Chapter 6

Sayuri entered class the next morning, smiling politely at a pair of girls standing near the door. To her surprise, they both gave her stony looks and she felt instantly uncomfortable. There were very few girls, like Gou, who could put up with Sayuri's level of pervertedness, but she was still on decent terms with all of them. As she put her bag on her desk and sat down, she could hear them talking about her.

"I heard that after she said yes to Hideki-kun, she went and had sex with Rei-kun in the pool locker rooms," one girl muttered. "I know she's always flirting with guys, but I never thought she was such a bitch."

"Wow. Poor Hideki-kun," the other girl mused. "Rei-kun is the guy from the other class, right? Megane?"

Before the girl could respond, Rei himself appeared in the doorway of the classroom. The two girls froze, but he didn't appear to have heard anything they said. He pushed his glasses up on his nose and smiled shyly at Sayuri, waving for her to come out of the classroom. Sayuri could feel the cold glares of the two girls as she came out of the classroom and Rei greeted her with a smile in the hallway.

"O hayou," he said, slipping his hand into hers. Sayuri didn't protest, but her hand remained limp in his.

"O hayou," she muttered.

"That's it?" Rei asked, leaning down a little so he was level with her face. "No lewd comment? Nothing to say about how my biceps look particularly fine this morning? No invitation for me to grope your breasts?"

Sayuri looked up at Rei, who seemed worried and forced a smile. She loved how he always complained about her pervertedness, and yet on the day she behaved normally, he didn't like that either. "Gomen, Rei-chan. Your biceps look particularly fine this morning," she teased, before lowering her voice. "And if you can find an empty closet, you're welcome to touch my breasts."

Even though he'd practically been asking for it, Rei blushed. He pushed his glasses up on his nose again and looked down at her. His mad adrenaline and rush of confidence from the previous day was gone, and now he wasn't quite sure how to behave. He smiled a little shyly at her. "So, are we really going to do this? I mean, you being my girlfriend…"

"You're not sure?" Sayuri asked him.

"I am," Rei said quickly. "It's just… yesterday was kind of… you know. Me losing control of my hormones and I sort of went mad with jealousy. Not that I didn't enjoy it! I mean, you're really attractive and I was really turned on, but-"

Sayuri blinked at him, a little worried. "What are you trying to say?"

"Can we do normal stuff too? Like, maybe go on a date? Or maybe you could come over and meet my parents sometime? I told my Mom that I kind of have a girlfriend, and she wants to meet you," Rei admitted shyly. He pushed his glasses up on his nose again. "I know I sound silly right now, but I really care about you and I don't want this relationship to be just locker room sex."

Sayuri giggled. "Wow. When did I go from being the annoying pervert girl to someone that you wanted to introduce to your mother?"

Rei rolled his eyes. "Come on. You wouldn't say anything perverted in front of my mother." He paused suddenly, narrowing his eyes. "Would you? You wouldn't, right? Damn it, you would!"

"I'm not making any promises," Sayuri replied with a cheeky smile. She squeezed his hand back lightly and bit her lip. She thought it was adorable that Rei really wanted to take her on dates and have her meet his family. It suddenly occurred to her how their roles were so inverted and she laughed.

"What?" Rei asked.

"Nothing. It's just that you act like a sweet, romantic girl and I act like a hormone-driven guy," Sayuri laughed, making Rei flush. She smiled as his eyes narrowed and turned a little darker than usual. "Maybe I should just call you my girlfriend," she teased.

"Do you want me to prove I'm the guy?" Rei asked lowly, leaning closer to whisper in her ear. Sayuri flushed at his closeness and quickly pushed him away. Was he crazy? They were in the middle of a populated corridor in school! Rei laughed at her, giving her hand one last squeeze. "Well, I should get back to class. I'll see you during lunch."

"Okay," Sayuri waved as he left and went back into class, feeling the eyes of her classmates on her.

