[10.1]

Jealousy

In the latter bit of the class' civil war, Karma raised his hand to surrender as he was grappled upon by Nagisa on the ground. With this, the Blue Team – save Korosensei – rejoiced while the opposing team – kill Korosensei – yielded to their loss and at the same time felt relieved that the outcome was one that everyone had competed for with everything they got.

Despite their disagreement earlier, the previously divided class with dissenting views was once again united as they traded flattery and admirations of the other's display of strength during the fight. As Korosensei told his two fellow teachers, a conflict could also be a way of bringing people closer together.

Both Chiba and Okajima approached Kanzaki and praised her for the stunt she had pulled when she attacked them from behind. Chiba was wholly impressed at her for hitting his back multiple times as Okajima adored her grace-like beauty by her side.

Hayami was watching the three interact from a distance when Hara, Isogai, Maehara, Itona, and Yada gathered around her. The first three were the ones that she had taken down earlier before Yada snuck a shot on her. Including Takebayashi, Hayami has four kills in total.

"You are so amazing, Hayami! No wonder Karma put you in the defense for the red team," Maehara said loudly.

Isogai nodded. "Yeah. You really held your ground there very well until Yada-san targeted you," he stated as his gaze darted to the brunette in a ponytail.

"I'm sure that was just a lucky shot," Yada said sheepishly.

Giving her a stern look, Hayami told her, "No way that was a fluke. You knew that I'd be focused on taking down Isogai, so you went beyond my field of vision before taking that shot."

Yada's cheeks became flushed at her statement, making her proud of her small achievement of landing a hit on the girls' top marksman.

As the five engross themselves in the details of their fight, emerald orbs once again turned back to the raven-haired sniper chatting happily with Kanzaki, who looked pleased as punch. Her hand climbed to her chest where she felt a sting.

This did not go unnoticed by Class 3-E's motherly figure, Hara Sumire. She elbowed the brunette beside her and her eyes pointed to Hayami's strained expression staring at Chiba and Kanzaki.

Yada met Hara's gaze as impish smiles crossed their faces. They moved closer towards Hayami, bordering her on both sides.

"If you're jealous, why don't you go over there?" Hara told Hayami while feigning callousness.

The orange-haired sniper glanced at the two girls consecutively. "What are you talking about?" she asked impassively as she refrained herself from stealing a glimpse at him and her.

Hara sneaked a look at their two classmates who were now talking alone – Okajima nowhere to be seen. "I know that you have been looking at them for a while. From what I can see, there's a good chance that Chiba-san will start to fall for Kanzaki. Am I right, Yada?" She shifted a glance towards Yada, who was now turning queasy, thinking that the pudgy food-lover might be going too far at this.

When Hara had given her a reassuring wink, Yada said feebly, "Yeah."

"You're spouting nonsense." Hayami folded her arms. "Why would I get jealous?" she said before walking away.

Having seen Hayami's gesture, after mingling with her for this long, Yada knew then that Hara was spot-on on her speculations – that Hayami was jealous of Kanzaki at the thought of Chiba being attracted to the black-haired beauty.

"Hayami, let's go down together."

After they had been dismissed, Chiba immediately went to Hayami's seat, hoping to spend some time with her today since he did not have the chance to from the class battle earlier.

Odd enough, it took more than a second for her to respond. When she did, she bobbed her head with Hara and Yada rubbernecking from their seats.

Then, with discreet reluctance, she followed him out of the room. She has yet to make sense of her bothersome feelings, and now she would be spending time with the one who was maybe the cause.

Not being able to withhold herself anymore, she spoke up in the middle of their walk in the forest. "Kanzaki was outstanding today. She must have taken you by surprise."

"Yeah." A smile hovered on his lips. "You were pretty amazing too for having four kills."

"Not only Kanzaki is attractive, but she is also good in academics and battle strategies," Hayami stated further.

Her uncharacteristic exaltation of their classmate has made Chiba more aware that something was off about her at the moment. As he pondered about the reason, he said, "You are pretty and have good grades too. You're also capable in a battlefield with your mobile sniping and close-range combat."

"Still, Kanzaki is refined with a pleasing personality. You must want a girl like her."

The words that had just slipped out her mouth halted him on his tracks. He swerved his body towards her when it had hit upon him why she was behaving strangely.

"Are you jealous?" he blurted.

Her legs became steady. Eyes on him, she batted an eyelid and, then, asked in a soft tone, "Am I?"

The look on her features gave away the answer. That would explain the chill he had felt a while ago when he was with Kanzaki, and why Hara and Yada had been giving him odd glances.

