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Chapter 54 Don't Bite

Hikari sighed as she slipped her books back into her bag. It was lunch time and her class had just finished deciding what they were going to be doing for the up coming Cultural Festival. She wasn't too happy with what her class had decided on but there was no changing the decision now.

Some of her classmates had already left to go eat and others were still hanging around the class chatting as they put their stuff away and sat at their desk eating while they talked to their friends. Hikari had just put the last of her stuff away and pulled her lunch out when the classroom door slammed open making several people near it jump in surprise.

"Hika-chan!" came a bright and cheery yell that was hard for Hikari not to recognize right off the bat. Hikari heaved a sigh before turning her eyes up to the ceiling as if she was praying.

"Dear Kami-sama why can't you give me one lunch in peace? Is that really so hard to ask for?" she muttered before Eiji knocked her out of her chair, sweeping her up into a hug. Many of her classmates moved out of the way when Eiji came flying into the classroom like a red whirl wind.

"Does it ever cross your mind that I had back surgery not too long ago!?" Hikari asked as he spun her around. Eiji quickly sat her down. "Sorry Hika-chan." Eiji told her. He, like a few of the other boys on the team, had been sucking up since the thing with the heels. Eiji gave her an apologetic look, but was instantly excited once more.

"Hika-chan! You won't believe what me and Fuji's class is doing for the festival!" Eiji cheered. Hikari raised an eyebrow. "Well?" she asked. "We're doing a bakery!" Eiji cheered. Hikari smiled. "Sounds like fun." she replied as she grabbed her lunch and followed Eiji out of the class room.

"What is your class doing, Hika-chan!?" Eiji asked excitedly. Hikari heaved a sigh. "I'd rather not say." she replied a little sourly.

Eiji eyed her. "That bad?" he asked. "In my opinion." Hikari replied. "But it was a class vote so nothing I can do about it now." she added. Hikari turned to look up at him. "So are you and Fuji-sempai going to help bake or are you going to serve?" she asked.

Eiji's face lit up with a smile. "Fuji's working at the door greeting people while I'm going to be serving the customers." Eiji told her. Hikari smiled. "Sounds like fun. I'll try to stop by." she promised him.

"Yhay!" Eiji cheered wrapping his arms around her neck. Hikari sighed as many of the girls and boys passing paused long enough to giggle or chuckle at the sight.

After so many months of going to Seigaku the sight of Eiji glomping the girl was normal. Everyday normal. At first many of the girls, especially Eiji's fan girls, would glare at her or threaten her but as time passed Hikari had befriended each of them and they all knew that the relationship between Hikari and Eiji was more like a brother/sister thing.

Though Hikari had pointed out more then once that she had more then enough brothers. Now everyone just stopped and laughed whenever they saw Eiji jumping the girl. To them it was especially funny when he managed to catch her off guard and swept her completely off her feet.

Hikari didn't find it all that amusing but then again she was the one getting knocked of her feet almost everyday.

"Hika-chan!" Hikari looked up as she and Eiji walked to the spot where they and the other regulars usually had lunch. Momo jumped up when he saw her. "Guess what my class is doing!" Momo said as she neared the group taking her usually seat between Eiji and Taka.

"What?" she asked as she opened her bento. "A haunted house!" Momo cheered. "My class is doing a Donburi booth." Oishi told her from the other side of Eiji. "Donburi? Sounds great." Hikari told her two teammates.

"What about your class, Kawamura-sempai?" Hikari asked looking up at Taka. Taka smiled. "We're doing a play." he told her. "Oh? Are you playing a part?" she asked. Taka shook his head. "I'm just helping with the sets." he told. Hikari nodded before turning to Inui.

"What about your class Inui-sempai?" she asked looking at Inui who sat between Taka and Fuji. "We are doing a dunking booth." Inui told her as he adjusted his glasses. Hikari raised an eyebrow. "Really? Sounds fun. I might have to come and check it out on my breaks." she replied.

"Kaido-sempai what is your class doing?" Hikari asked. "A Shooting game booth." Kaido remarked as he ate. "What about you, Tezuka-buchou?" Hikari asked. Tezuka didn't even look up from his food. "A tea shop." he remarked.

Hikari looked up. "Oh? What's the theme?" she asked. Tezuka didn't reply. Since the whole pay back thing with the heels, Tezuka hadn't talked to her all that much. Hikari figured she was finally getting to him and making him squirm on the inside. A feat that Fuji had been dead set on achieving for a long time.

"Does your feet still hurt too much for you to tell me, Tezuka-buchou?" she asked as she took a bite of her food. Tezuka's eyes snapped up to her, his eyebrow twitching oh so slightly at the mention of the heels and the pain they had caused his feet.

