Principal : All riht, everyoun, today is the start of another new year of learning.
The Opening Ceremony begins.
The students from both school buildings, boys and girls alike, are assembled in gym.
Maki : The principal sure knows how to talk...
Leah : Even though no one's really listening...
Natsumi : Well, he doesn't have many chances at the spotlight, so...
I'm having a murmured conversation with Maki and Nat, on either side of me in line.
The ceremony is so boring...
...If it weren't for our conversation, I'd be in adnger of falling asleep where I stand.
Maki : This is one of those rare, special events we actually get to do with the boys...
Maki : ...I really feel like we should get to do something more fun with it.
The girls are lined up on the right side of the gym. and the boys on the left.
Maki is craning her neck to peer over at the lines of boy's eyes brimming with interest.
Saori : But isn't it just cramped and stuffy having the boys in here with us, too?
Saori turns around cooly, to look at Maki while she speaks.
Maki : Yes, but it's a chance to experience cramped and stuffy in ways we normally can't.
Maki : So really, even that's a plus.
Leah : I...guess... I see what you're saying... probably...
I was casually glancing over towards the boy's rows myself, when...