[Meanwhile, Haruko and Satoshi were both held back in their respective classrooms for cleaning duty today. By strange coincidence, their classrooms are right next to each other. By further coincidence, they finish cleaning at almost the same time!] [Start in here!] * Haruko looks up and smiles. "Hi Satoshi!" Oh, hey, Haruko. * Satoshi reaches into his bag, pulls out his cell phone, and turns it on. He looks at it for a second. "Huh. Got something on voicemail." Wonder if it's from the gang. * Haruko waits to see. * Satoshi listens to Kyon's message. "Yep, from Kyon. I'll call back, see where they are." * Satoshi hits send. * Haruko nods. How are you doing? All right. You? * Haruko shrugs. "Classroom cleaning would be better handled by primitive robots, but my teacher wouldn't let me test that theory." [Haruko's phone rings!] * Haruko checks who is calling. [It's Eriko!] * Haruko smiles and says "Eriko!" She answers the phone. "Hi! How's Osaka? Any luck?" * Satoshi steps away from Haruko so her call doesn't interfere with his. * Satoshi hangs up and walks back. He taps Haruko on the shoulder. * Haruko glances over at Satoshi. "We've made contact. She's got thugs and likes going to other schools to chase men. Not so much a punk as a wanabee. We're finding out more today." Cool. The others are at the lockers. I'm heading over now. * Haruko nods and follows him when he goes. No, Kyon pretended to go on a date with her, but I haven't talked to him since. I'll see him in a minute or two. What's going on? * Satoshi goes! * Haruko frowns. I'll have to call her back once we get some real details. [Haruko's words fall on deaf ears, 'cause Satoshi left!] What, did she hang up? Yeah. She seems desperate. She crushes on Saki, so that's not a big surprise. * Haruko walks. They're probably too the main group at this point. [A whole buncha people pass both you and them!]