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“’Oooohhhhhh!’ A chorus of gasps and “oh wow’s” filled the halls of PK Academy as it’s resident goddess graced the masses with her presence at the start of yet another year. But this year, despite being in the midst of a near six-year time loop, was starting off different than most."
Who’s narrating this?
“Today there is yet another new transfer student joining this show’s already over-saturated cast.”
Seriously, who’s talking?
“’The new student looks at first glance to be a color-palette swap of Teruhashi herself. A tall, slender young lady with a graceful walk and a seemingly ethereal glow matched with large owlish eyes and long dark hair that contrasted with her pale alabaster skin. Essentially, a total knockout, one that could very well match Teruhashi’s charm. Or at least, that’s what everyone seems to think. . .’”
Are you done?
“. . .”
They’re not answering.
I’ll take over from here then. Thanks for the exposition, I guess.
Anyway, I don’t see what all the fuss is about. The new girl just looks like muscle and bone to me, and besides, they’re all wrong about her. This girl couldn’t be more different from Teruhashi. Sure, she seems aloof and confident, but in reality she’s so wildly insecure that she literally wants to run away right now. That doesn’t sound at all like Teruhashi.
And by the way, I don’t just know that from her thoughts. For some reason all of her actions are explained by white text boxes. Apparently, her manga hasn’t gotten an anime adaptation yet.
“Omg, she’s so cool!” ’Ugh, I’m sooooo jealous > :(‘
“So pretty!” ‘Her gaze is pretty intense though.’
‘I’m never going to get a boyfriend.’
“Two beauties in one place! God has blessed us!”
“We’re not worthy!” ’I can finally die happy now!’
Hey, stop padding the story. The readers don’t care what the extras think. Moving on to more important things-
‘Who does she think she is?’
As you might have already guessed, Teruhashi has already smelled blood in the water.
From Teruhashi’s perspective, it feels like she is being forced to watch in abject horror as all of her loyal simps- I mean, ‘fans’ are violently torn away from her to flock around a different woman. Which was absolutely unacceptable in her eyes.
’Does she think she can just waltz in here and take the throne from a goddess? If so, then she has to be taught a lesson to learn her place in the hierarchy!’
“Hi! I’m Teruhashi Kokomi. I’m a second year here. Are you a first year?”
The newbie stiffened, but to the untrained eye she was simply straightening her posture. Her name is Komi Shouko. But she can’t say that out loud. She’s too nervous.
Instead, Komi simply nodded, and made an attempt to walk around PK Academy’s reigning queen, earning more gasps of admiration from the spectators.
“Oh wow, she’s so cool!”
“Oh wow, she so refined!”
“Oh wow, even Teruhashi wants to be friends with her!”
“Oh wow!”
The gasps from the unhelpful masses once again ring out in the halls. Can they all just shut up already? Geez, what a pain.
‘How can this nobody be so no-wow around me?! She isn’t even saying anything. Does that mean that she thinks I’m so far beneath her I’m not even worth acknowledging? How is that possible!?’
Teruhashi intercepted Komi’s attempt to walk around her, not willing to let anyone tarnish her reputation by ignoring her completely. “Um, so what’s your name?”
Komi turns on her heel, briskly waking away. In the eyes of her peers she appeared to be gliding down the hall, but in reality she’s just too nervous to talk to Teruhashi.
‘No way! There has to be a reasonable explanation. She’s avoiding me because seeing a perfect pretty girl like me makes her feel insecure! Could that be it? That has to be it, right?!’
“Hey, wait up!” ‘I know! I’ll suggest we walk to class together! She might be pretty, but she isn’t me! I’ll show all of my fans that I’m the better woman by being nice to my competition while she can’t! That will show them that her beauty is skin deep!’ “Why don’t we-“
Komi’s bangs slightly shadowed her eyes, and a light frown contorted her face. The nameless extras didn’t notice, but Teruhashi was sharper than most.
‘Was that a scowl?! Was she scowling at me!?’ the prideful girl screamed internally. ’That isn’t possible! I melt the hearts of even the most grumpy and downtrodden masses. Even women aren’t immune to my charm.’
She’s not glaring at you, she trying not to cry.
A white box with the words ‘is moved’ points to the newcomer.
See, she actually respects Teruhashi a lot already and is flattered that someone is trying to talk to her for once, so this is all a big misunderstanding.
Komi spent the rest of the day following Teruhashi around like a lost puppy, and it didn’t take long for me to figure out why.
You see, she isn’t really a new student, she just went to the wrong school on accident. Since her thoughts and feelings appear as text boxes rather than audible thoughts it was a bit tricky to figure out what she was thinking, but I was able to touch her (not like that you pervs) on the shoulder and get an image of her morning routine. This morning she woke up, brushed her teeth, donned her uniform and walked the opposite direction than she was supposed to. Once she realized her mistake, she was too anxious to simply turn around with the crowds of people watching her, so she just walked to PK Academy instead.
Don’t ask how there are two high schools within walking distance of each-other in a small town like this. It’s mostly just for plot convenience. Anyway, all I have to do is wait for her to leave on her own accord.
No really, it’s that easy. I don’t have to lift a finger in this situation, since in all likelihood she’ll just go to the school she’s supposed to be attending tomorrow and pretend like nothing happened.
Unfortunately, I do have another nuisance to deal with.
’How is it, that this nobody has followers by doing absolutely nothing! She does it so effortlessly and even though she’s rude and terrible and doesn’t talk to anyone people fall all over her! I have to bend over backwards every minute of every day to get guys to swoon over me! It’s more insulting because she’s clearly not even trying!’
Teruhashi isn’t taking this well at all. After abandoning her mission to get Komi to declare her undying love and dedication to Teruhashi simply for existing, the roles switched and now Komi has started following Teruhashi around everywhere, effectively stealing her thunder.
I know I could use this as an opportunity to squash Teruhashi’s interest in me entirely by pretending to be enraptured with Komi as well, but I’m not sure if I want to risk pushing Teruhashi off the edge. She might kill that poor girl. So I’ll refrain for now. Her incessant thoughts about wooing me are annoying, but it’s not worth risking murder over. Right now I just need to get these two through the day so we can put it behind us and pretend that it never happened.
’Does she take no pride in her craft?! Being beautiful and perfect is something I have to work for constantly! Maybe that’s the point?! Is she trying to drive me mad? Am I going crazy? Am I insane?’
No and also no. She’s taking this way too seriously.
Good grief, I guess I’ll have to help her.
And so the day was saved, thanks to me, not my powers. My powers are a nuisance. Anyway, solving the problem wasn’t too difficult. You see, there was another student who was supposed to transfer here the same day Komi got lost and wandered in. She’s a first year who you might recognize from the second season of the anime- Rifuta Imu, and she somehow made the same mistake as Komi on the first day. So all I had to do was make it seem like the mix-up never happened in the first place. It took some light mind control but for the sake of keeping our series separate it had to be done. It’s not like this story needed another Teruhashi anyway, and the fans enjoyed watching her destroy Imu a lot more than watching her flounder.
What? You don’t believe me? Well, that’s what happened, whether you like it or not. But I suppose it’s best if you think this is all just a story some lonely kid on the internet conjured up.
Geez, I really can’t catch a break. What a pain.