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You dug your hand into the basket, gently swaying the little slips of paper around as you dug a little deeper. The girls from your classroom stared in anticipation, each female student waiting to see if perhaps their name would be the one picked. Without another second to waste, your fingers firmly pinched the end of a slip. Blood rushed to your face, your heart beating faster at whose name was printed on the slip.
“K-Kokomi Teruhashi?”
If it was any other name, the class would’ve cared less and resumed their business, but, you just pulled out Kokomi Teruhashi. The stunning queen of PK academy. Everyone gasped a little, just audible enough for you to hear. Well, nearly everyone. You could swear the pink haired boy out of the corner of your eyes was smirking.
For a second, your eyes met with Kokomi’s big wide opened blue ones. Her lips in a perfect small “oh”.
It was the teacher who broke the tension, “Teruhashi, you’re roomates with [Y/N].”
As it happened, 2nd years at PK academy are taking a school trip to Okinawa in two days. Each student needs a roommate and a “buddy” that would accompany them throughout the entire trip. For whatever reason, teachers decided on making teams by having students randomly draw a name out of a basket. And for obvious reasons, teams had to be of the same gender, considering you both are sharing a room. So that’s how it all came to this, you drawing Teruhashi’s name out of the girl’s basket…
You scurried back to your desk, wishing people would stop gawking at you so much.
“Nendou.”
Hearing another name brought some relief, especially Nendou who did a good job in diverting attention onto him considering no boy wants to be stuck in his team.
“Lucky. The whole class wants to be you..,” You immediately recognized Yumehara’s voice. Looking over your shoulder, you saw Mera and Yumehara approach you.
“O-oh hey guys,” you gave them a small wave, “Hah. Yeah, I guess…”
God had favored them together and put your best friends in a group. Not that you minded… much.
“We’ll figure out a way for all of us to hang out in Okinawa,” Mera said, trying to reassure you, ”Teruhashi is nice, we could end up making a new friend, you know.”
A small smile tugged at your lips. Yeah, she is nice… Maybe she’ll just end up hanging out with you, Mera, and Yumehara. Which you hoped would be the case, although you don’t know much about the PK queen, it doesn’t take a genius to notice Teruhashi doesn’t always attract the brightest of personalities. In short, you hope you don’t end up running into her other friends and getting dragged in with them.
“U-um, h-hi [Y/N],” Once again, you looked up to met the same big blue eyes of...Teruhashi, looking down at you shyly before flicking up to glance at your friends, “Yumehara. Mera.”
“H-hey there Teruhashi…”, you trailed, puzzled as to why a popular girl like Teruhashi would come up to talk with common folk such as yourself.
“What’s up?”, Yumehara piped, initiating small talk.
“Oh nothing...just wanted to chat with my Okinawa buddy”, Teruhashi smiled a bit more confidently, her eyes landing on you, “You know, to get to know each other more.”
You felt a rush of blood surge to your face, right up to the tip of your ears.
“I-if you’re not busy today after school, maybe you could join us into town?”, You suggested, stunning Mera and Yumehara at the attempted boldness, “Like, to get to know each other better a-and stuff…”
“Oh yeah!”, Yumehara chipped, “Good idea [Y/N], why don’t we all hang out?”
“Mhmm”, Mera nodded, a strand of drool now dribbling down her chin, “I say we bond at new the deli next to the mall.”
You resisted rolling your eyes at the antics of your friends.
“Well, what do you say Teruhashi?”, you asked with a softer tone of voice, Teruhashi has been startled enough.
“Well, I am free today...”, she said, looking as if she was contemplating the offer before breaking down into a smile, “Thank you for inviting me.”
“Did you hear that pal!?”
The obnoxious boom disrupted the class, drawing attention to a- is that a gorilla? Wait no, that blonde mohawk and the prominent butt chin, it was Nendou. The delinquent kid, who looked old enough to be in his thirties, stopped at a -what was it? Sega. Saga. Saiki! He stopped at Saiki’s desk before slinging an arm around the pink haired boy’s shoulder.
