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Today is a day without housework and club activities. Let’s go home early and love Hiyori for the first time in a while.
“Hey, Ryoma.”
“Yes!?”
The only people who call me Ryoma are Arisa, Tsumugi, and Shizuku-san, although they call me “kun”.
Thinking back on the past, Hina was the same. I was very surprised because no other girls had ever called me by my name. In front of me were two girls who I had never really spoken to.
But I knew these girls well.
“Miyoshi-san, Matoba-san.”
“Hey, Ryoma. You’re free today, right? Can you talk to us on your way home?”
“That’s”
The beautiful gal who is the pride of her class. In my opinion, they are the most talked-about girls in the class.
These are the girls that Arisa and I talk about quite a bit.
Arisa’s flashy clothes were influenced by these girls.
Tsumugi’s girly clothes and Shizuku’s grown-up clothes were also influenced by these girls.
They both had a liking for Reo. Now they seem to have a fondness for each other without romance.
“About the confession the other day…….”
These girls have a strong bond with Arisa, so I probably can’t just deal with them carelessly.
“I understand. It’s fine.”
“You’re really using honorifics, aren’t you? We don’t mind, do we?”
“That’s right.”
“I made a promise to Arisa…… She rejected me, but we’re still friends.”
“Hmm.”
I’d rather not be questioned too much about that lie I confessed back then.
“More importantly, you call me by my name?”
“Because the other three girls call you by your name, too. Then we’ll call you by your name, too.”
“That’s right.”
Okay. And so, the two gals took me to a food truck cafe on the way home from school.
An introvert surrounded by two gals. Do gals who are kind to otaku really exist?
“You’re actually dating Arisa, aren’t you? Was there any point in confessing a lie like that?”
“That’s right.”
Guh, I can understand that. Actually, the boys in Reo Group said the same thing to me. They were mostly consoling, but I guess it’s impossible for girls.
“Arisa only talks about Ryoma. I thought it might be a love triangle with Tsumugi, but …… Ryoma only sees Arisa.”
“Yeah.”
“I won’t deny it,……. Yes, thank you both for being so friendly with Tsumugi as well. As a childhood friend, I was worried about her.”
Let me change the subject. This is a bitter pill to swallow.
“Tsumugi has gotten better since she started putting herself out there. When I talk to her, I think she’s a good girl and quite funny.”
“That’s true.”
I’m glad to hear that. It’s good that Tsumugi has more friends.
“But sometimes her behavior is annoying, so please be careful. I heard that she was really disliked”
“That’s true.”
“Ugh”
I guess Tsumugi’s behavior is something she was born with. Even if I said something, it’s not like it would fix it.
“Thanks for staying with me.”
“Eh, are you done?”
I was surprised because I thought she was going to ask me a lot more questions.
“I asked Arisa and Shizuku too but they were vague, so I guess there’s probably a reason. It’s hard for me as a friend that they won’t tell me, but well, those things happen.”
“I know.”
“I’m sorry. That’s right.”
“Well, we just want Alisa to be happy, and we’ll help you if you need anything.”
“Thank you very much. I appreciate it.”
Both Miyoshi and Matoba are very nice people. They are kind to gals and otaku! Maybe it’s because of Arisa’s popularity. The more people who cooperate with what I’m trying to do, the happier I am.
Maybe I should ask the others in Reo’s Group too. It’s a tough decision, though, since they both used to like Arisa.
“I’m going to the bathroom.”
Miyoshi-san excused herself for a moment. Matoba was the only one who remained.
“Hey, I’d like to ask you something.”
“Yes?!”
Matoba-san, spoke up! To be honest, I was confused.
“As for me, I still think that Arisa and Ryoma’s mutual feelings are a misunderstanding, and that they’re not a good match.”
“Hee?”
“I can’t say this in front of her, but I don’t think Reo and Shizuku are right for each other either.”
What is this person saying? What does she mean by saying that to me…? Surely she’s doing something like that to make things worse…? Am I making more enemies by coming here? No way.
