Chapter: 5

"Yes, Hannah, call him." 

Akane's pov…

While waiting for Lueha and Hamari in the room, I noticed a small box in my drawer. Upon opening it, I found a heart-shaped necklace, and the other part had a key design with "Riffin" engraved on it. You need to put the key into the heart necklace to make a couple necklace. Until I find someone better than you, Riffin, I won't take off this necklace. I miss you so much; I can only whisper it into the void while wiping away my tears.

"Oh, you're here? I've been looking for you to tell you that Hamari and Lueha are here. I'll leave you here for now; I'll help them prepare food in the garden. Just follow when you're done."

Kimiko's pov…

Even without her saying it, I know why she's crying. I know Akane, and I know it's still tough for her after everything that happened. She still loves Riffin deeply, and that's what saddens me because she's trying so hard to stay strong for everyone's sake.

"Where's Akane?"

"She's still inside, doing something."

"She's taking forever. The BBQ is about to be ready..."

"Just wait a bit, Lueha. It'll be done soon, just cook these bbqs properly in front of you."

While I was talking to Lueha and Hamari, Akane suddenly spoke from behind us, and luckily, she had come out. I didn't know what else to say to cover for her in front of these two cousins, so I just agreed with whatever alibi she gave. "Oh, have you been cooking there since earlier?"

Hamari warmly hugged Akane, clearly showing how much she missed my sister, who looked even more beautiful now. "We've changed a lot, huh! You've become even more beautiful, Akane."

"Oh, Hamari, you're flattering me!"

"What are your plans? School starts tomorrow, so you need to be careful with your actions. Don't reveal anything to anyone. One wrong move at Haruko University, and all your hard work will vanish. So, even if someone bullies you, ignore them, as they shouldn't discover your abilities."

Lueha looked at Akane seriously, awaiting her response. "What's your plan?"

"Let's just do what Dad asked us to do and observe."

"It's tough being a dummy. You want to fight back, but you can't, even if you want to grow taller. It's not allowed," Kimiko said weakly while eating the BBQ she took earlier.

"We're doing the same thing with Hamari. Even though we get bullied every day at school and get hit with all sorts of things, we just ignore it because, as Dad says, we should let it be. We just let it go," Lueha added, sitting on the bench near the swimming pool.

Hamari suddenly frowned, putting down the BBQ fan. "It's because they make you wear a nerd suit. I don't know how you're not bullied every day at Haruko University."

"If they only knew the faces behind our nerdy appearance, I'm sure they'd all kneel just to be our girlfriends," my overly confident sister proudly declared.

Lueha's face turned serious as she addressed us, and I wondered what she was up to. "And one more thing... If you see the four siblings, sons of the school owner, leave immediately or hide anywhere, okay?"

Hamari took the remaining Pork BBQ Kimiko had and smelled it before eating. "To avoid trouble."

Lueha named the Haruko Brothers one by one. "They're Griffin, Tanner, Cody, and Phoenix, the Haruko Brothers. They're all members of a Mafia and hold the second rank. We're still in the lead in the rankings."

"By the way, Akane, if you see Griffin, don't mistake him for Riffin. They look alike, but he's not Riffin, and he has a girlfriend named Pearl, who also studies there. But for now, she went to the States. Griffin loves her dearly. He's cold to everyone, and if he gets mad at you, just hide. Kimiko, take care of your sister."

"I know it's not Riffin. Because Riffin is alone in this world."

"I'm just reminding you."

It's our first day of school, and since we're not allowed to reveal our identities, we can't bring our cars. Instead, we had someone drive us. "You can drop us off here, sir."

"Sure thing."

I took my bag from the front seat and bid farewell to the driver. "Go back to the mansion; Kimiko and I will take it from here."

Entering the school, Kimiko and I were both amazed. The school was impressively clean, and the building where we would stay looked beautiful and spacious.

Kimiko suddenly stopped at the last building and sat down for a moment. The three of us joined her. "Wow, it's really tiring, especially this last building. I wonder if they've posted the list of names here yet."

"Yay! We're classmates!" we all shouted...

After Hamari rang the doorbell, the door to our classroom opened, revealing a beautiful woman who I assumed was our professor.

"Oh. Why are you all just standing there? Come inside and find your seats."

"Hi, classmates, I'm Lueha Yoon," said Lueha, gesturing towards Hamari to go to the center.

"Hi, I'm Hamari Yoon," Hamari announced with a smile, but the students just gave her a disdainful look.

"Clearly siblings, all ugly!" said a girl with thick makeup, echoed by her companion.

"Don't tell me the next one to introduce themselves is their cousin? What a family of nerds!"

Entering, we felt like everyone in the class was looking at us with disdain. Oh well, if it's about looks, we're definitely more beautiful than all of them, according to Kimiko's thoughts.

"The four of you can come here to the middle," the professor pointed at us, so we stood up together. I introduced Lueha, Kimiko, and Hamari, feeling nervous.

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