MARIKO<br/><br/>Rikako winked at her, but it wasn't the sort of wink she would appreciate. So, she just shook her head slightly and returned to not paying any attention to the teacher.<br/><br/>But, then, her attention was snatched away from the fledgling song. Oh, what was this? She had definitely never seen<em>this</em>girl<sup>1</sup>before. No way Mariko would have forgotten a cute face like that. She barely took in the rather impressive grandfather that followed.<em>Be careful, Mariko</em>, she silently reminded herself.<em>You have no reason to believe she'll be interested. But...</em>Mariko shook her head and watched the pretty girl take the next seat over. How perfect.<br/><br/>Mariko tore a blank page out of notebook and scribbled a brief note.<br/><div align="center"><strong>Hey, cutie. Welcome to one of the few things that can make breasts boring<sup>2</sup>. <br/><br/>Mariko<br/></strong></div><br/>She folded it up and tossed it onto the desk of the new girl. With any luck, she'd both be interested in the right gender and not be put off by the wording. Otherwise, well, Mariko really wouldn't be worse off than before, but....<br/><br/><br/><sup>1</sup>Akiko, of course.<br/><sup>2</sup>A reference to the breastfeeding mentioned a couple posts above, if at all unclear.<sup>3</sup><br/><sup>3</sup>These are mostly here because I like footnotes.