Days passed, all the preparations were set.
They still talked normally around students but when theyre alone its always an awkward moment after what just happened and the Nakano brothers are making their move on Ritsu. while Ritsu is still plain clueless of whats happening.
Friar Laurence is Atsuki and Montegue is Sho
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The gakuensai day arrived,. They were still abit preparing but everything was all set. They were at their rooms, the play will be held in the afternoon, so Ritsu was still at their café.
"neko~chan! take my order"
"atashi mo!"
"atashi mo!"
"uggh! why do i have to do this? my name is not even neko~chan! atashi mo your face!!"
"hai" and she went to the students/costumers and get their orders after awhile,they gave her a break
"youre quite a lucky charm Ritsu~chan"
"oh am i?"
"yeah, youre a big hit in the café, theyre coming here just for you, neko~chan"
"ugggh, its so tiring, why would my mother own a famous restaurant?"
"maybe because your father eats alot?"
"urusai!"
"hehe, just kidding"
"Ritsu~chan, break's over!"
"ah, yeah"
"gambatte!"
"i hope ill have anough energy for the play, that i wont even forgot the lines"
"haha"
Ritsu was the one giving food now, since Chika is a waitress too, she was planning something bad, as usual
"ah, Ritsu~chan a student was looking for you outside"
"you expect me to believe you?"
"there really is somebody there"
"im gonna go take a look"
Chika smiled evily and once again, she let Ritsu trip on her feet. since Ritsu was holding a few cakes and juice, her face was covered with icing and her outfit stained with juice. Everybody looked at her, a few laughed. Chika was feigning innocent and taking pity.
"let me help you Ritsu~chan" taking her arm but Ritsu shoved her away and gave a glared at her.
"im helping you alright! dont give me that glare!"
Everybody looked at her and whispered to anyone theyre with.
"this is the second time, and yet i still fell for it"
Ritsu get a piece of cake and threw it directly to her face and stomped on her foot
"ittaaaeee~!"
"bakayero" she said and walked away, wiping the icing on her face
"come back here!" pulling Ritsu's hair
Ritsu faced her and slapped her hard that Chika's face was turned and so was her body and the tip of her lip was bleeding. Chika was in her teary-eyed mode and Ritsu just walked away. A few helped Chika instead of Ritsu and making the them feel pity for her instead of Ritsu.
"Ritsu! where are you going?! come back here!"
Ritsu on the other hand went to her locker pretending not to era what she just said.
"i really hate her! but i think ive gone too far, demo, thats what she gets for fighting me! im not even doing anything to her! i dont know why shes always angry at me! i even made a scene there! ughhh! i really hate her!"
She opened her locker and looked at it shocked then Atsuki suddenly showed up.
"ah, Nakano~kun"
"Atsuki"
"ah,"
"what happened to you?" with his worried face and holding Ritsus arm
"ah, it was...i think you dont need to know"
"come on, tell me, you can tell me everything"
"ok then"
We went to a more private place, at the rooftop. We were sitting at the bench. I told him what happened. Suddenly my tears were falling.
"aww, now, now Ritsu~chan, dont cry," he said while wiping her tear with a handkerchief, then Ryosuke suddenly popped out of nowhere
"why are you guys here?"
"Ryo~chan.."
"Ryo~chan again...it really happened"
"Ryo~chan~!! uwahh~" she said and hugged Ryosuke
"now, now, i heard what happened, dont cry" he said patting her head
"you two are pretty close,matte, dont pat her head, shes not a puppy"
"this is a different issue"
"oh is it?"
"*sniff sniff*"
"its fine alredy Ritsu, dont cry"
"shes not a baby anymore, dont do that to her"
"you dont even know her!"
"easy there little boy"
"Ryo~chan, do you have extra clothes again?"
"nande? didnt you bring yours?"
"yeah i did but..."
They went to her locker excluding Atsuki
"see that Ryo~chan?"
"how did it turn into that?"
"i dont know either, when i opened it, it was like that already"
"*sigh* how can it be torn to pieces and be stained with paint?"
