When Amaya noticed the state Sanae was in, she sighed. "You idiot," she said. "There's a trick to taking naps, especially in class. You have to remain hydrated, and you have to be stealthy about it. Your little stunt with the pop quiz was way too obvious."
"Then what am I supposed to do...?" asked Sanae, stifling a yawn.
"Don't worry," said Amaya. "I always come prepared for an emergency nap, in case my mom keeps me up all night with her gaming. I've got just the solution for you." Amaya opened her bag, rummaged around, and pulled out a set of felt-tip pens. "Close your eyes," she said, "and remain very still."
Sanae obliged, and Amaya began to carefully draw on her eyelids. Within minutes, Sanae had a crude drawing of her eyes painted over the top of her eyelids, giving the impression that her closed eyes were in fact open. "There," said Amaya. "Now, when the teacher looks at you, they'll just think you're leaning forward on your arms, eager to learn, when actually you're just sleeping. It's foolproof!"
"For all I know, you just drew dicks on my face," said Sanae.
"I was tempted," Amaya admits, "but even if I did, they'd have to be blurred out anyway, so there's no real point."
"True," admitted Sanae.
"Also, here." Amaya handed Sanae a bottle of water. "Chug as much of it as you can. You'll need it so you don't wake up dehydrated again."
"You're a real lifesaver, Amaya, you know that?" said Sanae as she took the bottle.
"I know," said Amaya.
Sanae chugged about half the bottle of water, then rested her chin on her hands, closed her eyes and started to nap once more. Or at least, she tried to. With no pop quiz, second period turned out to be a lot noisier than the first, and Sanae was unable to get a wink of sleep. She kept her eyes closed, hoping to at least get a little rest, but it seemed even that wasn't to be.
"...Hikari?" The teacher was calling her. "Would you like to solve this next equation, please?"
With a quiet sigh, Sanae stood up and made her way to the front of the class. As she did so, she took in the equation on the board and slowly realized to her horror that it contained new material that, in her quest for sleep, she had not taken in. By the time this realisation sank in, however, she was already standing in front of the blackboard and it was too late to turn back. Had she realized back at her desk that the equation was beyond her, she could have ducked out of it, but now she had no choice. I'm going to have to BS it just like I BS'ed the pop quiz, she thought to herself.
Taking the chalk, Sanae began to answer the question in the best way she could, but it quickly became apparent to both the teacher and her fellow students that she had no idea what she was doing. Very soon the teacher was forced to take the chalk from her, scowling. "That's enough, Hikari," he said. "Go back to your seat. Now, could someone who was actually paying attention come up and solve the equation, please?"
Sanae slunk back to her seat, blushing a little with embarrassment. "Well, so much for that idea," said Amaya.
"I didn't even get any sleep, and now I look like an idiot in front of the whole class!" Sanae complained. "Ugh... this is gonna be a very long day."
Fortunately, Amaya still had an idea left. "You can always get some sleep during lunch, if you can hang on that long," she suggested. "We can head up to the roof together as usual, there's never anyone else up there."
"You saying that makes me expect that there'll be a whole bunch of people up there today," remarked Sanae, as she started to rub the felt-tip off of her eyelids.
"Well, if there is, we'll either go someplace else or we'll just kick them off," said Amaya. "We're the protagonists, we should get first priority when it comes to roof access."
"Good point," said Sanae. "Alright, I'll try and sleep through lunch. Thanks."
"No problem," said Amaya. Internally, the raven-haired girl grinned. This is the perfect opportunity, she thought to herself. While Sanae takes her little rooftop nap, I'll quietly transform into Black Star, sneak off, cause a little havoc in town, and be back before anyone even knows I was gone! Ohh, it feels like forever since I last caused any mayhem with the Black Star Emblem... I'm so looking forward to this!
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