OKAY OKAY OKAY! I know it was bad, but now that I have all of lunch break to think about what I've done... I'll write another chapter... God dang it... 

I apologize... for the horrible chapter this morning... Alright let's do this thing.

So to explain what happened last chapter, basically I was stupid and made Shizuko confess already, and honestly I don't even know what the heck that was... so to any future readers and to everyone now... I'm sorry.

Hopefully this chapter is a little better... No promises.

Riko's POV

"Alright everything's ready to go." I sighed, today was day two of the festival. I had just packed up all of the cooking supplies today. Chika and You had already taken off, those two never pull their weight, literally. I dragged all of the things down to the school. 

Another beautiful spring day, only to be wasted sweating in a little shack with almost no fresh air. Especially since there was an entire festival happening out there... By the time I arrived at the field area, the teachers' were setting up their booths. The math guy was selling omelets and fried rice. And the science teacher had some baked treats also. 

I trudged over to our stall and there was no one there. The festival started in less than thirty minutes, and we need to start getting everything ready... Where is everyone? 

I spotted Shizuko walking around talking to the teachers. "Can I get some for free?" he tried to persuade the math teacher.

"What's the square root of 81?" the teacher responded.

"Um... I know this... come on!" he started to hit himself on the head, as if trying to get the answer out of his brain directly. 

"Nine." I walked over to them.

"Eh, that was too easy for you, but I'll give you some." he handed me the plate.

"What about me?" Shizuko asked.

"What about you?" the teacher smirked.

"Don't I get some?" 

"If you ask Riko, maybe she'll share. But since you couldn't answer I'm sorry... You're gonna have to pay." he laughed causing Shizuko to pout.

"Stupid math teacher, stupid Riko, always taking my free food." he muttered behind me.

"You know I would've shared, but not anymore..." I grinned.

"So do I have to go do deliveries today?" He sighed.

"Actually You said that she has something to tell us," I held up my phone, "She and Chika will be here in like five minutes." 

"I'm sure if we split it, we can eat the food in five minutes." he raised an eyebrow.

"Fine." I gave in, he was right. By the time we finished eating the other two showed up.

"Yo," I made a peace sign. "What's up."

"We taught the other students in our class how to make them so it's their turn to run the shop today." Chika explained.

"Wait you mean..." Shizuko's eyes lit up.

"Yes, we have no-" 

"WE HAVE NO WORK!" He celebrated.

"He does realize he didn't work yesterday right?" You shook her head smiling.

"It's Shizuko, he believes that making ramen is hard work." 

But in reality we all were really happy. We could all just relax and have fun today. Which is something we haven't done since, I guess spring break which was four weeks ago. 

Another thought entered my mind. Wait, we would be hanging out with Shizuko this whole day... It'll just be us second years right? Maybe I could make a move... 

"Come on Shizuko!" Chika grabbed his hand as they took off.

I can't tell if Chika was doing this on purpose or this was just the natural thing to do, and You was thinking the exact same thing. Either way, this was definitely a strong start for Chika. But I wasn't gonna let her one up me, neither was You. And so the day turned into a warzone, we just didn't know that yet.

Mari's POV

It was getting pretty busy over here at our place. It was around one o'clock and everyone seemed to come in now. There was plenty of chatter around us. I was helping fry the takoyaki, Kanan was taking orders and Dia was giving them. There were maybe ten of us in there helping each other.

As I was outside grabbing a drink, I noticed something actually someone... Well there was more than one. Four to be exact, and they were all walking around the festival. 

"Kanan," I whispered, "Over there..." 

She looked up, and obviously didn't seem very happy with what she saw. "We're not just gonna let this go are we?"

"What are you guys doing out here?" Dia said confused, she took one look outside and realized what was happening, "Ah..."

I turned to one of our classmates, "Hey we have to go do something real quick... can you guys get three other people to do it?"

"Yeah no problem, in fact take the rest of the day off, you guys worked all day yesterday so we'll only need help cleaning up." 

"'Kay cool thanks!" I said and we took off. Making sure not to be too suspicious we blended in with the crowd, stalking the group of four in front of us.

Yoshiko's POV

We were raising a lot of money for the school. The sales were going up as a bunch of elementary school kids came. They were with their parents on, I guess a field trip.

I actually got recognized by some kids over there from the park. As I was looking around for other kids from the park I was able to see something else... Shizuko, You, Chika, and Riko were all in a group. Not only had I seen it, but Hanamaru and Ruby had also seen them. 

A little bit behind that group was a hidden, but also out in the open group of Dia, Kanan, and Mari. I don't think the other first years noticed them... 

I tapped one of our classmates on the shoulder, "Can you guys watch the stall for a few minutes." 

She gave a thumbs up, "No problem!"

"Thank you." I grabbed the other two by the arms and took off. Following the behind the third years who were following the first years.

You's POV

We were just walking around for a little bit aimlessly. Nothing really going on, we were about to go in the little test of courage thing they had when Shizuko had to use the bathroom.

The three of us then sat on the bench as he went into the long line of the bathroom. I felt a tap on my shoulder, for some reason the other two also had a tap on their shoulder and we all turned around at the same time. We all came face to face with the third years...

"Aren't you guys supposed to be at work?" I asked.

"We were just going to ask the same thing." Dia raised an eyebrow.

"We have the day off..." Riko shrugged.

"So what are you doing?" Kanan asked.

"About to go in the test of courage with Shizuko." Chika said.

Riko and I face palmed, she blew it...

"Ah..." Mari nodded.

"Why's it matter to ya?" I replied.

"You sure that's all?" 

"Even if it wasn't why do you care?" Riko countered.

Oh god, this whole thing could blow into a whole argument... Hopefully the first years won't suddenly show-

"What's happening zura?" Hanamaru and the other first years appeared out of a bush.

I face palmed again... a fight is bound to break out... 

"We're his classmate aren't we?" Chika added.

"True, but are you going as just classmates?" 

Okay bail, everyone bail! That's it I'm just we're just gonna bail... hopefully nothing else goes wrong. I turned around to walk away when I ran into someone.

"Oof, sorry You," Shizuko apologized, "Woah, what are you all doing here?" 

"We-"

He held up his hand, "Don't tell me, you all got the day off too?! This is gonna be great, alright everyone go into the test of courage thingy." 

The second years sighed in defeat. The first and third years sighed in relief... And Shizuko sighed because he likes to sigh...

And into the dark room we go...

Was this better? 

I'm gonna apologize one more time, sorry for a terrible chapter earlier today... I decided to just write another chapter because I honestly don't know what happened in that chapter... I might just delete it to be honest.

Anyways hope you all liked this one better! I have exams tomorrow and Thursday, then exams Wednesday and Thursday next week.

I love you all!

Be safe! Mask up! Don't be stupid!

-Kazuya (pls don't murder me)