“I think the best couple is Ryoma and Reo.”
“Ha?”
“Did you actually cause such a commotion because you want to go out with Reo? If that’s the case, I’m super supportive.”
“That’s totally not true!”
“Tch”
No way. I never thought that gal was corrupt. There are all kinds of people.
“I’m back. Hey, did you talk to Ryoma? We’re best friends now, aren’t we?”
“That’s right.”
I’m getting a headache. Well, it won’t interfere with the …… plan.
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Today, me, Shizuku, and Tsumugi were heading out to a certain place. I shared with Tsumugi what we had discussed earlier.
“Oh, I wanted to join you too! I had dinner with Shizuku-chan and Arisa-chan later.”
“Reo was there, too.”
“Reo is not important. I’ve been so busy with the cheerleading squad that I haven’t been able to hang out with everyone.”
Hiiragi Tsumugi is a childhood friend of mine and Reo’s.
A cute girl with long black hair and wide eyes. At first glance, she has a very gentle and innocent personality, so she is very popular with the opposite sex.
The other day, she got into a bit of trouble, but it was resolved without incident and she seems to be spending her time without any problems now. She has made new friends such as Arisa and Shizuku-san, and her real life in high school has begun.
“The Cheerleading Club’s performance at the festival. We’re preparing it right now,……, so please wait a little longer.”
“That’s fine, but are you okay, Ryouma? The class performances, the club performances. It seems like you’re clearly overworking yourself.”
“it’s okay.”
“It’s our job to ease that burden for Ryouma-kun. I’ll ask Tsumugi-san to help out, too.”
“Yes! I was always alone at the school festival! So I was really happy to be able to participate in activities with everyone.”
I and Shizuku-san can only laugh.
Tsumugi has a natural tendency to be disliked, so she was not very popular with her peers. This was due to her personality, which was too popular with men.
“Well, we are here.”
The three of us are headed to the school where Konohana Sakuya is the student council president, and we are going to plan the school festival together.
I had an appointment to meet with Konohana Sakuya for a meeting as part of the cultural festival executive committee.
“It’s almost visiting time, so let’s go inside.”
“Oh, are we the only three? I thought the president of our high school would be joining us.”
The other party is the student council president, so it would make sense for us to bring out the student council president as well. There is not a single student member here. I don’t know who belongs to the student council at all.
“I’m the acting student council president, so I’ll be fine.”
Shizuku-san said.
“As a candidate for the next student council president, I’ve been delegated full authority, so I can make all the decisions at my own discretion. You’re lucky I’m here.”
“I’m baffled by the amount of information available”
“Shizuku chan, you’re amazing!”
What is this girl talking about? I didn’t expect that.
“The current student council president, a third-year student, says she wants to focus on studying for her entrance exams. The current student council is almost all third-year students.”
“So why is Shizuku-san the acting student council president?”
“Because the student council president is a member of Reo’s fan club.”
That makes sense. Reo is the most popular person in the school and the head of Hirasawa Reo’s fan club is his girlfriend, Otsuki Shizuku.
“I’m planning to be the next student council president. This way, the school can support Reo more as a whole. I’m going to make sure that the student council is made up of people who love Reo.”
“Until recently, you were hiding behind Arisa, but before I knew it, you had become a powerful person who controls the school.”
“If it wasn’t for this position, you wouldn’t be able to visit Konohana-san, would you?”
I feel like the true power of this girl, Otsuki Shizuku, is starting to become clear. All Tsumugi can say is “amazing”, so maybe I’m the only one who thinks this danger is scary.
“So let’s go. We had a meeting last time, so I think we can go straight in.”
I felt like her back was big even though she was the smallest… . Reo must have made an amazing girl to be his girlfriend. After receiving permission to enter, we walked into the school. I put on a hat to protect myself just in case.
“There’s a really pretty girl here…..”
“She’s not as pretty as Konohana president.”
Walking in the school, Tsumugi’s cuteness naturally begins to be revealed.
