"Yosh, time to dig in!", exclaimed an ecstatic Yuuko.
Mio looked at the contents of the brown-haired genki's bento box and began questioning her. "Yuuko-chan, are you sure about this? That's a lot of wasabi…"
"Fu fu fu~," laughed a confident Yuuko, "there's nothing wrong with adding a little bit of spice in your life, right?"
While what she said is true, Mio observed that the food contained in Yuuko's bento box was covered with wasabi in its entirety. However, she felt that she needed to give her a lesson on how much of that green stuff to even use on her food, so she said nothing. Mai, looking from the desk aside of Yuuko's, also said nothing. Shocker, huh?
Yuuko took a big chunk of rice and engulfed it happily. "Oishii~!"
Surprised at her intake, Mio turned around and focused on her bento box. Seems like Yuuko didn't have a problem with the wasabi.
...or so it seemed.
Yuuko, at the inside, felt a large amount of discomfort in her mouth. It's okay, it's okay, it's only wasabi, she thought to herself. While keeping a faux expression of delight, small tears were forming at the sides of her eyes. Nevertheless, the idiot went through and scarfed the rest of her food quickly, hoping to quickly end the uncomfortable sensation of wasabi.
"PAH! Delicious!", she yelled out 'happily.'
It was time for her to take a drink to rinse off her tastes. Unfortunately for her, she quickly forgot her drink.
"Huh? What?" Yuuko's face shifted to a state of panic as she scoured deeply through her bag to find the box of juice she paid for earlier that morning. Maybe she didn't leave it in her bag. Maybe she forgot it...
GUH. She realized she gave her extra drink away as part of a bet she made with Annaka earlier, and she's nowhere to be seen. She quickly began tapping Mio on her shoulder repeatedly.
"Ne, ne, Mio-chan," Yuuko said with a shaky voice, "c-can I have a sip of your drink?"
Mio's once-disappeared doubt of Yuuko's intake of wasabi came back to her. "What, is it too much for you, Yuuko-chan?"
Yuuko was in shock. "N-no! Not at all! Ahahah… I just… I lost my drink earlier and I feel thirsty… yeah…"
Again, the blue haired girl's skepticism grew. "Eh?" Sighing, she handed what she had left of her juice. "...fine, just don't drink the whole-"
SLURP.
"WAH! YUUKO!", Mio's trademark fierceness came back. "I just said not to drink the whole thing!"
"Pah… thanks, Mio-chan~", Yuuko obliviously said as she handed the empty juice box back to her blue-haired friend. Mio slapped it out of her hands.
"I TOLD YOU, YUUKO, YOU SHOULDN'T USE THAT MUCH WASABI IN YOUR FOOD! NOW I DON'T HAVE ANY JUICE LEFT!" Oh yeah. Mio was angry. "YOU OWE ME JUICE, IDIOT." She crossed her arms and sat back down in her seat to continue her own lunch. "Baka ne…", she quietly said to herself.
Yuuko left a blank expression on her face. She wasn't ready for that sudden outburst, nor was she ready to realize that she ate too much, way too fast.
Nano walked over to the other three girls' desks after finishing her own lunch. "Sorry I'm late, I ended up eating lunch with Tadashi-kun," she said, bashfully.
"Ah! That's the new boy in class?", asked Mio.
"Hai!", responded the robot. "He's my new neighbor across the street, so I was surprised to see him come to school today!"
Yuuko was intrigued in this, too. "So, Nano-chan~, do you like your new friend? Huh?" She wasn't afraid to quickly tease Nano.
What seemed like the fifteenth time today, Nano turned red again. "E-eh! That's not… it's not what it's like! W-we're just-"
"I'm only kidding, Nano-chan," interrupted Yuuko, "I know you're just friends- HIC."
Mio, Mai, and Nano turned to look at Yuuko as she covered her mouth.
"HIC." The brown-haired baka's eyes turned whiter.
"Sheesh," Mio sighed, "no surprise you got hiccups after eating all that wasabi."
"Huh?", replied Yuuko, "I told you, it was not a problem- HIC."
Nano looked concerned. "What should we do? We can't just leave her like this."
"Honestly," said Mio, looking at Nano, "it's best she would be left like this."
Suddenly, Mai stood up from her seat. "Follow me."
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The Sucharaka Quartet went over to the water fountain near the bathroom. Yuuko has hiccuped at least fifty times on their way there, and it was getting on Mio's nerves. Mai had a plan though, so it should be able to suffice.
