[fic] Mitsukaru High - Ch 9 Part 1
Title: Mitsukaru High
Author/Artist: mido_ban04 and tennis_dudez
Link: Winglicans Thread
Warnings/Rating:T (Suitable for teens, 13 years and older, with some violence, minor coarse language, and minor suggestive adult themes)
Series/Pairing(s): TeniMyu; Mainly Takigawa Eiji x Kimeru & Shirota Yuu x Aiba Hiroki
Notes: Our second forum roleplay revolving around the two couples that we did over at Winglicans.
An alternative universe type of fanfiction, my partner and I take you to how the two couples began during their days in Senior High, with Takigawa and Kimeru in their 2nd year, and Shirota and Aiba in their 1st. This fanfiction will run from that setting until Shirota and Aiba’s graduation from Senior High two years later. Most of the information here are either altered, made-up or real altogether. For clarifications on such information, feel free to contact me through Y!M (snoopeRJ_04).
Hints of other pairings shall also be introduced, therefore expect to be seeing other members of the TeniMyu cast to show up in this Mitsukaru Senior High setting. This is meant to serve as a prequel to our fanfiction ’Anything for You’.
As my partner seems to be having problems with posting, I shall also be posting the chapters of this prequel. This is an edited version of our roleplay over at the forum (or rather, a cleaner and grammatically correct version), open to reviews and such from fellow TeniMyu Slash fans. :D
Here is the 9th chapter entitled The New Teacher. This chapter focuses on the actual performance of the school musical of RENT put on by the school before it shifts to the introduction of a new problem for Shirota and Aiba in the form of a new teacher in the form of Takahiro Akira. Their relationship is once again put to the test as Takahiro-sensei takes interest in Aiba. Shirota, along with the help of the Student Council, tries to expose the devious deeds of this seemingly innocent Math teacher.
However, because of the length of this chapter, I am forced to divide it into two parts. This is part 1.
**ALSO! None of the authors of this roleplay/fanfic own TeniMyu or the actors, but are mere fangirls of the musical series and corresponding actors we write about. Everything that progresses in the story is the creation of our witty imaginations.
The day of the musical arrived. The rest of the school plus the guests gathered in the auditorium that Saturday afternoon. Among those guests were Aiba's parents and some of Shirota's family.
Moriyama was giving final instructions to the cast before confirming that everything was working. "Alright, time to show everybody your hard work!" he said to the cast, who cheered in agreement before getting into position at the wings and on stage.
Aiba was somewhere in front; he was tasked by Yagami to take a whole video coverage of the play while Kimeru was in the front row beside Ueshima-sensei.
The curtains were pulled before the first song began to play. The eight cast members took their places under a spotlight as the piano instrumental began to play. It wasn't long before they all broke off into song.
"525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear.
525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year?
In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee.
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.
In 525,600 minutes - how do you measure a year in the life?
How about love?
How about love?
How about love?
Measure in love.
Seasons of love."
"525,600 minutes!
525,000 journeys to plan.
525,600 minutes - how can you measure the life of a woman or man?" Kazuki sang.
"In truths that she learned, or in times that he cried.
In bridges he burned, or the way that she died," Sota sang passionately before the rest came back to sing the final verse.
"It's time now to sing out, though the story never ends.
Let's celebrate remember a year in the life of friends.
Remember the love!
Remember the love!
Remember the love!
Measure in love.
Seasons of love!
Seasons of love."
Aiba smiled as he continued filming.
"They've done a good job in casting..." Ueshima commented quietly and Kimeru nodded in approval.
The musical continued before Takigawa took center stage with a guitar in hand as he sat himself down on the prop chair and began to play. After a few measures, he began singing 'One Song Glory'.
Kimeru was mesmerized as he watched Takigawa on stage. He had seen the practices, and even had a chance to hear the song a few days before at home but he still couldn't believe what he was seeing.
Aiba grinned as he glanced at his senpai, 'Good job, Takigawa-senpai~' he thought.
After the song, Takigawa headed off-stage as the lights faded for a while before coming back on. The scene was set as a knock sounded before Yanagi entered before the song 'Light my Candle' began between the two.
"Now now Kimeru-kun...Don't strangle the armrest..." Ueshima said as he saw Kimeru's grip on the armrest of the chair tighten.
Kimeru willed himself to relax and continue watching.
Shirota's family, who had met Takigawa quite a number of times already, silently applauded his fine performance on stage. The song ended not long after before a few scenes passed and Mark and Joanne's song of 'Tango Maureen' was up next. Kazuki was on-stage first before Shirota made his entrance. As the song progressed, Shirota was fussing around with the prop equipment while Kazuki on the mic.
Their first short tango sequence that followed ended in Kazuki dropping Shirota intentionally to the floor as the former began to walk away, the song still in play. Shirota recovered and continued the song before their second sequence followed shortly after. As the song ended, the lights dimmed out before the rest of the musical continued.
Aiba grinned when as he watched Shirota move smoothly along the stage. He winced a bit as the boy was dropped, a soft thud echoing in the speakers. He fought back a laugh when he saw Kazuki leave the stage when the lights were out, muttering darkly about not getting the other to react inappropriately as they danced.
The musical ended with a reprise of 'Seasons of Love' from the cast members before the curtains were pulled down. A vibrant round of applause came from the audience as the three directors - Moriyama, Toru and Shiozawa - came out on stage.
"Thank you for coming to watch our rendition of RENT!" Moriyama said with a microphone in hand.
"We would like to introduce the cast once more, so please show them your support!" Toru continued with his own microphone in hand.
Aiba positioned himself at the aisle in order to have the full view of the cast, focusing on each as they stepped forward to take a bow. As soon as the curtains were dropped he hurried to get to the backstage to congratulate Shirota. He already spotted Kimeru moving to the sides as soon as he pressed the record button to stop the recording of the play. He looked around a bit to see where he could pass since the audience was already standing up to leave. That was when he spotted his family....he froze. 'EH?! Mother is talking to Shirota-kun's sister?!' he thought in disbelief.
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Shirota Maria bowed. "It's nice to finally meet Aiba's mother," she said conversationally.
Mikoto smiled at her. "It's wonderful to meet some of Shirota-kun's siblings as well, I've heard good things about you from Hiroki." she said.
