"Yeah, well..." She shrugged, then shifted back to Japanese, taking on a mournful expression. "You take so long, David-sama! Do you not want to see me anymore?" With her fingers she drew a the shape of a heart on her chest. "My heart is breaking."

He looked back at her, equally wistful, and looked as though he was fighting for the right words. "Well, you see, Tsuki-hime... I'm seeing someone else." He had switched languages as well, only slightly less fluent in this tongue. Avoiding her eyes, he reached into his own backpack and pulled out a small paper bag, then began to rummage through it.

Her eyes widened, and in a shocked tone, she exclaimed, "No! Surely you wouldn't do that to me!" Gently she bit her lower lip and looked down. "It can't be..."

"I'm sorry." He found what he was looking for and began to unwrap the packaging. "Her name is Suzie. And she's..."

"What?"

"A... peanut butter and jelly sandwich."

"Noooooo!" Tsukiko's hands flew out and snatched at the food in his hands, but David pulled back just in time, holding the sandwich high above her head tauntingly. She tried to knock him backwards, but he just held her off and took a huge bite of the subject of their disagreement. Kali burst out laughing, dropping half of her own lunch on the ground.

She retreated in a pouty huff and turned her back to him. "Fine. Be that way. See if I care."

He just laughed and continued to eat. "So, what's up with you today?"

"I'm ignoring you. Can you see the blantant ignoring-ness radiating from me? Is it obvious enough? Can you taste the cruelty of my ignorance of you?" Still turned away, she began to eat her bento.

"All right, all right, I'm sorry." He rolled his eyes, and when she didn't move, let out a sigh. "Fine! Fine, you ungrateful otaku. Here." The boy broke off a piece of his sandwich and held it out to her as a peace offering.

Immediately Tsukiko spun around and snatched it from him, stuffing it in her mouth with a glare. "Don't call me that, you asshole."

She was immediately flattened by something large and heavy, and could only lie stunned on the ground for several seconds. When her head had stopped spinning, she lifted herself off the ground and was nearly KO'd again by the sheer fury behind twin glares. Kali held a textbook of some sort in her hands, and looked ready to use it. "Who taught you to swear?" the older girl asked in a quiet, deadly tone.

With wide eyes, Tsuki cringed back from the wrath of her friends, and pointed hesitantly at David. "He did!"

It was his turn to move away when Kali swung her glare around to her brother. "Did not!" he protested, then looked sheepish. "Well... maybe. But I didn't actually teach her!" He was subsequently decked as well.

By this time, everyone in the courtyard was staring at them, especially at the shy Kali. But as soon as her head turned toward them, they were again hunched over their lunches. She turned back to her friends. "Okay. You." One finger pointed directly between David's eyes. "No swearing around innocent minds." Neither of the other two could resist a snicker, but she ignored them. "And you!"

"Yes, ma'am?" The girl chirped cheerfully.

"If I catch you repeating what the foul-mouthed one says ever again, you'll get worse than that."

"Yes, ma'am," she repeated, looking properly subdued this time. When Kali busied herself with her food, David and Tsukiko exchanged glances of mutual exasperation before going back to their own lunches.

"So, I'll repeat my earlier question. What've you been doing today?" He decided that it was a good idea to change the subject.

Licking a grain of rice off her finger, Tsuki thought. "Well..." Then she decided to just tell him, nonchalantly. "Nothing much. Session with Ritsu-sensei this morning. Oh, and some punk tried to trip me."

Her friend looked up sharply, opening his mouth to say something, then thought better of it. He knew her well enough to know that she would take care of it herself. A moment later he found a better reply. "Yeah, I've got a chem test tomorrow that I'm not sure how well I'm going to do on. Going to be pretty busy tonight, but I'm going to find Jiro after school." David quirked a single eyebrow, knowing how much it annoyed the younger girl, as she couldn't do it.

She knew what he was asking, and smiled. "Masaru already texted me-"

"Hey, the bell rang!" Kira interrupted, motioning to the already-moving students around them as she rapidly gathered the remains of her lunch. Hastily Tsukiko did likewise, then waved a quick goodbye as she headed off in the opposite direction for more school. Only a few hours left, now. And then freedom.