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It was just another friday, just like always Sakura made his way to Pothos to eat whatever Kotoha recommended everytime he said he wanted to eat omurice only, after getting annoyed and scolding him for only eating omurice
But today was different. When he came inside, there's already another person talking to Kotoha, despite how early in the morning it is. But still, whats the problem? Its not like he's the only one who wants to eat at Pothos
Well the thing is...
"AGHHH!! KOTOHA-CHAN!! THIS IS IT!! THIS IS THE PERSON I'M LOOKING FOR!!!" The girl who was talking to Kotoha just now screamed and lunged forward in front of Sakura, making him jolt
"YOU!! WHAT'S YOUR NAME?!"
"H-HUH?!" before he could answer, the girl was hit by Kotoha on the head, and fell dramatically
Sakura is way too confused to process anything
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"So... let me start over!" The girl said as she ease herself with the tea she ordered
"I'm Kotoha-chan's friend! My name is Mugumi Itonaga! My friends calls me Muguminn!"
"I don't know you, so I'm not your friend, I'm calling you Itonaga"
Both Mugumi and Kotoha shot him a glare
"Ugh fine! But in exchange! You have to do something for me!"
"Just because I refuse to call someone I just met with a nickname?"
"Yes! And I need you to crossdress!"
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Silence filled the room. The look of confusion painted on both Sakura's and Kotoha's faces, while Mugumi gave them a happy smile
"What the fuck?" Kotoha beat Sakura into saying it out loud
"You want Sakura to what? Like— what's the context?!"
"Listen Kotoha-chan!! So you know how I'm into making magazines and stuff?"
"Yeah...?"
"So ever since me and my friends somehow got a publisher, we've been going on publishing for some time and for the seventh magazine, we're planning to make another puzzle page!"
"Puzzle page? Like crossword?? What does it have to do with ME wearing female clothes?!" Sakura frowned, not connecting the dots
"Since we publish it only in Makochi, and everytime, we have a puzzle page, titled 'Guess the Person!', we first gave the page a couple photos about this mysterious person wearing the clothes we want to promote without showing their faces. Then we give hints in text about what is this person like!"
"We encourage people to guess and sends us a letter about their guesses, the right answer will be revealed in the next publish along with the next mystery person!'
"...still not understanding the idea of me crossdressing"
"Well you might not know and not understand when I say 'promote clothes' but Kotoha-chan! You know about this! Our magazine is about fashion! Girl's fashion!"
Well now both of them connected the dots, but still not the reason
"If it's a girl fashion magazine then why me?"
"Out of all six magazines we have published before, we have done this guess the person and it got guessed so early! It's because Makochi is small especially the numbers of girls our age! Because of this whole gangs and fights stuff!"
"What's wrong with it getting guessed? Aren't you happy that people actually bought the magazine then read it and made an effort to guess and sent an answer?"
"Well... I mean... we did promise a prize for anybody who guess it right first... but just once... just ONCE I WANT NOBODY TO BE ABLE TO GUESS SO EVERYONE WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT PUBLISH TO SEE WHO'S THE MYSTERY PERSON IS!!"
"Wha—"
"Sounds like a budget proble—"
"That's why! I thought that what if... the model is a BOY wearing GIRL'S CLOTHES... NOBODY WOULD GUESS IT RIGHT!!"
Sakura swore that the girl in front of him is a mad person, he turned to Kotoha, who's as concerned as him
"SO!! SAKURA-SAN!!!" Mugumi gripped his shoulders, Hard
"Just once... just ONCE!!"
"PLEASE BE MY MODEL!!" Sakura almost punched her. That is, because Kotoha hit her head first, again
Mugumi fell face flat on the table because of the hit, and stayed unmoving
"Pwease..." a muffled please was heard
"G-geh— no way!!"
"I will pwayy youu....!!"
"I said no!!"
"Pleaseeeee!!" Mugumi looked up to Sakura, tears in her eyes
"NOT IN HELL!!"
