The day after I submitted my club application form without issue.
âSeriously? I turn around and Rantan joins the club!? Nn~ Woohoo!â
Honoka shot off a question towards Ranko looking for confirmation who returned a small nod and a, âYeah.â In response, Honoka raised the energy in the room, throwing her arms in the air together with Yuzurihaâs. âOh yeah, sweet! Yuzurin! Letâs dance!â And so they did. These two are incredibly close togetherâŠâŠcute.
This is the result I get when they found out I turned in the application. I wouldnât be surprised if Iâve already used up my luck in life becoming the club leader of these girls. Fufufu, and they have no clue that the poisonous fangs of my yuri harem are slowly sinking inâŠâŠ What? It shouldnât be a problem even if yuri poison circulates all throughout your body. So my yuri harem is perfectly fine!
âThen Then Thenâ! Then a word from our newest member Rantan!â
Honoka raised a loud voice. She threw out her hand like an announcer welcoming on a guest to their talk show. That meant though that she took her hand away just as she was spinning Yuzuriha aroundâŠâŠ.I made sure to support her before she fell down.
âHm?â
âNo, the club hasnât started yet, nor is the clubâs formation set in stone.â
âHmm~, well isnât it fine?â
Ranko tilted her head. I hastily tried tempering everyoneâs expectations, but Sakiâs smooth voice brushed mine away.
âIt sounds like itâs already been decided anywayâ! So then. A word a word a wordâ!â
âShow usâŠâŠ.your enthusiasmâ
âThatâs our Yuzurin!â
My words have gone completely ignored as Honoka continued to raise the tension and Yuzuriha pointed a fake microphone towards Rankoâs face. Honoka is jumping on the bandwagon and acting like a reporterâs cameraman.Â
Ranko shook her head and shrugged her shoulders. She then let out a long, amazed sigh.
âIâm just going to do what I want.â
âSounds goodâ! Do what you want! Freedom is our motto around here!â
âFreedomâŠâŠspread the wings of libertyâŠâŠâ
âItâs no exaggeration to say that is the point of everything! Yes! Freedom!â
Honoka is already dancing her way across Rankoâs nerves.Â
âFirst thing in the morning and sheâs this livelyâ
âSo trueââ
Saki and I watched them go. Sometimes I watch them and the image of me and Saki being parents flashes through my mind. Mama Saki and Papa Yuriha. Hm? You donât think it suits me?
âBy the way!â
Honoka abruptly threw her arms into the air.
âWhat is it all of the sudden?â
âWhat could it be~?â
It caused the both of us to jump.
âFufufuâ. Surprisedâ? What what whatâ?â
Sheâs picking a fight. After that, âDururururururururururu,â she started her own drum roll with her tongue.â
âDururururururururururu,â
âUmâŠâŠ..â
âDururururururururururu,â
âToo longâ
She finally ended with a flourish after I gave in and released a tsukkomi. She then spread out her arms and legs in a 性 pose.
âYuzurin and I are now sharing a room together!â
Dun Dun Dunnn. The drumroll was replaced by an orchestraÂč. There was a second where I didnât quite understand what the words, âsharing a room,â meant, so I mindlessly exchanged a look with Saki during that time.
âA-A room share?â
âYep Yep!â
âAs in, the same room as Yuzu~?â
âYou got it! Iâll be intruding on Yuzurinâs room every day!â
She stuck out her index finger and pointed it towards the heavens, striking a tremendous victory pose. Cute every single time, butâŠâŠ
âHohâŠâŠ The dorms is it? I thought you had to fill out an application before the opening ceremony, but were there cases where they let people in after the fact?â
Yeah, the cut off point should have passed almost a week ago now. Ranko was thinking the same thing I was and brought it up.
My gaze invariably fell on Yuzuriha as I pondered the reasons for the exceptionââsomehow or other she was able to guess the conclusion that formed in my mind from my expression alone.
âI-IâŠâŠIâm not good with peopleâŠâŠI was scared, so I stayed with my parents in the beginningâŠâŠbutâŠ..because it would be with HonokaâŠâŠ.â
âYeah! And I was in a room by myself anyways. So we just had me move to a different oneââ
Honoka was suspiciously moving her hands in the air like she was casting some kind of spellâŠâŠyou didnât hypnotize Yuzurin to get this result did you?
âThatâs fantastic then~! Iâm glad to hear youâll be able to enjoy yourself now~â
âM-Mm. I was lonelyâŠâŠâ
Saki was just like a mother with her hands entwined together in front of her chest. Yuzuriha blushed and shyly averted her gaze, but she looked happy.Â
âHeheheâ. Will I get in some sexual harassment every day now?â
âYou arenât âgettingâ to do anything.â
Again and again I have to cut down her wild ideas.
