Chapter 12
(A/N Notes: This chapter is brought to you by the past me who made a bunch of drafts for this story... ... ...What? did ya'll think it was RA-)
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"Goddangit! Where is it!?"
Daichi was inside his bedroom as he desperately searched for that photo of Yuriko he had received from Yamada some time ago. He had searched every nook and cranny of his bedroom, and he still hasn't found it
"Did I perhaps leave my bag open as I made my way to school this morning, and the photo fell out of my bag? No, that's impossible, it's definitely somewhere inside my room"
He was wrong
As Daichi continued his pointless searching, he heard his phone buzzing on his desk
"? What does Yamada want at this hour? He said he didn't need my help in Youngen Ring today"
When he heard his phone's buzz, he immediately thought it was Yamada since he was the only one who messaged him at these hours of the night, usually asking for his help in a certain really hard game, they both sucked at the game. Then when he picked up his phone and turned on the screen to see the message, he became surprised to see who the sender was
"!? Y-Y-Yuriko-san messaged me!?..."
//Vice President Yamamoto-san, there is something really important I need to talk with you about tomorrow morning, please come to school early//
"C-could this be...YES! IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING!!! MY EFFORTS FINALLY PAID OFF!!!" (A/N Notes: What efforts?)
As Daichi commemorated what he thought was Yuriko planning to confess to him, someone opened the door to his room with a bang
"Keep quiet! Do you know how late it is!?"
"AH!"
It was his older sister, Yamamoto Chie, and she was angry at Daichi for making a fuss at this time in the night
"Did you hear me!?"
"Y-yes! I-I'm sorry for the fuss"
"You better be, and don't make me come back here again"
"Y-yes!"
After that brief talk, Chie went back to her room, not before slamming Daichi's bedroom door shut
"... Whew... Okay, I need to at least give Yuriko-san an answer"
Daichi began typing, and after long minutes of trying to come up with a good answer he finally sent his response
//Got it!//
That was all he sent after spending half an hour thinking about what answer to send, then he received another message from Yuriko
//Good//
Seeing the messages Daichi, decided to stop his search and went to sleep so that he could wake up early. And he never noticed at any point, the fact that Yuriko didn't call him by his given name
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The next day morning
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Daichi woke up extra early to make sure he would be looking good, he spent about an hour in the bathroom just fixing his hair, then another half an hour making stupid muscle poses, and then yet another half an hour practicing stupid one-liner poses
After wasting hours in the bathroom, his sister kicked him out of there in anger due to having to wait for two whole hours to enter the bathroom, then with no other option he went to have breakfast, but then he saw that it was in fact quite late in the morning, meaning that he would have to run with all his might to arrive early at school by a few minutes
So, he picked up his bag in a hurry and left his home with a loaf of bread in his mouth, just like classical shoujo heroines late for school. As he ran with all the desperation he could muster, he arrived at an intersection, where a shadow appeared from the corner, Daichi and the shadow collided making both of them fall down, then the shadow was revealed to be Y... YAMADA!!! (A/N Notes: It's probably funnier in my mind)
"Oww... C'mon dude! Pay more attention to where you're running!"
"That should be my line!"
"I don't have time to argue with you!"
"Me neither!"
"Then why are you arguing with me!?"
"Because you're arguing with me!"
They were both idiots as you all can see, they uselessly argued with each other for a few minutes, before they realized they still needed to run to school. So they both began running their way to school with even more desperation while also turning that into a race
After minutes of desperate running, they saw the school gates appearing, making them run even a little faster, and then on the last leg of their run, they turned and entered the school grounds...
