Back again, sorry for the wait! I wasn't feeling good these past couple days, so I stayed away from keyboards.
Enjoy!
"Wow, that is difficult."
"Right?" Saten leaned back over the table with a chuckle.
"I'm really glad I don't have him as a teacher, the way you and Shokuhou-san talking about him makes him seem terrible." Mikoto laughed.
"I mean..." Mikoto thought over her sentence a little bit. "He's not that bad, just extremely strict."
"That's why he's bad." Saten replied. Mikoto rolled her eyes and played with her pencil, contemplating putting her homework away and just enjoying the rest of her day like a normal human being. But of course if she did that, Itagaki would be on her case, just like anyone else who didn't hand in their work on time. The only acceptable excuse to her teacher for late work would be if you died, and even then he'd still lower your grade. It was extremely stressful sometimes.
"Oh hey, you guys are here!" Mikoto looked up to find Uiharu and Kuroko walking up to them, Judgment armbands still on. "I would've figured you'd have left already, seeing as Shirai-san and I had to stay an hour later than we thought."
"Nah," Saten said. "Misaka-san still has to do her homework." Mikoto paled and laughed awkwardly as the others sat down.
"You should be used to this by now." She told them.
"I'm surprised your blonde lapdog isn't here." Mikoto looked up as Kuroko addressed her, making a face.
"What?"
"Where's Shokuhou?" Kuroko said, rewording her sentence.
"I don't know." Mikoto replied, shrugging. "Back at the dorms, out, hell if I know."
"Oh."
"Why?" Mikoto watched Kuroko shrug, but could tell she was miffed about something.
"I just figured you two were such good friends now." She said. "So I guess I just assumed you'd always be together." Mikoto watched the pigtailed girl sit down.
"What's your deal?" She finally asked.
"I don't know what you mean." Kuroko replied. Mikoto frowned.
"Shokuhou has been nothing but kind to you." Mikoto said. "Why are you being so rude?"
"Please do not tell me you are so blind, Onee-sama." Mikoto frowned as Kuroko said this, unsure of what she meant.
"What am I blind too?" She demanded.
"Back when you went to Tokiwadai, you and Shokuhou were practically enemies. You couldn't stand her and she you. And now that you're roommates you're automatically on great terms?" Kuroko shook her head. "There's something more to this." Mikoto knew that despite being so rude, Kuroko had a point. She and Shokuhou were being very friendly despite their past, and now even she was growing blind to it.
"You're right, it's true." Mikoto said, placing her pencil down. "Shokuhou-san and I didn't get along very well in Tokiwadai. It's different now."
"How so?" Kuroko demanded.
"We're stuck together, remember?" Kuroko rolled her eyes. "We already agreed to trying to get along, so that's what she's doing. I asked her to get along with you guys too, and she is. So, stop being so suspicious." Hearing Kuroko's angry muttering, Mikoto knew something else must have been bothering her. Although Kuroko was prone to jealousy, she never stayed this angry. "Did something else happen that's angering you?"
"Well, she did send me pictures of the party I wasn't invited too." The other three girls flinched and looked away from Kuroko, remembering now that she hadn't been there. "Thanks for inviting me, by the way."
"I-It wasn't really that kind of party..." Mikoto said. "It was just small."
"The ape was invited but not me?!" Mikoto made a face at this. "And how was it middle school students aren't allowed in the dorms but Saten-san and Uiharu got in?!"
"We just followed Kamijou-san." Saten replied.
"And you look mature enough to be a high school student, Saten-san" Uiharu added.
"Just what were the pictures she sent you?" She asked. Kuroko whipped out her phone and showed them to Mikoto and the others. The first one was clearing taunting, as Mikoto knew the smug grin that pulled on the ends of Shokuhou's mouth all too well. The next one however was one of the pictures Shokuhou had insisted on taking of the whole group. Mikoto frowned.
"It wasn't really all that great, Shirai-san." Saten tried as Mikoto searched for words to say. "The only reason we were there was because we found her while she was getting everything ready."
"Well, thank God for that." Kuroko replied. "Who knows what might have happened if the two of them were alone."
"I guarantee nothing as perverted as when we're alone." Mikoto shot, Kuroko paling and laughing awkwardly. "I didn't even know anything about it until they surprised me, I would've invited you if I knew."
"Wouldn't have mattered." Kuroko said. "Apparently there's a list of people who can't go in anyway, and Shokuhou listed me off."
"Hah?" Kuroko raised an eyebrow.
"There's a list of people who can't go in the dorms." She replied.
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"Bwahahahahahahaha!" Mikoto burst out into laughter and slammed her fist down on the table, attempting to quell the laughter. After about thirty seconds, her sides hurting, and tears escaping her eyes, Mikoto was able to get a hold of herself. "Oh...Oh...That's a good one."
"What are you talking about?" Kuroko asked weakly.
"Who...Who told you that?" Mikoto asked, wiping her eyes on her arm.
"The Dorm mistress!" Mikoto snickered at this.
"And she told you Shokuhou didn't want you in the dorms?"
"Y-Yeah."