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By lunch, Sayuri was positive that everyone in her class was talking about her and Rei having sex in the pool locker room. She clenched her fists, trying to ignore it. After all, Sayuri had never been one to care much about what other people thought. Yet this constant murmuring around her was getting difficult to bear.

"Hideki-kun," she called loudly, noticing the boy in the seat in front of her attempting to scramble away as soon as the lunch bell rang. He froze, his eyes wide and looking a little afraid. A few of their classmates turned to listen in, interested. "Hideki-kun, did you tell people that I accepted your confession yesterday?"

Hideki flushed deeply. He opened his mouth to stammer something out, but he didn't seem able to form a sentence. Finally, he responded with a miserable, "Hai."

"But I didn't accept your confession," Sayuri replied sharply, aware that people were listening. "I told you nicely that I liked someone else. Rei-chan, who happens to be my boyfriend. So I'd appreciate it if you'd correct whoever you'd told and tell them you and I aren't dating."

Hideki nodded. "I-I'll do that. Gomen'nasai," he muttered, before grabbing his lunchbox and running out. Sayuri sighed and opened her own bag to get her lunchbox, turning around when she felt someone approaching her. Rei had entered the classroom, and he was waiting for her.

"Sayuri. Everyone's gone up to the roof to eat, come on," he said, taking her hand as she reached him and they both exited the classroom together. Rei looked down at Sayuri, noticing that her lips were pressed into a tight line. She was never this serious. "Is something wrong? You were acting a little weird in the morning as well."

Sayuri glanced up at him and sighed. "Rei-chan, did you tell people that we had sex in the pool locker room yesterday?"

Rei's eyes widened. "What? Why would I do that?"

"I don't know. Everyone in my class is talking about it. If neither of us told anyone that, and nobody walked in on us while we were messing around…"

Rei frowned, pushing his glasses up his nose as they climbed the stairs to the roof. Why would someone think that he and Sayuri had sex in the pool locker room? Unless someone had seen them… he narrowed his eyes as soon as they reached the roof and saw the other swim club members already sitting with their lunches. "Nagisa!" he called sharply.

Nagisa flinched. "Hai, Rei-chan?"

"Have you been spreading things about me and Sayuri?"

Nagisa flushed red, while Makoto stared curiously at their entwined hands. Sayuri was startled when Nagisa got to his feet and bowed in front of them, looking extremely ashamed. "Gomen'nasai, Rei-chan, gomen'nasai Sayuri-chan! I didn't mean to, I swear!"

"It was you?" Sayuri demanded. She frowned at him angrily. "Nagisa, it's a terrible thing to betray a friends' trust like that, you can't go around telling people about things Rei-chan and I do! Especially things we didn't do! Did Rei tell you?" she frowned and glared at Rei. "Why would you tell him we had sex? We didn't have sex!"

Makoto stared at the three first years, looking positively scandalized while Haru calmly picked at his mackerel.

Rei flushed red. "I didn't tell Nagisa anything! The problem is that the walls between the girls and boys locker room are really thin, you can hear people talking. He must have heard…" he turned and glared at Nagisa. "Baka! No matter what you heard, I was barely in there for 5 minutes! Did you really think we could have sex in five minutes?"

Nagisa pouted, a little indignant. "Rei-chan, how am I supposed to know how long it takes you to-"

"Baka! Shut up!"

"I didn't do it on purpose," Nagisa pleaded, looking upset. "I was only telling Gou-chan what I thought happened. But there were a bunch of people around, and I guess somebody overheard us."

Sayuri sighed, sitting down and crossing her legs. She gave Nagisa a weak smile. There was no point getting mad at him, Nagisa was Nagisa. "Its okay, Nagisa-chan. Please be careful next time."

"Sorry," Nagisa mumbled again, sitting down with his own lunch. He grinned as Rei sat down as well, and the mischievous smile was back on his face. He nudged Rei playfully. Rei turned and frowned at him.

"Baka, what are you nudging me for?" Rei demanded.

"Rei-chan has a girlfriend!" Nagisa sang happily.

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