❝ Fine. Time yourself, the clocks on the wall in front of you. I'll check on you every ten minutes. ❞

❝ Halfway in 12 minutes. Good start. Don't fumble it. ❞ Aika... Umm... Seems to be complimenting Chie. She's as blank faced as ever, so it's kind of hard to tell.

❝ Twenty-eight minutes and forty two seconds. Not a record, but impressive. Your meal is free, Naoto-chan. ❞

❝ The water's on the house. Drink up, get your strength back. ❞

Aika has other customers to attend to. She'll be back in... Nine minutes now. Don't mind her, continue on

Ten minutes shall pass, and Aika will saunter on over, peeking over his bowl, though not interfering. ❝ Decent start. But I've seen better. Maybe you have what it takes. ❞

Aika just wants to know what his endgame is. Just what does Yu want?

Well he's now twenty minutes, and more than halfway through time wise; since Aika has returned to watch over him. ❝ How are you fairing so far, Narukami-san? ❞

❝ Well you've got only ten minutes. Best hurry it up, or the second offer is of the table. ❞ What second offer? Well that's a secret.

No

When'd he put glasses on– And why does Aika feel way more than just a typical school person attitude from him now?! ❝ U– Uhh... ❞ She'll just watch for these last ten minutes

Her typically stoic face was replaced with shock. ❝ T– T– Twenty-nine minutes and forty-nine seconds... Co– Congratulations... ❞

❝ .........He rushed it. DAAAAD, GET THE FUTON READYYYY ❞ A typical reaction. People rush the meal and pass out all the time. Yu would be brought to a back room and left in a futon, with Aika watching over him. ...i.e., poking him with a stick to make sure he's not dead

And yet, somehow, Aika would still be prodding him with that stick. It's not an actual, pointy stick. It's just a broom handle. ❝ Good evening. Have you learnt to not rush your meals, Yu-kun? ❞

❝ It's optional, but any who complete the Aiya challenge are allowed to go out with me. That, or you can get a t-shirt that says "I survived the Aiya Challenge" Your call. ❞

❝ Huh?! ❞ Surprise, surprise. Aika wasn't expecting that answer out of him. She'd actually had the t-shirt ready... And now she'd toss it over to the side of the room "inconspicuously".

❝ I did actually. No one takes me up on that offer. ❞ Aika shrugs, before elaborating. ❝ Or more accurately, it's only the creeps who take me up on that offer. ❞

❝ I do not. You're rather attractive, actually. I'm hoping you think the same of me, Yu-kun. ❞

Aika, but she's eat beef bowls instead of head

❝ For what reason are you doing this, though? ❞ She's simply curious, maybe wondering what all this is about.