Before moving ahead, he said, "I'm with you now, aren't I?" to put her at ease that no matter how beautiful or amazing any girl was, he would still pick her.

And she believed that.

[10.2]

The Sleepover

Relief, delight, and resolute hope sprouted from within the young students of Class 3-E after finding out that their target, whom they have come to cherish, could still be saved. The research from space provided that Korosensei could have only a 1% probability of exploding by March.

Even so, they would continue to swing their blades at their target until the government retracted its request.

To relish in their discovery today, the girls planned to have a sleepover tonight. They chose to do it at Kayano's place considering that she lived alone and its space was enough for twelve of them.

"Rich kid!" Nakamura exclaimed when they had arrived at Kayano's two-story house.

"Even after my parents died, my sister and I still maintained the house with earnings from her work and my acting career," explained Kayano. "Thankfully, I'm managing right now with my sister's insurance and what's left of our savings."

Kayano, then, led everybody inside. "Since we won't all fit in my room, some of you can use my sister and parents' bedroom," she told them.

"We can just sleep here in the living room," Kataoka suggested, reluctant to intrude in a deceased family member's space.

Before heading to the kitchen, Kayano said, "It's fine. There's no way I will let you do that. Wait a moment. I'll serve you some drinks. Do you want juice or tea?"

When the girls had finally become accustomed to the place, they began to play different sorts of games. Of course, Nakamura once again advocated the game of 'Truth or Dare'.

This made Hayami uncomfortable since she was put under the spotlight the last time she played that game with her classmates. She was certain that the same thing would happen tonight with the blonde prankster around.

And how she strongly wished she was wrong.

This time, they have Ritsu spin a digital arrow on Kataoka's phone. When the arrow had stopped towards Hayami, she picked 'Dare', learning her lesson that the other option would only lead to a question related to him. But what she did not take into account was the possibility that her dare would also be about him especially that Nakamura would be the one to give it.

A coy smile was plastered on Nakamura's face as she revealed the dare: "Hayami, for your dare, I want you to go to Chiba-kun's house and give him a hug for seven seconds. You are not allowed to tell him that it was a dare."

"Are you seriously going to make me go there?" Hayami protested.

"Don't worry. It's not that much effort since his house is only a three-minute walk from here," said Nakamura coolly.

Chiba was having a déjà vu when he had heard the doorbell while he was in the kitchen. After setting down the glass of water on the counter, he proceeded to the foyer and opened the door.

Lo and behold, the visitor was Hayami in the flesh. Again.

"Hello, Chiba," she greeted like it was nothing.

In a state of confusion, he asked, "Aren't you supposed to be in the sleepover?"

"About that –" hands behind her back, her eyes averted from him "– I want to say sorry in advance."

His head angled to the side. "For what?"

"For this." She took a step forward and, then, wrapped her arms around his torso, resting her cheek on his chest.

He felt as if time had stopped when her warmth had clung to him. His heart began to race at a rapid rate with his face turning red.

Inside her mind, Hayami did a 7-second countdown, shutting her eyes tight as she stomached this embarrassing yet heart-pounding moment. Then she wondered what his reaction was and what he was thinking right now.

Without looking down, Chiba was about to ask Hayami what on earth she was doing when he caught a glimpse of blonde hair by the gate.

'Ah. I get it now,' he thought as he breathed out heavily.

Of course, Hayami would not be doing this of her own will. Although she had already gone to his house spontaneously at nighttime, it was not for a reason like this.

While the rest of the girls were in Kayano's bedroom, Nakamura accompanied Hayami here to live stream on her phone the whole thing for them. Over the gate, with only her eyes peering over, she was enjoying the show when out of the corner of her eye she saw a large figure in a ninja outfit also spectating at the sniper duo.

The peeping Tom was no doubt Korosensei. Hopefully, he wouldn't follow them back to the sleepover, or else he would be dead meat to the girls.

When the seven seconds were up, Hayami detached herself from him. Her eyes were leering on his feet, avoiding his face, as she tightened her coiled fists, her face flushed red.

"That's it. Bye," she said with haste right before spinning on her heel and marching away.

Speechless, as if a lump was stuck in his throat, Chiba did a wave as he stared at her retreating back.

'That gave me a heart attack,' he thought.

...

After the 'Truth or Dare', they took a bath – each taking a turn over the two bathrooms inside the house – which gave Hayami the liberty to ruminate over what had transpired earlier at Chiba's doorstep.

The sensation of his body taller than her, his sturdy built, and the scent of his detergent. All of those have made her feel warm and fuzzy inside.

When she was done changing into her nighties, wearing her hair down, she went to the living room for the storytelling. Four ghost stories later, it was Hazama's turn to narrate, flashlight illuminating her scary pale face.