“We also get to be Okinawa pals!”
In an instant, the classroom was filled with faces of pity. All sorrowful eyes landing on the quiet pink haired boy, whose color had drained completely from his face.
Ouch
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Finally, the bell rang. Another exhausting day at school is over.
You grabbed your bag, whistling a soft tune as the class disappeared through the door.
“Hey [Y/N]!”, you turned to see Yumehara hastily approach you, Mera close behind.
“What’s up?”, you asked, a brow slightly arched. You wondered why they looked so hurried.
“I-I forgot my wallet at home”, Yumehara confessed, fidgeting with her hands a bit, “So if you and Teruhashi don’t mind- can we stop by my house real quick and pick up my wallet?”
“Fine by me, have you told Teruhashi?”, You asked.
“Told me about what?”
On cue, the blue haired beauty appeared beside you. She had her bag and her phone in her hand hand ready to go.
“Chiyo needs to stop by her house, do you mind coming?”, Mera spoke up.
“Oh”, Teruhashi’s face faltered a bit, “ I actually have to take in a call from my brother.”
She held up her blue(you noticed it matched the color of her hair and eyes) phone, the screen lighting up to show a ‘missed call’ notification.
“I don’t want to hold you guys back, so go ahead. Where do you guys want to meet up?”
“...”
There was no immediate protest, but it was clear in the atmosphere that no one wanted to take Teruhashi’s offer. Who would just ditch a guest?
“You wouldn’t be holding back at all, I’ll stay here with you”, you spoke up before turning your attention to Yumehara and Mera, “You guys can go ahead and get the wallet.”
“A-are you sure?”, Teruhashi stammered a bit.
“Positive”, you assured.
You couldn’t help but notice the blush on her face, “Thank you, I appreciate that… But you really don’t have too.”
You waved off her protests, turning back your attention to your best friends. Both of them were smiling at you…
“How about the mall..?”, Mera suggested,”The first ones who get there can wait inside the mall, near the entrance, just don’t go too far.”
Yumehara nodded. “Well, what do you guys think?”
Both you and Teruhashi agreed on the location, and so the group date was settle.
“See you guys there!”, you watched your best friends fly through the door, waving a good bye.
“See you!”, you and Teruhashi waved back.
The classroom was now completely empty. Teruhashi and you being the exception.
“U-umm [Y/N],” Teruhashi fidgeted with her fingers, “Thank you for staying behind with me, I really appreciate it, but uh, I kind of wanted of wanted some privacy on the phone. That’s why I wanted to stay behind alone. Sorry…”
What are all the unnecessary apologies for? As if you guys were just going to leave Teruhashi behind.
“Really, it’s no big deal. There’s no way I’ll just leave you behind, I’d rather wait”, you tried reassuring your blue-haired Okinawa buddy.
“Thank you,” Teruhashi blushed, “So, do you mind waiting outside the classroom for a while? I’ll try to make the little chat with my brother quick.”
“Of course,” You responded, heading out the door, “Take your time.”
Guess I’ll go use the bathroom. You thought, closing the door behind you. You could hear Teruhashi’s phone ringing through the halls as you made your way to the bathroom.
A good 8 minutes, at least, passed when you arrived back to the classroom’s door. Although, it looks like Teruhashi is not out yet.
“I am most definitely not cancelling!”
That was definitely Teruhashi’s voice. The volume of her voice was relatively low but the tone sounded quite harsh.
These walls sure are thin. You walked a little farther away from the classroom to respect Teurhashi’s privacy.
“I went shopping with you yesterday!”
Nevertheless, you could still hear Teruhashi’s conversation clear as day. You could practically hear her fuming through the other side of the wall.
“We’ve been on the phone for almost 10 minutes”, you heard Teruhashi sigh,”Can’t we just give this a break? You aren’t mom or dad, you can’t boss me around. I’m going, and that’s that. “
You couldn’t help but feel intrigued...and helpless. You would help out Teruhashi out, but that would be intrusive, especially since she requested for some privacy. Still, you were tempted to know what all that was about.
