Just a note.

Bold and italicized words are telephatic messages that Kusuo use to plant an idea/sense of foreboding in someone's head.

Bold and italicized words that are in quotation marks are telephatic messages that Kusuo use when conversing.

"Okay! Let's do it at Saiki's house then!"

If you're wondering what this is about. It's Tachibana Tomomi planning to bring the gang and her friend to my house to make some treats.

And no, I didn't give them permission to do so, as I just got to the classroom.

"Ei Saiki! We'll be hanging out in your house later okay?" She pat my back; not even waiting for my response then left to discuss things further with the group.

Sigh.

How troublesome.

Why do they think I'll let them do as they please?

"How about some coffee jelly and strawberry crêpes?" I heard someone in the group suggested.

Well, the least that I can do is to make sure they stay out of trouble.

~After class~

"Yosh! Off to Saiki's house!" She announced as she put her arm on my shoulder.

"Oi, don't act as we're close and quiet down someone might hear you."

"Huh? They're going to go to Saiki's house?" I heard Teruhashi's thought across the classroom.

Speaking of the devil

"Hi Tachibana-san~" Teruhashi greeted her.

"Oh! Hey Teru~!" Tomomi greeted back.

"So, I've heard you're hanging out at Saiki's house." She started.

"Well yeah. It's like a late Valentine's party."

"What's that?" She inquired, "A Valentine's party? Like with all those sweets and romance stuff kind of party?"

She imagined a party like a prom with romantic music and dancing.

"Well since we just established our friendship, we decided to make some treats and giri-chocos for each other at Saiki's place." She explained.

"Oh souka~"

"I was wrong. But! This is the perfect chance to give Saiki a valentines chocolate, since the last time I tried turned into a disaster." She thought while having a flashback at chapter 38 in the manga.

"You're having a Valentines party?" Yumehara suddenly appeared beside them.

She imagines herself dancing with Kaidou with the background of falling petals.

We've already established that it's not that kind party.

Yumehara's appearance gave Teruhashi an idea of an excuse.

"Ne, Tachibana-san, do you mind if we join you?" Teruhashi asked giving her the puppy dog eyes.

Say no.

Tomomi wasn't really looking at her at that moment so it didn't have an effect on her.

"Is there a good reason why you wanted to come?" She asked.

She glanced at Yumehara, "well you see, Chiyo-chan has someone she likes."

"There's nothing new with that. So?" She replied.

Both Teruhashi and Yumehara sweat dropped at that.

"W-well, he's one of your friends. Chiyo-chan wants to level up their relationship." She explained.

"Oh Yeah, Kaidou right?"

"Shh! He might hear you!" Yumehara panicked, "Y-you know?"

"It's obvious dear."

"Please don't tell anyone! Specially him! Please keep it a secret!" She begged.

"Hmm.. I thought the reason you wanted to come with was to level up your nonexistent relationship with him."

Harsh.

"So isn't telling him a good way to start?" She added.

Yumehara looked down in defeat.

"Don't look so down Chichi~" she patted her shoulders

"If you really want to pursue Kaidou, then I'll allow you to go with us."

"Really? that's great! Thank you!" Chiyo beamed.

"So, let's go?"

Chiyo nodded.

"Wait! What about me? Don't forget about me! They can't forget about me!" Teruhashi thought.

Yumehara suddenly remembered Teruhashi has a crush too. "Oh! Can we bring Kokomi with us too?"

"Huh? Does she has someone she likes too?" She teased.

"Yes."

"No."

They answered in unison.

"Uh...let's just go..." She gave up.

We went on our way to the shopping mall to buy the ingredients for the sweets and the moment that the mall entered my 200m radius, I knew that it won't go well smoothly.

On all of days, they had to choose this day for a sale bazaar.

"Woah!" They said in amusement.

"Okay guys, let's try not to get distracted. We came here to buy ingredients and not to shop for other stuff." Tomomi manned.

25% off on anime merchandises

30% off on dresses

35% off on make-ups

Buy 1 take 1 ramen

75-85% off on selected sweets

"Have you guys seen Saiki?" Teruhashi pointed out.

"Huh? He was here a moment ago." Kaidou looked around, "could it be? That he was taken-"

"Oh! Partner's over here." Nendou pointed behind him.

"Oh. I thought he ditched us."

Shame.

I got baited.

They're only selling those sweets at a large discount because they're due to expire tomorrow.

What a disappointment.

We continued to walk, others trying ignore the distractions around them.

"Ne, I don't think I've got your name?" Kaidou asked the nameless OC, trying to distract himself.

"M-my name's Yamazaki Kohina," she answered timidly, "E-everyone can j-just call me Kohina."

"Yes! But only I can call her Kohi! Doent it rhymes with coffee?!" Tomomi said.

Sigh.

I'm sure she's gonna go into a flashback any time now.

"Hey, can we go to the arcade? Just for a few games?" Kaidou asked.

"Hmm... I guess a few games wouldn't hurt," she glanced at Yumehara, "right chichi?"

"Huh? Ah! Yes!"

Yamazaki sighed, "I get the feeling that it wouldn't be just a 'few games'."

"I better get to shopping then." She left the group.

"How about we try that dancing game?" Teruhashi pointed to that kinetic game.

"I'm going to impress Saiki!" Teruhashi mentally declared, "I'll show him! Not only am I a beautiful and perfect girl that has a beautiful voice, I can also dance!"

"Just watch me Saiki." She thought, "Eh? Where is he?" She looked around only too see no Saiki.

"Umm, A-aren't you going to play in the arcade?" She asked awkwardly when she noticed me following her.

I shook my head no.

"I see.." She trailed off.

"This is so awkward. What do I do? Should I keep the conversation going? How am I supposed to do that?" She mentally debated.

Sheesh.

You don't need to get worked out about it this much.

"And why is he staring at me like I'm going to produce some sob story?" She added.

Are you not?

She shook her head, "I should just keep my focus in buying the ingredients."

Good choice.

"Ingredients for: cupcakes, check. Crêpes, check. Cookies, check. Coffee jelly, check." She listed off.

"D-do you want to add something Saiki-san?" She asked shyly.

I thought about it, we already have coffee jellies and crepes, "Hmm.. I like the profiteroles you made before." I answered.

Then it dawned on me. She wasn't suppose to know that I know about her giving me sweets on Valentines. Tch. I slipped.

"P-profiteroles? Okay!" She said and went to add a few more ingredients into the shopping cart.

She didn't notice.

I let out a sigh of relief.

That reminds me, I haven't given her the macarons yet. Maybe I'll just slip it at her bag later.

This chapter definitely took long XD

I'm sorry, I'm kinda running out of ideas for this story!

But I'll do my best! I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Reviews will always be appreciated!