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"You're very bored, aren't you?" Mitsuru asked while looking over her book. They were seated at the common room on a hot Summer Sunday - everybody else was out, but the two, apparently, decided they didn't want to challenge the heat. There were some glasses of lemonade on the coffee table (neatly placed on coasters, of course, after Mitsuru glared at Akihiko for forgetting about the precious coasters). Akihiko was idly playing with some strands of Mitsuru's red hair.
"Just a bit." Akihiko muttered, not letting go of her hair. At various moments, he would trail from the end of the strands to her ear, and brush his warm fingers over the back of her neck.
"Find something to do. Let go of my hair." She replied sternly, before swatting his hand away and returning to her book. Akihiko gave a loud sigh of exasperation and slouched further into his seat. He was so bored. The young boy looked around the common room, and found nothing that could interest him. Koromaru was at his feet, snoozing the afternoon away.
He looked around again - Mitsuru was ignoring him completey, Koromaru was snoozing, and there were some markers poking out out of a paper bag on the table. Mitsuru didn't budge when Akihiko reached forward: she was not in the mood to care, since it was too hot to move around, and she did not want to admit that he was turning her on by playing with her hair. It was too hot to do that, and if she paid him any attention, she might have to give in.
So, Mitsuru continued to ignore him. A couple of minutes passed, and she swore she heard Koromaru whimper. Curiously, she put her book down and saw Akihiko crouched down. Mitsuru tilted her head to get a better view, and...
"Akihiko!" Mitsuru said, surprised. "What the hell are you doing to Koromaru?!"
Akihiko dropped a marker back on the table, and he grinned widely. Koromaru had black marks around his eyes, and looked up at Mitsuru like he was asking for help. "Isn't it awesome? The marker even writes on dog fur."
Silence.
"Are you really that bored, Akihiko?"
Akihiko raised an eyebrow at her. "Yeah. What're you going to do about it?"
Another bout of silence. Suddenly, the doors to the dorm opened and Fuuka walked in. Koromaru quickly stood up and ran over to her, and she gave a surprised yelp when she saw the state on Koromaru 's fur.
"Sempai, what happened..?!" Fuuka inquired, looking over to Akihiko and Mitsuru, who were staring at eachother in a strange manner, and speaking in very hushed voices. Fuuka could swear she could see a hint of mischief on both of their eyes.
Suddenly, the two of them stood up, and Fuuka looked utterly confused. "It was Junpei." Mitsuru told Fuuka as she passed, and dismissed it altogether.
Apparently, the two of them just made a deal to meet in Mitsuru's room to solve the 'boredom'.
Nothing else was important. Poor dog.