Sorry for the lack of updates, but school kicked my arse and I still haven't figured out how to fix this timeline! But Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, Kung Hey Fat Choi!
It was another boring day in school. Or at least, that's what Kamiko had deemed it out to be. The only fun thing to do during the day was her PE class and helping out the tennis team after school. Even matchmaking was getting terribly boring. Kamiko soon found out that Japanese students could be extremely shy- as the culture had shown -so the process was tedious. Occasionally, Kamiko found someone outgoing enough to want to follow through with the plans as quick as she'd liked, and those were fun. But those were also few.
Few people could turn a boring day into fun at Seishun, and two hours into school Kamiko started laughing her butt off.
"Momo-nii you're getting milk everywhere!" Kamiko laughed, backing away from her close friend as the teacher began scolding and the whole class began 'ew-ing' at the boy.
"I said no more eating in class, Momoshiro-kun! That includes drinking too!"
"G-gomenasai, sensei!" Momo coughed. When the teacher turned away to tell a student to get napkins or towels Momo glared at Kamiko, "You knew I would laugh at that!" He hissed so the teacher wouldn't hear them.
Kamiko couldn't stop laughing, and nodded, "It came out your nose!"
"Kamiko!" He glared, "I'll get you back, Kyu Echizen, just you wait!"
"H-hai, Momo-n-nii, just try not to make a mess when you laugh about it!" And Kamiko burst into a fit of giggles once more.
"Why you little-"
"Echizen-chan is correct, Momoshiro-kun! Laughing in class is especially distracting to everyone around you!"
Kamiko's laughs came out harder when the teacher agreed with her. She couldn't believe her luck! And all Momo could do at the time was remain calm and try not to glare at Kamiko too harshly- or else the teacher might scold him again.
"Aren't you glad I'm such a good kouhai, senpai?" Momoshiro complained later in practice to his teammates, "Kyu Echizen is such a pain! She got me in trouble during class and I had to try to maintain my gentlemanly status!"
Kaidoh's hiss came out more like a scoff of disbelief and irritation, "You're about as gentlemanly as a rotten peach, fuzz head."
"Oi! Mamushi you-"
"Soka? And what did she do to cause such trouble?" Fuji chuckled as he intervened. He wanted to see how the situation would play out if the two second years refrained from fighting.
Kamiko grinned, "Momo-nii laughed and sneezed out his milk in the middle of Nara-sensei-chan's lecture of raising money for abused animals."
"Hahahah!" Kikumaru doubled over in laughter, understanding what had happened and who's fault it was when Momo glared at Kamiko, "Nara-sensei's a big meanie about those things too ever since his cat died! Oishi~ did you hear about Momo? He laughs at abused animals!"
"Heh?!" Oishi paled at the thought. How could someone be so heartless?
"N-no! Oishi-senpai, Kikumaru-senpai that's not right! That's not right at all!"
"Hou~? Momo-chan-senpai hates animals?" Ryoma looked up with a sly smirk.
"You're not helping, Echizen!"
"Fshu, only an idiot would dislike helpless animals." Kaidoh hissed out in disdain.
"Mamushi you prick! At least people don't run away from me because I'm ugly!"
"You sure about that, peach head?! Cause you're so-"
"Momo! Kaidoh!" Kawamura stood in the middle and looked around for help, wondering where Tezuka could be and why Oishi hadn't stepped in yet.
"Momoshiro," No. His voice couldn't be that threatening, Kamiko thought. Oishi was usually so sweet! When she looked, she could see the vice captain's usually sweet aura grow red and angry, "You will help raise money for those animals or so help me I will see to it that you volunteer for the local shelters!"
"H-hai! Oishi-senpai!"
"Hm... I suppose it's understandable that with his worrying nature he care for animals as well..." Inui muttered as he scribbled into his notebook.
Meanwhile Fuji looked around at the chaos of his team and observed them, and then looked down at the girl standing beside him. She had also found a comfortable spot on the sidelines to watch the events unfold, giggling at some parts and even laughing outright at others.
"Having fun, Kami-chan?" He asked.
Kamiko nodded before turning to look up at him, an ever troublesome gleam in her eye, "I really thought today was gonna be boring!" She smiled.
Boring? Fuji chuckled. Echizen Kamiko was anything but.
"You managed to make the most of it, I can see."
She nodded happily, "Wanna know a secret?"
Fuji was a bit surprised. People usually weren't so open to things, not in the way Kamiko was. He turned his attention around to focus mainly on her, leaning down a bit for her to whisper in his ear.
"Momo-nii has a tickle spot on his side that I found. Even if a tennis ball hits him there he'll start laughing and won't stop for awhile." Kamiko giggled to herself and backed away, "Isn't that funny, Fuji-chan?"
And here Fuji thought it might have been a personal secret. Nonetheless, he straightened his posture and chuckled alongside with her, grabbing a tennis ball beside him.
"Soka, why don't we see how ticklish it can be?" He tossed the ball up and used his racquet to hit it, letting it arch up a bit and fall down inside Momo's jacket, sliding down his side.
"Abused animals are hurt by monsters, and-"
"Hahahahaha!" Momo couldn't control himself when he felt the ball tickle his side. He cringed, knowing the consequences as Oishi started to scold him once more.
Kamiko started to laugh almost immediately, and as the event unfolded into another bout of chaos Fuji felt himself beginning to laugh as well. Something more of a chuckle, and it had been awhile since he'd done more than that.
"That was perfect!" Kamiko complimented.
"Arigato," Fuji's laugh began to die down, much to Kamiko's dismay. She never really heard Fuji laugh, but she's heard all the other regulars (save for Tezuka), "We make a good team of trouble."
"Mhm, Fuji-chan! If it ever gets boring I know exactly who to call now."
"And who would that be?" The tensai asked absentmindedly. Somehow Kikumaru began believing the joke, and was on the verge of some comical looking tears until Oishi stepped in and commanded laps from Momo for being heartless. The mother hen had such a way of protecting his best friend Fuji might have thought that they were da-
"You, Fuji-chan! You said we make a great team, let's be a great team when either one of us is bored, ne?" Kamiko giggled.
Her statement and added giggle caught Fuji off guard once again, but he managed to cover that up with a complacent smile and chuckle. "I'll accept that offer, Kami-chan. Now then, shall we step back further for when Tezuka arrives? Something tells me laps will be in order for everyone who looks involved."