It happened one day.

The day was nice. Mid autumn , sunshine, and breezing wind. The sun went up a few minutes earlier this morning and it helped a lot in waking me up. Well, to be short, it was another nice day at school.

We grouped together right after the end of the last period of the day; mostly just to chat, brag, or complain about different kind of stuff; sometimes the teachers, others the homework, but usually about the TV business. Usually we would talk about the TV world at Junes but recently, I found out that we tended to talk about it whenever we found ourselves together. Well, kind of careless when you think about it, since everyone could eavesdrop at any moment. Seemed like no one in the group cared about that anymore…

Anyways, as Yosuke Hanamura and I were talking about what we did yesterday in the "dungeon" (he liked to put it that way), we noticed Chie Satonaka and Yukiko Amagi and invited them in. We discussed a bit more about what we should do tomorrow in the TV before changing the subject to the food category, all thanks to Chie. Steaks and… steaks were her most favorite subject after all. Well, at least just before martial art.

Talking about martial art, I noticed that we were now talking about it.

"…then he flew up and threw a flying kick at this guy and knocked him flat!" It was Chie speaking. She was telling us of some action movie she saw on TV last night. "It was totally first-class! You guys should have seen it."

"I know right? It was awesome!" Before I could realize it myself, I've put my whole mind into discussing the movie with her. "I like the part when he drive his car through the wall and sent this guy was on the hood through the air."

"Nah, I like the part when he charged through the hallway and beat everyone in his way up. He even grabbed hold one of their guns and shot at the bossy guy,"

Our conversation got hotter and hotter to the point that I was using my hands to describe what was happening and Chie was trying to copy one of the moves in the movie.

"Man, you guys really have a lot in common," Yosuke spoke to break our conversation. "I mean, you both like action movies, martial art, steaks, and using my money to buy steaks."

Okay I admit, I do love steaks like Chie, but who doesn't? The steak at Junes was named one of the best steaks that could be found in Inaba, after all. Even Yukiko liked it. She always went on and on about her weight because of her job helping her family's inn, but never once she turned down an invitation to eat steaks.

"Yeah, you guys have so many in common," now it was Yukiko who was saying. "People from the side who think you are a couple when you guys walk together."

What the? I thought.

"Hey whoa there! Hold your horse! " Chie exclaimed. "We might have a lot alike, but not a couple! Never!"

"Yeah, she's right," I backed her up, since I didn't to be into any misunderstanding. "We won't be a couple, or can't be, since I won't fall for a girl like her!"

"Wait, what?" It seemed like Chie did not appreciate what I'd just said. "A girl like me?"

I stepped on a landmine, I thought. "Wait, not that. I mean, you are a nice girl and all but…" I scratched my head. "I just can't see myself being a couple with you."

"I'm nice? Really?" Her eyes glittered a bit.

"Yeah, you are, but just no… uh… woman in you,"

Her face went from bright to grim and scary like a snap. "No woman in me?" Her tone was low and dreadful.

"Say, Chie, have you ever had a boyfriend before in your life?" Yosuke crossed his arms, looked at Chie and asked her, as if to make fun."

"Uh…" Her face dropped to the floor and her foot was fidgeting. I thought I knew the answer already. "Never did."

"Well, that pretty much answers it," Yosuke giggled.

"Hey, what do you mean by that?" Her face was beet red.

"Nothing, just asking," the guy now could not hold his laughter inside. He burst out laughing, which angered Chie even more.

"I don't have a boyfriend yet because…" She paused, trying to come up with an excuse. "Because I'm still in high school, yeah, I should focus on studying first and put my love life later on,"

"Sure, whatever you say, ma'am," Yosuke smile, shrugging. "But I notice…" he place his first two fingers on his chin, thinking.

"What, Yosuke?" I asked him.

"Don't you see? If we exclude the team and Yukiko, the only friends that Chie has are boys," he pointed out.

"You're right, she does."

"Hey, hey, what kind of idea you two are getting at?" Chie got suspicious.

"Think about it, you're a girl, who has never been in a relationship, who has a bunch of friends that are boys, not much on the girls…"

"Wait… are you saying?" Chie inched herself near Yosuke, cracking her knuckles.

"Yes, Chie, I am saying…"

"That… what?"

"You are…."

"I am…?"

"Lesbian."

He was down on the ground before he could even realize it himself. I could see clearly that his both hands were holding dearly his "man's stuff" while moaning some inaudible words under his breath. Poor the guy, he should have never said that word out.

"Are you kidding me?" Chie yelled out. "How in the world you could you call me a lesbian? What kind of random conclusion was that?"

"Calm down, Chie!" I tried to stop her from killing my best friend. "He did go a bit overboard, but still…" But to be honest, I didn't what to say to defend him.

"And you!" It was my turn. I knew it. She faced me this time and lifted her chin at me. "You sided with him the whole time!"

"I did! But…" I didn't know what else to say, so I blurted, "But… but… okay, I don't think you are a lesbian, but in my eyes, I can't see any attractiveness from you!"

"Ooh~ No attractiveness, huh?" She loomed over me, and I did seriously thought of dying. "Okay, are you sure of saying that?"

"Uh…"

"Okay, I think that is enough for an answer," she looked around the classroom. It was until now that I noticed, the whole class was having their eyes on us during the entire argument. "You all have heard!" she shouted. "Souji Seta said that I have no attractiveness, and to prove him wrong, the will be a duel between us." She turned back at me inched her face close. "I'll make you fall for me. If you do that means you fail and have to do everything I tell you to do for the whole month."

"What? What kind of battle is this? I'm not doing this!"

"So you're saying that you're afraid that you might lose then?"

She mocked me, I knew she was mocking me, but I couldn't just back down. It was a man thing to never run away from any kind of situation. So I told her, "No! I am not! If that what you want, fine! You have a deal! But if no matter how hard you try and I still wouldn't fall for you, you'll have to do whatever I say for the whole month."

"Fine!"

"Fine!"

"Fine!" Then she stormed out the classroom, pushing through Kanji Tatsumi, Rise Kujikawa and Naoto Shirogane.

"Whoa, what's her problem, senpai?" Kanji approached the group and asked.

"Well…" I tried to recite to them of what had happened between me and Chie but I let Yukiko to do so. She told them how it happened and how Yosuke called her a lesbian and the about the bet.

"Wow, senpai, you really did go a little over board," Rise remarked.

"I know, but I won't lose to this bet no matter what happens!

"Yeah, I'm rooting for you, senpai," Rise said and it cheered me up a lot. Having some believing in me and all.

"Thanks, Rise."

"I'm rooting for you, too, man," rose from the dead, Yosuke stood up still with his painful expression.

"Souji-senpai and Chie-senpai? I don't know about this but maybe I'll have to side Chie-senpai on this one." Still unsure, Kanji spoke.

"C'mon, man. You've gotta be with us guys in these situation," Yosuke rose his voice in disagreement.

"Well, judging from Chie-senpai's character, she does seem to have the upper-hand on this one," Naoto said.

And soon it became a big debate in our group. As for Yukiko, she sided on neither side. She just let out a long sigh and came up to me. "I'll have to say good luck to you both on this, but a word of advice Souji-kun… you did hurt her feeling,"

Man… What have I gotten myself into?


Some small I wanted to write down. Been a ChiexSouji fan so I thought of this for a while now.