Maria nodded. "This is my mother Pepi," she introduced, gesturing to her mother who stood. "And my brother Jun and sister Rina," she continued, gesturing to the two where Rina was on Jun's shoulders so she could see the stage.
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Backstage, the cast were congratulating one another.
"So that bike ended up working alright after all," Takigawa said as soon as he spotted Shirota, patting him on the back.
Shirota chuckled. "It always has. Kazuki-kun just doesn't know how to use it," he teased before running away from the said Joanne actor who chased him around, causing the rest of the cast members to laugh at this outcome.
"Takigawa! Good job!" Kimeru said as he came backstage.
"Yes...too much of a good job, Kimeru-senpai strangled the armrest of his chair during the ‘Light My Candle’ song," Aiba said with a chuckled as he joined them.
Takigawa chuckled. "Yanagi and I had that much effect on you, Kime-kun?" he teased.
"APOLOGIZE RIGHT NOW!!" Kazuki bellowed, still giving chase to Shirota, who managed to mount the bicycle and used it to escape from Kazuki.
Aiba laughed as he saw what the two was doing. "Go Shirota-kun~" he cheered.
Kimeru frowned. "What can I say...it looked realistic...not to mention the kissing scene back there...." he said.
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Mikoto bowed to them. "I'm very pleased to meet you," she said before gesturing to the two behind her. "These are Hinako, my eldest and Daisuke, my husband," she introduced.
Hinako bowed at them and Daisuke simply nodded.
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Takumi, after enjoying himself, halted Kazuki, who was panting now as Shirota stopped and got off the bicycle, grinning in triumph before approaching the three, lounging an arm over Aiba's shoulders.
Takigawa smiled. "Then I can safely assume I have inherited my mother's skills," he said.
Shirota turned to Takigawa. "Ah, that's right. Your mother's an actress and a model, isn't she?"
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Pepi stepped forward. "I do hope Yuu's visits to your house have not been troublesome for you, Mikoto-san?" she inquired.
Mikoto shook her head and smiled. "Not at all. I'm actually very grateful to him for managing to make Hiroki come home," she said.
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"Takigawa-senpai's mother is and actress and a model? That's amazing..." Aiba said as he looked at Takgiawa.
Kimeru nodded. "Yeah you inherited your mother's skills...." he said in agreement. ".....I'm just glad that Yanagi is dating Moriyama-senpai or else I'll--"
"YANAGI'S DATING WHO?!" came the immediate response of some of the cast.
"Er...I think I said that a bit too loud..." Kimeru said sheepishly.
Yanagi blushed a good crimson color as Moriyama simply grinned.
Shirota sighed. "Yes, you did, Kimeru-senpai..."
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Pepi raised her eyebrows. “Is that so? Well, I'm glad my youngest son's been able to do that for Hiroki-kun," she said.
Kimeru shrugged before grinning. "They were bound to find out anyway..." he said.
Aiba nodded in agreement before remembering something. "Ah! I almost forgot!! Before I went here I saw our parents talking over at the audience area!" he told Shirota.
Kimeru grinned at them. "Now isn't that interesting...right Eiji-kun?" he asked as he looked at Takigawa.
"What did you just call him?" came another collective reaction.
Kimeru smirked at them. "Is this rehearsed or what?" he asked sarcastically.
Shirota turned to Aiba. "You're kidding!" he said before turning to Kimeru. "Oi, I'm the only one who--"
Takigawa brought a hand up to cut Shirota off. "Relax, Shirotan," he said as he turned to Kimeru, nodding.
Kimeru chuckled. "If it makes you feel any better, Shirota-kun, I'll call him Eiji instead," he said before pointing at Takigawa.
Shirota grinned, flashing a thumbs-up towards Kimeru. "I accept!"
Takigawa brought a hand to his face, sighing. "You guys..." he muttered.
Kimeru chuckled. "Then it's settled!" he said as he shook Shirota's hand before looking at Takigawa with a smile.
Aiba blinked. "O...k.....Now that was just strange."
Takigawa shrugged, but the slight blush on his cheeks was there. "I'll go and get changed..." he announced, heading off to the dressing room.
"I'll come with you!" Shirota called, following after the junior.
Aiba smiled. "Kimeru-senpai and I will just be waiting out here..." he said.
Kimeru nodded before looking around the stage.
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As soon as the two got into the dressing room - which was thankfully empty except for themselves - Shirota took of his prop glasses.
"It's alright, isn't it? I mean... breaking our tradition?" Takigawa asked quietly.
Shirota nodded. "Aa. I understand completely," he reassured him. "Don't worry, I'll find something to do to occupy my time." Shirota moved to get his clothes. "You just make sure you don't get into an argument with Kimeru-senpai about something trivial or I'll have to come and resolve it for you," he warned lightly.
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"So...senpai…" Aiba began as he looked at Kimeru. "How are things going?" he asked.
Kimeru grinned. "Everything's going fine...and you? I see you haven't started using Shirota-kun's name," he said. "It been a whole quarter and it's still 'Shirota-kun'."
Aiba frowned. "Well...I don't think that--"
"He'll like it once you do..." Kimeru said slyly.
"You...think so?" Aiba asked hesitantly and Kimeru nodded.
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Takigawa looked over to Shirota, blinking for a moment before approaching his place to retrieve his clothes.
Shirota, who had managed to finish changing into some casual clothes first, moved to the door. "I'll be going ahead, Eiji-kun!" he said.
"Go on, then," Takigawa called.
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"So what the heck are you waiting for?" Kimeru asked his kouhai with a grin.
"I...I guess you're right," Aiba said.
"Look, here he comes....good luck with that, Aiba," Kimeru said with a nod before heading towards the dressing room. "See you on Monday, Shirota-kun!" he said as he passed Shirota.
Shirota nodded over to Kimeru as he passed before walking up to Aiba, grinning. "Saa, I believe our families are still outside?" he offered.
"Yeah. Want to go to them now, Yuu-kun?" Aiba asked, a bit nervous about following Kimeru's advice.
Shirota nodded, making his way to the door. "Su---" He stopped and rounded to look over to Aiba, walking back and talking him by the arms. "What did you just call me?!" he asked.
Aiba blinked at Shirota. "Er...Yuu-kun?" he answered.
