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plans to go out with Fuuka to some sort of art museum that opened up recently tomorrow. Yukari had nothing else to do so she decided to plan her outfit for tomorrow the day before (also because she will take forever just to pick the right outfit)
While cataloging different combinations of outfits she heard a nagging voice she was oh so familiar with calling her from outside her room
“Yuka-taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!” Said a familiar voice. Yukari let out an annoyed sigh and walked towards the door to open it, to be greeted with a somewhat desperate-looking Junpei.
“Yes? I'm sorta busy at the mo—“Before Yukari could even finish her sentence she was cut off by Junpei.
“Yuka-tan!! You got to help me, man!!” Junpei said grabbing onto Yukaris shoulders, slightly shaking her “Im freaking out right now!!!” Yukari was slightly taken aback by Junpei’s very clear distress, what was he so freaked out about?
Yukari snapped at Junpei, trying to calm him down
“Ok ok! I’ll help you just— calm down….and also stop shaking me!” Yukari said, letting out a heavy, annoyed sigh. She looked at Junpei with a raised eyebrow, not sure what she even agreed to help him with. After Junpei finished freaking out, he put his hands in his pockets and started to look awkward.
“So…hypothetically..if I were to go on a date…what would I wear” Junpei asked, tapping his right foot and refusing to make eye contact. Yukari wasn't sure if Junpei was fucking with her or not. If he wasn’t that would mean SOMEONE asked him out, which that in itself is a mystery. Yukari noticed that Junpei was tapping his foot, Junepi had a tendency to tap his foot when he was either: lying or two: hiding something. Yukari looked up at Junpei with a shit-eating grin on her face.
“Who asked you out,” she said confidently knowing damn well that this was no ‘hypothetical scenario’. Junepi rubbed the back of his head still not making eye contact. He chuckled awkwardly before he responded
“Um…Akihiko-senpai.”
Yukari’s mouth was AGAPE, never in a million years would she ever expect Akihiko to ask anyone out, let alone Junpei. Yukari grinned grabbed Junepis wrist and dragged him into her room, pushing him onto her desk chair to sit, she walked to the edge of her bed.
“Tell me everything,” Yukari said, exaggerating her speech when she said ‘everything’, she was curious Akihiko, someone who is objectively SO out of Junpei’s league would ask him out. Junpei spinning around in the rolling chair gave Yukari the details.
“Alright so basically..”
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Earlier that afternoon.
Junpei was sitting in the lounge, rereading an old manga he found lying in his room, bored out of his mind. Everyone else was in their rooms doing who knows what, After Junpei turned a couple of pages into the manga, just finishing a big fight sequence he heard footsteps from the stairs, he’d looked up expecting it to be Makoto or even Yukari, just to pester him on how bored he was, but in his surprise it was Akihiko. Junpei shrugged, he’ll take what he can get, and besides Akihiko probably has SOMETHING interesting…hopefully.
Junpei decided to start a conversation so he turned his head to Akihiko’s direction and opened his mouth to say something but Akihiko beat him to it.
“Oh, Junpei! just the guy I'm looking for!”
Akihiko said in an upbeat tone as he continued to walk towards the sofa Junpei.
“You’re in a good mood Senpai”
Junpei commented, that he had never seen Akihiko this excited…well besides fighting shadows. Whatever the case may be, it would be a good starting point for conversation. Again before Junpei could say anything, Akihiko chimed in.
“Do you have plans during the break?”
Akihiko asked, looking like he was hoping that Junpei had nothing to do the entire day (which was the case). Junpei never really planned anything for the break, he would just be in his room replaying video games he already beat or rereading manga he already read, so maybe a change of the usual routine would be nice, he looked at Akihiko and chuckled.
“Nothing I—“
“Oh that's good, maybe we could go out to eat later then?” Akihiko interrupted, kind of looking like a happy puppy (which Junpei will admit, looked kinda cute.) Junepi was shocked at first, he had never seen himself hanging out with Akihiko outside SEES activities but then agreed.
“How does noon sound?” Akihiko asked smiling
“Yeah noon sounds good,” Junpei said, matching his energy
“Alright, then it's a date, see you then Junpei!” Akihiko responded, sounding chipper, and walked away, leaving Junpei alone to process, Akihiko was already gone by the time Junpei got his thoughts together.
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“And that’s pretty much how it went down”
Junpei said still spinning in Yukari's chair, then shook his head and got back on topic
“That's not the point, I need help on what do we-“
Before Junpei could even finish his sentence Yukari grabbed a sweater and her purse and opened her bedroom door, stepping out of it. She turned her head to look back at Junpei.
“You coming?” Yukari asked, being very vague.
“Uh…where..?” Junpei responded, confused about why Yukari suddenly left the room.
“To the mall obviously, no offense but your wardrobe isn’t really ‘first date’ material,” said Yukari bluntly.
“Now hurry up and let's go!”