Keyaki Mall
Kiyomi met up with Kei.
"Hi Kei."
"So um. I wanted to..."
Kei bowed to her.
"To thank you again for helping me on the cruise ship."
"Hm? That's fine."
"You can ask me anything in return!"
"Eh?"
"I'll do you a favor so ask anything."
"Then... teach me how to make chocolates."
"..."
Kei looked a bit shocked.
"That was not what I was expecting."
"What were you expecting?"
"Something like... buy me that dress or... something like that."
"You don't have money though."
The words hit Kei like an arrow to the heart. It was true because even now, she was unable to suppress her urge to splurge on whatever struck her fancy at any time.
"Oh... um sorry Kei. I didn't..."
"It's fine. You're right but..."
"But what?"
"I... don't know how to make chocolates..."
"...Oh."
Kiyomi began to walk away when Kei grabbed her arm.
"Wait no! I can ask Maya and Chiaki!"
"But then I would owe them a favour... and they'd probably ask me to buy something expensive for them and I'd be obligated to accept so..."
"I'll ask them for a favour!"
"But you have no money."
Again the Arrow of Brokeass Bitch hit Kei's heart with a thud as she took a second to recover.
"Please stop. It hurts."
"Oh... sorry."
"I'll save up. It's okay."
Kiyomi nodded as the two of them headed over to Maya and Chiaki.
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Maya's Room
Kiyomi sat awkwardly in the room full of pink decorations, probably thinking whether she was seen as strange by everyone else for her minimalistic lifestyle. Beside her was Kei as Chikai sat next to Maya, who spoke up.
"So basically you want us to teach you how to make chocolate."
Kei nodded.
"Sure Kei-Chan. Ayanokoji-Chan but Ayanokoji-Chan you haven't been going shopping with us a lot."
"Um that's because... um... I'm enjoying my time with Suzuki-Kun."
Chiaki then smiled and spoke up.
"Oh, so this chocolate is for him?"
"Um yeah."
"Alright. We'll help you but you have to come shopping with us next week."
Kei then spoke up.
"Wait um I'll come with you guys okay?"
"Huh you always come with us anyways Kei-Chan!"
"Oh... um right... uh..."
Kiyomi sighed.
"I don't want to use my points to shop."
"Oh come on!"
Kiyomi got up.
"I'm just going to go ask someone else."
"Eh!!!???"
Kiyomi left.
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With Kiyomi
Kiyomi walked around.
"Who am I going to ask to teach me that though?"
"How about you ask me?"
"Oh Kiryuin-Senpai."
Kiryuin smirked.
"Kiryuin-Sensei."
"But I never agreed to that."
"You got yourself a boyfriend right? That means my teachings worked which makes you my student."
"..."
"Now what does my favourite student need me to teach her next? Is it bedroom tactics?"
"Bedroom tactics?"
"Hm? You don't know? Want me to teach you anyways?"
"I don't know what you're talking about but if it's useful maybe another time."
"Then what do you need my dearest student?"
"I want to know how to make chocolates."
"Oh, that makes sense. Let us begin!"
Kiyomi followed Kiryuin to her dorm.
"So how do we do this?"
Kiyuin threw an apron to her.
"Put that on first."
Kiyomi put it on as Kiryuin gave her a hairband.
"To make sure your hair doesn't get into the mix put this on."
Kiyomi nodded as she tied her hair into a bun, and Kiryuin gathered the ingredients.
"Well then let's get started."
Kiyuin tied her hair into a bun as well as they began making chocolates. Kiyuin's face turned serious as she demonstrated the process for Kiyomi to copy.
"Make sure to mix it properly."
"Yes, Senpai."
They mixed it as Kiryuin smirked.
"Very nice my student. Very well done for your first try. Now let's put them in an oven."
They put the chocolates into the oven and waited for them to heat.
"Thanks for all of this Senpai."
"Sensei."
"..."
"Sensei."
"Thanks for all of this... Sensei."
Kiyuin smirked as they took them out of the oven, as Kiyomi looked at the mix.
"How do we know it's good?"
"How about I give it a taste? Just have give it a minute to cool."
