"Why?" Kazuichi asked, the Ultimate Mechanic's face struck by a mixture of shock and disappointment.
"Because I have plans to go shopping with Chiaki and Mahiru today…" Sonia sighed. "I thought I had told you that already, Kazuichi."
Today was a day the mechanic had looked forward to. A few days ago, Sonia had accepted his proposal of a walk around Hope's Peak academy together. Even if Kazuichi didn't plan any destination nor so much as a direction - as long as he could spend time with Sonia, he would be satisfied or…that was what he thought.
"But we also had plans as well! I had asked three days ago, and I thought the plans for shopping weren't arranged until today!" Kazuichi responded. He knew it was only made today, because he'd seen Sonia with the photographer and gamer together earlier discussing the topic for the first time.
There was a silence between the two students, but Sonia's expression only resonated with confusion. "We did?" Sonia frowned for a moment as if trying to recollect her memories for a moment, but shook her head seconds later. "Forgive me, I must've forgotten."
Kazuichi wasn't the smartest student in Class 77, but he knew that Sonia had a very proficient memory, not only acing cumulative exams, but also being able to perfectly repeat phrases mentioned even if only stated once months ago. Yet, she had forgotten something that had occurred only a few days prior? Something was amiss, but Kazuichi wasn't going to give up. There was a chance that upon now reminding her, she'd instead cancel her shopping plans and continue her day with him!
Kazuichi was about to speak, but was immediately cut off.
"Hey Sonia!!" called Mahiru, as Sonia just as quickly turned her head to face the photographer. Kazuichi silently wondered if he'd contracted a new ultimate talent of Unluckiest Student instead, but it was clear Sonia gave Kazuichi no regard for what he wished to say. "We'll wait near the entrance in half an hour. Is that enough time?" Mahiru asked.
Sonia nodded in response. "Yes! I'll get prepared now!" And without even a goodbye, Sonia sprinted down the hallway towards her room.
Kazuichi stood in the now empty hall in silence. His shoulders had noticeably slumped from sadness as he slowly began to trudge back to his own room. For the entire duration, only one thought repeated itself in his mind: "Why?"
"I have the looks, I have my own talent, and I have the personality that's a perfect match for her…" Kazuichi mumbled "So…what am I lacking…? If only I could do something for…" the mechanic's voice trailed off. Seconds later, his eyes had sparkled in excitement, a smile had crept across his face. "Right…that's right! That's what I can do!!!" Kazuichi immediately stood back upright and took off into his own sprint towards his workshop. However, he'd crossed paths with Hajime along the way.
"Hey, Kazuichi." Hajime greeted with a smile. "What's the hurry?"
"I just had a brilliant idea and I need to get started on it as soon as possible!" Kazuichi's eyes sparkled in excitement. His thoughts clouded in the face Sonia will make, and praise she'll give when it's finished.
"Right, well I'm going to go shopping with Mahiru and Chiaki, do you want us to buy you anything?" Hajime asked.
Kazuichi shook his head, but the realization of what Hajime said came all too suddenly and sapped all the excitement the mechanic had a moment prior. He stared at his fellow classmate's eyes, and said "You're going with them?"
Hajime nodded in confirmation. "Sonia invited me, and both Chiaki and Mahiru didn't have any problems with me coming."
Kazuichi's jealousy had begun to befuddle his thoughts. Instead of responding, he continued to run past Hajime, now with a bigger motivation and hurry to finish the thought in his mind. The mechanic was incomprehensibly jealous Sonia would invite Hajime because that meant the trip was not exclusive to only females like he'd told himself. Yet, Kazuichi hadn't received any invite from her - she'd not even approached him for a conversation herself prior!
Immediately running inside his workshop, he slammed the door behind himself and got to work at an alarmingly fast rate. Kazuichi quickly lost track of time - all he could think about was appeal, as if at that moment, nothing else mattered. But maybe he'd made a little too much noise in the process, because only a few minutes later, the workshop's door reopened, and a very disgruntled Hiyoko now stood at the entrance.
