Managed to reach a friend!

(chapter originally by faith on writing.com)

Rise's day off had become a string of unlikely and terrible events that had culminated in her current predicament. Somewhere her clothes, including her panties, were being solemnly set aside as objects of adoration by perverted fans....or more likely auctioned off online with a no doubt detailed account of the humiliating deal she had struck at the concert. Worse, a whole train and now a whole STATION of strangers had seen her naked. She didn't THINK anyone had connected the lewd streaker she had become with the former pop idol she truly was....but that state of affairs wouldn't last if anyone got a good look at her face. Of course, what comfort she might take from how unlikely anyone was to have been staring at her face was made up for in just how embarrassing it was that they got to stare at anything else!!

In any event, to say that the idol had been "lucky" at any point today was a blatant lie (at least as far as GOOD luck was concerned). But, as miserable as her day had been, it seemed the kami had left one tiny little piece of grace for her inbetween subjecting her to this humiliation. Her phone was fully charged, it had not suffered any significant damage in the fall from her coat pocket, and there appeared to be a decent signal in her current location!

That just left Rise with one grim decision to make. Who should she contact? Her first choice would be to ask a female friend for help. Unfortunately, the opportunity to make plans easily had passed- knowing her friends they were likely embroiled in one activity or another by this point. Chie liked to spend her weekends training in Mt. Yasogami in her free time...usually far from a possible signal. Yukiko was probably watching her family in and/or trying to salvage her most recent cooking disaster. And Naoto liked to busy herself in the local library researching the case or otherwise looking up information that might prove important in her line of work. The one thing they all had in common was that they preferred to keep their phones off while engaging in those activities. Rise too liked to disconnect when by herself. Usually it wasn't a big problem- the town was small enough that any of them could be hunted down if one of them wanted to hang out with another (usually that someone was Narukami, in fact). But that was NOT an option right now. Rise just had to hope against hope that one of them would answer.

Or....or......she could do the unthinkable, and try to get some help from...the guys. Just the thought of being seen like this by her other friends caused Rise to stifle a moan of dismay. Not that any of them would take advantage of her in this state...probably. But they would all definitely peek at her! Except maybe Kanji...but the others would for sure! And even worse, they no doubt remembered Rise's less than supportive attitude where it involved public exposure...whether it was calling Kanji a pervert after his wardrobe malfunction on the beach or smash their heads with buckets in the hot springs (and then enjoying soaking in the springs for an extra hour the boys should have had) to the lightning strike at the ski resort...the guys had not faired well at all when it came to the girls and nudity. All of them were likely to be a little resentful...and maybe a little vindictive. So obviously she wouldn't be begging any of them for help, even the indifferent ones like Kanji or the cool ones like Narukami. At least, if she didn't have to....