“Hey,” Haruka coined. “Can I try some of your bacon?”
Mai turned her head down and glanced at her plate. Soon, a voice in her mind chimed in. “Hey goober, can I eat now?”
Mai remembered about Shino's starvation and how it had been vital for Shino to eat. But she wanted only a moment more with Haruka.
“Yes, you can have a piece. But just so you know, this is Shino's food. Shino had used up a lot of her reiatsu and needs to eat, so I'll let you go ahead and have this piece of bacon.” Mai picked up a piece of bacon and put it on Haruka's plate. Her cheeks flushed as she smiled.
Mai leaned on her elbow and watched Haruka eat her food. She sighed and took a glance at her own tray and had reminded herself about Shino again.
“I'm sorry, Haruka-san... but I have to go now. Shino has to eat or else she'll pass out... I'll see you again.” she smiled sweetly and waved.
Stupid Shino... why did you have to go and waste so much energy?
Just then, she noticed the boy she saw at the earlier meal. She sensed Haruka's embarrassment when she distanced herself. Mai frowned on the inside, but she still smiled. “Hi, I'm Mai!” she waved.
She swung the patch around her head and covered her eye. A growl emerged from Shino's stomach in a loud bellow. She looked at her plate with glistened, wide eyes that glowed with an eager aura. She gulped and licked her lips. She took a slice of her bacon and took a huge bite of it. The food traveled down her pipe and into her stomach. She took a sip of her coffee to wash it down. The warm sensation of the caffeine traveled throughout her body and sent a tingle in every direction. Her body shuddered as she quickly ate the rest of the food on her plate.
In the end, Shino patted her stomach and released a soft belch.
“Excuse me...” she spoke as she let out a satisfied sigh as she pat her chest. She turned her head and glanced over at Haruka. She smirked and opened her mouth to speak, but a hiccup released itself instead.
“So,” she began and hiccuped, “how'd you like,” she hiccuped once more, “the coffee?” she hiccuped.
“It burned my tongue, damn whore.”
“That's why you should have blown on it a bit first and taken a small sip.” Shino took the last sip of her coffee and sighed. Then Haruka realized what had just happened and blushed, but at the same time bit her bottom lip.
Shino glanced back at Haruka and raised a brow. “What?”
“...Nothing.” she snapped back.
“Ah, I see. Well then.” she cleared her throat and stood up. She nodded her head toward the door.
“Shall we head to class, then? Lunch is almost over, you know.” she grinned loosely with her tongue between her lips.
“Pfft... fine. Just let me finish my food.” Haruka reluctantly finished her meal after a moment and belched. She patted her chest and picked up her plate. The two girls emptied their trays and set them on the platform above the trash bin.
They walked out of the cafeteria and toward the door that withheld the Shunpo class. Shino teased Haruka and opened the door. She bowed and ushered Haruka in first.
“You first, Princess.” she smirked with a sly grin.
Haruka's heart raced and her cheeks blushed deep red. Her eyes glared back to Shino with a cold demeanor. She snarled at Shino and faced away with her chin up.
“Hmph.” she walked ahead and Shino followed close by. They stood in an empty area together and exchanged glares. A moment later, the two noticed simultaneously that Steph almost passed by them.
“Hey, Steph, what's with-” Haruka began.
“What's with the pigtails, cute little girl?” Shino finished with a sly grin. She chuckled to herself as Haruka glared at Shino.
“Interrupting me, huh?” Haruka coined. She leaned her forehead against Shino's and stared into her eye.
Tamashi rolled his neck around and glanced at his ramen bowl. He picked it up and slurped up what remained in the bowl. He cleared his throat and stood up. He took his tray to one of the trash bins and emptied the trash into the bin and placed the tray on the platform above the bin.
He opened the cafeteria door and stepped out and headed for the next class. If he remembered correctly, it was Shunpo. His mind repeatedly processed his dream and possible interpretations on what it meant. Was it meant to scare him straight? Was he supposed to be more humble? He admitted that he had sort of an anti-social demeanor. If the dream was meant to scare him straight, perhaps the time had come for him to be friendlier towards others.
A few moments passed and he made his way into Shunpo class and stood near Kagashi as usual, as he was really the only one he knew throughout the whole academy, aside from Steph. They were roommates, after all.
“Yo,” he said as he waved his fore and middle fingers. A moment or two later, two girls walked in together. One obviously teased the other and treated her as if she were a princess. He vaguely remembered the girl on the receiving end of the tease. But the other girl was Shino, he noticed. Did Shino swing both ways? She acted very peculiar with Haruka. He shrugged it off as Steph came in another moment later. Steph stood on the opposite end of Kagashi.
“Yo, Steph.” he waved with his two fingers and glanced behind Kagashi's body.
The teacher began to finally speak. “Welcome to the class of the Flash Step. More commonly known as Shunpo.”
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