Phase Three: Discovery and Denial
Two weeks had passed since the dance, and neither Sana nor Akito had mentioned it. Aya, Fuka, and Tsuyoshi knew they needed to bring it up somehow. They knew Sana and Akito were oblivious when it came to love, especially Sana, but this was getting ridiculous! How on earth had they not figured it out!
"Hey, Sana," Hisae said, as she and Mami came forward, obviously wanting to talk during homeroom, "didn't you think that dance between that Zorro and that blonde dancer was romantic?" Sana blushed as she began to mumble yes. Hisae puzzled over this response before the answer clicked in her mind. Hisae spoke before she had time to fully process the consequences of her words.
"Sana? Why are you blushing? Unless . . . oh my goodness, you're the blonde dancer!" Hisae yelled so the entire homeroom could hear. All the girls in homeroom crowded around Sana, asking questions like: what was it like, what's the mystery dancer like, and was it romantic? Finally, Sana yelled, hoping to detract from all the attention she was getting from the crowd:
"Enough! I'm not the blonde dancer!" Hisae only nodded cockily before adding:
"Riight . . .word of advice," Hisae said, as she grabbed a platinum blonde strand of wig hair, making Sana blush from the realization that she'd forgotten to get the strands out of her hair from the last time she'd worn the wig for fun, "wash your hair, or wear a hair net." After this, all the girls sat down because the sensei had come into the room.
News that Sana was the blonde dancer spread like wildfire in Jinbo High School; after all, people were interested in it. Akito first heard it from Gomi. When Akito heard it, he knew a revelation, in private, was in order. First, however, Akito wanted to confront the only ones who would conspire to do this: Fuka, Aya, and Tsuyoshi. He was none too pleased that they had manipulated their emotions like that.
"Akito, why did you ask all of us to come here?" Fuka asked curiously. Akito looked up at all three with a slight glare before saying:
"Did you three set up the dance between the blonde dancer and Zorro?" Everyone was speechless and, at first, compelled to lie. After all, wasn't the plan for them to figure it out on their own? Looking at each other, Fuka nodded, indicating that it was okay to tell Akito.
"Yes," Tsuyoshi said slowly, "we were the ones that planned the dance and the costumes." Akito glared intently before saying decisively:
"I would suggest not telling Sana, considering she's been gossiped about by the entire school," Akito said, leaving them to ponder his words and to finally wonder if they'd made a mistake in doing this.
"Do you think we went too far?" questioned Aya in her usual timid voice.
"My mom warned me that we should manipulate their emotions," explained Fuka, "I now see what she meant."
