Chapter Two: Detention

Kagami had her arms folded, as she was rather upset. Tomiko was two desks away from her left and looked like she was about to burst into tears. They were both in a miniature classroom during the afternoon hours in detention. It was rare for college students to receive that certain punishment since it was mainly for troublemakers, in which there weren't a lot of those during the day.

'Hmph…' Kagami puffed. 'Is this over yet?' The silence between them had begun an hour ago, and the girls didn't say anything to one another. They both just appeared with an angered expression and folded arms with crossed legs beneath the desks. There was no supervisor, but the school did contain cameras around that area to make sure that the mischievous students did the full hours of punishment. The girl checked her watch on her right wrist to see that they had about twenty minutes left.

Tomiko would give frequent glares at the teenager and just pouted. 'Why did I get in trouble too?' she contemplated. 'Kagami's the one that didn't accept my work, and ripped it into pieces.' She just rolled her scarlet eyes as her right index finger curled a chunk of her hair. The room was white except for the green chalkboard at the front of the room. There was no clock, so the hours seemed endless. About twenty desks with wooden chairs were aligned in rows. The window was petite and up high so only the light would show the hour of the day.

It then hit Kagami as she felt even more stressed. Tomiko seemed better at swim class than her, and appeared to be rather upper class. What was she doing at such a school? Some questions went through her mind as she thought out how to say them, or then possibly how idiotic they would be to even bring up. When Kagami finally got the courage to speak up the time was over.

"See you in class Fiend," Tomiko muttered with a smirk. She got up from her seat with a smile on her face, and then flicked Kagami's left ear with her fingers. She then departed from the room while holding her bag over her shoulder like a brat. Kagami deeply exhaled and then slumped into her chair.

'Just four more times…' she told herself. Her hands held her head as she sensed a mild headache coming along. She was starving and didn't eat since several hours ago. 'Well that wasn't so bad…I guess…' Kagami stood up and then exited the room a bit after the other Female had left. They ended up just ignoring one another and feeling the tenseness build up over the time frame.

Tomiko was beaming as she felt her swimsuit go along her body like a smooth piece of cloth. She was totally psyched to go swimming for class. The girl folded up her shirt before placing it atop her neatly set skirt in her locker. She sensed her towel over her right shoulder as the noise from the locker being shut was muffled by it. Tomiko headed for the pool as she passed the shower and bathroom stalls.

Someone was using the middle shower as she could hear the water running. The steam from the hot temperature was filling the area, as her legs were tingling from the mix of hot and cold. Just as she was about to go by the last stall she heeded a girl's moaning lament.

'What was that?' She paused her steps and fiddled with her towel to appear as if distracted. The water was covering up some whispers, and also some buzzing. Another groan was let out as someone then placed her hand on Tomiko's shoulder. She flinched while dropping her towel onto the floor by accident.

"Just ignore them," a voice muttered. Tomiko kept her head forward as she sensed her eyes widening in surprise. A moment later the hand let go, and Kagami sauntered by. Tomiko watched the lean girl walk towards the exit of the locker room as she just rolled her eyes.

'Whatever…' she thought with a sigh. She didn't understand Kagami at all, except for the both of them had another detention session that afternoon. The one the day before was utterly bitter with each girl giving dirty looks to one another in silence. The girl just went on ahead and opened the glass door to feel the moisture of the pool sting her skin. She immediately tossed her towel onto a chair and then heard someone call her name.

"Hey Tomiko," a brunette girl greeted with a smile. It was one of those random students that followed Tomiko around the school, but she didn't mind the company. "Are you going to show off more swimming tricks today?"

"Eh maybe," Tomiko grinned with a wink. She folded her arms and spotted Kagami standing by the water's edge like an uneasy kid. Tomiko headed over there quietly and then motioned for the friend to follow.

Kagami was studying the pool, as she wasn't sure how to jump into it. There was just a basic jump, a dive, or sticking in feet first and then the rest of her. Her right hand was on her chin, which gave off a sense of deep thought. Just as she was about to come to a solution she found herself being shoved, and suddenly seeing the underwater depths of the pool. Luckily she was in the deep end, so she didn't injure her feet on the way down. Kagami swam upwards and then heard the faint sound of laughter.

"What a loser," a pink haired girl laughed while standing beside Tomiko. Kagami had surfaced as only her head was over the water. She just glared and endured the laughter like it wasn't bothering her at all. Of course deep inside it was just building up the tension between her and Tomiko.

"Did you have a nice dip?" Tomiko sneered. She then walked away with the two other girls while the teacher finally arrived with the sound of her whistle going off. Kagami just angrily sighed before returning to the shallow end of the pool for instructions. She wasn't looking forward to detention at all.

An hour had passed as Kagami and Tomiko had returned to the second session of detention. Both were like the same as before, except with more anxiety from the pool incident. They were also burning with questions as they waited for the right time to interrupt the stillness in the room.

"So…Why did you rip the paper?" Tomiko finally inquired. Her eyebrows were raised in bewilderment. Kagami just shrugged her arms with a frown.

'I just lost my temper, but I don't want her to know that,' Kagami thought. Tomiko growled at the lack of a response and just continued watching with her narrowed red eyes.

"What did you mean by leave that girl in the shower alone?" Tomiko added. She folded her arms in frustration as her ruffled attire made a soft sound. More silence. Kagami just squirmed in her seat and tried not to say anything. Tomiko got furious and then slammed her right fist onto the desk.

"Why won't you answer?" Tomiko roared. "Come on!" She gritted her teeth as Kagami just shrugged her shoulders.

"You talk too much," she mumbled. Kagami put her head into her arms and just appeared to be sleeping, but was just being ignorant. Tomiko finally just stopped bickering and arched her back against the chair. She relaxed and studied her watch to count down the time remaining.

Kagami was secretly jealous and envious of the girl. She always saw herself as the dominant one, but Tomiko's seriousness made Kagami look like the submissive girl. She then just shrugged off the pressure and came up with ways to maybe turn the situation around. But before she lifted her head the time was up.

'Next time then,' she thought with a smirk.

"Well…See you tomorrow," Tomiko admitted with a frown. "Keep that temper chill or else." Her eyes narrowed as she made a tough looking expression while exiting. Kagami finally rose up and then sighed.

'At least she didn't hit me.' The girl got up from the firm chair and left the room. She couldn't wait until the next round of detention.

End of Chapter Two