"And you believed her?!" This caused Mikoto to enter another fit of laughter, albeit much shorter due to her sides still hurting. "I knew you weren't good at taking a hint Kuroko, but that is too good!"
"There...There is no list?"
"No!"
"Gah!" the others watched as Kuroko grabbed her head and began to rant. "How dare that blonde set me up to look like an idiot! Urrah!"
"Calm down Kuroko!" Mikoto said. "I'll talk to her about it, see what she was intending on."
"As if she'd tell you anything!" Kuroko said, leaning over the table to get in Mikoto's face. "She's a she-devil, Onee-sama! You're dealing with a demon!" Mikoto rolled her eyes at Kuroko's usual overreacting.
"I don't think she's that bad."
Mikoto shook her head as she walked home, clearing her head of the laughter that was on it's way from thinking about the list. It was hilarious to think that Kuroko had fallen for such a simple trick, one that anyone could've thought up at a single moment to make someone go away.
"She's such a drama queen." She muttered under her breath as the elevator came to a stop on her floor. "I mean really, who falls for that?" Shaking her head with a chuckle, Mikoto hacked the mechanism on the door and entered, finding Shokuhou sitting on the couch upside down.
"Hey." She greeted.
"Hey," Mikoto replied, looking over at the TV. "What're you watching?"
"Some anime about high school students with powers." She replied. Mikoto chuckled.
"Sounds familiar."
"Right?" Mikoto threw her bag in the corner of the room and pushed Shokuhou's legs out of the way, sitting next to her. After the show finished and commercials started, Mikoto decided to bring up the list Shokuhou had lied up.
"So uh, quick question." Mikoto said, Shokuhou humming to say she was listening. "Why did you lie to Kuroko about a list saying she couldn't come in?" Shokuhou snorted and then chuckled.
"If you saw the way she had dolled herself up, you wouldn't want her here either." Shokuhou advised, causing Mikoto to shudder. "Believe me, I did you a favor by making sure she didn't get in here."
"How bad was it, exactly?" Mikoto paled. "Don't go too in depth."
"Well..." Shokuhou smirked. "You know clowns?"
"...Dear God..."
"You're welcome, she wasn't allowed in anyway. No middle school students."
"Then how did Saten-san and Uiharu-san get here?"
"From what they said, they followed Kamijou-san." Mikoto raised an eyebrow.
"How uh..." She scratched the back of her head. "How did he know how to get here? He's never followed me here."
"But he remembered you lived here." Shokuhou corrected. "Good enough."
"I suppose." Silence fell upon the pair as another show started. "You think maybe that was a bit harsh?"
"How so?"
"Well..." Mikoto trailed off, mauling her choice of words over. "As weird and rude as Kuroko can be sometimes, she's still a close friend. As much as I hate it, being close to me means a lot to her. I think not coming to the party hurt her."
"What did you want me to do?" Shokuhou demanded. "I see Shirai sauntering into the grounds looking like she came from a clown convention, asking for our dorm number and pass code, on your birthday. Please, enlighten me on what the right thing to do was."
"Um..." Mikoto thought over what Shokuhou had said for a moment. On one hand, she was right. It that moment, Mikoto couldn't see a lot of things Shokuhou could have done differently that would've resulted in an outcome just as enjoyable for everyone.
"Look at it this way, Misaka-san." Mikoto broke free of her stupor at these words. "Either I lie to just Shirai and we all had a good time, or I didn't lie to her and you spend the whole night fending off her sexual advances while the rest of us sit around uncomfortably trying to ignore it." Mikoto thought over both scenarios before she sighed.
"Yeah, you're right." She said, still feeling sort of bad. "You didn't have to send her those pictures, though. That was a bit much." Shokuhou laughed.
"I couldn't help myself." She replied. "I mean, it was a party I technically shouldn't have thrown for you on a day Shirai worships, and you were with Kamijou-san and I in the same room. I couldn't resist."
"It was still a bit much." Shokuhou shrugged, and Mikoto knew she wasn't getting anymore from her about that. After all, what was done was done, no changing that. Shokuhou yawned and stretched, Mikoto frowning as the blonde's legs entered her personal space.
"Get your legs out of here." She said, pushing the girls legs away.
"Don't you want to rub them?" Shokuhou asked with a smirk. "I'm sure Shirai would love to see that."
"Don't start throwing more fuel on the fire." Mikoto said with a smile. "The last thing I need in my life is Kuroko and you fighting over your non-existent relationship with me."
"Don't even try and convince me you don't get a kick out of watching her freak out." Shokuhou replied. "That girl is a goldmine of hilarity." Although Mikoto got irritated with Kuroko on the regular for her actions and not listening, she had to admit the freak outs were pretty funny sometimes. Unless it got them in trouble in public, that was pretty irritating. "Besides, I don't plan on keeping my phone out at all times to catch anything that'd piss her off."
"Just don't keep instigating." Mikoto warned. "I don't think you want her always following you and trying to get you angry."
"Yeah, you're right." Shokuhou said, hugging the couch pillow. "She's irritating."
"...You aren't going to stop, are you?" Mikoto asked after a pause, and Shokuhou smirked.
