Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

The icy wall between the two tables was no laughing matter.

It first started off as what would seem like a normal lunch period in school. Sumire Shouda picked up her tray of cafeteria food and walked down the same aisle she had been going down for the last couple of years—ever since she's been here—but today, instead of taking a turn to the right, the took the one on the left. Other students originally sitting at the table scurried off in alarm as they watched her slam her tray down and stab at her piece of meat as if she was murdering her immature, tactless boyfriend, giving off a very dangerous vibe.

Mikan Sakura joined her swiftly. She too, had a grouchy look on her face, as if her boyfriend just made snide, insensitive remarks that hurt her feelings again.

Next came Nonoko, who sighed as she plopped down across them, looking like her boyfriend had just let her down.

Anna said nothing, but from the forceful way she chewed her food and her swollen eyes, anybody would have guessed her boyfriend must have rejected her cooking.

Hotaru remains amused—she almost took a turn to the right before noticing the unbalanced gender ratio going on—but seemed nonchalant when she took her place.

Few minutes into the silence, Sumire finally dropped her fork.

"Girls, I am officially done with Kokoro Yome." She declared, while staring daggers across at the table on the other side. "What do I ever see in him?"

"I understand how you feel. Boys are such…ugh." Mikan rolled her eyes.

"They know nothing about treating us right."

"They obviously think they are all better than us or something."

"I am NOT talking to him until he apologises. Wait, even then, I might not talk to him still."

"Do you know what he did? He said…"

"Outrageous."

"I know! I was like, so mad at him I could just…argh!"

Couple fights, what's new? Hotaru Imai was used to this and mostly snickered to herself. Oh well, what can she say? She and Ruka got along fine, most of the time. Thanks to her. These girls just didn't know how to control their men. Discipline plays an important role in relationships. Besides, it was amusing to hear about their petty fights. She could learn a thing or two to make sure her Ruka doesn't ever turn out like the rest.

"What we need," Nonoko declared, "Is a good break from those jerks." All of the girls agreed and nodded in approval.

Hotaru's eyebrows twitched and her eyes flashed. A break? The genius brain of the prodigy started ticking fast.

A break sounded like a wonderful idea. A break sounded like what they all needed. A break sounded like fun. A break sounded like a chance to drive the boys up the wall. Upside down.

And what better break can there be than a blind date?

oOo

The silence on the right side of the cafeteria was just depressing. Obviously, our heroes were not feeling very good about losing all their dates, together on the same day. Even Ruka, who had committed no crime whatsoever, had to bear with the bro-code and gave a small nod to Hotaru before she settled on the other side. They never said anything, just eating with their heads hung low in shame and pretending that nothing was wrong, as if they couldn't feel or hear or see the group of girls on the other side instead of here, all talking and angrily eyeing at them with that glint in their eyes. Pissing off one of them is enough, and now they have the whole group against them. But it's not Natsume's fault that he just told Mikan she looked like she had gained weight because it was obvious that she did, with her stress-eating after exams, and also she accidentally found out he threw away the corny keychain she made for him. How could he possibly go around school carrying that thing? Koko didn't mean to laugh at Sumire about her extra curly hair that day. How it grew into a full blown argument about appearance and what-matters-most-is-the inside is a mystery. Mochu didn't have a choice but to throw Anna's dish down the bin, since whatever it was supposed to be started moving and turning blue. He could have died! And Yuu didn't mean to accidentally beat Nonoko at chemistry and let Misaki-sensei praise him, then proceed to rub it in her face. She just fell asleep during the test or something. And why was she still crushing on him? He's her boyfriend now!

The thing is, they all knew they were somehow in the wrong, but none of them would lower their pride to apologise first.

"If I apologise to her first, I'll allow you to kick me, Koko." Mochu grunted. "She almost killed me with her food. And this would be the 16th time I apologised first."

"Do the same for me too." Koko nodded, standing his ground. "I'm tired of being the bad guy. I'm the victim in this too!"

"No one said you had to apologise. I don't do that." Natsume muttered.

"Ugh, because you're Natsume, Natsume. Your apology doesn't even have to be in words. You just toss Mikan some Fluff Puffs and she'll be all over you. I can toss flowers, perfumes, new handbags, even myself, but Sumire would hurl them right back at me."

Nastume just scoffed.

Tono once told them the trick is not to always be too quick to apologise. A man gotta keep his pride! Playing hard-to-get once in a while can even score double the points, plus have them scurrying back!

But they all forgot that only worked on normal girls. Because on the other side, the girls were sure as hell not thinking anything along the lines of apologising. Instead, they were thinking of how to make the boys apologise to them. And they get to have fun at the same time.

"Speaking of which, you sure outdid yourself this time. You called Mikan fat?" Koko smirked. "She hates you so much now. It's written all over her mind and face. She doesn't even have her Nullification up."

Natsume frowned and glared at Koko. "I didn't call her fat. I just said she's showing too much of her arms. And it's ugly."

Koko laughed. "No you didn't. You can't even remember if you called her fat!"

"Koko, stop laughing." Ruka hissed at him, because the ladies on the left were looking extremely unpleased that the boys could still joke around after breaking their hearts.

The boys sweat dropped immediately as they heard the benches screeching against the floor as the girls stood up to leave. They pretended to be very engrossed with whatever was on their plate.

Not before Koko caught something.

"I hope I meet someone who is going to be like, drop-dead gorgeous. We need a makeover too." Sumire's thoughts were always loud and easy to read. Wait. Who?

"Should we really be doing this? I'm not sure we should." Nonoko. Um. What?

"I'll have to get some contacts. Of course, I'll charge them some cash. Should I put up a poster of the girls?" Hotaru. Is she selling someone?

"Should I wear red or black at the blind date?" Mikan.

Koko's apple almost fell out of his mouth.

A blind date? No way in hell.

"Ruka, what has your woman done?" He threw up his hands in frustration.