Shaa shaaa (sound of water running through the faucet)
Himeko looked at herself in the mirror.
Her face was furiously red, blushing as if she would explode like a volcano.
She splashed her face with some water to cool it from all the blushing, thinking about a certain someone from her club.
Himeko sighed and walked into her club room.
It was a normal day in the Sket-Dan room.
Bossun was lying down on his tatami-mat reading comics as usual.
Switch was watching Nervous for the 124th time this month on his computer.
Himeko took a peek at Bossun, blushed, and quickly took her seat on her chair. She tried to study, but Bossun's existence in the room bothered her.
Noticing this, Switch, with his computerized voice synthesizer said, "Anyone want some tea? Yabasawa-san gave us a new flavored tea as a thank-you gift from doing her request last time, remember?"
Bossun spoke lazily, "Yeah, make me some tea, Switch, would you?"
Himeko, staring at Bossun with red cheeks, also said, "Y-yeah…me too…"
Switch poured some hot water into the two cups and served their tea.
Himeko watched Bossun as he gulped his tea down carefully.
"Man, this is some good stuff we have here."
Himeko, still blushing, sipped her tea awkwardly.
As Himeko drank her tea, Switch watched her with a hidden smile in his heart.
Suddenly, Tsubaki opened the Sket-Dan door with a huge thud and broke the silence and the awkwardness inside Himeko.
Both Himeko and Switch all at once ran to Tsubaki. Himeko smiled and spoiled him as if he was a small little kid.
"Hyu-hyu, hey little brother, what are you doing here? You want some candy?"
Tsubaki refused and blushed at the same time, as he wasn't still used to their spoiling. He sat down on the sofa opposite to where his twin brother was sitting.
"I didn't really want to ask the Sket-Dan for this, but it can't be helped. The Student Council is really busy right now preparing for Kiri's next position as a Student Council President."
Bossun sat up and tossed his comic book away and listened to him.
Tsubaki continued, "Therefore, I need you to write a congratulation banner for the new first years who will attend Kaimei High School in a few months. I can't do the job because I am getting ready to step down as the current President and I also need to help the other Student Council members to organize some files."
Tsubaki left the room and the room was once silent again.
Bossun finally spoke, "Okay, guys let's go and get the banner first."
Himeko smiled and followed Bossun to get the banner. She wasn't that nervous anymore because it was her job; her job to help people in need and she also wanted to focus on her duty.
Bossun left the room first. Just when Himeko was about to leave, Switch stopped her and said in his computerized voice synthesizer, "Himeko, wait. I need to tell you something really important. That new flavored tea that I made for you and Bossun is not just a normal tea."
Himeko startled with wide eyes, felt as if something bad was going to happen. She knew this feeling before and carefully asked, "Wha-what is it? What did you do to me and Bossun?!"
Switch spoke while holding the tea box, "It is not Bossun I am going to talk about. It is about you. The tea that I poured into your cup, was not a normal tea, but a…"
Just when Switch was going to reveal what Himeko had drank, Chuu-san came in with a surprised look and yelled, "YOU DRANK THAT?!"
Himeko freaked out and shouted to both Switch and Chuu-san, "WHAT DID I DRINK? WHAT DID I DRINK? IS IT GOING TO MAKE ME HYPNOTISED? IS IT GOING TO MAKE MY FACIAL EXPRESSIONS MESSED UP? WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME?"
"Calm down, Himeko. This is just a potion that Chuu-san had left in the room that would make the consumer forget all their doubts, anxieties, concerns, and ultimately make them keep up with their desires. In other words" stopped Switch staring at Himeko.
"You will do something that you wish you'd want to do, but never have the courage up to do it. It will boost your courage and shake away all your worries. It's nothing" said Switch with a lol in the end.
"LOL MY ASS! YOU GLASSES OTAKU!" Himeko yelled, not being able to control herself, and turned to Chuu-san, "DO YOU HAVE ANY MEDICATION OR WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO TREAT ME?"
Chuu-san spoke lazily, "I don't have any for the moment, but I can make some right now."
Chuu-san was about to leave the room, when he paused and said, "This is so bothersome, can I do it later?"
Himeko gave Chuu-san a cold deathly stare and shouted, "GET OUT OF HERE, MAKE SOME STUFF TO TURN ME NORMAL, AND BRING IT HERE AS SOON AS YOU CAN!"
Chuu-san with a bit scared look, backed off and said okay. He went to his usual teacher-laboratory to make some right away.
In the Sket-Dan club room, Himeko thought,
What should I do? I kind of feel like confessing to Bossun…It must be because of the potion…I've got to stay away from Bossun!
With that decision in mind, Himeko walked out of the club room.
Switch watched her leave. After a few minutes of making sure she won't come back, he opened his locker and took out another tea box that looked slightly different.
Then, Switch went to Chuu-san, who was busy looking for ingredients to make the reverse-potion.
Switch told him, "Chuu-san, you don't have to make the medication for Himeko. The truth is that Himeko didn't drink the tea that you made. When I first got in the room this morning, I saw the small Desire Potion label at the back of the tea box that you wrote. I hid it in my locker, so that nothing bad would happen. Then, I decided to plan Himeko's confession to Bossun."
Switch paused and continued, "Yesterday, Himeko was going to confess to Bossun after she made up her mind to tell him her true feelings, however Bossun told her that he is going to attend the same university as her. This made Himeko reconsider her confession to Bossun. With Himeko's shy personality towards love and Bossun's late-bloom-realizing-his-feelings about love, she will never confess before our graduation in Kaimei. So I thought of making Himeko confess to him by lying to her about drinking a normal tea, when she thinks she drank your Desire Potion."
Switch talked as he handed Chuu-san's Desire Potion back to the original owner.
"I wonder what Himeko is going to do next…lol" said Switch wishing something interesting would happen any time soon.