Lesson Learned

But I can't ignore it either

Gakushuu rolled his eyes and was trying very hard not to smile. "I suppose it was amusing."

Mitsuko laughed. "Yeah, it was great." Her smile was sly. "Though, probably best we lay low until he's cooled down—or he really might murder you in your sleep, Karma."

Karma grinned. "He's welcome to try." His eyes glinted. "I already added a few surprises for him to find later—I had to use up the rest of my stash after all!"

Nagisa smiled and shook his head. "You really are trying your luck, Karma."

The red-head shrugged. "Can't waste an opportunity—besides, the guy's had it coming for months after all the crap he's pulled."

There were nods in agreement.

Kurahashi clapped her hands excitedly. "Well, now that's done we can eat!"

"I turned the hot pots off to simmer so they should be ready by now," Nagisa told them.

"And once we finish eating we can open presents," Mitsuko said excitedly.

"But not before our trivia games and Sudoku," Gakushuu reminded them promptly.

They all sighed in exasperation.

***

"For the last time that isn't the right answer!" Gakushuu looked annoyed, holding the Trivia cards on history.

Karma shrugged, leaning against the wall. "Yes, it is. Your Trivia Game is just biased."

"It is true," Takebayashi said as he, Nagisa, Seo, Araki, and Gakushuu were sat in a circle playing the game. "Which isn't a surprise since it's owned by a corporation more concerned on catering to the wider masses."

Araki shrugged, chewing on some shrimp. "I vote we play the Geography one next."

"No, we agreed on science!" Koyama whined from where he was piling his plate up with food from the hot pot.

"It's Gakushuu's birthday, he gets to choose," Ren reminded them as he tried to hook his phone's Bluetooth to the speaker.

Kurahashi was blowing up more balloons. "Can we play spin the bottle instead?"

"Uh, there aren't enough girls here, Kurahashi," Araki pointed out.

Karma smiled coyly. "Who says we need girls?"

Seo turned red. "Fuck off, Akabane! We already have two lesbians here! Stop making things more complicated!"

"The lesbians have names!" Rio called from where she was curled up with Mitsuko on a pile of cushions, the two of them eating. "Besides, Mitsuko's Bi so she'd be up for it."

"RIO!" Mitsuko looked annoyed.

Seo rolled his eyes. "Yeah, but she's not Bisexual if she's with a girl."

Both Mitsuko and Rio stiffened.

Rio narrowed her eyes at him. "What did you say?"

Mitsuko shifted uncomfortably. "Yeah, what's that meant to mean?"

"Uh, that's not how sexuality works, Seo," Takebayashi said, shaking his head.

"No, it isn't." Gakushuu glared at his friend darkly. "Apologise."

Seo yelped, cringing. "I was just saying..." He looked embarrassed. "Fine. I'm sorry..." He addressed Rio and Mitsuko. "But then how does it work? Because Ren said you used to like boys!"

Rio rolled her eyes. "Ren's an idiot."

"Hey!" Ren looked offended. "No, I'm not! I saw you kiss boys before."