In Sakamo’s classroom, the first thing he did when he entered was counting heads, to see if everyone was inside. He then went to the front and told them about Shubuyaky Tomoe’s invitation, for them to go to Nakanojo for her concert and to spend the weekend with her. A major explosion of clapping and girlish screams filled the classroom, which only diminished when Sakamo signalled for them to be quiet because he still wanted to explain a few things. Hearing that they would only need to worry about paying for the rooms for two nights and that Sakamo and Tomoe would take care of the tickets for the train and for the concert, together with meals, saunas and any other entertainment they all agreed to try, granted him another round of applause and screams. The Teacher arrived, and Sakamo rushed to his seat while high-fiving his classmates along the way.
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The first period ended, and a group of students was already at the door of the classroom, signalling Hangaku Mae to come out so that they could talk to her. She winked at Sakamo Ryu and went to the corridor.
Shintaro Nakaoka sat on his desk and crossed her legs with a big smile. Sakamo took his eyes from the equation he was trying to solve and saw her grinning at him. He raised one eyebrow, wondering why she was like that, and she signalled with her head to the door:
“Two girls asked me to call you outside, they want to have a word with you.”
“And why are you smiling?”
“No reason, I am just imagining Hangaku-chan’s reaction when she founds out that two girls from the second year want to see you. It will surely be fun!”
Sakamo looked at the corridor, and there were indeed two girls waving at him with a big smile, and another girl that was frowning in the direction of the group that was surrounding Hangaku Mae. Shintaro Nakaoka jumped to the floor and pulled Sakamo towards the door, and she then ran to Tadasaburo Sasaki and sat on his lap, whispering in his ear with a big grin on her face.
Sakamo Ryu went to the girls, and they signalled him to follow them for a bit because there were too many students near. When they stopped, he asked with a puzzled look:
“Shintaro-san said that you wanted to talk to me, what’s the matter?”
One of the red-face girls said:
“I am Nakano Takeko, she is Goya Kino. And this tall girl is Sadakichi Chiba. We just wanted to talk to you, and know you a little better. We didn’t have the opportunity to talk to you last week, because you were always in a hurry. We thought you were probably having a hard time getting used to this School and we came to offer our services as guides. Oh, and also invite you to have lunch with us, considering that your usual company seems to be having some difficulties to avoid all the attention she gathered today.”
Sakamo glanced to the group that was surrounding Hangaku Mae and shrugged:
“It’s understandable, I guess, everyone is curious about her, after the concert. I appreciate your kindness in wanting to help me, but a friend already guided me on my first day, and I have a bunch of classmates that won’t mind helping me if I have some trouble.”
Nakano Takeko approached and bent her body a little, to let him take a good look at her cleavage:
“For sure they don’t know this School as we do, because they are all first years, right? We know the best places to have a quiet lunch, where to go if you want to take a nap without anyone finding out, and when it’s the best time to buy something in the cafeteria! Besides, we are not such an ugly company, right?”
Sakamo moved back a little and said with a slight smile:
“Thank you for the offer, but that wouldn’t be proper, because I already have a girlfriend and she won’t like to see me with other girls.”
Goya Kino grabbed Sakamo’s arm and leaned forward, placing his arm between her breasts. She pretended not to notice what she did while she was moving her body a little, massaging Sakamo’s arm with her boobs and said:
“We just want to be your friends and know you a little better, no way your supposed girlfriend will be angry! Can we meet at lunch in the cafeteria? We can then take you to a nice spot under a beautiful tree, and we can have a picnic.”
“Thanks, but it’s better not.”
Sadakichi Chiba spoke while looking at the group of students a few meters from them:
“If your girlfriend is that yellow-dyed girl, she seems to be enjoying way too much all that attention, and she probably won’t have time to have lunch with you. If you don’t come with us, you might end up eating all alone, and that would be a waste of such a pretty face like you, don’t you think so, Takeko-chan?”
“Yeah, totally! No way we will let you be all alone like that, no way!”
Sakamo made a slight smile and said:
“Thank you for the invitation, but not today, because I have a few things to take care during lunch and you would be too much of a distraction. Maybe on another opportunity. If you excuse me, I must return to my classroom, I was in the middle of something and I want to finish it before the next class starts.”
As Sakamo was going back, Nakano Takeko grabbed his left arm and Goya Kino was on his right arm, both of them pulling his arm to the middle of their breasts as they walked, with Sadakichi Chiba behind the trio. Nakano Takeko spoke with a big smile:
“We will escort you back, so that you don’t feel lonely, right, Kino-chan?”
Goya Kino said while poking Sakamo’s forearm:
“Yeah! By the way, are all these muscles? Because your arm feels like it’s made of iron! You work out a lot, don’t you? I like a boy that takes care of his body!”
