The worst possible outcome
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*Written on request*

What happened in the next few moments, despite whoever would end up pointing fingers, was an honest accident. One of the girls who'd been talking about Izumi- not so much behind her back as she was talking in front of her face- went to sit down at her desk, passing by Izumi as she did so.

She may have made a few snide comments about Izumi before, but she didn't have any real malice against the much bustier girl. So when the fabric of her skirt snagged on a pencil case someone had left perched on top of their desk, leaning just a bit too far out, it truly was an accident when she stumbled, her feet catching on each other... and her body suddenly thumping against Izumi's back before she could catch her balance.

"Mmph?!" Izumi's voice came out indignant but muffled, her airways still occupied by whatever was in her mouth. As Izumi's impressive frame jolted in shock, she couldn't stop herself from reflexively swallowing...

It seemed that whatever was in her mouth was a bit too much for her, as the blue-haired girl's eyes widened as she began to choke, coughing and hacking as she grasped at a noticeable lump in her throat.

"Oh shit!" One of the other girls came up behind Izumi, and began thumping on the buxom beauty's back. It was one thing to make fun of someone, but just letting someone choke in front of them was clearly a step too far for the unnamed girl who was trying to help Izumi clear her throat.

Unfortunately for Shujin- of whom only Izumi knew of- luck was not on his side. Izumi was floundering, caught between trying to get the object Shujin out of her throat to save herself, or just dooming him by trying to swallow him down. Doing so would've definitely cleared her airways, but would almost certainly end in the poor boy's death.

The choice ultimately ended up being made by neither of them. The first girl- the one who'd tripped and bumped into Izumi- came up alongside her friend to help. Though her intentions were noble, they only aided one of the two currently in-peril students. Rather than trying to perform the Heimlich maneuver or something similar, the girl thrust her water bottle into Izumi's face. The pouring water seemed to dislodge whatever was caught in her throat, the cool liquid carrying out down her throat, past her collar, and into the depths of her abdomen.

"Sorry! I, uh... I guess you really did bite off more than you could chew." One of the girl's said with a sheepish expression on her face.

"Uh... Izumi? You didn't swallow a bug, did you?" Her friend stated, seeing the unusually pale look on Izumi's skin.

Izumi just sat in place, still as a statue, a look of horror mixed with disbelief on her face.

"N-no... Nothing like that. I just wasn't expecting her to bump into me." Izumi said shakily, nervously gripping the sides of her desk. With the apparent threat to Izumi's health gone, the two girls took their seats in the classroom away from her.

'Oh God, Oh God! What do I do? What do I do?!'

She'd swallowed Shujin! This was... this was really, really bad! Shujin... he was going to die if she didn't get him out RIGHT AWAY! Oh, why was this happening? She'd come to school expecting that it would just be another normal day, not... whatever this bizarre absolute mess of a day was! For the first time since coming into contact with him today, Izumi wished she'd never found Shujin. That he'd just stayed nice and quiet under her shirt and fallen off somewhere.

This wasn't her fault, was it? She hadn't meant to swallow him! But then, she'd also been the one who'd tossed him in the air! So it was her fault, then...

No, it wasn't! Shujin was the one who'd begged her for help- if he hadn't been so damn pitiable, he wouldn't have been with her in the first place!

But he hadn't asked to be shrunken, either.

Which meant it was Hotaru's fault! It was that crazy inventor's fault that Shujin had gotten shrunken in the first place, and that had started the chain of events that led to Izumi accidentally swallowing him! Yeah, that made sense! Grr, if she got her hands on Hotaru for stressing her out like this...

Wait, Shujin! Sitting here trying to place blame for his imminent demise wasn't going to help him! She needed to get him out right away!

But the only way to do that was to run to the bathroom to try and cough him up, and she'd probably get in trouble for missing class time...

No, she couldn't think like that- someone's life was in danger! That was way more serious than her getting a telling-off from a teacher! She needed to act quickly- the clock was ticking!


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1) Izumi dashes out of the classroom, and goes to try and cough Shujin up in the nearest girls' bathroom.
2) Izumi dilly-dallies too long, stressing over what to do... and comes to the conclusion that she's lost the opportunity to save Shujin...

2A) Shujin's still alive inside of Izumi's stomach (somehow), despite her thinking otherwise.
2B) BAD END 1. Shujin perished within the first few minutes.
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