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The words that came out of Shuichi's mouth surprised Keebo, but not Rantaro and Kokichi.
"Aw, it happened to you as well? That's no fun, Shuichi's the interesting one in the entire group." The white-coat boy groaned loudly, making his discouraged voice clear. After his groan, he seemed to be back in happiness and smiling, as if he was faking it the entire time. Keebo looked at him with a concerned face but then shook it off.
"Hmm, Harukawa and now you. Well, something is definitely going on." Rantaro implied, rubbing his chin as if he was thinking about something excessively.
"If you don't mind, but can I get an explanation of what is happening?" Shuichi asked.
"Well, allow us to introduce myself since you are somewhat incapable of remembering." Keebo acknowledged, somewhat making a sarcastic face.
"You make it seem like a bad thing if you talk and act like that, Keeboy!" The little boy announced playfully.
Keeboy? Seems like something this boy would say.
"Regarding Kokichi, My name is Keebo! I'm a robot but do please treat me like any other human being. I was successfully designed to learn and react to things using my calculations." Keebo addressed publicly.
"In other words, Keebo is an AI robot! Isn't it soooooo cool?" The midget leered mischievously.
"I do not like that face you are making. Are you perhaps planning something?" Keebo suggested, scanning over the purple-haired boy.
"Other than that scrap of trash, I'm Kokichi Ouma!" Kokichi appealed, although quickly getting cut off from Keebo.
"I am not a scrap of trash! I can sue you for your robophobic allegations using my recording function!" Kokichi rolled his eyes in response, making the robot angrier. "Do not treat me like that! I can be a pure, human being! Just in a robotic form." Keebo empathized on 'human'.
"And my name is Rantaro Amami, as I said before. You might still not remember me." Rantaro remarked.
Rantaro Amamii? Didn't Kaede... Shuichi tried to remember but was cut by Kokichi.
"Other than that, you don't have to remember us. After all, if you do, you'll just fall into a ball crying if you remember what happened- OW!" Rantaro's hand quickly hit the top of Kokichi's head. "Heyyy~! Don't karate chop me! That actually hurts more than you think."
"Quit your talking, it's not polite since we only met Shuichi now." Amani hissed at Kokichi.
"I-I'm not even that meaningful to talk? WAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!" Kokichi burst in loud screeches of crying until he stopped and smiled abruptly.
This kid definitely has a problem.
"How can you just regain your composure like that?" Shuichi avowed at the new smiling Kokichi.
"I secretly have a reset button on my feelings, and when I press it- BOOP! I'm cheerful and happy in no time. It doesn't cost money as well! Just mental strength." Kokichi smiled.
"You... Disturb me, quite successfully as well. That scares me." Keebo hesitated vaguely.
"Awwwww, Keebo, you should've seen me during the class trials! Oh wait, you already know." Kokichi leered tartly.
"Class trials? You all are acting like we've known each other for a very long time." Shuichi divulged reflectively upon the boys (and one robot) upon him thus far.
"It'll be hard to pick up on, but do please, treat us as if you've known us for a long time." Rantaro imparted in a calm tone, trying to make sense of what was happening for Shuichi.
"Alright class, settle down. I'm your teacher, Mrs. Jackson. Please settle down." The teacher at the front announced.
"Well, the thing is, we have known Saihara-kun for a long time. It is stored in my database." Keebo spoke very quietly, not to disturb the teacher talking.
"That's too bad since Rantaro probably doesn't know Shuichi that much. After all, he was the first one to di-"
"Be quiet." A very etiquette mature girl walked into the room, closing the door slowly.
"Kirumi-chan! I mean- Mother!" Kokichi ran over and enveloped her. Surprisingly, she gave Kokichi a pat on the head, and in a polite way, pushed him off of her.
"Kirumi, you're on time. I was about to start class." The teacher glanced over at her.
"My apologies. I was helping out a girl who scraped her ankle." Kirumi bowed elegantly. "Oh, Saihara-kun is here as well?" Kirumi looked over at Shuichi.
"Hello, Tojo-san. It's nice to see you again." Keebo presented himself.
"As well to you. But, I have one question in mind. Does Saihara-kun remember?" Tojo indicated how he has his hat on. Rantaro's head shook 'no' sadly. "Ah, well. That is too bad indeed. I wonder if anyone else doesn't remember."
