Wait a bit, tea to deliver!

"Sorry about the wait, Celeste!" Makoto went as fast as he could out of the kitchen without spilling the tea, quickly putting it down in front of her.

"Thank you, Makoto." Celestia (now fully dressed) nodded and sampled the tea. "Thank you for making sure to add the milk at the same time as the tea this time."

"What? Makoto Naegi made tea for Celestia Ludenberg!?" Hifumi, the Ultimate Doujin Creator, exclaimed in surprise with both hands on the sides of his face. "Has my position been usurped!?"

Makoto froze briefly at this, looking around he saw all eyes were on the two of them, Kyoko in particular standing out to him. She'd almost walked in on him and Junko (now wearing tight micro shorts and tube top)when he unlocked her trigger.

After taking a long sip of the tea, Celestia looks at the rest of them before sighing. "Truly, Hifumi, you really need to learn to accept things. I did not expect I'd have to explain a cup of morning tea of all things. Well, if you must know, I was walking through the halls on the way to my room yesterday, feeling especially bored, when I came across Naegi here. He wanted to know about myself, and I decided that making that a bet would help break the monotony."

"Why did you make it a bet?" Aoi interjected, raising a hand like they were in class. Celestia looked at Aoi for a moment before continuing. "Well I am the Ultimate Gambler, Ms. Asahina." Celeste replied with a light chuckle, putting her hand in front of her mouth. "It wouldn't do to refrain from doing so, even over such a minor game. In any case, I let him pick the contest, which was rock paper scissors. I admit to being disappointed by winning 3 times in a row; I thought the Ultimate Lucky Student would have at least tied once." She shook her head dismissively, Makoto's head dropping. There hadn't been a game, of course, but did she really have to make him lose that badly?

"I see..." Kyoko said, as the majority of people started losing interest. "But why did you say 'this time'?"

"I initially tried to have him make good on his loss then and there, but his tea was woefully sub-par. I decided to let him try again in the morning." Celestia smiled with closed eyes. Not once during that entire exchange did she show the slightest hint that she was lying - truly, she had the ultimate poker face.

Makoto simply nodded in confirmation before sitting down himself. After such a display of deception, he didn't trust himself to speak. As the morning meeting went on, he thought about what he had to do today. Toko, Aoi, or Sayaka... Which one should he pick?