"Rise. Bow. Sit!" Yagami Hikari announced as her homeroom teacher, Nishijima Daigo entered into the classroom. As the class representative and the school's newly elected vice-president, it was her duty to lead her class through their morning routines.
"Hai, hai." Nishijima-sensei nonchalantly greeted the classroom, dressed in his usual lab coat with shorts and slippers.
Hikari's mind quickly drifted from her teacher's voice as the warm summer air blew through the open window - she was student number 2 from class 2-A on the attendance sheet, which meant she was seated one behind the first row, right by the window. Summer vacation was only hours away and her mind was already on plans she had made with her friends.
Even though she was a diligent student, Hikari was an ordinary girl with thoughts of fashion, beach and family - of which she was most looking forward to her older brother returning home once his classes at To-Dai ended.
"Oi Yagami. I know it's summer vacation soon but please at least pretend to pay attention in class." Nishijima stern voice snapped Hikari awake from her thoughts. She could only awkwardly laugh along with the rest of the class.
"Now that Yagami has returned to us, I would like to say that your three choices for which university you wish to attend is due the first week back from summer vacation. Please put some thoughts into it during the break, your future endeavours will rely on it."
"Haiiiii" The collective class replied with annoyance.
Soon, before daydreaming some more, the Westminster Chimes played through the PA-system.
"Yagami, come see me during lunch." Nishijima Daigo said before leaving the classroom.
"Hikari!" The high-pitched voice of her friend Tachibaba Mai was followed with an embrace by over-enthusiastic girl, "Let's have lunch together and plan our summer!"
Like everyday, the rest of her friends joined as they pushed their desks together to spread their lunches. Hikari having a stay-at-home mom, was stuck with the usual lunch boxes - although she enjoyed her mother's cooking much more than Taichi.
"Neh, neh…let's goto to Ichinomiya!" Mai announced to the group.
"Absolutely! Beaches and getting picked up by guys!" Another of Hikari's friends, Kamiya Hina began to daydream.
Hikari could only smile, "Ano…I still have School Council meetings during the summer so we'll have to plan around."
"Eh! Don't like Hikari," Tachibaba Mai smirked, "It's because you want to get some alone time with Mister School Council President!"
"Don't be silly!" Hikari blushed in denial, "He already has a girlfriend and he's leaving for France to start his apprenticeship."
"Don't give up Hikari!" Mai cheered as her eyes became star-studded. "I know what would cheer you up! Let's go swimsuit shopping after school and we'll invite Mister School Council President to the beach as well. He won't be able to resist our lovely Hikari once he sees her in a bikini!"
Hikari blushed at the idea. She rushed for her phone.
[ Neh, my friends are thinking about going to the beach. They want to invite you. ]
[ Sure, sounds fun! Won't it be weird if I'm the only guy there? ]
[ How about you bring some of your friends? ]
[ You know the only friends I have are from the literature club. They aren't exactly beach people, but I'll see what I can do. ]
[ I'll text you date and location once everything has been planed. ]
"Takeru-kun says he'll go." Hikari announced to the rest of the group.
"Eh! You sure are familiar with Mister School Council President, already using first names."
Hikari again tried to hide her blush from her friends ongoing teasing, but could only step away with the excuse of being summoned by their homeroom teacher, Nishijima Daigo.
She stroll the halls of Odaiba High School and observed the overall mood of the school with excitement for the summer break. Many more students than usual were out about in the school's halls and courtyard. More than once Hikari had to apologize to an unnamed student for bumping into them, before they themselves had realized she was the Student Council Vice-President.
"Ojamashimasu!" Hikari announced as she opened and entered the teacher's room. She quickly spotted Nishijima-sensei at his desk, focused on his note book with an empty cup of instant noodle discarded by his side.
"Ano…Nishijima-sensei."
Nishijima Daigo looked up from his notebook, "Yo Yagami."
