my TRUE self.

Rise Kujikawa is a former teen idol in Japan. After a mysterious doppelganger version of herself began parading on late-night television and getting blamed for it, Rise was sent to Shibuku Formal Academy to set her promiscuous ways straight. Time can only tell the truth... [Affiliated with Shibuku]

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STDS and Me?

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Himari had no idea what these electives were even about, but all she knew was that she had to take one and well what a predicament this was going to be. Looking at the signs and nothing was exactly speaking to her but the one picture on the sign ‘CLASS 2: STDS AND YOU’ made her giggle.

Yes Himari was definitely going to attend this one, even though she had no idea what STD’s or anything else was. It couldn’t be so bad could it? Her first class had been a success so hopefully this one would be as well! But Threetie, the girly penguin was trying to pull her back; and at least her penguin had some kind of idea what this class was but that was probably no. 2’s fault.

At that moment she saw another scurrying down the same hallway, but was there something to be embarrassed about? Himari decided on calling out to her, and raised a hand up to wave.

“Hello!” her voice echoed down the hallway, and she strutted along behind with her invisible blue penguin who was still trying to get the girl to turn away now. “Um, are you going to join this class as well?”

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There was no reading material nor was there any schedule -- since the class was a one time only, but very long, deal. An accreditation, if you would. Rise had only her purse with her, so she had simply nothing to hide herself with.

Everyone seemed to bum rush the others, but here she was, stuck late on sign ups and forced here.

A voice called out to her and Rise would turn on her heels. Another girl? Hey, Rise could have sworn she seen her before... No, they hadn't shared classes she thought, but ... maybe mutual friends? Ah well.

"O-Oh, hey there!" The idol would call out, giving a sheepish wave.

Questions came of if she was attending the class in this hallway and she let out a relieved sigh. "Yeah, I kind of got stuck with it last minute. I didn't think anyone else would be here..."

"I guess the same happened to you, right?" Because, Rise could only assume something as embarrassing as sex education or the sort would be enough to drive away any sensible girl.

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help?

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He took a moment to breeze through whatever else he could read from his rather shitty vantage point there and was hereby too lazy to break out his specs (for the moment) and take a proper look. Besides, giving this chick some lip was something he (read as: his ego) just couldn’t pass up. The only action her words earned was a cocked eyebrow and a slight tilt of his lips. This was going to be amusing, if the playful glint in his eyes was any indication.

“Really now? Just by taking a gander at my handsome face? Why, you must be gifted if you could already tell I should be in the Badass Anon circle. Too bad it’s not being held this semester,” his wry tone definitely spoke volumes of his ego, but at the same time how was it possibly he wasn’t choking on his own sarcasm? Gifted indeed. Douchebags Anon and Personal was more his thing, really. His singing voice was probably appalling. 

“Hmm, let me see…” He removed one hand from his pocket and pressed the middle finger against his forehead, as if in deep thought. “You’re going to sign up for…the spirits tell me ittttts…Priss Bitch Hour with Madam Frilly Panties, eh? Good choice. I feel like it really fits. Better go brush up on what forks to use.” 

Merely smiling at her pouting, he jerked his chin. “So you gonna gawk some more or…” It wasn’t as if he couldn’t remove her personally, but he was a gentleman through and through and screaming damsels definitely wasn’t his thing. Nor was he in any particular hurry, as interesting as that would turn out. This was why Chess was no fun. 

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"Ooh, Anon, huh? I'm so totally scared. Please." Rise said with a huff of an annoyed tone. Anon, something she was familiar with. Netizens and trolls were quite strict and incredibly rude on her own message board.

Being a pop idol was suffering.

Rise was ready to walk away and go try and find a nice place to practice origami, but no. A select sentence would escape the boys lips and hit Rise's ears like a brick. It was harsh and forward -- something even the most confident of girls could find hard to deal with face to face. Usually, it was all just gossip behind backs.

"Excuse me?" Rise said with a slightly trembled bottom lip, almost in shock. "I'd rather be a prissy bitch then a guy trying to pick fights with girls."

