Another Like Me - Part I (CoTE x OC) ?

Chapter 11 - Hearing

"I wonder why you came to that conclusion, Takeyama", Sakagami-sensei spoke up, "their injuries are far from light. I would suggest looking into another point to enunciate your position. Self injuries are something that students of my class will not think of doing."

"I'm sorry, but why are speaking for your students, sensei? I do not think I asked you anything. I'd prefer that you remain silent. Sensei."

You could almost hear a pin drop in the silence that had engulfed the room. Sakagami-sensei looked too taken aback at my words, and Horikita was staring at me incredulously for mercilessly shooting down a teacher's points. I could see Nagumo thoroughly enjoying the situation behind his VP desk. Chabashira-sensei seemed pleased with my actions, and was snickering to herself at the back.

"Takeyama-kun, I think it is our duty as students to uphold and respect our teachers. Don't you think that was taken too far?", Tachibana asked me exasperatedly.

"I don't think so, Tachibana-senpai. The only inference I can gather from Sakagami-sensei's actions of defending his own students is that his students do not have the answers to my questions. I'd like to look at it in a manner that clearly states that Sakagami-sensei is covering for his students."

"Preposterous! Are all students in your Class D this rude, Chabashira?", Sakagami directed this question at Chabashira-sensei. Chabashira-sensei, however, just smiled at Sakagami-sensei, before speaking.

"Not at all. In fact, Takeyama-kun right here is one of the most respectable and well-mannered student at ANHS", I winced slightly at this unexpected compliment, "Sakagami-sensei, you must have said something extremely irrational to have irked this student of mine. I don't see any problem with his behavior, and it is justified."

Sakagami-sensei was completely shut down after this ordeal, and Tachibana motioned to me to continue speaking. I decided that I had done enough, and it was Horikita's turn to speak. She cannot hide forever in the shadows just because her precious Nii-Nii is watching.

I looked towards Horikita, expecting her to speak, but she caught my gaze and turned her eyes, away, refusing to get up and continue with the proceedings. Manabu looked like he was getting impatient, and Nagumo was still smiling devilishly to himself.

What happened after that was perhaps the funniest thing I had ever witnessed Ayanokoji do.

He pinched Horikita. Hard on the side of her stomach. Horikita yelped, trying to control her pain and laughter. Ayanokoji, however, did not give up, and relentlessly tortured her. Horikita was now almost on the verge of tears, holding back her muffled sobs and laughs. The entire Room was looking at the 2 with wide eyes, unable to comprehend why such a thing was taking place.

Ayanokoji stopped pestering Horikita, and she bent over down on the table, seemingly trying to regain her composure. All eyes in the room were currently on her. This was Ayanokoji's main intention from the beginning. 

This made me all the more suspicious of Ayanokoji's actions. Why was he trying so hard to get Suzune Horikita acknowledged? I was 99% sure that Horikita was just the scapegoat; Ayanokoji is the real person behind the scenes. However, nothing interesting has happened as of yet, other than the fact that Sudo's Midterm expulsion was revoked. I had already attributed that as Ayanokoji's doing, and Horikita and he had just split the Private Points required to buy a point for Sudo's paper.

There was no point in exposing Ayanokoji, however. No one in class would believe me. Even if I gave them a detailed explanation as to why I thought Ayanokoji was the real thinker of Class 1-D, I doubt that most of them would be able to understand, and the explanation would just zoom over their heads. Yosuke and Chiaki might understand, but it was too much of a hassle to actually explain everything in detail. It might get hard to explain as well, since I cannot touch Kushida's alternate personality; I'm not even supposed to know about that.