Kaede came into the classroom right on time before HR started.
He went next to me, muttered “Sorry,” and sat down.
After that, we were close as usual but he wasn’t really touchy.
He seemed to be refraining from doing so.
He hasn’t talked about what happened yesterday, but I won’t start the conversation either.
We always talk to each other, so I don’t think the atmosphere here feels weird to other people around us.
I haven’t seen Hina yet.
I didn’t contact her and I haven’t heard from her either so I don’t know how she’s doing right now.
I wonder…what this stuffy feeling is.
Recess.
After eating with Kaede in the hall, as usual, I headed to the student council room to escape.
The student council room that I hated, but had no choice but to go to.
Today, however, it seems like a healing spot for me.
When I opened the door, President was sitting alone in a fixed position, like a lone wolf.
He looked at ease, I’m jealous.
I went inside with a light greeting and sat down on the chair near President.
“President, how can I be lonely like you?”
At that moment, something like an arrow being shot from a bow, flew by the side of my face at high speed.
It smashed into the wall behind me and rolled to the floor.
It was a ballpoint pen.
Scary!
”
”
I didn’t mean to tease him, but he seemed to be angry about it.
No, that was a lie.
I was teasing him.
I’m sorry.
“Pick it up.”
“Yes!”
I quickly picked it up so as to not offend him anymore and knelt down like a servant in a palace, holding up the ballpoint pen to him.
“What, you want to be alone?”
I thought it was over because I made him mad, but I guess he’s going to listen to me.
I didn’t talk about it in detail, but I told him the things that I had recently felt dissatisfied with.
“Hm……So you’re concerned that it’s troublesome.”
“I might be insensitive, but I just want to leave it alone for a while. I run away sometimes, but it’s kind of tiring.”
”
”
“That’s because you’re being underestimated. You should speak clearly and take a resolute attitude.”
“I see, I understand. Being dragged around by President is annoying!”
“……You really…”
The tip of the ballpoint pen was pointed at me.
It’s scary, stop!
“But you said to speak clearly!”
“So you’re saying that I’m annoying!? Ahh!?”
“That’s right, you’re annoying! Gyah!”
A ballpoint pen missile landed on my forehead.
I was hit from the side, but it hurts a lot!
“That was dangerous! Are you trying to stab my eye?!”
“Would I have been able to stab you?”
“Don’t talk about what could’ve happened!”
“Whatever, just pick it up!”
If you were going to make me pick it up, don’t throw it at me and pick it up yourself.
I presented the ballpoint pen to him again just like I did earlier while complaining internally.
If only I could disobey him and die in action.
“By the way, where’s Natsuhi-senpai?”
“He’s not here today.”
I haven’t been able to talk to Natsuhi-senpai yet.
The call didn’t connect and I haven’t heard anything from him ever since.
I feel a little lonely.
Since I call him so much, Natsuhi-senpai should call from his side too!
While I was sulking, the door of the student council room opened.
Looking back, I saw a handsome ice user standing there.
“Natsuhi-senpai!”
He stiffened and frowned as he looked at me, but came in after closing the door.
“Here! Please sit here!”
I patted the seat next to me and called out to Natsuhi-senpai.
“Shut up.”
He sat next to me while cursing at me.
For some reason, he’s averting his eyes. He seems to be in a bad mood, but I have to talk to him.
“Unlike President, I’m not a homo!”
“Stop picking a fight with me every single time!”
President is scary when he yells.
I wasn’t teasing or playing with President just now.
As I watched Natsuhi-senpai intently, his expression seemed more grim and his mood became worse in an instant.
“It’s true! I’m not a homo!”
“Shut up!”
Just in case, I said it again but he got mad.
“But I’m not lying!”
“I understand.”
“Did you really understand!? It’s really important!”
“So persistent. What’re you so desperate about?”
“Isn’t it because Natsuhi-senpai hates homos? I’d hate it if you started to hate me!”
When I said so, Natsuhi-senpai looked at me and froze.
His eyes were opened wide, he seemed surprised.
Is it that surprising?
Huh? Don’t you hate homos?
“Ah, your older brother is a homo.”
‘That’s right, his lovely older brother is a homo,’ I thought when I felt a sharp pain on my head.
Before I knew it, President grabbed my head with one hand and squeezed it as if squeezing an apple.
“It hurts! It hurts, you idiot! Your animal strength! Natsuhi-senpai, save me!”
I called out to Natsuhi-senpai for help, but I was only met with an expression that I’ve seen multiple times before. He was just looking at me as if he was looking at a poor child.
Why aren’t you helping me!?
――Knock knock.
As I endured the strength of the handsome gorilla, I heard a light knocking sound on the door.
President stopped.
It’s my saviour!
“Amachi-kun.”
The door opened and the person who popped in from the small gap was Sasaki-san.
“It’s just you!”
The word ‘saviour’ didn’t suit her to the point that I want to butt in.
She beckoned me to come.
I understood what she came here for.
“Is there an actual GPS on me?”
“Fufu……”
She disappeared behind the door with a suspicious giggle.
“Eh, really? Wait a minute, you’re joking right!?”
I’ll say this many times, but this person would actually do it.
I must ask her clearly this time.
I hurried out of the student council room so I won’t lose sight of her and chased her.
The brothers, who saw the whole thing,frowned and looked at each other.
They seemed to be quite close to each other.
It’s also very concerning how she came all the way here merely to call him.
It’s rare for an ordinary student to open the door of the student council room just like that.
Should I take it as she wants to meet him even if she has to find him here?
I knew that he was a childhood and close friend of Sakurai Haruki’s younger sister, but I don’t remember seeing a girl like that.
“Who was that just now?”
“……As if I know.”
The younger brother’s frown deepened and he left the student council room in a frustrated manner.
The older brother sighed in dismay as he heard the sound of the door slam shut.
“If you’re jealous, you can just make him yours……What’re you hesitating for?”
‘I don’t know why he’s wavering, but I should calm him down without bringing this topic up later,’ the older brother thought.
※※※
On the day Sakurai Hina was absent, Amachi Akira and Sasaki Fuuko went to school together.
They were seen spending recess together.
Amachi Akira and Sakurai Hina stood out a lot.
Due to their older brothers who stood out more than them, they stood out not only among the first years, but the whole school.
The outsiders did not overlook such an unusual event.
“Amachi Akira broke up with Sakurai Hina and started dating Sasaki Fuuko. Sakurai Hina was absent from school because of the shock.”
Such rumors started to spread.
On the other hand, the people in question who did not know such a thing was happening……
“Going all the way to the student council room to call me, what did you want?”
“I sensed an amazing presence and I was right. You normally play around with them like that, right?”
“When you say it that way, it just sounds suspicious to me.”
”
”
“Yes, I’m saying it in a suspicious way. Juggling both at one time sounds tough.”
“Tenacious as usual.”
And so on, it was a conversation nobody had anticipated.