"So what did you want to talk about?" Yuzu asked with a nervous smile. The girl in front of her clasped her hands together, a full on blush on her face as she stammered awkwardly.

'Oh crap.' Yuzu thought, blushing herself. Was this a confession? The situation was playing out like one. A note in her locker about meeting up in the classroom after school from a classmate? Surely things like that didn't actually happen? Harumin had teased her endlessly as she read the note over Yuzu's shoulder.

And now here she was, meeting up with a girl she vaguely remembered from class, wondering if she had attracted unexpected attention.

She shook her head to herself. There was no way this was actually what this was-

"A-Aihara-san!" The girl in front of her nearly erupted with the words and Yuzu jumped. The girl looked embarrassed, blushing even more intensely.

"Y-Yeah?" Yuzu answered, feeling frazzled and confused.

"WiIl you…" Her classmate closed her eyes and seemed to find the courage somewhere within her to spit out what she wanted to say. "WILL YOU GO OUT WITH ME?"

'Oh crap this is a confession!' Yuzu thought in stunned disbelief. She could hear Harumin snickering just outside the classroom door and Yuzu had the urge to go out there and smack her upside the head for being unhelpful.

The girl who just confessed opened her eyes and peeked at Yuzu, seemingly surprised that the blonde hadn't run away. Her gaze turned expectant and Yuzu was at a loss as to what to say.

"Uhhhhhhhhh," Yuzu said smoothly. She wanted to smack herself upside the head now. She smiled awkwardly. Mei probably handled confessions like these all the time. "You sure you have the right Aihara-san?"

The girl blinked. "Yes! I know this might be a little sudden, but…" The other girl trailed off, eyes drifting to the floor. "I've admired you ever since the school assembly and you called out that teacher…"

"Oh, that?" Yuzu's eyebrows went up in surprise. "That wasn't anything special…"

"But it was!" The girl's eyes returned to Yuzu fervently. "You were really cool!"

"Ah," Yuzu couldn't help blushing in embarrassment at the compliment.

"So I would really like it if… if you decided to go out with me."

Yuzu gulped, looking away for a moment. But then she looked back, green eyes firm with decision. It made the other girl's heart skip a beat.

"Thank you. This is the first time anyone's ever confessed to me," Yuzu admitted with a shy smile.

"Really?" The other girl looked surprised.

"Yeah. So I appreciate that you were cool enough to ask me out!" She gave the other girl an encouraging grin that faltered after a moment. "But I can't go out with you," Yuzu said apologetically. Her classmate's hopeful look broke apart. "You see, I'm already in love with someone else." Yuzu felt bad, but she had to turn this girl down.

"Oh…" The other girl swallowed thickly. "So you're already going out with someone?"

Yuzu winced. "Well, no," she admitted. "It's… complicated?"

The other girl's eyes seemed to fill with bravery and she walked up to Yuzu as if she had stopped listening. "If you're not dating anyone, then I still have a chance!"

"Wha-"

Oh no, this girl exploited Yuzu's only weakness! Surprise kisses!

Yuzu's squeak of protest was muffled by the other girl's mouth on hers. Then the girl let her go, face red from embarrassment.

"I'm sorry! I couldn't help myself!" She apologized even as her eyes kept going to Yuzu's lips and she looked a second away from trying something again.

"Uhhhhh," Yuzu wasn't sure how to react to this kind of persistence! Her eyes widened when the girl actually started leaning in again! Yuzu brought her hands up to push her away. "Cut it out!"

"What's going on here?" A voice rescued Yuzu from going through that again. Mei was standing in the doorway, a sheepish Harumin standing behind her. Mei did not look pleased in the least by what she was looking at.

"Mei!" Yuzu didn't know whether to be elated by her sudden appearance or horrified by what she had possibly witnessed.

But Mei wasn't even looking at her. She was staring down the girl that still had a grip on Yuzu's shoulders. The girl 'eep'd at the look she was receiving and instinctively let go of Yuzu. "School grounds is neither the time nor place for these sort of activities," Mei spoke slowly, nearly in a growl as she narrowed her eyes at the girl. "Especially, after you've already been turned down."

Jaws around the room dropped at those words. How long had she been listening?!

"I- I…" The girl looked ready to piss herself in the face of the intimidating words.

"You should head straight home and think about how you reflect the school through your actions. Don't let me ever catch you again. Is that understood?"

"Y-yes!" The girl rushed to the door before pausing and looking back at Yuzu. "So was that a 'no' or..?"

"Out!" Mei's barely composed voice chased her completely out of the room.

"Whoa," Harumi whistled. "That escalated quickly."

"It's after school hours," Mei turned to Harumi. "I suggest you get going as well while I deal with Yuzu here."

Harumi frowned and raised a brow at her. "Right. See you later, Yuzu-chi!" Giving Mei one last suspicious once-over, she slowly walked away.

Yuzu rubbed the back of her neck nervously as she approached Mei's back.

"Look, I'm sorry about that. She took me by surpri-"

Mei shut her up with a kiss.

'Dammit, how does this always happen to me?!' Yuzu thought in disbelief.

Mei released her after a moment. Her hand caressed Yuzu's chin and trailed down to poke her in the chest. "Next time, make sure to make it clear that you're taken." Mei was looking at her expectantly as Yuzu stared at her with a dumbstruck expression. "Is that clear?"

Yuzu nodded, a grin quickly forming on her face. "O-Okay!" She felt like jumping up and down in excitement at the fact that Mei was confirming their relationship. "You too! Tell any stupid suitors that you're my girlfriend!"

Mei rolled her eyes at that but sighed as she accepted the condition. "Deal."

Yuzu grinned even harder, feeling ready to burst with happiness.

"But please improve your defenses," Mei admonished, looking utterly displeased that Yuzu had been caught off guard by another woman. "You're much too vulnerable- Hey!" Mei's eyes widened in surprise when Yuzu suddenly whooped and grabbed Mei up in a bear hug.

Mei's feet were lifted clear off the ground as Yuzu twirled her around, laughing joyfully. "Hell yeah! Leveling up in life!"

Mei blushed and kicked her feet. "Didn't I say the school grounds wasn't the time nor place for such activities?"

"You started it!"

"I'm the president, I can do whatever I want."

"Well, I'm the president's gi~~~rlfriend, so I can do whatever I want too!"