*WEDGE!*
Only cos I know you're AFK. <_<;
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PART 21
YOSHIZAWA - JULY 12TH
I stared in horror at the wardrobe assistant.
"W-wait a second," I stammered finally. "I thought we were wearing the outfits from the cover. That's what we're using for the concert..."
"They decided to go for a darker look for the video," she replied, looking at me strangely. "Is there a problem?" I cleared my throat.
"Ah, well, the, uh, shorts are a bit shorter than I was expecting to wear, and..." I glanced around quickly before leaning over and whispering in the girl's ear. Her eyes widened.
"But how did you...?" She asked. I coughed uncomfortably and she clapped a hand over her mouth. "I'll see what I can do," she replied, trying not to laugh. I groaned and sat down in the nearby folding chair.
"Ah! ....Yoshizawa, good morning!" I smiled in spite of my new predicament.
"Morning, Konno," I replied. "How'd registration go?"
"Great! I got all but one class I wanted," Konno replied with a smile. She walked up to me and stared at me. "What's wrong?"
"Hmm? Oh, nothing, just thinking," I replied casually. "Have you - "
"Yoshizawa!" The assistant stuck her head back in the room. "We're gonna have you put make-up on it and give you some fishnets. Will that work?" I flushed and nodded. Konno raised an eyebrow as the assistant left again.
"Spill," she demanded. I groaned and adjusted myself on the chair before pulling up the hem of the right leg of my track shorts. Konno's eyes widened and she started laughing hysterically.
"What's so funny?" Rika asked, walking in with Mai. I quickly pulled the hem back down.
"Nothi-"
"Yoshizawa's got a hickey!" Konno cut me off.
"EH!?" Mai exclaimed, running over to us. She grabbed my chin and started examining my neck.
"Um, Mai?" I muttered as best I could with her death grip on my chin.
"I don't see anything," Rika complained from beside me. Konno held up a hand, signaling us to wait while she calmed down. They stared at her expectantly.
"It's not on her neck," Konno explained finally. The other two froze and and whipped their heads around to gape at me in unison.
"Let me see!" Mai exclaimed.
"Yeah, no. I'm not going to show it off to everyone who walks by," I retorted. Rika ran behind me and grabbed both of my arms, pinning them behind the chair.
"Konno, where is it?" Rika demanded.
"ISHIKAWA!" I yelled in protest.
"Right thigh!" Konno replied a bit too gleefully. Mai reached down and unceremoniously pulled up the hem.
"DAMN!" Mai exclaimed, sounding impressed. "You two have fun last night?" Rika leaned her head over my shoulder and peered down.
"Nice technique there, Fujimoto," she mused.
"Uh... what are you doing?" We all looked up to see Korenaga staring at us from the doorway.
"Kore!" Mai yelled, chucking her phone at the alarmed girl. "Take a picture!" Used to our antics by now, Korenaga shrugged and flipped open the cell phone.
"WHAT!?" I yelled, trying to break free from Rika's determined grasp. Mai squatted down next to me and made a Gets! gesture at the mark. Konno sat down on the floor on my other side and made a double v-sign. Rika rested her head on my shoulder and grinned.
"Ok, cheese!" Korenaga called. Rika kissed me on the cheek just as Korenaga took the photo. Mai jumped to her feet and grabbed her phone from Kore to survey the results.
"Oh, this is fantastic," Mai laughed and started pushing an alarming number of buttons on her phone.
"Mai... you're not sending that to anyone are you?" I asked in a low voice. Mai paused, looked at me, and laughed even harder. Narrowing my eyes, I reached my leg around and stepped on Rika's foot.
"OW!" she exclaimed, releasing me. Rika's exclamation alerted Mai to my escape and she took off down the hallway.
"GET BACK HERE, SATODA!" I yelled, taking off after her.
She was laughing so hard that it was slowing her down and I was quickly catching up with her. I had almost gotten close enough to grab her shirt when suddenly Mano Erina unknowingly stepped into the hall and right into my path. Thinking quickly, I managed to put my hands behind her head to protect it right before we made contact with the hard tile floor. She looked up at me in alarm.
"Are you ok?" I asked. She nodded. "Did you hit your head?"
"N-no, not really. I think I'm fine," she replied.
"Way to go there, Leader!" Mai snickered. I got up and glared at my friend while I helped the poor Egg off of the floor. Suddenly, my new mail alert sounded. I grabbed my phone and flipped it open.
y o c c h a n <3
Glad to see everyone's admiring my handiwork.
Maybe tonight, you'll get a matching one on the left side. ^_-
Waiting for you at home,
- m i k i -
I snapped my phone shut and glared at Mai. Mai glanced up from her own phone.
"Why did Miki just tell me to call you 'Tomiko'?"
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