"Could you be any quieter?!" Hiyoko demanded. "I'm trying to relax, and— hey!!! Are you listening?" Upon the realization Kazuichi didn't even look up, that prompted her to walk forwards. "Hey pig barf, you've gone deaf? What even is this anyway?"
Ignoring the insult yet finally taking notice of the traditional dancer next to him, he proudly proclaimed "I'm making a machine that even Miss Sonia will be impressed with!!!" Kazuichi exclaimed with a smile in anticipation. "A robot that can stay by her side and can take care of her needs, just as I've wished for! With this, she will have no choice but to—"
"Ughhhhhh!!!" Hiyoko groaned with a roll of her eyes and cut Kazuichi off. "Such pointless romantic drivel! It makes me sick!"
"Wh-What did you say?!" Kazuichi demanded, and speedily turned to face Hiyoko. However, his sudden movement had caused him to accidentally kick his machine's remote a few feet to the side, yet his attention was focused entirely on Hiyoko, failing to notice.
"Pssshh…did I hit a nerve? Perhaps I should've known an airhead like you needs someone to tell you the truth themselves…so burn this into your mind. She doesn't like you, so why don't you just give up?" Hiyoko said with a smile.
"What do you know, you little brat?!! I bet you don't know the first thing about the desire I have for Miss Sonia!!!" Kazuichi shot back with a glare and his attention returned to his creation. "Leave, Hiyoko. I know you won't be of any help here."
Hiyoko could only snicker watching Kazuichi continue to tighten a few screws on its body. "That's fine, keep living in your fantasy. For someone who's a mechanic, you sure have a few screws in your head loose!" But as she turned to leave, she heard a small clack under her. Looking down, she noticed the remote had mispositioned right underneath her. She stared down at it for a moment, before her smile that turned to mischief retained upon her face. Hiyoko leaned down to pick it up, before curiously holding it in her hand.
Having tightened the final screw, Kazuichi exhaled and moved his hand to the side to fish for his remote, but when he felt nothing, the mechanic quickly looked back and saw Hiyoko holding it instead. "HEY!!!" He shouted, shooting back to his feet once again.
"Well, aren't you thorough? I suppose your desperation really is showing huh?" Hiyoko said with another snicker.
"Don't go around and touch my stuff! I said leave!" Kazuichi ordered, and grabbed the remote by its sides.
"Say it more politely and mayybeeee I'll consider returning it." Hiyoko's hand cupped the top of the remote to find a tighter grip, but doing so had her accidentally pressed down on several buttons with her palm.
The machine was nowhere near complete, yet the remote was still wired, thus forcing a multitude of commands simultaneously, electricity began to surge within and noticeably around its body. Unfortunately for both the mechanic and dancer, they didn't notice due to their fighting over the remote's possession.
"Hiyoko!!! I'm getting tired of—" Kazuichi was cut off by a loud humming noise followed by several crackles. He quickly spun backwards to see what was happening…but it was too late.
From inside her room, Sonia heard a sound in the distance reminiscent of an explosion. "Huh?" Sonia questioned quietly, grabbed her bag, and begun walking down the hall, towards where Kazuichi and Hiyoko were.
"Cough… Cough..!" Hiyoko sputtered and slowly picked herself up. The explosion had knocked both students to the floor, and caused exponential damage to the area…and their clothing. "Geez!!! I thought you had an ultimate talent worth two shits!" But as Hiyoko stood back up, she felt a sudden chill…and came to the realization. "A-AAAAHHH!!!" the dancer screamed, placing an arm over her chest and a hand over her crotch. "Y-YOU PERVERT!!! YOU FILTHY, DISGUSTING PERVERT, YOU DESIGNED THE MACHINE FOR THIS PURPOSE DIDN'T YOU?!"
"Wh…What..?" Kazuichi groaned amidst the smoke. From his positioning, it could be inferred the resulting explosion had blown the mechanic off his feet and struck his head against the floor. His outfit wasn't as roughed up as Hiyoko's—which is to say it still existed—but it left him exposed enough that Hiyoko was able to see his…and her face turned a bright red.