Some of the girls were trembling and hugging each other from fright throughout Hazama's story. When she had reached the end, Kayano swept a look towards the window where she saw a white round face with a spooky grin.

She let out a shriek, her finger pointing to the window. "A GHOST!" she yelled, making everyone else turn their heads.

Several of them screamed and jumped on their seats until Nakamura's eyebrows scrunched up.

"Wait," she said as she rose on her feet. "That's no ghost." Then she came closer to the window and slid it open.

"It's Korosensei!" she proclaimed.

"Hello there, girls," Korosensei greeted nervously. Chills ran down his spine upon seeing the furious looks of his students.

"I-I just want to c-check if you are d-doing fine in y-your sleepover. I-It's nice to see you h-having f-fun," he stammered after.

Pointing angrily, Okano declared, "You scum!" right before sending a pillow flying at his face.

The yellow octopus screeched when the other girls had followed her lead in hurling random objects at him.

KURAHASHI: What are you doing here ruining our girls' night?

FUWA: Even though this part is not that relevant to this fanfic, the author still wrote this to give you some appearance!

YADA: You're a disgrace as our teacher!

KAYANO: Just leave, will ya?

His heart crushed into pieces at their hurtful words, although he deserved it, Korosensei covered his weeping face before launching off in a Mach 20 speed.

...

TRUTH or DARE

(Class E girls)

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Hinano Kurahashi – DARE

[Act like Bitch-sensei during the whole game.]

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Yukiko Kanzaki – TRUTH

[If you were to go out with someone in Class E, who would it be?]

Answer: Sugino-kun.

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Touka Yada – DARE

[Wear the lingerie (that Nakamura brought for some reason) and perform a sexy dance.]

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Kirara Hazama – DARE

[Act cute.]

Surprisingly, she pulled it off although it gave everyone the creeps. They preferred the usual Hazama.

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Rio Nakamura – DARE

[Smash a raw egg on your head and then sing an English song.]

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Rinka Hayami – DARE

[Go to Chiba's house and give him a hug for seven seconds. You are not allowed to tell him that it was a dare.]

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Yuzuki Fuwa – TRUTH

[Tell us a secret that you haven't told anyone yet.]

Answer: I know what is going to happen between Chiba-kun and Hayami in the last chapter of this story. And that is… *spoiler alert*

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Sumire Hara –TRUTH

[You want to become a housewife in the future, right? If you will marry someone in Class E, who will it be?]

Answer: Yoshida, because I've known him since childhood.

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Hinata Okano – TRUTH

[Will you confess your feelings to Maehara?]

Answer: Wait, you already knew?! Uhmm… I'm not sure. Maybe I will.

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Minami Okuda – TRUTH

[Are you going out with Karma?]

Answer: H-How did you know? Oh no. I even promised him not to tell anyone.

All the girls promised Okuda that they won't tell this to the boys and they won't bring it up to Karma himself.

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Megu Kataoka – DARE

[Do a catwalk here while wearing fashionable clothes.]

All of the girls were smitten when she modeled before them in Kayano's clothes.

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Kaede Kayano - DARE

[Call Nagisa and ask him if he thinks that you are cute.]

Nagisa's Answer: What's with the sudden question? But yes, I think you are cute, Kayano-san.

Kayano was then passed out on the floor for two minutes.

[10.3]

Boys' Interest

After changing from gym clothes, Kayano left the restroom with some of the girls. They were on their way to the classroom when she recalled that moment when Okajima attempted to take a peek at them before. To avoid that, they took turns keeping watch outside the restroom while the rest changed inside every P.E. class.

"Why are the boys all about pervy stuff?" she whined.

"I agree with you, kid," Irina chipped in alongside them. She was also heading to the room to teach the next class. "But for some reason, that straight-laced Karasuma was not at all affected by my advances. I'm starting to think that maybe women are not his type."

With a knowing look, Nakamura placed both hands on her hips. "Unlike some guys, there are those who are not expressive about their interests and desires unlike some," she said.

"Yeah. Generally, all boys are actually erotic," Okano seconded as a matter-of-fact with a disapproving look.

"That's not true," Hayami said. "I know that Chiba is not like that."

All pairs of eyes were fixed on her.

The blonde prankster arched her eyebrow as a grin crossed her face. "You don't need to defend your boyfriend, Rinka."

"He's not my boyfriend," Hayami corrected to which Nakamura snickered with her hand over her mouth.

Then Okano interjected, "How are you so sure about that?"

Nonplussed by Okano's biting remarks, Hayami stated, "Throughout the time that we're together, I've never seen him take an interest in that stuff."