As Sakamo was approaching the door, he saw a tall and slender boy with a big smile talking in Hangaku’s ear, while she was glancing at the girls that were holding Sakamo. He noticed a strange glow in her eyes that quickly disappeared when she made a forced smile at the boy while shaking her head as if she was denying something. Sakamo entered the classroom with the two girls waving at him from the entrance, and he failed to notice or ear what the tall boy was talking with Hangaku Mae:
“Come on, you beauty, don’t say things like that! No way such a pretty girl like you won’t want to come with me to a photo session! Perhaps they like the way you look and you get invited to a campaign! It wouldn’t be the first time I took a girl with me, and she became famous!”
Hangaku Mae spoke with ice in her voice while she was making her best polite smile:
“Look, I don’t know who do you think you are, but no way I would go with you anywhere, just because you work as a model and you are famous like you said. You obviously don’t have the faintest idea who I am, or you would never have the guts to do this kind of lame invitation. I refused guys way better good-looking and with way more money than you will ever have, just because I didn’t like the colour of their eyes or the way they smelled. Besides, I seriously doubt my family or my father’s bodyguards would ever let you approach me outside School, let alone be with me!”
Tashiro Saito pretended not to be angry because up until that day, never a girl refused him, and he insisted:
“You say that, but deep down, I poked your interest, considering you are still here smiling and talking to me.”
Before Hangaku Mae could explode, Tomiko Hari came to her rescue, and she pushed Tashiro Saito away from her friend and said while staring at him with a angry face:
“Do you mind? How can you possibly think that you have a shot with her? She has a boyfriend, she is a friend of Tomoe-chan, and she is the heir of the Hangaku family, one of the richest families in the country! Why would she ever be interested in a shallow guy like you, that only cares about looks? She scrapped better things than you from her boots! Go way, go crawl to under the rock from where you came, geez!”
Tomiko Hari grabbed Hangaku’s right arm and pulled her to the classroom, leaving behind a dumbfounded boy and a bunch of students talking about what they just heard, increasing, even more, the interest of the students about Hangaku.
When Tomiko Hari let her go near Sakamo, Hangaku was frowning:
“Thanks a lot, moron! I had everything under control! You babbled so much that now it will be even more difficult for me to have a moment’s rest! Everyone will come after me, not only because of me and Tomoe-chan but mostly because of my family! I bet they will tell their parents and it will be a mess with a bunch of them asking to hang out with me in a foolish attempt to gain some sort of advantage with my family!”
“You are the moron! You lost too much time with that scumbag! I was waiting to see when you would put him in his place, but you seemed to be enjoying his interest!”
Tomiko Hari faced Sakamo and poked his head:
“What about you? What were you doing with those girls? They were all over you! Did you two lose your brain at the same time? You were both so out of character, what happened?”
Sakamo shrugged:
“I don’t know about Hangaku-chan, but those girls said they wanted to talk to me and they sounded more interested in flirting with me, even after I said that I already had a girlfriend. They grabbed my arms and purposely put their boobs against me as if I would fall for a cheap trick like that. I don’t know, maybe they wanted to see if Hangaku-chan caused a scene?”
Hangaku approached him and spoke with a scary smile:
“I don’t cause scenes in public, but I am for sure going to wait for when we are alone. You have a lot to explain, Mister, because you took your time to leave them behind. Don’t you think I didn’t notice them waving at you and you waved them back.”
Sakamo frowned a little:
“What was I supposed to do? Slap them so that everyone spoke on your back that your boyfriend likes to slap girls? Let them be, I don’t care about other girls, I have you to worry about.”
Before Hangaku could say anything more, the History Teacher arrived, and she rushed to her seat, together with Tomiko Hari.
Takechi Hito leaned back and said:
“You need to be careful, Sakamo-kun. Hangaku-chan has the reputation to be a very vindictive girl. If she sees you talking with another girl ever again like you did with those two second years, you may wake up without something attached to your body.”
Sakamo opened his book and looked ahead, trying not to pay too much attention to the grin that Takechi was making.
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When class ended, Sakamo Ryu followed Takechi Hito to the gym, with Hangaku Mae holding his arm and all their classmates around them working as security guards, so that Hangaku could have a moment’s rest.
When they entered the gym, the boys and the girls went to their respective locker rooms. Sakamo chose an empty locker and took off his clothes, and when he was opening his gym bag to get his shorts and t-shirt, Takechi Hito shouted:
“Holy macaroni! How did you get all those muscles? And those scars? Man, did you got hit by a train or what? The School’s uniform and your regular clothes hide your body, but you are so fit that’s not even funny!”