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"Again, thank you Sakura-san!!!" Mugumi twirls around in happiness
Somehow, Sakura lost the debate, and here he is, on saturday evening, accompanied by Kotoha, in some studio full of clothes ready to wear for photoshoots
"Don't worry! I will edit your face and hair and make it covered in pitch black so nobody can know! Well, that is until the next release where I have to show the answer... heheh.."
Sakura held another urge to punch her
"Right... so Mugumin, what kind of clothes will Sakura have to wear?" Kotoha asked
As if waiting for that question to be brought up all her life, Mugumi then ran towards the pile clothes (that's obviously not on the ground), snatches a hanger, and ran back, showing the dress she picked
"This one!" She says as Sakura's face reddens and Kotoha's jaw dropped
To Sakura, it was an embarrasingly revealing girlish clothes
But to Kotoha, someone with fashion knowledge, it was a very sexualized Chinese Cheongsam dress, as the usual split on the bottom half was way more revealing, the split basically reveals all of the wearer thigh up to almost reaching their... that part! Not to mention the sleeves? Maybe the sleeves are the friends Kotoha made along the way— because where are the fucking sleeves?
"...where did you even find this dress... Mugumin...?"
"Online shop!! On tick tack live!!"
"I- I- I- I'm... g-going to... wear t-t-that...?!" Sakura stutters, unable to hide the redness in his face
"Yes! No take backs!"
And that's what happends, Sakura was forced to be a model while crossdressing. He was given some choices on the colors, but he couldn't care less and he kept blushing just by the sight of it. Kotoha ended up picking a black dress with the color of dashing red for the flower pattern on the dress. Somehow the dress fits him perfectly and he's weirded out by that because he doesn't recall telling Itonaga his sizes
He was also told to wear a red flowers hair accessory, black gloves and a very high red heels, his whole fit is a black-red pallete that makes his yellow eye stood out, shame that it won't be shown (for now)
And lastly, his makeup also uses a black-red pallete focus. Itonaga had put a black eye shadow which makes him looks like an evil gothic person, and gave a strike of red eyeliner underneath his eye, finishing it with a classic red lipstick
"Kyaaaahhh!! So pretty!!!" Mugumi squealed, even Kotoha blushed at the sight of masterpiece in the form of Sakura Haruka
"W-what..." Sakura blushed
"I'm so jealous of your face..." Kotoha says with a big smile as she took a picture to treasure forever
"D-delete that!! Wait a minute— Itonaga!! Why do I have to wear makeup?! Didn't you say you're going to hide my face?!"
"Well duh! We're also going to take your picture for the next magazine where we show that you're the answer! Best to take it now or would you rather redo this another time?"
"F-fair point..."
"No time for that!" Kotoha cut them off
"Now now Sakura... do this pose... no actually do this pose... no wait how about this pose... hm.. " Kotoha kept giving him poses to do and changing it again and again while Mugumi took pictures of every pose
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A/N : For better imagining, try using these link to get the image!!
Eye:
https://pin.it/17hhjbJOX
Dress:
https://pin.it/xCqGPAI7q
Hair piece:
https://pin.it/3MpVzFvJP
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Somehow there's a total of 500+ photos of him alone. Both Kotoha amd Mugumi couldn't decide on which photo suits the best
"For god's sake! Just pick already!" Sakura groans, he had just took off all the clothes and makeup that takes him some time and even after that he still found them trying to decide
"This is so hard... you're way too pretty..."
"S-shut it!!" Sakura blushed
"How about this?! Use this one!!" Sakura pointed at a random picture
The picture he pointed at is him sitting down on a fancy chair with his left hand resting on his left thigh clumsily trying to cover the split of the dress and his right hand tucking a couple of strands that went loose to the back of his ear
Heck even Sakura blushed at the sight of himself
"E-erm actually—"
"No! You're right! Mugumin let's use this one for the puzzle!" Kotoha's eyes sparkled
"Yes!! You're a genius Sakura-san! I knew it's best for the model to choose the photo themself!!"
Both Kotoha and Mugumi laughed like a madman
"Wait!! We still have to pick another photo for the answer page!"
