[b]Leiko Hamada: Warakuma High Gates[/b]

Leiko watched as Rui excused himself to follow his friends, but not before taking a flyer on top of her pile as he left.

She hadn't even mentioned the Drama Club yet...and he had taken a flyer. She hadn't even needed to delve into her pitch, which she had prepared for hours in advance.

This could mean only one thing, Leiko decided as she looked down at her flyers appraisingly.

[i]My flyers must look [b]amazing[/b].[/i] 

Holding her head up high, and the unpleasant meeting with Sachiko entirely forgotten, Leiko started to make her way into school, a gaggle of girls soon following as Leiko was surrounded by the usual crowds.

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"Excuse me." Leiko worked her way through the large group standing around the bulletin board, the crowd parting like the Red Sea in her presence as she walked straight up to the class assignments announcement.

[i]2-1. I see.[/i] She recognised a handful of names from the previous year, some of them friends, others merely acquaintances. Her eyes scanned further down the list. [i]Rui Shinichi. That boy I just met. Noboru Yamamoto. Strange, that name seems familiar to me...[/i] Her eyes travelled to the bottom of her list, her heart sinking as she read the name she didn't want to see right next to hers.

[i]Sachiko Mogami. The foul mouthed klutz from this morning.

Perfect.[/i]

Her lips pursed as her friends chattered excitedly around her about being in the same class.

It appeared her second year would be...eventful, to say the least.