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"You said whaaaatt!??"
"I said our class got assigned to do the haunted house, not the wedding booth" Aoi slowly repeated.
Nene visibly sank in her seat, obviously upset with the sudden turn of events.
"It's alright Nene-chan, I'm sure you could still find a handsome guy in our booth!" Aio grinned, she was obviously trying to piss her off.
"Surreeee Aio-chan" as if she'll find a handsome guy in a freaking haunted house.
When Nene heard the student council talk about the school festival a week ago, she was bursting with excitement.
She could already see herself walking hand in hand with a princely type of guy (preferably Minamoto Teru), as she tightly grasped a bouquet of camellias against her racing heart.
"You look so beautiful Nene-chan" he would whisper as they stood before the altar of the wedding booth, white doves would fly while red rose petals would dance with the wind.
Then, slowly as if time have stopped, he would lift her white veil, smiling down at her before brushing his lips against hers.
It was so vivid, she could literally hear wedding bells!!
But those dreams came crashing down on her when Aoi informed her that the student council had already given the booth to the middle school division.
"Earth to Nene-chan!!" Aoi clapped her hands in front of Nene causing her to jump out of her reverie.
"Like what I said, we were assigned to do the haunted house, please don't be upset, how about we just do our best??" Aoi patted Nene's back in an attempt to console the sulking girl.
Nene was not the only one upset about the situation, she could also hear Akane mourn at the corner of the classroom.
But it's not like she can do anything about it, Aoi's right, the least she can do is help. So with a heavy heart, she accepted the bag of crafting paper that Aoi dumped in her hands when class ended.
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"Why do you look so glum??" Hanako greeted her at the bathroom doorway.
His smiling face could always brighten her mood in any day but right now, it only feels like he's taunting her, so Nene ignored him and went straight to place the bag given to her by Aoi on Hanako's windowsill.
"My only chance of finally having a love life, gone!!" She complained loudly still ignoring him.
"I don't follow" Hanako curiously peered into the bag perched on his window, he doesn't understand how pieces of crafting paper made his so assistant upset.
"You're so unromantic Hanako-kun!" Nene furiously scrubbed the bathroom floor after retrieving the cleaning materials in the cupboard, all the while continuously chanting about "booths" and "festivals"
"I can be romantic if you want, just say the word Yashiro" Hanako floated close to Nene, distracting her from her furious rant by grabbing her soft cheeks and gently squishing them with his hands.
"Sorry I'm late" Kou enters the room looking exhausted as he carrried a stuffed backpack.
With a frown he untangled the ghost that was clearly harassing his senpai.
"I bet you were doing something perv-" Hanako easily dodged the bucket that was thrown at him by the blushing exorcist.
"Shut up!! It was because of the school festival!"
"You too Kou?" Nene quickly intervened, ready to stop the fight that was threatening to break out.
"Yes, our class was busy planning and designing the booth that was assigned to us" he sighed when he presented her his bag that was filled to the brim with precious lace and white fabric.
"Isn't that lingeri-" another bucket went flying to Hanako's direction.
"You sure are working hard, that's good, what booth were you assigned to?" Nene excitedly asked as she looked at Kou's bag, she was imagining a cute maid cafe with handsome boys running around serving and asking orders.
"Oh it's the weddi-"
Suddenly, with a gasp, she pointed an accusing finger at the blonde boy. So he was the one who stole her chance on getting a hot boyfriend!!
"How could you?!" She asked, slumping on the floor in defeat, her eyes dramatically blinking away tears.
"Can anyone tell me what's going on?" Hanako placed his hands on his waist sternly, his patience was running thin. He won't say it out loud but he was a bit jealous at how he was being left out of their conversation.
"There will be a school festival two weeks from now, and I think senpai's upset because of the booth that was assigned to them." Kou explained, cautiously eyeing the sniffling girl.
"I-it's a haunted house, why won't a maiden like me be not upset?! I don't want to dress up as an scary zombie!" Nene argued.
"But you can still visit the wedding booth senpai. And besides, I bet you'll do a good job frightening the students in the horror house" Kou said trying to pacify the girl, but instead, she just stared at him blankly as if he just insulted her whole family tree.
"What did you just-"
"It's alright if no one wants to go with you to the wedding booth" Hanako cooed, pivoting Nene away from the young exorcist, handing her the mop that was momentarily forgotten on the floor.
"I didn't say that no one wanted to go wit-"
"Besides that would be cheating" the seventh wonder added.
"Cheating?? But I'm not even married yet" Nene looked at him quizzically, her hands clasping the mop handle. The marriage booth is only pretend though, so what is Hanako talking about??
"We share a bond, have you forgotten already? We're practically married y'know" he winked before blowing a kiss at her direction.
"Senpai? Senpai?!" Kou worriedly shook his senpai who was eerily standing still, her grip on the mop slackened and it fell on the floor with a soft thud.
"Hanako you bastard!! You broke her!!" Kou shouted at the seventh mystery, still helplessly shaking Nene.
Hanako ignored him and sat on his favorite spot by the window, a small smile playing on his lips as he stared at his flustered little assistant.
"This could be interesting"