Chapter 4
"Where the hell is that redheaded idiot?" I grumble to myself, sinking down in the hot water. We promised to try and get into this dorm together, and Soma didn't even show up this morning when I took the test to get in.
"W-wow Sayuri-chan, you made it in on the first try?" Megumi asks from across me, fiddling with her fingers in the tub. I smile a small grin at my new blue-haired friend, who looks embarrassed.
Yes, we're two girls in the same bath area. Get used to it, it's Japan people.
"Yeah. Threw some random ingredients together that easily made the recipe for my new canned meat, chopped celery, and sliced pieces of plum pot pie." I chuckle, remembering Fumio-san's reaction. Awkward, but amusing.
"O-oh..." Megumi smiles, holding the red card her family had given to her closer. "Ne ne, why'd you suddenly decide to come here? Isn't your dad a good enough chef to teach you himself?"
She doesn't know. I feel the corners of my mouth tilting downwards. No one does.
A sad smile crosses my face. "Um, well-"
At that moment, my red headed best friend bursts through the door with a towel in hand.
With NOTHING on.
"..." His face blanks out as both mine and Megumi's face flush.
We both scream and cross our arms over our chests.
"WHAT THE HELL, DO YOU NOT READ THE OCCUPIED SIGN, BAKA?!"
I have never seen a door shut so fast in my life. But...even if he DID see me...exposed...I'm still grateful for that red headed dimwit.
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"Come on! I said I'm sorry." Soma pouts from beside me, running a towel through his wet hair.
"For what, ditching me this morning, or walking in on me when I'm, you know, FULLY EXPOSED. Oh my purity, where have you gone?"
He chuckles at my over dramatic statement, and stops in front of a door, offering me a lopsided smile. "This is me."
I give him a little wave, my face remaining expressionless, before beginning to walk away, only to be pulled back by the arm into his hard chest.
"Wha-?"
"I'm sorry, okay? Now say you'll forgive me and I'll let you go." I can hear the smirk in his voice as my cheeks flush.
Something stirs in my chest, and I can hear my heartbeat loud in my ears, but I look down and mumble, "I-I forgive you." DAMN IT SAYURI.
He releases me and I jerk away with flushed cheeks, only to have him quirk an eyebrow in slight surprise. "Hey, are you blushing-?"
"NOPE! What? Psh, blushing? What even is...you know what? I'm just gonna go! Bye!" I give an awkward backwards wave as I scurry off, mentally kicking myself and forcing the heat to fade from my cheeks.
What was that?
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A single black hair tie is in between my lips as I put my pale blonde hair up in a messy bun, a loose baby blue shirt that reaches mid thigh covering my body.
I yawn, my eyes watering as I lean back.
I made it, Grandma. I think with a content smile. Do you think he'll be proud?
I close my eyes as my content smile turns into a frown. Does making him proud even matter anymore? Do I really need for him to accept me? Should I even...care?
"Sayuri-chan, is it? My, you're quite a young beauty."
Pale blue eyes snap open to clash with sapphire blue, and my mouth gapes. How did he even...why's he in my ceiling?
"W-what the hell are you doing in my room?! Wait, scratch that. WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!" I sputter, sitting up and pulling the T-shirt farther down my legs.
"Come on, we're having a welcome party."
"...and I have to go?"
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"Cute outfit." Soma smirks as I take a seat next to him, throwing him a menacing glare.
"Shut up. I was too lazy to change out of my favorite pajamas." I mumble, puffing my cheeks out like a child. He chuckles in amusement.
"I'm studying for a written exam! Go have your party in another room!" Marui exclaims, irritation evident in his features.
"What choice do we have?" Yoshino questions. "Your room's the biggest."
"And it's always clean." Ryoko adds as I giggle.
"There were books scattered everywhere earlier..."
"That's cause you two were having your dumb rampage in my room!"
"Is it...always like this?" I mumble, mostly to myself as Megumi and Soma begin to talk.
"Basically." The guy next to me mumbles. His hair covered his eyes, and was a cross between red and pink, not entirely sure. A white cup was in between his lips as I crack a smile.
"I don't think I've met you yet. Sayuri Hatoshi."
He looks at my hand with a slight tilt to his head, before slipping the cup out from his lips and grasping it with his slender fingers. "Ibusaki Shun."
They're warm. I note randomly as I pull my hand back. I could feel him looking at me with curiosity as my cheeks begin to flush under his stare.
"Here, Sayuri-chan." Ryoko smiles at me as she hands me a cup of something I don't recognize. I accept it and peer into it, sweat dropping.
"What exactly...?"
"It's just rice juice."
"My reaction exactly." Soma chuckles. "But won't we get in trouble for partying this late?"
"It's okay." Ryoko responds. "We're in the middle of a forest."
"A-and that landlady?"
I chuckle as I listen to Fumio-San invite us to go get some food from her room, leaning back with my legs crossed as I make sure my legs aren't as exposed in just a T-shirt. I stifle a yawn.
"Tired?" Ibusaki questions quietly from beside me as I nod, letting a yawn free this time. "Tiring day, I guess."
I begin to doze off on his shoulder, he didn't seem to mind it, barely listening to the conversation about the Elite Ten Marui was explaining, until the door opens again to reveal the guy who was in my ceiling and...HATORI?! His brown hair was slightly disheveled, as if he just woke up, and he was rubbing his eyes as he spoke.
"I honestly don't see why I have to wake up for this-oh. It's you." His dark green eyes land on me with a fine eyebrow raised as he lets his hand fall from his eye. "So the princess made it in, did she?"
The room turned quiet as I sigh. "Not in the mood, Hatori. Go be on your man period somewhere else."
Sato and Aoki lean on eachother for support as they burst out laughing, and I watch as he rolls his eyes but nonetheless smirks. "Wow. You're even more sassy when you're half asleep."
"Wow, you're annoying even when you're breathing."
"You two know each other?" Isshiki questions, looking back and forth between the two of us.
"Pretty boy over here made me fall out of a tree." I mumble, brushing a loose strand of hair from my eyes.
"I caught you."
"You were the reason I fell, Baka."
"Well maybe if you-"
"Gee, sexual tension." Sato notes as I throw a nearby book at him, socking him in the stomach as he leans over and groans.
"Don't test me." I say sweetly as most of the people in the room sweatdrop.
"I'm sorry. She didn't get her nap today." Soma throws an arm around me, chuckling as I glare at him.
"Go die."
"Love you~"
For some reason, even though I knew it's as a playful statement, my ears turned hot, and I could feel my cheeks following in suit before I covered it with taking a gulp of rice juice.
"Let me introduce myself to you two." Isshiki smiles warmly, extending a hand towards Soma, and then me.
He presses his lips against my hand and smiles, my cheeks heating up almost immediately. Damn, I blush too easily.
"I'm Isshiki. Call me Isshiki-senpai." He smiles to reveal his pearly white teeth as I gulp.
I pull my hand back, forcing my light blush to settle down. What the hell? Are all guys here this attractive?!
I clear my throat. "U-um, nice to meet you?"
I glance to my side to see Soma frowning, making me quirk an eyebrow in confusion before he throws an arm around me and lays my head on his shoulder.
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