Student: Boy #1 Yoshio Akamatsu
Assigned Theme: Salad
I will not be afraid. Today, I will do this.
"Hey, doofus!" No. I can't do this. "Hey, doofus, I'm talking to you!"
"H-hey, Hirosh-shi, I, I didn't--"
"Didn't bring your brain today? That's okay. Easy to see how you'd lose something that small. I'm surprised you missed it. Where's my salad?"
"I don't have one."
"Aw, that's just too bad. Now you'll have to go and get me one."
"Gee, Hiroshi, I don't know. I'm late enough as it is…"
"No problem, fat face. How about I punch your fat face in and we'll call it even?"
"I'll get the salad."
"Good little doofus. Hurry up now, I haven't got all day." Breathe in, breathe out, and just keep taking more steps forward. "I said run!"
When Yoshio returned, panting and covered in sweat, Hiroshi was otherwise occupied. The other members of the Kiriyama family had arrived and all five were gathered on the curb. Yoshio considered running away while Hiroshi was busy, but he knew that this would only cause even more trouble tomorrow. Slowly he approached the group of boys.
"Hiroshi will take the rear entrance," Kazuo was saying. Hiroshi looked uneasy.
"I don't know, it seems like Sho would--"
"If you're scared, you don't have to come at all."
"No, no, I'm not scared, I just--"
"Good. Hiroshi takes the rear." Kazuo glanced up and looked directly at Yoshio. He didn't seem surprised at all to find the other boy standing there. "Yes?"
Hiroshi turned, scowling, and grabbed the salad away. "Get out of here, doofus," he muttered and Yoshio hastily did. He was sure that he caught an irritated look on the face of Mitsuru Numai, but what he didn't notice was the interested way that Kazuo was watching Mitsuru's face.
Perhaps an hour later that very same day, Yoshio saw Kazuo walking down the street, carrying a salad. As Kazuo passed a large metal trash can, he flipped the salad and its plastic container neatly into the can, without even sparing it a glance.
A/N: This is a collection of forty-two short vignettes featuring each of the Battle Royale student characters and based on themes assigned by the Battle Writing challenge at LiveJournal. Honestly, I really dislike this particular one, but I couldn't come up with anything more creative to do with salad and Yoshio. Some of the other ones were a lot more inspiring though, so be sure to check back in when I've got the later ones up! Please review and let me know what you think.