“People are staring at me for some reason. I wonder what it’s about.”
Arisa would probably pretend not to notice.
Arisa is aware that she is extremely cute, and she gets teased for getting embarrassed by her face. Tsumugi probably thinks she’s cute too, but she doesn’t have that much confidence in herself so she doesn’t notice.
That’s what makes her so popular with the boys.
“I knew it was the right decision to bring Tsumugi san”
“If it weren’t for Arisa, she would be called the most beautiful girl in the school.”
“When she makes eye contact with a guy, she smiles. I think she’s a natural. I think she could be an idol.”
“If that’s what she wants.”
The boys who were smiled at were melting down to Tsumugi. On holidays and other occasions, she dresses in mine fashion, but she is serious at heart and dresses properly for schoolwork.
She had become a gal for a while.
I arrived at the student council room. I’m feeling a bit nervous. The last time I met her was when she was pissed off. But I have to meet her. I can’t run away.
“Excuse me. I’m Otsuki Shizuku. President Konohana.”
“Yes, please come in.”
With Otsuki-san in front of me, Tsumugi and I followed her
“Welcome to our school. I’m glad you’re here, Shizuku-san.”
“The last time we had a meeting was at a café. This is the first time I’ve been to your school and it’s a wonderful environment. It’s a wonderful environment.”
“Nicely said. As expected of someone who is said to be the surest candidate to become the next student council president. Are those people the new executive committee members?”
“Yes, that’s right. As I told you before, Hiiragi here will be sent to your school to act as a link between the two.”
“My name is Hiiragi Tsumugi. I am looking forward to working with you.”
Tsumugi bowed slowly with a beautiful gesture.
“Please take good care of me. But you’re so good looking that the boys in my school are going to be very nervous about you.”
“I don’t think I’m as good as Konohana-senpai, but I’ll do my best!”
A pinch of kyun and a cute gesture.
“Now, the last one.”
Shizuku-san pushes me out.
“He is the central figure of our school’s festival committee. I would be very happy if you could use him to your advantage at your school.”
What a ridiculous thing to say, Shizuku-san. I’m sure she’s not telling the truth. I took off my hat. I wondered if she would remember me.
“If you say so …… ! Why are you there?!”
“It’s been a while. Konohana-senpai.”
“How dare you show yourself in front of me so brazenly? I told you never to show it to me again. Now get out of here.”
“you can’t do that.”
It was Shizuku who said that.
“I heard that he has a history with Konohana president. That’s why he was going to withdraw from the executive committee, but I kept him. He is indispensable to this joint cultural festival.”
“That can’t be true! Such an ordinary man cannot be useful. Acting President Otsuki. I cannot accept this man alone.”
“He may have been mediocre in junior high school. But at our school, he changed his mind and he is working very hard. Even if Chairman Konohana says no, he himself knows that he has no right to do so.””
“……”
Shizuku-san, you are so talkative. Chairman Konohana, who was completely invincible when she was in junior high school, is frightened by that good argument. Well, maybe it’s because she’s not at peace with my situation.
Maybe it’s because I’m not calm about it.
“I make no excuses for what I did in middle school. I don’t think I can ever fully atone for my sins, but I would like to do everything in my power to help make this school festival a success.”
“As I said before, Hiiragi is in charge of direct communication with your school, and I will take responsibility. Kogure here will basically focus on our school’s activities, so he won’t be working directly with president Konohana.”
“….That’s fine. But in return, that man will be banned from the school.”
“I heard from Otsuki acting student council president that Konohana-senpai will be getting her vote in the beauty pageant at the school festival.”
“….”
Whenever I speak, she stares at me.
“I remembered what we discussed in our last meeting. I think we voted for the student who performed the best at the school festival.”
“What does that mean?”
“I’m going to participate in the boys’ beauty contest. I’m going to work to get your vote there.”
“Ha!? I’m for you!? it’s not possible.
