snappy.She was just standing again when Kaito tried to sit up too.
He grabbed her arm to keep from falling again. - That also lasted ... a whole 10 seconds, because then they were back on the ice. - This time, however, Kaito was lying on top of Rose, who then hissed: "Get off me!" - And with these words she pushed him away so that he was now lying on his back like a turtle next to her.

From the finish line they heard Robin and Aoko cheering them on.
The two thieves looked at their friends in astonishment. "They ... are already ... at the finish line?" Rose asked her partner in disbelief as she straightened up. "Well ... it looks like ..." he said dejectedly. - In all their argument, they hadn't even noticed that Team 9 had overtaken them in their first fall.
- The other teams had now also reached the ice surface. -
Rose gritted her teeth: “Well! - At least second place!” Kaito, who was still on the cross, didn't know what she was getting at: “Huh?”Rose looked at him devilishly and said: "I told you that I would drag you afterwards if necessary!" And then she started walking.
"Are you crazy?" shouted the Japanese as he was dragged across the ice. But Rose just grinned: "What do you have? - You have a thick jacket on that absorbs the friction!"

Saguru and Akako couldn't hold back from laughing.

Robin and Aoko, on the other hand, stared at Team 8, totally perplexed.
*Oh my goodness! - The poor guy! - But whatever. - He deserves it ... somehow ... * were Robin's thoughts.
Aoko wasn't sure what to make of it. - On the one hand she was worried, but on the other hand ... "Hold on! Come on! You can do it!" she yelled at the team.
Robin looked at her somewhat shocked and thought: * What's THAT on it? - Anyone who has such friends ... * But finally she screamed: "Come on! Just a few more meters! Forward!"

A few seconds later, Team 8 actually crossed the finish line second.- Exhausted, Rose let herself fall on the bottom of her pants: "I can't go on!" Robin ruffled her hair and said: "Well done!"
Aoko came to Kaito very happy and grinned all over his face: "Great! You did it!" An irritated "Huh?" was all that came from the immobile boy. "Well, you took 2nd place! That's something! Especially when you consider that you can't ice skate at all ..." grinned Aoko, who was just as happy about that as about her 1st place.
"But of course that's something," confirmed Saguru, who also came up to Kaito with a grin. "I just missed you ..." Kaito uttered annoyed.
"Really! Don't you want to get up slowly?" Aoko said pointedly. "Get up? I'm happy if I can move a bone at all."
Robin laughed while Rose was now completely on the ice from exhaustion.

At the award ceremony, Robin was presented with the statue with the sapphires, while Aoko received the one with the rubies.- That exhausting day was now over.
In the evening, all the students who had taken part in the tournament lay completely motionless in their beds.

"I just want to sleep ... So please leave me alone ..." mumbled Kaito, who had actually made it to the hostel, when Akako asked how he was doing.

"That was more exhausting than any coup I've ever made ..." Rose uttered completely exhausted.
"Oh no!" was suddenly heard from Robin. - Rose pulled the covers over her head and whispered to herself: "I don't want to know." - Robin turned around from the backpack in which she had been scurrying around and said, shocked: "Rose!" "No ... I don't want anything hear more ... No matter what it is ... "came from under the covers. "There ... but there is a problem ..." "I don't care! I want to be quiet for today!" "But ..." Rose sat up, threw the blanket from her and shouted: "NO-EN!" "We but have the wrong statue ... "said Robin sheepishly."SHIT!" was the only thing the pale rose could say about it.
"You have to exchange them before Aoko's class leaves," warned Robin. - Rose sighed: "When are you leaving?" "I don't know exactly. - Either tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow ..." "WIIIEEE PLEASE ??? That means that I have to go now!" "it came sadly from Robin.

While Rose was changing, she continued to scold: "If you really have to win the tournament, you can also watch out which statue you get." "Sorry," Robin repeated. "And I can pay for it again. - That's sooo typical!" "I'm sorry ..." "And stop repeating yourself all the time!" "It's okay ... How about this: If everything works out, I'll be one for you Pleased guilty, "suggested Robin. - Rose screwed up her eyes, came up to her and hissed: "You owe me something anyway. - Because of the thing back then ... your stupid perfume ..." Robin raised her hands defensively and ducked a little when she said: "Yes -Yes i know…"Rose straightened up again, took the fake statue and went to the window to open it: "Close it if someone should come into the room ..." "Yes, yes. - As always." - Rose nodded. - "Then: good luck", Robin wished her friend. - She smiled: "It will go wrong."
"Hopefully not ..." Robin whispered as Rose jumped out the window.

