Soujiro Seta glanced back at Rise, the shifted his gaze back to face forwards. He'd been doing this for the last ten minutes or so.
After two more furtive glances in her direction, she spoke up. "Um…Sempai? Is there something wrong?"
Souji stopped suddenly, turning about to face her. "Well, I…" At this point the whole group had stopped now, watching the two's conversation. Suddenly conscious that a whole set of eyes were watching him, the young leader opened his mouth, then closed it. Reaching back, he nervously scratched his head as he then stuttered, "W-Well I….umm." Souji then gave a frustrated sigh as he walked purposefully towards Kanji and Yosuke, grabbing them by their respective collars as he said, "Give us a sec." Teddie made a move to follow them, but Soujiro gave him a firm look, saying, "Stay there."
Pulling the two young men aside, he then put them into a huddle as he whispered conspiratorially, "When Rise wears her glasses, doesn't she look like a sexy librarian?"
Almost as soon as the words left his mouth the other two men were up and looking at the former starlet as Soujiro blustered at them, attempting to stop their ogling.
Yosuke turned back, saying, "Dude, she totally does!"
Kanji turned around, his cheeks tinged slight scarlet as he shyly mumbled, "Uhhh…y-yeah. She, um, she kinda does. A bit. Yeah."
Soujiro gave a sigh of relief as he said, "I'm glad that I'm not the only one that noticed. I was a little worried that I was thinking like some kinda pervert." Souji said, relieved.
"You're just a guy, it's natural." Yosuke said as he gave a dismissive wave. "I'd be more worried about you if you didn't think that she looked like one. Right Kanji?" After a brief moment of silence the two looked in their friend's direction.
The young ruffian seemed to be in a kind of daze. His cheeks were now painted an ever brighter shade of rouge and Kanji's eyes were glazed over.
Soujiro gave Kanji a tap on the shoulder as he asked, "You okay bud?"
Kanji then gave a start as he blinked his eyes rapidly, as if woken from a daydream. "Huh? Uh…y-y-yeah. What…um..what Sempai said. Yeah." The boy seemed rather flustered and his cheeks were now even brighter.
Yosuke then chipped in, "You okay man? You're kinda pale."
"I'm fine! Now let's get to that damn Club Library!" Kanji said abruptly as he began walking at a rather rapid pace.
"You mean Club Libra." Souji corrected, a coy half-smile curling across his face.
"Whatever!" Kanji shouted, sounding a little frustrated ( and embarrassed) as he sped onward, the rest of the group struggling to keep up with them.
From the rear, Naoto Shirogane and Rise Kujikawa both, almost simultaneously gave a sneeze as they jogged to keep up. The two then looked at each other, then looked after Kanji and Soujiro respectively, eyeing them with suspicion.