You are the one who hurt Hina”
“A vote from a beautiful and intelligent person like President Konohana would be a great motivation for the students of our school. By all means, please be fair.”
“Tsk.”
What a tongue-lashing. I don’t know if I’d do that here. But now that I am blocked from voting based on personal feelings, Konohana-senpai, as the student council president, must be impartial.
If you choose me there, it would be the most appropriate way to atone for my crimes against the Konohana family. In a way, it may be more important than winning the Miss Contest. Well, I will win the beauty contest, too!
My main purpose is to win Arisa.
“I’ll leave it at that for today and share with you what I have decided.”
“Yes, I’ll be counting on you.”
“Konohana-senpai.”
Senpai’s cheek twitches at this question. She really doesn’t like me.
“…… has her memory returned yet?”
“I don’t have to answer that question.”
From the looks of it, it probably was not the case. If she had come back, she would have at least been able to tell me what she had been talking about.
President Konohana and Shizuku-san had an additional meeting and decided to leave the student council room. I wonder if I will ever come here again.
I leave the school building.
“Thank you, Shizuku-san. I honestly don’t know what I would have done without Shizuku-san.”
“President Konohana is an excellent person, but she seems to be quite passionate. I was just calmly saying the obvious thing.”
“You were really great, Shizuku chan. You’re a great student council president.”
“Thank you, Tsumugi san.”
Hmm, I can’t believe this is the same girl who was harboring complexes behind Arisa’s back before…
I should say that her potential has been fulfilled after dating Reo.
I’ve heard that her grades are skyrocketing, and next year, I think we’ll have an Otsuki kingdom.
“Ryoma-kun, you must be thinking of something disgusting.”
“No way.”
“So, you said I’m supposed to be the link between this school and you, what do you need me to do?”
“You can do what you always do, Tsumugi san. You can show off your color to the fullest.”
Shizuku smiled brightly, and Tsumugi was enthusiastic, happy that she was being relied on.
“I don’t want to say anything bad about my childhood friend, but I wonder if it’ll be okay. Considering Tsumugi’s personality…”
“That’s what I’m aiming for. The boys at this school will be smitten withher because of her natural charm. If that happens, our school will practically win the beauty pageant. I think Konohana-senpai can’t be so harsh with girls from other schools, so she’ll hold off until the cultural festival is over. Even if whe gets extremely angry.”
The girls from the other day, and Shizuku-san’s way of speaking. Is Tsumugi still a bit of a natural and stepping on landmines? That reminds me.
“I heard that you introduced Tsumugi to Mizuhara san the other day. How was it?”
“The four of us, including Arisa, went out together and it was amazing. she said it was the first time she has ever met a woman who struck her so surreptitiously.”
Like Tsumugi, Arisa and Shizuku’s childhood friend, Mizuhara Kokoro. She, too, was similar to Tsumugi, having a personality that was liked by the opposite sex and disliked by the same sex. It is also a story of what would happen if two such water and oil like people were put together.
“Tsumugi-san, you and Kokoro are going to have fun together next time, right?”
“Eh!? Really?!”
“Yeah, Kokoro-chan. I don’t know how to put it, but she is on the same wavelength. When I’m with Kokoro-chan, she clearly shows me all the things I’m not good at, and I understand why everyone dislikes me.”
What kind of wavelength is that?
“Kokoro chan, there are times when I get really angry with her, but I can say what I want to say without hesitation, so it’s quite refreshing.”
So you’re saying you have a relationship where you can say things to each other without hesitation.
“Oh, Shizuku chan, do you want to go with me?”
“Absolutely not.”
I wonder how she felt. I’m really curious. I’ll ask Arisa next time.
“But Tsumugi is doing well in the new cheer club, right?”
“Yes! The best I’ve ever seen.”
How did she come up with such an answer? I decided not to ask too much. My childhood friend is too dangerous, isn’t she?
It was at that moment that three girls from another school passed by us. I recognized the face and appearance of one of them.
“Hina!”
I called out to her. The girl turned around.
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