#akiraita

Lunch time at Uranohoshi. As students get together to relax between classes, one first year asks another a burning question.

"Zuramaru," she asks, "where's Ruby at?""I dunno. I guess she's busy with something right now, zura."

With that said, Hanamaru takes out her lunchbox and places some bread on the table as Yoshiko nervously looks around the room."Yoshiko, where's your lunch? Did you forget it again?""N-no! I'd never forget to bring lunch! I just.. I just didn't have enough time this morning to prepare any! I was.. uh.. I was hoping that maybe.. you'd have something you could spare?""Oh, I do! I have the perfect thing!" She opens her lunchbox wide and twelve oranges pour out onto the table. "You can have an orange!""G-gah?! What... what is the meaning of this?! You know I hate oranges! Is... is this revenge for mooching so much foo-- I mean, asking to share lunch with me so often?!""Huh? Revenge? Why would I want that, zura? I never see you eating oranges. You know that's bad for you, right? Here, take one!"Hanamaru picks up an orange and moves it towards Yoshiko's face, causing her to lean back in an attempt to avoid it."N-no, that's fine, that's fine! I'm not... I'm not actually hungry, it's fine!!""Take it, zura! Oranges are good!""No! I refuse! Keep that demon fruit away from me!!"With that, she slaps the orange out of Hanamaru's hand and bolts towards the door as quickly as possible, leaving her to stare in shocked silence. After a few moments, she shrugs and resumes eating her bread.

Outside the classroom, Yoshiko sits down on the floor and tries to make sense of what she just witnessed."What the heck... what the heck was that?! Twelve?! Who even carries twelve oranges in a lunchbox?! No, more importantly, she knows I hate oranges! Why would she..."Looking up, she sees Chika approaching alone from down the hallway with her lunchbox."Okay, it's fine! I'll just snag something from Chika! She won't let me down! Hey, hey! Chika!""Oh? Yoshiko? What are you doing out here?""I... uh, that's not important, but hey! I forgot my lunch, and Zuramaru doesn't have anything extra I can snag fro- err, borrow from her, do you have anything I could have? I'll totally be in your debt!""That sounds really overdramatic, but..." she says, sorting through the lunchbox, "I suppose I can spare something...""Oh, I knew it! You're the best, Chika!"Chika moves to sit next to Yoshiko, giving her a glimpse of the inside of her lunchbox and causing her heart to sink."Okay, I've got it! Here, an orange!""Wh... what?! What is with everyone and oranges?!""Huh? It's fine, right?""No! No, no no! No it is not fine!!!""B-but, I brought eight. There's no way I can eat eight oranges...""WHY would you bring EIGHT oranges?! You... you're all crazy! I'm outta here! Keep those horrific fruits away from me!!"With one swift motion, she jumps up to her feet and begins running to the one place she knows is safe from all these oranges - the club room.

"Y-y-y-you... you were... you were in class... why... why are you here? Zuramaru!! Answer me!! How?! How did you get here?!""Zura? I was always here. Hey, aren't you hungry? You're skipping lunch, right? Here, have an orange! It's freshly picked!""Fresh... what? It's not even..."While questioning this, Chika approaches Yoshiko from behind with an orange, blocking her escape."Oranges are our specialty! Come on, Yoshiko! Take one! Maybe two!""Ch-Ch-Ch-Chika?! Why? Already?! Why do you have so many oranges?!"What are you talking about? Just look outside, zura."Yoshiko turns around and is consumed with a profound sense of horror - there are significantly more trees than there usually are, and all of them are orange trees."I... I've got to get out of here! Get out of my way!!"Shoving Chika to the side, she darts towards the school roof to confirm the horrors she saw were real."There's no orange trees, there's no orange trees, there's no orange trees, there's no orange trees, there's..." Exiting to the rooftop, words fail her as she surveys an endless ocean of orange trees, overlooked by a giant glowing orange in the sky where the sun should be."... Orange... trees..."She slumps to the rooftop, defeated. Out of the corner of her eye, she notices Ruby."Ruby... Ruby, is that you? Is... is this real?"Ruby turns her head to face her, then resumes looking out on the massive orange orchard below."Ruby? Answer me! What's going on?! There's not supposed to be oranges here! Everyone has oranges! I'm going to die, Ruby! Ruby!!""Welcome to my world, Yoshiko.""Your... what?"Without warning, orange juice begins to fall from the sky like rain. Ruby turns around and reveals that she, too, has a lunch box full of oranges."No! No!! Don't come any closer! I... uh... I have a citrus allergy! Stop!""There's no running, Yoshiko. Here, have an orange.""NO!!!"Turning around to open the door and escape back into the school, Hanamaru and Chika are already there in their practice clothes. Hanamaru's shirt has an orange on it instead of a paw print."What..."The three of them close in, repeatedly chanting in unison. "Have an orange, Yoshiko.""S... somebody... somebody help..."Chika restrains her, while Ruby holds her mouth open."There is no escape, Yoshiko."Hanamaru slices and peels an orange in front of her, and then moves in for the kill."Open wide, zura!""Mmmph! MMMPH!!"Yoshiko tries to shake her head and get away, but it's no use. Right as the orange is about to enter her mouth, she jumps up in her bed, screaming."Huh!? Where's... huh? A... a dream...?"She rushes to the window and looks outside. Everything is normal."A dream..."