"Yes, come in," Jin answered to the knocking on his door. The door opened, and a nervous-looking Mahiru stepped into the room. She walked up to the desk, looking around at the office. Despite knowing what she wanted to ask, she was still anxious to do so. "Miss Koizumi, yes?" Jin asked.

"Y-Yes, sir," she answered.

"What did you wish to speak about?" He set his papers down as he looked at her. She messed with her hands at her sides for a bit before she finally forced herself to meet his eyes.

"So…about the…nudity program…" Jin raised an eyebrow.

"If you're asking if Miss Nanami can be removed from the program, it's as I told her. She cannot leave it without expulsion." Mahiru shook her head.

"No, it's, well…" She took a deep breath. "Would I be able to…join…her?" Jin stared at her for a while as he digested her words. He leaned back and clasped his hands together.

"You're volunteering?" he asked, and she nodded. He allowed another moment of silence before speaking again. "At this time, I only require one participant."

"B-But, I-" He held up a hand to stop her.

"However…it is likely the government will wish for more participants in the future. If you'd like, if and when one of those positions opens, I can ask you then if you'd like to volunteer. How does that sound? If you change your mind, then when the time comes, you can say no, of course." he asked.

"I…I guess I'm okay with that." Mahiru said, feeling herself begin to relax. It was over. Even if they'd have to have a similar conversation at some other point, at least they'd had it now and were done with it.

"Was that all?" he asked.

"No, there was something else." Mahiru quickly explained what had happened with Chiaki the previous day with the student who'd also groped her in the pool and caused her to nearly drown. Jin frowned once she was done.

"Understood. I'll find this student immediately and punish them, likely with expulsion," he said, and Mahiru smiled.

"Thank you, sir," she said with a slight bow before turning and leaving.

"I'll get back to you if something opens up." he reiterated. She nodded without turning around and kept walking until she was out the door. Jin sighed. He always hated having to lose a student, but he knew he couldn't let something like that slide. He immediately got to work sorting through his attendance sheets to find the student based on the description Mahiru had given. Thankfully, it didn't take long to find him. Once he had the paper of the third-year student down in front of him, he marked it in red.

Class proceeded as normal that day, and Chiaki was still thankful that Chisa avoided calling her to the front of the class. She could still feel some eyes in the class on her, mostly from Teruteru and Ibuki, but it had gotten significantly better over the past week as the others simply started getting used to it.

A strange thing would happen right after class ended, however.

As everyone began to get up and start filing out, Chiaki gathered up her stuff, at least as well as she could while keeping her chest covered. As she did so, someone walked up to her desk, startling her as they cleared their throat. She looked up to find Kazuichi looking at her, though she noticed he was doing his best to look at her face, not her chest.

"Hey, Chiaki," he said somewhat nervously, though Kazuichi almost always seemed a little nervous.

"H-Hey?" she said back. The boy seemed to rub his hands together and shift back and forth on his feet.

"So…this might sound kind of weird, and I'd understand if you want to say no, but…do you want to…get dinner tomorrow?" he asked. Chiaki stared at him wide-eyed and didn't know how to respond for a bit.

"A-Are you asking me out?" Chiaki asked. Kazuichi opened his mouth to respond before Mahiru and Hiyoko seemingly appeared out of nowhere to stand between the two.

"Come on, Kazuichi. Really?" Mahiru asked.

"Wh-What?!" the boy asked.

"You're just asking her out so you can ogle her more! And to see her naked in a public place! Disgusting!" Hiyoko said, her hands on her hips as she glared at the boy.

"N-No! It's not like that!" Kazuichi assured them, putting his hands up. "A-And it's not like it matters to you anyway! I was asking her!"

"Kazuichi…" Chiaki said softly.

"We're her friends and we're making sure to keep her safe from scummy men like you!" Mahiru cried.

"Scummy?!" the boy exclaimed. "I've been trying my best not to look, for your information! Might've looked at her for the first few days, but can you blame me? It's not every day you have a naked girl in class!" He sighed. "Look, I swear I don't have any other intentions, it's just…" He glanced over at Sonia and Gundham, who were holding hands as they talked about this and that. The boy sighed again, "I…wanted to maybe start considering other options."

"That's-"

"Mahiru," Chiaki said, and her friend turned to her. She gave her a nod and stood up. Keeping herself covered, she walked up to Kazuichi, who gulped as he forced his eyes to her face. "See? He's trying not to look."

"But maybe he's just been doing that in front of you," Hiyoko noted, but Chiaki shook her head.

"No, I've been watching, and he's one of the people who try not to look even during class. I can tell it's really hard for him, but he's trying to be respectful." Kazuichi looked away, blushing a bit, and Chiaki couldn't help but smile. "Okay. I'd like to go to dinner." All three of them looked shocked.

"R-Really?!" Kazuichi exclaimed.

"Chiaki! I don't think this is a good idea." Mahiru warned, but the girl shook her head again.