Another sigh, “Thank you, geez. Honestly. I’ll text you when I’m on my way home.”
You heard sound of the ‘end call’ button with yet another loud sigh from Teruhashi. You took a sit down on the floor next to the door, deciding to wait for Teruhashi to come to you instead. She might suspect you were meddling in on her otherwise. Which is sort of true, not that you meant it.
“[Y/N]?” The door opened, revealing Teruhashi.
“Oh, hey Teruhashi”, you said, still on the floor. You had your phone out, trying to play cool and make it seem like you were playing a game, “ Done?”
The blue haired girl looked a little startled to suddenly see you on the floor, but she quickly brushed it off.
“Yeah, thank you for waiting”, Teruhashi gave a weak smile, “That took longer than anticipated.”
“What? Oh I-I didn’t even notice the time”, you said, fibbing slightly to try to brighten her mood a bit, “But that’s okay, don’t worry about me, take your time.”
“Haha, I sure did”, she giggled a bit. Cute.
“So, are you ready to go?”, Teruhashi asked, putting her phone away in her bag.
“Mhmm, do you want to stop by your house also to pick anything up?”
“Nah, I’ll be fine,” Teruhashi said, “What about you?”
“I’m good too. Let’s go.”
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Not once did you mention to Teruhashi about what you overheard. Sounds like she it has it rough. That was something that seems off for someone like Teruhashi, who looks like she has everything going for her.
“I’m glad you guys invited me.”
Out of the blue, Teruhashi initiated small talk, disrupting your train of thoughts.
“Glad you came”, you responded with a smile.
“My brother has been pestering me since he came back from a trip of his”, Teruhashi began, furrowing her brows a bit, “I kind of used our date as an excuse to avoid him. I’m glad to be hanging out with other people for once.”
Although you know she didn’t mean it that way, you still blushed at her use of the word ‘date’.
“S-so”, you stammered, “Is that why you were arguing with him over the phone?”
“Oh, you heard?”
You couldn’t believe you admitted to that.
“Y-yeah”, you said, feeling embarrassed at the bold confession.
“Well, yes”, Teruhashi sighed, “That’s indeed why.”
“Is he normally this controlling?”
Teruhashi didn’t respond, but her face said it all.
“He may be your older brother, but he has no right!”
“I know”, Teruhashi finally responded, “You’re right.”
“We might just have to hang out everyday so you always have an excuse.”
Teruhashi giggled, “Maybe so...let’s not talk about my brother anymore, I don’t want to be a burden. We should be having fun right now.”
You realized the mall was just only a block away now.
“You’re not mad at me for overhearing you, are you?”, you asked.
“Of course not”, the PK queen assured, flashing you a smile.
Blushing, you smiled back.
In no time, you both arrived on the doorstep of the mall’s entrance. Mera and Yumehara weren’t outside, not that you and Teruhashi expected them to, since it was agreed that the pair who came first could wait inside.
Teruhashi opened the door, “After you.”
“Thanks.” Immediately the cool air from the revolutionary creation of the AC breezed your skin. Refreshing you from the hot rays of the sun you walked through to get here.
“Ahh, it feels so nice.”
You giggled, looks like someone else is also basking in the cool air.
Yumehara and Mera were still nowhere to be seen.
“I guess we arrived here first”, Teruhashi said. You both had spent at least a good 8 minutes searching for them.
“It looks so, let’s sit down and wait I guess.”
You both took seats on a bench nearby, a small air of silence falling over you. Teruhashi took out her phone and found herself distracted. You dreamily gazed at the mall before you. Kids with melting ice cream cones playing tag. Young girls with oversized bags and heavy make up shopping. Mothers gathering to gossip.
It wasn’t soon until an elaborate looking photobooth caught your eye. Dozen different and silly frames were displayed on the sides. Near the top of the side to your right was a screen with, what looked like a couple, sticking out their tongues and making silly faces. It must be the people who are currently inside the booth. Through the screen, you saw them standing up and preparing to leave.
