Acting Different
"Hiwatari-kun?" Risa Harada's voice filled his ears, and he had to look up from his book. "What are you doing?"
"Reading," Satoshi Hiwatari replied truthfully. "Why ask?" She gave him a glare that commanded, "Spill it." He sighed and removed the glasses from his face. "Harada-san... it's kind of complicated.
Risa set down her schoolbag and sat down next to him. "You're wearing a pink, button-up shirt with white pants and a clip-on earring on one ear. What are you doing?"
Why did she have to be so good at fashion? he thought to himself.
"Trying to get rid of fan-girls," Satoshi told her, his voice noticeably lower.
"By acting like a homosexual?" Risa blurted out a little too loudly. He shushed her.
"Yes," he hissed. "I've tried everything. Insulting them, ignoring them, telling them I had a girlfriend... what else to you suggest?"
Risa gave him a sympathetic, but understanding smile. She sighed, looked him up and down, then took a book from her bag. She sat back and began reading it. Satoshi wondered what she was doing, but, from the corner of his eye, saw the president and vice president of his fan-club staring at him. As they whispered things back and forth, Satoshi had no choice but to go back to his readings.
"By the way," Risa said just loud enough so he could hear her. "I suggest crossing one leg over the other. And next time you're reading a book, make sure it's one of those smutty romance novels. Or just put a cover of one of those books on the book you're reading."
He glanced at her, surprised. She was looking at him from the corner of her own eye, but all she did was shrug.
"It makes it more believeable."