" "Gueh!!!" "
Only for both of them to be stopped by someone grabbing them on their shirt's collar from behind, which made both of them fall on their butts, and when they looked behind to see who forcefully stopped them... They saw Yuriko standing behind them with her eyes closed as she smiled while a shadow was cast over her eyes
The moment they saw her expression and feel the atmosphere around her, they could easily see that she was angry at them, and that made the two of them freeze on the spot
"Suzuki Yamada-san. Vice president Yamamoto Daichi-san. Both of you should be aware that running inside the school grounds is prohibited. Especially you, vice president Yamamoto Daichi-san"
" "Y-Y-YESH!!!" "
They were also aware that whenever Yuriko called someone by their full name, it was a clear sign that she was particularly angry at the person
"Usually, I would not mind letting you two go with only a reprimand, but today due to certain reasons, I want you two to come to the student council room during the start of the later half of lunchtime"
" "Y-yes!" "
Thinking Yuriko's warning was over, both Daichi and Yamada turned to leave, but then...
"Vice president Yamamoto Daichi-san"
"!... Y-yes, Yu-"
"Didn't I message you yesterday with a request for you to come early today?"
"Y-yes, you did..."
"Then may I know why you are this late yet again?"
"Erm... You see... I... I was studying for my fu-"
"... Did you really think that worked on me last time?"
"!?"
"I knew since the beginning you weren't being truthful last time, but I had decided to let you off the hook because you usually are serious working half of the time. So, vice president Yamamoto-san... You better show up at the student council room during the appointed time without any delay"
"Y-Y-Y-YESH!!!" *Desperately nodding*
Yuriko made sure to emphasize her last words as her tone had a clear hint of anger, Daichi who was already scared of Yuriko's currently intimidating presence, just agreed to Yuriko's demands as he nodded with all the desperation he could
"Good, you better remember it this time... Now you are allowed to go to your classroom"
"T-thank you"
Daichi turned and then left as his legs were trembling while he felt like crying
"... *Sigh*...!"
Yuriko who kept standing in place just sighed as her anger mostly subsided after Daichi left, then for a moment, she noticed Takeru walking near the corridor windows as he looked outside. Then their eyes met for a moment, Takeru turned his head away and clearly sped up his walking pace
"..." <I really hope he doesn't hate me>
Seeing Takeru doing that after meeting her eyes, made Yuriko feel slightly dejected and sad. But she still maintained a now gentle smiling expression, as she monitored the few almost late student coming to school with some of the other members of the student council
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Meanwhile
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"..."
Takeru had returned to his classroom and was making a thinking face as he sat on his seat
"..." <I should make up with Yuriko-senpai... But I can't bring myself to talk to her anymore after... That...> "*Sigh*... Hm?"
Takeru noticed that his phone had received a message, so he picked his phone up and looked at who sent him a message
//Takkun, we need your help to care for the house!!! And make food for us for this week!!!//
"... That guy again *sigh*"
Takeru began typing his answer to his cousin-in-law, Yasu, who together with his mother, was really bad at housework, but before he could send it, Yasu had sent another messaged
//You'll be paid in cash if you accept to save us//
"..." //I'll go there after school//
Takeru was bribed to accept his cousin's request
//Great! We were worried that we would starve to death since Cano-san has been busy since a while ago//
"..." <Who the hell is Cano-san? Eh, whatever>
Takeru for the moment now had something else to fill his mind, and that was... Preparing himself for the cleaning of his cousin's family house
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Lunchtime
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It was now lunchtime, Yuriko was having her lunch on the rooftop as always, but this time she was alone since Takeru didn't come to have lunch with her
"... ... ... I really miss Takeru's presence here"
She had gotten too used to having small talks with Takeru during lunchtime, and now she was feeling depressed about having lunch alone on the rooftop
"... I really need to make up with Takeru... ... ..."
Yuriko quickly finished her lunch so that she could leave the rooftop before she got even more depressed from thinking about her current situation with Takeru. After finishing her lunch, she made her way to the student council room, and the first thing she noticed was that she was the only one there right now, granted there was still some time until the appointed time for Daichi and Yamada to come
Yuriko sat down on her seat, then she took out a paper envelope from one of her desk drawers, it was the one Takeru sneakily sent to her, she took out the contents from the envelope and checked them one last time, and immediately after she was doing her best to hold her anger and fury in place
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Sometime later
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"..."
