>>1649445Akiha broke the silence, crying out, "Oh no! Chidori! Are you... are you..." as she rushed over to try to help. Drawing up alongside the two gaping first-years, she quickly realized that it was much too late for that, since the disaster was over and the boys had already seen everything. So instead, she whirled about and turned her attention on them, shouting "You!" in voice as stern and piercing as that of any teacher. "Just what exactly do you think you're..." she trailed off, however, upon seeing that the boys had already scattered like a group of rats at the first syllable of her accusation, each one disappearing down a different side street.
"Umm... th- thanks! Thanks for, um... h- helping. You really saved us, senpai," the girl on the left offered with equal parts gratitude and sympathy. She had clearly just worked out what happened and why. Seeing that her words did little to assuage Chidori's crushing embarrassment, she continued, "And um... it could be worse, you know?" with a nervous little laugh. "I mean... um, at least you're wearing normal panties, and not anything too embarrassing. L-like with goofy pink hearts... or a tiny little thong..."
At that moment, the girl on the right gave a big gasp, and the three others looked at her in time to see her glance straight down and blush, turning not quite as red as Chidori, but pretty close. The significance of that sudden surge of embarrassment was just beginning to dawn on Chidori when the girl on the left put it into words. "Mioko-chan... are you... did you... are you wearing a..." The meaning of her words was clear enough to everybody, but she didn't stop there. "Did Eiko dare you to wear a thong to school again!?"