After a minute, Kiryuin washed her hand, wiping them and then stuck her finger in and brought some of it to her lips as her eyes widened and she smirked.
"It looks like I taught you well. Hehe."
"Um... what are you going to do with your chocolates?"
"Isn't it obvious? Your teacher wants to have some fun too you know."
"Oh... is it someone Senpai likes?"
"..."
Kiyomi sighed.
"Someone Sensei likes?"
"Nope."
Kiryuin smirked as Kiyomi sighed again in exasperation.
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Homeroom
Everyone was sitting down as Sudo groaned.
"No chocolates. Ugh."
"You really thought Ayanokoji would get you some, huh? Sorry man, she's totally in love with Horikita.
"I know man... but I can't give up!"
"Man I wish you the best."
Kiyomi entered the room and walked over to Suzuki, who seemed tired.
"Kiyomi-San?"
Kiyomi handed a chocolate to him.
"Huh? Um... yeah... thank you."
"It's homemade. I hope you like it."
Suzuki nodded.
'Homemade huh? Choclate has never been my thing but if it's from her...'
Suzuki blushed while accepting the chocolates, and Kiyomi sat down next to him. Chabshira then spoke up to the class.
"Given the Mixed Training Camp and Class is over I will now announce the Class Points earned or lost."
Everyone made a tense face at this.
Class A: +27
Class B: -113
Class C: +24
Class D: +15
Suzuki sighed.
'The changes are barely noticeable but....'
Class A (Sakayanagi): 1051
Class B (Ichinose): 640
Class C: (Horikita): 627
Class D (Ryuen): 368
'We've almost closed the distance on Class B'
Chabshira smiled.
"You're almost there. Keep it up and we may see another promotion."
Chabashira gave one final smirk before leaving the class.
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Suzuki's Dorm
Suzuki sat at his desk and then looked at the chocolates.
"I should eat them already but the only thing is... I've never really liked chocolate."
Suzuki sighed, picking up the bag of chocolates and dangling it in front of his face.
"Well, it is from her. there's no way I would not eat them or refuse to."
Suzuki sighed.
"The girls from my middle school must have thought I was a jerk for refusing their chocolates."
Suzuki opened the bag.
"She made these with her own hands..."
Suzuki took one chocolate and plopped it into his mouth.
"..."
Suzuki's eyes widened.
"This is actually really good! and I usually dislike chocolate!"
Suzuki then saw a note.
"Hm?"
He took it out of the bag and flipped it open. It said: Happy Valentine's Day, Suzuki-Kun. I didn't think you'd like Dark Chocolate, so I made you some Milk Chocolate instead. I thought you'd have more of a sweet tooth after all.
"Milk Chocolate? What's that?"
Suzuki searched for it on his phone.
"More milk and sugar. Sweet tooth."
Suzuki sighed.
"You already know me so well but you can't tell me about yourself."
Suzuki looked at his desk as he sighed.
'I want to know about you.'
Suzuki then got a notification on his phone. It was Kiyomi.
"Do you want to cancel our date?"
Suzuki typed.
"What? No!"
"But you looked tired."
"I'm fine."
"Okay. I'll wait there for a 10 minutes. If you don't come I won't hold it against you."
"I'll be there."
Suzuki sighed as his head thumped onto the desk, and he put his hands on the desk and got up.
'Got to get ready for the date.'
Suzuki began getting dressed for the date.
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Restaurant
Kiyomi sat down, adjusting her skirt as she did. She looked in front of her to see Suzuki, whose face was a bit tired-looking, having bags under his eyes.
"You're early Suzuki-Kun."
"It's alright. I just got here."
"I can tell that's a lie."
Suzuki sighed.
"It's alright. I'm fine."
Kiyomi gave him a look, knowing the truth, as Suzuki sighed.
"You wanted to try the Ice Cream here right?"
"Yeah."
Suzuki smiled while holding out a menu to her.
"Here. Choose whatever you like."
Kiyomi scanned the pages quickly.
"I'll try this one."
"..."
"What?"
"Bubblegum? Really?"
"If I wanted to try something the same as before wouldn't that be too boring?"
"But Bubblegum flavour?"
"It can't be that bad."
Suzuki sighed.
"Don't complain to me and ask for mine when you hate yours."
