Breaking the Boundaries
Disclaimer: Duh. The article belongs to me. Because only I alone can write something so 'smart'.
Well, I planned on making this episodic, meaning that each chapter absolutely has nothing to do with each other, but I decided to have a little sub-plot going on, meaning that there's more ShizNao (not in that way too) goodness for you guys.
Chapter 4: Shizuru's ONLY Obsession is Tea (and Natsuki)
"So… Natsuki? Can you do it? Please?" A red head fairly well-known as a Tokiha Mai clasped her hand together, in an effort to look sincerely desperate.
Natsuki looked at her with frowned brows. "Ugh, I don't really mind, but… why me? And since when did you join the newspaper club?"
"Well, it's because you're the closest to kaichou-san, and the whole school knows, and it's because Mikoto… well…" Mai said haltingly, glancing at the spiky haired girl currently dozing off besides a pile of empty bowls of ramen.
"I heard she ransacked the cooking club's kitchen, and broke all their eggs?" Natsuki offered helpfully.
"Hence we were banned."
She refrained from rolling her eyes. You definitely do not bring one with the name of Minagi Mikoto near any kitchen loaded with food and eggs. But being banned from the cooking club must be hard for Mai, she sympathized with a her a little.
"Can't you just ask Shizuru herself instead?"
"Kaichou-san's really good at disappearing."
"Ok, fine. I'll do it. Give me it." She wasn't in the mood of going Shizuru hunting either.
Mai fished out a neatly folded piece of paper and a pen from her pocket and gave them to a frowning Natsuki, it was quite obvious that she didn't want to do it.
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Fujino kaichou's profile:
Height: only a little taller than me
Weight: not much less
Orientation: (scribble scribble)
Status: give up
Hair color: can't you see?
Eye color: duh
Three size: Ask one of her fangirls (the ones carrying binoculars all the time)
Hobby: drinking tea
Likes: drinking tea
Favorite past-time: drinking tea.
Favorite food: tea
Favorite drink: tea
Obsession: tea
Wish list: more tea
Biography: Born and raised in kyoto, became the student rep at fuuka gakuen. Likes tea.
Mai eyed the paper, now riddled with Natsuki's messy writing, with a raised eyebrow. "You know… this is hardly insightful. What's with all of this tea?" She didn't even write capital letters correctly. No wonder Sakomizu-sensei was that stressed. Her Japanese marks must be suffering. And tea isn't even food.
Natsuki plopped her chin on her palm nonchalantly. "Why don't you answer it yourself then? And tea is her favorite thing."
"Ugh…"
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"But it isn't, Natsuki." Shizuru said whilst reading Fuuka Monthly's article about her (unedited), written by Natsuki herself. Despite its utter bastardization of the journalism code (aka written at the level of an elementary student), it managed to top the highest selling volume list in the history of the school. That was how popular the woman is. It should be a privilege to be in the same room as her. Not.
"What isn't?"
"My hobby, likes, obsession, and wish list."
"OK, so you're saying that tea is not your favorite thing in this whole world?" She didn't want to admit it, but she had a hunch on what Shizuru was going to say next.
"If you count Natsuki…" Shizuru said playfully.
A shudder went down her spine.
Natsuki felt her cheeks turn crimson, but quickly covered it by holding a big encyclopedia literally an inch from her face. Shizuru couldn't help but chuckle at the blue-purple hybrid haired girl's embarrassment. True, with Nao now out of the picture…
"S-shut up. What is it the-"
Just as Natsuki was about to finish saying 'then', the doorbell rang. Shizuru swiftly went to answer it. Was it just me or was Shizuru actually hasting to do something? She put her makeshift shield down and studied the article. Not bad. She wondered if Sakomizu would give better marks on her report card when he read this.
A few moments later Shizuru came back into the room, clutching a medium-sized box with her.
"Was that a delivery?"
"Yes." Shizuru gave a short reply before setting it down between them and untying it.
Maybe Natsuki was only hallucinating (perhaps as a side effect from playing games all night), but Shizuru did seem quite… hasty today, and unusually cheerful.
"What's that?" She said curiously, taking a peek into the box.
She pushed it forward, urging Natsuki to take a look. "The answer to Natsuki's previous question."
Natsuki reached inside and took out something that was oddly shaped as a DVD wrapped with an opaque plastic. She tore it apart, and what she saw next almost sent the object hurling through the window if not for her trained control on her reflexes.
"SHIZURU!"
"Yes, Natsuki?" Shizuru inquired courteously, seemingly unfazed by her outrage.
"W-w-what the hell is this!"
"Exactly what Natsuki sees."
The cover of the DVD depicted two girls doing all sorts of blasphemy, with the younger girl disturbingly looking like Natsuki, and the older one more than slightly resembling Shizuru, complete with her teasing smile. It was written: A Day of Lust with the Student President, for viewers older than eighteen only. A doujin by the Fuuka circle.
"YURI?"
"Ara, Natsuki seems quite knowledgeable about this. Does Natsuki wat-"
"NO!"
"Then why-"
"You don't- wanna know." Natsuki said through gritted teeth. She shoved the DVD back into the box disgustedly.
"I can't believe you watch –this- thing, Shizuru."
"Ara, if Natsuki doesn't like it, I also have another one that might be interesting."
Before Natsuki could protest, Shizuru pulled a book out and showed it to Natsuki.
A clearly red font read, 'The Bible of Getting Your Way with a Biker Dyke'.
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You SO cannot imagine my surprise at checking my mail the next day and finding a bunch of reviews nesting there. God bless you all! (sniff), I seriously thought this was gonna be flamed since I thought that everyone likes their kaichou-sama with a soft delicate stomach. I am sooo happy. Really. If you have anymore clicheness that you might encounter (such as Shizuru going all angsty after the festival and tormenting herself), please tell me, I need more materials to blasphemize. Actually, I'll greatly appreciate that.
I don't know if you'll take this yuri thing well though. I only thought that it was somehow fitting with Shizuru, since most of her doujinshi… well…