CHAPTER TWO: Bossun (Day 1, part 1)

It's Monday already, all the students in Kaimei Academy passed their parents' approval to the Student Council. Last week, Switch and I agreed that we would go to our clubroom to fix our things with some classmates.

"Ahh~."I yawned. "Why are those guys late? I am so tired of waiting. Maybe I'll just rest."I crashed on the couch, and then rested my arm on my forehead. "Hmm... How do you make things interesting?" I sighed. "I'll just paint another masterpiece on the ceiling of my thoughts."

I closed my eyes and imagined that I was painting the sunset skies. Colours of purple, orange, red, yellow and blue decorated it. Each colour faded away brilliantly while the subsequent one slowly engulfed it. "Ah, this scenery is another beautiful masterpiece. It could be of my best, yet."

"I totally agree with you! Prince FTW! Teehee...", said a voice that I am sure that isn't mine.

"What the-. Roman?! How the hell are you in my thoughts?"

"Se-cret. Teehee..." She replied and stuck a tongue in my direction. "Oh, for the readers out there, FTW means= for the win."

"As usual, who are you talking to?"

"No one! Ahahahaha! Bye!" She said, vanishing.

I sighed. 'I sighed a lot, huh. Speaking of, where are those people? I have finished a painting already in my thoughts, Roman visited me there, and they're still not here?'

The door opened then it quickly slammed shut. I sat up and grabbed my slingshot. I got ready to attack but... I ran out of ammo. I sweat dropped. 'Great. When I'm ambushed, that is when I run out of ammo. What am I going to do now? Swing this around and act like a complete goof? Well, it's not like I don't look like a complete goof already. Oi! What the heck am I doing? Talking to myself when my life could be on the line? Wait, I'm thinking! Thinking to myself! Is that even logical? Oh, shut up Bossun!'

I look at the door. Thank goodness, Switch was the only one who entered. I smile nervously.

"Oh, are you done talking to yourself already? I thought I was interrupting, so I just stood there and shut up." He said with his teasing computerized voice.

'Yup, I knew it was supposed to be 'talking to myself'!'

"Are you done teasing me?"

"Yeah." He went back to his normal robotic speaking voice. "Anyway, it seems that their travel bags were fixed already. Some were by their mothers. Seems like the mothers are the ones excited. They're waiting outside. Are you done fixing your bag? I'm done already, about three weeks ago."

"Yes, I'm done fixing my bag and Switch, your information-gathering skills are amazing!"I complemented him and grabbed my bag.

"Thank you. Did you know that Momoka's company sponsored our school trip this time and that we are going to stay in Momoka's beach house? It is quite big. No worries, some others will have to share rooms for all of us to fit in."

I sweat dropped. "I thought... it's no worries."

"Yeah, also 'cuz some can make the decision to stay with their clubs and that is what we're going to stick to, right? I feel uncomfortable with others. I hope it's okay...right?" He asked and started to punch in 'BUILD UP' in his laptop. "Right? Right?"

I raised my hands in defeat. "Alright, alright. However, you have to ask Himeko about that. We need to decide things together since we are a group and we help each other. Anyway, isn't it going to be very awkward for you to be sleeping in the same room with a girl? You know, our club mate named Himeko?"

"It's okay for me because she is just a friend. Why, do you feel other things for her?"

I felt blood rise up to my cheeks. "Wha—"'Regain your composure, Bossun.' "No, of course not, dude."

"Sure..."He replied. He stopped, and lowered his voice. Too low that I can't hear.

"Hm? Did you say something?"

"Nothing. Let's go, then!"

Bossun (yes, I want to address myself in third-person, is that wrong?), Himeko, Switch and Chuuma-sensei sat at the back seats of the school bus. Oh, I forgot to mention or to be frank, I did not want to accept it—that Tsubaki volunteered to sit beside us (actually, he wanted to have me in his sight) because he said and I quote: "I wouldn't want the trouble squad to cause trouble on our special school trip so I'll sit beside them to guard them." The arrangement was; Tsubaki, Bossun, Himeko, Switch, and Chuuma-sensei (right to left). Because of this, Himeko was thrilled that Tsubaki sat beside on my right so that we would have our 'bonding time'. I shook that thought away and sat grumpily in my seat.