Narrowing her eyes, Rise couldn't exactly fight. Nor could she demand him expelled or force him to leave. She simply clutched her bag tightly.

"You're right, you should be in the Anon group. It's a nice group for cowards and total -- " What was the word she heard people use to insult guys?? Oh, yeah. " pussies."

She was shocked she said it. Absolutely shocked. It was like she challenged Kanji right there!

Her shakey eyes, however, proved to be unsure of the confidence and words she spoke. Rise was tough, but she wasn't emotionally settled. The glossy liquid on her eyes was proof of how close she was to crying. Gosh, the nerve.

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help?

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Required classes were always a pain in the ass if it didn’t directly involve smoking during gym beneath the bleachers(ugly ass yellow shorts and all, who were they kidding with clothing requirement lengths in those pieces of shit?? Not the lazy eyed dean thats for sure) or playing tongue war during health class (that’s health related, honest) and the newest development at their prestigious delinquent school was clearly no different, as Kira had taken to notice. Spurned by the gossip and chatter practically oozing through the air and trickling into ever nook and cranny, Kira couldn’t help but let his feet carry him to the information board of magic and tragedy for their grades and social lives. 

He clearly wasn’t in any hurry as he sauntered along, hands snug in his pockets, eyes idly scanning the crowd of brats circling the bulleton board in question and he could nod in satisfaction when he didn’t spot any familiar faces among the various groups. Playful banter was great and all but his quota was nearing its filling (….).

And thankfully in a few slow strides of his long ass legs he reached his destination, but before he could gaze upon the fated list of shitty classes….

“S-S-STDS and Me?!”

Were girls normally this TMI right smack dab in the hallway? Oh well, he hadn’t tapped that so it was none of his beezwax.

He took one look-see at her legs, shifted his weight and opened his mouth. “Oi, down in front short stack. Gossip to the rest of your girlfriends can wait till the next boyfriend exchange. Probably.” Fate really is an unfortunate thing, ain’t it. 

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There was only so much Rise could do. The type face on the flier was so small, they should really hirer better advertisers! Scrunching her face and narrowing her eyes, she was able to fully read the description of each course. Anger, drugs, and gangs? It seemed pretty straight forward, if not absolutely boring.

However, a sudden call would straighten the girls posture. As if she knew it was directed towards her, she blushed and turned, puffing her cheeks a bit in embarassment.

"Huh? Oh -- sorry about that!"

Rise had tried to socialize, but remained a bit wary since this was a school for bad kids. Her selfish, narrow minded view immediatly pinpointed everyone as bad, and only leaving her to be here by error.

"Boyfriend exchange...?"

Placing her hands on her hip, the girl was quick to show a bit of pep to her. "I was reading the flier for the classes. I already know which one you should be in!"

Anger Management Musical?

Totally.

Then again, Rise liked playing the victim, even if she was blocking the view from other students, she didn't like the tone this guy had! Hmph!

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STDS and Me?

Oh, this was certainly not what she expected as an elective.

It took her a while to pick a class. No, it wasn't even a true choice. Picking a class out of a hat, practically, Rise was stuck with the class she feared the most: the sexual deviancy class.

STDS and You!

Really?

The girl only kind of sorta, maybe had a little bit of a flirting problem, but that didn't warrant her to be in this class workshop!

To help students navigate towards their proper workshops, the hallway would be littered with large, hand made signs.

"CLASS 1 - ANGER MANAGEMENT MUSICAL ►"

"CLASS 4 - OVERDOSE AND OVERDONE ▼ "

and so on.

It was obvious enough which students were going where, since all of the classes were held in different hallways. Rise's eyes scanned the walls for the nearest hint of which hallway her... specific class would be held.

A large sign, oversized, with the words 'CLASS 2 - STDS AND YOU ▲" finally caught her eyes. Wow, and did the creators of the sign really have to include a cartoon condom on the side?

Sighing heavily, the girl kept her reddened face hidden as she scurried down the hallway, hoping no one would see her.

But, they probably would!

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help?

