Author's Note: This is a strange one, because you could consider it to be kind of a throwback to the pre-Program time period rather than taking place during the RP. Hope you enjoy - have a good weekend!

Kayoko x Mitsuko

Prompt: I'll write a drabble of my character protecting yours.


"Fakest?"

"Utsumi."

"Bitchiest?"

"Chigusa."

Mitsuko watched listlessly as Hirono and Yoshimi went back and forth in a favorite game of theirs. She had tired of it quickly, but it seemed that it never grew old for these two.

"Freakiest?"

"Inada."

"Most irritating?"

"Kotohiki."

Mitsuko made a face. "Kotohiki?" she repeated. "That's the best you can come up with?" She shook her head, as if disappointed.

Yoshimi shrugged. "She's annoying. Acting so innocent and naive all the time…"

"Please." Mitsuko rolled her eyes again. "There are plenty of people more irritating than Kotohiki. Noda… Minami… Iijima… Eto… Motobuchi… just to name a few."

Hirono looked at Mitsuko quizzically. "I thought you hated Kotohiki."

Mitsuko brushed off a prickle of annoyance. "I never said I didn't. I just think Yoshimi had a lot of better options for that category. Kotohiki isn't all that bad. Usually, anyway."

Hirono and Yoshimi exchanged a bewildered glance. "If you say so," Yoshimi said uncertainly.

After nodding once, Mitsuko rested her head on her hand and looked between her two friends. "Well, don't let me spoil your fun," she said lightly. "Go on."

A pause followed, but only a short one.

"Dumbest?"

"Akamatsu."

"Most pathetic?"

"Numai."