MHG-V1-2 (Initial Draft)

Chapter 6 - Let's study together

A.6

Ken sat frowning on the floor of his room, his back against his bed, trying to tackle a pernicious homework problem.

"Is it really that hard?" Teruko asked, sitting cross legged in the center of the room.

"It must be easy for you, not having to go to school." He said, trying to ignore the fact that he could see her underwear.

"I know!" She said. "It would be so boring. You guys learn such incredibly easy and useless things."

"Easy?" Ken said, looking at her with annoyance. "Show me how you would do this one."

Teruko waved her hand and instantly the answer appeared before him.

"What?" Ken gaped, confirming it for himself. "You cheated, right?"

Teruko cocked her head for a second and then griggled. "Cheated?" She said. "For something so easy?"

Then she moved onto her hands and knees and started crawling toward him.

"I'll tell you what," she said looking at him with a lewd expression in her face. "If you get the next one right in less than two minutes I'll take my clothes off for you."

Ken's heart froze.

"What?!?"

Teruko narrowed her eyes and grinned.

"Dont be absurd." Ken said, trying to pass her comment off. "I couldnt possibly do it in less than two minutes."

"Thats why I was trying to inspire you." Teruko said, annoyed.

"Stop distracting me." Ken said shaking his head, "I'm trying to study."

Teruko sat up and crossed her arms.

"You're not much fun, are you?"

"If its really that hard, lets play a game."

"What kind of game?" Ken asked.

"I'll present you with a question and you have one minute to answer it. If you do, I lose, if you don't you lose."

"Im finding it hard enough to do one question in ten minutes and you're.."

"Ill choose questions you can do, dont worry. After all, I want to help you." Teruko said, winking.

"Hmm, okay."

"But theres one catch."

"Catch?" Ken said.

"If you lose you have to take something off, whatever I choose and if I lose I have to take something off. Got it?"

"What?" Since he'd met her Ken had started to realise that Teruko had quite an appetite for things like this.

"Are you trying to see me naked?" Ken asked wearily.

"Well, since you started taking your earepiece off whenever you take a shower.." Teruko said, eying the ceiling.

"You mean before that-" Ken yelled out. He'd deliberately done that just in case.. but he hadnt actually thought it might have been necessary.

"You're not happy with that?" Teruko said, a tone of disappointment in her voice.

"Of course not, its like stalking."

"But you're my boyfriend." Teruko said flatly.

Ken had nothing to say to that and just looked off in the other direction with annoyance.

"So are we going to play?" Teruko asked, ignoring him.

"Sure, lets play." Ken said. It wasnt the thought of seeing her without clothes on that motivated him. He was going to get her back.