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Dining Hall Mix-up
"Well, I hope you can adjust.." Hinata says, taking a sip of eggnog.
Mitarai merely nods in response and looks down at his cup of eggnog, frowning slightly. Considering what he had done, these people were being oddly nice to him... The feeling was foreign. Well, taking the Remnant's actions into account, he supposed what he attempted paled in comparison.
"Hey, wait! Ko-kun!" Naegi's voice calls from the end of the dining hall. Looking up, Mitarai sees a surprised Komaeda, who was pulling out his chair to sit down. "Save a seat for me!"
"Eh?" Komaeda grins slightly. "The Ultimate Hope himself wants scum like me to be so close to him...?" A collective groan sounds around the table. "How lucky—!"
"Woah, watch out!"
A ceiling tile above Komaeda begins to crack. Just in time, Naegi, who had been running towards the other luckster, trips over Tanaka's scarf and falls onto Komaeda, saving him from the falling tile. Komaeda's face turns red as a beet.
"Ah..! Naegi-kun, you're—"
"Wh-what's going o— KYAHHHH!!" Tsumiki, with a tray of drinks in her hand, comes bursting out of the kitchen in a panic and trips over basically nothing at all, spilling the drinks all over Naegi and Komaeda on the floor.
"Ah... What luck," Naegi remarks, getting off Komaeda's chest. "Ko-kun, Mika-chan... Are you alright?"
Tsumiki nods profusely, crying about how sorry she was. Komaeda is still on the floor squeezing out the juice in his jacket, face still flushed from embarrassment.
"I-I'm so sorry!" Tsumiki cries, "I just wanted to h-help..."
Hinata steps forward from next to Mitarai and helps Tsumiki up, patting her shoulder and consoling her quietly.
"... Are things normally like this?" Mitarai asks, taking a sip of his eggnog.
Hinata nods, "Yeah, pretty much. But you get used to it."
Naegi helps Komaeda up onto his feet and brushes off his jacket. "There we go, Ko-kun!" He laughs nervously, "Sorry about that."
Komaeda shakes his head fervently, "Ah, no no, its not your fault Naegi-kun!"
Cheerfully putting an arm around Komaeda, Naegi turns to Tsumiki, "Mika-chan! Let's help you get more drinks."
"Th-thank you so much!!" Tsumiki thanks him and leads Naegi and an extremely giddy Komaeda back into the kitchen.