Once at Aoko's hostel, Rose first had to peer through all the windows to find their room. * My goodness ... somehow I feel like a spanner right now ... *
But finally she found the right one and opened the window almost noiselessly. * Breaking into a girl's bedroom is really not my thing ... Somehow it's much more private than that of boys ... *
Then she saw the real Snow Princess on the bedside table. * Okay ... swap quickly and then let's get out of here! *
But just as she was about to make her way to the window again, Aoko woke up. "What?Who's there? "She asked when she noticed a shadow in the room." Damn it ... Where's the stupid light switch? "
Rose acted instinctively without realizing what she was doing at that moment. - As with all her other raids, when she broke into men's houses, she did what she usually did with everyone else when they caught her ...
Aoko's eyes got bigger and bigger when Rose kissed her completely unexpectedly. - When the thief noticed WHO she was pressing her lips on, she jumped back, stumbled a few steps backwards, but caught herself briefly, only to flee out the window.

Aoko sat frozen and shocked on the bed for a few seconds until Keiko¹ (with whom she shared the room) asked sleepily: "What are you doing? Why are you sitting in bed? Are you not feeling well?" Click

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02.02.

Akako found out about it from Keiko and immediately stormed into the room to Kaito, who was brushing his teeth while half asleep.
"KAITO!" she roared across the room when she didn't see it at once.
With the screaming more lively than before, he peeked out of the bathroom: “What is it?” With a scowl, she hissed: “I have to talk to you! Immediately!” “Is it still okay? get ready, "he said in a disgruntled mood.“It's important!” With the words “You can still wait a few minutes until I'm finished,” he retreated back into the bathroom.
"Were you at Aoko's last night?" Akako asked suddenly. "Are you crazy? What should I be there?" - Her look became thoughtful when she replied: "She was attacked last night ..."
Kaito was already standing excitedly in front of his classmate, wearing only a pair of trousers: "What? How is she? What happened?" - Akako blushed slightly when she saw him like this.
"Now tell me! What happened?" he hissed at her. - She caught herself again and finally continued: "Nothing happened to her ... But ..." "But what? Now talk!" he demanded. "Tell me ... is Red Rose really a woman?" "What? What does that have to do with it now?" "Well ... So ... It's so ..." And so she told him everything ...

Robin still got no answer from Rose when she asked her for the 10th time after last night.

That same afternoon, Kaito came to the village where Rose and Robin were staying at the time.Completely excited, he rushed to the German thief and grabbed her by the collar before she could react: "What did you do?" "I ... um ... it was an accident ..." she started to stutter. "Accident? Is that a joke? - Do you have the slightest idea how she is doing?" "I ... it was ... a kind of instinct ... it wasn't on purpose ..." she started to howl.
Robin, who was standing next to it, totally perplexed, asked: "What happened?" But a short, sharp glance from Kaito silenced her.
"She is completely beside herself. - What were you thinking about?" his interrogation went on. "Nothing at all ..." "Why did you break into her in the first place?"
"We had the wrong statues," interrupted Robin. "She should just exchange them. - What the hell is going on now? What have you got? What happened yesterday?" "Didn't she tell you that?" Kaito asked suspiciously. - But Robin only shook his head as an answer.The Japanese let go of Rose again and finally said softly with a flushed cheek: "She kissed her!" "She has WAAAS ???" it came from Robin in disbelief.
"Do you still have them all? Why did you do THAT?" it came from Robin indignantly. "It was an accident ..." answered Rose, tears of desperation in her eyes. "A stupid mishap ..."

Kaito, who was beginning to believe her, took a few steps back when he realized that it didn't really help to scream at her about it. So he withdrew and went back to the inn of his class.

Rose's last words on the matter were, "I'll never get into women again! NEVER AGAIN!"

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