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      The next person into the class room was, inevitably, Souda, the door slamming loudly against the wall as he near charged inside. However, the person he was met with was not who he had been expecting - not by a long shot.

     "So, Kazuichi, sending dirty pictures now, are we?" Hiyoko was instantly in front of him, arms crossed, and a look somewhere between smugness and snobbiness on her face. "That's disgusting, who would wanna see that?"

      "H-How the hell did you-!?" He didn't have time to finish before she was pressing for answers.

     "So, what's the story about that, huh? Or do you have a thing for Fuyuhiko?"

     "I-I was trying to send it to S-Sayaka!" Souda gulped out, wondering if it was the smartest move to be admitting to his less than respectable endeavours. However, the sudden realization that more people had seen that dawned on him, and he paled considerably, and felt rather faint. 'This is it, it's all over for me...'

      "Y-You shared it with them?!" Souda yelled, swivelling to face Fuyuhiko, who had Peko stood at his back, Mahiru sat on the next desk over. Clearly, all four were in the know now, and it made the whole situation at least 400% more mortifying.

     "I didn't fucking mean to!" Fuyuhiko yelled back angrily. "I was telling Peko, I didn't know they were here, too!"

     "Great, just great!" Souda grumbled loudly to himself, striding further into the room after slamming the classroom door, and he slumped on one of the desks, gripping it until his knuckles went white.

     "Why don't we cut all this and get down to business, hm?~" Hiyoko asked, skipping over to join the others, perching herself next to Souda, much to his aggravation. She gave a pointed look to Fuyuhiko, along with a well aimed kick to his chair. He grumbled.

     "We have a deal to offer you..." Peko said when Fuyuhiko was reluctant to speak. "I think, if you want to keep that picture of yours between only us, then you should take up the offer..."

      "Care to take a wager, Kazuichi?" Fuyuhiko asked him, before he could speak himself, his mouth half open in shock. Was this blackmail? He thought over Peko's words. Of course it was blackmail, if he wanted to keep this under wraps - and at this moment, he wanted that even more than his coveted date with Miss Sonia - he would have no choice but to agree.

    "Fine, dammit, fine!" He hissed out through clenched teeth, his head hanging low in defeat.

     "Good." Fuyuhiko gave a slight sigh after a moment. "I bet you can't ask out Gundam Tanaka."

     "W-Why the hell would I do that?!" He stuttered out, face tinting an outraged shade of pink. "Why do you two care if I do or don't ask him out?!"

     "Well, you could say Fuyuhiko now has a stake in what happens to you, too~" Hiyoko giggled darkly behind the sleeve of her kimono, and Souda just stared at him with wide pink eyes, head tilted in confusion.

     "If I don't use that picture to blackmail you, then she'll spread we're in a homoerotic relationship," Fuyuhiko sighed in aggravation. So that's why he's so invested.... He's being blackmailed himself, by Hiyoko. "So unless you want your damn nude leaked, and everyone thinking you and I are fucking on the sly, you better damn well get to it."

     Souda thought over this for a few moments, though he knew he didn't really have much choice in this, he just wanted to delay the inevitable. If only Fuyuhiko could've kept the picture a damn secret, then this could've all be cleared up so easily, but a bit of bad luck lead to either social suicide, or... Well, either way, nudes and rumours, or asking out Gundam, it was surely social suicide. It was simply pick your poison.

     "Fine..." He grunted out, glaring at the four other people in the room. "Anything else I should know?" He spat bitterly.

     "When you're going out, you have to stay together for a month!" Mahiru suddenly blurted, speaking up for the first time since Souda had entered the room, and he nearly fell off the table at the declaration.

     "We didn't discuss this..." Peko said quietly, though her tone promised trouble.

      "I-I can't be with him for a month!" Souda choked out, and Fuyuhiko gave a hum, and nod of agreement, much to his relief.

     "Yeah, a month is too long." He nodded. "Besides, I ain't willing to hold onto the fucking picture for that long."

     "Fine," Hiyoko snapped, angered by the disappointed look on Mahiru's face. "We'll call it a week."

     "Oh," Mahiru said suddenly, holding one finger up to catch everyone's attention once more. "We did agree on this one, so, you have to steal his first kiss, unless you want your nude leaked~"

     "Fine," Souda hissed out, clenching his fists in anger. "One question.... Why does it have to be Gundam...?"

      "Oh?" Mahiru looked contemplative for a moment, tilting her head to the side, before a wicked grin graced her lips. "I ship you two."

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