1Um.... yeah. Here it goes.

Ahem... I'm in despair! The internet has left me in despair! No wait, that one's been done. Um..... oh yeah! Now I remember.

Why does it matter who you love? Nowadays, people judge you by what kind of girl you like. Even worse, if you love someone who's way younger than you (I mean like 12 or 13 and you're 15- any age) or at least looks way younger, people know it as a lolita or shota complex and discriminate against you! I'm not saying that I like young children like that, I just don't like that you aren't allowed to love who you love without being discriminated against in some way! Besides, I like Moe! Every anime has at least one Moe character, but that doesn't really mean that I'm a lolicon! I just think they're cute! But people discriminate against that too! If you love the popular girl, some people say, "She's a ho", if you love the quiet girl with glasses reading in the corner, people say "She's weird". If you love a moe girl, people say "What are you a lolicon?" If you love a person of any different nationality, people will accuse you of having a thing for that particular race!

I'm in Despair! False love accusations and criticism have left me in despair!

On a side note, I'll be starting a crack pairing I just came up with!

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Three: The one in the back is called on because the teacher thinks he hasn't been paying attention, when in actuality, he has been. So the teacher is made out to be a fool.

"Before starting, why are you also pairing Sensei up with Ai? I should be!"

Ah, Kuniya Kino-san. I did that because one: She's on my list of cute girls I think it would be awesome to pair Nozomu with. Two: I hate to admit it, but I've read about you online, but I haven't seen too much of you. Maybe it's because your episode didn't come yet, or maybe it's because the manga readers online haven't yet put up your chapter. I dunno. But I've only ever read about you. Three: My limit to pairing is three guys. Any number of girls. You would exceed that limit.

"Oh. I see.... well, another fan will for sure pair me up with Ai-chan!"

Another thing. I know that the whole Nozomu and Komori pairing mixed with the Majiru and Komori pairing made things complicated, but I had no choice! I like NozomuxKomori just as much as KomorixMajiru, and if I add that Komori likes Majiru somewhat, I've got both pairings! As for Ai Kaga, I'm sorry if you like Kuniya Kino, it's just that I haven't ever really seen him (except for in the Marionette ending). If you have a link connecting to an episode or chapter with him in it, please send it to me. Now, back to the story...

"Excuse me Nami-san."

"Yes Kudou-kun?"

It was Jun Kudou. He was asking something of Nami Hito.

"I was wondering if you would allow me to take you to the school festival that's coming up."

Nami could not believe her ears. The man who could move many to bliss and tears was asking her to the festival.

"S-sure, I'd love to go with you."

A clearly normal response.

"Hey, don't say normal!"

Well, if you compare it to how others would respond...

Chiri: Okay, but I need a schedule. I need to know exactly when and where we will be in the festival.

Harumi: Only if you let me publish your stories in the form of doujinshi! (His stories are beautiful.)

Meru: If you'd think I'd go with you, you've probably got a few screws loose, idiot.

"Okay, okay, I get your point!"

So Jun Kudou asked Nami Hito to the festival. In all other stories, this is the most random I could get with a pairing.... or is it? It isn't.

It had been four days since Nozomu received the challenge from Majiru. 'Okay, I still don't know exactly why he's so mad. Is he mad at me?' He thought.

Komori looked over at her depressed Sensei in the closet.

'Maybe I should've died before I caused any trouble like this. When all this is over.... I'll probably die to ensure that I cause no more trouble.'

"Sensei..."

"Komori-san?"

"Do you still think that you have no value in this world?"

"I don't think. I know."

'He's so set on that. Little does he know that opinions are also based on facts.'

Now, just because you say you know something, it's nearly the same as saying you think something. You say it, but it's really only your OPINION that you know. You think you know. You don't actually know if you know. But some people can actually fool themselves into thinking that they do know without considering the possibility that they only think that they know. And most people actually just say that they think (and don't know) unconditionally. This is how it goes in the world. But only the lone observers of such a situation can actually tell these two apart, and can see who really knows. We are these observers, but we cannot do anything, the downside to being an observer. But Nozomu observes whenever he reads a book. But when it comes to your own life, there are things you unconditionally overlook.

"I have seen my entire life go by, and I don't see any accomplishments."

He is an example of a person who unconditionally overlooks most things in his life.

"Sensei, I've been in a room my whole life. I know that most of the time I don't really do any thing." She grabs his hand. "But try to understand. A person isn't valued just because of accomplishments. Or else you and Kafuka-san wouldn't have come to get me." Her voice volume drops a little. "And you shouldn't say you haven't accomplished anything. I mean you've...." She blushes a little. "You didn't even mean to, but you made about half the class fall for you. Without trying. If that isn't an accomplishment, I don't know what is."

