A/N: What a week. You guys bombarded my email inbox with a spate of alerts about reviews and favorite-ing my entries. Wow. Thanks very much! I hope you guys enjoy the latest series and continue to watch them over and over again even after they finish the second season.

Lunch and Lemon Meringue Pie

"Great lunch timing" Syo Kurusu dropped his fedora hat on an empty seat opposite his roommate, Natsuki Shinomiya, before sitting down and began to tear off the plastic packaging off the milk bread he bought for lunch.

Beside Natsuki, Masato Hijirikawa was busy sipping his green tea quietly. He had just finished his lunch of soba noodles and was enjoying his favorite hot beverage.

"You should try their pork cutlet today. " Natsuki said, stirring the sugar he had just poured on his already too sweet hot chocolate with small marshmallow bits floating with the foam. Syo gave a slight shudder, noting the amount of sugar on the beverage of his roommate.

"I ordered the pasta", he answered instead, focusing on his own plate of food, twirling the spaghetti noodles around his silver fork and spooning some into his mouth, tomato sauce dripping on his chin.

"Anybody has a Composition book I can borrow?" Tokiya Ichinose slid his tray of food beside Syo. "I forgot to get mine." His tray contained steamed vegetables, a beef brisket rice bowl, a slice of watermelon and oolong tea. They all know how Tokiya likes his ooling tea every lunch breack.

"Here!" Tomochika Shibuya, who was already finishing her own food, tossed the small book into Tokiya's direction. "You can use mine." The book was covered with a light blue cover, its pages filled with sticky on notes and cursive writing.

Tokiya caught the book easily. "Thanks." He tucked the book inside his bag and began to eat.

For a few minutes, silence reigned on their table as each concentrated on finishing their meal.

"Thank goodness you found a big table." Haruka Nanami broke the group's concentration on their food as she sat on Syo's left side, opposite her roommate, Tomo-chan. Her tray contained a carton of milk, a bowl of salad and a large plate of lemon meringue pie, whipped cream glistening on top.

"That's rabbit food!" Syo said, peering at Haruka's lunch, shaking his head in disbelief and amusement.

"That's alright, my main course is the lemon meringue pie." She smiled happily, stabbing a few salad greens with her fork.

They each began to discuss their homeworks for the weekend, while Natsuki announced his plans to go out on Saturday to catch Piyo-chan Live! at the local amusement park. Masato murmured he is going home for his family's monthly formal gathering, while Syo enthusiastically began telling everyone who would listen that he might watch Hyuuga-sensei's latest fantasy movie.

Tomo-chan observed each guy sitting on the table. She could barely suppress a giggle. They all kept on stealing glances at her friend who was oblivious to them all, enjoying her salad and nibbling on the pie crust daintily. Except for Jinguuji-san who has a dentist appointment and Ittoki-kun who was called to help Tsukimiya-sensei on planning for the annual music festival, the whole lot of them are sitting together at the table. No wonder more than a few girls are eyeing their place with curious looks and wistful longing.

Lunch break was almost over when she finally glanced up at the large industrial-looking clock hanging on top of the cafeteria doors. She turned to face her roommate when she noticed some whipped cream smeared on her cheek. She shook her head and rummaged inside her bag for some handy wipes.

"Haru-chan" she called out to her friend.

"Yes?" she looked up at her, while in the process of licking the pie filling left on her fork, the tip of her tongue sticking out like a cat.

"Hold still." Tomo-chan cautioned her friend, as she stood up and leaned on the table with her left hand; while the other held her chin steady as she licked the cream off her friend's cheek.

The sweet cream melted in her tongue. She could tell how soft her friend's skin is as she licked the remnants of the concoction from her cheek. As soon as she finished, she promptly wiped Haruka's cheek with the handy wipes, before she sat back down. She took another piece of tissue from her bag and wiped her mouth clean, before applying some lipgloss on her lips.

For a full minute, no one spoke, each of the guys too dumbstruck with what had just transpired before them.

"Erm." Syo tried to clear his throat, but failed to say something to break the silence.

Tomo-chan raised her eyebrows at the boys surrounding them: Masato spilled green tea on his impeccable white uniform which he keeps religiously clean, but his eyes were trained in on them, a look of shock and (dare she say?) longing written all over his face; Natsuki still has chocolate foam mustache on top of his lip, while Syo sported a glazed look, both of them had their mouths hanging open, saliva threatening to spill from their mouths; Tokiya, who rarely ever displays emotion, were staring at them, eyes wide, holding one chopstick with his right hand.

Tomo-chan could barely suppress her giggles threatening to erupt out of her. Instead, she composed herself and gave a quirky grin. "Come on, we're going to be late for the next class." Boys, she thought to herself. It was common for her to be close and motherly to her roommate as she is too often absentminded when it comes to taking care of herself. Her friend can spend hours just thinking about her compositions and little else.

She stood up and grabbed hold of Haruka's hand, who was still oblivious on their effect to their audience. "Come on, kitten. Or else, no more lemon meringue pies for midnight snack later if you are late." She deliberately let Haruka brushed passed Syo and Tokiya, wanting to shake her head in amusement as she looked back and she saw Syo turning beet red and Tokiya, blushing like an apple. The crowded cafeteria afforded little space to walk between the tables and chairs. No doubt, the two boys felt all the soft feminine curves of her roommate as she rushed past them in a hurry to follow her.

Too bad Masato was sitting on the opposite side; she would have liked to see a blush on his normally expressionless face. She has no problem with teasing Natsuki. Aside from all the boys who harbor secret desires on her roommate, he was probably the most honest guy in the group. He has no trouble expressing his emotions around Haruka.

"Bye guys!" she waved at them as she hurried out of the cafeteria, pulling Haruka in tow with her. That should keep them occupied until the end of the week, she laughed inwardly.

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A/N: Erm.. This is just a short entry for this series. Something for me to write about and spend the afternoon with while trying to reshape my other chapters for you guys. Just a naughty excuse to tease our boys more. LOL