"Don't worry! I met with everyone, and they seem to have their minds in shape! Well, except for Himiko and Harukawa. Nishishishi, that's too bad. I wonder why?" Kokichi's head tilted to the side, with his hands leaning on the back of his head. Everybody looked at him confusingly, clearly knowing that what he said was very suspicious.
"What do you know?" Keebo accused, pointing his finger at Kokichi.
"What do you mean I know? Do you know what I know? Or are you just asking what I know for me to tell you what I know? Either way, you will learn what I know, then you might know sooner or later by someone who does know what I know as well." Kokichi grinned menacingly.
"E-Excuse me? Please repeat that. I could not comprehend what you said in your response." Keebo stammered, as everyone is confused as to what Kokichi said.
"Augh, I thought you had a recording function. I guess you really are just a scrap of metal. Oh well." Kokichi postulated sorrowfully.
"H-Hey! You are being very robophobic right now! I do not accept such comments!" Keebo glowered at Kokichi, who was still smiling as always.
"Keebo. No yelling." The teacher shot glares at Keebo.
"S-Sorry.." He slumped in his chair.
"Umm, Amami?" Shuichi looked at Rantaro, ignoring the argument between Kokichi and Keebo. "Do you know anybody named Kaede Akamatsu?"
"Oh, yes. Why?" Rantaro disputed.
"Ah, well-"
"OOooooooOOO! Shuichi finally got back with his lover, Kaede?" Kokichi bumped into the conversation, teasing Shuichi.
"L-Lover?" Shuichi stuttered, taken aback by Kokichi's statement.
"I mean, duh? After that whole 'take my wish' thing, it was pretty clear you two had a thing." Kokichi speculated off from Shuichi.
"Do not say such things that Shuichi cannot remember, Kokichi. It'll just make him more confused." Kirumi stepped in, scolding Kokichi.
Well, if they know Kaede.. Then I must have met these people before. I'm certain that I knew Kaede somewhere. Maybe that's the case with these people.
"You keep saying that I can't remember, but how did I lose my memory in the first place?" Shuichi disputed.
"Well, we don't really know. All we really know is that for some reason, you're in the same category as Himiko and Harukawa." Rantaro answered, sounding curious as well.
"Oh, and, who is this Himiko and Harukawa people you speak about?" Shuichi exclaimed confusingly.
"Ah, Himiko and Harukawa? Don't worry about them! They're just as un-useful as you Shuichi. They can't seem to get their memories together." Kokichi disseminated. The others looked at him annoyingly.
"Himiko and Harukawa are people like us, you've met them in the past before. We remember them as well, but they can't seem to remember us. In short, you're one of the three people that can't remember our group." Rantaro mused.
"Also, what is this 'class trial' you talk about, Ouma?" Shuichi quizzed, glancing over to Kokichi.
"Class trial? Oh, the class trails, huh? I wonder if I should tell you about the first class trial that happened.." Kokichi provoked in a mocking way. "Well, it's more fun if you figure it out on your own." Kokichi quickly said before Kirumi would interject him again. "Besides, the Ultimate Detective would obviously get the answer." Kokichi grinned, making Shuichi uncomfortable.
"Ultimate Detective? I'm a detective, but what do you mean by Ultimate?" Shuichi pointed out offhandedly.
"STUDENTS!" A teacher at the front shouted. "Please, pay attention to the lesson. If I warn you again, I'll see you after class." The teacher threatened. Kokichi yawned, completely ignoring the teacher.
"Well, I don't want to stay after school. So you all need to be quiet so I can focus on the lesson." Kokichi rejoiced.
After a few minutes, Kokichi started to sleep on his desk.
"What a pain.." Keebo prodded Kokichi, making him wake up.
"Augh! Panta! What?" Kokichi gazed up, looking very drowsy and sleepy.
"Did you not just say you were going to pay attention to the lesson? You're not even looking at the teacher." Keebo commented, extremely annoyed.
"Pbbbbfftt! School is predictable as always, and they force you to go over it again and again. Comes to the point where it's not even interesting anymore... Or, somebody could MAKE it interesting!" Kokichi immediately rose from his desk.
"Kokichi, what is it now?" The teacher looked over at him.
"Food fight!" Kokichi threw a piece of bread at the teacher's face and multiple different kinds of food to everyone else in the class. "Everyone, fight each other!" He then quickly went under his desk for safety.
"If you so desire to have a food fight.." Kirumi looked at the piece of banana she was holding. She threw it to another girl in class. All of the sudden, everyone was food-fighting, as the teacher trying to leave the room to get assistance.
