"I can't believe it, a first year, the same year level as us, as the student council president?"
"You gotta admit though, the new student council president looked hella fine but... she's kind of pretentious or something? I don't know, she kinda gave that kind of feeling to me."
"I know, I know. You know, I heard this from a senior...."
"You sure not to join our fellow classmates with their gossip?" Shiranui teasingly said, licking her fifth lollipop of the day. However, all she got from her friend was a tired grunt. She raised an eyebrow, confused by his change of emotion.
"Hitoyoshi-kun, what's wrong with you? You're acting all depressed right now. You got an upset stomach or something?"
Zenkichi sighed, shaking his head. "No. I'm just... thinking about something important."
"Is it boobs?"
"Ye–what? No!"
"Oh..." There was a brief pause. "Then is it ass?"
"Shut up and just let me think for a moment!" Zenkichi's eye twitched at her, a vein popping on his forehead.
"Okay!" Shiranui cutely nodded, continuing to lick her lollipop. The flicker of amusement in her told him that she's enjoying annoying the hell out of him as usual. "It's been a moment, now talk!"
Zenkichi let out a groan and casually replied, "I'm thinking about how to flirt with a girl."
"Oh." Shiranui blinked, her lips then curled up into a wide grin. "Ooh~ Hehe. So you've finally decided to start indulging your male instincts, took you long enough! I actually thought that you were asexual or impotent for not asking out a girl for so long."
Zenkichi grumbled, turning his chair to face Shiranui. He didn't reply to her rude remarks and continued on staring at her with a blank expression.
Shiranui stared back at him innocently, like the loli that she appears to be.
"... You're lucky you're cute."
"Hehe~"
'Their relationship is so gross!' The bystanders sweatdropped. Though their friendship was incredibly sweet and cute, it was more sickening since it was all platonic and pure, there was no lewd or romantic in their interaction.
In high school, the concept of a true friendship between a boy and girl was unheard of, unless they were part of the same club or committee.
So seeing such a sweet and adorable relationship between Zenkichi and Shiranui, without the shred of romantic or sexual tension, caused them to feel bitterly jealous.
"...Well, I'm gonna go now." Zenkichi said as he stood up.
Shiranui tilted her head. "Go where? Is it the Student Council Room?"
He shook his head. "No. Since we don't have any afternoon classes for today, I'm gonna continue trying out other sports clubs."
Since the first week he enrolled in this school, Zenkichi had been going around different sports clubs to train his body and learn all kinds of knowledge related to increasing his physical strength and martial arts; especially the martial arts one.
He had once made a promise to someone that he would become stronger, and a man's words must be kept.
"See you later~!" Shiranui cheerily waved him away as she started eating a bag of Cheetos.
Zenkichi waved her back goodbye.
As Zenkichi walked out of the door, a 'Ding' sound rang in his mind and a now too familiar pink screen appeared before his eyes.
[Daily Quest: Become a Gigachad! Achieve the perfect male physique!]
[Objective: 100 Pushups, 100 Sit Ups, 100 Squats and a 10KM Run everyday.]
[Reward: You get a giga bod and 10HP]
[Failure: An hour of Steven He's "Failure" scolding you in your mind]
"A say what now?" Zenkichi questioned confusedly. He got the reference about the objective, he watched anime after all, but what the hell was the punishment about?
"Who the fuck's Steven He?"
He pondered before shaking his head. As he turned a corner, a certain purple haired girl had walked into his classroom with a confident smile.
This was obviously Medaka Kurokami, who is currently searching for her childhood friend.
"Zenkichi! I..." She blinked, seeing her childhood friend not in his classroom.
"Hey, do you know where Zenkichi Hitoyoshi is?" She asked random character A.
"Him? He left just a few moments ago to some sports club."
"Hm. So I just missed him, pity. Oh well. Can you please tell him that I came by?" She said with a pretty smile.
Random character A flustered as he stammered out a reply, "Y-Yeah. I will, student president!"
Medaka's smile slightly widened and she turned around to return to her room when a voice filled with amusement.
"You know I'm here~ right? Princess~ And you obviously know if there's anyone who knows where Hitoyoshi-kun went, I'm the best person to go to!" Shiranui giggled.
Medaka's smile dropped and she expressionlessly replied. "Shiranui, calling me a nickname when we're not even friends is inappropriate. So unless you want to be my friend, please call me by my name or by my formal title."
Shiranui hummed. "Nope~!"
"I see..." Medaka furrowed her brows.
The students from the side sweatdropped.
They didn't understand what was happening!
The tension between the two girls was so thick that they could pop it like a bubble.
Were they acquainted beforehand? What's their relationship? These were the questions everyone had when looking at the confrontation between Medaka and Shiranui.
Suddenly, Medaka turned around and lunged towards Shiranui with her right hand outstretched. There was the sound of wind exploding outwardly.
Her expression remained indifferent as her hand was about to touch Shiranui's face, her brows creased as the latter casually tilted her head to the side with an ever present smug smile.
The bystanders' jaws dropped.
Both girls stared at each other, silently communicating with each other as one tried to capture the other's face.
"Princess, what are you doing? Isn't this inappropriate of your status as the Student Council President? Harrassing a fellow student like this." Shiranui cheekily said, dodging left and right out of Medaka's hand.
Medaka indifferently replied. "Harrassment? My, this isn't called harassment Shiranui. I'm simply trying to get to know you, after all, you're calling me with such a cute nickname so I interpret that you want to befriend me."
"And what better way to befriend someone other than physical contact?"
"By grabbing my face?!"
"I wasn't aiming directly at your face...I was aiming for your cheeks actually." Medaka flatly admitted. "Touching a person's face cheek is considered to be either a familial or friendly action."
"Since you don't want to have a friendly conversation with me, committing this act seems to be a far more reasonable and logical move to do." She explained.
Shiranui deadpanned.
"..."
"..."
Shiranui sighed and went still, letting Medaka finally touch her face, "Touché. Alright fine, but I'm only letting you do this because I have other important stuff toooo–auuuugh!"
Her stretched out, just as her mouth and cheeks was like it was dough.
Medaka smiled. "Now, we're all friends here. You can now call me whatever you like." She said, letting go of Shiranui's face.
Shiranui grumbled, rubbing her poor abused cheeks. "Then I should just call you bitch then—aaaah! S-Shatp tat!"
"Hm? I'm sorry, but I think I misheard you. What did you call me?" Medaka smiled, but it didn't reach her eyes.
Shiranui and everyone else shivered.
"A-Ah, Ish shad....p-primcess! Primsess!"
Medaka hummed and nodded, letting go of Shiranui. "That's better, Little Gremlin! So about my dear friend–"
"Little Gremlin? Wait, is that my nickname?!"
"—Can you do me a favor and tell Zenkichi that I'm looking for him? And that I'm waiting for him at the Student Council Room. Thanks, I gotta go!" Medaka patted Shiranui's head and walked off.
Shiranui stared at her retreating figure with a blank expression. It looked as though she was chill with everything that had happened.
She was not chill.
Hidden beneath her feet, her shadow wriggled and rows of teeth momentarily appeared. Her eyes flashed a cold gleam.
'You know this means war, you bitch!'