"I can do it, Princess... Lala... I can treat you normally."
"I do not need you to do it just because I told you to."
"Then..."
"Enough, I do not want to talk to you right now" Lala said as she pulled a small wing shaped gadget from her D-Dial.
When it seemed like she was about to do something epic, she simply plucked a feather and brought it close to the nose of the kneeling Ren. His expression immediately changed and he sneezed.
In a cloud of smoke Ren disappeared, and in his place appeared a girl of the same age who looked about three quarters similar to him.
It was Run, Ren's sister, who appears whenever Ren sneezes and vice versa.
"Lala, it has been a while" she said while looking at Lala with some caution. "Sorry about the trouble my brother causes you, that idiot."
"It's fine, I know he does not have bad intentions" Lala replied. "By the way, take this."
Lala extended her hand and placed a small hairpin in Run's hair.
Her torn male uniform, which revealed far too much, transformed into a perfect female uniform, disappointing most of the boys in the classroom.
"Thank you. Then..." Run's smile suddenly changed, turning into absolute seriousness. "From now on we are enemies."
"Eh?" Lala asked in confusion.
"Eeeeeeeh?!"
This surprised not only Lala but also the rest of the class that had been watching the drama unfold. Just when it seemed like everything had ended rather unexpectedly, nobody expected Lala to somehow turn Ren into a girl, and now an even more unexpected twist appeared.
"Let me explain, Lala. One month ago I, Run Elsie Jewelria, had my first kiss.
As a princess, I must marry him to protect my dignity. I do not care if he is your fiancé."
"Eh? You kissed Rito? He has not even kissed me" Lala said in confusion.
"That is right. And it is not only about dignity, it was a destined encounter. I met my beloved by chance.
I will do everything possible to take him from you, so..."
"To your seats!"
The class was interrupted by the teacher, who ordered everyone to sit down so the class could begin.
"Eh? Who?" Run looked confused when almost everyone suddenly sat down.
"Did you not hear me, miss? To your seat" the teacher repeated, and Run immediately sat down in fear at his tone.
As a princess she felt a certain fear toward teachers who had taught her etiquette since she was little and would criticize or punish her for even the smallest mistake, so his similar tone made her obey instinctively.
Once almost everyone had sat down, the teacher looked at Rito's destroyed desk and the other small damages around the classroom and sighed.
"I do not know who did this, but whoever it was will have to pay for it."
"No problem, I am a princess" Run said proudly.
"I do not care who you are as long as you pay" replied the bald teacher with glasses. Then he looked at Rito, who was still standing and waiting for an explanation.
"My seat was destroyed" Rito said helplessly.
"Teacher, he can sit with me" Run immediately said.
The teacher nodded without interest before turning around and starting to write on the board.
That day the class was twice as difficult as usual.
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At noon, at an improvised table made by pushing desks together, one more person had joined the group without permission, sitting directly in front of Rito and trying to feed him.
"Aaaaah" Run said as she brought the spoon to his mouth.
"Uh... Run, I can eat by myself, there is no nee-kughhh."
Rito went silent when the food was shoved directly into his mouth and he was basically forced to swallow it.
While Rito coughed after almost choking, Run looked at Lala with a victorious expression.
"One loves Rito and hates Lala, the other hates Rito and loves Lala. A pair of opposite twins in the same body, what a manga like configuration" Mío said excitedly.
"Yes, two childhood friends separated by a man, how dramat..." Risa added.
"Who said we are friends?!" Run interrupted before she could finish.
"You are not friends? But you seemed pretty close bef..."
"Acquaintances, just acquaintances" Run interrupted again. "When I was little they always brought me to her house. Do you know how horrible it was trying to survive her inventions when I was only five years old? I still have nightmares. I never was and never will be her friend" she declared.
"Isn't that a bit exaggerated?" Haruna asked.
"It is not. Every time I see a puppy I cannot stop imagining giving it two extra heads while memories of the biblical hell portal she tried to open come back to me. She is insane!" Run complained.
"Lala... are you okay?" Yui asked after seeing her eat without changing her expression before looking at Run. "I think you are being too cruel."
"S-she is the bad one, not me," Run tried to defend herself, feeling intimidated by the aura of authority Yui displayed while speaking.
"It's fine" Lala said. "I am used to being called crazy, I do not think it is incorrect.
Besides, Run is just tsundere."
"I am not tsundere! Where did you get that idea?!" Run said indignantly.
"You see?" Lala smiled.
'I do not think that is tsundere' everyone thought, but nobody dared to say it out loud.
"Even so... somehow the situation ended well" Haruna said.
