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 "Ouch..."
-Opening my eyes, I see a pair of sexy green eyes looking down at me.
+Opening my eyes, I see a pair of saucer-like green eyes looking up at me.
-They belong to the perpetrator, Manny Pardo.
+They belong to the perpetrator, a short girl who bumped into me and has now fallen down onto the hallway floor.
-"I WAS BORN WITH THICK SKIN"
+She wears a PE uniform and a very worried frown. The former strikes me as a rather strange thing to have on during a lunch break.
-Manny Pardo shouts at me and shoots me for being a thug who just wants his 15 minutes of fame[[Category:Transcripts]]
+...More striking than that, though, is that she doesn't have legs.
+Or she does, but they are not flesh and bone. Her pale and very much flesh-and-bone thighs end in shins and feet made of some black metallic or plastic-like material.
+They look disturbingly artificial and unnatural. It almost makes me forget that my chest is hurting.
+The girl winces a little, rubs her nose and jumps up.
+Twintails girl
+"Aw man... Hey, are you all right? I'm sorry about that, really!"
+Twintails girl
+"I wasn't looking where I was going, and you just came out of nowhere. Sorry... Sorry!"
+She's looking really apologetic, in the hurt puppy way of looking apologetic.
+I quickly forget about being angry or anything, since hurt puppies are my weak spot.
+Hisao
+"It's okay. Don't worry about it... ouch..."
+I say that, but there's a stinging pain growing in my chest, and I know that this is about the biggest possible danger for my condition.
+Don't overexert yourself, don't forget your medication and most of all, don't get hit in the chest.
+I try to rub my solar plexus to chase the pain away, holding my breath in an attempt to hear my heartbeat.
+It seems normal...
+Twintails girl
+"Hey, should I get a nurse?"
+The worried, high-pitched voice of the girl snaps me out of it.
+I stare at her for a few seconds dumbfounded, until I realize that I probably looked worse off than I really was, doubled over myself and looking all tense.
+Damn, I'm overly worried about my heart.
+Hisao
+"Err... no need, I'm fine."
+Meaning to say something in response, I pull myself upright, feeling my sore ribs one last time, and take a deep breath.
+She just knocked the wind out of me. Big time. But it's nothing more than that.
+Twintails girl
+"You sure you're okay? I hit you pretty hard."
+Hisao
+"It's okay. I said I was fine, and nothing's broken. No harm done."
+Twintails girl
+"That's good! I was--"
+I feel a hand on my shoulder at the same time the girl's eyes widen in horror and whatever she was saying gets interrupted by a very horrified--
+Twintails girl
+"Eep!"
+I don't have time to look behind me because Shizune is already shoving me aside and stomping over to the girl, signing furiously at her.
+Misha
+"Miss Ibarazaki, I saw that. Running in the halls is strictly forbidden."
+Misha translates, right on Shizune's tail, but her voice is girlishly playful, not full of the divine fury Shizune's arm movements would seem to call for.
+Twintails girl
+"Er, sorry, I was just going to get some stuff, and I was kind of in a hurry."
+Shizune
+"..."
+Misha
+"You've been told this a thousand times before. Your reckless behavior endangers other students, and even worse, it's explicitly against the school regulations."
+The girl blushes and starts to fidget nervously like a little child caught misbehaving.
+It's so cute I find myself smiling.
+Twintails girl
+"I know that! I-- I, um, I was just..."
+Shizune
+"..."
+Misha
+"Make sure that this will not happen again... although I'm sure telling you this is futile, and only causes me further headache when you choose to ignore the regulations."
+Misha
+"Got that, Emi?"
+The small girl sticks her tongue out in response.
+Emi
+"Aaah!"
+Emi
+"I gotta go!"
+Emi
+"Teacher'll have my head! I promised to help with printouts, but I went running instead! Sorry, but I've gotta change and everything!"
+Before Misha or Shizune or I can say anything, she's already bolted from where she was a second ago, almost halfway towards the stairwell.
+Shizune looks like she's about to go nuclear on the spot, so I smile at her in a vain attempt to calm her down.
+Shizune
+"..."
+Misha
+"Are you okay, Hicchan? That Ibarazaki girl is always like that, causing trouble to others."
+Hisao
+"You know, I'm pretty certain Shizune wouldn't call me 'Hicchan.'"
+Misha
+"Never mind, never mind!"
+...
+Hisao
+"Yeah, anyway, I'm okay. Just got the wind knocked out of me."
+Shizune
+"..."
+Misha
+"That's great, Hicchan!"
+I wouldn't call that great, but I let it slide this one time.
+Shizune
+"..."
+Misha
+"So, let's hurry, Hicchan~! To have lunch!"
+Misha
+"We promise it'll be great!"
+Hisao
+"I'll take your word for it. What kind of a place is it?"
+Hisao
+"A restaurant, or something?"
+Shizune
+"..."
+Misha
+"It's a teahouse, Hicchan~!"
+A teahouse... that sounds kind of fancy.
+Shizune
+"..."
+Misha
+"Why are you looking at your wallet, Hicchan? It's okay, if you don't have any money we'll cover for you~!"
+Hisao
+"That's really nice of you. Thanks."
+Misha
+"It's okay, Hicchan! After all, we're friends, right, Hicchan?"
+It's only been three days. Are we really friends that quickly?
+Heh. But, hearing that makes me happy.
+Shizune
+"..."
+Misha
+"Ah, it's only for today, though, and only if you accept right now! Do you want to go, Hicchan?"
+I start wondering if this is some kind of trap. Is this Misha's suggestion or Shizune's? This is important. I'm still a little apprehensive about the possible motives of a girl whose favorite pastime is the game of world domination.
+No, I'm just being paranoid. Actually, they have grown on me already, and I do have to go to town sometime. So why not now, with them?
+I've never actually been to a teahouse before. All my expectations are from what I've seen about them on TV. But those are period dramas, and these are modern times. It might just be a regular café, and they're just calling it a teahouse.
+Either way, I'm curious about that, too, so there's another reason for me to join them.
+Hisao
+"Sure."
+Misha
+"That's great, Hicchan~! That's great, that's great! Yay~!"
+Misha hops up and down briefly to show how happy she is, which causes a few heads to turn towards us. Shizune opts for a polite, tiny clap that lasts for all of two seconds before she goes back to looking stoic as usual.
+Hisao
+"Would it kill you to be a little happier, Shizune?"
+Shizune
+"..."
+Misha
+"Oh? I wasn't aware that Hicchan was a king. Hahahaha~!"
+Shizune pushes her glasses up as Misha delivers her message totally without sarcasm. I guess it would sting more if she could say it with the intent Shizune meant behind it, so for once I'm happy to have Misha as a barrier between us.
+Hisao
+"I'm not telling you to jump for joy just because I'm having lunch with you. I'm not that arrogant."
+She seems to accept this, and we head for town with Shizune leading the way.
+'''[Go to [[Detour Ahead/Transcript|Detour Ahead]]]'''
+[[Category:Transcripts]]
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