Predicament

Yotsuba Crisis Arc 5

It was the evening Tatsuya went to meet Mayumi, Miyuki was ploughing through the mountain of paperwork a Student Council President when she received a message from an unknown number. Her very first reaction was to delete the message immediately, but the preview of the message shown on her screen made her hesitate. 'Text logs between Tatsuya and Mayu—' Although the last word was cut off, she knew that it would spell 'Mayumi'. The preview of the text piqued Miyuki's curiosity, the only thing holding her back was the fear of hackers. Although technology has advanced dramatically, hackers still manage to get around the latest security systems to hack devices.

'This must be Oba-ue's first move against me.' Miyuki thought, but she could not help but feel curious. With things between her brother and Mayumi escalating so quickly recently, she wanted to know if they were doing anything behind her back. The first person she thought of that could help her was none other than the Electron Sorcerer. She dialled for Fujibayashi Kyouko who picked up almost immediately.

"Miyuki-chan, it has been a while, hasn't it? Are you calling on behalf of your brother?"

"No, this time it's a personal matter that my brother is not involved in. Could you help me install the latest anti-malware system in my terminal?"

Both of them spoke in a business-like manner, a testimony to the type of relationship they share. Both of them met through Tatsuya and have remained in touch only for business purposes, neither of them has taken the initiative to evolve their relations.

"That is one unusual request, but it shouldn't be a problem, just give me a minute."

As if on cue, both of them hung up at the same time and Miyuki set her terminal to idle mode, voluntarily allowing Kyouko to hack her terminal and take control over it. Within a minute, Miyuki's phone was equipped with the strongest anti-malware system developed to date.

'Done.' A text from Kyouko came, to which Miyuki responded with a simple 'Thank you, reliable and fast as always' text. With her terminal ready for whatever the sketchy message had, she proceeded to open the text message.

[Start of chat log]

[December 3rd, 11:30] Mayumi: Tatsuya-kun, can you drop by the reading booth tomorrow after school? I just need a few minutes of your time.

[December 3rd, 11:31] Tatsuya: We just talked not long ago and you already want to see me again?

[December 3rd, 11:31] Mayumi: Yeah, I am already missing you.

[December 3rd, 11:32] Tatsuya: Did I not crush your heart already? What more is there to say?

[December 3rd, 11:32] Mayumi: I don't know but I know that you are the only one who can fix my heart.

[December 3rd, 11:32] Tatsuya: You are brilliantly bold today with your texts.

[December 3rd, 11:33] Mayumi: Thank you, you are quite frank with me today too.' Mayumi took Tatsuya's words as compliments.

[December 3rd, 11:33] Tatsuya: Unfortunately, I am emotionally incapable of fixing up your heart, I'm sorry about that.

[December 3rd, 11:33] Mayumi: Ah, I am not referring to you dating me but simply using your magic Regrowth to heal my heart.

[December 3rd, 11:34] Tatsuya: You think I will go through all the pain for you?

[December 3rd, 11:34] Mayumi: You went berserk after I took a hit, so I think you will.

[December 3rd, 11:34] Tatsuya: Let's not talk about that incident, rather let's get back on point. Why do you want to meet me tomorrow?

[December 3rd, 11:35] Mayumi: Come and you will find out I guess.