Shirota beamed, nodding excitedly. "I'm glad, I'm glad..." he muttered to himself before pulling him off to go see their families. “Saa, let's go, Hiroki!" he exclaimed happily.
Aiba blushed when he heard Shirota call him by his first name. "S-Sure..." he said before smiling.
As soon as they reached the audience area they saw that the only people there were the parents of the cast, who were either with them or -in Kazuki and Takumi's case- running around the audience area.
Aiba spotted their parents near the front row. "There they are!" he told Shirota as he led him to them.
Shirota nodded as they headed up to their families.
"I SEE YUU-ANI!!" Rina proclaimed from Jun's shoulders.
Mikoto looked around and spotted them as well. "Congratulations on that successful performance, Shirota-kun," she said as the two approached.
Daisuke simply nodded to them and Hinako waved.
Aiba smiled at them. "Aa, and I have it all on film," he said, "I'll provide a copy for you, Shirota-san," he told Shirota's mother.
Pepi nodded. "Arigatou, Hiroki-kun. That's very thoughtful of you," she said.
"Where's Eiji?" Jun inquired as Rina reached down and pulled on Shirota's hair.
Shirota jerked a thumb backstage. "Still dressing up. Why?"
"Just curious," Jun replied.
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Kimeru, knowing that only Takigawa would be inside, rushed into the dressing room. "Guess what!!" he said as he closed the door behind him.
Takigawa was halfway into pulling on a shirt before he looked over to Kimeru. "What?" he inquired as he followed through and put on his shirt.
Kimeru grinned. "Aiba just called Shirota 'Yuu-kun'," he said. “About time, don't you think?"
Takigawa stuffed the last of his costume into a bag after zipping it closed and nodded. "It took them long enough..." he said. “But if I know Shirota, he'd have replied with calling Aiba by his first name."
"I guess you're right," Kimeru said with a nod. "So I guess we'll be seeing more progress from the two of them," he said with a chuckle.
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Aiba checked on the camera as his sister talked to him about the play. His father, in the meantime, excused himself from the group for reasons no one knew while his mother was still talking to Shirota's mother.
Shirota, playing with Rina for a while and talking with Jun, noticed Aiba's father straying from the pack before sighing to himself.
"Yuu-ani, can I borrow glasses?" Rina asked from his shoulder.
Shirota looked up to Rina. "What? You mean my prop glasses?" he inquired as Rina nodded.
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Takigawa smirked. "I suppose so." He slung the bag over his shoulder before nodding to Kimeru. "Alright, I'm all set to go," he announced.
Kimeru nodded as he took hold of Takigawa's free hand. "Let's go on home then~" he said with a bright smile.
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Aiba looked up from his camera and noticed something unusual. He looked at the sound booth and realized what was amiss. "Excuse me for a moment..." he said as he headed to the small booth. “Is there something wrong sensei?" he asked the teacher near the equipment.
"Ah, Aiba-kun...just the person I needed to see," the teacher answered.
"Why is that, Takahiro-sensei?" Aiba asked.
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Shirota pulled out the case and took the glasses, handing them to Rina. "Be careful with them, alright?" he warned.
"Hai!" Rina replied, putting the glasses on.
"Don't worry, they're strictly prop glasses," Shirota reassured his sister.
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Takahiro smiled as he placed a hand on Aiba's shoulder. "I just wanted to tell you that I'll be handling the school paper and that I expect that copy of the play on Monday," he said as he took a few steps toward the boy.
Aiba, feeling his personal space being threatened, stepped back immediately and shrugged off the teacher's hand. "Aa...I-I'll finish editing it as soon as I can, sensei...though it's Yagami-senpai that you should inform about handling the club," he answered hurriedly. "Please excuse me sensei…I...I need to go back to my family," he added before running out of the booth to rejoin the rest.
Shirota put Rina down before looking around, seeing Aiba return from the sound booth as he furrowed his eyebrows. "Where'd you go off to, Hiroki?" he inquired, walking up to him.
"J-Just checked something in the sound booth. It's alright now..." Aiba told Shirota as he forced a smile.
Shirota blinked before nodding slowly.
"Yuu! It's time to go!" Pepi called.
Shirota looked over to his family and nodded before turning to Aiba. "Ja... I'll see you on Monday, Hiroki," he greeted before heading off.
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When Monday morning arrived, Shirota came to the classroom after having a brief talk with Wada-senpai about tomorrow's practice now that the musical was over.
Aiba was silent; he came from the School Paper's office a while ago and the conversation he had with the new head of the club wasn't really something he could get over quickly. He didn't even notice Shirota arriving.
Endo, who did notice Shirota arrive, walked up to him. "Oi, Shirota! Did you hear? They said that a math teacher of the higher batch will be replacing ours," he said.
Shirota set his bag down on his desk. "Eh? What was wrong with our previous Math teacher?" he asked, frowning.
"She quit apparently, for reasons that the student body is yet to find out," Endo said. "I also heard that he'll be supervising the School Paper..." he added as he glanced over to Aiba.
Shirota followed Endo's gaze over to Aiba. "Oi, Hiroki..." he said, poking him on the arm gently. “You alright?"
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Takigawa came from the Council Room after a long conversation with Moriyama-senpai involving a lot of things - which included Yanagi-kun, the success of the musical, and the other projects for the rest of the school year. He sighed as he reached his classroom.
"Rough morning with Moriyama-senpai?" Toru inquired slyly.
Takigawa nodded as he sank into his seat. "He was asking me a lot of questions about relationships..." he explained with a sigh.
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Kimeru placed his bag on the table to take out his notebook. "Where the hell is my English homework...?" he muttered.
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Aiba almost jumped in surprise as Shirota poked him. "H-huh? Yeah I'm fine..." he said.
"Something wrong, Aiba-kun?" Endo asked as he approached him as well.
Aiba shook his head. "It's nothing..."
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Once the bell rang, Ueshima came into the room to check the attendance. "Ah~ Aiba-kun...Takahiro-sensei wanted to see you for a while; he asked me to tell you to report to his office immediately," he said.
Aiba froze when he heard the name. "H-Hai sensei..." he said before standing up and leaving the room.
'If that's about the School Paper, shouldn't he be talking to Yagami-senpai since he's the editor-in-chief?' Shirota thought to himself as homeroom period continued as usual as Ueshima-sensei continued taking attendance.
