The school's annual health fair is here. Each of the BBs is personally examined by the new PE teacher, Hayate, who looks familiar. Each BB takes his shirt off, showing off their physique to the seemingly surprised surrounding boys. The exam itself is no different from other students.
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[June 22, Friday - week 4]
The BBs, dressed in PE wear, have finished their breakfast and are ready to go when they hear the phone ring. Seiya rushes to pick it up.
"Who could it be?" he asks to himself. "Hello?"
"Good morning! It's me, Dr. Haruki."
"Good morning! How are you?"
"I'm good, thanks. You haven't left since you picked up the phone. That's good. Listen, I have important information regarding today's health fair. Are all of you wearing your PE uniform?"
Seiya glances at his friends. "Yes, we are."
"Great! You must enter the gym from the courtyard instead of the main building since Ikki will come. Once you're inside, you'll see rows of lines. Do not make a line. Instead, look for a tall, husky individual named Hayate. He's the PE teacher hired along with the others."
"Hayate?" Seiya asks, confused.
"Yes, Hayate. He's aware and waiting for you. Any questions regarding the health fair must be addressed to him. Alright, talk to you later."
Dr. Haruki hangs up, and Seiya does the same.
"So we must look for that Hayate," Hyoga says.
"If Hayate was hired along with the others, he must have some resemblance to another Gold Saint. Does anyone know?" Shun asks.
Seiya ponders. "I think I have an idea who."
"Really? Do you know who he is?" Shiryu asks.
"It's kind of best to see for ourselves."
"Let's get this done. Let's go to the fair," Ikki says.
The BBs follow Dr. Haruki's instructions and arrive at the gym. They see rows of male students forming lines to be attended by visiting doctors.
"Wow, look at these lines. It's just as Dr. Haruki said," Seiya says.
"But he also said not to be in the line. We must seek Hayate," Shiryu says.
"Can we really find him among all this crowd?" Hyoga asks.
"I wonder what's with that divider," Shun says.
"I would assume that separates boys and girls," Ikki says.
"Hayate should be on the boy's side, right? I mean, Dr. Haruki said to look for a tall, husky individual. I doubt he would be on the girl's side."
"Fine! Let's take our time looking for that Hayate."
The BBs' PE uniform is still the same as when they wore it at camp. The only mild difference lies in Shun and Hyoga donning a ponytail. Of course, they cannot avoid the stares as the boys tread through the gym.
"We're having some difficulty here. These rows make the gym look like a maze. And it doesn't help that every student looks alike."
Seiya sighs and turns around. He notices a tall, husky man in military wear sitting alone at a table. The man sits with his arms folded.
"What's wrong, Seiya?" Shun asks, curious.
"There's no lines where he is."
"I wonder if it's him," Hyoga says.
They head towards the sitting man, who notices their arrival right away.
"By any chance, are you Hayate?" Shiryu asks.
"Indeed I am," the man says. "You're finally here."
Hayate stands up from his chair as the boys immediately sweat drop and stare, stupefied at his presence. His height and build strike familiarity.
"Aldebaran!" Seiya mentally blurts.
"I must personally examine each AND every one of you—director's orders."
"No wonder Dr. Haruki asked us to seek Hayate," Hyoga says.
"Mitsuru-san was behind this too. We can't disobey him," Shun says.
"Who wants to go first?" Hayate asks.
"Mind if we ask what you will do?" Ikki asks.
"It's a standard checkup. I'll measure your height, your weight, vision, hearing, whatever else. The same as other students here."
Seiya feels the narrow stare of his friends steering towards him.
"Of course," he mutters. "Okay, Hayate. What do you want me to do?"
"You need to take off your PE uniform."
Seiya sweats. "Is this a joke?"
"Seiya, other students are doing it. That's why there's the divider here," Shiryu explains. The rest of them remain sweat-dropping.
Seiya inhales and huffs. "Okay, sure!" He discards his PE uniform, including sneakers, which Shiryu manages to catch and hold.
"Ah! That's the pony I've seen!" Hyoga blurts.
"Damn it! It's not a pony!" His face turns red to the point of steam flowing upward from his head. He's wearing blue briefs with little white Pegasus prints all over that resemble ponies at first sight. "It's part of the clothes we got when we went to Chihiro-san's store."
"Let's not delay this. I'll start with your height."
As Hayate examines Seiya, the rest of the boys sit on the floor since the process appears long. Shiryu still holds Seiya's PE uniform.
"Done! Who wants to go next?" Hayate finishes with Seiya as the latter goes to pick up his PE uniform and put it back on.
Shiryu then feels the SD stare of the other three towards him. "Me?" he self-points. "Well, I can't complain because I must do this eventually."
The three of them stand as Shiryu is about to remove his t-shirt.
"Shiryu, are you going to flex your muscles again?" Seiya teases.
"Th-That was a... a one-time incident...!" His body shivers, and his face reddens to the point steam fogs his fake eyeglasses.
"You're turning red? That's unheard of! You took off your armor all the time during fights, and NOW you turn red?!" Hyoga rushes to cover Seiya's mouth before he blathers more. Hayate seems to have noticed this knee-jerk reaction right away. Hyoga then pulls Seiya to the side while still covering his mouth. "Haha! He said nothing..."
Meanwhile, Shiryu removes his PE uniform plus glasses and gives them to Shun. Removing them leaves him wearing green boxers with cute little dragon prints all over. He gets his height done, and the process repeats.
"Alright next one," Hayate demands.
"I'll go next," Shun volunteers.
"No, you won't." Ikki pulls Shun. "You go next."
"Me?!" Hyoga flushes. "I didn't consent!"
"You don't have an option anyway."
He removes his PE uniform and gives it to Shiryu.
"I feel as if I'm being stared from all over..."
He's not wrong as blushing stares from nearby male students reach him, including Seiya's SD flushing face from a corner. Of course, he's not the only one who got blushing stares, but Hyoga stands out a lot more. Likewise, he wears a white boxer with little Cygnus prints, and the health process repeats until he returns to wear his PE uniform again. He slumps, followed by a sigh.
"Shun, you're up next. I'll cover you," Ikki states.
"You don't have to, Big Brother. I'm a guy."
But Ikki puts himself in front of Shun as the latter undresses. He spreads his arms and legs wide open as if forming a wall.
"Is that really necessary?" Seiya asks, deadpan.
"I will not let anyone look at my brother!"
Shun wears pink briefs with cutesy Andromeda nebula prints. Flushing with sticker cheeks, he takes his height along with the repeated process. Ikki covers him again as Shun puts on his PE uniform while their friends watch out of embarrassment. Ikki sighs as his turn is next.
"I'll hold on to these, Brother," Shun says.
Ikki folds his arms and flushes while getting his height taken. He wears red boxers with cute little Phoenix prints resembling chickens. "Damn it! What they force me to do..." The process repeats one last time.
Once Ikki returns to his PE uniform, Hayate finishes writing the report.
"You're done for today. Come to the PE office tomorrow. It's by the gym."
"With other students?" Seiya nervously asks.
"Did I mention other students?"
"Right! The five of us. Sure, we'll be there."
The boys return to their dorm, wiped out from a day's examination. They take a small break before eating dinner and heading to their rooms.
To be continued...