"You know, Fu-chan...I bet a lot of people wonder why you play basketball even though you love to do nothing. I had to restrain myself from killing these three senpais in the girls washroom. They were talking trash about you and Ma-chan. I'm really regretting on not breaking their arms you know? Do you think it's too late?" Keiko was chatting with Fumiko, since the both of them were a bit early.
"Keiko...simmer down before your aura ruins your face." Fumiko yawned, patting Keiko's head before resting on her desk. "I don't care how they view me. Although trash talking about Maru makes me pissed too. But don't go overboard, Keiko."
"Fu-chan…" Keiko geared up. "You're an angel~" Keiko hugged Fumiko tightly.
"If I'm an angel...what's Sakamoto?"
"God!" Keiko clasped her hands.
"Everyone! Did you see today's newspaper?!" A girl with pigtails (Kana) walked in.
"No why?" All the girls walked over, excluding Keiko and Fumiko.
Kana raised a magnifying glass to the newspaper and there it exposed Sakamoto sailing in the wind with an umbrella.
"Sakamoto's flying!" The girls squealed.
"EH?!" Keiko shrieked before she joined the crowd of girls to beg Sakamoto for his story.
"My ears…" Fumiko groaned. She pulled out her headphones and worked them. She scrolled through her phone and began her playlist.
"Ah the bell is going to ring. Bye-bye Sakamoto-kun!" Keiko blushed and waved before taking off Fumiko's headphones and saying a 'goodbye'.
Fumiko straightened her back and waved. The bell rang the moment she waved and she saw Keiko dashing downwards the hall, panicking.
"Maybe I should tell her that her watch is 5 minutes late…" Fumiko thought...just realizing that her friend may have not realized this herself.
During class the teacher asked a question and Sakamoto raised his hand.
"Yes, Sakamoto."
"Nerd." Fumiko looked back and whispered, sticking her tongue out playfully.
Sakamoto grinned before answering the teacher: "1837. The obnoxious Ohshio Heihachirou's rebellion."
Everyone, including the teacher, clapped in awe and respect.
Then he went to sit down but a fellow classmate, Sera, decided to pull the chair out.
However, Sakamoto just ended up sitting in mid air with his legs crossed. Fumiko sighed in exasperation. Another attempt to sabotage her childhood friend...she's not even surprised.
During physical education, everyone was playing dodgeball...although honestly, it was a showdown between Sakamoto and Sera.
The girls all oohed at Sakamoto's dodging. Fumiko sat down at the side while drinking water. Sera ended up utterly defeated by effortless throw from Sakamoto.
"..." Fumiko watched Sera remove an out of order sign from a broken fountain for Sakamoto to use. She facepalm herself after seeing Sakamoto using the fountain as a shower.
Class later resumed in math class. Fumiko was attempting to finish her work as soon as possible until shrilly screams echoed throughout the room.
"What on earth..?" She scowled only to see everyone, especially the girls, running towards the door to escape the killer wasp of doom.
"Fumiko! What are you doing?! You'll die!" The closest girl, Yagi grabbed her by the wrist and they raced outside of the class.
"Die?" Fumiko looked perplexed
"There's a huge wasp in there!" Said another student who locked the door of the class, leaving the boys in the classroom.
"The boys are going to be the ones to die…" Fumiko sighed. She dug into her skirt and pulled out a lollipop. She puts it into her mouth and put her hands over ears when the girls began to shriek once more.
"What now?"
"T-The boys just stripped."
"The hell?" Fumiko almost choked on her candy. "They're only making a large fuss."
"Y-you're right! I mean look at Sakamoto…he' !" Aina squealed.
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"Sakamoto is having a manly battle with the wasp! Yet he's wielding the pencil so gently and careful not to kill the wasp. And look, he just gracefully placed the wasp out of the window!"
"Oh my, he is such a gentleman! I want to marry him!" Yogi screamed.
"..."
Soon a large cheering was heard from the inside of a the classroom. The girls immediately opened the door to fan girl over Sakamoto. Fumiko sighed and followed them. The boys began to laugh at how Sera tried to confront the bee and he seemed quite happy.
