This choice: Haru herself plans to seduce Akira and get the recipe from him. • Go Back... The Big Bang Coffee tyrant brought a hand to her lips as she allowed herself a customary evil laugh. "It's the perfect plan - that no-good delinquent hears all and sees all in this filthy little hovel! I'll simply woo him with my feminine charms. Then once I have him wrapped around my little finger, he'll spill his guts about the secret recipe, and Cafe LeBlanc will have nothing left to keep its doors open!"
"Yes, that's what I'll do..." Haru stomped the ground (startling the Borrower in the process) and rose a fist triumphantly in the air. "I'LL TAKE HIS HEART!"
Haru Okumura let out a laugh of wicked delight.
***
Haru Okumura let out a laugh of wicked delight.
"For someone who didn't wanna check this out to begin with, you're gettin' way into this..." Ryuji muttered, before clearing his throat and returning to the script.
***
Hiding from sight behind a nearby table leg, Futaba could do nothing but gasp in shock. This villainous woman wasn't just planning to steal the cafe she called home, but she was going to steal the heart of the sweet boy who lived there!? This was unforgivable!
However, the borrower slumped against the wooden surface behind her, a twisted feeling rising in her gut. What could she possibly do against Haru Okumura? The woman could tread on her without a second thought, so there was no way Futaba could win in a fight. Her plan to woo Akira would go off without a hitch, too - Okumura-san was so refined and elegant, while Futaba was so worthless and pitiful. The red-haired girl wept quietly in the shadows.
***
Yusuke gave a low hum as a thought entered his mind.
"Something wrong, Yusuke?" Ann asked.
"Art is a reflection of its artist. I wonder if Futaba is using this fantasy story as an outlet for..." Yusuke trailed off. "Never mind. Continue."
Akira and Haru exchanged a glance, but said nothing.
***
Another impish laugh from Haru snapped Futaba back to reality, and she peered out at the giant woman as she ruffled her hair and examined her nails.
"I should get ready, I suppose..." Haru blew a few specks of dirt that had foolishly tried to hitch a ride on her hands. Down below, Futaba grimaced, realizing that the woman's breath alone would be enough to overpower her. "I'll need to look my best when I meet with my 'beloved' at LeBlanc later tonight..."
The giantess walked away, the clack of her shoes sending vibrations through the tiled floor until she was gone. Futaba, left alone in the darkness, racked her head for a plan. There had to be some way to save her precious LeBlanc and Akira! There just had to be! What could she possibly do
A bolt of inspiration hit the Borrower.
***
"Wait, LeBlanc isn't open at night," Morgana noted, acutely spotting the plothole.
"It's just a story, cat," Ryuji retorted. "It doesn't have to be a hundred-percent accurate!"
"Like Ann whenever she tries to shoot anything?" Akira wryly added.
Ann frowned. "Hey, those things are a lot of recoil, y'know!"
Ryuji scoffed. "Well, as a guy with shotguns, I don't think-"
Haru leaned over and scrolled to the next page on his behalf. "Ssh! I wanna see how she thwarts my plans!"  indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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