As soon as the bell rung to signal the end of the day, all of the students swarmed out of the classroom to go home. Hanamaru perked up and rushed down the halls as Ruby had told her at lunch that she must get to the school gates before Yoshiko did for the next pickup line. They weren't able to find a way to make this next one more obvious, however, they did come up with three ways to enact it.
As soon as Hanamaru reached the gates, she had to wait a while for Yoshiko to turn up, which was enough time for her to catch her breath because she had surprisingly managed to run so fast. As soon as Yoshiko walked near the gates, Hanamaru walked up to her and asked, "Hey, Yoshiko, do you know if God has a phone number?"
Yoshiko, gave her a confused look. That seemed to be happening a lot lately.
"I'm pretty sure he doesn't. Why?" Yoshiko asked back.
Hanamaru gave her a smile and replied, "Because I need to tell him I found his missing angel, zura."
Yoshiko blinked and took a few seconds to absorb this information.
Maybe she finally understands? Hanamaru blinked at her own thought and almost burst out laughing. Of course not. It's not even a little bit obvious, zura.
"God's missing an angel? How did you know?"
Although she saw it coming, Hanamaru almost face palmed at Yoshiko's denseness. But... she could work with this, couldn't she?
Smiling, she replied, "Because I'm looking at such an angel."
Ar! This is just like all the other pickup lines. She's just going to correct me again!
Instead, she smiled, "Yohane is honoured that Zuramaru thinks she's an angel, but she is truly a fallen angel, as she had committed the worst of sins."
And why does Yohane- uh, Yoshiko- seem to surprise me more and more lately, zura?
Hanamaru then remembered that she had to meet back up with Ruby to discuss their plan for Hanamaru's 'challenge'.
"Ah! Yoshiko, I've just remembered! I forgot something at the classroom, zura! I guess I'll see you tomorrow!"
Yoshiko nodded, "See you." She then began to walk, but then stopped as if she had remembered something herself and said, "Oh, and Zuramaru?" Yoshiko turned around to face Hanamaru then added, "It's Yohane." Before turning back and walking off.
Hanamaru stood there for several minutes, watching as Yoshiko disappeared out of sight.
Oh, right! She had somewhere to be!
She quickly ran back to the school and entered the classroom, where she found Ruby sat at her desk with a piece of paper in front of her and a pen in hand.
"Hello again, Ruby!" Hanamaru greeted as she took the seat next to her.
Ruby turned to Hanamaru and put down her pen on the empty piece of paper.
"Hanamaruuuu! You're late!" She whined.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It just took longer than I thought it would." Hanamaru replied.
This caused the other girl to smirk a little and ask in a teasing manner, "What were you two doing?"
A blush creeped up onto Hanamaru's face as she realised she probably spent more time watching Yoshiko walk down the street rather than actually taking to her at the gate.
"Nothing! Nothing! I just said the pick up line and we ended up having an entire conversation. I lost track of time." Hanamaru told her, hoping that this excuse would work. Well, it was half the truth so...
Ruby raised a suspicious eyebrow and hummed sarcastically, but didn't press the matter any further as they both had work to do.
"Anyway, So I figured that we should ask someone else for help?"
...YohaMaruYohaMaruYohaMaruYohaMaru...
"Oo! What a Shiny idea!" Came the ecstatic voice of the blonde third year.
"Yeah, and we need your help with it." Ruby said confidently and firmly, however, upon realising this, she lost her composure and squeaked out, "Please."
"Of course! Of course!" Mari replied enthusiastically.
Hanamaru mostly stayed quiet during the discussion between Ruby and the third years. Sure they were older, but not that much older. Who knows, maybe they had just as much experience as Hanamaru in pick up lines?
"Alright then, Mari, since you seem so confident, then how about you give us a few examples to work off of?" Kanan challenged the blonde.
Mari stood from her seat and, lifting both hands in the air, she shouted, "Alright! Were your pants fifty percent off? Cause they'll be ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OFF AT MY PLACE!"
Hanamaru felt her face heat up at this. How on earth would she say something like that to Yoshiko?!
Mari then pulled a thinking pose for a second then proceeded to say, "But I don't get why you can't just say YOSHIKO! TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF THEN WE'LL-"
At this, Dia immediately slammed a hand over Mari's mouth, causing her to flinch in pain.
"NOT in front of the children!" She told her sternly.