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“… Uhm, excuse me. But you seem to be in the way…”

Rude was a light way of putting it. Or perhaps she was just clueless. Either way there were some rather violent types in the back who wanted to get a look at the flyer and they looked as though they could snap and lunge at the girl at any second if she continued hogging the spot for herself. As such a certain someone decided to step in and maybe inform her before things got out of hand. In a school with delinquents and gang members running around it always paid to have someone watching your back, after all.

Ling had come to attend one of the classes as well. Not that he really needed to. He was a well mannered (Albeit slightly mischievous) individual himself. His partner, on the other hand, was in desperate need of some rehabilitation. Of course he’d never agree to it himself, so Ling had to force him into it this way. It seemed as though the students in the back were getting a bit rowdy and throwing around a few colorful words to display their frustration.

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The innocent, well, almost innocent pop star couldn't help but be focused on her own problems. Finding a class... One that was not full of crazy people... it proved to be quite the challenge.

A voice pepped up and she'd spin on her heels a bit, blushing at the realization she was kind of hogging the bulliten board. Would she get beat up for it? She hoped not. Even if there seemed to be some disgruntled boys in the back.

"Ahh~! Sorry, about that!" Rise apologized, scurrying to the side. She was pushed a bit by those wanting to see the list, but she did apologize for her actions.

Glancing to the male who seemed to correct her on her mistake, Rise smiled faintly. "I kind of spaced out there. It's hard to choose from these dumb classes..."

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help?

There had been an announcement recently pertaining to some credentials needed as a student. While life had been pretty blissful, if not boring, for the former idol Rise Kujikawa, it seemed fate had a way of ruining that.

"S-S-STDS and Me?!"

A voice exclaimed as she looked over the small piece of paper on the wall. There were sign ups for five strange classes. From what Rise had gathered, she needed to complete one of them to keep a decent standing. While teetering on a C+ average... she needed it! That 20 percent could go a lonnggg way.

The idol pressed the sides of her stocking clad knees together a bit, looking over the classes.

"Dragontamers...? Wasn't that a kids show..."

The pigtailed girl simply stood in the way of anyone wanting to read the same flier, of course, she didn't know she was being rude!

Choices, choices. She had no clue which class to sign up for...

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[ secret santa - locked to Kyouko ]

It was late! Rise Kujikawa had no excuses really. She figured it would be better to wait until the crowds died down at the mall to attempt Christmas shopping. Christmas DAY, wasn't exactly any better.

After finally emerging with a slip of a dorm room, a small knock echoed across the halls. Bound in horribly crumpled wrapping paper, a small gift sat clutched in Rise's arms. Hanging from her limp fingers, a basket of freshly made, but not as delicious as usual, Umaibou sticks steamed still.

In one of them, was a sterling silver cross necklace that Rise found on sale. Of course, fighting the other teenage girls for it was no easy task! The necklace was something specifically wanted by her secret santa, therefore, she made sure to get it.

Rise tried cooking, although, not successfully.

It was the thought that counted.

So here she was, waiting for her Secret Santa on opening the door.

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→ CHRISTMAS WISHES;

The staff of the school had already begun decorating the campus in festive Christmas lights. A chill hung in the air, allowing Rise Kujikawa to see her breathe for the first time in what seemed like the whole year!

Clad in a fuzzy orange sweater, Rise found herself outside enjoying the last hour of sunlight. Even if it was nearing sunset, the Christmas lights were lit up bright to hopefully coax the disgruntled students into having some holiday spirit.

Here Rise was, enjoying the soft carols that played over the loud speaker. The girl had planned on making wish cranes for her friends and her secret santa — hoping to show that wishes can come true as long as you put faith into them.

Fingers were nimble and quick, folding the thin strands of paper to make the shape of the elegant bird. Rise’s tongue stuck out a bit, concentrating on trying to angle the folds properly. It wasn’t until she finally finished she’d realize no matter how well it looked as she was folding, afterwards.. they looked like crap.

Rough and torn edges, creases along the width of the folds, and bent ends showed the crane was anything but perfect. With a sigh, Rise set it off to the other four she had already done, which looked exactly the same: jacked up.

All she could do was keep practicing!