"JUST WAIT WHEN I TELL THE OTHERS ABOUT YOUR HEINOUS ACTIONS!!!" Trying to shove the thought of that organ out of her mind, the dancer sprinted to the door to first and foremost get a change of clothes, before she quickly realized it was jammed. With some of the machine's parts colliding with the door's hinge and dislocating it, that also meant it couldn't open properly past a point that, unfortunately, was not enough room for either of them to slide out.
"HHHYYAAAAAHHHH!!!" Kazuichi screamed, finally also realizing the state he was in. He glanced up at Hiyoko, immediately seeing her cute, pale, bare butt as she tried to pull open the door, instantly giving him a boner. He shrieked again as he tried to cover it up, unsuccessfully, even after using both hands. He quickly shuffled back to try and create as much distance as possible and cover up with anything in the area. "Hiyoko!!! What did you—"
"DON'T ASK ME PEA BRAIN!!! YOU WERE THE ONE WHO CREATED THAT ABOMINATION!!!" Hiyoko snapped back, and when she realized he could see her ass, she whipped back around, feeling a shudder run through her body as the grip on her own body grew tighter.
"What's going on here?" A familiar voice belonging to Nekomaru demanded, who also heard the loud noise followed by the banter.
"N-Nekomaru! Please help! The door's jammed and I'm stuck inside with this filth!" Hiyoko quickly answered, making sure to keep her front aimed towards Kazuichi, so he couldn't sneak a look at anything.
"Filth?!" Kazuichi demanded, growing angry again. "You were the one who caused this!!!"
"ENOUGH!!!" The team manager shouted. "So the door's not coming open? Then I'll just need to break it down! Stand back!" Taking a few steps backwards to create some distance, he then ran forwards and used his entire weight to shove. It made some progress, as the hinge shook, threatening to come off.
"Nekomaru? What are you doing?" Sonia asked, now in the hall.
But she didn't get a response before Nekomaru slammed against the door again. This time, the hinge gave way from the weight, and in the process nearly made the entire door fall over. "There!!! Nothing can…Whoa!!!" Surprise immediately doused the manager's charisma as he saw Hiyoko's ass as well. He took a quick step backwards as he felt a slight blush come over his face and quickly looked away respectfully.
"H-Hiyoko!!! You-" Sonia began, but got cut off by a loud cry.
"That cretin inside built a terrible contraption and tore my clothes to shreds!!!! I'm so embarrassed and my outfit is ruined!!!! WAAAAAHHHH!!!" She cried, sounding like a petulant child.
"What? Who?" Sonia demanded, diverting her eyes to the workshop and stepped inside, to find a very once disgruntled, now startled Kazuichi. "Kazuichi?!" And continued forwards, closing the distance quickly. Kazuichi quickly looked up, and his eyes widened at allowing Sonia to see him in such a state. She paused for only a moment as her glance flickered to where he had both hands placed over his boner, barely covering it. She couldn't help but admire his size for a moment—as he was actually somehow bigger than Gundham—but only for a moment. Embarrassment and anger caused her cheeks to flush red.
"A-Ah..! M-M-Miss Sonia!!! Please, allow me to explain myself!! I—" The mechanic sputtered, but Sonia didn't seem interested. Raising her hand and swinging quickly, a loud slap echoed in the workshop and down the halls, making the mechanic crumple to the floor.
"I cannot believe you would do such a thing to Hiyoko! This is an utter disgrace on your end, and I am so disappointed in you that I-"
"JUST STOP!"
Sonia took a step back at Kazuichi's sudden shout. "Huh?"
"IF YOU WOULD TAKE ONE MOMENT TO LISTEN TO ME, I COULD EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED, INSTEAD OF YOU JUST ATTACKING ME!" Kazuichi shouted, getting to his feet, feeling no desire to cover himself as he was overcome by anger at everything that had transpired. "WHY DOES IT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS?! IF YOU DON'T LIKE ME, THEN JUST SAY SO!" He could feel tears running down his cheeks. "This…this was not my fault, but you don't care! You'll find any excuse to blame me for something, to tear me down, to make me feel like shit, won't you?!" Sonia's face actually seemed to soften a bit.