“You want to try that out?”
“Huh?”, you said slightly startled, you looked over at the blue haired girl.
She giggled, “You were looking over there, so I thought you wanted to try it out. It looks like fun.”
“Well, do you?”, you asked, giving the hint that you yourself wanted to try the photo booth out.
“Sure, let’s go try it out”, Teruhashi replied. Both of you grabbed your stuff and left the benches.
You were about to dig into your wallet when Teruhashi stopped you.
“Nuh uh uh!”, Teruhashi held out her hand, motioning you to stop before pulling a card out of her wallet, “I’ll cover this.”
“But-”
“No buts!”, Teruhashi interrupted, silencing your protests.
You gave her a small playful pout to which she replied with an innocent smile.
“After you”, she teased.
You slide into the booth and onto the black leather seat, Teruhashi right behind you.
“Oooh look at all these options…”, you remarked, scrolling through the screen in front of you. You clicked on a frame that detected faces and gave customers a cat like appearance.
“Cute…”, you smirked, looking at yourself with enlarged cat eyes, whiskers, ears, and a black button nose on the screen.
“Let’s do this one!”, Teruhashi said enthusiastically.
“Mhmm”, you replied, clicking the select button on the screen. Both of you posed by flashing peace signs and making big, goofy smiles as the screen counted down from five.
Flash!
You and Teruhashi burst into giggles at the ridiculous picture captured, it briefly stayed on the screen before taking you back to the main menu with the frame selections.
Teruhashi began scrolling through the options, “Tell me to stop at the ones you like.”
She swapped the screen to a cool mermaid frame that immediately piqued your interest.
“That mermaid frame looks neat.”
“Right? I was thinking the same thing”, Teruhashi said, clicking on the mermaid frame option. When the frame was ready, you saw yourself on the screen with blue accented scaly looking skin, enlarged shiny eyes, gills on the side of your neck, and a long slim blue white ombre colored tail. Teruhashi was the same but with a pink accent instead.
“Ready?” She asked, to which you responded with a nod.
“Alrightly”, She pressed the option again and a five appeared on the screen.
Teruhashi clasped her hands together and placed them under her chin to pose. You decided to go with the same pose and prepared for the shot.
Flash!
After sharing a moment giggling at the resulting picture, the screen went back to the selection of frames. Once again, you both were looking through your options.
“Oooh how about this one!”, Teruhashi pointed a simple looking frame labeled as “face swap”.
“Sure”, you responded, pressing that frame. The frame enlarged, taking up the entire screen. For a brief moment, you saw your own face until Teruhashi’s own facial features suddenly took it’s place.
“Woah”, you chimed, slightly taken aback. You were now wearing the most popular girl at school’s face.
“Awe cuuute”, Teruhashi cooed, looking at her new face. You blushed. Technically, she was calling you cute.
“I’m digging this one”, you said, watching yourself with Teruhashi’s face make puppy eyes.
“This one it is then”, Teruhashi pressed the select option, once again, the screen enlarged the frame.
As soon as the countdown began, Teruhashi slipped her arm over your shoulder. You were positive that all the blood in your body had accumulated on your face at that point.
“Uhhh..”, you softly stammered.
“C’mon, smile!”, she said. You slightly turned your head to see Teruhashi making a bright, pretty smile to the camera.
Aww You turned towards the camera before the countdown could finish and flashed your very own grin.
Flash!
An adorable(not that you admitted that out loud) picture of you and Teruhashi showed on the screen. The faces were sort of awkwardly proportioned to your head and rest of your bodies, but any better wasn’t really expected.
“I think this one’s my favorite so far…”, Teruhashi admitted.
“Mine too…”, you agreed.
“AH HAH!”
On cue, the curtains to the booth were drawn completely.
Huh…? You and Teruhashi simultaneously let out.
Before you, a smug looking Yumehara looked down on you both. A sparkle in her eye.
“Found them.”