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Shibuku Secret Santa

Three most wanted items: cute cell phone charm, "how to fold origami" book, romantic comedy DVD (you can pick~)

Three items you do not want: a bikini, gift coupon to fast food stores, coupon to dance lessons

Favorite color: orange or pink

Any hobbies or passtimes:  singing, dancing, romantic comedies, cooking, and reading tabloids

One Christmas Wish: To finally be able to relax!

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→ reptile house;

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Social Link Established.

Seeing the other girl look over at the direction of the ferris wheel, the rhino enclosure and the dolphin exhibit; Minako immediately took the hint. Taking the girl’s hands into hers, she smiled, pointing off into the rhino enclosure. ” Ok, how about we go take pictures of the rhinos?”.

Just as she was about to lead the Kujikawa girl into the rhino enclosure however, the wavy haired brunette immediately led her away and into the ferris wheel. ” h-huh?! Wh-where are we going Kujikawa-san?!”. This yell of hers however, was to no avail since she was already being pulled towards the ride. Not that she hated the ferris wheel or anything. This was just pretty weird.

Her crimson eyes shifted towards the direction of several shady people discreetly taking pictures of them- or was it just Kujikawa? Well whatever. If what she wanted was to escape this people; Minako will help her in turn. Just like what the other girl had done for her earlier.

Picking up her pace, she run alongside the girl, swiftly closing the door once they had reached an available car ( thank god there wasn’t much of a line). ” whoa. that was close”.

 As soon as the Ferris wheel moved and they were taken a few feet upwards, Minako turned back towards the girl. ” So uh….that was..surprising”. What could this girl’s story be? It sure was making her curious.

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"Call me Rise~!" The girl would call out, chipper as ever.

Which each footstep, Rise's pigtails bounced underneath her large hat. It was a quick little jog to skip in line upon the ferris wheel and slide into one of the carts.

Flopping down, Rise chucked her hand bag on the ground, catching her breath a bit.

"I-I'm sorry. I thought the security would be a bit better here..."

She sounded a bit crazy with her words, obviously not making much sense. A bit confused, Rise felt the car began to lift as the wheel began to rotate on it's large central axis.

"Uhm, well... I guess I should kinda tell you before we get ambushed on the way out.."

Sulking a bit, the girl propped her hand on the railing next to her, overlooking the small landscape underneath her.

"Risette." The name was largely becoming a household name for entertainment. The families all over loved how the girl screamed innocence and youth, but recently she was seen in scandals in some...ahem, adult behavior.

Not like that was her fault. Damn Shadow.

Either way, her tanned eyes glanced back with a feigned smile.

"I'm kind of an idol. Well, I was... until I decided to take a break. Even on a break, I seem to get in trouble."

Huffing out in an annoyed tone, the girl felt bad as it was involving her.

"Once we get off we can split up and you can go meet up with the rest of the tour group. I don't want you to get involved anymore then you have to, Minako-san."

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→ reptile house;

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Minako gave the girl a grateful smile as she was slightly pulled from her seat and into the exit. Turning back to her other groupmates, the brunette twitched ever so slightly as a pitiful smile crossed her features. ” S-sorry guys! Have fun! We’ll catch up with you later….after you’re done looking at those”. She said her last set of words in a way that only Kujikawa could hear, giggling a bit in spite of herself.

——//——

She rubbed the back of her head, grinning at Rise’s statement. ” No problem! Thanks for going along with my plan back there by the way”. Well she did expect the girl to go along with it, seeing as she had hated the snakes as much as the brunette did; but she wanted to say thanks all the same.

” ahahaha…well if they really did want to drag us into that petting exhibit; screw it all- I’m gonna run out of there with you in tow”. Minako winked at the girl playfully, feeling like she was about to establish a new social link make a new friend.

Walking alongside the girl, Minako gave her a warmer smile. ” oh yeah, you don’t need to call me Arisato-senpai, just call me Minako-senpai, or Minako-san…or Minako-chan~ Whichever you want, just not Arisato. I’d prefer it that way Kujikawa-san”. She entwined her hands behind her back, her eyes closing in a crescent like shape. ” It makes me feel more closer to people”.

