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On 05/11/2005 07:52 PM, DB Sommer said:
Yomi suddenly had a very bad feeling, the kind that came when she
found herself in an inescapable situation and counted herself lucky
if she came out of it with all her body parts intact.
I agree with Yomi. This seems unusually thoughtful for Tomo.
Yomi's dread continued to the next morning as she entered the
classroom and sat at her desk, keeping an eye out for Tomo. As it
grew closer to when the bell would ring and Tomo still hadn't shown
up, {it made Yomi : Yomi began to} hope her fears had been for
nothing. Then a hand slapped her {so hard on the back : on the back
so hard} that it nearly knocked the wind out of her.
"I'm going to be a guy today to show just how easy it is," Tomo
boasted.
"Only you could be stupid enough to think this proves anything." Yomi
sat back down, intent on pretending she didn't know Tomo until she
started acting normal. Or at least dressed like a girl, since going
for normal was aiming a bit too high.
True.
"Oh." A puzzled expression replaced Osaka's awe. "So asking Tomo out
is a bad idea, huh?"
Recognizes right answer when told.
Before Yamada could respond, Tomo, who was still standing, said,
"Miss Yukari, aren't you going to ask me why I'm in a boy's school
uniform?"
Yukari stared at Tomo. "Asking implies a level of concern about you
on my part that simply doesn't exist."
Good answer.
"So much for Yukari-sensei talking some sense into her," Yomi
muttered to Chiyo.
She was expecting, ok, hoping, that?
"I thought you might like to go out sometime," Yuuto continued.
Before Yomi could say a word, a hand fell heavily on her shoulder and
Tomo's voice bellowed, "Hey there, Buddy, you'd better be ready for
the fight of your life when you go hitting on another man's woman."
Great timing.
"Oh, I see." And understood that she had no intention of getting
involved, so Kagura backed up and exited the room.
Very smart.
"Girls are not allowed in the boys' locker room!" Nyamo shouted at
her as she released the hold on Tomo's arm.
"What about girls pretending to be guys?"
I could smell that one coming.
Discovering she had an audience, Tomo elaborated. "I found out why
they call Kakazu, 'The Mule'."
Big ears?
Everyone but Chiyo and Osaka suddenly recoiled.
Osaka said, "I thought it was because he was born on a farm on the
same day a mule was, and they named him after the animal."
"Yep. He was showing us pictures of the mule," Tomo said. "It even
looks like him."
I guess that makes sense, considering the source.
"How about that. I couldn't even tell you were wearing a chest wrap."
Osaka turned to her companions. "Could any of you tell?"
They shook their heads.
Tomo's shoulders slumped in misery. "You're a cold, cold person,
Osaka."
That too. Not complaining though, it had to be said.
So much for my Azumanga hiatus, though this was the only thing to
come to me in a while. Can't say when inspiration might strike next.
Ta-Ta.
We knew it was too good to last. :}b
Tomo seemed less manic than usual.