Author's Note: If you're one who likes random silliness, this chapter is for you! XD

08 : Seatmates

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"Class," began the teacher, "I'd like you to welcome some new additions to our room." Usagi suddenly looked up from the letter she was working on and blanched. There they were. More specifically, there he was standing there grinning broadly at -- oh goodness, he was smiling at her. Perhaps if she hid behind her notebook . . .

"Oi!" Cried Minako pounding on the empty desk beside her, "Yaten, I saved a seat for you!"

"Arigato." Yaten said, a little nervously, as he sat beside the giddy blond.

"Excuse me," came a suave voice behind Makoto, she turned around and came face to face with stunning lavender eyes, "Is this seat vacant?"

"Y. . . Yes!" Makoto squeaked, she then blushed profousely.

That left only one. And, as if on cue, Kou Seiya immediately pointed to the empty seat behind Usagi. "I'll take this one!" he exclaimed, making his way over to his new desk. Each step he took seemed to go in slow motion. The inevitable was approaching. The end was near. Unless . . .

Usagi closed her eyes in concentration. What she was about to do would earn her at least two detentions, however, it was needed to be done in order to save her life and, more importantly, her sanity. She took a deep breath. He was getting closer, she could feel it. Deciding there was no more time to waste, she quickly got up from her desk . . .

. . . and tackled Seiya to the ground.

At least, she thought it was Seiya -- when she opened her eyes, she found herself staring into the bespectacled face of her teacher. The angry bespectacled face of her teacher. Behind her, the class was now in hysterics including the baka himself.

"Ts-Tsukino-san!" Sensei fumed, throwing the girl off of him. "Get back to your seat, now! Detention for a month!"

Usagi blushed, earning her a few snickers as she slouched back to her seat. Upon sitting down, she felt a tug on her pigtail.

Oh for the love of . . . She turned around to see the ever-smiling Kou Seiya, What could he want?

"Hai?"

"Just wanted to greet my new seatmate." he said, winking. "Oh, by the way, exactly what drove you to ram into the teacher?"

Usagi, however, decided to ignore that question.