 Turning back to the wavy haired girl, a grin crossed Minako’s features. ” Soo…seeing as I’m not really ‘sick’~ do you have someplace in mind that you want to visit?”.

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Well, Rise wanted out of that place just as much as the other girl did, so she'd do practically anything to make sure the sun was her friend once again!

The bottoms of her frilly skirt moved with her, the girl twirling a bit as she examined the nearby surroundings. There was a Ferris Wheel, oh and a dolphin exhibit! Was that a Rhino enclosure?  So many places, so little time.

Rise was all for acting like her life was some tv drama so she had no shame playing the 'bad' girl a bit. It was part of the real her, after all, so she shouldn't feel ashamed.

SOCIAL LINK GO~!

"Ahh~! Alright, Minako-san, gotcha!" Winking herself, nothing could take the smile from her face. Tugging her hat down to cover her features a bit, Rise tensed up as she saw a few people taking photographs of her. Was that the paparazzi...? Here? Rise wasn't exactly sure if the girl knew of her idol status -- since a few people in the school had apparently no clue of her in their town, so it was all up in the air (much to Rise's dismay since she loved the attention on her).

Groaning a bit, Rise's hand snatched at Minako's wrist softly and began tugging her towards the Ferris wheel. "Let's go here first so we can a bigger view of the zoo and pick where to go next!"

A bit of panic showed in her eyes through a now forced smile, feeling the flashes zooming in closer. She didn't want to involve Minako into something like tabloids...

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→ CHRISTMAS WISHES;

The staff of the school had already begun decorating the campus in festive Christmas lights. A chill hung in the air, allowing Rise Kujikawa to see her breathe for the first time in what seemed like the whole year!

Clad in a fuzzy orange sweater, Rise found herself outside enjoying the last hour of sunlight. Even if it was nearing sunset, the Christmas lights were lit up bright to hopefully coax the disgruntled students into having some holiday spirit.

Here Rise was, enjoying the soft carols that played over the loud speaker. The girl had planned on making wish cranes for her friends and her secret santa -- hoping to show that wishes can come true as long as you put faith into them.

Fingers were nimble and quick, folding the thin strands of paper to make the shape of the elegant bird. Rise's tongue stuck out a bit, concentrating on trying to angle the folds properly. It wasn't until she finally finished she'd realize no matter how well it looked as she was folding, afterwards.. they looked like crap.

Rough and torn edges, creases along the width of the folds, and bent ends showed the crane was anything but perfect. With a sigh, Rise set it off to the other four she had already done, which looked exactly the same: jacked up.

All she could do was keep practicing!

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Gift shops are expensive as fuck.

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Great, well. He can’t say he was good for taking charity from a girl, especially from a friend. He grunted with a sight, bringing a lone finger to scratch at his cheek bone in momentary thought on her kind offer. And her grabbing his arm wasn’t making this easy for him.

Making this quick, so he doesn’t feel like those slaves girls have when they force a guy to go shopping with them, he traced his aisle and found one thing that was pretty cute and grabbed it.

A blue turtle, kind of reminding him of that one Pokemon, stuck on its back. That’s pretty cute, right?

“Ya like this one?” 

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The way he fidgeted was so adorable~ Rise felt comfortable around the tough guy when he showed care and a softer side. It was a nice contrast and it reminded her of the 'many sides' of Rise Kujikawa.

Her eyes were too busy looking over the linings of toys ranging from cute and downright tooth rotteningly sweet.

There were lots of options and that's exactly why Rise asked Kanji himself.

However, the blue turtle was lifted up and Rise clung to it with a smile.

"Uuuwu, it's so cute," Rise would beam, glancing over to a matching one, "Look there's another color too!"

Rise snatched up the light orange colored one, holding the two of them together. Little time was wasted as she would take them to the check out counter and pay for them accordingly.

Turning on her heels, she held out the blue turtle towards the taller male.

"Here! Everyone needs something in their bed at night to keep the monsters away."

Yes, Rise was offering a cute stuffed animal to Kanji with the excuse of 'to keep monsters away'. Only Rise's logic would that make sense.