"I'll be fine, thank you." She bowed to Kazuichi, which only made it harder for him not to look. With that, Chiaki left the room with a smile on her face, and even Mahiru and Hiyoko were impressed that he didn't stare after her ass. They still didn't trust him though.

"We're gonna come with, alright? To keep an eye on you, so you better give us the time and location." Mahiru said, and Hiyoko nodded. Kazuichi sighed and rubbed his neck.

"Is that really necessary? You know we'll be around other people, so it's like I could try anything if I even wanted to." he pointed out.

"Doesn't matter. Give." Hiyoko said. He groaned and wrote it down for them, before he left, feeling their harsh gazes on him as he did.

"He does have a point, at least. He probably isn't going to be able to try anything with people around." Mahiru said. "Still…"

"It'll be good to keep an eye on him." Hiyoko reiterated, and Mahiru nodded.

Meanwhile, Chiaki did her usual daunting trip through the halls. Thankfully, some students were already getting used to it, and there were far fewer cameras in her face, but even so, a lot still took pictures and videos of her. She'd already come across several online, but she did her best not to let it bother her, especially since she was able to keep herself mostly covered.

She met up with Hajime, where he had been waiting for her. His eyes only widened a little upon seeing her, and he did a quick check to make sure they were alone, as had become the new norm. "I think everyone is gone." Chiaki let out a sigh as she sat down and lowered her hands. Immediately, her chest bounced as her breasts dropped. Hajime's eyes naturally were drawn to them, and he was able to admire them for a second. Perfectly smooth and round and the mole atop her boob was so tantalizing. He knew she was okay with him looking, but he only allowed himself a few seconds of staring anyway before forcing his eyes to her face, where he found a bright smile. "You look happy."

"I…kind of am," Chiaki said. "I'm…going on a date tomorrow."

Hajime's face fell. "H-Huh?"

"Well, I think it's a date. Someone in class invited me to dinner. Usually, I would've said no, but he seemed like he really wanted to go." Chiaki explained. "He was one of the ones who stared a lot at me at first—that's why I was gonna say no—but I could tell he's been trying to be more polite and not do that. Plus he's been obsessed with this other girl in my class for a while, so seeing him ask me out instead…I wanted to give him a chance, you know?" She looked up and was surprised to see Hajime frowning. "What's wrong?"

To be honest, Hajime wasn't sure himself. Something about hearing someone else asking her out made him…frustrated. It's not like they were dating or anything, they were just friends. Yet it still bothered him. "It's…it's nothing."

"Are you sure?" Chiaki asked with a sad expression. "You just seem-"

"I said it's fine," he said in a harsher tone than he meant to. Chiaki's expression grew even more sad as Hajime stood. "S-Sorry for snapping, I just…" He wasn't really sure how to finish his sentence, so he cleared his throat. "I have to go."

"Oh…you don't want to play?" Chiaki asked sadly. He hesitated.

"I…don't feel good today. We can play tomorrow."

"The date is tomorrow," Chiaki said quietly, and Hajime sighed.

"After that, then," he said.

"Okay." Chiaki once again said quietly. Hajime nodded, and walked off, leaving her alone.

As he was leaving, he turned a corner and nearly ran straight into someone. The girl pushed him back with a look of disgust. "Watch where you're going." She paused when she saw him, and her eyes narrowed. "Don't I know you?" Hajime sighed.

"Natsumi, it's me, Hajime. I'm in your class," he informed her. Natsumi Kuzuryu, the newest student in their class, had been enrolled just the other day. She'd basically told everyone they were worthless and she was going to be going into the Ultimates part of the school eventually, which had not been a great first impression.

"Ah, right. Whatever," she said dismissively. "Have you seen that one naked girl around?" Hajime immediately tensed up.

"Why?" he asked, and she laughed.

"Isn't it obvious? I wanna see her! Take some pictures. Apparently, she's in my brother's class, but he's apparently not interested at all. I love him, but he can be so lame sometimes." she answered, and Hajime growled. "So, have you seen her? Apparently, she's got really fat tits-"

"Shut up."

Natsumi's eyes went wide. "Excuse me?" Hajime looked up and looked into said eyes.

"She's a person, not something to be gawked at," he said, and Natsumi laughed.

"So you do know her! What, is she your girlfriend or something? If she is, I feel bad you'd have such a whore for a-" The girl stopped when Hajime took a step closer, bringing her face right up to hers. She reflexively took a step back, startled by how scary his expression was.

"I told you. She's a person. She didn't ask to do this, she was forced to. Not that you'd know anything about that." he said coldly. "Now back off." She stared at him for a while, gauging him, before scoffing.

"Don't think you can get like that with me. Remember my family is the yakuza, alright?" she said and scoffed. "Whatever, I'll probably see her eventually." With that, she turned and walked off, and Hajime let out a sigh as he watched her leave.

Even though he'd been able to defend her, Hajime still felt upset, which only made him feel guilty about being upset. She could go on dates if she wanted. He reiterated to himself that they weren't dating, but the fact he had to do so made him question why he had those thoughts in the first place.

Without anything else to do or say, the boy continued on back home, his head hung low the whole time.