Spring
Fever
VI. Kaidoh
Kaidoh absently stretched his arms as he made his way to his own locker. Despite the moment of amusement he felt at seeing Inui buried under a pile of unexpected gifts, he really just wanted the day to be over. Valentine's has never been a day he enjoyed, but this one had been especially painful. It all came back to being Inui's fault, really, though he was loath to place blame onto a senpai.
He really should have known better than to accept the candy that Inui had given him, present or not, especially when the other had insisted on him to tasting it right then. Of course the candy been spiked with Inui juice or whatever the latest concoction his senpai had come up with. It had taken a while for the school nurse to revive him, and longer to convince her than he wasn't suffering from food poisoning, but had only been subjected to the potion that was regularly used to punish or "motivate" the regulars of the tennis club.
But then the nurse had insisted that he come into the office for a more complete checkup. That had led to walking in on two familiar figures waiting for the nurse in such a… compromising position. There were some things he really didn't want to know about the Golden Pair, though he recalled that Oishi-senpai had been as embarrassed as he was. Fortunately, the nurse had been so distracted by her new patient that she hadn't noticed him making a quick escape.
Unfortunately, he hadn't been able to escape contact with Inui-senpai for the rest of the day. Just how did Inui get him to follow along like that? Kaidoh frowned as he remembered the Valentine's gifts from Inui's locker, now in annoyance rather than amusement, though he didn't quite know why. What kind of girls would give those kinds of presents on Valentine's Day? It was so… untraditional.
Kaidoh hissed and glared at the locker in front of him, realizing with a start that he'd arrived at his destination. With a negligent sweep, he opened his locker door only to be flooded with his own little waterfall of Valentines chocolates and… snake dolls and… snake shaped cookies and other variations of the theme. Last of all, a tacky green plastic boomerang decorated with a bright pink heart fell out to conk him squarely on the head.
Kaidoh wasn't blind to the irony of his situation. Since when did he have admirers?
"Oi, Mamushi! Just like you to get snakes for Valentine's Day!" Unfortunately, a certain annoyance hadn't blind to his situation either.
As usual, a yelling match promptly ensued between Kaidoh and Momoshiro, which then progressed into a fight consisting of the aforementioned gifts used as projectile weaponry. Kaidoh flung the gaudy boomerang at Momoshiro, who ducked out of the way and tossed back a stuffed snake doll that came complete with a green bandanna. Kaidoh dodged the doll, and then was forced to dodge again as the boomerang circled back toward his own head. Its path unimpeded, the boomerang sailed away into the shadows of the corridor.
"AYI! ITE!"
The impromptu fight was abruptly halted when both boys heard the exclamation. They turned to see a few girls lurking in the shadows of the corridor, one of whom had just been beamed by the boomerang. These were actually the members of Kaidoh's unofficial fan club, who were mostly too scared of the object of their affections to ever approach him on their own. As it was, many of them were nearly in tears, seeing their presents so ruined by the fighting. Unfortunately, neither of the boys knew this, so they were only aware that the errant boomerang had apparently struck an innocent bystander. A girl at that.
Kaidoh hissed. This was just not his day.
Next Up: Momoshiro. Plus appearances from the Fudomine boys (and girl).
Vocabulary:
senpai - upperclassman
Mamushi - Viper (Kaidoh's nickname)
ite - ouch