"Kazuichi, I-"
"NO! JUST STOP! Miss Sonia, I love you! But if you don't feel the same way, then don't you just say so!" He yelled, and the room was silent. Even Hiyoko was shocked, even as he still clutched her arms tightly to herself. Finally, Kazuichi sighed. "I know you won't believe me, but this was her fault, not mine." He glared at Hiyoko. "Now…I'm leaving." He shuffled out of the room, his dick swaying as he did. All three watched him leave, and Sonia…
She looked down at her hand, slightly red from slapping him, and she sighed. Maybe…she'd been a bit rash. Knowing Hiyoko…it wasn't impossible.
Fearing she'd made a mistake, she ran after him, which surprised Hiyoko. She was about to call out when she remembered her own state of dress, and looked at Nekomaru, who was still looking away. "C-can you…help me get back to my room?" She asked, and he nodded.
Kazuichi's anger had mostly faded, leaving him feeling sort of empty as he walked down the halls. He passed by several students who gawked at and whispered about his cock and balls swinging around, as well as his exposed ass. He sighed, before hearing footsteps running up behind him. He turned to see Sonia running after him, and she paused again as she saw it again, though this time in its full glory.
"O-oh, wow…u-umm…" She flustered, and then smacked her cheeks to fix herself, forcing her gaze to his face. "K-Kazuichi, I-"
"What do you want to say now? That it's a disgrace to be walking down the halls like this?" He asked.
"N-no! Look…I'm…I'm sorry, okay?" Kazuichi stopped and finally looked her in the eyes. "I rushed to conclusions and…I'm sorry I hit you. You…are right. I'm sorry to say, but I just…don't like you in that way. I'm fine with being your friend, but I do not wish to pursue a relationship…with you…" She paused as she glanced at his cock again. Even when flaccid, it was still big, and for a brief moment, she imagined it inside of her, ramming hard into her-
"Miss Sonia?" Kazuichi asked, and she shook her head to wipe the lewd thought from her mind, her face red.
"L-look, I'm sorry I didn't directly say it, and I'm sorry if that meant I was leading you along in any way. I just…didn't know how to tell you, I guess." She sighed. "I'll…listen to what you have to say about what actually happened, if that makes you feel better." Kazuichi gave her a small smile, and nodded, before finally explaining what had actually happened, from her ditching their plans to Hiyoko exploding the machine. Once he was done, he sighed. "That does sound like something Hiyoko would do."
"Miss Sonia?" Sonia looked up at him. "Even if you don't like me, I'm not going to stop trying." The girl's eyes went wide. "I'm going to continue trying to find some way to be appealing to you, no matter what that might be." He didn't notice it, but she glanced at his dick again. "I promise you, I'll try to…back off a little bit, but please…don't just blow me off like that again?" Sonia sighed.
"I…okay. I won't, I promise." She said, and he smiled, then nodded.
"Alright! Well, despite Hiyoko messing it up, I still think you'd love what I was working on! So I'll just start over!" He started to run back towards the lab when Sonia grabbed his arm.
"You…might want a change of clothes first…" She said with a blush. Kazuichi looked down, remembering his state, then looked up to see a small crowd had gathered to stare and take pictures, and shrieked as he covered himself.
"A-ah! I-I'm sorry for showing you such an unsightly thing! I-I'll be baaaaaack" He yelled as he ran off, giving Sonia, and everyone else, a good look at his ass.
"I mean…I definitely don't think it was unsightly…" Sonia said, a blush returning to her cheeks as another fantasy of him sliding his dick between her breasts emerged. It was quickly broken when she heard a shout.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I DIDN'T MEAN LIKE THIIIIIIIIS!" A voice shrieked. Sonia looked over to see Nekomaru rush past, carrying a struggling, naked Hiyoko over his shoulder, her face a bright red as her ass and chest were left almost completely exposed as he sprinted down the hallway.
Sonia couldn't help but laugh.