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...apparently it's going to be one of those days.

Absolutely nothing exciting was happening anywhere - not in the school, not in his classroom, not even in this club, for crap's sake. And this was supposed to be the most action-packed of them all!

JK didn't even bother hiding his yawn. He tapped his open mouth twice, then reached for the food bag Miu had bought for them before she left for her afternoon class. It's surely full of the most expensive take-out food he'd ever laid his eyes on.

He wasn't wrong.

Ahhh, the benefits of rubbing elbows with the richest in the school.

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...right, people weren't as naturally gifted in dancing like JK was. A shame, really. Or not. It depended on things.

"I didn't mean we'll make you into a clone of me, though. That'll take a lot of time and... well, no offense but you're not--" ...how to say this delicately. "You don't have to do any sort of dancing."

Because god forbid, with how stiff and uptight Ryusei was he's just going to humiliate himself and ruin dancing for everyone who so happen to be there when he give Tomoko cupcakes. Not worth it.

"We'll just put your hair up, like this--" JK pointed at his own hair, "--and probably let you wear a colorful jacket or something. Maybe you can borrow Kengo-san's uniform?"

Why would—

How many other options did he have? Thinking it through, his Subaruboshi uniform was the feature that made him stand out. If he got rid of it, wore the proper Amanogawa uniform, he'd blend in better. The hair.... It wasn't anything complicated, he knew. Not a rigorous re-styling or anything like that. He could reverse it immediately, once he'd delivered the....

Oh, the cupcake. He'd forgotten that he'd have to do that. He could spend a Sunday with his mother; she'd been complaining of being bored recently, even though he'd suspected she was saying that because she'd given up on telling him not to spend all his time with Jirou and had moved onto other methods. He didn't appreciate the guilt-tripping; he'd never responded. But to do this, he was going to have to. It... was going to give her the wrong idea. It wasn't only the rewarding her manipulation; once he'd done it, he was just going to return to his old habit. He didn't want to....

And she'd start trying to guilt-trip him harder, he just knew it. And if he explained to her why he needed to bake something, she'd assume he had a girlfriend. And then start trying to guilt-trip him about that.

There was no helping it, was there? He'd known he'd have to sacrifice something, eventually. This was minor, even, in the grand scheme of things. It just— It didn't mean he wasn't dreading it. "Are you sure... this will work?"

No, no he wasn't sure. Tomoko was too different from a normal girl that it was hard to tell if this was something she would like. But it wasn't like he had other ideas in his sleeve.

If the ploy failed, no skin off JK's nose. So, really, JK had nothing to lose here.

He just... have to make certain he was somewhere around the vicinity when Ryusei pulled it off.

"Of course I'm sure!" JK grinned widely at him. "I could even tell you the road Tomo-chan takes to go home. You could catch her there. There's not much people passing through that road, so if something happens - not that anything will, I trust you Ryusei-san! - but if something does go wrong, at least there wouldn't be a lot of people around to see it."

He shrugged. "And you could just tell her you were doing it for her."

He needed a Sunday. It was going to take a few days before he could do it. By that point, he might have backed out. On the other hand, it was time that he could use to think of something else.

He'd had a week already to think of something. Ideally, he had wanted to give her a message (flower on her desk) and then give her space; accosting her while she was going home felt like forcing the confrontation. Especially if he did what JK suggested and told her that he was doing it for her. The hair.... The hair might comes off as a concession... maybe. Somehow. Perhaps.

But if he did it there, JK was right in that there wouldn't be many people to see his get-up—save him some mortification. He'd have to carry the things around all day, change quickly so he could catch her before she reached her home. "If Utahoshi-kun doesn't let me borrow his clothes, lend me a shirt. And... delay her for me. For a few minutes."

Was he seriously considering this? Surely there too many variables.... Ugh, and there was.... "After Club." He'd go so far as to ask Utahoshi for his clothes, but he didn't want Kisaragi seeing. "Monday."

"No problem!" He always had extra shirts tucked away somewhere - in his locker, in his bag, heck somewhere around the Rabbit Hatch, too. Ryusei would have an array of shirts to choose from.

Delaying Tomoko wouldn't also be a problem. If Ryusei was planning to pull his stunt on a Monday, then it'd be perfect. Tuesday was exams day and while JK normally didn't care about those, he'd been doing extremely poorly at Science of all subjects and he was going to need some help on that. "Take your time in preparing," JK said casually. "I'd delay her for an hour or two, if you want."

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"There's no need for that." Close to an hour of sitting around would make it worse. He needed to be as composed as possible for this. It wouldn't take that long to change, especially if he decided to forgo the jacket and pants. The pants would make him a little obvious, but unless he was standing along her route waiting for her, it wouldn't be immediately obvious, as one's natural reaction was to look at someone's face when called. And he wouldn't be ahead of her, so as not to seem as if he were lying in wait—potentially perceived as blocking her way home, no less. That was the last thing he wanted.

"Just a few minutes will do—" He paused. "JK-kun.... What were you thinking of doing, to delay her for an hour?"

"Oh, nothing. Nothing! Nothing outrageous, you know. Just some-- stuff." It was actually very, very normal stuff. It wasn't like he could ask anyone else - Kengo would brush him off, Yuuki would make a terrible teacher and Gentarou was probably doing worse than JK was. Besides, Tomoko was his classmate and she'd be the perfect candidate in helping him out.

Ah, what the heck. What would hurt if Ryusei knew about his subject troubles anyhow? "I need some help in one of our subjects, so I was thinking of asking her on that."

A beat. "I hope that's fine with you, Ryusei-san?"

Could he wait an hour while they finished up with that? He could withstand it. If JK had asked for that as his price, then Ryusei would have readily agreed. Ryusei would just need something to occupy his time, then. No problem; he had his own studies, too. It wouldn't work, he didn't think, but he could try to get his work done while he waited. "Call me when you finish up. I— I don't need to tell you this, I guess, but make sure she doesn't hear."

That and.... Oh. He'd forgotten about this one aspect. JK could keep a secret, by all accounts, but Ryusei couldn't rely on JK's secrecy, could he? Couldn't he? "And don't let on that you're expecting something."

"You're worrying too much, Ryu-sei-san! Thinking too much isn't really good for you, do you know that?"

Obviously he didn't, and JK was just the type of kind, helpful person to tell him that.

JK stretched his arms up, then rubbed his belly. He was full, and he'd offered his help to someone in need - his quota for being in school had been reached, so it's time to go home. Well, not home home but somewhere far away from here.

"Well, I have to go. See you next time, ne?" Without waiting to hear the answer, JK picked up his things and headed for the door.

...without asking about the payment for his 'help'.

Just the way he intended it.

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