"W-Wait, can we not do this in a civil manner- GAH!" Keebo's request was cut off by a piece of cake thrown on his head. "A cake? Where'd you even get this, Kokichi?" Keebo exclaimed harshly.
"I'm... Just gonna.. Leave.. Y'know?" Rantaro ran to the door, trying to escape.
"Shuichi! What are you doing! We gotta take cover!" Kokichi had two ink-lines under his eyes as if he was in the military.
"Kaede... Help me, please.." Shuichi prayed.
"Stop talking about your lover and come over here!" Kokichi pulled down Shuichi's collar to drag Shuichi right next to him, under the desks. "See? Isn't this just more fun? Well, not as fun as the killing game, of course." Kokichi smirked.
"What are you talking about killing game?" Shuichi stammered, as the words 'killing game' probably doesn't belong in a school.
"Ugh, you're so boring now that you can't remember anything! You ask questions left and right!" Kokichi groaned, unamused. He went up and threw some food in random directions, and came back down with a satisfied face.
"The terms you're using is very confusing! Like, what is an Ultimate that you talked about?" Shuichi investigated Kokichi.
"Like I said, you'll learn soon. Just not by me." Kokichi conceded.
I wonder what he means by that.
The bell rung, as everybody stopped food fighting. Shuichi and Kokichi went out of being under the desk and saw the entire classroom in an entire mess.
"Who will clean this up!?" the teacher shouted. Kirumi burst into action, cleaning the entire classroom and re-organizing the desks in a flash. All of the students watched in amazement.
"Woah! Tojo-chan, how could you do that so quickly?" Shuichi gasped in astonishment.
"Completing other's desires is my one full task of being a maid," Tojo-chan informed.
"Wait, you are a maid?" Shuichi asked in disbelief. "You are like one super-maid or something. That was very quick." Shuichi justified.
"Well, I am the Ultimate Maid." Tojo-chan covered her mouth. "I'm sorry, you might not be able to understand what I said. Please forget it."
"And you say I'm the one saying things that I shouldn't." Kokichi frowned.
"The bell has rung, so I must be going." Kirumi went out of the classroom, having cake-splattered Keebo follow behind her.
"Tojo-san, wait! Can you fix my head? There's cake all over it!" Keebo's voice echoed.
Rantaro's head peeked inside the classroom. "Is it over yet?" He asked.
"Yes, yes it is," Shuichi informed, not very happy.
"The bell has already rung, so I'm going to get going. It was nice seeing you, Shuichi." Rantaro waved and went down the hallway.
"Well, well. Shuichi, have a fun time at Home Economics. If you thought this was bad, then think again." Kokichi patted Shuichi's back before leaving the classroom.
What does he mean by that..?
And also, how does he even know I have Home Economics?
Wait...
HOME ECONOMICS!
Shuichi ran out the door, trying to figure out where Home Economics was.
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Kaede went into the classroom, where she saw Gonta, Ryoma, and Tenko.
"G-Guys. It's me! Kaede! Do you remember me?" Kaede enthusiastically ran up to them.
"KAEDE!" Gonta and Tenko jumped in joy, hugging her.
"O-Oh. Thank god.. You two remember me.." Kaede hugged back but saw Ryoma in the back.
"Hoshi-kun! Do you remember me?" Kaede was secretly begging for him to remember her.
"Of course I do." Ryoma babbled.
"Do you guys know where the others are? I met up with Shuichi, Harakawa-san, and Yumeno-chan, but they all seem to forget me..." Kaede pouted in misery.
"Same! Tenko met up with Himiko, but she doesn't seem to remember me at all! Degenerate males probably did something to her. I'll never forgive males!" Tenko fumed furiously.
"Well, Gonta is still working to be gentlemen! Gonta very happy to see everybody!" Gonta grinned.
I wonder... I'm not the only one who died in the killing game. I wonder who else died.
"Hey, guys.. I know this is a sensitive topic to bring on.. But did anyone of you guys.. Die in the killing game?" Kaede gulped nervously, though their faces didn't really change.
"Gonta.. Got executed.. But it's okay! Gonta went back to Miu, and apologized! Miu is very forgiving!" Gonta smiled cheerfully.
"Umm.. Tenko doesn't really know. All she knows is that we were summoning Angie until something hit her in the back of the throat. Everything seemed to become blurry then, but Tenko is here now! And she is happy! This is better than before, right?" Tenko maintained her spirit.