We were in the second bus with our classmates in 2-C with some fourth years. Each year had a draw, and we won the most luxurious one. The first years got a trip to the National Museum, the third years went camping in the forests, and the fourth years got a chance to choose where they wanted to go. Majority chose our beach trip so we had to merge with them to fit in all the buses.

"So~" Himeko sang happily. "How about the two of you talk, huh? It would strengthen your relationship... and, you can talk about each others' secrets! How 'bout that? Also, Nakatani-san from class A said-"

"I have no idea who she is so I won't listen to anything she says. Himeko, we are brothers, not girls." I retorted angrily. 'Honestly, why is she so hyped up about this?'

"Also, my reason for being here is to observe Fujisaki. I have no plans on strengthening our relationship whatsoever.", said Tsubaki.

"Stiff." Himeko and Switch commented, but it had no effect on Tsubaki.

"Chuuma-sensei, do you have a non—"Himeko's voice faded away. "—stiff drug? Oi! What the hell are you doing?! Somebody is talking to you and you are snoring loudly! I'm gonna jam plugs in your nostrils! You are supposed to watch over us, right. Oi!" She started rambling and violently shaking Chuuma-sensei. 'That could result in a major brain damage, the way she's shaking him.'

"Sensei! Himeko, stop this right now!" Tsubaki reacted.

"Ah, look. He drank this." Switch said behind Himeko, which startled her and accidentally made her drop him with a loud bang. He shook a blue pill tube that had the label, 'Sleeping Drug'.

"Chuuma-sensei! Now look what you made me do." She said, picking him up and aiding the huge bump on his head.

"Let me see." I said. Switch handed it over. I read the writings underneath the label. "CAUTION: Knocks people out for a whole day (24 hours)." I sweat dropped.

"Look, look! I think he wanted to drink this." Himeko said and showed me a pill tube identical to the tube of the sleeping pills' from Chuuma-sensei's bag. "Oh, look it's Onee-san's picture, she looks cute!"

"May I see, and can you please put that picture back to where it belongs? You should respect teacher's privacy!"

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with Fujisaki. Put it back." ,said Tsubaki.

"I said that because I wanted to look good. What I just said didn't mean anything."

"I agree, totally ag—WHAT?!"

"Now, now, let big bro handle this situation, lil' bro." I teased. Tsubaki started to react but I waved my hand dismissively. I read the label. "Muting Drug." The aura around us four became heavy and sorry, as if screaming-'Ah, so we were noisy. But you didn't have to mute us, Chuuma-sensei!' I continued. "INSTRUCTIONS: Think of the person/people that are noisy and they will be muted for four to six hours. Drink this and terribly noisy people will shut up in a sec!"

Silence and regret surrounded the back seats of the second bus.

"Eh, let's just leave him alone... I wanna sleep." Himeko yawned and rested her head back. All of a sudden, the bus swerved and we all flew to the right side of the bus. I swung to my right, hitting Tsubaki and his cheek pressed the bus window, hard.

"Sorry, that was uncalled for." I apologized. "Hey! Are you alright there?" I asked Switch.

"I'm fine, but also feeling a lot heavier than expected." He replied, pointing to Chuuma-sensei's unconscious self on his lap.

I laughed. "Hang on there, Switch."

"Will do."

I turned to Tsubaki. He rubbed his sore cheek. I guess the cheek took the brunt of my weight.

"I really am sorry. Are you okay?"

"Sure. I'm okay. How about you?"

"I still feel some adrenaline pumping thru my veins, but still in perfect condition. Thanks for asking."

I look at Himeko, who was still sleeping soundly. Her head rested on my shoulder. I blush, because this is my first time being this close with a girl. I could smell her hair, which was the scent of sweet tangerine. You'd think her scent would be like the Pelocans she's eating (which reeks) but no, she's the exact opposite of it. She grunted and wrapped her arms around mine, and moved her head closer to my chest. I blush deeper.

"Hmm... You really don't know what's going on in a person's head, huh."Tsubaki said.

"Excuse me?"

"I said I think you are deaf. Now, I conclude that you are in fact, seriously deaf."

A vain popped in my head. "I meant, what do you mean?"

"Oh, you'll figure it out, one way or another."