Charles was beginning to get his breath back, and the pain above his stomach, although it still hurt, was beginning to go down a little bit. The world was beginning to stop spinning, and his vision was starting to get clear again. He looked around and saw the person he had hit with a stapler. [i]It was an accident[/i] he thought. [i]Can't punish me for something I didn't mean to do[/i]. Charles turned away. The world had stopped spinning now and he could see clearly again. He slipped out a coke can from his pocket and took a generous sip. [i]Much better[/i] he thought with a tiny smile on his face. Everything was good again. 

Oh wait. No it wasn't. People wouldn't believe the stories unless they had proof. And there was certainly proof, no question about that. What else had this nosy blogger taken a picture of? Him laying with his head on the desk? Mitsuko dragging him up by the hair. He had three things that could ruin his reputation, right there, on camera. How many people read this blog of Seiko's? Just the super-nerd community, or was it widely read. Charles hoped against hope that it wasn't the latter. But he assumed it would be the first one. Even so, how many nerds were there around the school? It could easily spread fast. Charles knew what he had to do. There was about an 60% chance of it failing horribly, but he gave it a go.

"Psst. Psst! Seiko! Look, you and me both know how damaging to me it would be if those photos were put on that blog of yours. So, how about you... just don't put them on there? Please? I'll do anything you want. How does that sound?

Charles made his best effort to sound as nice as possible to Seiko. He knew she was a lesbian so he couldn't use his, in Charles's eyes, dashing good looks to his advantage. He knew Seiko could be cruel and would do anything for a good story on her blog. Charles just hoped that she was in a good mood. [i]I mean, she looks pretty damn happy! Wait, that's probably just because she knows that she now has a really great story to put on her blog.[/i]. Charles sighed. This was his only chance of ever getting away with this. He had never had anything embarrassing happen to him before, so if Seiko refused, this incident would be always remembered. He'd lose everything.