Kiyomi didn't look bothered as they walked up to the counter.
"Bubblegum flavour please."
Suzuki then made his order.
"Strawberry."
The man in front of them was not the owner of an average Ice Cream parlour. This type of ice cream parlour was highly requested by the students. A Turkish Ice Cream Man. These men would intentionally prevent their customers from taking the ice cream with showmanship. The Ice Cream Man scooped the Ice Cream into the cones for Kiyomi and Suzuki. The Turkish Ice Cream Man held a Bubblegum Ice Cream out to Kiyomi. Kiyomi took the Ice Cream before he could pull back with ease, dumbfounding the Turkish Ice Cream Man.
"..."
As he was distracted, Suzuki claimed his Ice Cream.
"Excuse me. That one is mine."
"..."
The couple left.
"..."
"That was quite fast Kiyomi-San. You really are incredible"
"Yeah."
The man was still frozen in place, feeling all of the years that he had honed his craft fall apart.
"..."
Suzuki licked his Ice Cream as he turned to Kiyomi.
"That was pretty anticlimactic though."
"Should I have not taken it on the first try?"
"I think you hurt his pride but it's fine."
The Turkish Ice Cream Man couldn't hear this conversation, but tears flowed from his eyes.
"..."
Kiyomi and Suzuki walked out of the store, enjoying their Ice Cream when they heard the other customer shouting at the Ice Cream Man.
"Hey! Take my order."
"..."
"Hello!?"
"...I'm... a disgrace."
"Huh!? I don't want your ice cream then!"
The girl left the shop as Suzuki grimaced.
"I think you broke him."
"... oops?"
They walked away quickly so as not to be blamed for the situation, as Suzuki laughed and Kiyomi smiled, licking her ice cream.
"You ended a man's career in 10 seconds. I'm not sure as to be impressed or scared."
They walked around having their Ice Cream.
"So Kiyomi-San. I'm guessing you'll be fine with the the exam tomorrow?"
"I should be fine. You on the other hand. If you push yourself like this you'll be more likely to fail than pass."
"I know but there were some concepts I forgot to cover. I wanted to..."
"If you were tired we could have done this another day."
"It's Valentines Day. I couldn't do that to you."
Kiyomi sighed.
"Things like that don't really botherme you know."
"I know. But they bother me."
Kiyomi looked slightly surprised but then smiled.
"You finished with your Ice Cream right?"
"Yeah. I'm done."
"Do you want to try mine?"
"Not really. I'm not a fan of that kind of fla..."
Kiyomi pulled him into a kiss as he felt her lips connect with his. He could taste the flavour of her ice cream in his mouth.
'Maybe Bubblegum flavour isn't so bad...'
Kiyomi pulled away as Suzuki had a blush on his face.
"How was it Suzuki-Kun?"
"Um... it was... better than expected."
Kiyomi held out her hand as Suzuki took it, and they walked over to a bench.
"Kiyomi-san... today was really nice."
"Yeah, it was. Thank you."
"For what?"
"Coming out here even though you're tired from studying all night."
"It's not that bad... I can just go to bed early today."
"Yes you can. Right here."
"Huh? No way I would... Yawn..."
Suzuki's eyes drooped as he fell asleep, and his neck was in an uncomfortable position. Kiyomi slowly moved his head onto her shoulder as she sat there helping him rest up.
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Homeroom
Suzuki sat down, his face seemed rested, as Sudo picked up on this.
"Hey Horikita. You look pretty well rested. Yesterday, you looked like a dead fish."
"Well... I..."
Suzuki blushed, remembering how he had slept on the bench next to Kiyomi.
"I... I got a good rest last night."
"Cool cool."
Kiyomi entered the room and sat down.
"Hey. Is your shoulder alright Kiyomi-San?"
"It's fine."
Chabashira entered the room not long after taking her place at the front of the class.
"Your results for the exams... you... all passed."
Everyone sighed in relief.
'So we managed to get everyone to pass. Good.'
"This is unprecedented for no one in the school year to be expelled by now. Well done."
Everyone cheered at this news.
"Your next exam will the the Event Selection Exam. Be sure to do your best."
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To Be Continued
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