Babbling in the morning

RUZA WAS KILLED BY OBAREJI

OBAREJI: YOU’RE SO BAD LOOOOOOL LMFAO HAHAHA

“C’mon Koshiro, were you even trying on this one?”

“I’m sorry Nobu! I’m trying, but I’m pretty sure he’s singling on me.”

“I’m pretty sure he isn’t…” Nobu was the first.

“Nyoko-chan thinks the same…” she murmured second.

“Hehe, I’m sorry Koike-san...” Hirata finished Koshiro off.

“I’m definitely the pushover…” Koshiro stared at the ground, his right eyebrow twitching.

In most of the matches, our heroes (RUZA, NYOKOCHAN, CHIFU, and BERIFU) played that night, they ended up facing AKUADO and OBAREJI (AKA “Koshiro’s terror”). Koshiro was always the first to lose (and usually to OBAREJI) and get mocked in the game chat. He truly wasn’t formidable at the game, after him, Nyoko was more or less an average player, Nobu was a pretty good one, and Hirata was the true “carry” of the team.

On the other side, the only constants were AKUADO and OBAREJI, their teammates varied from match to match, and, regarding their performances, AKUADO was a wild card: the quality of the gameplay changed constantly from good to great, or bad, or awful, or okay, or… you name it. But OBAREJI was different: always competing with CHIFU (Hirata) to see who was the best, and never one time failing to insult others on game chat, even his own teammates…

OBAREJI: WHAT ARE YOU DOING AKUADO?? LOL

AKUADO: I’m trying to play the game…

OBAREJI: YOU CALL THIS PLAYING THE GAME?? LOL

AKUADO: Well… yeah.

OBAREJI: YOU WERE PLAYING LIKE A GOD LAST MATCH! WHY ARE YOU PLAYING LIKE TRASH NOW?  YOU'RE COMPETING WITH RUZA TO SEE WHO'S THE WORST? LOL

OBAREJI: I'M JUST KIDDING, THERE'S NO WAY SOMEONE IS AS BAD AS RUZA. LOL

AKUADO: Hey, I don’t know! And why are you talking here instead of voice chat anyway?

OBAREJI: I DON’T WANT MY FAMILY HEARING ME CURSING YOU, AKUADO. LOL

Koshiro couldn’t help but stare at the messages and think: “Is his ‘LOL’ button broken or something?”

“Alright, I think that’s enough for today.” Nobu said while leaving the game, “We have school tomorrow, Nyoko.”

“Nyoko-chan prefers to stay playing!”

“You can’t.”

“Aaah!” Nyoko made a sound of disappointment, “Okay!”

“I have to sleep as well.” stated Hirata, “Good night, Furukawa-san, Furukawa-chan, Koike-san, it was a pleasure to play with you guys.”

“Good night Hirata, thanks for coming.” replied Nobu.

“Thanks for coming! Good night, Hirata-kun!” uttered Nyoko.

“Good night Hirata-san.” said Koshiro. After that, they all turned off their TVs and gaming consoles

“Aaah.” Koshiro heaved a deep sigh. “Oh man, Nobu is definitely going to pick on me because of today.” The boy got ready to sleep, but before doing so, he went to his closet and picked a notebook hid behind the clothes. Koshiro opened it and read what was written on the first page with large letters:

INSPIRATION!

Koshiro had promised he would fill that notebook when he started high school, so here he was. “Yeah, I’m definitely not just starting now because it’s the first time this notebook appears.”

He picked a pencil from his desk and wrote on the notebook’s second page:

First day:

Not much! Scar still hates me… but I tried to come up with some things!

fake girl, inflatable bears, and Lolis composed my day today… I guess.

Those two girls are weird but very pretty…

Hirata and Yasutake are in my class, and I met some other characters, it was a pretty busy day (8 chapters!).

Sumiye is Sumiye… Nobu and Nyoko-chan are fine…

Anyway, I should focus! There's a lot to happen yet!

***

“Why… are... you so mean? I’m… trying... my best. Kuma...chan? Yaoi...Isekai... Anpan...” Koshiro was babbling between snores.

“Do you understand what this boy is saying?” Sumiye asked Scar, by her side. They were standing in front of Koshiro’s bed. The boy was sprawled all over it while drooling.

“You know that I don’t understand this kid, Sumiye-chan.”

“You’re right…” Sumiye murmured, and then clapped her hands once: “So, do you want to do the honors?”

“You can always count on me, Sumiye-chan!”

“Okay! I’m counting on you!” Sumiye grabbed the cat and put her in Koshiro's head.

“Old... game? Lolis are… important… AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!” Koshiro woke with the feeling of cat claws on his skin.

“Hey Scar-chan, go a bit easier on him, okay?”

“Only because you’re asking!” Scar stopped scratching Koshiro’s head and started licking him.

“Aargh. Thanks for this last gesture Scar, but your tongue is rough.” Koshiro pushed the cat away and then jumped out of his bed.

