"You were absent from the first class this morning, and..." Takeo paused, looking Takuro over, from head to toe and up again. "It seems like you took the opportunity to run through some sprinklers, or go swimming." His keen eye, hawk-like in his sharpness, wouldn't miss a detail. "In a rather... viscous pool at that."

Itsuki, rapidly boiling with anxiety, broke into a nervous laugh. "Oh, um, Takuro and I fell into a frog nest."

"Frogs don't have nests," Takeo supplied.

"We know! That made it even more surprising. Imagine that, gosh!"