The beginning... of the Christmas arc... STARTS NOW!

My worst nightmare has begun. 

Everywhere you turn in the school there's a poster, sign, or flyer. Advertising one thing. 

The Winter School Dance.

I ran as fast as I could. I needed to get away from people. As quickly as possible. Beside me left and right there were people asking each other to the dance. It just never ended, everywhere you look it's a boy and girl asking each other. Even boys would ask each other and girls would do the same.

Some jerk tripped me, I looked up to see who it was. Oh god... Oh god! OH GOD!

I woke up. 

Phew... it was just a dream. I thought for a second that it was over... And that I'd be forced to ask someone to the dance.

I excitedly got to school. Knowing that it was all just a dream. And no one would be asking people to the dance... I was grinning a lot which actually creeped out some people as I walked to school.

When I got to school I was given a pleasant surprise. THERE WERE POSTERS EVERYWHERE! AND PEOPLE WERE ASKING EACH OTHER TO THE DANCE!

Oh god... this is playing out exactly like my dream... I took off, which I guess if you didn't want your dream to come true you don't do whatever you did in that dream, but I was stupid enough to run.

Just like in the dream there were people asking each other out left and right, and as you can guess some jerk tripped me.

That jerk was You Watanabe.

"Woah slow down there, it's not like you're excited to go to school." she raised an eyebrow.

"Are you running from the cops?" Chika asked.

"As if he has the balls to do anything like that..." Riko laughed, "He'd probably turn himself in for jaywalking."

"I-" I started, shoot I remember when I was little I almost did that.

"Wait did you actually do that?" Chika looked at me suspiciously.

"N-no!" I protested, I turned to You, "Also why'd you trip me?!" 

"Because you're probably up to no good." she responded, "And I was right."

"You were wrong!" I said, we had to get to class soon. School was boring as usual. Everyone for some reason had their eyes on me the whole day.

It was as though they were waiting to happen between the four of us. Even the teacher was raising her eyebrow. 

I ended up finding out what they were talking about after school. Well... I kind of just yelled it before the bell rang.

"WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?!" I yelled.

Surprisingly the teacher didn't even yell at me. She just looked at me with a smile, "Who are you going to be taking to the dance?" 

"Eh?" 

"I think what everyone second year and all the teacher's are wondering. Which one will you pick?" 

"Pick who?" I asked very confused. Making everyone face palm. Well everyone except Chika.

"Yeah why are we picking?" she chimed in. This was followed by another round of face palms.

"You idiot." Riko hissed, "She means something else!" 

"What's she talking about?" Chika and I both asked at the same time.

One of our classmates this time answered, "WHO ARE YOU GONNA ASK TO THE DANCE?!"

"EH?!" 

That was extremely awkward because not only were the people in class looking at me, Riko, You, and Chika were ALSO LOOKING AT ME!

"Um, you all kind of put me on the spot..." I scratched my head.

All of a sudden there were a loud sound. There was a bang on the classroom door. In came Dia, Kanan, Mari, Ruby, Hanamaru, and Yohane burst through the door.

"WE WERE JUST SHOVED IN HERE!" Mari yelled.

"How did we even get in here?" Ruby asked.

"I'm pretty sure they knocked us out and then shoved us through the door zura." Hanamaru said.

"What the hell is going on..." I say very concerned that this is some sort of set-up. I wished my brain cells were actually working. Because I ended up answering the question.

"I'll be taking... no one." I finally answered.

"He's lying..." people muttered around the room.

Another student yelled out, "We all know you want to take one of them, now pick!"

"B-but! Why do you all want to know?" I asked trying to change the conversation.

"Because we want to take the other girls who you don't pick." one of the guys announced. Some other dudes nodded their heads.

"Can't you just ask them right now?" 

"We don't want to take the one you want! That's just a crappy move." another kid said.

God these people were being stubborn, "I'll let you all have first pick!" I ended up blurting out. Which gave me looks of joy from the guy's, and death stares from the nine.

"Wait really?"

"Um... If they say yes I have no problem with it."

"Remember what he said," Kanan warned, "If." causing some of the guys to admit defeat.

"Stop stalling and spill the tea." the teacher said relaxing in her chair.

Of course the teacher would join in too. This is just stupid. Plain stupid. 

"What if I don't want to take one of the girls?" I asked.

"Answer this with a straight face, do you want to take one of the girls?" a girl asked.

"N-n-no!" I panicked I lost my cool. God dang it. That stutter caused the whole classroom to erupt and the teacher nodded her head approvingly. I looked to the nine for help but not one of them could look me in the eye.

Great... now I have to choose. Should I say something dumb? 

Suddenly Kanan took out her phone. 

Phew... she's just gonna record my response. Wait... what's she doing? NO! YOU BETTER NOT PLAY WHAT I THINK YOU'RE GONNA PLAY!!!

"Who are you gonna take to the dance?" was what played from her phone.

"Wait pause it!" the teacher called out. Thank you, she's gonna put a stop to this. "Put it on the projector!" 

I face palmed. At this point, is it too late to consider suicide? How far is it from up here to the ground? Would it hurt?

Kanan projected the video unto the screen an evil grin on her face. 

"But honestly who are you gonna take?" 

"You."

"YOU'RE PICKING YOU?!?!?!?!?!" And the video ended. The class cheered for me, I have no clue why, I was dying from embarrassment, You just looked down and refrained from eye contact with anyone.

It was an entire mess. The entire class and the teachers, yes more had arrived on the scene, and they all started chanting, "Ask her! Ask her! Ask her! Ask her!" 

Did I ask her? I was tempted to ask google. But that'd be stupid. So I asked the next best thing, You herself...

"Look," I whispered, "I'm sorry I dragged you into this."

"This better not be revenge for tripping me earlier!" she said angrily.

"No, but hear me out, let's just go to the dance." 

"Eh?" she said confused, "Did I just hear you right?"

"Yes, let's just go to the dance..." I repeated.

"Fine. If I say yes then this whole thing will stop..." she looked up for the first time.

"Yeah, and plus who else was I supposed to pick?" I laughed.

"Where'd you think that would get you?" she smiled, "You only picked me cause you didn't want to get arrested for picking Ruby."

"Maybe or maybe not..." I shrugged.

The entire class celebrated when they realized what just happened. Heck, even the teacher's were celebrating. The only people who weren't were the guy's who the other eight rejected.

But then came the real test... the actual dance...

God dang this was a lot of writing today. I probably shouldn't have done that cause I have more homework this way... Ugh, anyways I may or may not be updating for the rest of the week, it is Thanksgiving after all...

I'm tired and I need a break from things and just watch some anime. But who knows if I'll be able to update... Anyways thanks so much for reading! 

-Kazuya