| Mahou High ~ After 3:00 PM in homeroom...
Eri peppily said, ''Bye-bye friends. Eri must be leaving now. *Waves* She'll see you tomorrow. Ehe-er!''
With a smile and odd voice, Gotoh said, ''See you soo~on!''
| When Eri had left, that was when something curious, something under her nose set in... For some weird reason, every one of Eri's friends turned to look towards each other, all seconds apart.
Orderly, Yori said, ''It's time to hold a classroom meeting about Eri Mana. My handed out postings, I trust you all saw them?''
Hayato nodded and said, ''Sure did.''
Timidly, Teto said, ''Uhh, yes. Message received.''
Uncertainly, Gotoh asked, ''Posting?'' ''What are you guys talking about? I got a paper slip, but... what posting?''
Teto shyly explained, ''Ohh, dear. Urm... Gotoh? Both things you're referring to, they're the same exact thing.''
Gotoh uttered, ''H-H-Phaw?! . . .''
((Desk slam!))
Irritated, Yori advised, ''You are both getting us off-track, and we haven't even started yet. *Ahem!*''
All three said, ''Sorry. ~sorry... ''
Passively, Yori stated, ''Everyone. Your feelings and opinions on Eri, please share them.''
With a gleeful smirk, Gotoh said, ''Right-on! I'll go first! *Thinks* To me, Eri is a greatastic friend. The fact that she's a demon just makes her pure radicalness.''
Who'd think there would ever exist a person who can write sooo much in like *counting* Uhh... only in dozen-plus seconds!?
Ohh, --another thing. She'll try anything we share with her. *Chuckles* Next time I do some humble kara-oke, or feel like having some nosh with a gal-bro, her number might be up.''
In her thoughts, Teto uttered, 'Gotoh~ You feel that way about her?'
Yori calmly said, ''That all, it was urh~ something. *Ahe-Ahem!* Anyways... I'll do my part next.
*Mhhm...* That girl, since her surprise appearance... to our school's order and myself, she's been a unending distraction.
We may be be 'friends' but while she appears human, she is still a demon and who knows how much she can be..trusted? I admit though, she does do admirable efforts in class.
What is she always writing about anyway? *Phrm!*''
Gazing down, Hayato tiredly said, ''Good question. May I have my say now? . . .Eri is..... *Remembers* she is taxing background noise, that surrounds my space.
Her demon nature doesn't concern me. Not one note.''
Sounding blue, Gotoh exclaimed, ''Dude... How could youu? That stung... ''
Stunned, Yori said, ''Uhh, right. *Swallows* Who is left?''
With her hand raised, Teto nervously replied, ''Us. We have yet...to comment anything... ''
Yori nodded yes.
While recollecting, Teto contently said, ''Eri... she's a dearly great and honest friend. Maybe too honest... Hnh-heh.....
In the beginning, her character was greatly overwhelming. But now, after some time_ it's like we both formed some kind of interwoven connection. Make sense?''
Sarcastically, Hayato thought, 'It does. Completely.'
Teto continued to say, ''If truth be told, it's deeply moving how much she cares about all of us. -And our culture. Please tell me you all think that?''
| Like a lightning bolt, her words struck allll their hearts. Leaving them all frozen in place!
Confused, Teto asked, ''Hello? Hello? What's wrong?''
Welling up, Gotoh quietly expressed, ''Teto, that was... *sniffs* so... touching... ''
| The end - for now...