Lesson Learned

A/N: And we are back! I was pissing myself when the story disappeared for a bit XD

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The next two days passed in a blur of studying, and a giant ache in her chest.

Mitsuko let out a deep breath of relief when they could finally leave class and take a break.

She'd give anything to listen to another stupid story about Koro-sensei travelling the world to go to some weird event.

She adjusted her bag, walking down the hallway.

What were they all even doing right now?

Mitsuko took out her burner phone and texted Sugaya quickly.

:Anything cool happening?:

The reply came a few seconds later.

:Kayano's making a giant pudding:

She stopped and furiously texted back.

:SAVE ME SOME!!:

Sugaya texted back a laughing emoji.

:Just come get some before it gets blown up:

Blown up?

She scowled.

:YOU KNOW I CAN'T!:

Mitsuko warily glanced up at the cameras before looking down and sighing.

:I'll try to save you some:

He added a smiley face at the end.

The corner of her lips twitched upwards, slipping her phone back in her pocket. She made her way to the cafeteria to meet Gakushuu for lunch—

"Mitsuko!" Ritsu hissed from her pocket a second later.

Mitsuko raised an eyebrow and took out the phone again. "What is it?"

Ritsu's face appeared on the screen, eyes shifting back and forth nervously. "Uh...we might have a situation?"

"What?!" Mitsuko looked around quickly before hiding inside the cleaning closet. "What happened?"

Ritsu grimaced. "Okay, so I was just hacking and trying to gain access to the accounts," she began, making Mitsuko's dread grow. "And the good news is that I may have found the right passcodes for the assets your dad has set up to hide the bribery money...but I also may have accidentally set off a security warning on his laptop..."

"Are you fucking serious right now?!" Mitsuko broke out into a sweat. "Did he catch you?!"

"No!" Ritsu said quickly. "It just sent out a spyware alert, like you get when you get an email for suspicious activity and stuff," she reassured quickly. "But it means we need to act quickly before he completely changes everything in the account!"

Mitsuko quickly composed herself and nodded. "Right. Okay, so what do we need to do?"

Ritsu smiled nervously. "Well, um...how do you feel about breaking into your dad's office and hacking his laptop?"

Mitsuko stared at her for a long time.

"Are you trying to get me killed?"

"I promise it'll be quick!" Ritsu reassured. "If you hook me up to the cameras I can disable them for a little while so he won't even see!"

Mitsuko grimaced. "We are going to get caught."

"Well we could...we could have an alibi!" Ritsu suggested quickly.