It has been multiple weeks after that market incident. Thankfully, the manager was able to restore the place once again, and to Oreki's relief, things has gone back to normal.
"I'm off," he said to his sister, who was waving merrily as he closed the door behind him.
As he was heading off to school, someone's hand dropped on one of his shoulders. It was definitely Fukube, especially when he said, "YO!!!"
"Yo..."
"Have you heard?"
"..."
"The field trip thing!"
When Oreki heard that, his emerald eyes cornered themselves to the very edge, staring at the person next to him. "Field... trip..?"
Fukube nodded. "Yea! And it's necessary, by the way. All the second-year students are going, you know?"
"What are we doing exactly?" Oreki asked, a tone of non-interest in his question.
"Oh, we're gonna do a lot of activities there. Such as-"
"I'm not going then."
"Ehh..!? Houtarou, it's required!"
"I know, but activities needs lots of energy."
"You're hopeless."
"Exactly, so just tell the teacher that I'm not going."
"Wait, me?"
He nodded.
"Ah right, you're using me." Fukube laughed.
"Let's hurry up already." the brunette said, hurrying his pace forward.
"Hai, hai!" his friend said cheerfully, following behind him.
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"Now, students, don't get too excited," the teacher announced, smiling widely. "In the upcoming two weeks, there will be a field trip to Kyoto! ARE YOU GUYS EXCITED!?"
"YESSSSS!!!" the class roared, some students even standing up. It was so loud that Oreki needed to cover his ears before they start ringing with pain. So Satoshi wasn't lying... he thought to himself.
"Class, please calm down and listen carefully-"
"Ayaka-sensei, is this field trip optional?"
"Oreki, I hope you do know that it is not. It is required for everyone."
In response, he nodded to his homeroom teacher and saw Fukube grinning at him.
"Well then, let us continue. The reason that we are going to Kyoto is because we will be learning about the different destinations there. I promise you, we will have a lot of fun! In addition, we will be staying at the _______ Villa. You all will be separated by gender, two houses for boys and two houses for girls. One room will have two people each." She pointed at an overview of the whole place, explaining it thoroughly to her students.
"Ayaka-sensei, do we get our room partners?"
"Yes, Sasaki, but you'll have to wait until next week."
After that line, the students groaned, since they all have been longing for their roommates. The teacher then clapped her hands, saying, "Let's focus back in our studies, minna-san!"
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Painted With Roses (Oreki x Chitanda)
FanficOreki Houtarou decided in the past that he will live his life in a grey-colored side. He was known as the "energy-saver" type. But, he starting to feel emotions that he couldn't understand for Chitanda Eru. Will he remain to live his life in the gre...