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Ding dong. The school chime signalled the end of today’s classes. Students were now on their way home, but our little heroine Yashiro Nene remained in the empty classroom, all alone.
Apparently she had skipped some classes and needed to take remedials to catch up with her grades. She was upset, sure, and Nagisa-sensei didn’t know whether he had heard her mutter “that stupid ghost” or if it was just her usual strangeness.
So now she was sitting on her desk, studying her notes. It wasnt all that bad, though. She had a cute little Mokke on her lap accompanying her, so it was all well and good.
That was, until he showed up.
Hanako made his presence known when he suddenly popped his head right through her desk. That’s right, THROUGH her desk. Nene didn’t look phased at all, though, and just settled for slamming her fist on his face.
He yelped out of pain, rolling on the floor holding his face. Nene huffed, returning back to her work. Served him right for trying to prank her again. She was having none of it!
“Yashiroooo.” He drew out the last letter of her name, clinging to her shoulders from behind. He seemed to have already recovered from the earlier incident.
“What? I’m busy, Hanako-kun. I can’t clean the toilets today.”
“But I’m bored. Can’t you finish that tomorrow?”
“You know I can’t! Besides, if I don’t finish this, I won’t be able to pass my classes. And I won’t be able to have time to go clean the bathroom.” That rather mortified Hanako, and he stepped back from her.
“Then you gotta study hard!” His attitude suddenly went from bored child to enthusiastic parent. Nene sighed.
“Not with you interrupting. Just go sit somewhere and wait for me to get done.”
“Yes ma'am.” He did a mock salute and sat down on the desk behind hers, putting two hands under his chin.
It became quiet at last, to Nene’s relief. She could now concentrate on her task at hand.
Tick, tock, tick, tock. The wall clock seemed to slow down little by little from the silence. Nene felt her eyes getting heavy, her grip on her pen loosening.
Until ultimately her head drooped down a bit, and she had taken a little snooze in front of her desk. Who can blame her anyway? The silence was rather relaxing.
Meanwhile, Hanako began to feel even more bored than ever. The silence bothered him, and Nene had been super quiet, which didn’t really help. He stood up from the desk, floating to her side.
Eh? She’s asleep? Of course she was. Even the Mokke on her lap had began to take a snooze, too.
He set his elbows on her desk, studying her face. Nice of her to fall asleep in front of homework, he wanted to joke out loud. Without even thinking, his eyes wandered to her lips.
For some reason, they looked so… enticing right now.
It drew him like a magnetic force. Like some unknown apparition was intentionally pushing him closer, telling him to…
Slowly, he leaned forward, eyes half-closed, and then—
bump
That strange pain on her forehead woke Nene up, and she shook her hands around, pushing away the ghost boy from her space. Why was he even in front of her?
“I told you not to bother me when I’m studying, Hanako-kun!”
“Ah, sorry, sorry.” Hanako laughed, proceeding to float back to the desk behind her. He sat down, putting his arms on the table and staring down, as Nene continued on her work.
If it weren’t for his hat getting in the way, he would have—
His face flushed red, his hands nervously fidgeting.
What was he thinking?!