An image flashed into Hanamaru's mind because of what Mari said and she blushed deeper then shook her head to get rid of it. Talking to Mari about this was a bad idea.
Kanan decided at this point to pipe up and ask softly, "In any case, Is it really necessary to keep on using pickup lines on her?"
She was looking directly at Hanamaru. Hanamaru squeaked, not expecting to have to contribute just yet. Why was this all so embarrassing?
Instead of using words, afraid that her voice would fail on her for some reason, she just nodded her head.
"She says it's a challenge. Her mission." Ruby elaborated for her then squeaked as all the attention was suddenly on her.
Dia turned back to Hanamaru and asked, "Couldn't you just go with something like, 'Do you have a map? Because I've gotten lost in your eyes'?"
Before Hanamaru could answer, however, Mari pulled Dia's hand off her mouth and yelled out, "Oo! Nice idea! I didn't know the almighty Dia knew some pickup lines!"
"You learn something new everyday..." Kanan muttered.
As everyone didn't seem to hear Kanan's comment, Mari shouted on, "But if THAT doesn't work, you could always try the good old, 'Is your dad a baker? Cause you've got a nice set of buns'!"
This didn't help ease Hanamaru's blush at all, especially when Mari decided to add, "Or try, 'Are you Luke? Cause I'm your daddy!"
"What?" Both Dia and Kanan asked in confusion, but they didn't receive a reply as Mari, instead, said, "But if you don't like that, you can always try, 'Hey, I lost my tongue. Can I put yours in my mouth?'"
"MARI!" Dia shouted, trying to get Mari to shut up before she went too far.
"Or you can write her a sweet poem. Like this! 'Roses are red, Violets are blue. I have a ton of class, therefore I am eating your-"
Once again, Dia slammed her hand over Mari's mouth and shouted, "MARI, NOT INFRONT OF THE FIRST YEARS!"
Rather than tearing Dia's hand off, this time Mari licked it, causing the other girl to let out a shriek and quickly pull her hand away from her.
"It's Joke~!" Mari sang.
Seeing that they were going off topic slightly, Kanan turned back to Hanamaru and asked, "Anyway, Hanamaru, are any of these pick up lines any good?"
She highly doubted they were because Mari just HAD to give mostly dirty ones, but she asked nonetheless.
Hanamaru groaned, "Nooooo... I'm sorry, but I really want to stick with Angel or demon pick up lines..."
She probably sounded ridiculous.
Mari seemed to seriously think about this then said slowly, as if she was saying it just as she thought each word, "Alright then... how about... did you descend from heaven? Because... cause... Let me take all your clothes off and-"
"MARI!" Came Dia's shout.
Mari looked directly at Hanamaru and asked, "Is this really necessary? Cause if you want her to know your feelings for her then you can always just shout, 'YOSHIKO! ADD ME TO YOUR TO DO LIST!' or, 'YOSHIKO KISS ME!'" She then thought of something else and added, "On second thought, call her Yohane. I bet that's her kink."
If possible, Hanamaru's blush deepened. What is with people thinking she has feelings for Yoshiko? She doesn't! R-right?
"WOAH, WOAH, WOAH." Kanan said rather loudly.
"Mari! Do NOT talk about kinks in front of the first years!" Dia ordered, with a frown on her face.
Ruby tilted her head in confusion and asked, "Oneechan, What's a kink?"
Mari was happy to reply.
"You see, Ruby, it's this thing that-"
"MARI!" Dia shouted with a hint of a blush on her cheeks.
Mari laughed brightly.
"Anyway, Hanamaru, couldn't you just do a grand gesture to tell her how you feel?" Kanan asked softly, attempting yet again to put the conversation back on topic.
Hanamaru, despite her growing blush, shook her head and frowned.
"I don't like her like that."
Mari, this time, couldn't stop laughing and, between laughs, she yelled, "OH MAN! HAHAHAHA SHE... SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW IT! HAHAHAHAA!"
"Shut up, Mari..." Dia mumbled, slightly annoyed.
Suddenly, Mari stopped, which almost scared the others, and getting back into a calm composure, she grinned and said, "Alright! We've got some work to do!"
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Whoop! Longest chapter yet! Anyway, if you couldn't tell, the stuff in bold is English.
Ooo! We have more members in the 'pick up line squad'! XD And they've got a TON of work to do.