Her hands didn't budge.

(chapter originally by faith at writing.com)

"Ack! Stop it! Stop it! It isn't working!!" Yukari wailed as her hands refused to give an inch.

"Sorry." Junpei said, although to Yukari his expression was closer to a kid in a candy store trying to by coy about his impending sugar rush.

"Don't gimme that look! We're not done yet! If pushing doesn't work, let's try pulling!" Junpei cried.

"I...what??" Yukari asked, her head foggy from an awful mix of humiliation, confusion, and thanks to fountain no small amount of arousal.

"Climb up on the lip of the fountain, bend your knees as far as they'll go, like you were in swim class and about to do a race. On the count of three, you and I will push off. Double the strength, see?"

"Junpei, that's the dumbest-" Yukari began.

"Oh, well, excuse me. By all means, Mrs. Genius-Who-Got-Herself-Stuck-In-Fountain-Butt-Naked, let's hear your suggestion." Junpei said in mock offense.

"I DON'T HAVE ONE!" Yukari shouted.

"All right then. Considering the bell is gonna ring any minute now, I'm gonna say we go along with 'Junpei's stupid plan' rather than 'Yukari's sit here and act bitchy until we're swarmed with perverts oggling her naked body plan'!" Junpei shot back.

Yukari blushed intensely. The fact that Junpei was right and she had basically lost every argument she had had with the pervert since he found her like this only doubled her embarrassment. Without another word, she struggled to lift herself up onto the lip of the fountain, angling her butt over her head and pushing her legs up underneath her. She was coiled like a spring.

Junpei paused a long moment. Yukari waited, and waited, and then blushed completely crimson with realization.

"STOP LOOKING AT MY BUTT AND HELP ME ALREADY!" Yukari screamed.

"Ah! Sorry! Sorry! I got a little hypnotised there. You just have a really nice-"

"If you don't want to be strangled in your sleep, don't you dare finish that sentence."

"Heh. Fine. So, let's do this then!" Junpei said, rubbing his hands together.