Consolation from an unexpected corner

When Asuna opened her eyes up, she noticed that she laid down on a leather couch. Slowly getting her bearings, she sat up and saw that she was covered by a small pink towel. Somehow, she found herself in headmistress Samejima‘s office. “How… did I get here?”

“Great, you’re up!” Samejima walked into her office, taking a seat behind her desk.

“Miss Samejima!” She immediately stood up, almost dropping her towel. “How did I get here?”

“After your, erm, ‘display’, at the ceremony, I decided to follow Tanaka, Suzuki and you. I saw how Tanaka knocked you you ****, so I brought you in here. I’ll talk with her later. Do you by any chance know where Suzuki is?”

“I- I saw her getting dragged by the police for streaking.” Asuna said sheepishly.

The headmistress dug her head in her hands. “God, what a mess!”

Asuna walked towards her desk. “Look, I can explain everything! You see, I kept having this dream where I ended up naked in public. So when I got up this morning, I thought that it was a dream as well. I thought I could do whatever I wanted. I swear, I won’t have done anything that I did today if I knew I was awake.”

“Wow, just… wow” Samejima looked in amazement of her story.

“I know, that was really stupid, but I swear its true!”

“Not that.” She still was rather dazed. “I experienced the same thing when I was a student!”

“Wait, seriously?!” Asuna’s eyes shot wide open.

“Yes, and I didn’t have the good fortune to have it on my last day. For the last two years of my time on college, I was known as ‘Emi the Exhibitionist’. God, all the mockery I got from everyone.” She took a deep sigh.

“But now you’re the headmistress?! Even with that reputation?”

“Well, it took some time, but yes. Eventually, people no longer cared about ‘Emi the Exhibitionist’.”

Asuna sat down defeated, her tears dwelling up. “But my humiliation was recorded and uploaded to the internet. Can I ever overcome that?”

“Well, I’ll be honest, it will be difficult. But I’ll help you. I’ll make some calls, making sure that most photos and videos will be gone. I won’t promise that everything will be gone, but I’ll try.”

Asuna hugged Samejima, both her tears and towel dropping to the ground. “Thankyouthankyouthankyou! If I can ever repay you.”

“You can begin by pulling up your towel, for starters.” Asuna sheepishly laughed and covered herself up. “Here, I brought you some clothes from your room and a gown. You have a graduation to attend.”

As Asuna got dressed, she mentally prepared herself for the graduation. Could she face everyone after everything that happened?