Now there was only half an hour before the end of lunchtime, and neither Daichi nor Yamada had come yet, while Yuriko patiently waited for them to come with a smile on her face, but at the same time, it was very clear that Yuriko was angry. Then the door was opened, and Daichi entered the student council room, acting as if nothing had happened
"Yuriko-san, I came here as asked"
"Vice president Yamamoto Daichi-san, didn't I tell you to come here during the start of the later half of lunchtime without any delays?"
"... Y-yes, you did..."
"Then why are you only appearing now?"
"Ermm... You see..."
Daichi was trying to come up with an excuse for his tardiness, instead of telling the truth, that he simply forgot about the appointment and that he spent most of lunchtime fixing his appearance. But by now, Yuriko wasn't in the mood to nor did she want to hear Daichi's excuses anymore
"Enough with your excuses. Please step ahead, and come closer to my desk"
"Y-yes"
Daichi unable to go against Yuriko's intimidating atmosphere, stepped forward and stopped really close to her desk, allowing him to notice a paper envelope, a single sheet of paper, and a photo on Yuriko's hand
"I'm going to ask you a very simple question, Vice President Yamamoto Daichi-san, okay?"
"Y-yes..."
"Good, then... Care to explain why and how you had this photo of me changing clothes within your possessions?"
"!? W-W-W-W-W-W-WHY DO HAVE THAT PHOTO WITH Y-" *Covers mouth with both hands*
When Yuriko asked her question, she turned the photo in her hand toward Daichi, and he immediately recognized it. In a mix of surprise and desperation, he ended up giving himself away and only noticed the massive mistake he made when it was too late. Yuriko who finally heard the confirmation from the culprit himself had now stopped smiling and looked at Daichi with absolute disdain, disgust, and pure anger
" "..." "
They both stared at each other in silence, with Daichi heavily sweating as he felt a horrible chill run on his spine, then Yuriko once again asked Daichi another question
"Did you j***** off to this photo?" (A/N Notes: Ah yes, word censorship because... Yes, lol)
"... W-well... You see... A-about that pho-"
BAM
"!?"
Yuriko had slammed her desk with a fist with a lot of strength
"Enough of your excuses! Just say confess the truth already!!!"
"!!!... ... ... Y-yes... I-I j***** off... T-to that photo..."
Seeing and hearing Yuriko for the first time, was enough to make Daichi feel even more terrified and unable to do anything else but tell the truth to her
"I see..."
Then Yuriko got up, only intimidating Daichi even more due to their height difference since she had more than 6cm in height compared to his height of 175cm, she went around her desk and stood right beside Daichi, only making him feel that she had become way taller than him
"Now... Where and how did you get this photo?"
"..."
Daichi stayed silent
"Vice president Yamamoto Daichi-san... I asked you a question"
"..."
Daichi was sweating waterfalls, for as much as he hated it, he would still try to keep his friend Yamada away from the danger that was Yuriko right now
"So you're not going to answer my question?"
"... !!!"
Yuriko had put one of her hands on Daichi's left shoulder and began applying a lot of pressure on her grip, making Daichi feel excruciating pain, but he was still refusing to speak
" "... ... ..." "
The two stayed silent as Daichi was more and more considering giving away that it was Yamada who gave him the photo in the face of the pain he was feeling
"... So? How did you get that photo?"
"... ... ... It was from Yamada! He used those spy cameras to take photos of the girls changing clothes in some weird method!!!"
Daichi finally caved in and gave away his friend to save his own skin, but Yuriko didn't let go of his shoulder, instead, she began applying even more pressure on her grip
"So you knew who was the one behind the cameras all this time"
"... Ah cr-"
When Daichi heard Yuriko's voice filled to the brim with anger and fury, he knew he was now dead meat, and then suddenly saw his vision rapidly turning towards the ceiling as he felt something hitting his chin from below
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Outside the student council room
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"Yuriko-senpai should still be there"
Takeru after feeling a sense of guilt for not going to the rooftop to have lunch with Yuriko, had finally managed to get enough confidence to face her again, and so he was making his way to the student council room, then when he saw the door to the room come into view...
