Punishment

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Half an hour later, after cleaning up the gym, the team follows Kindaichi and Shido to a mochi place they swear by. The boys haven't decided on my second punishment yet, but they've been throwing out suggestions left and right. None have been favorable. I'm praying with everything I have in me that whatever they decide on won't be embarrassing. Or make me even more broke than I will be after this ice cream trip.

"We're here!" Kindaichi shouts excitedly.

I walk in alongside Yahaba and gasp. There's a buffet. There's a literal buffet of just mochi ice cream. There must be at least twenty flavors. Off to the side, there are dipping cabinets filled with regular ice cream.

"Alright, go crazy," I say, resigning myself to the fact that this is going to cost me quite a lot.

The team rushes forward, throwing mochi into bags faster than I can blink.

I grimace, practically watching my money fly away. I snatch myself a green tea and a plum wine mochi, then plop my bag on the counter by the register. "This, and everything they're getting," I say in struggling Japanese and gesture to the team.

Oikawa joins me, setting his bag on the counter and standing next to me.

"What did you get?" I ask, looking up at him.

"One milk bread mochi." He answers, hands in his pockets.

"They have a milk bread flavor?" Disbelief fills my voice and I crane my neck to locate the milk bread mochi in the buffet. "Nice. Are you sure you only want one?"

"Yeah. I don't want to get too much sugar in my bloodstream before the tournament."

"Fair point." I frown at the frenzy of teenage boys around the buffet. "Should we stop them?"

Oikawa turns a level gaze on me and I shiver slightly. Is he testing me with this or something?

I force my way into the mass of boys and push them toward the counter. "Okay guys, you only have so much room for sugar in your bodies and I only have so much money, so let's go."

Watari and Kindaichi both snag one more mochi and I glare at them. They just grin and plop their bags on the counter.

The lady at the register rings up our enormous purchase and I cry silently in my mind as I empty my wallet to pay for it.

All of us shuffle outside to eat our ice cream.

"Thank you, Lily!" The team choruses.

"You're welcome, guys. Here's to winning Interhigh Prelims!" I hold up one of my mochi and the team responds with staggered shouts of victory. "So, has my second punishment been decided?"

The evil smiles that greet my question terrify me. "It has to be within reason, remember."

Yahaba takes over as spokesperson. "Your punishment. Will be to..."

I wince in anticipation.

"Take us to the pool," Yahaba finishes.

It's so unexpected, I don't relax my wince for several seconds. I blink and look at him. "Come again?"

"Take us to the pool," Yahaba repeats.

"That's it?" I ask suspiciously. "You're not gonna make me run until I puke? Or confess my love to a random stranger?"

"Nah," Watari says, nonchalantly eating one of his mochi in a single bite. "Wa chus wanna co ta la bool."

"Not gonna lie," Hanamaki leans back on his elbows. "Swimming sounds really nice right now."

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