"How odd." Fumiko let out a relaxed smile. "By the way, Sakamoto, is there anything that you can't do?"
"Is that a challenge?" Sakamoto adjusted his glasses.
"Fumiko, you're hilarious! There's no way Sakamoto could have any weaknesses."
"Okay everyone settle down! We still haven't answered exercise 'b'." The teacher smiled.
"I believe I have already solved it." Sakamoto smirked.
"No more puns please."
When school has ended, Keiko came to pick up Fumiko. They passed by Sera and Sakamoto, at an awkward time. Sera begged Sakamoto to be his comedian partner.
"I didn't get to say goodbye." Keiko pouted.
"Want a lollipop?" Fumiko took out a lollipop from her bag.
"No...that's not what I said. Are you listening?"
"Well, you can just find him later on and say hello."
"But..I really want to say hello…" Keiko punched Fumiko repeatedly, but lightly as they entered the change room.
"Alright, I'll set up a date at my cafe for you two..just stop punching me Keiko…" Fumiko chuckled as she changed into her jersey and shorts, while tying her hair up.
"You laughed! But do you promise about the date?" Keiko looked at Fumiko with sparkles in her eyes.
"Yes, yes...Oh, Maru! Perfect timing." Fumiko waved at her team captain.
"Fumiko...you're early! Again!" Maru had a horrified look on her face. She smiled at Keiko with adoration. "Oh, Keiko! You look as usual!"
"Does your boyfriend know about your obsessive attitude towards cute things?" Fumiko put on her wrist band. The three headed out into the court. THey all went to take a basketball.
"S-shut up! He knows!" Maru tossed the ball towards Fumiko's face. She then gently passed the next one to Keiko.
"Maru-chan, your face is bright red." Keiko smiled brightly.
"W-what?!" Maru was going to place her hands in front of her face to block her expression, only to forget she was holding a ball and smacked the ball to her face. "O-owww….."
"I hope I was imagining it but...I heard a loud 'smack'." Fumiko crouched down beside Maru, to pull the ball out of her hands.
"No..I heard it too. Are you alright, Maru-chan? Oh, your forehead seems to have a bump...was it always there?" Keiko patted Maru on the back as if she was choking.
"Ugh..I'm alright." Maru cursed.
"That's no good, Maru. We can't afford a clumsy captain to take care of the team." Fumiko teased.
Maru was going to retort when a warm voiced called out her name.
"Maru?! What happened are you alright?" The boy basketball's team's captain called out.
"Oh my, Haku-san! Did you come to save your girlfriend." Keiko giggled.
"Haku~" Maru began to tear up.
"Are you alright? I'll bring you to the infirmary!" Haku panicked. He then shout out to both girls and boys basketball team. "Everyone! Maru and I will be heading to the infirmary! Please listen to Fumiko for orders." He picked up Maru and princess carried her away.
"Eh?" Fumiko dropped her ball.
"Please take care of us, Vice-Captain!" Everyone in the gym bowed.
"Then start running around the gym twenty times." Fumiko ordered. She sat down in the middle of the gym, holding a lollipop.
"WHAT?!" Everyone yelled.
"What? Both captains left their trust in me. I'm only being responsible." Fumiko smirked.
"You're only being responsible now!" Everyone complained.
"Shut up and start running." Fumiko threw a ball at the face of the vice captain in charge of the boy's basketball team.
"Why are you trying to kill me?!" He yelled.
"If you don't want to get killed, then start running." Fumiko immediately grabbed two more balls.
"Geez Fu-chan, are you going to try to murder me too?" Keiko pouted.
"No, but I will break my promise about the date."
"You're so cruel!" Keiko pouted and then began to run.
Fumiko grinned and laid down in the middle. No one noticed what was wrong until they finished the laps.
"Why aren't you running?!"
Fumiko stood up. "Are you asking for a challenge?" She twirled the basketball in her hand.
"I'm sorry…"
And so, everyone began to hopelessly follow Fumiko's orders.