"Yes, I thought they were going to kill Rito there" Risa said with a teasing smile, but Rito was too busy trying to dodge Run to pay attention to her, so she had to choose another target to tease.
"Luckily Yuuji intervened, although in a strange way."
"Strange how?" Yuuji asked, who had not said anything until now while listening to the others talk.
"What was all that about being a judge?" Haruna asked.
"Yeah, with your strength, Yuuji, couldn't you just knock Ren out?" Lala added.
"Well, I thought doing that would not solve the problem. When he woke up he would still look for Rito and try to defeat him.
Doing it this way means he will not try to fight Rito over you anymore. Problem solved" Yuuji explained.
Besides, it was not only for Lala. Most likely Zastin would call him to deal with Ren every time he caused trouble, so this way he prevented future problems.
"As expected from Yuuji."
"Exactly, he only puts in extra effort when it comes to Lala."
Risa and Mío said in sync with a smile.
"Why do I feel like you are trying to imply something?"
"You must be imagining it" they replied in unison and laughed even more suspiciously.
"Anyway, you are probably imagining some manga cliché you read" Yuuji said dismissively.
"By the way, Yuuji, you are a month behind on assignments. Even though you somehow obtained a suspicious permission to miss an entire month only two weeks after classes started, you are still part of them" Yui said with her usual responsible personality.
"Would you do them for me if I paid you?" Yuuji joked.
"Bribery is illegal."
"Alright, it was just a joke" Yuuji gave up before extra punishment assignments could be added to the ones he already owed.
"Yui, you have been acting strange lately. Are you okay?" Lala asked after noticing Yui seemed more serious than usual.
"Yes... it is just that recently there has been an incredible increase in incidents against public morality.
As a member of the public morals committee, it is my duty to find the origin of them and stop them."
"You are very serious, you should try relaxing a little" Lala said.
"I will be fine, it is just a little more work."
After that the day continued normally until the end, without any incidents.
---
However, the next day started directly with an incident, and not just any incident, but one started by Yui herself.
At the side of the school Yui declared loudly so everyone could hear.
"Yuuki Rito, you are under arrest!"
"Under arrest?" Lala, Rito, Run and Saki said, who had somehow ended up in a scene that included Rito and Lala half naked, Run completely naked, and Saki wearing a leather sadomasochism suit.
"Rito, did you commit a crime?" Lala asked worriedly.
"N-no... I think?" Rito replied, just as confused as everyone else.
"Yui, maybe you made a mistake?" Lala asked.
"I did not make a mistake. Yuuki Rito, not only do you corrupt the public morality of Sainan High School every day with your actions, you also incite others to do the same. The morality of the entire school has been declining more and more and it is your fault."
"N-no, how could it be my fault?" Rito said nervously.
Yui did not respond. She only looked at him as if he were an idiot before pointing with her gaze at his current situation.
"This... has an explanation."
"You can give your explanations in the committee room, where we will also decide your punishment" Yui said.
Two other committee members who were following her grabbed Rito by each arm and dragged him away while following Yui.
Lala could only watch as Rito was dragged into the school until he disappeared, leaving everyone confused.
"Pffft hahaha."
While listening to this story Yuuji could not contain his laughter.
Lala, standing next to him, made a small pout.
"Do not laugh, what if his punishment is very serious?"
"Haha... sorry, it is just very funny.
Anyway, you do not need to worry. Yui is our friend and she would not hurt Rito" Yuuji said after he stopped laughing.
"You said that yesterday about Ren" Lala protested.
"Fine, I was wrong yesterday, but this time you can trust me."
[Hello, good morning everyone...]
While Yuuji and Lala were chatting, through the speakers the public morals committee announced Rito's punishment to the entire school.
Why did they announce it to the whole school? Yuuji could only theorize that it had something to do with Yui believing that somehow Rito was influencing the entire school, something Yuuji could not completely dismiss, so it was probably meant as a warning to everyone else.
In the end, just like in the original plot, Rito's punishment was that he could not approach any girl in the school for two weeks, not even outside school hours.
At the same time that announcement played, Rito returned to the classroom.
He grabbed the things from his seat next to Lala and moved to a corner surrounded only by boys, without saying anything.
"You see? Nothing serious" Yuuji said while observing the situation.
"Lala, I hope my decision does not bother you, but it is for the good of the school" a female voice said as she approached them while they were distracted watching Rito.
"Yui, it is fine. I thought he would be tortured for thirty solar cycles while constantly being regenerated" Lala said happily and sighed with relief.
"What kind of punishments do they have where you come from?" Yui said with a bit of fear.
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