"Gaaah!" The frustrated scream drew the attention of the blonde reading manga on the floor.

"Himawari?" She asked, brow furrowed in concern. "Are you okay?"

The blue-haired girl sighed before turning away from her desk. "It's nothing. I'm just frustrated because I thought I had bought felt-tipped pens and they turned out to be ballpoint." Waving her hand dismissively, she fixed her companion with a sharp glance. "More importantly, Sakurako, shouldn't you be doing homework?"

A short, nervous chuckle escaped the blonde. She had already asked her long term frienemy for the answers four times today and doubted another would do anything to improve her mood. "I...already did it?" She tried with a toothy smile. Himawari just shook her head, dumbfounded. "More importantly, Himawari, what's wrong with ballpoint pens?" she demanded, lifting herself off of the floor and into an offensive stance. "I mean, sure, you have to lick them occasionally, but the ink doesn't get all over the place or end up bleeding through your paper, and they make your skin feel all tingly when you write on your hands. Plus, they're really popular! Everyone else seems to like them. They would certainly be the student council vice president of pens if pens had that. They're like the me of the writing world!" With that last proclamation, she dropped contentedly back to the floor to continue reading her manga. Himawari stared on in amazement for a moment before turning back to her paper. No matter how long they had known each other, Sakurako's "speeches" never failed to shock with their ridiculousness.

"I can think of another way in which ballpoint pens are similar to you, Sakurako."

"Hmm? What's that?"

"They never work."

A bright blush graced Himawari's cheeks the next day as Sakurako's words ran through her head. "Occasionally you have to lick them."

AN: I know that they're kind of off as far as how they act goes. Also, I wrote this because I hate ballpoint pens. I went to grab a pen the other day and I was sure because of the cap that it was a felt tip but it was a ballpoint and I cried. So Sakurako's defense of ballpoint pens is very short. Because I couldn't think of anything good about them. Any advice for writing would be appreciated! Please review, but don't just say "It sucks." I already know that. I want to know why.

Feel free to tell me any other good points about ballpoint pens and I'll add them to Sakurako's defense(yes, I'm looking at you, guest who reviewed and works in a stationary shop).