Aiba wasn't able to come back to class until the period before the first break. His was visibly shaken about something but didn't dare to tell anyone about it. He took deep breaths to help calm himself down.
When Aiba had finally managed to return to class, Shirota looked sideways to him. 'Well, apparently something's wrong...' he thought to himself with a frown before he returned his attention to the teacher as they went through one more class before the break came.
"Do you want to talk about anything, Hiroki?" Shirota asked quietly, leaning towards the boy's desk.
Aiba shook his head. "I-It's nothing..." he assured him and refused to talk about it any further.
Shirota sighed. 'Well, apparently it's not nothing...' he concluded in his mind, having already figured out Aiba's style with things. "If you say so..." he replied, pulling out a lunch box full of rice cookies. He took one and offered it to Aiba. "Hai," he said brightly.
"Sankyu..." Aiba said as he took the food offered to him.
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After their break, Aiba had managed to get himself back into a more appropriate mood for academics, but it soon disappeared as the next teacher came in.
"Good morning class, I'm Takahiro Akira, and I'll be your math teacher from now on. I'm pleased to meet you all."
Shirota felt a strange aura emanating from this new teacher as he frowned. 'Why do I get the feeling that there's something up with this teacher..?' he thought to himself as he rose to his feet. "A-no, Shirota Yuu desu. I'm the class representative, so if there's anything you need help with, please don't hesitate to tell me, Takahiro-sensei," he said.
Takahiro smiled at Shirota. "I'll remember that, Shirota-kun. Arigatou," he said brightly. "So~ let's start this period with a pop quiz~" he said causing some of the class to groan.
As the students were taking the test, Takahiro moved around the room, keeping a watchful eye on each and everyone of them. He stopped behind Aiba's seat and placed a hand on the boy's back and leaned forward a bit. "Careful with your answers there, Aiba-kun..." he said in a low voice before moving on.
Aiba froze at the contact, but managed to recover as soon as the teacher went away.
Shirota noticed this from the corner of his eye, resisting the urge to break his pencil before he continued solving the problems. 'Relax...' he told himself repeatedly as he nearly burned the paper at how fast he was answering everything.
As soon as the papers were passed, Aiba looked at Shirota for a while. 'Please tell me he noticed that...' he mentally pleaded.
"Alright then, I'll be giving the papers back tomorrow and we'll see how you guys did," Takahiro said as he placed the papers in his envelope before pulling out a class list. "Let's see...now....um...Aiba-kun," he called out.
"H-Hai," Aiba said as he stood up.
"Why don't you tell me what your answer to number one was?" he said with a smile.
"A-no...negative 15," Aiba answered.
Takahiko nodded. "Are you sure about that?"
"Hai. I'm sure sensei..." Aiba replied.
"Very well then, we shall have to see the results of your quiz to find that out, ne?" Takahiko told him before starting the lecture on a new topic.
Aiba frowned as he sat down. 'Then what the hell was that for?' he thought.
Shirota raised an eyebrow at this development. 'Something's up with that teacher... Best we keep an eye on him...' he told himself as he looked over to Aiba before pulling out his notebook to take down some notes.
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Lunch break came along. Aiba was staring at his packed lunch as he thought of what happened during math class.
"Hiroki, aren't you going to eat?" Shirota inquired as he pulled out his own packed lunch.
Moriyama and Takigawa stopped by the 1-1 classroom. "Shirota-kun, we need a favor," Moriyama said, averting himself from looking into the classroom to look for Yanagi.
Takigawa chuckled as Shirota stood and stepped out of the classroom. "There're a few surveys we wanted to conduct before next quarter begins," he explained, handing out a pile of papers. "Distribute them among the freshman classes and have them back by the end of the week."
Shirota nodded. "I can do that..." he replied, glancing over to Moriyama before shrugging. "Yanagi-kun went to have lunch in the cafeteria, senpai..."
Moriyama blushed, looking over to Shirota and nodded. "A...Aa..."
Takigawa smiled, patting Shirota on the shoulder. "We'll expect to see you in the Council Room after classes, Shirotan. Ja."
The two headed off to the cafeteria as Shirota re-entered the classroom as he sat down in his seat, blinking at the papers. "What the..? A popularity poll..?"
Endo looked over Shirota's shoulder. "What's it for?" he asked.
Aiba stabbed his fork at the chicken in his lunch box before taking a deep breath. "Itadakimasu~" he said to himself as he started eating his lunch.
Suzuki joined Endo and scanned the paper. "That looks interesting.”
Shirota sighed. "Another event for next quarter," Shirota explained. "I'll hand this out tomorrow during pre-homeroom," he said as he stuffed it into his bag before starting on his lunch.
Aiba watched Shirota as he got back to his seat. "I think I need to talk to Yagami-senpai about that teacher..." he muttered darkly.
Suzuki and Endo returned to their own seats as Shirota turned to Aiba. "Yes, you should..." he replied quietly. "I don't like the way he's acting around you..." he added, more to himself as he turned his attention to his food.
"Neither do I..." Aiba said with a sigh. "And you won't even believe the questions he started asking me when I went to his office this morning..."
Shirota looked around the classroom for a moment to make sure they weren't going to be overheard before turning to Aiba. "Such as?"
Aiba paused for a moment before looking around. "Well...some personal questions for one...he even gave me this...which is strange in itself," he said as he showed Shirota the calling card of their math teacher.
Shirota's eye twitched at the sight. "I would've understood his intentions if he was doing it with everybody else... But why is it always you?" he inquired angrily, keeping his voice low.
Aiba shrugged. "I don't know either, but believe me....I don't like it," he muttered.
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Lunch break soon ended and the classes started once more. After classes, normal activities for students in the varsity and other clubs resumed.
"I'll see you after practice, Yuu-kun. The paper has a meeting today so I won't be covering your training," Aiba said.
Shirota brought up his bag, chuckling. "I won't be attending practice today since I need to meet up with Takigawa-senpai and Moriyama-senpai this afternoon," he explained. "So I'll meet you out by the gates after activities are done. Ja, Hiroki!" he said, nodding as he left for the Council Room.
Aiba nodded as he left the room for the School Paper office. As soon as he got there, "A-re?" he said as he looked around, noticing that no one was there. Aiba stepped into the room and decided to wait for the others.