"Drink." Mai commanded to Yuuko, pointing at the fountain.
"O-okay, Mai- HIC." Yuuko nervously walked to the water fountain, not knowing what to expect from Mai. She leaned over to take a sip, and while she's drinking the water, Mai chopped Yuuko's back.
"GHHFFF!" Yuuko immediately spit out the water and started coughing. "Wha- what the hell, Mai?!"
Mai looked at Yuuko with nothing.
"That really hurt!", said Yuuko, sadly. "I need another drink- HIC."
Damn. Didn't work.
"Oh," said Mai, softly. "I give up." She started heading to class.
"Wait, wait, wait! Mai-chan!", said Mio, while she and Nano rushed back to stop Mai in her direction. "We need you! How else are we going to cure Yuuko from her hiccups?"
Mai's expression still didn't change one bit as she shrugged her shoulders.
"Hold on!", said Nano suddenly, "I just remembered a trick to cure hiccups! One sec!" She ran over to the classroom. Mio and Mai looked at each other, the former shrugging as well. Yuuko stood there as she let another HIC escape her mouth.
Mio walked over to Yuuko, smiling. She stood by the hiccup victim's side, looking at her with some… intentions. Yuuko was not only confused, but a little scared.
"Wh… what? HIC.", Yuuko asked nervously.
Mio let out a cute giggle, and then suddenly grabbed Yuuko by her shoulders while making a face that can scare those of hearts of steel.
"ＯＯＧＡ ＢＯＯＧＡ ＢＯＯＧＡ"
"GAAAAAAHHH!" Yuuko screamed in horror and surprise as she fell on her own ass. Buds of tears appeared at the sides of her eyes as she recovered from Mio's scare. "Why did you do that?!"
"Heehee, gomen gomen~," replied Mio, scratching the back of her head. She tilted her head to the side. "Did it work?"
Yuuko looked at Mio in confusion yet again. "Did what work? HIC."
The blue hair beast burst in anger. "DAMMIT! DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT I THOUGHT I HAD IT!"
Nano came back to the hallway with a pencil and a plastic cup. "I'm back!" She noticed Yuuko standing back on her feet, still traumatized. Looking in concern, she asked "What's going on?"
Yuuko walked over to Nano and placed her hands on the other's shoulders. "Please… please don't scare me…", she managed to mutter out.
Nano had a feeling of sympathy for her poor, stupid friend. However, the robot smiled let out a laugh, "Daijoubu! I won't!", to which Yuuko let out a sigh of relief, followed by another HIC. Nano proceeded to fill the cup with water and handed it over to Yuuko, along with the pencil.
"Okay… what- HIC- do I do?", asked the hiccup victim.
"First things first," said Nano, "put the pencil in your mouth, in between your teeth." She made instructing gestures as she told Yuuko what to do.
Yuuko took the pencil, tip facing inwards, opened her mouth, and began to bring it inside. Not for long, though…
"YUUKO, YOU IDIOT, NOT LIKE THAT!", screamed a panicking Mio.
The brown haired baka laughed, "Heeheehee~, I'm kidding, kidding. HIC. Okay…". She placed the pencil in between her teeth, horizontally, and bit down.
"Okay," said Nano, "while holding the pencil in your mouth, drink the water. Your mouth and lips shouldn't close."
Yuuko did what her friend instructed and brought the cup to her mouth. Audible gulps can be heard as she slowly ingested the water. Leaving out a "Pah!" of refreshment, she took the pencil out of her mouth and waited.
"Did it work?", asked Mio.
Nano looked at her, "Let's wait and see."
Time passes.
Not a single hiccup was heard.
"Wow! That worked!", exclaimed an excited Yuuko. "Thank you so much, Nano-chan!"
Nano rubbed the back of her head, laughing nervously, "It's nothing, really…"
Mio looked at Nano curiously and asked her a question. "How did you know that trick could cure hiccups?"
"Well," Nano responded, "Hakase ended up getting hiccups, and I looked online to find any quick cures, came across this trick, tried it on her, and it worked immediately!"
As soon as the four girls headed back to class…
"HIC."
Yuuko, Mio, and Nano looked to where that sound came from. Mai looked at them without any expression, left out another HIC.
Suddenly, Yuuko left a smug expression on her face and came towards the stoic one. "Okay, Mai-chan… bend over." She was motioning a karate-chop in front of her face. For the first time in a while, Mai was seen with a sweat drop rolling down the side of her cheek, letting out another HIC.