Extra - Igawa Sakura

"Fuuma-kun~! Fuuma-kun~! Wakey wakey!"

Eyes snapped open under the book that was covering his face from the sunlight, Kotaro put it away with a long yawn. He sat up to find Sakura already taking the vacant spot next to him and beamed a cheeky smile.

"Were you seriously sleeping in the middle of a lunch break?" She questioned. "Kousaka-sensei's class will be next, you know. Don't tell me you're going to ditch it like the usual."

"I had to take care of the paperwork yesterday, Sakura. I may not be able to go on missions but my position in the Task Force still stands. Somebody got to write those reports."

"You can just ask Su to help with that."

"Su's busy monitoring the dispatched missions." Kotaro waved his hand. "What are you doing waking me up anyway?"

"I've finished my lunch!" She gave him the victory sign. "Now I got some free time on my hands to spend."

"And you decided to use it on me?" Kotaro blinked.

"Yep! I'm disturbing Fuuma-kun's sleep so we can have some quality time together~!"

He let out a long sigh, much to Sakura's widening grin.

"Give me a break."

"We are on a break!"

"You know it's not about that."

"Now now, since big sis Sakura-chan is willing to make her time for you, you should keep her company until the bell rings."

She reached closer, hooking her arm around Kotaro and purposely leaned herself against his tall frame.

"Depend on your answer, we can talk about all sort of things." She winked at him. "Or we can just flirt in the middle of the school~."

As she brought her face closer, his head leaned backward. Sakura was being Sakura by utilizing one of her teasing tactics. Unfortunately, Kotaro wasn't in the mood to give her the reaction she wanted.

"Alright, let's flirt." He said that with a straight face.

She blinked twice before her eyes went wide. She didn't expect the opposite respond, she had expected him to continue carrying out the attitude of a shy boy subtly flinching under the temptation.

"Eh? Honestly?"

"I haven't been able to play games with you these days. How about we try that dating sim game you're interested in?"

"Err, which one?"

"The one that will make both Tokiko and Asagi-sensei question about the modern age of degeneration if they find out."

"Fuuma-kun, you dimwit!" Sakura poked his side, pouting. "That isn't the one we saw at the mall!"

"Ah, so it's that one. The Otome game which involves tentacles, you're interested in that." Eyes closed and a hand rubbed his chin, Kotaro acted like he was stating a fact.

"That's so hardcore! Y-Yeah, I did see that one among other things on the shelves but Fuuma-kun, do you really see your big sis Sakura in that light?!"

"Hey, it's what I saw."

Sakura stuck out her tongue.

"Bleh~! You're bad at flirting with girls!"

Kotaro didn't fall for that taunt.

"That's one more reason we should try out the game, right? I'd watch you play it and carefully observe the choices you pick throughout the game."

Gasp!

"Wow! Does that means while I'm playing it, you're gonna study my behavior patterns and use that knowledge to flirt with me later? As expected of Fuuma-kun, such a downright scary schemer. I'm impressed!"

"You make it sound like it's a bad thing. It's called Observational Learning."

"Right! In that case, I'll go for the bad endings first to waste your time."

"Still works for me."

Sakura had a catlike smile and tightened her hold on him.

"Are you sure about that, Fuuma-kun?"

"I'll be waiting."

She took his grin as a challenge. Both were competitive when it comes to gaming, not counting Yukikaze. They threw taunts at each other just for the joy of it and released it all through the peak of in-house entertainment.

"Then guess I'll have to up my game!" Sakura tugged on the collar of the uniform and slowly pulled down, revealing a glimpse of her cleavage. "Maybe I'll make the distraction a bit more...flavorful for Fuuma-kun~."

"You're not serious." He saw right through her tease.

"Oh! I honestly don't mind showing a bit of my skin like this to you. But I wonder if this is too much for a boys like Fuuma-kun~."

"Think again before you'll regret it, Sakura."

"Nope! This, my trumpcard!"

"Fine, you're ON!"

Kotaro accepted her challenge, his eagerness fired up. Sakura couldn't be anymore glad, the plan was set.

Ding Ding!

Gosha Academy bell rang, their lunch break was over.

"Hm. So, Fuuma-kun. Are you going to stay here or take Kousaka-sensei's class?"

Kotaro didn't think much about the question. He grabbed the folded cane and stretched it out.

"You know what. Sometime, a change of pace can be nice."

"This isn't a change of pace. This is what you're supposed to do at school." Big sis Sakura gave a mild scolding.

"Right, right." Kotaro shrugged it off.

Due to his body not yet fully recovered, Kotaro took time to gather the strength to stand up. Sakura had yet to release her grasp on him, her arm continued to hook around his and the other hand quickly provided support.

"Thanks, Sakura. I can walk by myself now."

"Don't sweat it. Let me help. Oh yeah! Don't expect me to lean on you, okay? I'm saving it until we play the game at your house."

"How about I lean on you for support?"

He suggested, jokingly.

"You're more than welcome! Just be sure to appreciate my big, bouncy heart!"

Somehow, that worked. Kotaro would gladly take the offer. Sakura'd hummed the whole way until they reached the classroom.