"Guhah!"
"...!?" *Freezes*
He saw the doors being opened as someone flew out of the room and hit the wall on the other side of the corridor, making Takeru freeze on the spot as he felt both surprised and scared
<Huh? It's that... ... ... Hmmm... Saishi dude>
"! H-help m-"
Then the person, Daichi, noticed Takeru and tried to ask him for help showing the face of someone who was punched in the face a lot of times
"I'm still not done teaching you a lesson!"
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!"
Then for a moment Yuriko came out of the room and dragged Daichi back inside from the leg as he screamed, then the doors were once again closed
"..." *Mechanically does a 180º turn*
Takeru mechanically turned and walked away with a blank face, to hide his terrified feeling as he was now fearing that Yuriko would do the same to him if he talked to her now
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Some time later
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"..."
Yuriko left the student council room with quite some minutes to spare until the end of lunchtime, and with her was Daichi, who was being dragged by the collar of his shirt, as his face was filled with bruises and punch marks, while his nose was also bleeding from being punched with a lot of force as well
As she made her way to her classroom, a lot of attention was grabbed her as everyone noticed an unconscious Daichi filled with punch bruises being dragged by her, and they could guess that he did something that really angered her, so they all did their best to avoid making any unnecessary contact with him
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Inside Yuriko's classroom
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"I think I'm forgetting something"
Yamada was on his seat, trying to remember what he was forgetting as he sorted the various photos he had taken with his, now gone, spy cameras while making sure none of the girls would see or notice the contents of the photos
"... Also, where the hell is Daichi? He said he would be back soon... Hm?"
Then as he looked at his photos, he noticed that the people in his classroom were making a commotion, until someone said...
"N-Nanami-sama!? W-What happened to Yamamoto-san!?"
"Don't worry your pretty head about him, he was just dealt with accordingly by me"
Yuriko patted the girl's head as she said so, which made the girl blush
"Now, if you all excuse me, I need to have a talk with Suzuki Yamada-san"
"..."
When Yamada saw what was happening, he immediately noticed what he was forgetting, but he noticed and reacted too late, as Yuriko was already standing right next to him, so he turned his head with a forced smile
"N-Nanami-san... I-is this about today's morning?"
"You will wish it was. Suzuki-san, can I ask you a question?"
"Erm... Sure?"
"Thank you, do you mind explaining why you have these things inside the girl's changing room?"
Yuriko showed Yamada one of his spy cameras that she had confiscated, and when he saw that, Yamada almost made the same mistake as Daichi, but he was quick enough to shut himself up before saying anything
"W-what are you possibly talking about, Nanami-san?"
"Quit the lying, Yamamoto-san already gave you away as he tried to save his own skin"
"DAMN YOU DAICHI!!!... Ah!... W-wait, I can explain" *Accidentally hits his bag*
And Yamada ended up giving himself away, noticing what he had just done, he tried to talk his way out, but in his desperation, he pushed his bag, which was on top of his desk, which made it fall sideways. That caused many of his photos to slide outside of his bag revealing all the photos of the girls changing clothes he had with him, and that was the final nail in his coffin
"... Nanami-san, I'm sure we can t- Gueh!!!"
Yuriko grabbed Yamada's neck as he made a face similar to a certain meme of a frog puppet being choked, as she moved to punch him in the face, while the other girls went to join her
"..."
And just outside the classroom, Takeru was making a terrified face. He had once again gathered enough courage and tried again to talk with Yuriko again, hoping that if he begged really nicely to her, she would let him go scot-free, but after seeing that scene he was currently witnessing, he decided to give up on talking with Yuriko for now, due to the fear of ending up just like those two guys
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(A/N Notes: Maybe next month or more (it's the 30 of July when I post this chapter), I might be able to get a new illustration for this story, because I don't want to overwork the artist who's already busy, so wait for another chance it is)