Oh Sara

Things returned to normal once we got back from Kyoto. My sisters and I went back to our shrine while Sara and Yukino went back to their places. Though Iroha decided to go with Sara for some reason. Those two have never been particularly close with one another. Considering Sara's the diligent no-nonsense type and Iroha's more care free and lazy, I'm surprised Sara didn't start chastising her when she asked to chat with her.

Sara really is the oddball of our entire study group. Based on her looks and personality, you'd think she's a prefect. However, she has some of the worst grades in our entire school. Even I was able to score higher than her in a subject. The crazy thing is, she studies like crazy, yet always bombs her tests, yet she's highly intelligent. In study sessions, she can make even Yoshi look like an average student.

Suddenly, I got a message from Miyuu. It read, "This idiot insisted on doing this." I then saw a photo of Fumiyo bald, wearing shades, and smoking. WAIT WHAT!?

I immediately ran to the back to find, Fumiyo looking perfectly normal.

"Fu- Fumiyo! What happened!? You were bald and smoking and- "

"*Sigh* I told you this would freak her out," Miyuu grumbled.

"What, I just wanted to play a little prank," Fumiyo laughed.

I immediately ran up to Fumiyo and tugged on her hair.

"Itai ITAI! MIYUU! Make her stop!"

"No, you deserve this for messing with her."

"But I'll really end up bald if she doesn't stop!"

"*Sigh* Yona, that image Fumiyo had me send you was just a filter from a photo booth at an arcade we stopped by," Miyuu grumbled as she whipped out a photograph roll.

I immediately let go of Fumiyo's hair and stared at the photograph roll. Sure enough, there were multiple photos of Miyuu and Fumiyo with various affects.

"Oh, it was just a filter. Sorry about nearly ripping all your hair out, Fumiyo," I chuckled.

Fumiyo responded with a pout before walking off.

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The next day, we all headed for school. When the three of us got there, we noticed Sara and Iroha chatting in the hall.

"You stayed the night at her place?" Miyuu grumbled.

"Ara, I just lost track of time, and it was so late that *yawn* Sara just told me to spend the night there," Iroha drowsily smiled.

"Never again. You kept going on and on. I barely got any sleep because you wouldn't shut up," Sara glared.

Indeed, her eyes had dark circles underneath them.

"Ara ara, you should have let me do your makeup," Iroha smiled.

"I don't do makeup," Sara retorted.

Iroha pouted and dragged a protesting Sara off to the bathroom.

That really was weird. When did Iroha care about Sara? I decided to just focus on class.

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At lunch time, I spotted Miyuu and Fumiyo already sitting with Yoshi.

"Whatcha talikn about?" I asked as I sat down with them.

"We were just going over the Pythagorean theorem," Yoshi explained.

"That's a snake right?"

"No, it's Pythagoras' theorem that states, The sum of the areas of the two squares on the sides of a triangle equals the area of the square on the hypotenuse," Sara explained.

"C- Correct," Yoshi stuttered.

My jaw dropped when I saw Sara. She looked completely different with makeup on.

"See, told you a little makeup would turn some heads. Now we just gotta ditch the glasses," Iroha smiled as she patted Sara on the shoulder.

"Sara!? That's you!? I didn't recognize you!" Yukino shouted as she ran up.

"It's nothing but paint and powder. There's no reason to be so up in arms," Sara grumbled.

"Say, why don't we all go grab some deserts. I heard Sara needed to ask Yoshi something," Iroha winked as she began dragging everyone away.

"Hey! I'm not finished yet!" Miyuu protested.

"I just put my food down!" I protested.

"Just listen to Onee-san!" Iroha smiled.

We watched from a distance as Sara stared at Yoshi. Why was Iroha doing this?

"So what did you want to aske me Sara?" Yoshi asked.

Sara's face went red as she began stuttering.

"Sara?"

"I- I- I- I- K- K- KOI!"

"Koi? _! Wait Sara you don't mean-"

"Cyprinus rubrofuscus var. "koi" is the trinomial name for koi right?"

"Um, yes."

"Thank you!" Sara blushed as she sped off.

"Ahah, she chocked," Iroha scowled.

Wait!? Was Sara trying to confess to Yoshi!? She never attempted to make any romantic advances towards him before. Even after he confessed to me, she only went on a small rant about how she always fails when it matters most, but after that she went back to normal. Why would she...

Iroha's giggle interrupted my thoughts.

"Well, looks like Onee-chan will have to help her overcome her test anxiety," Iroha smiled as she went off after Sara.

No way, was Iroha trying to get Sara to confess to Yoshi!? But why?

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I couldn't stop thinking about Sara even while changing for gym class. If I remember correctly... Wow, I can't really remember much of what Sara did between our high school graduation and the wedding. Heck, she basically just appeared at the wedding and I remembered who she was.

*Bonk*

"OW!"

I had accidentally slammed the locker door into my head. I rubbed my head and gazed up at the fandom I had accidentally summoned.

*New poll rank 5, save point updated*

Huh? I DROPPED!? BUT WHY!? I'VE BEEN MAKING MYSELF MORE NOTICEABLE!

I then pulled up the rankings and got my answer, Sara had overtaken me by about 30 votes. Ugh.