"i told you i dont know, i dont even have paint in there"
"*deep sigh* i have change of clothes, come to my locker"
"un" holding the back of his shirt to the his locker and showing her his shirt
"i think thats a bit big for me, ryo~chan"
"shes still like that?"
"its the only one i got"
*sigh* ok then"
"lets talk to Mirai~chan first, she might help again"
"oh, ok" held his shirt again to Shida's room, which was also Chinen's
"hi Yama~chan, Ritsu~chan 0o0 what happened to you Ritsu~chan?" holdin her arms
"i think you shouldnt do that Chii" while shoving his hands with the dont-ever-touch-her-again look
"ok ok" with the its-alright-calm-down gesture
"wheres Mirai~chan? and whats with that thing on your head?"
"a somebody suddenly put it on me and i think its cute, yours cute too Suki~chan"
"su..suki? call her Ritsu or Ri~chan, dont call her Suki!"
"ok Yama~chan, calm down, youre so short tempered"
"where's Mirai~chan?"
"shes inside"
"call her"
"Shida~san!!"
"nani?!"
"Yama~chan's looking for you"
"ah," Shida ran to them
"oh my .... what happened Ritsu~chan?"
"who is she again?"
"what?"
"im sorry Mirai~chan, but do you have a change of clothes?"
"well, im gonna use it, but i have an extra bottom"
"can...can i borrow it miss?"
"miss?"
"she hit her head pretty bad, anyway, where are the clothes?"
"theyre in my locker, follow me"
"hai~!" so she held Ryosuke's shirt again and followed Shida
"you look like a little girl"
"thats because im really a little girl"
"oh really?"
"un~!" giving a childish expression and impression
"youre soo cute"
"arigatou miss"
"hehe"
Shida was taking the lead
"Ritsu, go back to your original self! you look like a child!" whispering to Ritsu and ritsu snapped
"what? huh? eh? ah! Ryosuke, whatre you..."
"shhhh" putting a finger on his lips
"heres the clothes guys and this pouch"
"ah, thanks again Mirai~chan"
"what happened?"
"sshhh~"
"?"
"do you still want me to come with you Ritsu~chan?"
"? ah, no need"
"ill come with you Ritsu" with the ill-explain-everything look
"ah, ok"
They went to the changing room on the way
"so what happened again?"
"the café thingy"
"i pretty remember that much, me and Atsuki even talked, after that, it got all blury, oh my, did i faint?!"
"no you didnt"
"*sigh of relief* oh, yukata"
"you need a change of clothes, i borrowed Mirai~chan's bottoms, since she has no extra tops"
"oh~ so does that mean, im gonna borrow your shirt again?"
"yeah,"
*ring ring*they stopped
"ah, Ritsu, im just going to Chii's room, ill be back here"
"ah, ok"
Ritsu entered the room
She got changed, while changing, she heard the door clacked
"ah, Ryosuke, are you there already?"
"hmmn, no response,..." she continued on what shes doing after that she turned the knob and noticed it was locked
"hmn, its stuck!" and tries to turn it harder and she noticed/remembered that there was also a lock outside
"geez! somebody locked the door outside!"
she hit the door loudly several times but no one responded, she began to feel scared and lose hope and cried
"DAREKA TASUKETEE!!" she shouted repeatedly while banging the door as hard as she can
"DAREKA~!!" she shouted again and kicked the door as hard as she can
finally somebody responded
"is somebody in there?!" a familiar voice shouted
"finally"
"yes! im here! somebody's here inside!" she shouted and banged the door again
"eh? Ritsu~chan, is that you inside? its me Sho"
"hai!!!"
"chotto matte" she heard clacking sounds again and covered her ears sat down and cried
"Ritsu~chan, is everything alright?"
"Sakura~! uwaahh"
"Sakura?"
"everything's fine now, come on"
"nnnnnn *hicup sniff*i cant get up"
"oh,"
Sho carried her bridal-style and went to the clinic
--at the clinic--
"what happened to her?"
