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[center] [b][color=black]|[/color][/b] [color=#fe0095]𝖣𝖠𝖳𝖤[/color] [b][color=black]:[/color][/b] 9 APRIL 2018 [b][color=black]|[/color][/b] [color=#fe0095]𝖨𝖭𝖳𝖤𝖱𝖠𝖢𝖳𝖨𝖮𝖭𝖲[/color] [b][color=black]:[/color][/b] EMI-[i]WHO?[/i] [color=black]►[/color] CUSTOMERS [b][color=black]|[/color][/b] [color=#fe0095]𝖫𝖮𝖢𝖠𝖳𝖨𝖮𝖭[/color] [b][color=black]:[/color][/b] HINOTORI HIGH [color=black]►[/color] YAMADA-BUCHOU'S STORE [b][color=black]|[/color][/b] [/center]
[indent][indent][indent]Maki assumed that Ueno was done. She was already fishing her headphones out of her bag and trying to figure out how to do deal with Funai. [color=#fe0095][i]Maybe I could use Ueno as a human shield?[/i][/color] She chuckled at that thought, not expecting the blind girl to register the expression. Grabbing her headphones, she almost had them on her ears when Ueno went to ask her another question. Maki was just fine to ignore her and push on. Yet, she was caught off guard as the cane forcefully blocked her escape. The wheels in Maki’s mind spun like tires on ice. [color=#fe0095][i]What the fuck is going on here?[/i][/color] She turned her attention to Ueno, slipping her headphones back into her bag. Fine, the blind girl had her attention.

What Maki didn’t expect was the viciousness in Ueno’s return. She knew that the other was close to the Nakano and the student council, but apparently she didn't know the extent of it. Ueno was now coming at her like a diminutive guard dog. She may have not had a bark, but her bite was something fierce. And Maki let her snap away. If anything, it was delightful to see the shy, sweet Ueno get mean.

The cane lowered and Ueno turned away from her, but not after her emotions whelmed into a wave that lapped into silence and obvious disgust. The glare wasn’t lost on Maki. She paused, allowing her thoughts to culminate into something more solid. She wanted to snap back, but all that vitriol had been sapped out by Ueno’s sincerity. [color=#fe0095][b]“You’re a good friend,”[/b][/color] she said. [color=#fe0095][b]“Look at you, fighting the good fight for Nakano. You know no one should be big enough idiots to believe that shit. I don’t believe it. It was a stupid move, and you’re calling me out for it. Good job. For real this time.”[/b][/color] She started to walk out of the classroom before stopping. [color=#fe0095][b]“And I didn’t forget those that died. It’s just easier to deal with living. They haven’t stopped being assholes, yet.”[/b][/color]

Maki started walking again. [color=#fe0095][b]“And you’re too cute, Ueno-[i]chan[/i], to still be hung up on Nakano’s brother. Find yourself a third year and settle down.”[/b][/color] She laughed, having exited the room, but still loud enough to be heard from the hall. [color=#fe0095][b]“Or a second year. I hear that class is filled with idiots.”[/b][/color]

Maki passed the gate of the school and headed to work. Her headphones managed to migrate to the bottom of her bag in that short time with Ueno, but Maki rescued them from a horrible fate of getting wrapped up in the spiral of her notebook. Unfortunately, that entire debacle caused her attention to fixate on her headphones. It was stupid, but it was a way that she could swallow the guilt down. Honestly, she shouldn’t have let Ueno get to her. Honestly… she should have been paying better attention.

Maki felt the shadow of Funai before she heard the other’s voice. [color=0072bc][b]”And look at that, you’re right on time.”[/b][/color] She was surrounded by her friends, a mixture of students from the school. Usually, they would just heckle her, but they were in a mood today. The start of the school was bound to bring out the aggression in anyone.

[color=#fe0095][b]”I guess your two brain cells are still saying that this is a good idea? [i]Woo.[/i] Look at you. All big and tough, ganging up on me. Awe, do your friends have to record?”[/b][/color] Maki glanced over at the phone cameras that were currently filming her. [color=#fe0095][b]“After this, are you all are going to work on your amateur orgy movie?”[/b][/color] She then made a very lewd gesture involving her hand and shoving her tongue into her cheek.

Funai fumed. [color=0072bc][b]”You think you’re [i]soooooo[/i] clever? I know about that shit you did to Nakano-san. So, this ass whooping isn’t just for me. It’s for her too.“[/b][/color]

[color=#fe0095][b]”She going to be your porn too? Because—“[/b][/color] was all Maki got out before the fist connected.

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Maki rested her cheek on the cool surface of the counter of the convenience store. She’d applied makeup to hide the red, which definitely blossom into purple, but that didn’t stop the pain. Funai had done a good job avoiding doing anything that Maki’s parents could fly into a rage about. Only a couple of punches before she and her gang were laughing too hard to proceed. Maki hadn’t gone down entirely like a bitch, though. She’d slapped Funai’s phone out of her hand and crushed it underneath her own boot. That was before she got out of there, flipping her off the entire time. [color=#fe0095][i]It was the small things…[/i][/color]

Maki had to admit there were fewer [i]ding ding ding[/i]s now.

She pulled up the sleeve of her jacket, having changed out of her uniform once she'd gotten there. Honestly, working at the convenience store wasn't hard, but she didn't want to give customers any more fuel for conversation. So, she switched out of it and into something more comfortable. Though, the [url=https://i.pinimg.com/564x/e3/01/1e/e3011e0d912449a539a8bce7c05171ee.jpg]outfit[/url] was a far cry from [i]less[/i] of a conversation piece. Her hair was loose from its ponytail, and she was using it as a way to further cover the damage.

The door ringed as someone entered. [color=#fe0095][b]"Welcome,"[/b][/color] she said, her face still smushed against the counter but her tone forcefully cheerful. Maki did at least try at work because her boss wasn't one of the enflamed dicks in her life. So, she'd give him that courtesy.[/indent][/indent][/indent]
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