"I gave up my life. It didn't really matter anyway, but Tojo came back to apologize to me. I accepted it. I didn't have a reason to say no anyway." Ryoma glowered.
"Are you sure? You look upset about something." Gonta kneeled down to pat Ryoma on the back.
"Agh! I bet he wanted more than just an apology from Kirumi! Typical males." Tenko spat angrily.
"U-Uh, Tenko, I'm pretty sure that's not what he wanted," Kaede reassured innocently. "I'm sure it's something else. Right, Ryoma? You can tell us." Kaede kneeled down next to Gonta, smiling empathically.
"Yes! Gonta can only be true gentlemen if he supports friends!" Gonta chirped.
"It's nothing. I just realize.. How amazing people can get." Ryoma chuckled, actually smiling for the first time.
"Hey, we have only one Shinguji-kun! We don't need another one!" Tenko barked.
I really love this atmosphere.. Kaede thought. But still, I have so many questions. If we died, then how are we alive? Kaede sighed. She didn't bring it up since she didn't want to kill the mood with questions that people don't care about right now.
"Well, hopefully, no one killed to get out of the place, right?" Kaede smiled, hoping that wasn't the case.
"Well, Kirumi did, but she was the prime minister, so literally everybody wanted her to escape the place," Tenko reassured.
"K-Kirumi... THE PRIME MIN-"
"Shhhhhh!!" Tenko whispered very loudly. "Kirumi doesn't want anybody to know! It's super top secret. I know, I know, even I freaked out when I first knew it." Tenko advised carefully.
"Yes! Gonta was very confused, but Tojo-san is fine now! So everything is okay." Gonta showed a thumbs-up.
"I'm... So happy.." Kaede started to tear up.
"WAH! Gonta, did you say something to make Kaede cry!? I'll use my Neo-Aikido on you if you did!" Tenko grabbed a napkin and wiped Kaede's tears that were rolling down her cheeks.
"Gonta would not make a woman cry! Gonta is true gentlemen! Gonta swears!" Gonta started to panic.
"Though, to be serious, why are you crying Kaede?" Ryoma asked.
"I got so worried.. About what would happen.. If everybody started to kill each other out of hatred.. I'm so happy that didn't happen..." Kaede started to smile, even though tears were sliding down to her chin.
"Kaede..." Tenko faltered. Though, she immediately began to rise. "Didn't you give your wish to Shuichi? Are you doubting him?"
"Well, that's not what I mean.. I do believe in him. But I was afraid that he would, and everybody else.. Would only think of getting to the outside world because I promised them that they all should escape." Kaede wiped the tears off from her face.
"But that's not the case! Gonta only kill because he felt bad about the truth, and believed dying would be easier than going to the outside world!" Gonta hollered in a passionate way.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Kaede asked.
"Oh, right. The flashback lights gave us a lot of information. So, you kind of missed a lot when you.. Died.." Tenko sarcastically laughed.
"Huh.. I kind of expected that though." Kaede smiled. "It's better off this way, forgetting about the whole killing game and just living together, right?"
"I agree. Though, I can't hide the truth. I still need to go back to jail, if they can find me." Ryoma sighed sorrowfully.
"Oh, that is true. Gonta will help you fight off the bad guys!" Gonta carped.
"Umm, Gonta, Ryoma is the bad guy. If you fight them off, then you'll probably go to jail as well. Nobody wants that to happen." Kaede cautioned truthfully.
"So.. Gonta cannot do anything to help friend?" Gonta whimpered.
"No, you can't. Don't. I can live through it. Someone like you can't. Having you guys in my memories will make jail time less painful." Ryoma spoke.
"Hopefully they don't. It's nice having everyone around." Kaede smiled peacefully.
"I guess having everyone around is better. Although degenerate males can go to prison!" Tenko quickly wailed angrily.
"Guess we can't change her mind, huh?" Kaede giggled.
"A-Alright class... everyone please sit down..." The stuttering quiet teacher went into the classroom, but nobody seemed to pay attention to him. "U-Um, I said sit down please.." No one still paid attention.
Poor teacher. Kaede pondered, actually hearing her classmates make fun of the teacher.
"S-Students? I-Is anyone listening?" The teacher's voice got quieter in the void of sounds that the students were making. Kaede thought this was disrespectful, and went up to the front of the classroom.
"HEY!" Kaede yelled at the top of her lungs, causing everybody to look at her. "I find it disrespectful that everyone is talking. We should give a good impression since it's our first day, okay?" The students looked at Kaede. Some looked at her as if she was crazy.