"Isn't it for the next magazine? Pick it later!"
"Oh come on Sakura-san! It doesn't work that way! If can now why later? Now pick one! Pick the best photo you want to show your face in the magazine!"
Sakura blushed again at the idea of his face printed on the magazine with the dress. If in the end everyone who read the magazine will know anyway, then he'll choose the coolest one!
"This one"
The photo he choosed had a different aura than the other one, as Kotoha would say it, this one is a bit... intimidating
In this photo, Sakura was standing, the angle was a bit to the left and it made his thigh show. Sakura was crossing his arms, while one hand was resting on his cheek, because of the angle and the frown on Sakura face, it made the photo look like whoever saw it was being scolded by Sakura.
Or how Mugumi would say it
"You look like some kind of a Madam giving a glare to her servant"
"Don't call me that!!"
"Now then it is decided! The sitting Sakura is for the guessing part, and the Madam Sakura is for the answer reveal part!"
"I told you to stop calling me that!!"
"Don't worry! For the inconveniences, I'll also give you guys a share of our income! Both of you!"
"Really? But I didn't do anything though?"
"You did plenty Kotoha-chan! But if you feel not enough, you can always help promote this magazine when it comes out!"
"Hm, sounds good!"
"C-can I go home now...."
"Oh right you can, do you mind going home alone, I want to stay for a while wiyh Mugumin" Kotoha said shooing him away
"Bye byee! I'll buy you one when it's released!" Mugumi waved her hand
Sakura scoffed and walked away, going home
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"Good morning Sakura-san!"
"Good morning Sakura-kun!"
Nirei and Suo said in unison
"Oh, you guys, mornin' "
Sakura greeted them back, before yawning
"Did you just finish breakfast in Pothos?" Nirei asked
"Yeah, you didn't come today?"
"Hehe no sorry, yesterday my aunt came and brought some food, we still have leftovers"
"Ah that reminds me, how was you're weekends Sakura-kun?" Suo asked
"....fine... I guess?" Sakura blushed a bit, remembering what happend on saturday, luckily it seems that they didn't notice
The three of them continued to walj together to school, most of the time it was Nirei talking about his aunt and the food she brought back
Finally they reached to their school, to their class. But something is different, everyone was surrounding someone in the back, they we're all surrounding Kiryuu
"What's this? Are we playing a game?" Suo asked with his usual cheerful tone
"Ohhh Suo! And Nirei and Sakura too!" Tsugeura greeted them, which makes it even weirder because he's not doing his usual morning workout routine
"Kiryuu here brought something cool!"
"Can I see?" Nirei walked closer
"Suree, it's this mag" Kiryuu picked up a magazine, it's called 'Chesireel', and on the cover was three girls in a cute outfit
"Wait, I know this, isn't this a girl's fashion magazine?"
Sakura's heart shrinked
"Ohhh you know your stuff Nirei!"
"Why are you bringing this to school? Nd what's so interesting about it?"
"Well see... I know this magazine from my girl neighbor, she asked me for help because she can't solve the puzzle"
Sakura's face darken
"What puzzle? Isn't this a fashion magazine?"
"You see, this magazine always had a puzzle called 'guess-the-person' where we had to guess who was the model in a certain page just by the figure, and a couple of text hints, even the hair colors are hidden too"
"Ehhh, sounds fun!"
"Right, and because this is a local magazine, it narrows down the candidates, my neighbor couldn't figure out this week model so she asked me for help because she thinks I know many girls"
"Well did you find out who it is?" Suo asked
"Nope! Not a clue! Nirei, we can use some of your knowledge! You know basically everyone here!"
"That's... I don't really know about girls...." Nirei walked closer to Kiryuu as he flipped the page trying to find the puzzle page. And upon finding it Nirei blushed red
"W-wow..."
At that point, Sakura wanted to jump out of the window
"W-what a... crazy style..." Nirei blushed even redder
"Pretty right?"
"I think she's more gorgeous, or elegant!"
"Sexy even!"
