Do You Like Salty Drinks?

Gakushuu was right. He barely got any sleep, drifting in and out of his consciousness. He was stressing about Akabane. Maybe he really should move out. Gakushuu wasn't sure if his pride, sleep, and life should be wasted on the stupid challenge that Akabane had presented. But Gakushuu liked this suite and didn't want to step down from this challenge. Asano's didn't run away. They faced their problems, their challenges, and crushed them. Gakushuu sighed, getting up. He would have to leave for work soon. He wondered when Akabane would wake up. He didn't even know what Karma worked as.

As he changed into his work clothes, a thought popped into his mind. Akabane loved strawberry milk. Maybe he could do something to sabotage it. He pulled out all 8 cartons of strawberry milk that was in the fridge and poked in the straws, sprinkling in some salt and stirring it around. When Akabane woke up and saw this, he would probably think that Gakushuu was just opening it for fun. Gakushuu got into his car and hurried to the nearby convenience stores around. He bought every single strawberry milk carton there. It wasn't cheap, but hey, if it was for revenge, he wouldn't mind. He drove to his office and gave out every single carton to his surprised but pleased employees, and settled on his work.

After a few hours of productive work, his phone chimed. Gakushuu's phone chimed. The alarm for the new camera he had installed into the apartment had beeped, which meant that Akabane was awake and near the fridge. He watched intently as Akabane opened the fridge, muttered something about Gakushuu messing with his drinks, and drank a carton. A second later, Akabane spits it out, sputtering. Gakushuu laughs, mentally and physically capturing the image of it.

Akabane frantically sipped every carton of milk, before dumping it all in the trash and taking a big gulp of water. Much to Gakushuu's delight, Akabane rushed out of the apartment. Gakushuu put his phone aside with a grin. Akabane wouldn't be able to find anyone selling strawberry milk within 20 miles of their place.

After 30 minutes, Gakushuu's phone rang. He picked it up.

"Ace-kun!" Akabane whined. "You're the one who salted my milk and bought every other carton of strawberry milk!"

"I salted your milk, but I don't know what you mean about buying the other strawberry milk cartons."

"Don't lie! I asked the store owners. They describe someone who looks just like you come into the store and buy every single thing!"

When Gakushuu kept silent, Akabane added, "I'll do something to your things."

"Don't you dare, Karma Akabane. If you do, I will make sure to cut off your supply of strawberry milk for a week."

Akabane hung up, and Gakushuu sighed in frustration. The picture was really funny, though. Gakushuu remembered that back in e-class, Akabane loved having blackmail pictures on everyone. He decided to send the photo of Akabane to his best friend, Nagisa. Akabane would blackmail Nagisa with the pictures he has of Nagisa wearing dresses, so Gakushuu thought that he'd give the bluenette a little ammo. Besides, Nagisa was pretty nice. That is when Nagisa wasn't in his super-scary-assassin mode.

A few moments later, Nagisa replied, 'O-O. YOU ARE A GENIUS.'

Gakushuu grinned and decided to forward the message to his friends, Ren, Araki, Seo, and Koyama. The replies he got were all of their laughter and that they were saving it in their gallery and never deleting it. Gakushuu got back to the suite, feeling pretty contented. When he arrived back, Akabane was sitting at the dining table, nonchalantly scrolling through his phone. Gakushuu felt suspicious, but decided to just go take a bath. He slipped into the bathroom and started the water, letting out a small sigh. Once Gakushuu finished, he stepped out and was about to slip on his clothes when he noticed something. He was blue.