Shinobu entered the classroom. She looked around and saw Mitsuri and Giyu in class. She immediately approached Mitsuri
"Hey Mitsuri" Shinobu says in her bright tone "Heya Shinobu!" Mitsuri says, hugging Shinobu
"How's school been?" Mitsuri asked after breaking the hug up "What are you? My mom?" Shinobu chuckles before sitting down
Mitsuri deadpans at her making Shinobu know she's serious
"It's been good. Why'd you ask?" Shinobu says making Mitsuri smile "I know you're a genius but still, school can be hard" Mitsuri explained
"And you're a grade above what you'd normally be at so it might even be harder" Mitsuri says with concern making Shinobu smile
"Thanks for the concern, mom, but I am a-okay" Shinobu says making Mitsuri laugh
"Now I'll ask the questions" Shinobu says with a mischievous smile
"How have you and Iguro been?" Shinobu asks "It's been... kinda bad" Shinobu looked surprised at the response
"And it's not his fault. He's done nothing wrong really" Mitsuri explained further
"It's just... it's so hard to do anything intimate. Even though we're together I can't hold his hand because I would just freeze up" Mitsuri explained, confusing Shinobu further
"And I kinda feel bad" Shinobu shook her head "Why would you feel bad? You're not yet super comfortable with intimate acts and that's completely fine" Shinobu assures her
"Some people go fast in these things and some people go slow. You're fine" Shinobu says with a smile, comforting Mitsuri
"Thanks, Shinobu" Mitsuri says making Shinobu nod
Mitsuri's small smile immediately went to her usual smile, surprising Shinobu
"You still using the app?" Mitsuri asked, trying to get an update on the boy Shinobu was chatting with, or potentially multiple boys
Shinobu was surprised that Mitsuri could go from bleak and full of guilt to bright and bubbly at the snap of a finger
"Yep. Haven't talked to anyone else except for the boy though" Shinobu explained making Mitsuri smile
"That's great! Then next you guys meet up and then you guys meet up again and then you guys start dating and holding hands and then kiss—" Mitsuri said ecstatically before Shinobu cut her off
"What's wrong with you?!" Shinobu exclaims with a laugh "We just started talking, we aren't going to start dating" Shinobu says making Mitsuri cross her arms
"You don't know that" Mitsuri says making Shinobu shake her head "I do know that. I know because that type of stuff doesn't happen" Shinobu says
"How much do wanna bet?" Shinobu laughed at the proposal. Knowing that she would win
"I'm not gonna bet you, Mitsuri. I'll feel guilty for stealing your money" Shinobu said sternly with an arrogant chuckle at the end
"Alright" Mitsuri said before pointing to Giyu "Are you not going to talk to him?" Mitsuri asked
Shinobu was surprised she just changed subject like that
"Nope" Mitsuri looked surprised at the response and gave her a suspicious look
"What's going on, Shinobu?" Mitsuri asked, intrigued on what her reasoning was this time
"Me and him made a plan to ignore our person" Mitsuri looked confused
"Who is 'him' and who is 'our person'?" Mitsuri asked, clearly confused
"Oh he is the boy at that app and our person is the annoying person in our lives" Shinobu explained
Mitsuri took a few seconds to fully understand what she said but got it soon enough
"And your person is Giyu?" Shinobu nodded "But why?" Mitsuri asked
"They annoyed us. So we're now purposefully ignoring them" Mitsuri looked confused
"Wouldn't Giyu want you to ignore him anyway?" Shinobu became flustered at the question
Mitsuri had a look of disbelief
"Did you not think that through?" Shinobu had no response but the answer was clear "You really didn't?" Mitsuri chuckled
Shinobu who was quite emotional at times is always calculated in her actions. She always has a plan and thinks everything through
And yet, she forgot and didn't think through this very obvious flaw in her plan
"Alright... maybe I screwed up there" Mitsuri laughed at her. She was a little emberrassed too
"I'm still going to go through with this plan, no matter how stupid" Shinobu said with dignity
"Well at least it makes sense for his person" Shinobu says with a nod
"Alright... so are you gonna sit beside him?" Mitsuri asks and Shinobu shrugged
"I mean... sure" Shinobu said after a few seconds of thinking
She approached Giyu and sat beside him.
Giyu looked over at her and she was looking at the opposite of him.
He was sure this challenge if ignoring her would be easy. He had already ignored her for a week.
It was weird though. He actually wanted to talk to her, which confused him
He shook his head. He wanted to follow her plan since they agreed on doing it but this urge wasn't going away
"Hey Kocho" He said with his usual tone. He was disappointed in himself though. Giyu knew this should've been easy for him
For Shinobu, on the other hand, she was frustrated. "Why does he want to talk to me now when I can't?!" Shinobu thought to herself
Shinobu didn't respond, confusing Giyu. He just turned away though
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Giyu sighed as the teacher left the class and looked at the test paper. It was only a practice test but he still tried his best
After a long 30 minutes though, he was done. He looked at the teacher's desk and he was asleep
He yawned and peeped over at Shinobu's test. To his surprise, Shinobu was clearly struggling
He looked over at her face and she looked very stressed. Giyu thought if he should help her
After a few seconds of contemplating, he decided to help out a little bit, even if he breaks the plan with her
"You have to carry the one" Giyu said, startling Shinobu "Sorry didn't mean to surprise you" Giyu said apologetically
"I was never taught that" Shinobu said after fixing her mistake
"We were taught that in Grade 10" Giyu said making Shinobu nod "Well that explains it" Shinobu said with a smile
"You did that wrong too" Giyu said, pointing at the first question "You have to transpose there first" Shinobu nodded
"And there you have to transpose again" Giyu said making Shinobu nod again
Giyu kept on teaching her and she was visibly improving. There was one problem though
Shinobu didn't know why but she felt dumb. This made her quite irritated at Giyu for teaching her, even if he was only helping her.
She knew it was a dumb feeling to have but it was there and wasn't going away
"And there you have to—" Shinobu cut Giyu off "Can you just let me do it?" Shinobu said with an audibly irritated tone
Giyu nodded and turned away. He was confused. He thought about why she said that and couldn't think of anything
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Highs and Lows | GiyuShino Modern AU
General FictionShinobu was the best student in her class in her freshman year. Because of that, she was transferred to Grade 11 since the school thought that she was smart enough to handle it. She was actually happy since most of them were her friends anyway. That...
