Girl Next Door

Chapter Fifty-One

Later, at class, the six friends sat confortably, separated from each other, with the exception of the inseparable pair of Kyosuke and Takeru and also Mio and Yukie. Risa sat up front, in the same row as Ichiro. Takeru and Kyosuke where in the middle, and Yukie and Mio where in the row next to Ichiro's.

"Gee, I wonder who our class adviser's gonna be this time," said Kyosuke.

"I hope it's that hottie Miss Megumi again," said Takeru, smirking.

"Really, Takeru?" said Kyosuke with a sarcastic expression.

"Admit it, Kyosuke," said Takeru, poking him, "you find her hot too. Heheh."

"I-I most certainly do not," replied Kyosuke defensively. "She's way older than me."

Meanwhile Risa and Ichiro remained quiet in their respective seats, Risa with her hands clasped together on her table and Ichiro with his hands splayed flat on his.

Shortly the teacher entered the classroom. To Kyosuke's bewilderment, it was Megumi once again.

"Three times in a row..." he thought as he watched the twenty-five-year-old woman walk towards her desk.

"Good morning, class," she said with a warm smile. "I know most of you already know who I am, but for all the new students in this class, I am Megumi Iwamoto, and I will be your class adviser for this year."

"Told ya," Takeru whispered to Kyosuke.

Kyosuke gulped down past the lump in his throat. Then his eyes turned to Risa up front.

"Well, at least Risa's here to keep me from distraction," he thought.

Risa looked back at him from the front and smiled sweetly at him. He smiled back and quickly looked away.

"Yeah," thought Kyosuke, "this is great. All six of us together in the same class." He then leaned his chin on his hand with his elbow to the table. "Gee, I wonder how Hinako is doing..."

Meanwhile in one of the sophomore classes, Hinako sat once again with her friend Mori, who was still trying to take advantage of her "wife's" sexuality. In the same class, once again, was Kotaro, the boy who had an unnatural fear of girls. It seems, though, that his fear had lessened.

Suddenly, Hikari broke into the room, shut the door behind her and lay her back upon it. She was panting and sweating heavily. It seemed Hikari was being chased by her fans until she had entered the classroom.

Everyone in class was bewildered. A famous pop idol was among them, and many started murmuring to one another. But Hinako was the most shocked of all. There was her idol, Hikari Manabe, standing in front of the class. She had no idea what to do or say next, so she screamed, startling everyone present. Hikari was surprised as well.

"H-H-H-Hikari...-ch-chan...??" stuttered Hinako, rising from her seat, wide-eyed as her idol stood before her.

"H-Hi, everyone," said Hikari, smiling awkwardly.

Hinako slowly approached the singer. "I-Is it really you...?"

"I-I guess so," replied Hikari, slightly giggling.

"Oh my gosh, it's really you!" exclaimed Hinako, jumping. "Oh, I can't believe it! Tee-hee! Hikari-chan, I am a huge fan of yours!" She then ran up to her table to get a notebook, and walked up once again to Hikari.

"Can you sign my autograph please?" said Hinako with an obsessive look.

"S-sure," replied Hikari, smiling at her awkwardly.

Then the teacher came in, and when he saw Hikari, his eyes widened and he came up to the popstar.

"H-Hikari-san...!" he said, his hands clasped together. "It's an honor to have you in my class. And may I say that I am a really big fan."

"Oh, that's really... sweet?" said Hikari, eyes wide in bewilderment at her class adviser.

"Please sit wherever you like, miss," said the teacher.

"O-Okay, thanks," said Hikari, as she walked down the classroom and sat near the back. Eyes followed her all throughout. The boys sitting at the back were especially overjoyed.

Hours later, at recess, Kyosuke was walking along the school grounds, looking for Hinako. He wondered if she and Kotaro had been hanging out together, and was quite interested.

"I wonder if the two of them are starting to get to know each other too well," he said with a smirk.

Then he stopped for he almost bumped into Hikari once again. She was carrying a bundle of books.

"Oh, um, I'm sorry," said Hikari, but as she looked up at him she recognized who it was. "Hey, you're the guy I ran into earlier. Hi." She smiled sweetly at him.

"Yeah, hi," replied Kyosuke, rubbing the back of his head.

"You know, I never really got your name," said Hikari.

"Oh," said Kyosuke. "I'm Kyosuke Matsumaru, class 3-1. Nice to meet you." He held out his hand for her to shake.

"Likewise," replied Hikari, shaking his hand. "I'm Hikari Manabe."

Both of them chuckled.

"Hey, did you say your name was Matsumaru?" asked Hikari. "I think I may have met your sister."

"Hinako?" said Kyosuke.

"Yeah, that's her," replied Hikari, smiling. "She was all over me when I got to class."

"I can imagine..." said Kyosuke with a sheepish smile.

"Hey wanna sit down?" said Hikari, pointing to a bench under a tree.

"Oh, sure," replied Kyosuke, as the two of them walked over and sat down under the bench.

Meanwhile, Risa and Takeru were walking along the school grounds, looking for Kyosuke.

"Where's he gone off too?" said Takeru, looking around.

"Maybe he got a little sidetracked," replied Risa.

"Sidetracked?" said Takeru. "Please. There's no way Kyosuke could get distracted from something like friends."

Then Takeru caught sight of Kyosuke sitting with Hikari on a bench. "Hey, there he is." He pointed at them.

Risa looked in the direction Takeru had pointed. "Who's that he's with?"

"Wait a minute, is that Hikari-chan?!" said Takeru, who couldn't believe his eyes.