Sanji got up in the morning, went through his routine of eating, brushing his teeth, laying his clothes out for the day, and then taking a shower. Upon finishing his shower, wrapped only in a towel, Sanji left his bathroom and went out toward his bed- still groggy from waking up. Only when he got to his bed, noticed his clothes were out of order, and looked up did he see that someone was in his room.

Sanji shouted and stumbled back. It took a moment to recognize the form in the window’s early morning sun. It was Niya, the cat girl from upstairs, and she was holding Sanji’s boxers up in the air for inspection. She wore yet another short skirt, and an even tighter top that barely did its job of covering the bits it was meant to cover. She gave a low purr and grinned at Sanji, “Looks like I caught you at the perfect time.”

“What are you doing in my apartment?”

She blinked, scratched behind a fake cat ear, cocked her head to the side and asked, “What does it look like I’m doing?”

“Breaking and entering!”

“I didn’t break a thing,” she replied, waving a dismissive hand in a distinctly catlike gesture, “You left the window unlocked. And I’m here to thank you.”

Sanji’s anger quelled slightly at that, replaced by confusion. He asked, “Thank me?”

“Yes, I met up with vampire chick this morning and she told me about last night.” Niya cast Sanji’s boxers back onto his bed and then walked purposely toward him, “You carried her all the way home after heroically trying to save Rose.”

The girl was Sanji’s height, if not a tiny bit taller, and she stopped mere breaths away from his face, their eyes were level. Sanji tried to speak, “It, it was Rose that saved us.”

“Mmm, modest,” the girl replied, her eyes were locked on his and Sanji couldn’t look away. She leaned even closer, her face brushing against his as she whispered into his ear, “How about you drop that towel and I really thank you.”

“No!” Sanji exclaimed and stepped back.

Niya frowned, “Why on Earth not? You’re a guy, I’m a relatively hot girl with a thing for copious amounts of sex, what’s the problem?”

“It’s not right,” Sanji replied, a bit of heat in his voice, “We don’t even know each other. And… I haven’t done anything like that before.”

“Aww,” she replied, “Want your first time to be special?”

Sanji shook his head, “Why are we even having this conversation! You can’t keep coming into my apartment uninvited!”

“I’m not the vampire girl, I don’t need an invitation,” Niya replied, but she turned back toward the window. “Besides, you can’t hide the fact that you’re excited to see me.”

Sanji felt his face flush and grabbed his clothes, being sure to use his free hand to hold the towel securely in place. “Please just leave.”

“I’m going, I’m going,” Niya replied as she walked toward the window- clearly making an effort to move her hips as much as possible in the process. Sanji couldn’t help but look at the cat tail that protruded from the bottom of the girl’s skirt, and she made a show of trying to present herself as she climbed back out the window, before she closed it she called, “I think I’ll grow on you yet, hero boy.”

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“I’m not a hero,” Sanji replied, but the girl was already gone.

With that unwelcome bit of excitement out of the way Sanji quickly dressed and moved to hurry out the door. He always gave himself plenty of time to get to school, but today might make him push it. Sanji rushed out the door and nearly collided with the two people waiting for him there- Rose and Eva.

Both wore clothing near identical to that of the previous night- down to Eva’s sunglasses and hat, and Sanji wondered just how extensive Eva’s wardrobe of black was, and he also wondered at the uniform policy of this Lema Academy. Between Rose and Niya there was a lot of exposed skin. Although maybe that wasn’t such an issue at an all girl’s school. Sanji was the one to say, “Hello.”

“Good morning, thervant,” Eva replied, once again donning her plastic vampire teeth. “Today you have the privilege of ethcorting me to school.”

“Good morning, Sanji,” Rose said and nodded at him. Surprisingly she had earphones in and Sanji remembered she had been wearing them when he first saw her, before she was hit by that truck… she still hadn’t gotten checked out. He thought it odd, but definitely didn’t want to open up that can of worms so early in the morning.

“I’m running sort of late-”

“Ith on the way,” Eva cut him off. “Bethideth-”

The teeth fell out and she scrambled to catch them, this time successfully grasping them in a hand before continuing, “Besides, you promised. And it’s only a block out of your way.”

Sanji most certainly did not promise, but it seemed easier to just go along with it, “Alright, let’s go.”

“Exthellent,” Eva replied and flashed him a sharp toothed grin. Rose also gave him a warm smile.

They set off down the outside walkway and took the stairs to street level. At the base of the stairs, on the walkway leading to the street, stood Niya and Rey. The cat girl, still in her very sultry attire, asked, “What took you so long?”

“You go to school like that?” Sanji asked.

“Lema doesn’t care,” Niya replied, “I think at this point their main goal is just to make sure we don’t all kill each other. Come on, lets go.”

By some unknown consensus Sanji had come to be escorting four troubled girls to their school when a day before he hadn’t even known any of them. At least nothing weird was happening as they walked, at least not weird by their standards- there was no shortage to the amount of looks they received along the way. When stopping at a street corner- the very same one where Rose had been hit by a truck- Sanji was surprised to feel a hand dig into his bicep and pull him away from the group.

It was Rey.

The sharp blond girl wore another very conservative dress and skirt, a near typical school uniform, and she made sure the others weren’t listening before she asked, “Well?”

Sanji rubbed at the spot she had grabbed him, it really hurt- she definitely dug her nails in and there might even be a few marks, “Well what?”

“Well why didn’t you sleep with the cat?”

“What?” Sanji exclaimed, and then looked toward the others before asking again in a quieter voice, “What?”

“Are you gay? Is that it?” Her eyes pierced into him, and Sanji had to shake his head as an excuse to look away.

“No, it just wouldn’t have been right.”

“Wouldn’t, have, been, right,” she echoed, slowly, as if trying to process each word and failing. “What is that supposed to mean?”

“It means I don’t know her that well and it would be weird-” Sanji remembered Eva’s warning, “Why are you even asking me this?”

“I was going to film it and use the footage to blackmail you,” Rey replied as casually as if talking about the weather.

“What?” Sanji exclaimed again, this time loud enough to attract the other’s attention, but the signal changed and they began to cross the street.

“Yes, I was sure that it was going to work, but it didn’t. This is quite strange for me,” she said.

“Did you put her up to it? How did you know Niya would… try.”

Rey scoffed, “You have a penis and you live nearby, that’s why. She’s at Lema Academy because she would screw her way out of any other school. Plus, you’re her type so that’s an extra incentive for her to want to play. I still don’t understand this, ‘wouldn’t be right’ thing.”

Sanji ignored that last bit and instead asked, “What do you mean I’m her type?”

“Do goody, thin, kind of short. Well, there’s no rush I guess.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

Rey looked at him, blinked, reached out, and then pinched part of his arm extremely hard and without warning. He snatched his arm away while drawing in a pained breath, “Ah! What was that for?”

She smiled then, maybe the first genuine smile he had seen on the girl- it was terrifying. She said, “Because I know you won’t do anything about it. Now, this is where we part ways, for now.”

Sanji hadn’t even noticed them turn and walk a few blocks off of his normal route. The building was a plain white concrete rectangle, very reminiscent of a prison, and over its set of double doors a sign read simply: Lema Academy.

“Bye Sanji,” came a chorus from his travel companions.

Sanji stood there for a second after they had gone inside, his mind trying to cope with the oddity of the morning. Then he checked his phone for the time and let out a curse. He was very nearly going to be late.