"she got locked at the changing room"
"how did you notice?"
"she was banging the door"
"i see, all she needs is a little rest, shell be fine soon"
"ok"
"you can leave now"
--Ryosuke's POV--
"where could she have gone off to? i told her that ill be back"
I looked for her everywhere, asked anyone who know her, but all of them dont know where she is, ah there is one place i havent checked yet...
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--clinic--
"ill leave you guys for awhile, im just goin to get cold water for her"
"ah ok, thanks"
the nurse left
"hmmnn, who are you again?"
"Sho~kun desu"
"ahhh, youre tall"
"yeah, and your small"
"im not small"
"yes you are"
holding Ritsu's cheeks
"look at you, you look like a puffer fish"
"no..im not!"
"yes you are"
--outside--
"the clinic!"
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"i told you im not!"
Sho neared his face to Ritsu's
"yes you are"
Ryosuke saw the sight and immediately punched Sho on the face. Ritsu was shocked and Sho was pushed away because of the force
"whatre you doing bastard?!" Ryosuke shouted with a death glare on his eyes
"Ryo~chan, we were just playing"
"Ritsu! will you just snap out of it?!" since he was angry she also shouted at Ritsu and Ritsu snapped
"eh? where am i? eh? Sho~kun!" she hurriedly went to Sho and helped him get up
"Ryosuke! whatre you doing to him?! hes not doing anything!"
"he was about to do something to you! d*mn it!"
Ritsu was shocked
"but why did you act like that?! he didnt mean any harm!"
"he does!"
Sho was enjoying the act
"he wasnt! youre the one at fault this time! youre so short tempered! youre always angry and easily jump to conclusions! use your head first would you?!"
Ryosuke was shocked
"i think i said too much"
"im outta here" he said walked away and stopped
"dont talk to me got that?"
and closed the door with a banging sound
"i really said too much, those words pains me, i dont know why"
"Ryosuke matte!"
"uggh"
"Sho~kun" she helped Sho get up
"im sorry for his behavior"
"he really likes you, no doubt"
"i dont think so, we always fight, im going to get some ice, wait here kay"
"ok"
Ritsu went out
"kuso! it hurts so bad"
"you got punched?"
"yeah, by that Yamada"
"want me to punch him back?"
"no need, Ritsu already did that for me"
"ahahaha"
"youll get punched to sooner or later"
"oh will i? dya ne"
"mat..te Atsuki!"
--outside--
"ah, Atsuki~kun, did you see Sho~kun inside?"
"yeah i did, what happened to him?"
"Ryosuke punched him"
"i think that hurt"
"yeah"
Ritsu went inside
"heres the ice Sho~kun"
"uh yeah"
Ritsu out ice in an icebag and put it on the tip of Sho's lips which was bleeding and turning violet
"ittae"
"im sorry, im not really good at this"
"just let me handle that"
"alright then"
Sho was trying to comfort his lip
"does it hurt?"
"yeah, a bit"
"im really sorry for his behaviour"
"its fine, hes just concerned about you"
"concerned?"
"maybe, maybe not"
"he's just short-tempered, hes always angry"
"you two, look like twins too"
"i guess we are, were often mistaken as siblings or by each other, like hes mistaken for me and im mistaken for him"
"oh, i know the feeling"
"you get mistaken as Atsuki too?"
"yeah, alot, but the difference is very noticable too"
"huh? what is that?"
"our skin tone and height arent the same"
"really? i didnt notice"
"im shorter than Atsuki yet darker than him"
"oh, i see,"
"the nurse is really slow getting here"
*knock knock*
"that must be her"
"ah, are you guys Nakano~kun and Kiyomizu~san?"
"hai, nande?"
"they are getting ready for the play, and they are looking for you guys"
"ah"
"Sho~kun lets go now
"un"
"whatre you doing with the icebag?"
"ah, i got hit by a ball, it bled"
"ball? i guess hes protecting Ryosuke, what a nice person"
"ah is that so?"
"can i take the icebag with me?"
"sure"
They went out of the clinic and went to their room
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