I need to encourage them.
"Come on guys, it's not that hard. We go to school for a reason, so I believe that we all should take in full priority for going here in the first place." Kaede demanded. The students started to give in, and the classroom got quieter and quieter.
"T-Thank you, very much." The teacher smiled at her. Kaede nodded and went back to her seat.
"W-Woah, Kaede speak like such a leader." Gonta gazed, astonished.
"Kaede, you should do that more often! You looked like you were giving them a speech. It was inspiring!" Tenko encouraged.
"C'mon guys, it was nothing." Kaede proclaimed, blushing.
"You spoke very confidently. Good job." Ryoma complimented, in a cold tone that it was kind of hard to believe his words.
"T-Thanks.." Kaede said, trying to show that she believed what he said. "Hey, once school is over, can you guys tell me what I missed? There's probably a lot, I bet." Kaede importuned.
"Of course! Gonta can teach Kaede something!" Gonta promulgated.
"Gonta, I don't know if you could teach Kaede something." Tenko indicated. "She's pretty smart on her own."
"Wha! Really!?" Gonta said in astonishment. Ryoma facepalmed himself.
Kaede smiled. It was such a nice day, today. To see all her friends again.
It's like..
It's like the killing game never happened.
I wish it could stay this way forever.
They stopped talking since the teacher teaching a lesson, and soon the bell rung.
"Aw, have to go already? But Gonta loves seeing everybody here." Gonta winced.
"Gonta, it's fine. You and I have the same classes anyway." Ryoma informed him, and Gonta's face started to light up.
"Gonta can escort you there like a gentleman! Now come, come!" Gonta started to push Ryoma out of the room, as both of them wave goodbye.
"Thank god! Those degenerate males can go have their 'fun times' or whatever. I need to get to my class, anyway. It was nice seeing you Kaede!" Tenko rushed out of the room.
Kaede left the classroom to go to Home Economics, with a huge smile on her face.
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He opened the door, to find Kaede, a goggle-wearing blonde girl, a short girl with a witch hat, and purple goatee man.
"SHUICHI!" The purple goatee man ran up and hugged Shuichi, practically choking him to death.
"Momota-kun, what did I say? Shuichi doesn't remember you, so he probably sees this hug as a threat." Kaede scolded.
"A hug is boring! Fucking kiss or something!" The long-haired blonde chick sprouted.
"Oh, right, sorry." he let go of Shuichi.
"Hey, Kaede. And umm, I'm suggesting that you all remember me and I don't, right?" Shuichi guessed. The short girl with a witch hat looked in confusion, as everybody else nodded their heads in unison.
"Shuichi, these are all people that you should treat as long-lost friends. As you probably get by now, I'm one of them." Kaede smiled.
"Wait a minute, but you treated me like a stranger at lunch!" Shuichi remembered by now, Kaede formally introduced herself.
"Yeah, about that, I kind of knew that you weren't going to remember me. So I thought It would be best to introduce myself again and not sound like some girl who's trying to hit on you or something." Kaede giggled. Shuichi laughed it off. That would make sense, after all.
"So you didn't really guess on the game we played, you knew already I was a detective, right?"
"Mhm. Sorry, does that count as cheating? I mean you got mine in a flash." Kaede inclined.
"Heeeyyyy! Can you all stop chatting and give me info? I'm lost here!" The short girl growled.
"Well, let me introduce myself for the second time. I'm Kaito Momota, LUMINARY OF THE STARS! In other words, the Ultimate Astronaut! " He pounded his fists together in determination, startling Shuichi a bit. "Shuichi, you probably don't remember, but you and I used to hang out all the time! You were my sidekick!"
Was I a sidekick?
"And I'm... Himiko Yumeno.. I don't remember you, actually I'm kind of like you. I don't remember anything...." She babbled quietly.
"Well, if that's the case then-"
"Wooooohooo!!" A white-haired girl rampaged in the room with paint all over the apron she was wearing. "Wait, Himiko-chan!" She gasped in delight, as she went to go hug her.
"H-Heyy! You're getting paint all over me!" Himiko complained.
"Sorry~! I could not help myself! Are you feeling alright?" She pressed Himiko's cheeks together.
"I don't know who you are!" Himiko blurted, taking their hands off from her face.
"Oh... You're part of the group, huh? Well, I'm Angie Yonaga, the Ultimate Artist! God says hi!" Angie smiled gratefully.
