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Ichika was used to not having many friends. Truth be told, Saki was the only reason she knew Honami and Shiho.
She didn't expect to make new friends, let alone all of said friends giving her chocolate on Valentines day.
Which meant she had 7 girls to give Chocolate to on White Day…
She didn't know how she would achieve this to be honest. She ended up buying them chocolate from the store, and had to plan out how to give it.
Granted, Mafuyu and Kanade were easy, considering presumably Mafuyu put their chocolates in Ichika’s locker, so she put their chocolate in Mafuyu’s.
She hoped that would suffice, she doesn't exactly do well with confrontations. Especially since some of them would definitely include that, such as Ena and Mizuki, who attended a different school.
However, that was for later. Especially since she couldn't use Emu to give Akito Ena’s chocolate, and how would she even locate Mizuki? It was convoluted.
She ended up dropping by Saki and Shiho’s class to drop their chocolate, but was stuck on Honami. Sure, she could just. give it to her. But that was anxiety inducing. And they were in the same class.
Hell, she was already hearing gossip about Mafuyu’s “Secret Lover” because of her locker shenanigans. She didn't want to start anything extra. She… ended up dropping by Honami’s locker later when she wasn't around just to drop it off.
Ichika felt like this was the worst day ever. Her anxiety was through the roof, and she shrieked feeling someone tap her shoulder. It was… Kohane?
She was already sweating bullets, trying to figure out what the girl wanted. Except Kohane just offered to hand Ena’s chocolate over to Akito for her, since it was pretty obvious Ichika was having a meltdown.
Ichika thanked her, and was grateful the situation didn't go sour. This left… One Mizuki Akiyama. Who was hard to track down unless you messaged her. Which. She had to do.
A direct confrontation.
Ichika would’ve loved it if a god just struck her down on the spot.
She asked Mizuki if she wanted to hang out. Mizuki said yes, and Ichika was thankful she wasn't teasing her over the chocolate, which she feared was pretty obvious.
They agreed to a cafe. Ichika didn't give the chocolate right away though. Only when it ended did she give the chocolate and sprint off, because she didn't wanna stick around for Mizuki’s reaction.
Upon getting home, she face planted into her bed. She was practically screaming over how stressful the day was. But she got distracted as her phone began blowing up with messages…
Mizuki Akiyama had made a groupchat, including her and 6 other girls.
The very girls who gave her chocolate.
The very girls she gave chocolate to as well.
She basically fainted on the spot.