“That’s the way you treat me when I have the goodwill to wake you up?!”

“She’s right Koshiro, why wouldn’t you want a kiss from this cute girl right here?” Sumiye indicated Scar with her hands.

“Sumiye-chan!” Scar’s eyes were shining while looking at Sumiye, “You’re the cutest!”

“No, you are, Scar-chan!”

“Sumiyechi!” Scar jumped into Sumiye’s arms, and it was as if the two started to shine together.

“Ahem.” Koshiro cleaned his throat, “I’m sorry to interrupt, but why did you wake me up at this hour?”

“Huh? What are you talking about? Aren’t you the one that wakes early to fail at his drafts?”

“Yeah... I wake up early compared to other students, not teachers. W-Wait...”

“Well, I guess that’s the price for having a healthy and delicious meal in your stomach in the morning!”

“So breakfast is ready already?”

“Of course not! it’s too early.”

Koshiro sighed “I don’t think I can go back to sleep now, so I’m better off just ‘drafting’ anyway”

“Do whatever you want but be ready to have breakfast in an hour. Let’s go Scar-chan!”

“Let’s go, Sumiye-chan!” 

***

It isn’t a surprise that Koshiro couldn’t come up with anything. After some minutes of thinking, he gave up for that morning and got ready to go to school.

“I have to admit that your food is as good as always, Sumi-nee.” Koshiro had just finished his breakfast. “You’re gonna be a great wife.”

“Hmm.” Sumiye looked away from Koshiro and stared at the cup in her hands, “Wife, Huh? I don’t think this day is coming soon…”

“It only depends on you two…” Koshiro murmured without letting Sumiye hear. “I’m sorry for touching on the subject! I should’ve been more careful! I was just complimenting your cooking skills!”

“Haha.” she laughed weakly, “Don’t worry about it, Koshiro. I’m just hoping I won’t be judged just by my cooking skills.”

“Don’t worry about that, you have other great qualities Sumiye!”

“Uhum, thanks.”

***

“Enjoy it Scar, and don’t worry, I’ll be back later today.” Sumiye put Scar's food.

“Thanks, Sumiye-chan!”

“I’m off then.” said Sumiye.

“Until later, Sumiye-chan!” Scar saw her off.

“I’m off!” uttered Koshiro.

“Wow, this food is really good!” Scar started eating.

“Whatever.” Koshiro turned around and headed to Sumiye’s car.

Sumiye and Koshiro got in the car, and she started driving, it wouldn’t take long to arrive at school in that way but it was enough time for some (not so trivial) chatter:

“So, have you considered joining any club?” Sumiye asked.

“What is this all of the sudden?”

“What?” the woman took her eyes off of the road for a moment to look at Koshiro: “I’m just curious! Besides, it could be good to inspire you.” she then returned her attention to where it should be.

“Yeah, but if I join one club my creativity will be limited by what that club does.”

“But your creativity is already limited.”

“Ouch, that was unnecessary.”

“I’m sorry for that, but did you know that our school has all types of clubs?”

“I might’ve heard of it.” (he actually hadn’t)

“So, there are all types of opportunities! Although I already have something in mind for you.”

“Hmm.” Koshiro looked at Sumiye, “And what is it?”

“It’s a secret!” she smiled, “For now at least…”

“Great…”

“If you don’t join a club by next week you’ll see what I’m talking about.”

“Okay.”

They remained quiet the rest of their short way to Obaka High, where Sumiye parked and asked Koshiro to get off the car.

“Hey! Good morning, Koike-san!” a voice called for Koshiro as soon as he got off of Sumiye’s car.

“G-Good morning Koike-san.” a shy voice followed. Hirata and Yasutake were approaching Koshiro.

“Oh, before I forget…” Sumiye diverted Koshiro’s attention, “Please enjoy this on your lunch break.” she handed him an obento.

“Thanks, Sumi-nee.”

“D-Did he just arrived at school with Suto-Sensei??” a panicking Yasutake asked Hirata while Sumiye entered the school building.

“Yes! And she slept with him last night!”

“WHAT??!”

Hearing that, Koshiro couldn’t keep his mouth shut anymore: “She slept in my house, IN my house.” he shouted. “And in another room!” he added.

“B-But she even handed him a boxed lunch…”

“Aargh.” Koshiro sighed and walked towards the other two first-years: “What are you doing here anyway? It’s too early for students.”

“Huh?” Hirata tilted his head, “Isn’t it obvious? That’s the part where we see you and Suto-Sensei together and start to misunderstand your relationship with her.”

“Hmm.” Koshiro stared at Hirata, “And after saying this, what do you think?”

“Oh, now I’m almost sure you two have an unchaste relation!”

“I-I agree with Kazuhiko-kun.” Yasutake nodded.

“Oh my god.” Koshiro smacked his own head, “I’ve told you that it’s not like that, she’s like an older sister…”

“This makes things worst Koike-san…”

Koshiro heaved a sigh and looked at the sky with annoyance: “Let’s just go inside.”