August 31, 8:35 AM.
In the ten whole minutes between her first seeing the three and now, Misaka Mikoto had been frozen solid. In that time, the three of them had continued to play out a crazy brawl worthy of something from the last fifteen minutes of a Hollywood movie. Unabara at times would carefully wave his hands in front of Mikoto's eyes while saying "Hellooo?". But Mikoto didn't notice, her lips were stuck on saying the "S" of "Sorry, did you wait long?", gaping at the chaos between the three of them.
(Wait, wait, wait! Are those the only people that can act as a couple with me? Would Unabara really believe that one of them could be my boyfriend…? Uwaa, they're actually talking about real-life younger stepsister issues!)
Mikoto finally unfroze, and held her head in despair. At her side, Unabara asked "Are you alright?", and Mikoto quickly turned around and squeezed out a smile before starting to look around again. No, apart from those three, there wasn't anyone else in sight. And even those three in their fighting were gradually moving away from where Mikoto was. If she didn't ditch Unabara now, she'd be stuck with him for the whole day.
There was no other choice. Even though they were still fighting a red-hot battle which didn't look like they were just playing or messing around, Mikoto still decided to choose one of those three.
So, who to choose?
(The first one, with blue hair and piercings… No way! This guy spouts jargon that even someone that reads a lot of manga like me can't understand, and seems to use two-dimensional logic on three-dimensional girls!)
Mikoto shook her head wildly.
(Then the second one, with blond hair and sunglasses… Not this guy either! From what they just said, this guy's a dangerous character that has issues with a real-life younger stepsister!)
Mikoto shook her head even more, to the point where she was starting to get dizzy.
(Then the third one… eh? Is this guy… N-no way! Definitely not this guy! Ah, but… if I don't choose him, then I'd have to choose the blue-haired one or the guy in sunglasses… Uu… This… Uwaaaaaaaaaa!)
"Ah, wait up! Where are you going, Misaka-san?"
From behind came Unabara's voice, but there was no time for him now. Distance from the target was about twenty meters. The boy was focused on the final battle and had yet to notice the incoming attack.