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UozumiOokay… did I just see what I just saw?
This plump girl whom I've never seen before whizzed by me in a second, muttering something about being late!?
Is she crazy? There's still two hours before school starts!
And how could a PLUMP girl whizz by me in a second!?
I must be getting out of practice.
Off to the gym!
And Uozumi runs madly past cats and dogs, occasionally knocking a garbage can over, all the way to Ryonan gym.
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MaiOh no! I haven't reached school yet and I'm already sweating
like crazy!
How could I wake up so late!? The streets are practically empty!
Well, except for that really big guy I saw earlier on…
I think he was bigger than Akagi!
A blue and white blur speeds past Mai, knocking her over.
Are? Suddenly I'm sitting on the floor?
I look at the large blur that just passed me.
It's that guy I saw earlier!
Is it racing day or something?
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UozumiI switch on the lights and walk into the gym.
Hnn… that run to school was a nice little warm-up.
Not a bad idea…
I put down my blue duffel bag and look around, smoothing back my hair.
For some crazy reason, Coach Taoka's face floats into my mind
I hate that guy… always torturing me some way or the other.
Always picking on me.
But I'll put up with it…
"For the sake of Basketball!"
I pump my fist into the air, savouring the clean, fresh air in the gym early in the morning.
Hmm…
I look at my watch
One hour and forty five minutes to go
Enough time for practice before classes.
I take my basketball clothes out of my bag and head to the locker room.
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MaiSo I reached school out of breath and sweating heavily.
And guess what?
No one was there yet.
It was deserted.
Even most of the teachers hadn't arrived!
Including Okashi Hana, would you believe it?
I'm earlier than that Strange Flower!
I'm so funny, I just crack myself up sometimes.
Hahahaha…it's...hahahahahahaha…
Heehee..so..heeheehee…
Hohoho..dark..hohoho…
Hehehe…
Whimper. Whimper.
Waaaaaaa!!!!
A light flickers on in a window in the next building.
Eh? There's a light in that window?
Finally! Someone's around!
I run to the source of light and arrive just in time to see the big guy from earlier disappearing into another doorway.
Hey… this is the basketball court!
I look around and spot a duffel bag lying on the floor… and a little pink book
lying beside it.
Wait a minute… a PINK book!?
Hee. hee.
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UozumiI grab the ball from the pile and bounce it once.
Strangely, for once, I don't feel like hearing the thump of it.
Maybe cause it's so quiet…
Too quiet, in fact…
Holding the ball, I walk into the gym.
And stop dead in my tracks at the doorway.
Oh.My.God.
She's reading my little pink book…
That plump girl earlier…
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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MaiHee. hee. hee. hee.
Hehehe…
Hahaha…….
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Heavy steps sound behind Mai and a large shadow falls on her.
Uh-oh.
Think. Think. Think.
RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Uozumi
I don't believe this.
She just whizzed past me.
Again.
That plump girl.
Carrying my little pink book with her.
Wait a minute… carrying my LITTLE PINK BOOK with her!?
Kami-sama… this can't be happening to me!
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Mai
Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!
I got it!
Nyahahahaha!
This's too good to pass up!
I gotta finish reading this!
Hic.
Uh-oh…
I've. hic. got. hic. hiccups!?
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(9.00 a.m., Class 1-3, Ryonan High)
Mai walked into the noisy class, hiccups gone. Her eyes twinkled brightly and her cheeks were rosy from running to school earlier. Even her thick glasses couldn't hide her eyes' mischievous sparkle today.
"Mai!" a voice called from the back.
Mai scanned the back row for the source of the voice. Her mouth formed a smile as she saw the owner of the voice.
"Yuuka!"
Mai headed towards her friend. She noticed that Yuuka was in great shape and looking better than ever. With thick, dark, long hair and an ivory, flawless complexion… not to mention her large, imploringly brown eyes and a perfect body… she was one of those natural flawless beauties.
"Sit here, I got my friends to make a place for you!" Yuuka gestured to a seat next to her.
