Godou couldn't stop himself from feeling his heart race as he watched the other Campione sit on the roof and wave him over.
Why did the other Godslayer have to call him over like that? It would've been easier for him if he had walked up to him and started making demands.
But now, now he would be required to make the first move, to be proactive instead of his favoured situation of being reactive… it just wasn't fair!
His mind stalled as he watched Erica strut up to the grey haired teen with her usual air of superiority, it was likely that she was trying to provoke the other Campione, he just knew she was going to try and assert his dominance over the other teen.
"W-wait! Erica, stop!" he tried to plead, hoping that there wouldn't be a complete disaster because of her.
But it was too late.
"You, what are your intentions here?!" she demanded, Godou had to admit, her confidence was truly immense if she could waltz up to a Campione she had no information on and demand such information.
"To speak with the other Campione of this school," his answer was stated calmly and with a hint of an amused smile, "though, I admit that I thought your boyfriend was the one to hold the title."
"We're not a couple!" Godou couldn't stop himself from shouting out, he really didn't like the fact that this other Campione would immediately come to that conclusion, honestly, he was more concerned about that than he was about the grey haired teens statement that he thought he was a Campione.
"Ignore Godou, he's just in denial," the Great Knight stated in a dismissive tone, making him feel even more worthless than before, "and he is indeed the Seventh Campione."
With that statement, the slightly older teen looked at him with a rather bland expression, making him feel as if he was being judged by someone far above him… it really was rather terrifying, especially since he knew that this person was also a devil king.
"I see, that's a relief," and with that one statement, Godou found himself freezing. He also noted that both Erica and Mariya had done the same as him at that statement, "at least I now know for certain that you aren't going to pick a fight with me."
And with that one statement Godou found all his previous worries flowing away.
"Y-you aren't going to try and kill me?" he knew he sounded desperate but he just had to ask the slightly older teen.
"What? Why would I want to kill you?" at with the complete confusion saturating the grey haired teens voice, Godou found himself releasing all the tension his body had been building up all day and let himself fall to the floor in relief.
"S-sorry, it's just so far you're the third Campione I've met and both of the others tried to kill me," he admitted while rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment.
"Why were they trying to kill you?" the question was asked with an obvious amount of confusion and Godou thought that for the first time ever, he may have just found another normal person with the title of Campione.
"Well, Doni is a sword nut and Voban's a vicious monster," the dark haired teen admitted, earning a look of surprise off the older boy.
"That doesn't sound good," the eighth Campione's response made the dark haired boy smile, perhaps he would finally have someone he could confide in about his doubts and issues with his status as a Campione.
"Yeah, it's nice to meet another Campione that's normal," he stated with a smile before noting the grey haired teens attention was drawn towards the entrance to the roof.
"Ah, looks like the fourth member of your group has arrived," and with that statement, Godou found himself immediately looking behind himself, only to find Shizuka already storming her way towards him with a murderous expression on her face.
"Onii-chan, are you annoying the transfer student?" she asked, making the dark haired Campione wonder exactly how she knew the other Campione was a transfer student.
"Ah, actually it was the other way around," Godou found himself jerking his head back towards his peer as he made that statement, he only just realised that he hadn't told this other Campione that he as keeping everything a secret from her, so he only prayed that the older teen didn't say too much, "I went a little overboard last night since I couldn't decide what I wanted for lunch today and thought that I could share some of it with others."
It was then that Godou noticed the tower of bento's sitting next to the slightly older teen and immediately felt himself stare in disbelief at it.
"And why did you decide that my worthless Onii-chan was worth giving any to?" the seventh Campione found himself flinching at his little sisters description of him.
"Well, I had lunch up here yesterday and you four reminded me of my friends from my old school," that had the youngest Campione stall, he had no idea how they could remind him of his old friends, and apparently neither did Shizuka.
"Oh, and how's that? Was there someone as clingy as Erica there?" the smile that the grey haired teen gave, made Godou wonder just how happy the newer Campione was.
