[h1] Yoshida Book Cafe[/h1]

Jun chuckled as the guys left without issue. Well, they hadn't paid the bill, so Jun just giggled. She signaled to Tanaka that she'd pay it herself and turned her attention back to Ayano. "Well, I hope they find her soon." She offered the girl a smile and got up to leave, before heading right to the counter to pay for her order. On second thought, she should have anticipated those guys would just walk out and leave her to pay for all this herself. Oh well, they were to her taste anyway, so she didn't mind splurging a little. She left a small tip for Toma before saying goodbye to both of him and Ayano. "See you two in school, I guess."

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[h1]Warakuma High School[/h1]

When Jun returned to school at the end of Golden Week, the whole school was buzzing with rumours of how the idol Chiaki had been found after going missing for days. Mostly it was the boys who were planning to go down and visit her and use the time as an excuse to kind of get close to her. Or, closer than they normally would be able to, at least. "How simple-minded." Jun commented under her breath as she gazed out the window from her seat while trying to tune out their discussion on finding Chiaki's hospital room.

Come to think of it, there were several people from the school who had gone missing recently. Weren't they all victims of the cultists or something like that? There was some rumours about that going around too. If the sickos were targeting high school students... Jun's face turned to a frown as she pondered the possibility that her father might get dragged into protecting the school under the request of desperate parents or something and end up tightening her leash.

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The lessons were dull, as usual. It wasn't that the teachers were droning on about the subject material without pause, but rather nobody in class was interested in paying attention. They all wanted to know about Chiaki. Seeing as how some of them probably thought criminal activity might be involved, the blonde girl thought it best to keep a low profile. If Ayano had suspected her just from a brief meeting at the hot springs, thing would be a lot worse if everyone else thought she had something to do with it as well. Not that they'd say it to her face, but she didn't exactly want to give them more ammunition either.

So she decided that instead of wasting her time, she'd actually attend club practice for once. If there was one place nobody would talk shit about her, it was the school dojo where she would have plenty of weapons within reach. Jun headed straight for her locker in the gym, standing in the corner of the girls' changing room where she was out of sight of everyone else. While it wasn't a big secret that she had a dragon tattoo on her back, she didn't exactly like showing it off and confirming that yes, she was "branded" like all yakuza were.

Being the first in the dojo had its perks, and before anyone could catch a glimpse of her back, Jun was geared up and already practicing on her own against the training dummies.