âItâs okay, Honoka doesnât do those kinds of thingsâŠâŠ.â
âUghâ
Honoka let slip a small groan beneath Yuzurihaâs pure, innocent eyes. It seems she canât bring herself to dirty a pure and innocent lolita girl. To tell the truth, I was a little worried, but YuzurinâŠ..youâre joking right?
However before we could go any further, I had a bucket of cold water thrown over me.
âFujisaki. A minuteâ
When I looked for the voice that called my name, I found Sensei rifling through some paperwork at her desk in the front of the room.Â
âYes, Iâll be right over.â
I pushed back my nervousness and answered back.
âDid you do somethingââ
âWell, it probably has something to do with the photography club.â
Honoka tried teasing me a little as I got up out of my seat.
âSee ya~â
âSee you laterââ
I had Saki and Honoka waving their arms in the air as they saw me off. Yuzuriha and Ranko were a bit more sensible, waving their hands from in front of their chests. With their support calming down my nerves a bit, I made my way over to our teacher.Â
âSo, do you know why I called you?â
âYesâ
A short reply.
âYou might be shocked, but are you ready to hearâŠâŠ.?â
âY-YesâŠâŠ..â
âItâs about your clubâŠâŠ..â
Her voice trailed off. Thatâs worrying.
âWhat? Donât tell meâŠâŠâ
Sensei averted her gaze towards her feet and shook her head. I kept opening and closing my mouth to say something, but the words got stuck in my throat every time. A feeling of weightlessness washed over me. She told me this was a sure thing, butâŠâŠ.
âI-It didnât passâŠâŠ.?â
When I finally manage to choke out the words, Sensei took a deep breath and finally met my gaze.Â
KuâŠâŠ Well, I was prepared for thisâŠâŠso I guess Iâll just have to accept it. There are other places I can use to promote my yuri yuri timeâŠâŠ.
is what I thought.
ââŠâŠit passedâ
âThatâŠâŠ.HuhâŠâŠ?â
âYour application passed. How about it? I said you would be shocked.â
She laughed with a large smile on her face and spread out her arms like she was revealing some grand trick. There was a second there where my brain had gone blank, but after her words finally sank in, a wave of relief washed over me.Â
âSensei, please donât scare me like thatââ
âHahaha. Sorry sorry. Itâs because youâve been stiff since all this first began. You needed to lose some tension between your shoulders.â
Did I look that uptight? Itâs true that I didnât know what kind of distance I should take with this person. No but, whatâs so wrong about trying to look strait-laced in front of your teacherâŠâŠ Oh jeez, I tried expressing my annoyance brushing away Senseiâs hands as she continued to poke fun at me.
âYou seriously scared me. I thought my heart was going to leap out of my chest.â
âItâs my signature delay technique.â
âItâs not necessary.â
I crossed my arms and looked away. It worked in getting Sensei to back down, and she began patting my shoulders while laughing, âMy badâ
âI just wanted us to get along better. Forgive meâ
âWell, itâs fine I guessâ
I moved my head a little and looked Sensei over with one eye. Her firm expression was still playful, but there was also a certain level of seriousness exuding from it.
âItâs the club you put the effort into starting up. I may not be participating in it myself, but I want to support you.â
âIs that the truth?â
âOf courseâ
Sensei gave an enthusiastic nod when I asked.Â
âBecause you have no experience with this right? No, itâs because you have no experience that I want you to see the beauty of this school through the photography club with clear eyes, enjoy it, and capture what you want.â
Her gaze never left mine as she spoke. Mm, she really does have an emotional attachment to the photography club.
âYou sure do like photography Sensei.â
âI think itâs only natural that someone would. Doesnât it feel like a shame for something to fade away without anyone being able to experience it? Even if itâs an amateur doing it, I want someone to leave behind a record of the scenery for future students.â
âI seeâ
I fell back into thought and nodded.Â
âIâm not sure if Iâll be able to meet your expectations, but Iâll do my best.â
âFufu. Sorry to put so much pressure on you. Feel free to do what you want.â
âI most certainly will~â
I responded with a light tone after figuring it was okay to be honest with her. Iâm more than happy to do as she says and take photos at my leisure.
Well, I wonât be just shooting the scenery though.
âThatâll be all. First period will be starting soon.â
âOh, already?â
When I checked the clock hanging on the wall, I saw that there was only another five minutes until class began. However when I looked back down, Sensei was already on her way.Â
âSee you laterâ
Sensei was already halfway down the hall, waving her hand without waiting for my reply. I saw her off and bowed, knowing she wouldnât see.Â
There is a part of me that feels like Iâm being made to dance in the palm of her hand, but so far it everything has been going my way.
Yosh, all thatâs left is to claim our paradise, our clubroom.