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Author/Artist: mido_ban04 and tennis_dudez
Link: Winglicans Thread
Warnings/Rating:T (Suitable for teens, 13 years and older, with some violence, minor coarse language, and minor suggestive adult themes)
Series/Pairing(s): TeniMyu; Mainly Takigawa Eiji x Kimeru & Shirota Yuu x Aiba Hiroki
Notes: Our second forum roleplay revolving around the two couples that we did over at Winglicans.
An alternative universe type of fanfiction, my partner and I take you to how the two couples began during their days in Senior High, with Takigawa and Kimeru in their 2nd year, and Shirota and Aiba in their 1st. This fanfiction will run from that setting until Shirota and Aiba’s graduation from Senior High two years later. Most of the information here are either altered, made-up or real altogether. For clarifications on such information, feel free to contact me through Y!M (snoopeRJ_04).
Hints of other pairings shall also be introduced, therefore expect to be seeing other members of the TeniMyu cast to show up in this Mitsukaru Senior High setting. This is meant to serve as a prequel to our fanfiction ’Anything for You’.
As my partner seems to be having problems with posting, I shall also be posting the chapters of this prequel. This is an edited version of our roleplay over at the forum (or rather, a cleaner and grammatically correct version), open to reviews and such from fellow TeniMyu Slash fans. :D
Here is the 9th chapter entitled The New Teacher. This chapter focuses on the actual performance of the school musical of RENT put on by the school before it shifts to the introduction of a new problem for Shirota and Aiba in the form of a new teacher in the form of Takahiro Akira. Their relationship is once again put to the test as Takahiro-sensei takes interest in Aiba. Shirota, along with the help of the Student Council, tries to expose the devious deeds of this seemingly innocent Math teacher.
However, because of the length of this chapter, I am forced to divide it into two parts. This is part 1.
**ALSO! None of the authors of this roleplay/fanfic own TeniMyu or the actors, but are mere fangirls of the musical series and corresponding actors we write about. Everything that progresses in the story is the creation of our witty imaginations.
The day of the musical arrived. The rest of the school plus the guests gathered in the auditorium that Saturday afternoon. Among those guests were Aiba's parents and some of Shirota's family.
Moriyama was giving final instructions to the cast before confirming that everything was working. "Alright, time to show everybody your hard work!" he said to the cast, who cheered in agreement before getting into position at the wings and on stage.
Aiba was somewhere in front; he was tasked by Yagami to take a whole video coverage of the play while Kimeru was in the front row beside Ueshima-sensei.
The curtains were pulled before the first song began to play. The eight cast members took their places under a spotlight as the piano instrumental began to play. It wasn't long before they all broke off into song.
"525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear.
525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year?
In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee.
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.
In 525,600 minutes - how do you measure a year in the life?
How about love?
How about love?
How about love?
Measure in love.
Seasons of love."
"525,600 minutes!
525,000 journeys to plan.
525,600 minutes - how can you measure the life of a woman or man?" Kazuki sang.
"In truths that she learned, or in times that he cried.
In bridges he burned, or the way that she died," Sota sang passionately before the rest came back to sing the final verse.
"It's time now to sing out, though the story never ends.
Let's celebrate remember a year in the life of friends.
Remember the love!
Remember the love!
Remember the love!
Measure in love.
Seasons of love!
Seasons of love."
Aiba smiled as he continued filming.
"They've done a good job in casting..." Ueshima commented quietly and Kimeru nodded in approval.
The musical continued before Takigawa took center stage with a guitar in hand as he sat himself down on the prop chair and began to play. After a few measures, he began singing 'One Song Glory'.
Kimeru was mesmerized as he watched Takigawa on stage. He had seen the practices, and even had a chance to hear the song a few days before at home but he still couldn't believe what he was seeing.
Aiba grinned as he glanced at his senpai, 'Good job, Takigawa-senpai~' he thought.
After the song, Takigawa headed off-stage as the lights faded for a while before coming back on. The scene was set as a knock sounded before Yanagi entered before the song 'Light my Candle' began between the two.
"Now now Kimeru-kun...Don't strangle the armrest..." Ueshima said as he saw Kimeru's grip on the armrest of the chair tighten.
Kimeru willed himself to relax and continue watching.
Shirota's family, who had met Takigawa quite a number of times already, silently applauded his fine performance on stage. The song ended not long after before a few scenes passed and Mark and Joanne's song of 'Tango Maureen' was up next. Kazuki was on-stage first before Shirota made his entrance. As the song progressed, Shirota was fussing around with the prop equipment while Kazuki on the mic.
Their first short tango sequence that followed ended in Kazuki dropping Shirota intentionally to the floor as the former began to walk away, the song still in play. Shirota recovered and continued the song before their second sequence followed shortly after. As the song ended, the lights dimmed out before the rest of the musical continued.
Aiba grinned when as he watched Shirota move smoothly along the stage. He winced a bit as the boy was dropped, a soft thud echoing in the speakers. He fought back a laugh when he saw Kazuki leave the stage when the lights were out, muttering darkly about not getting the other to react inappropriately as they danced.
The musical ended with a reprise of 'Seasons of Love' from the cast members before the curtains were pulled down. A vibrant round of applause came from the audience as the three directors - Moriyama, Toru and Shiozawa - came out on stage.
"Thank you for coming to watch our rendition of RENT!" Moriyama said with a microphone in hand.
"We would like to introduce the cast once more, so please show them your support!" Toru continued with his own microphone in hand.
Aiba positioned himself at the aisle in order to have the full view of the cast, focusing on each as they stepped forward to take a bow. As soon as the curtains were dropped he hurried to get to the backstage to congratulate Shirota. He already spotted Kimeru moving to the sides as soon as he pressed the record button to stop the recording of the play. He looked around a bit to see where he could pass since the audience was already standing up to leave. That was when he spotted his family....he froze. 'EH?! Mother is talking to Shirota-kun's sister?!' he thought in disbelief.
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Shirota Maria bowed. "It's nice to finally meet Aiba's mother," she said conversationally.
Mikoto smiled at her. "It's wonderful to meet some of Shirota-kun's siblings as well, I've heard good things about you from Hiroki." she said.