Mai laughed as she realized her friend was still the same as before… making friends for their personality, not their looks… She slipped into the seat, throwing her bag into the desk.
"Yuuka, you never told us your friend would be, like, a super geek!?" a loud, whiny voice came from behind Yuuka.
Again. It never stopped. That endless tormenting because of how she looked.
"Oh really… are you jealous just because she has a brain and you don't?"
Mai turned around in her seat just in time to see a pretty girl with tons of makeup on sputtering in fury.
Obviously can't think of a reply… Mai laughed inwardly.
"Sorry about that… that girl's just an insensitive airhead," Yuuka smiled at Mai.
Seeing that familiar smile, Mai smiled back.
Yuuka protecting her from insults, she feeling grateful… it was a familiar feeling.
Just like old times…
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UozumiI skidded into class, half an hour late.
"Uozumi Jun! Again you are late! What is your excuse?"
Aota sensei glared at me, obviously mad for me interrupting his lecture.
Sheesh, can't a person shoot a few hoops before class?
"I was playing basketball,"
"Tt-t-" Aota sensei sputtered in fury. Probably thinking of ways to curse me not too obviously.
A fly buzzed around me as I ran my hand through my hair.
Okay already… I know I stink cause I'm drenched with sweat…
but do I stink THAT much?
The fly perched on my nose and started drawing blood.
Okayy… I do.
Whack!
The fly buzzed off a fraction of a second before my hand
made contact with it.
I ended up slapping my own nose.
"Itaii!"
And the whole class started laughing at me.
Damn that fly.
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MaiHahahahaahahahahahahahahahaHAA!!!!!!!!!!
Could today get any better?
The weird big guy with the PINK book just came into class late and slapped his
own nose!
HahahahahahahahaahahahahahaHAA!!!!!!!!!!
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Uozumi
Great. This is just great.
The girl who stole my pink book is sitting right there.
Laughing to no end at me.
She's actually crying in mirth.
I can't believe this.
Could today get any worse?
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MaiUh-oh…
He's looking at me.
I think he's recognized me.
Help!
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Uozumi
My eyes shot daggers at that girl.
If only she weren't a girl, she'd be dead meat by now.
At least she's stopped laughing…
Suddenly, I felt a weird prickle as the hairs on the back of my neck stood up.
I turned to my right to find my sensei still glaring at me.
Sheesh.
So I disrupted the quietness of the class too.
I walked to my seat and slumped down onto the table as sensei continued his teaching.
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Mai
Hehehe… he's so funny!
Occasionally turning behind just to shoot death glares at me…
Death glares… reminds me of…
Nah, I won't think about that… not anymore…
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Uozumi
Huh?
Suddenly she's stopped smiling like an annoying baka…
She's actually looking sad and deep in thought.
Hnn.
Impossible.
Oh well, I'd better concentrate…
I can always get back my book from her after school…
Right?
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(After school, Ryonan High)
Mai walked to her locker with Yuuka, talking and laughing. She couldn't believe
how much she'd missed Yuuka. How could they have lost contact? It was just like
the first day they met. So many new things to talk about. So much to catch up
on.
Suddenly, a hand landed on Mai's shoulder. Mai turned around in surprise.
"I need to talk to you alone for a while. Do you mind?"
Uozumi looked pointedly at Yuuka.
Raising an eyebrow, Yuuka gave Mai a you-owe-me-a-big-explanation look and left for her own locker.
"What do you want?"
Mai mentally congratulated herself for putting the pink book in a secret
compartment in her bag which she hadn't found much use for before.
"My… ahem-"
"Your what?"
Uozumi paused and looked around, blushing before lowering his voice considerably and continuing.
"My pink book." he muttered, barely a whisper.
"Your what? I can't hear you!"
Mai grinned, flashing her pink braces at him.
"Baka! My little pink book…" Uozumi raised his voice a little. He blushed even harder.
"I still can't hear you…"
Mai was obviously enjoying this. Uozumi went a deeper shade of red. By now, he looked like a stuffed tomato.