The brown hair was not convinced. She was about to object when Kayano beat her to the punch. "Well, you are always with him so you would know him better," the green-haired said.

Nakamura tutted with a beam while wagging her finger. "Not necessarily. He might be thinking about it without you knowing it."

Having enough of their debate, Irina flicked her hand with the other arm across her chest. "Listen, girls. It is okay for boys to like perverted things. It is in their nature. It is part of puberty. What's condemning is whether they act decently about it or not," she reasoned nondescriptly.

Hayami mulled over what the two blondes have said. If that was the case, then, there could have been moments when Chiba had been thinking about those things. He was just prudent enough not to be like Okajima and a few others.

With her gaze over her shoulder, Kataoka slid the door open as she began to say, "For me, it's enough that the boys act accordingly like gentlemen." She faced the front before turning stiff when her eyes had lain upon the scene before her.

Huddling up in the middle of the room were the majority of the boys. Korosensei was at the center, holding an adult magazine while the others were poring over it with him. Standing behind them was Chiba with another magazine dangling in his hand; its cover was a girl in a bikini. Okajima and Maehara were beside him, struck frozen upon seeing the girls in the doorway.

Veins popping on her forehead, Kataoka put up her raging fist. "What the hell are you guys doing?!" she growled.

"So shameless," Okano grumbled as she cracked her knuckles, flames flickering in her background.

"Aha!" Nakamura spouted before rushing to Chiba's side, the magazine still in his grasp. Pointing at him, she turned to the orange-haired sniper. "Hayami, what were you saying earlier?" she taunted.

Chiba recoiled at the sight of Hayami merely gawking at him. Without a word and eyes dead ahead, she started walking towards her seat. His gaze followed her as she passed by him.

After that, the boys were battered with fists and kicks combined with a lengthy lecture from the female class rep. Some of the girls went after Korosensei, who luckily escaped at the speed of light.

...

While the girls were still changing in the restroom, Okajima whipped out an adult magazine and browsed over its pages with drool coming out of his mouth.

"Whoa. What a beauty!" Maehara exclaimed upon walking by Okajima's seat.

The semi-bald pervert cocked his head at him and said, "Right?"

As the two eyeballed the photos of women in alluring clothing, some of their male classmates joined in on the party until the magazine was snatched from Okajima.

"Bringing this type of reading material is forbidden in school," Korosensei told them off when his puny eyes zoomed in on an opened page and blurted out, "BOOBS!"

A minority of the boys with sane minds hopelessly watched them feast on the magazine with their own teacher as an accomplice.

With everyone clustered around Korosensei, the 'magazine' rather, Okajima was having difficulty taking a good look even though it belonged to him. And so, he sneaked out a second one from his blazer when someone elbowed his arm, causing him to drop it on the floor. He bent down to pick it up only for it to be accidentally kicked away by Maehara.

"Oops. Sorry, man," Maehara said with a rub on the back of his neck.

Chiba was playing shogi with Karma when something slid on the floor near them. "Wait a sec," he said to his opponent before standing up.

When he had picked it up from the floor, he was approached by Okajima, who said, "Thanks, Chiba."

Before the semi-bald pervert could take the magazine back, all heads flew to the door gliding open. The guilty boys' faces paled upon catching sight of the girls.

"Aha! Hayami, what were you saying earlier?"

Chiba glanced at the item in his clutch and was startled to find out what it was. He, then, turned his gaze to his sniping partner.

'Crap', he thought.

"So that's what happened," he finished before taking a look at her as they trekked down the mountain.

"I see," she said with a straight face. "But you don't need to explain yourself to me."

"I don't want you to misunderstand."

Although Chiba was innocent on the 'magazine incident', it did not mean that Hayami would once again believe that he was completely detached from any perverted thinking as the words of Nakamura and Irina emerged in her mind:

"He might be thinking about it, you know, without you knowing it."

"It is okay for boys to like perverted things. It is in their nature. It is part of puberty."

"Don't worry, I'm not mad. I understand that it is natural for boys to think about that stuff," she said.

He stiffened as he looped his head towards her. "I-Is that so?" he stuttered, which was a first as he was usually passive about almost everything.

Her eyes flicked towards him. "Isn't that the case?" she asked.

He cleared his throat and nodded. It caught him off-guard that she would be talking about that. He was not open to discussing such matters compared to certain people. Whenever Okajima had talked about his erotic interests, Chiba would either change the subject or shrug it off.

Sweat rolled down his forehead when she had smiled and said, "I won't hold it against you" since he did not know what to decipher from that when in fact she wasn't implying anything.