"I'm sorry, but I've already given up on love. A long time ago."

He doesn't know, but he's done other things that can be considered accomplishments.

It was unusual for Komori to speak so much, but unlike every other time, Nozomu looked serious. Love is a serious thing. He isn't as affected as he thinks by the things going on in this world, but he is deeply affected by this particular subject.

"It's still in the record book. 'Largest number of consecutive rejections: 4,251'. If there's anything that puts me in despair most, it's that."

Two more days until the festival. The class stopped their search. They needed to prepare for the festival, Sensei or not.

"They may have stopped searching, but that doesn't mean it's safe to come out."

Majiru was also preparing for the festival. Although he didn't want to admit it, he regretted giving that challenge letter to Nozomu. "Nozomu. I don't really want to do this. But I need to. To win Komori!..... and Meru." The last part was a whisper.

Let's flash back a little.

A few days after the Meru's voice dub incident, Majiru saw Meru in the hall after class. "Um, hi."

Beep, beep. "Oh, I have a text message."

What do you want, bastard?

She just had to remind him of that...

Majiru suddenly forgot why he got flustered. He just calmly asked, "Hey, why are you so mean? I mean, in text mail, why do you have to insult people?"

What kind of question is that to ask, idiot?

"It's an important question. I know something is wrong. Why is it that you're abusive in your mail?"

Meru looked down. Majiru was actually the first to stick around after receiving her abusive text mail, twice. He didn't yell, he didn't cry, he just asked. More than once. She even told him it was a stupid question, but he still wanted an answer.

You want to know? As if I'd tell you.

"Well then, is there any way you Would tell me?"

Meru decided to go with an insult. When you can beat a guy about twice your size, I'll tell you. This message was made to discourage him, as he would have difficulty beating a person like that.

"All right, I will!"

Meru looked at him in shock as he ran off.

'Fortunately, I know a guy who's easy to beat in anything.'

Back to the present situation, Majiru knew that one of the two girls wouldn't accept this. On the slight chance Komori actually loved him more for this, he would figure that Meru wouldn't accept Nozomu as an 'opponent' to be beat. If Meru would open up to him, he figured that Komori wouldn't accept this challenge. On the slight chance that he wins over both, he will decide to be Meru's comfort, and Komori's lover. If he didn't win either, then he would move on. A ½ chance of getting Komori, a 1/4 chance of getting Meru or ½ for being comfort, and a 1/4 chance of getting nothing. The odds were in his favor. But he still didn't really wish to beat his uncle. But he felt that in order to continue his life, he would need to find out what would happen if he tried to win one or more girls in an attempt at romance, or else he wouldn't know what to expect later.

Now for the drama with Kudou and Nami.

"He said, 'Meet me at the Mask shop at 11:00 am wearing a mask to identify by.' Luckily for me, I got my mask ahead of time! It was sold to me by the artist, Kei!" Nami holds up an Itoshiki Nozomu mask. "He'll surely recognize me with this unique mask of our sensei!" That logic... it's so... Normal.

"Don't say normal!"

On Kudou's side.

"Sometimes normal is good. Normal charm, normal speech, normal beauty... is still beauty. Well, we agreed to meet in masks that would be easily identifiable... So I got this from an artist on campus." He held up a Nozomu mask. "At the mask shop, at 11:00 am. I'm sure that this mask is unique. She'll surely recognize me with this unique mask of our sensei!"

Meanwhile, Kagerou.... is still unnoticed. "Hey! I'm putting a mask on. Maybe now I'll be recognized!" He held up a Nozomu mask. "Especially if it's the face of the wanted Sensei."

And Maria... "It's so fun wearing this Sensei mask!" She said as she was hanging from the ceiling. It was a Nozomu mask. "And everyone is meeting at 11:00 in front of the mask shop to show off our impressions of Sensei!" She thought it would be an amusing contest. Winner gets 1,000 yen.

You see a stand outside. It reads, "Itoshiki Nozomu! Wear the Face of Despair! Masks on Sale for 500 yen!" And hanging from it is a banner that says "Sold Out."

August 11th, 2009, 11:00 am at the Autumn festival's mask shop, all of hell will break loose.

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Well, this was an incredibly short chapter for my tastes, but it's 1:52 right now, and I'll continue tomorrow. If I don't get some sleep, I'll be in despair.

Oh hey, *yawn*, it's a woman. Oh, hello woman. Oh, look, she's growing wings. Her ears are pointed. Her hands changed to claws. Isn't that a succubu-?

Eternal Sleep.