385 Chapter four, 2017, petty revenge: 6 (1/2)
”I need professional help?”
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Yukio looked at Kuri. They were on their way back from lunch to yet another midterm exam.
”If Noriko says so, then you probably do,” Kyoko said from his other side.
”Ko-chan!”
”Yes, Kuri-chan, dear?”
Kyoko's sugary sweet voice made Yukio cringe. He sped up and deliberately abandoned his girlfriend. When Kuri and Kyoko decided to swap blows with each other he never knew if they were serious or not.
”See you after school,” Yukio announced and made for his classroom. It wasn't like he'd be able to share it with Kyoko for the exam anyway.
'And you probably do, and Urufu as well,' he thought a little later when he made the last preparations for the exam. Epic levels of idiocy were probably better handled by professionals than by friends. Still, by now both Kuri and Urufu seemed to have settled down in their respective new relationships, one famous throughout the school and the other kept a secret. Well, nominally a secret anyway.
Exams ate the rest of the day, and the day after that. They were, Yukio thought after the week had passed, strangely easier than he had expected. When he mentioned it to Kyoko she chalked it down to a combination of club activities and the brutal cramming that prepared them for the spring term finals at Irishima High a few months earlier.
He tried to get a second opinion from Noriko, but when Yukio called Saturday he learned she was away paying Jeniferu a visit.
With Kuri away for work, Ryu almost certainly waiting for her, and Urufu most likely training that martial arts of his, or cycling to training, Yukio decided to spend the day alone with Kyoko. Dates had been few and far between the last weeks anyway.
With most of the old gang out of reach he suggested a change of place as well. Thus it was Yukio found himself an early Saturday afternoon waiting at the entrance to Ueno Zoo at one side of the park.
The first person to approach him however wasn't Kyoko but rather Tomasu and Hitomi.
”Funny seeing the two of your here,” Yukio greeted them.
”No coincidence,” Hitomi said. ”Kyoko called me earlier.”
'Strange. I thought we were going to have a date.' Yukio forced a smile and nodded to Kyoko's classmate and only second year club member who had returned to Himekaizen apart from the old group.
”Don't worry, you'll have your date eventually,” she continued. Hitomi had proven to be much less of an airhead than the girl who once joined the club. The short stunt at Irishima High had been good for her. At least in Yukio's eyes.
”Is Jeniferu OK with this?” Yukio said. This time addressing Tomasu.
”It's her request,” Hitomi answered rather than the boyfriend Yukio had just indirectly accused of cheating.
Tomasu fidgeted but chose to stare back across the park in the direction of the railway station.
”Jeniferu's?” Yukio said and followed Tomasu's eyes. No matter if they came by subway or train they'd enter the park from the same entrance.
Hitomi turned and looked behind her as well. ”Yes. She's with Noriko and Kyoko picked them up on her way here.”
An obscure application of Chinese whispers flashed through Yukio's mind. ”Jeniferu told Noriko to call Kyoko to ask you to bring Tomasu here and notify me of the change of plans?”
Hitomi smiled when she turned back to face him. ”Yes, that would be an apt description.”