>>90132 Update. Sorry, I don't have an excuse.
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"Right; I need to use the restroom, too."
"What?!" Adahn stands up and glares at me. "Don't tell me you're-"
"And I'll make sure Hibiki doesn't take any unnecessary detours." I look at him and see him frowning. Oh for god's sake... Don't tell me he really was going to do something. "That okay with you, Adahn?"
"I..." She looks between the two of us for a moment, and then sighs. "Fine. But if anything happens I'll be sure to hear of it." What, she's going to interrogate Aoi or something?
"Fine by me." Hibiki grabs my hand and pulls me toward the restrooms. "Let's go, partner!" I manage to break free from his grasp, but continue behind him.
We walk over to toilets and- god damn it, I don't believe this. After all that Hibiki is still heading towards women's room.
"Hey." I grab his arm and stop him. "Are you serious?"
"...What do you mean?" Please don't try those puppy-dog eyes on me, it just looks wrong on you.
"You know what it is." Tugging him I try to get him to move. Sure, if he decided to continue walking I'd have no way to stop him, so hopefully this is enough. "Move away from that door or I won't guarantee your safety."
His expression slowly grows grimmer. "...You would dare to go against me?"
"No." I shake my head, I'm not that foolish. "I wouldn't do anything to stir the trouble, but I certainly won't defend you if Adahn asks about something. And..." I lower my voice and Hibiki swallows. "That girl has lots of influence."
"...How so?" He asks with worried voice.
"Just a simple remark from here, like '
I heard that Hibiki was peeping in girl's toilet' might be fatal for you." I actually don't know for sure, but this stuff might as well be true. Although I hope it isn't. "Just few words can make your life hell."
"..." Hibiki stares at me for a moment longer until he lets out a breath. "Alright, I understand. You can't get a joke."
And now he's pulling this? "The joke's on you, I wasn't serious at all!"
"Hahaha!" He puts arm around my shoulder and laughs. "Yes, obviously we'd stick together even against immeasurable odds, like student council!"
"Hahaha!" Like hell! "Yes, it's as you say!"
Laughing like fools we turn around to the toilet we should be heading to.
And see Aoi walk out of there.
We freeze in shock(Hibiki literally stops in the middle of the step) and stare at... Her? And she's(?) noticed us too.
Aoi looks at us with eyes wide, not saying anything. Who can blame her(or him?) on this situation?
Hibiki is first to move. Quickly he tilts his head up and looks at... I see, yes, maybe we were just mistaken with the toilets and Aoi was scared of our reaction.
But over the door Aoi walked out from, there's unmistakably both the text "MEN" written in all capitals, and blue figure. We both turn back to look at Aoi, who is still staring at us.
"...Ahem." Finally Aoi coughs, and turns to walk away.
"..hey, wa-" Hibiki is about to call after her, and I squeeze his arm.
I shake my head when he looks at me from Aoi. "...Not now."
He thinks for a moment, but finally nods. "...Alright."
We then head inside, and Hibiki goes into one of the stalls. Huh, guess he really had to go.
"Hey..." His voice comes from inside it.
Calm down, maybe he's trying to come up with something different to talk about. "Yes, what is it Hibiki?"
"This seat is warm."
...Count from one to ten. "Please be quiet." Slowly.
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After we're done, we head back to table where Adahn and Aoi are waiting for us. The latter averts her gaze when we get closer.
"You sure took your time." Adahn greets us the moment we sit down.
"Yeah well..." I roll my eyes and turn to Hibiki... But then look back at her. "No, you wouldn't know how it is."
"...Right, I wouldn't."
Actually, Hibiki took surprisingly long in the toilet. Maybe he was thinking.
We've all finished eating, and nobody's speaking about anything. Adahn coughs into her hand and gets up. "Well, isn't it about time for us to head to school."
"Yes, I think it is." Oh, Adahn, if you only knew what just happened.
Neither Aoi or Hibiki say anything, but both get up and start walking- wait a moment.
"Hey, Hibiki!" I yell at him walking in the wrong direction of the street. "If you can't remember, the school is the other way!"
"Oh, huh?" He looks over his shoulder with dazed expression. "Actually, I'm going to skip rest of the day."
"...What?" Adahn speaks in confusement. "Just like that?"
"Yeah." Hibiki replies. "There's an arcade in the town, right?"
"...Alright then." Adahn shakes her head. "I guess we'd better just leave him then."
[ ] ...Maybe it'd be best to go with Hibiki.
[ ] Yes, I had something to eat, time to head back to school.