PERSONA 4 MYSTERIOUS MIST

A study group of fools

The sun shone brightly into the classrooms of that old school, illuminating them brightly enough that any student who hoped to catch a quick nap while the teacher wasn't looking would only be slumped on their desks like a sloth. Not that any student in Yu's class could sleep anyway with Mr. Morooka lecturing them, his voice was like a rooster gasping for air while being choked by its wife. That weird analogy crossed Yu's mind and it took everything from him not to burst out in laughter in the middle of the class. Though he probably didn't need to worry as most students weren't exactly paying attention to their teacher, in fact whenever he turned his face to the board and left his back to them, some studen would stick out their tongues in his direction and wave their hands mockingly at him, before sitting back down and act like a disciplined bunch when he looked back. However, it was a brief snirk from Chie, a reaction that she couldn't suppress to the students mocking the oblivious teacher, that finally caught his attention.

" who's laughing?! Who the hell is laughing?! " Mr. Morooka turned his face back at the class, his tired red eyes were filled with anger and fury, he immediately noticed Chie burying her head in her book to avoid his attention, which was to her own detriment as he immediately singled her out by yelling at her and pointing his finger at her " you! The hippy frog in the center! Yes, you! I'm talking to you?! Do you think I'm hosting a comedy show with my lesson?! Why don't you brighten our day with what made you laugh so we can laugh alongside you?! "

" I—I—I—w—wa—wa—wasn't... " Chie could only stand up after being singled out by the teacher, not sure how she would respond to his fury

" oh, so you're going to act like a diligent student now, eh?! Here's a question to see if you were really paying attention: Do you know how Soseki Natsume translated the English phrase 'I Love you' into Japanese?! "

" I... ahem... well... Soseki Natsume... translated the sentence... ' I love you '... to Japanese... by saying... I mean... writing... uh... " Chie was replying as slowly as she could, while thinking of an answer that could get her out of this predicament, but she knew there was no way for her to answer correctly, not when she spent the whole lesson fantasizing about one of her favorite fight scenes in any movie she had ever watched. Thankfully, she felt a nudge to her side, as Yu passed a note to her desk that read ' the moon is beautifully, isn't it? '. However, she even screwed that up by saying with a confused look " the moon is beautiful? How did he translate it that way? "

" are you answering me or asking me?!! " the teacher yelled at her furiously

" I'm asking you! I—I—I mean I'm ANSWERING you! "

" feh! Fat chance, imbecile! " the teacher huffed " don't think I didn't see you slip that note to her, Yu Narukami! I'm onto you and your flirty shenanigans! "

" here we go again... " Yu sighed

" don't screw with me, you little shit! " Mr. Morooka said, he looked just about ready to flip their desks on their heads for that little mishap. However, as he restrained himself, a villainous grin drew itself on his face " whatever, sit down ! Next week is the exams, and I'll he delighted to see you cry in despair for not paying attention to my class! "

Man... what a headache... Yu groaned as Chie sat, he noticed she was much more tense than when she stood up, so he whispered to her reassuringly " don't let it get to you, he's probably going to forget all about you soon "

" that's... that's not it... " Chie looked at Yu worriedly, her face was trickling cold sweat and she looked about as pale as if she was sick " I've never opened a single book for the past month, completely forgot we had midterms next week... I'm so dead for the upcoming exams, my parents are gonna kill me... or worse... confiscate my movie collection ! "