"Let's get elected to the Student Council!"

"Let's get elected to the Student Council!" Leo exclaimed.

I thought a new week would start with a calm breeze but instead it was a hurricane.

"I never thought I'll say this." I replied, "But please go back to when you would say 'F**k me daddy' to me every day."

"I'll be Student Council President," Leo totally ignored me. He pointed at me, poking at my chest, "And you'll be Vice President."

"No thanks," I said. "I'm already very busy with school and basketball practice, when will I even have enough time to handle student affairs as a Student Council member?"

"Just leave it all to me." He puffed out his chest and patted himself.

I rolled my eyes.

As we headed to school, I tried to dissuade Leo from going on this reckless endeavour.

"We're only sophomores," I reasoned. "No one's gonna elect us. Besides, don't you need the endorsements of half the teachers in our school before you can even file your campaign?"

To emulate the convoluted and annoying process of party nominations in this country, our school decided to follow similar rules to let student know more about the political process of the country. A student who would like to become Student Council President would need 1/2 of all teachers in our school's endorsement. Then, each class in school will participate in the primaries, where they will elect 1 delegate from each class to represent said class. Each delegate will choose one person they want as a candidate for the elections. The 2 persons with the most and second most votes from the delegates will become the nominees for the upcoming elections.

"I'm gonna get all the endorsements at lunch!" Leo pouted.

I rolled my eyes. "Do you even know how many teachers there are in this school?"

"175." Leo replied. "So I would need 88 endorsements in order to file my campaign."

"And how are you gonna get all these endorsements at lunchtime?" I asked.

"Just go to the teacher's tables and ask them to endorse me."

"You think they'll just endorse you if you ask?"

"Yes. Due to the annoying procedures for the elections, the teachers will literally endorse anyone who approaches them and asks for it."

I rolled my eyes. "Don't count me in any part of it."

Leo immediately grabbed my arm with both of his, looked up and stared at me with his puppy dog eyes. "Please, Hunter! I need you!"

I pushed Leo away. "And how am I gonna help?"

Leo rolled his eyes. "Seriously. Do you even know how popular you are at school?"

I tilted my head in confusion.

Leo took out his phone and went to the online school forum. Then, he clicked on a subgroup called, "Nosebleed".

After the page loaded, many pictures of myself appeared on the webpage. Some of me smiling, me working, me eating, me playing basketball. All these pictures have at least 1,000 likes. The comments section have at least 5,000 conversations.

My face darkened. "What is this?"

"Didn't you notice the girls taking pictures of you occasionally?"

"I mostly just ignore them, how would I know that they were doing that!" I thought inside.

"With you on the ticket, I can snatch all the girls' votes!" Leo exclaimed.

"No. I'm not doing it." I reiterated.

"I should make a complaint to the moderators and have them shut down the subgroup." I thought to myself.

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After diligently listening to the teachers in 1st and 2nd period, lunchtime arrived. I saw Leo taking out a notebook from his backpack. He flipped to the first page and quickly scribbled on it.

"Leo Wilson, Endorsements of Instructors."

Before I had a chance to talk, Leo immediately ran ahead of me and shouted, "I'm gonna go get the signatures of 88 teachers now! See you in a bit."

I sighed. "Why do you always make trouble." I thought.

I knew that Leo always had a passion for Civics but I didn't know he would go pursue his passion to this extent.

I sat down opposite Rebecca and Wilson and waited for Leo. As Leo wasn't here, Rebecca doesn't have anyone to talk to. Therefore, she started badgering James, who seemed like he was having a hard time. James looked at me, as if signalling me to stop Rebecca. I shook my head.

"Don't ask me to help you! I don't want a talking bee next to me." I thought to myself.

After half an hour, Leo returned with a notebook filled with signatures.

"Done." Leo yelled cheerfully, "Now I just need to hand this to the principal's office after school."

Rebecca and James looked quite surprised as they were not informed of Leo's decision to run for President.

However, Rebecca stated she is going to cheer for him, while James nodded in agreement.

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In the afternoon, after class ended, I headed to basketball practice while Leo rushed off to the principal's office.

By the time I finished practice, he was already waiting for me at the entrance.

"Here." Leo handed me a pin badge that read, "Vice Presidential Candidate".

"I thought I said I'm not participating in this charade." I said.

"It's too late, I've already put you on the ticket, you can't back out now." Leo replied proudly, with his chest sticking out, showing his new "Presidential Candidate" pin badge that he fixed on the right side of his chest.

"You!" Before I had a chance to say something, someone walked over.

"Mr. Lee, please come with us to the Spencer's Mansion."

It was the chauffeur from last time.

"What is this?" Leo asked in curiosity.

"Oh, Arthur's dad hired me to become Adrian's personal instructor." I replied.

"What?!"

"Don't be sur-"

"Doesn't that mean I won't get to spend time with you in the afternoon then?" Leo exclaimed.

"That's what you're surprised about?!" I wanted to talk more but the chauffeur is waiting for me. "We'll talk tonight, okay?"

"Fine." Leo pouted.

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Being back in the mansion, I felt complicated. I personally did not like being 'forced' to do something, but since this will let me establish a good relationship with the Spencer Family, I obliged.

Unlike last time, Mr. Spencer welcomed me at the entrance. "Welcome back, Hunter."

I nodded. "It seems that you have already cleaned the blood from the carpet."

"Yes, I actually spent quite a fortune on that." Mr. Spencer replied calmly. "Appearances are important, after all."

I inwardly rolled my eyes.

"Well, Hunter. Would you like to take a seat to take a look at the contract drafted by my lawyers?" Mr. Spencer asked amicably.

"Please." I replied.

We headed to the sofa next to the fireplace. A well-detailed contract was written in front of me.

I read the contract meticulously, reading it 3 times over and checking if there were any loopholes. "There's no problem with the contract." I said.

"Good." Mr. Spencer replied. He handed me an exquisitely crafted M*ntbl*nc fountain pen.

I opened the cap and signed my name on the dotted line, I then handed the pen back to Mr. Spencer. He signed as well.

Mr. Spencer took another copy of the contract and we signed it. I retained one contract while he retained the other.

"Now, Hunter. If you would come with me." Mr. Spencer said.

The contract stipulates that any activity I engage in with Adrian within the mansion is considered 'teaching' and therefore can be counted as billable. Therefore, I was hoping to see Adrian as soon as possible.

We headed up the spiraling staircase to the second floor, then walked across the long hallway. Mr. Spencer opened the door at the end of the hallway.

"After you, Hunter."

I nodded, heading in first.

Adrian's room was very luxurious. There was a King-sized bed located on the side. He had multiple wardrobes on all sides of the room and his work desk was located opposite his bed. Adrian is currently sitting on an office chair and playing video games.

After hearing the sound of the door opening, Adrian tilted his head and saw me heading in. He immediately jumped in fright, knocking down the chair and falling to the ground. He raised his head and pointed at me while still on the ground. "You-you-you! What are you doing here!" Adrian screamed.

"Adrian, don't be rude!" Mr. Spencer scolded. "Hunter is going to be your instructor starting today, so be more polite!"

"No!" Adrian screamed. "Dad! Please! Don't let me near this guy! No!"

"It seems that I have scared you too much last time." I shook my head, muttering to myself.

I walked towards Adrian's slouched body.

"No! Get away! Don't come here!" Adrian shouted. He was too frightened to even move from his spot.

I stood in front of Adrian and knelt down. "Adrian, I'm your teacher starting from today. Please take care of me." I gave a stiff smile.