Slipshipping (Jonouchi x Miho)
(I can never decide which version of Miho I want to use whenever she pops up. I think I'll be using the manga version, since I like that Miho better.)
Katsuya Jonouchi had never seen his friend/rival Hiroto Honda like this. The normally tough, brooding delinquent was actually fawning about this...girl called something, Jonouchi couldn't remember. Honda kept calling her Ribbon-chan, but Jonouchi seriously doubted that that was her real name.
It was both embarrassing and annoying to be around Honda these days. Honda couldn't talk about anything except Ribbon-chan that, Ribbon-chan this. Jonouchi hoped he'd ask the girl out soon, just so that Jonouchi could be spared the annoyance of hearing about her all the time.
The sun was turning the classroom into shades of orange and red, and Jonouchi wondered how he had gotten roped into this. It was his turn to clean the classroom, but he usually ditched those days. Damn, Yugi must really be reforming him or something, because here he was with a bucket and a broom.
He swept half-heartedly, feeling moody. The only thing that was really keeping him sane was thinking about how annoying it would be if Honda were here, so that he would relish instead of hate the fact that he was cleaning alone. But still, weren't there usually two people assigned to classroom duty each day? Maybe the other kid ditched cause they didn't want to work with him. It was logical enough.
The door opened with a quiet sound, as faint as a butterfly taking flight. Jonouchi glanced back, more interested in the motion than the sound.
A small, slight girl stood in the doorway, obviously surprised at seeing Jonouchi there. Long lavender tresses bounced over her eyes and dropped across her back, pulled back with a bright yellow ribbon. Her eyes were almost the same color as her hair, but with a tinge of orange – although that might have been the light. Jonouchi recognized her almost instantly. It was Miss Ribbon-chan.
"Oh," she said softly, stepping into the room. "I'm sorry, Jonouchi-san, I didn't think you had started cleaning already."
More like she hadn't thought he would be here at all, Jonouchi thought dryly, but he didn't say anything. He just shrugged and continued to sweep. Ribbon-chan seemed about to say something else. But the words never came, and she instead turned to the blackboards and started to wipe them down quietly.
The silence dragged out. Jonouchi finally reached the end of the classroom with his broom. He glanced back surreptitiously, sneaking a look at this supposedly fantastic Ribbon-chan.
Although her hair was an interesting color, she wasn't too much to look at. The ribbon kept the hair from her face, pulled back in a very demure, school-girl style. She obviously still wore her school uniform, and it was hard to imagine her wearing anything else. Although it was hard to judge from the other side of the classroom, she wasn't much taller than Yugi, and her curves were somewhat muted. She stood on tiptoe on a stool to reach the top of the blackboard. Her fingers were pale and delicate. She was pretty much every inch a mature and quiet young lady – certainly not a person that Honda could ever hope to end up with, Jonouchi was none too pleased to conclude.
She pushed herself up just a little bit higher, trying to reach the last corner of the blackboard. In a flash, Jonouchi could see what was about to happen – the stool was missing a foot cover, which put it off balance, and her extra push to get to the highest spot was causing it to tip, and her being on tiptoe was not good for balance –
With a muffled yelp, Ribbon-chan wheeled her arms backwards, trying not to fall over. Jonouchi dropped the broom. His long legs covered the classroom in a matter of seconds, and she dropped rather harmlessly backwards into his arms.
"Oh," she said, blushing profusely. "I...thank you."
"Geez, be more careful," Jonouchi said, pushing her back upright.
She blushed even harder.
"Oh, right," she said, so quietly that Jonouchi could barely hear. "I...well, the classroom is clean now."
And before Jonouchi could stop her, she slipped away and disappeared back into the hallway. Jonouchi glanced back at the classroom. It was really only half finished but...whatever. He didn't really feel like staying any longer.
He shoved his hands into his pockets and left the room as it was.
A/N: And now Miho probably has a crush on Jonouchi, which probably led her to reject Honda's confession later in the manga. I'm so evil. :3 Next is Slickshipping (Thief King Bakura x Priest Akhenaden). Gross.
