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As you all head to the school, you make arrangements to meet with Celia as soon as possible. A quick text exchange chooses the location: the Swimming Pool again. The mischievous member of the fan club knows that it won’t be used until after classes. You let the rest of the team know about your plans.
“Ah! Cheerful Celia, always so shy! Good thing we’ll be around.” Lydie remembers her fondly.
“If it’s *that* type of date, I don’t think we should go.” Liu doesn’t want to spoil the party.
“I wouldn’t take it for granted. Girl doesn’t play around.” Vera knows a little more about Celia than everyone else.
“In that case, we’ll be lurking in the shadows. Waiting for our moment...” Lydie won’t leave your side without a good reason. “My dearest man, don’t hesitate to call for our help!”
“S-Stop acting like our leader, I’m the leader!” Vera grumbles. “Johnny, do what she says.” She has nothing better to say though.
“Huh, you girls are sure you don’t want to go to classes?” You raise an eyebrow.
“What classes? This is not my school! Ohoho~!” Lydie proudly puts her hands on her hips.
“Ours either, cretin.” Vera has a purple rose heart. “We’re going to leave you two be if things head in a different direction. We have topics to discuss.” Vera pets her Johnny plushy like a mafiosi.
“I-I have never skipped classes like this before…” Liu gets a little anxious.
“Meh. As your eternal leader, I got you.” Vera shrugs.
With that out of the way, you all get to school. It’s early enough that nobody takes a second glance at you going a different way than your classroom. But opening the Swimming Pool is a different beast, you have to sneak. To the surprise of no one, it goes without a hitch, and you close it from within. The trio said they’ll manage a way in, so you’ll trust them.
“Earlier than I thought…” Celia appears from the rafters again to move back down through the air vents. “You’ve come alone, good.”
“Hey there, how is it going?” You smile.
“Doesn’t matter. Here, you look like you have an empty stomach.” Celia hands you a bag with a burger. She’s trying to make you a one-note character!
“Thanks, that’s very thoughtful of you.” You don’t have an empty stomach, you ate a breakfast box. You didn’t mention it, but everyone who was ejected from the house had one too.
“Yeah, yeah, we don’t have much time to waste.” Celia looks away all flustered.
“We don’t? I thought this was a date.” You raise an eyebrow.
“I-If you want us to squander our time together doing whatever, just say it.” Celia won’t admit that she’s happy to.
You can feel there’s something else she wants to address, but maybe fooling around for a bit is a good idea.
