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"yes way. haru actually made kita laugh", suna stated, to which the twins were bustled with confusion.

"oi haru! is this actually true?!", atsumu questioned as the girl yawned, nodding.

"mhm, but it's okay. you two can keep your money", the girl tiredly said as she laid her head on her desk, waiting for irihata-sensei to walk in and finish the last class of the day.

going through physical education with ukai-sensei was usually not too bad, but today, it was utter hell.

etsuko had started her period, to which the girl had to sneakily apply some cloths of flax to her under area, so that she wouldn't leak.

not only were women not to mention it, but they were supposed to be kept away for a few days until the so-called period was over.

etsuko unfortunately, had to attend class and make it through the day, then repeat it for another few days.

     "huh? are ya sure?", osamu questioned, to which etsuko had just nodded.

     "are you okay haru?", kozume asked, turning around from his seat, to which the girl had clenched the mat she was sitting on so tightly that her knuckles had turned white.

     "huh? ah yeah...I just..."

     etsuko's eyes suddenly started watering as she sat up straight, making everyone confused and worried.

     "w-why're ya cryin'?!"

     "I'm...I'm hungry...", etsuko mumbled, making atsumu burst into laughter.

     "that's it? that's why yer cryin' like a baby?"

     osamu bonked atsumu's head. "shut up! food can be a very emotional topic okay?!"

     etsuko groaned as she hit her head repeatedly on her desk, feeling a surge of pain in her damn uterus.

     "do ya want me to go sneak ya some food?", osamu whispered.

     "but isn't class about to star—"

"'tsumu, what do ya say?"

"let's go 'samu!"

etsuko squinted her eyes as the twins magically pulled out two stuffed dummies from under their desks.

"we've been preparing for this", atsumu grinned as him and osamu had set up their dummies, leaving class like it was nothing.

"kita, aren't you going to..."

the dull-eyed male sighed, shaking his head in disappointment.

"I have no words", kita replied as he turned back to the front, to which irihata-sensei was a few minutes late, surprisingly.

"my apologies for my tardiness. principal nekomata needed me for something, but anyways, let's—wait, what..."

the art and music teacher inched closer to the miya twins' desks, to which he had furrowed his brows as he hastily huffed.

"if anybody sees the miya twins, tell them to immediately come to my classroom after class!"

etsuko was definitely not going to rat them out especially after osamu said that he was going to sneak the girl some food.

after irihata-sensei had finished lecturing how to create a sculpture with basically mud, etsuko had swiftly returned to her room to find the miya twins sitting at the tea table.

     quickly closing the door behind her, etsuko rushed over to them, to see that a pile of onigiris with different ingredients stuffed in it was spread across the table.

"my lord!! you both really got me food!!", etsuko smiled as she started chomping on the rice balls with tuna in them.

"'samu made them", atsumu said, to which etsuko was quite surprised a noble was capable of such skill.

"really?! you should honestly open an onigiri shop. I'd come buy from you everyday", etsuko stated, to which osamu didn't seem to find the idea ridiculous in the slightest.

     "huh?! no way! 'samu's got to become an official with me!", atsumu claimed.

     "says who?"

     "father of course! in fact, he's workin' for the shogun right now", atsumu proudly grinned.

"oh shut it! it's not like yer not tryin' to be a professional kenmari player. kenmari isn't even a paying job!", osamu huffed.

     "kenmari?"

     "you've never played before?!", atsumu gasped, almost seeming offended.

     "okay rich boy, well tell me what it is then!", etsuko snorted.

     "it's basically a sport where you have to keep the ball up in the air without using yer arms and hands", osamu briefly explained.

"the one who kicks the ball is called a mariashi! if yer a good mariashi, it makes it easy for the person the receive the ball (mari)", atsumu excitedly smirked.

     before the blonde miya twin could rant any longer, the door suddenly slid open, revealing kita holding a basket.

     "k-kita!!"

     "irihata-sensei had requested for you two in his classroom", kita stated, to which the two had immediately stumbled upwards and left the room.

     "what's in the basket?", etsuko asked, to which kita had closed the door as he set it down on the table.

     "did you start on today's homework yet?", kita asked, ignoring the girl's question.

     "mm...no...but I will!! I think I'll make the clay sculpture first so that it can dry and be ready for tomorrow", etsuko stated as she opened the basket, glancing over at kita, who had taken out the clay and a bowl of water.

"KITA! WHERE'D YOU GET ALL THESE EGGS?!", etsuko hollered as she held two in her hands, seeing as there were even more in the basket.

"kitchen", kita answered, modeling his clay as he tried to go for a chicken structure.

     etsuko looked confusingly at kita, who had seemed to finally caught the girl's gaze as he looked up.

     "eggs are good for you. they're nutritious and have a lot of protein", kita said, focusing on his project as etsuko just thanked the male.

'how many eggs are there?? 1, 2, 3...9, 10...15, 16, 17...holy shit!! 24?! are we having these for breakfast everyday? maybe I should give some to kozume and them', etsuko smiled.

cracking the boiled egg on the tea table, etsuko hastily peeled it as she had decided to challenge herself by swallowing it whole.

     the egg stayed in her mouth, making her cheeks slightly puff out as she attempted to break the egg and chew it, to which she had successfully done so.

     seeing at kita was mega focused, etsuko decided to crack another egg for the boy as she headed over towards his desk, extending it out for him to take.

     "my hands are dirty", kita stated.

     "oh...well, open wide!", etsuko demanded as she shoved half of the egg into kita's mouth, making the male slightly surprised.

biting into it, kita felt etsuko quickly wipe the corners of his mouth with her thumb as she watched kita slowly chew.

"well? how's it?"

"it tastes like a normal egg", kita mumbled, making etsuko frown.

"but...for some reason it does make me feel a bit better after eating it".

     "huh? is that why you got us eggs today? were you feeling sad?", the brown-haired girl questioned, cursing herself for not noticing earlier.

     "no".

     "n-no what?"

     "I'm not upset today", kita stated, quickly glancing at etsuko as he looked back at his chicken.

     "did you think...that I was sad today?", the girl gasped, which she did not earn an answer.

     the girl stared at kita for a moment before bursting out into laughter, falling onto her back as she rolled on the floor beside kita, making the boy confused.

     "what's so funny?"

     "granny was right! you're actually very caring despite how expressionless you are", etsuko chuckled, stuffing the rest of the egg into kita's mouth as he watched etsuko take out her own clay.

     as if nothing had just happened, etsuko started humming to herself as she flattened some parts of the clay, pressing them into flower petals.

     kita just ate the egg as he unconsciously observed etsuko, who was as happy as a prancing lamb.

     'how does his mood change so quickly? perhaps eating eggs really does make him happy?', kita wondered as he let out a quiet chuckle to himself.

     'I guess eggs really do make people happy'.

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