There was one side of Nishijima-sensei Hikari could never get use to, even though her own brother had warned her against - his lax attitude towards his students. It didn't make him a bad teacher - Taichi had even claimed Nishijima Daigo was the best.
"How's your brother Yagami?"
"He's doing well, majority of the time he's keeping up with his studies." Hikari replied politely.
"Good, good. It wouldn't do well if he turned into a freeloader." Nishijima-senei reached for an piece of paper, empty except for the name printed on it, Yagami Hikari, "You recognize this don't you Yagami."
"My future employment sheet." She sighed.
"Yagami, you're more like your brother than you realize. What's more, the Student Council Vice-President had turned in an empty form. I hope you're not thinking of doing the same for your university applications."
She sighed again. She didn't know what to do with her future, she never really given it thought.
"Well, it's nothing to worry about right now. You're older brother handed in an empty form as well, so did Tachikawa Mimi last year. If I didn't know any better, I would say it runs in the family."
"Tachikawa-san isn't family." Hikari reminded her teacher.
Nishijima Daigo shrugged her off, "You know I had to beat it into your brother to find a career path."
"Lier." She announced, "Teacher's can physically harm their students."
Nishijima-sensei dropped his head in defeat, "Yagami, please give it some thought."
"Yes sensei."
She returned to her classroom and again returned to daydreaming. Before she gave it another thought, the final toll of the Westminster Chime signalled the start of the summer.
"Hikari, let's go!" Tachibaba Mai announced.
The group quickly left the school grounds and boarded the Odaiba Monorail for Palette Town. The group aimlessly wondered the shopping mall, going in and out of stores with no real goal, until they spotted a swimwear store.
"Look, look!" Mai pointed towards a mannequin sporting a tasselled bikini, "Isn't that cute Hikari. Is that what Mister Student Council President likes?"
Hikari pointed to her lips in thought, "I think he's more into the stylish European look."
"Oh, how bold!", then the girl pointed at another mannequin, "How about that!"
Hikari's face blushed red, "That's too revealing Mai-chan!"
The girls soon separated as they each looked for their personal tastes. Hikari was more drawn to the reserve side of the store, a mannequin sporting a simple yellow shirt and white pants caught her eye, and she had thought pairing it with her straw hat would be cute.
"Eh, Hikari-chan!" Hikari looked away from the mannequin for the source of the voice.
A girl, who's face was hidden behind a surgical mask and thick glasses walked towards her.
"Mimi-san!" Hikari beamed at the older girl.
"Ho, what's little Hikari-chan doing at a store like this?" Tachikawa Mimi asked with a sly smile, "Wouldn't be trying to impress a certain blond novelist."
"Wouldn't dream of it." Hikari replied flatly.
"What would Taichi say if he found out his poor innocent little sister was wearing bikini's to the beach to spend some alone time with his best friend's brother." Mimi teased.
"You wouldn't dare tell onii-chan!" Hikari blushed.
Mimi faint a smile, "Don't worry, I won't tell him, only if you let me help!"
"Hikari!" Her friends voice called.
"Hi!" Tachikawa Mimi beamed at Hikari's friends, "I'm Mimi, Hikari's sister-in-law!"
"Brother's girlfriend." Hikari corrected.
"Aww, you're no fun Hikari-chan!"
Her friends were at a lost for words. Tachikawa Mimi was wearing her disguise and you wouldn't recognize her from her idol appearance - even so, there was no denying this young woman in front of Hikari was beautiful.
"Nice to meet you Mimi-san!" Hikari's friends bowed.
"So I see you're all shopping with swimsuits. You wouldn't mind letting Mimi-onee-chan help would you? Especially if we want Hikari-chan here to impress a certain blond boy." Mimi had stars in her eyes.
Hikari tried to calm the idol girl down, looking for help from her friends, only to find them in awe of Mimi.
She sighed, the last time Hikari had gone shopping with Mimi, it took her three hours to decide which pair of socks would impress Taichi the most.