatever, she seems to wait for Ririka and it's more than fine with me if she doesn't want to talk." Mary, unconcerned, moved from the bookshelf, turned around and started walking towards the couch where she planned to wait for Ririka as well. However after just a few steps Mary stopped moving. "Why do I feel Sayaka glaring at me like that?" 

Mary could literally feel how the loyal assistant was giving her a death glare the moment she had turned around. Mary had to smile almost pleased with herself. "I knew something was going on." Although Sayaka had not given any physical indications that she had been mad, the moment Sayaka had looked at Mary directly after entering, Mary had almost felt a shiver down her spine as she had felt the furious aura around the assistant. Mary calmly started to turn around "So... Sayaka, how was your..." Mary didn't finish that feign friendly sentence as she instantly got startled the moment she turned around.

 Sayaka somehow had managed to move directly behind Mary without making a single sound. As a result of that action, Mary was staring directly into Sayakas angry grey eyes, which were very uncommon for Sayaka unless under special circumstances. "What is she? Some kind of assassin? When the hell did she get so close?" Before Mary could do anything, Sayaka had already grabbed Mary by the school's uniform's collar and roughly pushed Mary against the cold gray wall which had been behind Mary. The nabbed girl could feel how her back was forcefully being pressed against the concrete. For her rather tiny body, Sayaka was definitely much stronger than expected. Mary's eyes began to slightly glow yellow as she could sense the hostility emitting from Sayaka who was fiercely having a hold of the blonde girl. Mary was staring at Sayaka who had gotten uncomfortably close.