"Oh, that reminds me, Suooo~ come see! I think this one your type!"
Suo, not understanding why, walked closer and looked at the magazine. However he didn't blush, instead he kind of frowned, displeased
"Kiryuu, did you think I'd like it because this person was wearing a chinese themed dress?"
"Eeh... you don't?"
"I fancy it yes, but the dress she's wearing... is way too revealing for a normal cheongsam, there are no sleeves, and the split of the dress is too long, look even she tried to cover it"
Sakura cringed hearing them calling him 'she'
"And just because it's black and red, doesn't mean I have to like it, I like other colors too"
"Ugh fine, you're no fun. So Nirei, any ideas?"
"Just by seeing... no... let me see the text hints"
On the page a couple of hints was written
Hint 1
[This person, still looks glam with short hair]
"That's an obvious one"
"I can also see from the silhoutte that the hair is short"
"Atleast a color... ugh..."
Hint 2
[This person, stands confidently despite the scar on a leg]
"A scar...? Oh I see it! It doesn't look too visible because of the heels and the photo angle but there's a scar on her left leg!"
Right, the scar he got when he tried to protect Kotoha on his first couple of days in Makochi. A badge of honor
Hint 3
[This person, will strike you smitten with the dashing feature of the bright sun, and the calm night!]
"What's that suppose to mean?"
"It means she looks unique"
"No shit sherlock, HOW unique?!"
"Don't know"
"This week model is sure hard to guess"
Of course, this hint is about his hair and eyes, but they wont guess it was him because it was covered in black shadow, and all of them is fixed to the fact that the model is a girl, and the hint is made to not be that obvious
"What do you think Sakura-san? Any ideas?"
"...H-huh?!" Sakura blushed
"Of course, you probably wouldn't know because you blush so easily" Kiryuu sighed
"It seems that I might have to wait for the next magazine to come out to get the answer..."
"Oh? The answer is revealed next week?"
"Yeah, just like this one" Kiryuu flipped to a page which shows the answer of the last magazine puzzle with the photo of the model with all the features revealed
"Why are there scratch marks?"
"When buying the magazine, to know the answer from previous puzzle, the face and the name is covered by a black layer and we have to scratch it with a coin to reveal the face, like lottery"
"What the hell thats somehow funny and lame"
"Ohh look! She's wearing a kimono!" Said Anzai
"She's familiar..."
"It's Yu-chan, Yu Miyamoto, she lived around 5 blocks from my house, her name is written here but it seems my neighbor haven't scratched it out yet because she already knew her" said Kiryuu
"...you sure know a lot of girls"
"That's why she asked me for help, but I don't recognize this girl..." Kiryuu shrugged
"Why not make a list first! Kiryuu, do you know anybody around our age with this kind of short hair?"
"Many, there's Aiko-chan, Niiya-chan, Katai-san..."
"Oh I also know some, I know Ruri-san, Tamako-san, and Komi-san" Nirei added
"I also know Komi-san but isn't she older? She's a college student! Soon to be graduated!" Tsugeura said
"Many of the girls here likes long hair and even if its short its not this short so we can narrow our list more, but I don't know anybody with a scar, I mean why would I know?"
"Fair... we don't just go around and ask "hey by the way, do you have a scar on your leg?" "
"And the scar is on the part where its usually covered by socks too..."
"Ughh! The hint is too hard! They should have given us a more specific hint!"
Duh! Sakura would be dead if they'd knew right away!
"Do you have any guesses Suo?"
"Not at all, why do you ask?"
"Because she's wearing a Chinese dress"
"...you do remember that this is a fashion magazine. Which means, that the model only wore this dress to promote it."
"Oh right..."
"How dumb can you be..."
All the while they were discussing Sakura could only separate himself and sat on his desk, trying to ignore them by sleeping
"I gave up!! Let's just buy next week's magazine!"
"When will it come?
"Monday, today"
"Then how about this, one will be in charge of buying the magazine next Monday, then together in this classroom, we'll scratch it out together!"
"Sounds good!"