"Well, she wasn't quite as clingy as that, but she did cling to me whenever the opportunity arose," the smile never dropped from the transfer students face as he made that statement, "but that's not what I meant, your group reminded me of my friends because of how close you all seem to be."
That was something Godou could agree on, despite the rather chaotic mess he, Shizuka, Eric and Mariya made, they were probably closer than the other groups in the school.
"So, do any of you want a bento?" the smile that the grey haired high schooler gave was just as pleasant as every other one he gave out during their encounter and Godou found himself wondering if it was intentional or if this other Campione was doing it just to make him drop his guard.
"Um… sure, I guess I could try it," the hesitation in Shizuka's acceptance was understandable, from what his senpai said, he had made the bento's himself and that would mean that they would be nowhere near their grandfather's meals.
After all, his grandfather was the best cook Godou had ever met.
It was when Shizuka opened the first bento that his mind started to experience doubt. Not only did the meal look delicious but the smell was simply divine.
He idly wondered if he should accept one of those bento's despite Anna's cooking generally being delicious and having a bento prepared by her, the smell that was being emitted from Shizuka's accepted lunch was just that good.
He watched as his little sister took a piece of the meal, what seemed to be some type of pasta, before she placed it in her mouth and immediately froze.
He watched for several seconds as the expression on her face cycled between disbelief, bliss and indecision, before she finally started chewing and swallowed the morsel.
"I-Impossible… i-it's even better than Grandpa's," the disbelief in her voice and the fact that she claimed the food was even better than their grandfathers was enough to make Godou freeze.
"So I take it you like it?" the way the grey haired teen smiled was enough to make Godou wonder if the boy was simply easy going or if he tended to fake his social interactions, if it was the second one then his initial thought of how easy he would be to get along with might need adjusting.
The youngest of the group simply nodded her head enthusiastically, "yes, thank you for the meal… ah… sorry, I forgot to ask your name."
"Oh… I forgot about that as well, anyway, my name is Yū Narukami, it is a pleasure to meet you…" he started only to trail off, obviously intending on Shizuka giving her name to him.
"Shizuka K-Kusanagi, it is a pleasure to meet you as well Narukami-san, please keep an eye on my no good Onii-chan," and once again, Godou felt as if she had just shot an arrow through his heart with her insensitive words… that is before his mind focused on something else, the fact that his little sister was blushing.
He immediately started praying that she was blushing out of embarrassment… he didn't know what he would do if she started growing attracted to a Campione, after all, it was bad enough that she was related to him, she didn't need a close connection to two godslayers.
"Ah, my apologies, my name is Yuri Mariya," he was broken out of his thoughts by Yuri introducing herself to the unfamiliar Campione.
"Godou Kusanagi," he was silently surprised by the fact that he managed to say it without any stuttering or nervousness, then again he was more concerned about Shizuka right then, "and this is Erica Blandelli," he decided to supply his senior with Erica's name since he expected her to be anything but forthcoming about any information.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Godou-san," the dark haired teen didn't take anything from the older teens usage of his given name, after all, since Shizuka was there as well, he would clearly use their given names to distinguish between the two.
"Likewise, Narukami-san," Godou idly considered just how different the atmosphere was with the eighth Campione around than when he wasn't, after all, neither Mariya or Erica were really talking with the grey haired teen around.
That thought made something pop into his head.
"Narukami-san, do you need any help getting to know the area?" Godou asked, praying that the teen would accept what he was implying.
He wondered about why the other male gave him a quick look before letting that infectious smile grace his lips once again.
"Alright then, I'll take you up on your offer," the way the older teen made that statement made Godou wonder if he understood exactly why he had asked before shaking his head, he wasn't quite that easy to read… was he?
Deciding to put that thought out of his mind, he noted a certain level of displeasure making itself apparent on Erica's face and idly wondered if she had anything against him creating a new friend