My new Neighbor's an Idol!?

Our Trip Begins

Despite his original protests against Rinse helping them out, Ishi couldn't deny that she ended up being a valuable asset for the team. It appeared that things were going to go smoothly as they got to the buses. This was going to be over two hours of a ride. That was, of course, with no traffic. There was going to be a cheap hotel for everyone to stay at, since this was going to be an overnight trip.

"..." Youna was very much stressing out now that the day had come on this early morning. "I'm worry, what if something goes wrong?" She asked Ishi as the pair looked over the itinerary. "It's a long trip... Oh no, what if I need to use the bathroom and we get stuck in traffic? I can't be doing that, I'm a third year. Oh, I need to go use the restroom now." She was able to sprint away from him, but the boy stopped her in her tracks.

"Sheesh, calm down. I doubt anything bad's gonna happen." He then realized how rude this was, as he took his hand off her shoulder. "But, I really shouldn't be preventing you from using the bathroom if you need it." That would be a weird thing to do to a girl. "Just make sure we don't leave you behind on accident."

Now he was left on his own, which unfortunately brought about one major problem that the boy was going to have to take care of. That being that they had a celebrity in their midst, with practically everyone wanted to sit next to her.

"I'd like to sit with Hattori!" One of them yelled out, as if calling dibs meant anything.

"What? Come on, I want to sit with her."

"Yeah, me too." Ishi sighed with how obnoxious his classmates were. Judging from Rinse's face, she had her own concerns as well.

"How are we doing to deal with this?" She asked out loud. The girl really didn't want to have to pick out of everyone. That might contribute to some drama, along with some people getting the wrong idea about her favor. "There's just so many people, and only one spot with me."

"Okay everyone, please just shut up." Ishi took the attention of the crowd. This was going to be a big issue if he didn't think of something that people could live with as fair. Regardless of the results, people would be upset. But as long as they knew it wasn't personal, he could keep them abated. "I'm sure there's a way to handle this situation."

"And how would you solve it?"

"Simple, no one sits next to her." That one was not well received by all the boos and geers from the crowd. Not even Rinse was for it, since she was certain he only wanted that to happen to make her feel lonely during the trip. "How about this, we leave this up to a game of chance?"

He had a coin on him, since his parents gave him a little bit of spending cash for this field trip. All he had to do was flip it with the students guessing what it would land on. "So if you think the next flip is head, go on one side, then the other if you think tails."

"That's a good idea, but you better not have any chance of winning. You already get to sit next to her in class."

"I don't want to sit next to her." He was getting really annoyed at how they treated him like it was a privilege that he got the girl. If anything, it was more of a hassle. And so he went about this stupid game. Yes, even though he was the one to come up with it, Ishi really didn't care about the weird dealings his class had with their new idol.

With each flip, he was able to whittle down the group all the way until there were only two people left. The entire group had their eyes on them, as he tossed up his coin once more. The tension made it seem like the coin fell slowly. Not wanting to reveal the answer for as long as possible. It landed on his hand, and he turned it over to show the answer. Unlike most, who would delay to build up excitement, Ishi wanted this done with as quickly as possible.