:: chapter 10 ::

"Why do you two look so sleepy? You have bags under your eyes!" Chihiro exclaimed, looking at the dreary faces of Haku and Hashi.

"We were . . . busy." Hashi said, yawning.

"Dishwater . . ." Haku mumbled, while his eyes slowly started closing.

Miki and Aiko were having too much fun tweaking Haku's hair into little triangles to notice.

"CLASS!" Maruimoto bellowed. "INTO YOUR SEATS!"

"SOAP!" Haku yelled, jerking awake.

The moment he said soap, Hashi collapsed under the table, cringing. "NO SOAP, PLEASE!!!"

The entire class sweatdropped. Even Maruimoto raised an eyebrow.

"Ookay . . . for the rest of the class who are still sane . . ."

"Let me guess," Chihiro muttered. "We have a test?"

"We have a test."

"Bingo," Miki muttered back.

"But I also have an announcement."

Chihiro, Miki, and Aiko exchanged glances.

"The Fireflies dance is next Friday," he said monotonously, reading from a flyer. "Dress is formal. It starts at 6 PM with a school wide dinner provided by Little Kawaii. Then, the dance is from 7 to 10 at the school gym."

Chihiro, Miki, and Aiko exchanged excited glances.

"Nominations for Firefly Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Queen and King are due this Friday. The voting is next Wednesday." He looked at the excited class. "What? Do you want more? That's all!"

The class exploded into excited whispers. "Oh my god, I think he's going to ask me out!" "I need to get my hair done!" "Oh my god let's go shopping for dresses!" "Food?"

Chihiro turned around. "That's so cool, the first formal dance of the year!"

Aiko smiled. "I know! And we all know Chihiro is going to be freshman queen."

"That is SO not true."

"So is," Miki said, grinning.

Chihiro muttered dark curses under her breath.

"But . . ."

Chihiro looked at Miki. "What?"

"Who is your date? Haku or Hashi?"

Chihiro turned around, looking at the two brothers who were obviously arguing again. The words "Chihiro", "date", and "better brother" could be heard from the fierce hissing. She sighed. "I really don't know . . ."

Aiko brightened. "Hey, let's all go together. Like, no dates, just us girls. That way, we won't have a WWIII with them fighting over Chihiro here."

Chihiro grinned. "Great idea!"

Haku and Hashi looked over at the girls with horrified looks on their faces.

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"So . . . you're really not going to take anyone as a date?" Hashi asked, sipping his milk.

"No."

"But . . . will you dance with boys at all?" Haku asked.

"Yeah!" Hashi added.

"Uh . . ."

Haku and Hashi looked at her with puppy eyes. Chihiro sighed. She couldn't stand puppy eyes. "Fine . . ."

Haku and Hashi's faces lit up. "COOL!" They both said at the same time, and then immediately started arguing on who got the first, last, and 4th dance.

Chihiro sweatdropped.

~~ end chapter ~~

Hey, guys, I need opinions! Do you want a shopping chapter or not? I know some people like chapters where people go shopping, but some don't. So, it's all up to you! Mall chapter or no mall chapter?

Sorry for the relatively short chapter . . . but it's kind of like a transition chapter. Because if I add on, it'll be another 5 pages and 10 days. ^^;;; Next chapter will probably be longer.

Please check out yet ANOTHER fic of mine. It's called Everything Dearest, and it's a Rurouni Kenshin chance. Please give it a chance!

And as for the question of who's cuter, Haku or Hashi . . . I really don't know, they're supposed to look identical! ^^;;; But for personality, Haku's the more cool and collected while Hashi is more short-wired and expressive. Dunno, who do you like better?