Hikari ignored the look and continued to eat her lunch a smile on her face. Once again she had effectively gotten under his skin. "Its an Alice and Wonderland theme." Fuji told her a smile on his own face when Tezuka turned the glare on him.

Fuji gave him a smile as if Tezuka wasn't trying to glare holes into him. "What about you Hika-chan? What is you're class doing?" Oishi asked Hikari.

Hikari heaved a sigh. "You'll find out." she told them. All of the boys looked at the girl. "I get the feeling you don't like what it is." Fuji said looking at her. "Not one bit." Hikari said before heaving a sigh. "I dislike the boys in my class." she added making her teammates look at each other for a long moment.

"Is it really that bad, Hika-chan?" Eiji asked. "To me it is." she replied. Hikari looked at the watch on her right wrist. "I have to go. I promised Miyozaki-san that I'd help her with set up ideas. Seeing how the boys got the job of deciding costumes." she said sourly as she got to her feet. "I'll see you all later, Sempai." she told them before taking off.

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Tezuka looked up at the sign above him. "A little higher on the left." he told his classmate. The boys raised the sign getting Tezuka's nod of approval before securing it into place. "Hey Tezuka-kun, isn't that Hikari-chan from class 1-2?" one of his classmates asking pointing past Tezuka.

Tezuka turned to find a bundle of black, silver, and white material walking down the hall. Under it was a pair of legs, one leg wrapped in bandages while a long white rat tail was hanging out of the back of the pile. No doubt about it, it was Hikari and she was stumbling around blind. Not only that but Tezuka was pretty sure she shouldn't be carrying things that heavy.

Tezuka left his teammates to finish up while he walked up to Hikari stopping her before she ran into a door. "Higarashi what are you doing?" he asked moving the material around and Hikari's face emerged from the piled of rolls of material.

"Oh! Tezuka-buchou its you." she said in greeting a smile on her face. "Um…I volunteered to run to the store and get the material needed for my class's costumes." she said as she readjusted her grip on the rolls. Tezuka eyed her closely before taking half of the rolls and bags from her.

"I can carry them, Tezuka-buchou." she insisted. "And I'm helping." Tezuka retorted sternly. Hikari huffed. "Stubborn." she replied. Tezuka looked down at her.

Hikari was staring up at him her chin pushed forward in stubbornness. She thought he was stubborn? She was even more so. "I'm helping and that's final." he told her sternly. "Argue and you'll run forty laps." he added.

Hikari frowned. "Fine." she replied. Tezuka gave a firm nod and turned to lead the way to her classroom. "You really are stubborn." she told his back. Tezuka looked back at her but she simply walked past him. That was twice in just the last few minutes that she had called him stubborn.

"You have no room to talk." he retorted before he thought about it. Hikari stopped and looked at him. For a moment Tezuka thought she was going to slap him just as she had after his match in the finals of Nationals. But then she just wrinkled her nose.

"I'm no where near as stubborn as you." she told him before she turned and headed back off to her class. Tezuka followed her. For the most part the two were quiet. Tezuka really didn't know what to say to her. There was one thing he did want to ask but he didn't want to be too nosy.

Then again he had pretty much been nosy before. "How is Yukimura?" he asked. Hikari glanced up at him. "Fine I guess. I haven't seen him since I returned his jacket to him." she replied. Tezuka, for some reason, felt relieved to hear that.

"You aren't going to go out with him again?" Tezuka asked. Hikari sighed. "Probably not. I mean Yukimura-kun is really sweet and all but…I found I really just don't like him like I do someone else." she told him.

Then she paused and turned to him. "You know you are really nosy." she told him as they came to her class. "I'll take those now." she said holding out her hand. Tezuka was about to protest when the classroom door opened up.

"Hikari-chan! You're back! Oh! Hello Tezuka-sempai!" the first year girl gushed as she half ducked back into the class. Hikari looked at her. "Oh, hello Kaheikimi-san. I got the material." she told the girl taking the material from Tezuka handing half of it to the girl.

"Thank you for the help, Tezuka-buchou." Hikari told Tezuka. "Thank you for helping her, Tezuka-sempai." the girl added nervously as she gave Tezuka a polite bow.

Tezuka gave the two girls a nod. "You should get back to your class, Tezuka-buchou." Hikari told him. Tezuka nodded before turning to Kaheikimi and gave her a nod. "Have a nice day." he told the two girls politely.

Kaheikimi blushed and ducked back into the class again. "And so you have another fan girl." Hikari said with a smile as she shook her head and followed her classmate. Tezuka watched her as she entered her class.

"Kaheikimi-san, don't be so shy. He doesn't bite…much." he heard Hikari call out to her friend. Tezuka frowned. Much? He would really have to talk to Hikari.

END

Kyandi: Hehe! This is basically like the Culture Festival Arc in Flip Side.

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