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“Well, well, well, if it isn’t miss Red hair.” Noriko groaned. It was currently lunch time, and the reason why she was drawing at her desk instead of on the roof was because Jotoka couldn’t show up at school for the day, due to needing to bring her father to the hospital.
She had called her last night to let her know, and the redhead had told her girlfriend that yes, she would be able to handle herself for the day. Harry had practically raised Jotoka by himself, and Noriko understood why he would be her girlfriend’s priority in this situation. Especially since the taller girl didn’t know whether or not what her father had was severe.
But, it didn’t mean that Mikazuki, who hated her ever since their first discussion (probably for “stealing” Jotoka away from her even though the delinquent was barely aware of her existence before), wouldn’t be a pain to deal with without the taller girl around.
“Not right now, I’m busy.” The redhead muttered as she stubbornly focused on her sketchbook, angering the other girl.
“Hey, has no one told you it was rude to ignore others!?”
“I think it doesn’t apply when the person you’re ignoring in the first place is a petty, crass, annoying bitch who decided to try and make your life a living hell for no good reason.” Noriko offhandedly said, enraging Mikazuki further.
“Kakyoin-san! Mikazuki-san!” Both girls turned toward Kiyotaka Yoshiyuki, the class rep, who was advancing toward them. Right. Class representative, part of the job comes with trying to solve problems. “May I know what the problem here is?
“Oh, Yoshiyuki-kun!” Noriko cringed at Mikazuki’s attempt to act innocent. She’s so fake. “I was just trying to have a friendly conversation with Kakyoin-chan, but she’s being so ru-”
“Mikazuki hates me and is the one who’s been spreading all those rumors about me. I don’t want to talk to her.” Noriko said, cutting off her bully and going back to her sketchpad.
Mikazuki silently seethed as Yoshiyuki thought for a moment. Noriko is a very fine girl with very good grades, and she never caused any problems! Well, problems for the class, he was still curious as of why she had gotten into that fight with that boy from class 3-A. But, the class representative knew that Mikazuki didn’t seem to like Noriko very much, so her being the one behind all the… preposterous rumors about Noriko seemed plausible.
“Alright, I see. Mikazuki-san, I need to ask you to stop harassing Kakyoin-san so much.”
Noriko smirked as Mikazuki started stuttering, before her expression fell down at what the other girl said. “B-but- she literally just called me a petty, crass and annoying bitch!”
“Seems right to me.”
“Shut up, Tokimuno!” Mikazuki yelled as Kiyotaka turned toward the redhead at the accusation.
“Is it true, Kakyoin-san?”
Noriko looked at the class rep, who had an inquisitive look on his face (I am so sorry you have to deal with this bullshit ), Mikazuki, who was looking way too smug ( I’m going to fucking destroy you ) and the few students that were still in the class, who were looking at the trio like they were going to put on a show for them ( you all want a show? I’ll give you a show ).
The redhead took a deep breath. “I did, indeed, call Mikazuki a petty, crass and annoying bitch. But unlike all the rumors about my sex life she thought would be fun to spread, I have actual basis on these accusations. First, petty: this missy right here just walked up to me one day, asked me a question about Jojo, I gave her an answer she didn’t like. A week later, she puts a flower on my desk . Now, crass: She started rumors about my sex life, and I heard she got caught giving fellatio in the bathroom last year.” Numerous students snorted at that, with one in particular confirming that it did happen. “Before we go any further, I’m not saying you’re crass for having sex, I’m saying you’re crass for doing it in a public bathroom. And for annoying: each and every single time Jojo isn’t around, for whatever reason, she starts harassing me. And onto my last point, bitch: does anyone who does this kind of stuff sounds like a good person? No! Now, onto the rumors about me she decided to spread-”
“Alright! Alright, I get it.” Yoshiyuki said, making a calm down gesture to Noriko. “Mikazuki-san, once again, refrain from harassing Kakyoin-san, or I’ll have to take actions.”
“Oh, come one! It’s obvious Kujo doesn’t actually like Kakyoin-”
Noriko got up from her desk, taking a hold of Mikazuki’s shirt as she did so. The redhead glared down at her, doing her best to chanel the cold anger her girlfriend ( the wonderful, amazing girl that the absolute bitch in front of her thought she knew a damn thing about ) always exuded in her demeanor. If everyone gasping in surprise and Yoshiyuki slightly backing away were any indication, it worked. “You shut your trap. You don’t know a fucking thing about Jojo, you hear me? Nothing on her, or about us-”
“What doesn’t she know about us?” All three person at the desk jumped in surprise, Noriko letting go of her harasser in the process. Here was Jotoka Kujo herself, standing tall behind Yoshiyuki, sending an inquisitive look at the two other girls.
Noriko sighed out in relief before hugging the taller girl, who returned her hug as the smaller girl whispered in her ear. “Hey, Jojo. Is your dad gonna be?...”
“I’ll tell you on the roof. Now, what doesn’t Mikazuki know about us?” The taller girl asked, picking Noriko up and wrapping her legs around her waist and looking coldly at the girl. Nothing out of the ordinary for anyone who had observed the couple in the last four months or so, but, well… Noriko was done running.
She leaned herself closer to Jotoka. "I'm gonna tell them about us. Is it alright with you." The taller girl nodded, and the redhead turned her head in Mikazuki's direction. “That I have, by far, the best girlfriend in the entire school- no, scratch that, the world -, that I love her very much, and that anyone who says anything negative about our relationship can suck it.” Noriko proclaimed, sending her best smug look at Mikazuki from her perch around Jotoka’s torso.
The class reaction was instantaneous: some started yelling, some started cheering and whooping, at least one person yelled at their friends the two of them dating was obvious, and Mikazuki looked somewhere between being angry and terrified, probably at the realization of just why Jotoka was so protective of the redhead, before throwing her arms in the air and walking back to her desk. The delinquent was looking at her girlfriend, expression red and frozen in shock. As for Yoshiyuki, he looked… unconvinced?
“Are you sure dating Kujo-san is a good idea?” He asked. “Not that I am against you dating a woman! But, well… Kujo-san isn’t exactly an angel.” Yoshiyuki specified.
Noriko looked at him for a moment, face neutral. “If I thought that dating Jojo was a bad idea, I wouldn’t be in her arms right now.”
“I see. Well, I wish you the best of luck in your future relationship!” The class representative said, nodding at the redhead with a smile. Noriko nodded back, before turning her head back to Jotoka, who was still frozen.
“Jojo?” The taller girl snapped out of her trance, fixing the redhead. “I think we can go now.” Jotoka nodded, still shocked, and walked out of the classroom, making sure to send a venomous glare at anyone who visibly had a problem with the two girls being together. And if anyone still tried to fuck with either of them after that…
Well, they could deal with it.