Henry rushed away, aiming for the schoolyard and getting lost a couple of times on the way. But thanks to his determination, ingenuity, and asking a teacher for directions, he managed to find the door that led outside. He walked a bit to get to the secluded place where she stood, but, yet again, the girl had morphed. Only this time, her look was a familiar one.

"Oh hey, it's the tsun—"

The spot they were in was secluded not simply because it was in the yard and far from windows and doors. It was also the case that in this specific spot the school's walls formed a dented shape. Having walls surround you on three out of four sides meant that there was a lot of shade. From Henry's point of view, Chiharu stood in this spot surrounded by a dark aura. Her face was darkened by the shadow, bar from her shining red eyes. 

"Chiharu-sama." Henry brought an arm to his chest and kneeled.

"That's better than what you were about to say, but I don't want you to kneel. ...You can keep the -sama. What do you want?"

"I was looking for someone else." Henry slowly stood up, careful not to make any sudden movement. "Why are you here?"

"Me?" She looked elsewhere. "...I was doing strength training."

"Chiharu-sama, believe me when I tell you, you don't need any more strength." He patted his cheek.

"Shut up! Why do you even care?!"

"You're right, I don't." Henry said, just a few seconds before finding himself buried underneath the dirt from his chest down.

"Oh well, I'm going back to class." She dusted her hands off.

"Wait! You can't leave me here!" Henry cried out, poking out the ground like a rat in a whack-a-mole machine.

"But it's what you deserve."

"No, you don't understand! There's something I need to tell you!"

"What is it?"

"You need to come closer for me to tell you."

Chiharu was skeptical, but she walked next to him.

"You're still too far! You need to squat down."

"Ugh, what is it?!" She fell into Henry's trap.

"I can see under your skirt."

And Henry was freed from the hole, thanks to a powerful kick to the chin that flung him a few meters into the air. He made a popping sound as he left the hole.

The school's bell rang, signaling the end of the lunch break and the end of the gag.

"Don’t talk to me ever again." Chiharu turned around and began walking away.

"Wait!" Henry dragged himself closer. "N-no, for real this time!" He had to specify before Chiharu's hands reached his face. "I don't know the way to the class! I spent most of the lunch break just wandering around the school and I'd like to avoid repeating that. I-I can follow you from a distance if you want."

"That would make you even creepier! Just walk behind me, but don't say a word."

After a minute of walking in complete silence, Henry and Chiharu reached the class, surprisingly before the teacher showed up.

"Chairman Henry!” Momoko had arrived in the class long before them, “You went to look for a peacock and came back with a T-rex!" 

"Why a T-rex?" Even though Momoko was the one assigning animals to people, something compelled Chiharu to ask Henry instead.

"I feel like explaining you would be a mistake."

Saving him from any unfair punishment, the girl™ entered the class at that moment, together with Rohou.

"Peacock girl!" Henry pointed at the peacock girl.

"Peacock?"

"It's because of your bright feathers." Momoko explained.

"I'm starting to like this less and less." said the T-rex. I mean, Chiharu.

"I don't have... Should I dye my hair green and blue?" The girl stroked her long hair.

"You can be an androgynous peacock later! Where have you been?" Henry was impatient.

"It's my bad." Rohou spoke up. "We were coming back from the cafeteria, but I was careless and while we were walking a second-year girl ran into me as we turned the corner, making all the papers she was holding fly everywhere. We lost some time helping her."

"Can we make him a pigeon? Or a seagull? Or maybe a rat!" Henry discussed with Momoko.

"What's with all the birds!? Why am I a T-rex?!"

"Oh, I lost the meaning of the metaphor a long time ago."

"I want to be a secretary bird!" Riku suddenly appeared.

"Enough with the birds! I wanted to ask you your name!" Henry got closer to the person who won't be referred to as the girl™ for much longer. "We even met this morning but I'm still clueless."

"My name? You're right, I never told you. I'm..." Suddenly, she stopped. Hinting a smile, her expression changed to look more dastardly, malicious, vainglorious, and other safe-for-work synonyms. "Something that you should know about me," continued the one who unfortunately will still be called the girl™, "Is that I'm a big fan of adventures. Since you seem up to the task, why don't you try to figure out my name by yourself?"

"Rohou, what's her name?" Henry turned his head about forty degrees to the left.

"Stop!" The girl put a hand on Rohou's mouth before he could have a chance to talk. "Everyone!", she screamed at the class, "No one is allowed to tell this boy my name! It will be very bad if he discovers it because... because... Ah! He's a stalker!"

"What?!"

"Yeah! He wants to use my name to figure out where I live and steal my socks!"

Murmurs started to whirl around the room.

"Surely the class won’t actually believe her without any proof." Henry built up confidence.

"I believe her." Hajime the kuudere, who had been sitting in awkward silence next to Henry, decided to speak up.

"C-c'mon guys, you can’t be serious!" Henry tried to save what little face he had left. "Think about it, why would I ever steal her socks? If I get to the point where I can break into her house, I'm obviously going for the panties!" Henry failed.

"I'm going to call the police in advance." Hajime took out her phone.

"It's a hypothetical scene!"

"Perfect! Now no one will want to tell you my name or look at you." The girl™ triumphed.

"Fine!" Henry gave up. "I'll accept your challenge, but the reward better make it worth it! ...I guess I'll just call you harem queen in the meantime."

"Gimei Besshou, nice to meet you." The girl quickly gave up on her adventure.

“What’s with all this ruckus?!” The teacher suddenly entered. “You can’t do as you please just because I’m a minute or two late. Everyone, to your seats.”

The class quickly returned to order and the lesson started.

“Gimei Besshou, uh?” Henry mumbled.

POSTFACE

- PURPOSEFUL DISINFORMATION a.k.a. GLOSSARY

Kuudere: A character, yet again usually female, who suffers from alexithymia.

-sama: One of the many reasons why the Japanese language is hard: an honorific. This one is used when a subject is referring to their emperor, when a slave is referring to their master, or when an overly self-centered person is referring to themselves. Technically speaking, everyone in the story is using honorifics, but they have been omitted because I’m not writing those over and over again. Unless it's funny, that is. 

-tan: You don't need to know this one.