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→ reptile house;

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” I know right?!”. Minako raised her fists to assert her protest, her crimson eyes expressing the same kind of distress she was currently feeling. 

” I miss the cute little penguins already”. Minako sighed, looking up at the ceiling of the dark, dank reptile house. She scratched the back of her neck, narrowing her eyes at their schoolmates. “..geez. they’ve been staring at those….wiggly things for thirty minutes already! Do they want to take these snakes back at the academy or something?”.

That would probably be her nightmare come true. But then again, at least she had this girl next to her that she could rant to about it.

” Oy! Kujikawa! Arisato! Come here and join us! The caretakers are gonna let us touch the largest snake around! Can you believe it?!

” You’re right. I can’t believe it either”. Minako bluntly replied. As the male classmate who shouted out the statement from before raised an eyebow, she waved her right hand at him. “er well that’s nice and all but Kujikawa-san-“. She pointed at the girl next to her, assuming that she was the Kujikawa he was talking about (well hell yeah, who else could it be?). “….-had nicely volunteered to bring me to the infirmary! My stomach is churning from eating too much cotton candy you see..hahaha!”.

 The brunette rubbed her stomach, moaning as she assumed a pained expression. She looked back at the Kujikawa girl, hoping that she caught onto Minako’s plan E.

Plan Escape.

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Oh, yes! It seemed like it was all going swimmingly. Even if people wanted to sit there and allow those creepy bugs lizard things to stare at them, Rise at least had a place to rest.

"These could be health hazards, y'know. Aren't reptiles poisonous or something?"

The girl was not required to learn about those while touring across Japan. So, why should she have any clue on if they were or not? The bottom line was, Rise found the creatures absolutely irredeemable.

But here were her groupmates, hoping to get the two squickish girls to join them to state at the wigglies once more -- but nope!!! Minako seemed to have a plan.

Nodding along, the brown bunches of hair moved with her. Rise pointed to the girl's stomach as she stood.

"Yeah, she's been complaining about it! We might as well go now before lunch!"

Rise feigned a smile, tugging the girl upwards slightly to pull her from her seat. Thank god they were near an exit.  Wasting little time, the idol would help Minako's plan accomplish itself.

With the bright sun greeting them as opposed to the low dim lights the reptiles preferred, Rise let out a big yawn and arm stretch.

"Nnnnghh~! It's so warm out today! Good plan, Arisato-senpai~" the young girl would call out, smiling warmly.

"I was worried they'd try to drag me to the petting exhibit in there..."

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→ SCHOOL SPIRIT;

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Were they? Shoma wasn’t very interested in meeting people, given the reasons someone would be attending a place like this. He just wanted to achieve all that was being asked of him to prevent further..trouble. With a place like this on his record, he’d have to do his best to cancel out the negative— yeah right, he was a lowlife who would never amount to anything anyway.

“I only showed up because I had to.” He wasn’t trying to sound so cold; lying wasn’t his forte, and it would have been stranger if he was enthusiastic about something like this. He didn’t want to have Rise thinking he was funny.

A little bit late, but. “Takakura Shoma.” And he offered a hand. “We’ll probably see a lot of each other…”

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Here Rise was showing a genuine interest in cheerleading, yet Shoma was forced. This caused her to bite down on her glossed lip, looking away a bit embarrassed.

"Oh, well, that's okay too."

He was going to be stuck on the squad whether he liked it or no, so she might as well make him feel welcomed.

"Well, we'll have practice 3 days a week after winter break, so I'm sure of it."

The former idol rocked back and forth on her heels, keeping her small smile planted on her face.

"Can I ask why you 'have' to be here? It's not like helping people get pumped up and feel excited is necessarily a bad thing..."

inb4 shoma says its for gurls ewww.

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So, I've gotten ahead of myself with all these replies.

With finals closing in, I'm not sure if people would care to continue the amusement park threads I have going on since I've taken forever to reply... ;;

If you do, just let me know and I have no problem!

If not, I'm probably gonna throw an open out and reply to opens sometime tonight.