Reiko continued to stare downward at the floor, until her ears pricked up at the mention of the nickname, one of them anyway, that she so hated. Lifting her head, her cheeks still red as an apple, her expression changed from embarrassed to outright annoyance, annoyance that was frightfully close to anger. It was bad enough that she was forced into this performance, this utterly wasteful performance, it was now made worse as her eyes detected not just the pink haired Aino-san, but her little buddy, the one who so insisted on spreading another nickname Reiko hated. Red Shorts. Sitting next to the wonder duo was Kawase-senpai, who, inbetween her slight applause, was looking quite satisfied by way of smug expression on her face. 

"Oh my GOD, I can't believe that worked!" Kawase said, rising from her chair. She began to chuckle, followed by Yazawa. Kawase made her way up to the front of the room, placing her hand on Reiko's shoulder, chuckling all the while. "You actually went through with it. I told Yazawa you would chicken out. I owe her a piece of cake!" 

Reiko now looked around in confusion, eyes darting between her senpai and her classmates who were, if Reiko recalled correctly, uninvited. "What are you talking about, Kawase-senpai?" 

"Ko-Ko, when has the drama club EVER put on a performance for the recruitment drive? We've got a booth and flyers, like everyone else." Kawase was holding back a fit of laughter. Reiko was finally putting everything together, and her eyes widened as the revelation hit her. 

"So all this...was just...?" Reiko asked, stunned.

"That's right. A little prank, Ko-Ko. Oh man, you should've seen your face after you kissed Yazawa." 

"You know, Kawase-san, Ko-Ko was really into it. She put effort into that kiss, and it was just rehearsal!" Yazawa couldn't resist getting her jabs in as well. 

Reiko remained silent. What could she say? Sure, she could start shouting, start letting loose how wrong, how juvenile such a prank was, but what good would it serve? She gave a final look towards Aino and Aino's hanger-on, her eyes full of annoyance towards them, silently cursing them for bearing witness to this, for showing up after being told not to. And with a final look of disgust towards Yazawa and Kawase, Reiko rushed out of the club room, closing the door hard behind her. 

She had no set destination in mind. She just wanted to get away, to put distance between herself and the club room. She set off down the hallway, not looking over her shoulder, her feet breaking into a jog.