"Agree!!"
"I can buy it!"
"Thanks a lot man!"
"Yeahh!
"No prob!!"
And at that moment, Sakura decide to not come to school next Monday
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The next Monday have come, everyone in class 1-1 had all gathered early as ever
"This is it... guys... this is the moment of truth..."
They all stared at the single magazine, Chesireel #8
"Before that, why is other people here...?"
Somehow, Tsubaki was here
"I want to see too!"
"I kind of mention it to Tsubaki-senpai..." Nirei said
They just nodded, its kind of not a wonder Tsubaki was here
"Ready guys...?" Anzai said, holding a coin, his hand sweating
"Ready" all of them say in union
Then slowly, Anzai scratched the black layer covering the face from the bottom, he stopped when seeing the model's frown
"God somehow just from the mouth expression I can tell that she's hot..." someone said before getting hit by an elbow
Anzai continued, scratching one eye, reveals a black eye
"Black eye? That's not unique..."
"Oh for goodness sake hurry up!!" Tsubaki snatched the coin from Anzai, and in one swift scratch, Tsubaki had successfully cleaned all the black layer covering the face
And at that moment, Tsubaki dropped the coin in shock. Everyone had a shock face, mouth dropped open
The room was silent for what it feels like hours, everyone was just staring, no words exchange
Nirei stepped forward, took the coin Tsubaki had dropped, and scratched the black layer covering the name, to make sure that the person face that they're seeing right now, is NOT the person they knew
[ Haruka Sakura ]
But it turns out it was indeed the captain of class 1-1
"..."
"..."
"Is Sakura here...?"
"He's absent..."
"For a reason... huh...?"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Why are you all silent...? CONTACT HIM NOW! YOU KNOW WHAT SCREW IT! I'M GOING TO HIS HOUSE!" Tsubaki screamed as he ran out the classroom and down the stairs
Kusumi, who somehow appeared out of nowhere (he actually was behind Tsubaki all this time, nobody noticed) took a picture of the magazine, then posted it on Bofurin's group chat, the one with everyone from year 1 to year 3 and typed:
Kusumi : SOS Please find Haruka Sakura ASAP!!!
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And now everyone saw it, Kaji, Hiiragi, Umemiya, everyone who has a phone in Bofurin saw it. Sakura in a cheongsam
Hiiragi : What the fuck
Kaji : what is this
Umemiya : ????
Enomoto : ????
Tsubaki : EVERYONE SEARCH FOR SAKURA HE'S NOT IN HIS HOUSE
Anzai : You're already at his house???
Nirei : HE'S MISSING?!
Kiryuu : spam his phone
Keitarou : wait I don't have his number
Suo : @Sakura
Now that everything is in havoc, let's ask the real question. Where is Sakura?
He's currently outside of the city, he may not good at phones, but he's been using it for a while and he's not that dumb. He had already turned off the location and turned off his data so any calls and chats wouldn't be able to be delivered to his phone
He planned everything last night. He actually have a childhood friend who moved away since ages ago, he manage to reach out to him and asked if he can go to his city
He left right away after getting a yes, and here he is now, in his childhood friend house, thank god he lives alone because he's parents is on a business trip
"...Harucchi... you ran away... because of this...?" His childhood friend, Shou Ashiya, looks at him with a disappointed face holding the magazine that causes havoc in Makochi
"I was expecting something worth running"
"You don't understand Shou-kun... it may not be that much of a deal, but to THEM its a very very BIG deal..."
"But got to admit you look pretty here, like a true model" Shou teased
"Shut up..."
"How come I never see this magazine though?"
"Its a local-only publish"
"Shame, I bet it's going to ne popular if it was published to more places"
Sakura sighed, looking outside of the window, enjoying the view
"...actually why are you not in school again?"
"Oh me? I just want to take a break"
"On Monday, really?"
"I'm not the brightest kid there, won't be that much of a problem" Shou lays down on the bed, playing his phone
"You should dress up more" Shou was rewarded with a kick
"I'm serious!!"
"I'm going to kill you"