7 Chapter 7 Shoujo Effec (2/2)

'One... two... THREE!' Watanabe-sensei counted down excitedly.

They poured to their hearts content. For a moment nothing happened.

Duran noticed a small seed of smoke laze around the base of the beaker. Unexpectedly, the smoke poofed into mushroom clouds of pink smoke, which blanketed the front of the classroom and smothered Watanabe-sensei and Duran.

'Wh-What the hell was that?!' Duran coughed as he cursed.

He swiped at the smoke to clear the air, but found it going into his eyes. It made them sting. He madly blinked and wiped at his eyes until the stinging had cleared. When he was able to open them, he almost fainted at what he saw.

His whole class was also coughing and wiping their eyes from smoke that had taken over the classroom space.

Watanabe-sensei switched on the pedestal fan in the corner and was able to clear away the smoke through opened windows.

'Well I guess that concludes today's lesson. Let's make this free time huh.' Watanabe-sensei quickly decided and started shoving the equipment back into the box.

'Whadya mean free time Sensei! What the hell have you done?' Duran cursed at him with panic.

He blinked his eyes, hoping his vision would return to normal. But it wasn't working. Everyone in the room sparkled in a rose color and dreamy light like he was seeing them through a shoujo effect.

'Oh my god! Everyone's faces are sparkly roses like a shoujo manga!' He exclaimed, cupping the sides of his face.

He still felt disbelief and disorientation from the situation.

'You too?' Someone else piped up.

'Me too. Oh my god - everyone looks sooo hot!' A girl confessed.

'Especially you, Yoshida-kun.' Another chimed.

'Oh my god. If Yoshida-kun is hot. Holy crap! My brain has been fried. Noooo!' Another boy panicked.

The whole class lapsed into a mild hysteria, as they saw each other with the shoujo effect.

'CALM DOWN EVERYONE!' Watanabe-sensei shouted.

Everyone fell quiet. A pin drop could be heard.

'I'm sure we can fix this but I need volunteers,' Watanabe-sensei said with his eyes directed to Duran.

Duran heaved a weary sigh. How could he be mad at a teacher who stared at him with imploring, sparkling eyes? They were adorable.

'I'll do it. I need your signature anyway.' Duran blurted. He cupped his hand over his mouth to stop further words coming out.

'I'm in too!' Fumio called out.

'Me-me as well!' A boy eagerly chimed .

'Me too! How can I say no to Sensei's cute, adorable face.' Another boy yelled out from the back and ended his declaration with a dreamy sigh.

'Isao! Snap out of it. It's the shoujo effect!' The boy next to him frantically shook his shoulders.

A few others called out to offer their help, but Watanabe-sensei waved them down. He wondered if he should bother to remove the effect. Then figured that if the condition was to turn fatal attraction that probably wouldn't give the school a good image.

'Okay. Okay. I have plenty volunteers now. You four boys who offered first, see me after school,' he said dreamily.

He vigorously shook his head to clear his fuzzy mind. Yes. The situation needed to be rectified soon.

The room became a frenzy of mad panic again when everyone realized they had to spend the rest of the day viewing others through the shoujo effect. Apologies were given. Chaos gave way to dreamy sighs, oohs and aahs.