"Nope." Mikoto rolled her eyes and got up from the couch, grabbed her bag, and went to her room. "What're you doing?"
"The homework I'm sure you haven't done, I still need to finish it." she told her, "You need to copy it?"
"Yeah, hold up." Shokuhou sprang from the couch and followed Mikoto into her room. Once they were inside, Shokuhou threw herself on the bed and Mikoto pulled the work out of her bag, tossing it to Shokuhou.
"Damn, how did you figure this out?" She asked, scrunching her face up at the work.
"I didn't." Mikoto replied. "I guessed."
"Ah, makes sense." Shokuhou took the pencil and paper Mikoto offered her and began to copy the work down, sticking her tongue in her check as she did so. Mikoto waited patiently as she finished copying it, and Shokuhou gave her the work back, allowing her to continue. Mikoto had only just finished one equation when she heard a snap. Looking over, she found the source.
Shokuhou was taking selfies.
"What are you doing?" Mikoto asked, the representation of herself on the screen repeating the question.
"Taking selfies." She replied. As soon as another picture got snapped, Mikoto's eyes widened.
"Are you sending that to Kuroko?!"
"...No."
"Don't! Give me that!" Mikoto threw herself at Shokuhou and attempted to get the phone from her, but Shokuhou being taller then her finally came into play, holding the device just out of her reach. After another few seconds of struggling, Mikoto heard the sound of the camera snapping again. "Shokuhou-san!"
"What?"
"Don't! She's going to take it the wrong way!"
"That's the point!"
"Come on, this is childish!"
"You're the one who tackled me!" After a few more seconds of struggling, Shokuhou freed herself from Mikoto and sprinted from the room and into her own, slamming her door in Mikoto's face.
"Shokuhou-san!"
"Yes, dearest roommate?"
"If you send that to Kuroko, I'm throwing your candy over the railing." Silence met her from the threat, and Mikoto waited with her hands on her hips. "Well? What'll it be?"
"Can I send one?"
"No!"
"I'll send the one with you at your desk!"
"Shokuhou-san!"
"...Ugh, you're no fun." Mikoto heard Shokuhou coming towards the door, and then stopped. "But, if you throw my candy over the side of the railing, I'll send the one with us in your bed."
"...It seems we are at an impasse, then." Mikoto said after a moment. "How about...Alright, I want to see you send the one with me at my desk, and delete the other ones. I won't throw out your candy if I see you do that." After Mikoto said this, the door opened. Shokuhou stepped out and and showed Mikoto her phone, tapping send on the picture of her working at her desk. She then went to her album and deleted the other ones, only one of which being clear enough to make out what it was.
"There." She said. "Happy?"
"I suppose." Mikoto replied, putting a hand on her forehead and sighing. "I already warned you about her."
"You seem to have the idea I'm scared of her." Shokuhou sighed and whipped her hair over her shoulder. "And I assure you, I'm not."
"Do you really want to deal with her constantly being rude to you?" Mikoto asked. "Because I really hate it when she takes everything the wrong way."
"She'll get over it eventually." Shokuhou replied easily. "Besides, there isn't anything for her to get mad over."
Kuroko hated doing paperwork. By far the worse part of her job at Judgment was all the paperwork she got stuck doing at least once a week. The only upside was that she got to do it with Uiharu. Their teacher, Konori Mii, was also helping them out.
"Ugh, my hand is killing me." She complained, massaging the muscles in the center of her hand.
"It's not going to get you out of it, Shirai-san." Konori replied. "Just get through it."
"Uuuuuuhhhhh..." Kuroko slammed her head down on the table and continued to moan.
"What's got you so out of the loop lately?" Konori asked, patting her on the back. "Ever since the school year started you've been so out of it."
"Misaka-san moved out." Uiharu replied. Konori grinned smugly.
"Ah, so that's it." Konori said with a small chuckle. "Misaka-san left you."
"For the blonde." Kuroko hissed, growling. She really did detest that blonde. Kuroko hadn't had anything against her before, but now that she was living with her Onee-sama, it made her public enemy number one. Not only that, but she was a bit of a bitch too.
"Blonde?" Konori asked.
"Shokuhou Misaki-san." Uiharu filled in. "She's Misaka-san's new roommate, and Kuroko is jealous."
"She's a total demon!" Kuroko shouted. "She's out to get between me and Onee-sama!" Both girls shook their head in defeat. "I mean, you saw how she was acting Uiharu!"
"All I saw was Shokuhou-san trying to be nice and you being rude." Uiharu replied. "I found her quite pleasant."
"Great, now she's turning my friends against me. Are you under the control of Mental Out right now?!" Kuroko got right in Uiharu's face as she interrogated her.
"I'm not!"
"That's exactly what she'd have you say!"
"Shirai-san." Kuroko stopped as Konori grabbed her by the collar of her uniform. "Stop fooling around and get your work done."
"Ahaha...Right..." Kuroko backed up and went back to her own desk, continuing her work.
I know she's against me, I just have to prove it...
I know nothing happened today, but I felt bad for not updating in a while. I promise something will happen in the next chapter. Also, I'm a little spent right now, so don't expect any updates on a regular schedule. I hope you enjoyed, leave a review!