Maria nodded. "This is my mother Pepi," she introduced, gesturing to her mother who stood. "And my brother Jun and sister Rina," she continued, gesturing to the two where Rina was on Jun's shoulders so she could see the stage.
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Backstage, the cast were congratulating one another.
"So that bike ended up working alright after all," Takigawa said as soon as he spotted Shirota, patting him on the back.
Shirota chuckled. "It always has. Kazuki-kun just doesn't know how to use it," he teased before running away from the said Joanne actor who chased him around, causing the rest of the cast members to laugh at this outcome.
"Takigawa! Good job!" Kimeru said as he came backstage.
"Yes...too much of a good job, Kimeru-senpai strangled the armrest of his chair during the ‘Light My Candle’ song," Aiba said with a chuckled as he joined them.
Takigawa chuckled. "Yanagi and I had that much effect on you, Kime-kun?" he teased.
"APOLOGIZE RIGHT NOW!!" Kazuki bellowed, still giving chase to Shirota, who managed to mount the bicycle and used it to escape from Kazuki.
Aiba laughed as he saw what the two was doing. "Go Shirota-kun~" he cheered.
Kimeru frowned. "What can I say...it looked realistic...not to mention the kissing scene back there...." he said.
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Mikoto bowed to them. "I'm very pleased to meet you," she said before gesturing to the two behind her. "These are Hinako, my eldest and Daisuke, my husband," she introduced.
Hinako bowed at them and Daisuke simply nodded.
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Takumi, after enjoying himself, halted Kazuki, who was panting now as Shirota stopped and got off the bicycle, grinning in triumph before approaching the three, lounging an arm over Aiba's shoulders.
Takigawa smiled. "Then I can safely assume I have inherited my mother's skills," he said.
Shirota turned to Takigawa. "Ah, that's right. Your mother's an actress and a model, isn't she?"
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Pepi stepped forward. "I do hope Yuu's visits to your house have not been troublesome for you, Mikoto-san?" she inquired.
Mikoto shook her head and smiled. "Not at all. I'm actually very grateful to him for managing to make Hiroki come home," she said.
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"Takigawa-senpai's mother is and actress and a model? That's amazing..." Aiba said as he looked at Takgiawa.
Kimeru nodded. "Yeah you inherited your mother's skills...." he said in agreement. ".....I'm just glad that Yanagi is dating Moriyama-senpai or else I'll--"
"YANAGI'S DATING WHO?!" came the immediate response of some of the cast.
"Er...I think I said that a bit too loud..." Kimeru said sheepishly.
Yanagi blushed a good crimson color as Moriyama simply grinned.
Shirota sighed. "Yes, you did, Kimeru-senpai..."
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Pepi raised her eyebrows. “Is that so? Well, I'm glad my youngest son's been able to do that for Hiroki-kun," she said.
Kimeru shrugged before grinning. "They were bound to find out anyway..." he said.
Aiba nodded in agreement before remembering something. "Ah! I almost forgot!! Before I went here I saw our parents talking over at the audience area!" he told Shirota.
Kimeru grinned at them. "Now isn't that interesting...right Eiji-kun?" he asked as he looked at Takigawa.
"What did you just call him?" came another collective reaction.
Kimeru smirked at them. "Is this rehearsed or what?" he asked sarcastically.
Shirota turned to Aiba. "You're kidding!" he said before turning to Kimeru. "Oi, I'm the only one who--"
Takigawa brought a hand up to cut Shirota off. "Relax, Shirotan," he said as he turned to Kimeru, nodding.
Kimeru chuckled. "If it makes you feel any better, Shirota-kun, I'll call him Eiji instead," he said before pointing at Takigawa.
Shirota grinned, flashing a thumbs-up towards Kimeru. "I accept!"
Takigawa brought a hand to his face, sighing. "You guys..." he muttered.
Kimeru chuckled. "Then it's settled!" he said as he shook Shirota's hand before looking at Takigawa with a smile.
Aiba blinked. "O...k.....Now that was just strange."
Takigawa shrugged, but the slight blush on his cheeks was there. "I'll go and get changed..." he announced, heading off to the dressing room.
"I'll come with you!" Shirota called, following after the junior.
Aiba smiled. "Kimeru-senpai and I will just be waiting out here..." he said.
Kimeru nodded before looking around the stage.
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As soon as the two got into the dressing room - which was thankfully empty except for themselves - Shirota took of his prop glasses.
"It's alright, isn't it? I mean... breaking our tradition?" Takigawa asked quietly.
Shirota nodded. "Aa. I understand completely," he reassured him. "Don't worry, I'll find something to do to occupy my time." Shirota moved to get his clothes. "You just make sure you don't get into an argument with Kimeru-senpai about something trivial or I'll have to come and resolve it for you," he warned lightly.
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"So...senpai…" Aiba began as he looked at Kimeru. "How are things going?" he asked.
Kimeru grinned. "Everything's going fine...and you? I see you haven't started using Shirota-kun's name," he said. "It been a whole quarter and it's still 'Shirota-kun'."
Aiba frowned. "Well...I don't think that--"
"He'll like it once you do..." Kimeru said slyly.
"You...think so?" Aiba asked hesitantly and Kimeru nodded.
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Takigawa looked over to Shirota, blinking for a moment before approaching his place to retrieve his clothes.
Shirota, who had managed to finish changing into some casual clothes first, moved to the door. "I'll be going ahead, Eiji-kun!" he said.
"Go on, then," Takigawa called.
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"So what the heck are you waiting for?" Kimeru asked his kouhai with a grin.
"I...I guess you're right," Aiba said.
"Look, here he comes....good luck with that, Aiba," Kimeru said with a nod before heading towards the dressing room. "See you on Monday, Shirota-kun!" he said as he passed Shirota.
Shirota nodded over to Kimeru as he passed before walking up to Aiba, grinning. "Saa, I believe our families are still outside?" he offered.
"Yeah. Want to go to them now, Yuu-kun?" Aiba asked, a bit nervous about following Kimeru's advice.
Shirota nodded, making his way to the door. "Su---" He stopped and rounded to look over to Aiba, walking back and talking him by the arms. "What did you just call me?!" he asked.
Aiba blinked at Shirota. "Er...Yuu-kun?" he answered.
