For days the sun had been relentless, and the endless yellow light pouring into the halls had driven Tasuki crazy. But finally, rain had darkened the skies and gardens so he could think in thrumming quiet.
He sat there in the deafening silence and cursed himself. What the hell am I doing here? I hate fucking school. He let his attention fall upon the back of Nuriko's head. He sent massive telepathic signals in her direction. But as dense as Nuriko was, she didn't turn around.
There was a loud roar of laughter. Tasuki looked up to see the sub writing, in bold green letters, "Sex-Ed". Oh, how I hate school.
The sub had yet to turn around.
"Nuriko," Tasuki hissed. "Nuriko!"
Nuriko nose-dived into the desk with a loud thud. Cautiously, she looked around to see who had called her.
"What?" Nuriko said a little too loudly; the sub turned to scan the clusters of students chattering incessantly. Nuriko quickly seated herself properly and pretended to be the good little student she wasn't.
Seeing nothing wrong, the sub turned back to the board and wrote "Family Planning and Safe Sex".
Tasuki rubbed his cheek slightly and shook his head. "Nuriko," he half-spoke. "Turn around."
Nuriko looked up at the board and turned slightly in her chair to face Tasuki. She smiled, her eyes disappearing in the grin. "Hey."
Tasuki rolled his eyes and smiled. "I always loved those fangs, Tasuki. Can you believe this? 'Family Planning and Safe Sex'? As if we need to know anymore about human anatomy. I thought this was covered in the seventh grade."
"Yeah, yeah. I know. But where the hell is Chichiri?"
"What," Nuriko said, surprised. "He's not here?"
Figures. Tasuki resisted the urge to roll his eyes again, opting instead to take another quick look around the class.
No Chichiri, just Tamahome in his usual spot in the back of the class, flirting with some girl. For a brief instant, Tasuki wondered what Miaka would think; he remembered that he wasn't interested in girls and surveyed the rest of the class: Mitsukake and some more girls. There were hardly any guys in this class at all. Still no Chichiri.
He turned back to Nuriko. "Nope."
Nuriko was about to speak but was cut off by a very loud, "Shut up you brats, and listen!"
Nuriko turned around and Tasuki let his eyes rise up to the sub.
"Okay, as you can see, we will be learning about Family Planning and Safe Sex," the sub with a little emphasis on "sex".
Tasuki felt the whole class shift uncomfortably.
"Oh, my little piggies, don't be such tight-asses. We're all over the age of fifteen, aren't we?"
