Chapter 2: Keep Your Head Down

Chapter 2: Keep Your Head Down is the second chapter of Deer River V1.

Blurb
After a rough first day, Kaede meets with Deer River's theatrics department head, the famed actress Diantha. But when the conversation shifts to wedgies, Kaede begins to lose hope. And as she sees more and more nerds being bullied, Kaede's sense of justice begins to waver.

Long Summary
The next day, Kaede schedules a meeting with the department head of the Theatrics Department, Diantha, who also happens to be Kaede’s favorite celebrity. Diantha talks about music and compliments Kaede’s essay application, before expressing concern over the freshman’s “unfortunate first day.” Kaede blushes at the fact that even professors like Diantha know about the flagpole wedgie she had been given yesterday.

Stammering in her response, Kaede asks Diantha how frequent wedgies are at Deer River. Diantha explains that the professors are well-aware of the issue, but that they’re ultimately powerless to prevent the bullying from happening. The professor concludes the meeting by explaining to Kaede that it’s best to either stand up for herself against the bullies or to keep her head down and avoid trouble.

Disappointed by the reality of the situation, Kaede walks to her first class, all while witnessing various amounts of bullying taking place across campus. She witnesses two unnamed girls being hung outside a second-story window by their panties, as well as a copious amount of locker-stuffings and swirlies being given out to other students. While Kaede is pained by what she sees, the pianist ultimately follows Diantha’s advice and keeps her head down.

Right as Kaede is about to reach her class, she notices Yukiko Amagi being given a bouncing wedgie by Amelie Lacroix, who goes by the nickname “Widowmaker.” Kaede hides and watches as Yukiko wearily asks Amelie to make the wedgie quick. As she continues to watch, Kaede is saddened to realize that Yukiko has gotten used to bullying, which is why she doesn’t resist. Taking a deep breath, Kaede ultimately decides to step in and intervene, thinking to herself that Makoto would do the same thing.

Despite her best efforts, however, Kaede is almost immediately grabbed by Amelie and wedgied alongside Yukiko. The two girls are given a cross-atomic wedgie, with Kaede’s panties snapped over Yukiko’s face and vice-versa. Both girls suffer tremendously from the wedgie, to the point where even Yukiko, in a sharp contrast to her earlier submissiveness, is desperately attempting to snap the waistband off her nose. Kaede begins to lose hope in Deer River as she, too, suffers from the wedgie.

Soon, however, Diantha appears, reminding Amelie that they’ve “had this discussion before.” Still stuck with Yukiko’s panties over her face, Kaede doesn’t realize what’s happening at first, only picking up on a loud squeal of pain ringing out from behind them. Once Diantha releases the pair from the cross-atomic, however, Kaede sees that Diantha has Amelie suspended off the ground by her panties.

Commenting that Amelie has earned herself a detention, as well as teasing her over her bully nickname, Diantha explains that professors are allowed to wedgie students when they misbehave and bully others. Encouraging Kaede and Yukiko to stand up for themselves more often, Diantha then leads Amelie away, all while continuing to dangle her off the ground by her panties.

Embarrassed, Yukiko thanks Kaede for stepping in and trying to rescue her, to which Kaede states that it was simply “the right thing to do.” At that moment, Kaede realizes that she helped Yukiko in a similar manner to how Makoto assisted her yesterday. Regaining her hope for Deer River, Kaede then asks Yukiko if she would like to hang out later, to which Yukiko happily accepts.

Characters

 * Kaede Akamatsu
 * Diantha (debut)
 * Yukiko Amagi (debut)
 * Amélie Lacroix (debut)
 * Weiss Schnee (cameo)
 * Flannery (cameo)

Character Notes/Trivia

 * This chapter marks the first and only time a detention has been seen being given out to a bully.
 * While ultimately going unnamed, the two girls who are hung outside the second-story window are intended to be Weiss Schnee and Flannery.
 * Weiss would later make her first mainline appearance in Volume II during Chapter 16: Ignite.