The classroom door opens suddenly. It's Aigis!

(chapter originally by doragom333 at writing.com)

Fuuka was surprised at hearing the door open. Complications at the point were the last thing she needed. Her surprise doubled upon seeing that it was Aigis. What was she doing here, of all places?

"Fuuka-san, I have finally found you," Aigis spoke in her usual monotonic voice.

"Another student?" the teacher asked. "What are you doing here? Why aren't you in class?"

"Forgive me, sir," Aigis stated. "But I have to make a delivery of the highest priority for Fuuka-san."

_A delivery? _Fuuka wondered, curious, but then realizing that Aigis had already entered the room and was extending something towards her. She soon realized what it was, her face turning crimson immediately upon doing so.

"Are those clothes?" "It's her uniform!" "Dude, there's underwear right on top of that pile too!" "Does that mean, right now she's-?" "I knew something was suspicious!" the class whispered, unable to contain themselves.

"Ah... Ah..." Fuuka uttered, mortified and unable to form a coherent sentence. Her mind, however, was rushing furiously. So Aigis got to our clothes first!? Has she been running around the whole school asking where me and Minako-chan were all this time? How many students has she talked with? How many teachers? Was my underwear on top and being shown around the entire time!? Can't she have been subtle about this!? You idiot, now everyone knows that I've got nothing underneath this!

"These are your garments, are they not? Fuuka-san?" Aigis asked, seemingly perplexed at Fuuka's unresponsive state. "What is the matter? Did I perhaps make an error?" she said, setting the pile down and taking the first article off the top, which happened to be Fuuka's light-green panties. "Let us start with this. Are you able to recall any memories of this item?" she asked, dangling them back and forth in front of Fuuka's face.

That comical display was the last straw for everyone. For the class, which immediately burst out into laughter, for Fuuka, who snatched the panties out of Aigis's hands, then gathered up the rest of her clothes and clutching them to her chest, crying out, "Yes, just shut up!" and nearly crying out of embarrassment, and for the teacher, who was near the end of his rope after a long day. Slamming his fist onto the table, getting everyone's attention and silencing most, but not all, of the laughter, he slowly asked, very seriously, "What were you doing with her clothes, Miss..."

"Aigis," Aigis replied. "And I merely was returning what was lost."

"Lost? But Ms. Yamagishi said that they were being cleaned," the teacher said suspiciously.

"Really? Discarded as they were, how could they be anything but lost?" Aigis continued.

"And what do you mean by that, exactly?" the teacher asked.

"Well-" Aigis began.

"W-What she means is that I asked her to bring them to me!" Fuuka interrupted. If she continues like this, then they'll find out what Minako-chan and I did, and I can't let that happen!

"Oh?" the teacher asked.

"I... after I got better, I needed to get to class and, well, sent a text to Aigis. I was using a bathroom to clean my clothes, but, that is, if I stayed to dry them, I would miss all of class. So I asked Aigis to dry my clothes and bring them back to me. You see... if they were left in the bathroom all alone, I was afraid someone would steal them. So everything Aigis said about them being discarded and lost was just a figure of speech. I was hoping that she would be more discreet though, and I-I am sorry for disrupting class like this!" Fuuka said, bowing her head and hoping she sounded believable.

The teacher silently considered this, and after a small pause asked Aigis, "Is this true?"

Aigis looked at Fuuka, who was looking at her with pleading eyes, slightly puffy from her outburst earlier, and said. "Yes, every word. I am sometimes told that I have a tendency to exaggerate. I am sorry for any concern this may have caused."

_Thank you! _Fuuka sighed internally.

*RING*

Just then, the final bell rang, causing the students to get up from their seats. Though several remained seated, some even with their phones out, Fuuka noted with dread. No doubt they were waiting to see how this episode would end first. Hadn't she been through enough today!?

"Ah, classes seem to have ended for the day," said Aigis, as the students began to funnel through the door around her. "May we be excused now, sir?" she asked.

The teacher clenched his teeth and looked at the two girls. It wasn't a friendly look to say the least. "This day..." he muttered under his breath. "Yamagishi," he addressed. "You and Aigis have caused a lot of trouble this day, but I suppose one can't predict sickness. But you did cause quite a disturbance just now... I have made up my mind-"