The next day was Valentine's Day, meaning the whole student body were freaking out. Kizuki walked down the halls, dodging all of the running fangirls. Finally, she caught a glimpse of Zero and Yuki.
"Hey guys!" Kizuki said, smiling at them. Kizu pushed through the crowd toward her two friends.
"Hi Kizuki." Yuki smiled back. Zero just nodded in acknowledgement. "Are you going to the dance?"
"No. Have you seen Hana?" Kizuki asked nicely.
"No need to ask about me, I'm right here." Hana said, running toward them, bumping into random people. "Hello, moving here! Excuse me!" Right in front of her Hana stopped at a jock dude. "Hello! Move it or lose it, jock strap!"
The jock moved in fear of Hana's impatience. Hana wore the uniform almost like Kizuki. She had dark brown (almost black) hair with blonde highlights and bangs, brown eyes, and pure confidence on her face.
"I'm as cranky as Kizuki in the morning." Hana said, causing Kizuki to turn her head to her so fast she had whiplash.
"What? I do not have morning madness!" Kizuki defended.
"Well, I have woken you up before." Yuki said carefully.
"And you're exact words were, "Go away unless you don't want all of your limbs attached!"" Hana imitated the words from that day.
"I did? I'm so sorry Yuki." Kizuki apologized.
"It's okay; I know you were out of it when you said that." Yuki said with a smile.
"Class is going to start, you know." Zero cut in.
"Yes, oh great hall monitor," Kizuki muttered to Yuki and Hana as they followed Kiryu. Upon hearing this, Zero turned and glared before walking again.
Yuki and Hana just stifled laughs.
~Later~
During Math class, Hana passed a note toward Kizuki. Hana sat on Kizuki's right, Zero on her left, and Yuki right in front of her with Yori beside her right.
Hey, are you going to the dance?
Kizuki quietly wrote down her answer.
Please tell me you're not going?
Well, maybe…
But what about our whole movie and junk food idea?
Soon Yuki joined the conversation.
You're going, Hana?
Well, yeah
Dude! What about me?
You're not going? Why?
Well, I'm not going...because I don't have a—...
"Cross, Geki, Fumiko! May I ask why you are not paying attention to my lesson?" Mr. Matsu asked. The three girls jumped in surprise.
"Well, I was just asking Hana to help me with the lesson, but she didn't get it either so we asked Kizuki." Yuki came up with her usual excuse. Kizuki just wrote something down.
"Did that require passing notes?" Mr. Matsu said, grinning as he passed their excuse.
"We didn't want to interrupt your interesting lesson, Mr. Matsu." Kizuki said, faking a sweet smile.
"May I see the note?" Mr. Matsu's grin grew from ear to ear.
"Of course, Mr. Matsu." Kizuki smiled again and walked down the stairs to the front of the class. She passed him a perfectly folded note.
Yuki and Hana had frantic eyes. Slowly Mr. Matsu unfolded and read the note. His grin faded to a frown. "Very well, sit back down, Fumiko."
Kizuki did as told, sat down in her seat and smirked in triumph.
"Why didn't he get mad at the note?" Yuki asked.
"Because he didn't see our note." Kizuki whispered, still smirking. She passed the note to the two girls.
Hey Hana, do you get the lesson?
No, hey Kizu, do you get the lesson?
Yeah, he's saying…
The note continued to explain what the board said. "You are an evil genius!" Hana whispered with a proud grin.
"Thank you."
~Later~
In the halls, the four teens walked to their next class.
"Hey Kizuki, what were you going to write on the note?" Yuki asked.
"Well—I don't have a reason to go to the dance." Kizuki replied.
"Well, you can't just watch movies all alone." Hana said. "It's a rule."
"Where does it say that's a rule?" Kizuki asked.
"In the book of Hana: "A friend shall never watch a movie and eat junk food by art thou self."" Hana recited the "Rule."
"Yeah, we believe that as much as we believe when you said the lunch-lady was a secret spy that was trying to kill us." Zero said.
"And since when did you say 'shall'?" Kizuki added.
"Hey! I still believe it. I swear I saw a bug chip device in our cookies! And I've said it since now." Hana defended.
"Yeah, that was a chocolate chip, the point of the name Chocolate Chip Cookie." Kizuki said.
"You guys are such duds." Hana said. "No wonder you're such a great couple."
"Hana!" Kizuki said. Hana laughed and ran down the halls, Kizuki running after her.
As Hana went for the Lunchroom door, Kizuki spun around her and blocked the door. When she spun, it looked like she was practically dancing. The move was graceful and a fighting technique for a martial arts specialist. This got Zero thinking.
"How did you do that?" Hana asked.
"Practice." Kizuki glared and slapped Hana's forearm. "What the hell was that?"
"Sorry, morning madness." Hana said, laughed, and walked inside the lunchroom.
"I am not morning madness!" Kizuki groaned and followed her.