Mind Your Limits || Shinsou Hitoshi ||

Chapter 4: Dodgeball

"Excuse me, we're going to a what?"

"A tea party, Hitoshi!" Mikan seemed pretty cherry. "Tsubasa-senpai invited us to a tea party in the woods!"

"In the woods," Shinsou sighed, "Totally not suspicious." 

Mikan merely smiled, "Let's go, Hitoshi!"

"Coming, coming."

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"You already know Hitoshi," Mikan said, "These are my friends Hotaru, and Iinchou!"

Hotaru waved while Iinchou greeted him with a "Hi."

"Hotaru, Iinchou, this is Tsubasa-senpai!" Mikan chirped, "We met in the ability class!"

"Nice to meet you, Tsubasa-senpai," Iinchou respectfully said.

"Nice to meet you too," Tsubasa said, "Now we should get sitting so the tea can be served."

Shinsou sat next to Mikan, who was next to Hotaru, who was next to Iinchou.

Then a walking bear came to serve the tea. In the corner of Shinsou's eye, he sees Mikan freaking out, why are they so scared of a stuffed bear? 

Tsubasa smiled reassuringly, "Don't worry, he won't hurt you. The person who made him is my best friend."

"You're friends with his creator?"

Isn't that what he just said, Mikan? Shinsou was wondering if Mikan even listens at this point. 

Tsubasa nodded, sipping his tea.

"Hey, Tsubasa-senpai, why did you get a tattoo?" Mikan asked.

Shinsou saw how Tsubasa stiffened ever so slightly. A quick glance to his left informed him that his friends didn't notice. Nonetheless, Tsubasa smiled at the question, "Oh this is for punishment."

Punishment? Of course, Mikan said Shinsou's thoughts aloud, "Punishment?"

Tsubasa nodded, "If you're acting up, they punish you. It's like the cat mask Hyuuga-kun had."

"So shouldn't they punish all my classmates? They're so rebellious! They're so mean too! They barely listen to Narumi-sensei and it's just really rude," Mikan ranted about how hostile the classroom was.

Shinsou and Hotaru made eye-contact, clearly thinking the same thing. Mikan should stop complaining.

"It's probably the jerk's fault!" Mikan suddenly said, "He must've influenced all of them badly."

Shinsou had no clue how Tsubasa knew she was talking about Natsume, and he clearly didn't ask. Tsubasa answered Mikan, "They're probably trying to draw attention away from Hyuuga-kun. You should try to befriend them to calm them down."

But why are they trying to draw attention away from Hyuuga? So he can get away without punishments? Shinsou's thoughts were somewhat cut off when Mikan spoke again; "But how?"

Tsubasa shrugged. "Just use your head and be happy."

Shinsou couldn't stop himself from commenting on how useful that was. "What amazing advice."