Shirota beamed, nodding excitedly. "I'm glad, I'm glad..." he muttered to himself before pulling him off to go see their families. “Saa, let's go, Hiroki!" he exclaimed happily.
Aiba blushed when he heard Shirota call him by his first name. "S-Sure..." he said before smiling.
As soon as they reached the audience area they saw that the only people there were the parents of the cast, who were either with them or -in Kazuki and Takumi's case- running around the audience area.
Aiba spotted their parents near the front row. "There they are!" he told Shirota as he led him to them.
Shirota nodded as they headed up to their families.
"I SEE YUU-ANI!!" Rina proclaimed from Jun's shoulders.
Mikoto looked around and spotted them as well. "Congratulations on that successful performance, Shirota-kun," she said as the two approached.
Daisuke simply nodded to them and Hinako waved.
Aiba smiled at them. "Aa, and I have it all on film," he said, "I'll provide a copy for you, Shirota-san," he told Shirota's mother.
Pepi nodded. "Arigatou, Hiroki-kun. That's very thoughtful of you," she said.
"Where's Eiji?" Jun inquired as Rina reached down and pulled on Shirota's hair.
Shirota jerked a thumb backstage. "Still dressing up. Why?"
"Just curious," Jun replied.
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Kimeru, knowing that only Takigawa would be inside, rushed into the dressing room. "Guess what!!" he said as he closed the door behind him.
Takigawa was halfway into pulling on a shirt before he looked over to Kimeru. "What?" he inquired as he followed through and put on his shirt.
Kimeru grinned. "Aiba just called Shirota 'Yuu-kun'," he said. “About time, don't you think?"
Takigawa stuffed the last of his costume into a bag after zipping it closed and nodded. "It took them long enough..." he said. “But if I know Shirota, he'd have replied with calling Aiba by his first name."
"I guess you're right," Kimeru said with a nod. "So I guess we'll be seeing more progress from the two of them," he said with a chuckle.
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Aiba checked on the camera as his sister talked to him about the play. His father, in the meantime, excused himself from the group for reasons no one knew while his mother was still talking to Shirota's mother.
Shirota, playing with Rina for a while and talking with Jun, noticed Aiba's father straying from the pack before sighing to himself.
"Yuu-ani, can I borrow glasses?" Rina asked from his shoulder.
Shirota looked up to Rina. "What? You mean my prop glasses?" he inquired as Rina nodded.
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Takigawa smirked. "I suppose so." He slung the bag over his shoulder before nodding to Kimeru. "Alright, I'm all set to go," he announced.
Kimeru nodded as he took hold of Takigawa's free hand. "Let's go on home then~" he said with a bright smile.
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Aiba looked up from his camera and noticed something unusual. He looked at the sound booth and realized what was amiss. "Excuse me for a moment..." he said as he headed to the small booth. “Is there something wrong sensei?" he asked the teacher near the equipment.
"Ah, Aiba-kun...just the person I needed to see," the teacher answered.
"Why is that, Takahiro-sensei?" Aiba asked.
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Shirota pulled out the case and took the glasses, handing them to Rina. "Be careful with them, alright?" he warned.
"Hai!" Rina replied, putting the glasses on.
"Don't worry, they're strictly prop glasses," Shirota reassured his sister.
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Takahiro smiled as he placed a hand on Aiba's shoulder. "I just wanted to tell you that I'll be handling the school paper and that I expect that copy of the play on Monday," he said as he took a few steps toward the boy.
Aiba, feeling his personal space being threatened, stepped back immediately and shrugged off the teacher's hand. "Aa...I-I'll finish editing it as soon as I can, sensei...though it's Yagami-senpai that you should inform about handling the club," he answered hurriedly. "Please excuse me sensei…I...I need to go back to my family," he added before running out of the booth to rejoin the rest.
Shirota put Rina down before looking around, seeing Aiba return from the sound booth as he furrowed his eyebrows. "Where'd you go off to, Hiroki?" he inquired, walking up to him.
"J-Just checked something in the sound booth. It's alright now..." Aiba told Shirota as he forced a smile.
Shirota blinked before nodding slowly.
"Yuu! It's time to go!" Pepi called.
Shirota looked over to his family and nodded before turning to Aiba. "Ja... I'll see you on Monday, Hiroki," he greeted before heading off.
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When Monday morning arrived, Shirota came to the classroom after having a brief talk with Wada-senpai about tomorrow's practice now that the musical was over.
Aiba was silent; he came from the School Paper's office a while ago and the conversation he had with the new head of the club wasn't really something he could get over quickly. He didn't even notice Shirota arriving.
Endo, who did notice Shirota arrive, walked up to him. "Oi, Shirota! Did you hear? They said that a math teacher of the higher batch will be replacing ours," he said.
Shirota set his bag down on his desk. "Eh? What was wrong with our previous Math teacher?" he asked, frowning.
"She quit apparently, for reasons that the student body is yet to find out," Endo said. "I also heard that he'll be supervising the School Paper..." he added as he glanced over to Aiba.
Shirota followed Endo's gaze over to Aiba. "Oi, Hiroki..." he said, poking him on the arm gently. “You alright?"
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Takigawa came from the Council Room after a long conversation with Moriyama-senpai involving a lot of things - which included Yanagi-kun, the success of the musical, and the other projects for the rest of the school year. He sighed as he reached his classroom.
"Rough morning with Moriyama-senpai?" Toru inquired slyly.
Takigawa nodded as he sank into his seat. "He was asking me a lot of questions about relationships..." he explained with a sigh.
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Kimeru placed his bag on the table to take out his notebook. "Where the hell is my English homework...?" he muttered.
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Aiba almost jumped in surprise as Shirota poked him. "H-huh? Yeah I'm fine..." he said.
"Something wrong, Aiba-kun?" Endo asked as he approached him as well.
Aiba shook his head. "It's nothing..."
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Once the bell rang, Ueshima came into the room to check the attendance. "Ah~ Aiba-kun...Takahiro-sensei wanted to see you for a while; he asked me to tell you to report to his office immediately," he said.
Aiba froze when he heard the name. "H-Hai sensei..." he said before standing up and leaving the room.
'If that's about the School Paper, shouldn't he be talking to Yagami-senpai since he's the editor-in-chief?' Shirota thought to himself as homeroom period continued as usual as Ueshima-sensei continued taking attendance.
