22. it's youu!

Extra in the Student Council

22. it's youu!

"What are you doing?" Shuu tapped the brown-haired girl peeking from behind the pillar with tears in her eyes.

"!?" The girl was shocked and instantly turned around.

Shuu observed the girl. A cute young girl with short brown hair that is tied up in short pigtails with bangs covering her forehead, and her eye color is solid purple. It was Shinomiya Kaguya's cousin, Shijo Maki.

Intrigued Shuu went to see what she was peeking at. Maki, who realized what he was trying to do quickly, tried to stop him and blocked his view. But her strength was no match against Shuu, yet she still tried her best. Maki didn't realize that by doing so, their distance had shrunk by a lot.

After Shuu held Maki's hand in place so she wouldn't block her vision and he destroyed her struggle easily, he looked at what she peeked at and found the boy who asked for love advice in the student council room holding hands with a girl. which Shuu deduced was most likely a Kashiwagi girl, as he told them before. After knowing that, Shuu turned his attention to Maki again. It was clear she was tearing up looking at them.

"Let go!" She spoke with a clear, commanding tone. Even so, Shuu could only feel she was bluffing. "I see... So you like—"

"I'm not!!" Maki denied it instantly.

Then, before Shuu could say anything more,

"Insolence!" A third person came toward them. "Just what are you two doing on school grounds—?" She suddenly stopped, as she was shocked to see the situation with Shuu and Maki right now.

On the other hand, Maki and Shuu turned to their new company. It was a woman in her mid-20s with pink hair and green eyes. She has a slender and built physique, unexpectedly for a teacher. She wears a suit with black stockings and dark red high heels. It was none other than Shuchi'in's renowned, cold, strict, and gorgeous teacher, Kirisu Mafuyu.

Then, at the same time, Shuu tried to observe himself from an outsider's perspective. He was restraining a girl with force. The girl was crying, and she glared at Shuu deviantly just now.

(....) Shuu was speechless, knowing that reality, and he also understood why Kirisu-sensei was baffled. Even if he took the distance now, it was already too late for everything already seen by Kirisu-sensei. and it wasn't just Shuu who realized that Maki also realized the same things.

"You two come to the student guidance room," Mafuyu commanded.

""Yes…"" the two meekly replied and followed behind her.

***

Everything started with the entrance exam. Shuu was bewitched by the devil at that time.

(I mean, I had the ability to do it. If you're a fan of the COTE series, of course you wanted to try it, right?) That's how Shuu justified his act. What stupid deed was it? Shuu chose difficult questions to answer correctly and deliberately made a mistake on the easy questions.

Actually, Katsuragi's motto didn't prohibit Shuu from taking first place on the exam. after all, and reality was different. Someone who always got first place wouldn't guarantee success in the future either. The world wouldn't put its attention on you even if you had good grades. But Shuu didn't like to stand out either; that's why he didn't take first place.

While the other students knew nothing about what Shuu did, the teachers were different, and among them, Kirisu-sensei was the most stubborn one, as she always believed people should follow their talent, not their emotions. That's why Shuu's way of doing things was an enigma to her. Two hands weren't enough to count how many times Kirisu-sensei had confronted Shuu. She especially set her eyes on Shuu.

"Phew…" Shuu sighed as he left the student guidance room. His history with Kirisu-sensei went deep. The only reason he was let out easily was... Shuu observed Shijo Maki beside him.

"I didn't expect you would lend me a hand," he said.

"Lend you a hand? Hah," she scoffed haughtily, "I only said the truth, I never intended to help you."

Shuu looked at her strangely, he had this strange feeling toward her, but he had difficulty putting it into words.

"You're.... quite a kind person, aren't you?" Shuu replied.

"Huh!!? Are you deaf!? Don't misunderstand, I told you I only said a fact," she snapped back.

Tsundere!

depicts a person with an initially harsh personality who gradually reveals a warmer, friendlier side over time.

"They say the kind one's trait always loses to the sly one, looks like it's true," was Shuu's honest opinion after watching the pitiful girl in front of him.

"??" Maki slightly tilted her head, asking, "What do you mean?"

"You like him, don't you? The guy you peeked before"

"HUH!? Don't be ridiculous. As the one who had Shinomiya blood running through its veins, there's no way a lion would be like a mere rat!"

"Although… if he were to confess to me, i wouldn't mind going out with him."

"...." Shuu was lost for words for a moment. (I would believe it if you introduced yourself as Kaguya's twin by this point)

"Anyway, even if he didn't choose you, it's bad to ignore reality," Shuu said.

"I don't like him," she refuted again.

(Tsundere is a bother!) Shuu honestly thought

"In the first place, who are you to begin with?"

"Eh?" This time Shuu, who was confused, said, "You didn't know me?"

"What? Are you famous?" She brushed off her hair. "Am I supposed to know you?" Shuu didn't feel any malice from her, but her words sure were spicy in the ears.

(It looks like Shinomiya branch Shijo weren't that important to the Shinomiyas that they didn't tell them about Katsuragi's existence, or they might have something else behind the scenes. I'll ask Takina to tell the headquarters later.) After Shuu decided what to do, he focused on Maki again.

"You're third in our grade, and I'm fourth." Shuu said, "Does that make sense to you?"

"Aah" Maki showed an understanding look, "but I'm sorry, I didn't care about those below me. After all, I'm a prodigy."

"Says the one who lost to Shinomiya and the president," Shuu said, already quite fed up with her. "And the one who just lost his man to another woman"

"I don't like him!"

"Argh, enough is enough, you like him, don't you!?"

"No, I'm not!!"

"Yes, you are!!"

"I'm not!"

"This is the last time, enough lying, you like him!?"

"I…..mm" Maki suddenly mellowed and nodded as her face became bright red.

(Damn it! So this is the reason I liked Tsundere in the past!) Shuu quickly shifted his mind and changed the topic. Then he remembered when Kashiwagi's boyfriend asked for advice. He's also there, which means he also helped.

"That guy asked for advice from me too, that means you already lost to me," Shuu said. However, Maki's reaction wasn't what Shuu expected.

"So it's youu!!!" Maki jumped at Shuu, held his collar and swung him back and forth.

Shijo Maki's relationship progress: -200%

***

"I had a terrible time," Shuu muttered as he walked to the student council room.

Then "are… are you a whore!?" Miyuki screamed as he ran past Shuu.

"???" Shuu's head is full of question marks.

(Just what happened) he thought as he continued to the student council room, and there he saw Yuu eavesdropping at the door.

"Ishigami," he called, "I just saw the President run away; what happened here?"

Yuu was troubled about how to answer Shuu's question. Then, after a few moments, Yuu replied, "Actually, I don't know much too, Shuu-senpai." He took a few moments of silence again.

"However, I did hear Fujiwara-senpai shouting, 'I just want the president to let out his wiener'"

"Hee…" Shuu let out a smile, but if you looked at it carefully, his lips had been twitching all this time. If it's inside a comic, you could see that angry mark on his head now.

"Are you sure you didn't hear it wrong?" Shuu asked just to make sure. Still, Yuu said he was sure of it.

"I see," Shuu said with a bright smile before he took out his phone "It seems it's time for the president to leave the stage," Shuu laughed. "The stage we called the real world!"

Results of today's battle: (Due to contamination by Ishigami Yuu's misunderstanding and due to the author's bias of loving the girl Shijo Maki as much as Hayasaka Ai above Fujiwara Chika) Katsuragi Shuu's loss.