PLASTIC SPIDERS ARE BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH

In every school there would always be that one student who would always cause trouble. One who would shamelessly pull pranks and still won't get suspended because no one can prove that he was the one behind it. A genius in pranks and one that always makes people smile. You can call him a class clown but in rikkai daigaku fuzoku, they call him The Trickster.

Of course, there would also be that other person who would be responsible for taming the trickster. It was a turn of fate that the two became good friends and it was all thanks to tennis. If it wasn't for the sport, the two would never be put to the same room together without tension. The student council president or as his schoolmates refer to him, The Gentleman, was the one unfortunate enough to hold the responsibility of controlling the school's number one trouble maker. If he cannot stop him, he could only resort to damage control and lessening damage.

But there are also those very rare times where the gentleman would fail. And when the gentleman fails to control the trickster, there's only one thing that happens… big trouble. Just like now.

"Oh shit!" Niou Masaharu cursed, seeing how badly his seemingly small prank ended. "Minami, Minami! Can you hear me? MINAMI!"

Niou threw the books that landed on her body out of the way as fast as he could but there were so many.

"Minami, come on wake up" Niou said in a pleading tone as he got the last books off her. She was still unconscious and bleeding at that.

Niou picked her up and shouted for everyone to get out of the way. He ran as fast as he could to the infirmary, thanking kami-sama that he was an athlete. Thankfully, when he arrived, it was one of those very rare moments that the school nurse was present.

"What happened?" the nurse immediately asked as Niou set her down on an empty bed. Niou couldn't answer the nurse because he wasn't sure of what happened either.

…

Niou watched with all the other students as Minami Chikako, one of the school's top students, was brought to an ambulance in a stretcher. Teachers were looking at Niou accusingly. The principal jerked his head to the side, indicating that he should follow. He nodded and followed silently, knowing that this time, he was in big trouble. There was just no way Yagyuu could save him now.

"What exactly happened?" the principal asked with an accusing tone.

Niou sighed and prepared his story "we were in the library and I showed Asami-chan a spider. She shouted and Fuchida got surprised, he stepped back and stepped on Hattori's foot, knocking him to the bookshelf. The bookshelf fell and it landed on vice pres."

Even after saying it, Niou still can't believe that a simple prank like that ended up in a very big mess with someone hurt. He did bigger pranks before and no one got hurt, well maybe except for Sanada and Akaya but that's a different story. He never meant for Minami to be hurt like that. heck, he hardly even knew Minami since she was always that student who paid close attention in class, went home after the teacher said 'dismiss' and went to school very early every day. Niou had no intention on playing a prank on her, well at least not again since the first time he did, Minami merely stared at him and walked on. In short, she was boring.

The principal sighed, seeing the regret on Niou's face. There was no way the trickster planned all of it with such detail. And he was a fair principal and believed in giving students the benefit of the doubt, even if it was Niou involved.

Niou on the other hand, knew the principal wouldnt believe him. he was, after all, the school's troublemaker. detention or cleaning duties wont cut it this time. he'll get suspended especially since it was the vice president he hurt.

"Niou-kun, I've been the principal for ten years and I've known you ever since you sprayed paint on my car on your first year. I've known every single prank you pulled on every student. You're a prankster, not a violent punk who hurts student council members. Don't go giving me that look like I'm judging you, I know you didn't mean it. but still, you're somewhat the cause of this. I just want you to apologize to her for the trouble the accident caused her."

Niou blinked, wondering if he heard the principal correctly. He's off the hook? Just like that?

"All I have to do is apologize?"

"Now, now, don't tell me you don't want to"

"No, no... yeah, I'll apologize." Niou said

"alright then... however, you did hang Kanzaki-sensei's wig on the flagpole, did you not? for that, you get to clean the art room after classes are finished. and do not use Kanzaki-sensei's wig as a rag"

Niou jaw slightly dropped. how on earth did the principal know what he was thinking?

"a-alright" Niou said, slightly pouting

"That's it then, you can go"

"Hai"

…

Minami Chikako had missed school for a whole week. She received a broken leg and a small concussion from when the bookshelf hit her head and crushed her left leg. There was only one things that worried her and that was the hospital bill. A whole week of absence from her job, absence means no money and no money meant she couldn't pay for the hospital bills. What would be worse is…

"we already paid for your hospital bill, no worries" Hiroshi, Chika's childhood friend, informed her.

Chika scowled as she watched Hiroshi peel an apple for her.

"I'll pay you back"

Hiroshi just smiled, not saying anything as he handed Chika Niou's notes.

Chika raised an eyebrow seeing the name on the notebooks "these are…"

"Niou-kun's, since you two are classmates, your lessons are much more similar than the ones I'm taking."

Chika and Hiroshi were childhood friends and they shared quite a few similar traits. They were both top students ever since they entered school. They were both prim and proper and never had they done something that would disappoint their parents. They were both tolerant and had very long patience. They were both skilled and had so many talents. Hiroshi just happened to be leaned more to sports than Chika but nonetheless, they were almost twins. It wasn't also a shock that most of the students in rikkai thought they suited each other. There was even an instance where the students thought they were going out.

It was false of course since Hiroshi can never see Chika as more than a sister and Chika can never see Hiroshi as more than a brother. They respected each other and that was it. Of course their lack of interest with the opposite gender made many people doubtful.

"mother invited you to have dinner with us after you get out of the hospital" he said as Chika scribbled on her own notes

She looked up and sighed "I already owe your family for paying for my hospital bills…"

Hiroshi gave her a semi-stern look "which is why we're expecting you'll be there. Mother loves your company"

Just as it were true that they are alike, it was also a fact that they differ from each other so much. She barely worked hard in attaining good grades. Yagyuu calls it a lazy genius which others fail to see. She wasn't as uptight as Hiroshi was. Another striking difference would be, Hiroshi had both his parents and she had none.

"yes, I am aware of that, but you don't seriously think I'll just accept that you paid for my bills"

Hiroshi chuckled "of course, you're you after all"

Chika sighed, hating the hospital with all her guts. She slumped back on the bad and looked at the ceilings.

"I really hate hospitals"

"you shouldn't have been here if…"

"accident" Chika said, reminding him not to blame his doubles partner again

"but still…"

"Niou-san didn't push the bookshelf, he just brought a plastic spider in the library. That hardly qualifies as an intent to harm me. That's not even against school rules"

"why are you protecting him?"

"I'm just being reasonable" Chika smirked causing Yagyuu to freeze. He knew that smirk, that was… Niou-kun's smirk