“One hell of a day indeed…” Reina sighed, “and it isn’t even afternoon yet…”
Reina locked the door to her room and walked along the silent hallway with her hands behind her head. “Schedule is boring for me today. But at least it’s a free day… Just a dance rehearsal…”
BUMP.
“Bump?” Reina looked up to find that she has walked into Yossie’s back, “What brings the leader out in the hallways now?”
“Got bored?” Yossie smiled. “Since I have nothing better to do, why not have a walk with a fellow junior?” Yossie stepped aside and next to the wonky eyed teen.
“Hmm suit yourself,” Reina dropped her hands at her side and continued traversing.
What a rather uncomfortable silence.
“So, is there more about the curse I need to know of?” Reina asked in a nearly inaudible voice.
“Hmm…Cursed members kissing other cursed members don’t turn into snakes.”
Ah… I guess Leader isn’t cursed then, remembering her kissing Miki…and the imaginable scene that followed after… “I see,” Reina giggled.
“You find it funny?”
“Nah, just imagining you running from Miki-hebi.”
“Something like that happened actually,” Yossie had an evident grim face. “Serpants and lizards are attracted to cursed members you see? One time I was walking in the forest with Miki… Snakes… Everywhere…” Yossie stopped in her tracks and started having slight spasms.
“Leader?” Reina looked back at the shivering leader.
“… I thought they were going to eat us…”
“It’s all in the past now,” Reina waved a hand in front of Yossie’s face.
“Everywhere…Slithering… Threatening…” then she spazzed, “AGH! They were everywhere… coiling and glaring at us like edible things...”
“Leader! Step away from the light!” Reina shook Yossie. Then, out of random impulse, she took a marker that happened to be next to a whiteboard at the door of a member Reina could not recall at the moment, and doodled a mustache and goatee on her spazzing senior’s face. As she thought, Yossie did not take notice of it, she was too busy recalling that traumatizing experience. With a grin, Reina returned the marker to its rightful place, and attempted to encourage Yossie to do her best with her traumatizing memories, unfortunately inaudible to the ears of the so-called tomboy of Morning Musume.
“Hm, I’m leaving you then,” Reina moved forward and went down the stairs, true to her word.
And Yossie still stood there, recalling detailed information…
“Ah leader!” Eri called out from the door across from where Yossie was standing. “Leader?” she also waved her hand in Yossie’s face. Suspending her actions to think, she knew better than to attempt to arouse the leader out of her trance. She grabbed the marker from the whiteboard, and doodled an eyeglass around the left eye of the tomboy. She placed the marker back with its whiteboard, and left with a hyena-like giggle.
“There you are!” Risa came up the stairs with a few papers in her hand. “Can you do me a… Alright, you’re recalling something traumatic, and when this happens, anything could happen to you,” Risa smirked, “now to take advantage!” she turned around and grabbed the marker, and connected Yossie’s eyebrows together saying “Mayuge beam!” as she drew it. She placed the cap on the marker and returned it. “Have fun!” and she left.
“Senpai!” Sayumi came from another door. “Can you help me with… Ooooh…” Sayumi laughed. Taking the example of everyone else who has been here before, she took the marker and wrote Usa-chan peace on the futsal captain’s head. Twirling around, she placed the marker back on the whiteboard and twirled herself down the stairs.
“Ah! Yossie! What are you doing standing there?” Ai Takahashi looked up at the leader. “Oh my… Unibrow must have been Risa-chan’s…” she giggled. Stepping to the side, she apologized to Yossie, and tripped her with a sweeping kick.
“Ah!” Yossie finally snapped out of her trance. “Was I traumatized again?”
“You shouldn’t do it in such an open place, people took advantage of your face!” Ai laughed, pointing at the markings of Yossie’s face.
“In that case, Leader should wash it all off!” she thanked Ai afterwards, stood up, and turned around and left for her room. Ai also went downstairs.
Meanwhile, Miki stepped out of her room, and turned around to look at her whiteboard. “I should write a ‘don’t enter unless Miki says you can’ on this…” and grabbed the marker. When the black tip touched white and was dragged down, the expected trail did not appear.
“Who the HELL used up all my marker?!”