Aiba wasn't able to come back to class until the period before the first break. His was visibly shaken about something but didn't dare to tell anyone about it. He took deep breaths to help calm himself down.
When Aiba had finally managed to return to class, Shirota looked sideways to him. 'Well, apparently something's wrong...' he thought to himself with a frown before he returned his attention to the teacher as they went through one more class before the break came.
"Do you want to talk about anything, Hiroki?" Shirota asked quietly, leaning towards the boy's desk.
Aiba shook his head. "I-It's nothing..." he assured him and refused to talk about it any further.
Shirota sighed. 'Well, apparently it's not nothing...' he concluded in his mind, having already figured out Aiba's style with things. "If you say so..." he replied, pulling out a lunch box full of rice cookies. He took one and offered it to Aiba. "Hai," he said brightly.
"Sankyu..." Aiba said as he took the food offered to him.
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After their break, Aiba had managed to get himself back into a more appropriate mood for academics, but it soon disappeared as the next teacher came in.
"Good morning class, I'm Takahiro Akira, and I'll be your math teacher from now on. I'm pleased to meet you all."
Shirota felt a strange aura emanating from this new teacher as he frowned. 'Why do I get the feeling that there's something up with this teacher..?' he thought to himself as he rose to his feet. "A-no, Shirota Yuu desu. I'm the class representative, so if there's anything you need help with, please don't hesitate to tell me, Takahiro-sensei," he said.
Takahiro smiled at Shirota. "I'll remember that, Shirota-kun. Arigatou," he said brightly. "So~ let's start this period with a pop quiz~" he said causing some of the class to groan.
As the students were taking the test, Takahiro moved around the room, keeping a watchful eye on each and everyone of them. He stopped behind Aiba's seat and placed a hand on the boy's back and leaned forward a bit. "Careful with your answers there, Aiba-kun..." he said in a low voice before moving on.
Aiba froze at the contact, but managed to recover as soon as the teacher went away.
Shirota noticed this from the corner of his eye, resisting the urge to break his pencil before he continued solving the problems. 'Relax...' he told himself repeatedly as he nearly burned the paper at how fast he was answering everything.
As soon as the papers were passed, Aiba looked at Shirota for a while. 'Please tell me he noticed that...' he mentally pleaded.
"Alright then, I'll be giving the papers back tomorrow and we'll see how you guys did," Takahiro said as he placed the papers in his envelope before pulling out a class list. "Let's see...now....um...Aiba-kun," he called out.
"H-Hai," Aiba said as he stood up.
"Why don't you tell me what your answer to number one was?" he said with a smile.
"A-no...negative 15," Aiba answered.
Takahiko nodded. "Are you sure about that?"
"Hai. I'm sure sensei..." Aiba replied.
"Very well then, we shall have to see the results of your quiz to find that out, ne?" Takahiko told him before starting the lecture on a new topic.
Aiba frowned as he sat down. 'Then what the hell was that for?' he thought.
Shirota raised an eyebrow at this development. 'Something's up with that teacher... Best we keep an eye on him...' he told himself as he looked over to Aiba before pulling out his notebook to take down some notes.
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Lunch break came along. Aiba was staring at his packed lunch as he thought of what happened during math class.
"Hiroki, aren't you going to eat?" Shirota inquired as he pulled out his own packed lunch.
Moriyama and Takigawa stopped by the 1-1 classroom. "Shirota-kun, we need a favor," Moriyama said, averting himself from looking into the classroom to look for Yanagi.
Takigawa chuckled as Shirota stood and stepped out of the classroom. "There're a few surveys we wanted to conduct before next quarter begins," he explained, handing out a pile of papers. "Distribute them among the freshman classes and have them back by the end of the week."
Shirota nodded. "I can do that..." he replied, glancing over to Moriyama before shrugging. "Yanagi-kun went to have lunch in the cafeteria, senpai..."
Moriyama blushed, looking over to Shirota and nodded. "A...Aa..."
Takigawa smiled, patting Shirota on the shoulder. "We'll expect to see you in the Council Room after classes, Shirotan. Ja."
The two headed off to the cafeteria as Shirota re-entered the classroom as he sat down in his seat, blinking at the papers. "What the..? A popularity poll..?"
Endo looked over Shirota's shoulder. "What's it for?" he asked.
Aiba stabbed his fork at the chicken in his lunch box before taking a deep breath. "Itadakimasu~" he said to himself as he started eating his lunch.
Suzuki joined Endo and scanned the paper. "That looks interesting.”
Shirota sighed. "Another event for next quarter," Shirota explained. "I'll hand this out tomorrow during pre-homeroom," he said as he stuffed it into his bag before starting on his lunch.
Aiba watched Shirota as he got back to his seat. "I think I need to talk to Yagami-senpai about that teacher..." he muttered darkly.
Suzuki and Endo returned to their own seats as Shirota turned to Aiba. "Yes, you should..." he replied quietly. "I don't like the way he's acting around you..." he added, more to himself as he turned his attention to his food.
"Neither do I..." Aiba said with a sigh. "And you won't even believe the questions he started asking me when I went to his office this morning..."
Shirota looked around the classroom for a moment to make sure they weren't going to be overheard before turning to Aiba. "Such as?"
Aiba paused for a moment before looking around. "Well...some personal questions for one...he even gave me this...which is strange in itself," he said as he showed Shirota the calling card of their math teacher.
Shirota's eye twitched at the sight. "I would've understood his intentions if he was doing it with everybody else... But why is it always you?" he inquired angrily, keeping his voice low.
Aiba shrugged. "I don't know either, but believe me....I don't like it," he muttered.
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Lunch break soon ended and the classes started once more. After classes, normal activities for students in the varsity and other clubs resumed.
"I'll see you after practice, Yuu-kun. The paper has a meeting today so I won't be covering your training," Aiba said.
Shirota brought up his bag, chuckling. "I won't be attending practice today since I need to meet up with Takigawa-senpai and Moriyama-senpai this afternoon," he explained. "So I'll meet you out by the gates after activities are done. Ja, Hiroki!" he said, nodding as he left for the Council Room.
Aiba nodded as he left the room for the School Paper office. As soon as he got there, "A-re?" he said as he looked around, noticing that no one was there. Aiba stepped into the room and decided to wait for the others.
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