Ultimate Artist? What do they mean by Ultimate?
"Also, I don't know who you are as well!" Himiko pointed at the long-haired blonde and Shuichi.
"I'm Shuichi Saihara. Nice to meet you." Shuichi uttered quietly.
"WHA! You're saying you don't know who I am? Everybody does though!" The blondie bragged uncontrollably.
"Umm... No, I don't. That's why I'm asking. Just answer the question." Himiko requested, sounding very impatient.
"H-Huuh! I-I'm M-Miu Iruma, the Ultimate Inventor."
Ultimate Inventor, huh?
"Hold on, you all are saying Ultimate? Then, Kaede, what are you?" Shuichi glanced over at Kaede.
"M-Me? I'm the Ultimate Pianist, but you probably don't understand what Ultimate means." Kaede stammered.
"What, are you saying that Shuichi does not remember as well? That's too bad! May God give you your memories back." Angie started praying words in different languages that nobody understands.
"You are not praying correctly!" A man with very, very long hair and a mask came into the room.
"Wha- Korekiyo, are you saying that you are doubting my praying skills? I have been doing this for decades!" Angie implored loudly.
"N-No, a-a-are you g-g-guys trying to s-summon something!? B-Because that's j-just fake!" Kaito started to get nervous.
"Of course we aren't! It's praying. Humans had a religion that they would pray to, to communicate with the ancient gods looking after us. It's it beautiful, the fantasies that humans create?" Korekiyo smiled.
"Hey! The last time you summoned something, it went horribly wrong!" Kaito accused.
"Well, that was because I wasn't trying to summon something in the first place. Besides, Tenko forgives me, right?" Korekiyo glanced over his shoulder.
"T-Tenko? Angie?" Himiko stuttered. She seemed to be remembering something. "Korekiyo, for some reason, I really really hate you. Like, really bad. I think your aura is mixing with my MP." Himiko suddenly started to glare at Korekiyo.
"Um, well, about that.. Let's just forget about it, okay?" Kaito requested, trying to fix everything.
"C'mon guys, no fights. I'm sure that everything that happened in the game doesn't need to happen here, alright?" Kaede smiled.
"Unless you want to form a fucking harem, then that works as well!" Miu gargled. "There are more girls than they are boys! You never know what could happen!"
"Miu, please." Korekiyo hesitated, clearly being disgusted by her words. "It is best if you don't speak."
"H-Huuuhhh? Y-You're talking... B-Bad! Like I-I did s-something wrong.." Miu started to become all sensitive.
"We should just ignore her for now." Himiko glanced over at another direction.
"Class! We are about to begin. We're going to be cooking regular curry, so please quiet down as I say who will be partnered with who."
Everybody groaned at choosing random partners, as the teacher rolls her eyes and begins reading down the list.
"Himiko Yumeno and Angie Yonaga.." A silent 'yes' can be heard from Angie's lips.
'Korekiyo Shinguji and Kaito Momota.." Nothing was said, but you can see Katio's distastefulness from being partnered with someone who was spiritual.
"Miu Iruma and Natsu Jikan.." Miu shouted, "Huh? Why am I the odd one out!"
"Kaede Akamatsu and Shuichi Saihara." Shuichi's body started to tense up, as he looked over at Kaede. She smiled at him sweetly, making his face grow even hotter.
As everybody got to their stations, (Miu slouched in disappointment, having somebody drag her to her station;) the teacher explained step by step how to make the curry.
"S-Sorry K-Kaede, I'm not v-very good at cooking," Shuichi admitted.
"It's fine. I can teach you how. Okay, do you know how to make rice?" Kaede looked over at him.
"Yes, I do." He went to put the rice in the water, mixing it up.
"Hey, it's best if you mix it up like this." Kaede gently put her hands on his, mixing the rice. Shuichi's face started to turn red, and all he could do it look away from the entire situation. "There! Isn't that better?" Kaede let go of his hands and looked at him.
"U-Um, Kaede.." Shuichi tried to speak, but he couldn't."
"What? O-OH! R-Right, I needed to hold your hands, okay? I didn't mean to do it in such a w-weird way.." Then Kaede's face started blushing.
"I-It's not a problem.." Shuichi mumbled.
Why am I feeling like this? I only met Kaede today.
Actually, that's not true. But still..
There's something about Kaede, I just don't know what it is.
I feel like, she means a lot more to me than I think.