"I SAID my little. Pink. Book." Uozumi used his normal tone now, pronouncing each and every one of the syllables slowly.
"Sorry. Still can't hear."
Mai gestured towards the crowd in the hallway which was getting larger and louder every minute, smiling. Uozumi was steaming with fury.
"You deaf baka! I SAID WHERE'S MY LITTLE PINK BOOK!?" he yelled.
Uozumi's last few words echoed along the hallway.
The whole hall went silent. Everyone turned around to look at Uozumi. Mai was trying to stifle her hysterical laughter. An image of Uozumi holding the little pink book and kissing it suddenly popped into her mind. Suddenly, she just couldn't hold back anymore. She let loose.
"Nyahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"
The silence broken, everyone started laughing, some even pointing at Uozumi
while they laughed. He had turned purple now.
"Damn that girl…" he muttered before pushing his way out of the hysterical crowd. As he passed by, they started a chant.
"Little pink book. Little pink book. Little pink book. Little pink book. HahahahahahahahahahahaHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!"
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Uozumi
I swear, that girl's SO gonna die…
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Mai
Nyahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Ore wa tensai!~
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(8.00 pm. Mai's room)
As she switched on the computer again, Mai couldn't help grinning. She STILL
had the pink book and she had managed to have the best laugh she'd had for a
long time!
While waiting for the computer to connect to the internet, Mai's eyes scanned her room idly. Her eyes rested on a newspaper cutting on her wall.
As if some evil force was pulling her, Mai was drawn towards the small cutting. Her lips curved upwards into a bittersweet smile as she looked at the picture. Mitsui's MVP picture. A close-up of his face.
Mai traced his face with a finger. His whole face was alight with pure joy and he was grinning widely, flashing his pearly-whites at the camera. She remembered the first time she'd seen him. Radiating confidence and energy. And how nice he'd looked. And how she'd fallen for him on the spot. And how it felt like to kiss him. And how he'd looked at her with disgust…
Suddenly, a beep sounded from her computer.
Oh yeah… I forgot the speakers were repaired this afternoon…
Banishing all negative thoughts from her head, Mai restrained the tears which had been threatening to spill out earlier. She turned her back on the newspaper cutting, her heart constricting painfully, and went back to the computer screen.
Looking at the screen, she saw a little window opened.
Strange… I don't recall opening any windows…
Mai enlarged the window and looked at the little words printed on it.
This is a Pop-Up message, courtesy of MessageMates! Click here to view your greeting!
Curious, Mai clicked on the link. She'd never heard of MessageMates.
To her surprise, a little gift box animation appeared on her screen. She chuckled.
Kawaii… I wonder who sent it…To her surprise, the gift box opened. A hand popped out, followed by a man dressed in a tuxedo, wearing a Santa Clause type hat with a white bobble. As she watched, the man did a little dance. She watched in interest.
To her shock, the man, his back to her, suddenly shrugged off his shirt, followed by his pants. Then he turned back around. As Mai was about to close her eyes in disgust, she noticed he was wearing the hat on his… *ahem*
Mai took the mouse, ready to find some means to close this thing. Before she could do that, the man reached into the box and threw out a small paper which enlarged, covering him and her whole screen.
Merry Christmas!
Wasn't that sexy, little girl? You know you want me…
***^oLdiE^ grins the hentaiest grin ever***
You know where to find me on the street…
Haha 0:)
From: The number 1 sexy rookie, ^oLdIe^ ! :o)
Mai read the message in silence and shock. Then she burst out laughing.
When her laughter subsided, she clicked on the message and it disappeared.
She entered the chat room, smiling, and waited.
One minute. Two minute. Three minutes.
Still no private message. Her spirit deflated, Mai scanned the names of the people in the chat. No ^oLdiE^.
Oh well, another day, then…
Mai grinned again, remembering the cheeky message. ^oLdiE^ was one of a kind.
Mai switched off the computer and went to bed, another day over.
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*Are(Same as Oro) – Huh?
*Ore wa tensai – I'm a genious!