Chapter 16 – Final Fresh Start
Ritsu's POV
"Hey, hey! Everyone!"
"Y-Yui? Y-You're actually early?" Mio asked Yui as she and I walked up to her, Ui, and Nodoka in the school hallway.
"It was a shock to me, as well." Ui said. "Normally, it would about 10 minutes to wake her up."
"Are you really excited about being a third-year, Yui?" Nodoka asked.
"Of course, Nodoka-chan! I'm super duper excited! It's our final year of high school, after all."
"Why do I feel like it's something else along with that?"
"You can tell?" I asked.
"I've known Yui for most of my life. I can definitely tell when something she does has a motive."
"*whine* Nodoka-chan! You're making me look like a criminal!"
"Oh, I can definitely understand, Nodoka-san." Mio said. "It's the same thing with this one right here."
"Y-You too, Mio?!" I yelled.
"*giggle* So, there really is a straight man for every ditzy character. It's really interesting."
"Wh-Who are you calling a ditzy character?!" Yui and I yelled at Ui.
"Hey, at least you're being thought of as a lesbian." Jun said as she and Azusa walked up to us.
"You still haven't let that go?" Ui asked.
"How could I? The last chapter ended with nobody explaining to me why I was the suspected lesbian girl. It's been bugging me for the two weeks this story went AWOL for two weeks."
"Now, you're breaking the 4th wall?" Mio asked with a facepalm.
"I can't help it. Azusa got me into it. It's so fun."
"Right? At this rate, we could be as entertaining as Yuru Yuri." Azusa said.
"And just what the hell is wrong with our show?" I asked.
"Well, where to start…"
"S-Seriously?!"
"Ritsu-san…you're just feeding her at this point." Nodoka said with a sweatdrop.
"Feeding her what? A Bloop Razzle Slurpee?" And then now joining us were Miharu and Himeko. And seeing that Miharu has a Slurpee, I can tell what happened before they got here.
I guess every day is Slurpee Day for this French girl…
"Did you seriously make Himeko get you a Slurpee this early in the morning?" Mio asked.
"It's okay, Akiyama-san." Himeko said. "I had to pick up my paycheck anyways. So, it was killing two birds with one stone."
"Well…if you say so."
"Hey, hey. Miharu-chan. So, where is she, huh? Is she here yet?"
"She?" Miharu didn't get it at first. But after taking another sip of her Slurpee… "Oh, yeah. She's with Mugi in the bathroom. They'll be out soon."
"Oh, boy! I'm so excited!"
"For what?" I asked. "And who is this "she"?"
"Huh? Did you forget, Ricchan?"
"Forget what?"
"Don't you remember, Ritsu-senpai? Mikuru-san's starting school today." Azusa said.
"Huh?"
…
"O-Oh, yeah! I remember! Man. To have an innocent little kōhai like her…this final year's going to be interesting. *giggle*"
"I totally agree with you, Ricchan. *giggle*" Yui said.
"I should've just kept my mouth shut…" Azusa said with a facepalm.
"Good morning, everyone."
"Moring." We all said to Mugi.
"Hey, where's Mikuru?" Miharu asked.
"Where else." Mugi then pointed behind her to show a normally frighten Mikuru Tamura hiding behind her back.
"Th-There is so many people here…I-I-I can not do this! Pl-Please take me back home!"
"I see…" Miharu then took another sip of her Slurpee.
"Oh, yeah. I forgot. With Mikuru being the only first-year, she's going to be all alone, isn't she?"
"A-Alone?! N-N-No~!"
*POW*
"You idiot!" Mio yelled after hitting me in the head.
*INSERT CLASSIC JAPANESE SCHOOL BELL CHIME HERE*
"Well, I guess there's only one way to find out now, huh?" Jun asked. Then, while pointing a finger diagonally in the air, she yelled out: "Onward! To the next chapter!"
"STOP BREAKING THE 4TH WALL!" Most of us yelled. Gaining the attention of nearby students as we were looking pretty crazy right now.
Yep. This final year's going to be really interesting.
Author's Note: A short chapter this time. Didn't really put much effort into it. Just wanted to update the story. Later.
