Reading a handout with a bunch of rules and guides are enough to wreck my brain already. I sighed, my social battery is running out so I slept on the table, it has barely been a few minutes when I was shook awake by none other than Horikita.
"Wake up, this is not the time to sleep."
"*yawn*… oh right thanks- uh… what's your name?" I pretended to not know her name 'cause y'know, OOC.
"Horikita Suzune, now get up." She continued to shake me until I sat up before heading back to her seat. That was pretty kind of her.
Hirata Yosuke took the lead as expected: "Everyone, can you listen to me for a bit? Since we're going to be in the same class for the next 3 years, how about we all introduce ourselves to get to know each other better?"
The other students all turned towards him and agreed. Confidence is really powerful, I wish I had that… unfortunately I can only muster enough to introduce myself, shame.
"My name is Hirata Yosuke, but you can call me by my first name. Although I like sport, soccer is my favorite in particular. Nice to meet to meet you all." His introduction gained a round of applause from the class. Kushida was next.
"My name is Kushida Kikyo, since none of my classmates in middle school are here, I hope to become friends with everybody!" Speak of the devil.
After a round of students and a bit of Sudo's rampage, it was my turn: "Hello, I'm Yukina Yuzuki, I like light novels but other than that, I don't really have anything to brag about. I hope to get to know everyone better." Okay, decent enough.
It was Ayanokoji's turn.
Being called out unexpectedly, Ayanokoji didn't have time to prepare for his introduction, or he was still in the planning phase. "Um… My name is Ayanokoji Kiyotaka… and uh, there's nothing in particular about me, nothing at all… and um, nice to meet you guys."
Damn... he (censored) up. Well he was a prisoner in the White Room after all, any introvert would've blown it too, right? Anti-socials do have it hard… I gave him a thumbs up, signaling that he did his best while also trying to hold back from laughing like a whale. The class also gave claps for him, but they sounded more like claps of pity rather than admiration.
After the tour around the school, we finally got to see our dorm rooms we'll be living in, the first 7 floors are for men while the other 7 belong to women. Before heading to my dorm room, I walked up to Ayanokoji to exchange phone numbers with him.
"Ah, Ayanokoji-kun, wanna exchange contacts?"
"Yuzuki-san… for what reason though?"
"Well your social skills are pretty dense so I wanted to help! You can text me if there are any problems." I took out my phone.
"Good reason." He also took out his own phone and we got our numbers.
[Romance plot: Stage 1: Friends (complete)]
Oh dang it… almost forgot about that…
Well as long as I keep onto the Friends stage, nothing will happen, right?… right?
Anyways! I should try and befriend Horikita too, I hope it works out…
The next day, Sae-sensei explained about the points system. Starting the first period, everyone aside from the students who are paying attention, were using the phones, we're gonna get our points deducted… lucky I have the system with me and a good stock of private points.
~Timeskip~
After school, I was persistent on following Horikita to get her number. Following her to the cafe, the mall, the bathroom (outside the stall for privacy) and to her dorm room (at the doorstep for privacy), all while calling her repeatedly.
"Horikita! Can I get your phone number-"
"No."
"Horikita-"
"No…"
"Ho-Ri-Ki-Taaaaa"
"…*sigh* fine."
"Thank youuu!"
After a while of pestering, I had managed to get 2 numbers, Ayanokoji and Horikita. I was pretty proud of myself for that, even though I had to be annoying. Anyways! I wanna try texting Ayanokoji first.
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Y.Y: Ayanokoji-kun, u there?
[Ayanokoji Kiyotaka is currently offline]
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The system can give me notifications by phone too?
'Y'know you're pretty cool, System.'
[Thank you for the compliment host ☺️.]
I jumped onto my bed, I don't know why but it's been quite a long day. Tomorrow is Saturday so I could invite the two of them to go somewhere…maybe even set up a date for them, hehehehehe… I'll think about that later… Good night!