CH 65

It's Hard to Say That It's a Duck, Not a Chick

After school, I headed for the courtyard where we were to meet.

“I wondered who would be brave enough to confess to Amane.”

“I think you need to have a lot of self-confidence, so I’d say the ace of the athletic club or the vice president of the student council.”

“The vice president has glasses? He’s got glasses!”

I’m walking down the hallway, and the three of them are following me.

I was going to sneak off to the courtyard, but they knew someone going to confess, so they followed me.

I mean, the vice president is included in Kiniwa-san’s guess, and Kiniwa-san, you can read people’s minds after all, can’t you?

“Who the hell are you to confess to onee-chan? I’ll kick your ass.”

“Who do you think you are, confessing to Amane-san? I’ll kick your ass.”

Alice and Yurizono-san are following me as if it matters of course.

That’s not all.

“Confessing to Amane-san is very brave.”

“If you’re not good, you’ll probably make enemies with about 70% of the students at our school.”

“Making enemies of Double Alice and the Takanashi group, that’s pretty bad, isn’t it?”

A large group of students followed me as we exchanged conversations.

It’s not just second-year students like me. It seems that first-years and third-years have also gathered.

I tried to run away, but there were too many of them and I didn’t think I could outrun them.

“What do you think, President?”

“Fufu, well, I don’t know…”

There was even a student council president among the gathered students.

“I’m going to have to kill any student who is so out of line as to confess to Amane-chan.”

“Please do it, head of the Public Morals Committee.”

The head of the Public Morals Committee is carrying a bamboo sword on his shoulder and radiating a killing spirit.

Most of the students were probably just looking around, but there were a few who were clearly on edge, led by the head of the Public Morals Committee.

Vice President, not kidding, you might get killed.

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A large group of students gathered in the courtyard.

Maybe most of the students in our school are gathered there.

And standing in front of me is…

“Well, you’ve done it…”

Takanashi-san, who was slightly behind me, muttered with her cheeks dyed.

“This makes me want to cheer for you.”

Kiniwa-san, standing next to Takanashi-san, put her hand on her cheek and shouted happily.

“Pretty good! That’s quite a guy!”

Then, Yanomiya-san raised her voice cheerfully.

“Well, well, if you’re going that far, I guess I can at least forgive you for confessing.”

Alice, I thought you were going to blast your opponent.

“Honestly, he took one.”

Yurizono-san, who was impressed when I told her I was going to blast the other guy too.

The person standing in front of me. Otohime Kaede, the vice president of the student council, was wearing a yellow chick headband.

He was standing there with a yellow chick on his head and a straight face, with the attention of nearly the entire school.

Her courage is certainly worthy of praise.

But――.

Vice President, I don’t like chicks, I like ducks.

It’s Takanashi-san who mistakenly thinks I like chicks.

The vice president probably got the information and made the chick headgear.

“Minazuki Amane-san!”

“Y-Yes!”

The vice president suddenly raised his voice and I replied in surprise.

“Welcome to the land of the chicks!”

At the same time as the vice president’s words, small stuffed chicks gushed out of his hands.

One by one, the stuffed chicks fall to the ground and roll around.

Then the Vice President’s face changed from a straight face to a smug one.

Is this a magic trick? He had planted a stuffed chick?

“So cute!”

“The vice president is good too.”

“Amazing! Is that magic?”

The three people behind me were overjoyed to see the vice president producing a succession of small stuffed chicks.

Alice, on the other hand――.

“I would have laughed if it was just the headgear, but if you try that hard… I feel a little sorry for you.”

Alice muttered as she looked at the vice president with eyes as if she was looking at something pitiful.

Alice knows that I like ducks, not chicks.

I mean, Kiniwa-san know too.

“Hmm, it’s terrible to catch a girl with a thing… There are so many chicks.”

When she saw the vice president trying to catch me with a chick, she sniffed and turned her head away, but then she glanced sideways at the large number of chicks that were being produced by the vice president’s hands and smiled.

Yurizono-san is on the verge of becoming nostalgic.

“Hey!”

The vice-president called out to her, and vigorously took off her uniform jacket.

What came out was a T-shirt.

A yellow chick was drawn on the T-shirt.

“On the t-shirt with a yellow chick on it, there was a cute round letter saying, ‘Amane-chan, please take care of me, Piyopiyo.’”

I couldn’t help but hold my mouth with my hand when I saw it.

Vice President, how hard did you work to prepare for this?

Believe me, I like ducks.

(TN: Raw said “chicks”, but I changed it to “ducks”.)

“Oh, that T-shirt is so cute!”

“That’s cute.”

“The vice president is a funny guy!”

The three of them were overjoyed to see the T-shirt the vice president was wearing.

“Ugh, I feel so sorry for him, I can’t even watch…”

Alice is on the verge of crying because she knows the truth.

“I want that Piyopiyo T-shirt!”

And Yurizono-san, who seems to have been almost completely won over.

Many of the students in the crowd were cheering and clapping.

This is too unexpected a development.

The student council president is the main public speaker, and I’ve never actually seen the vice president speak before.

So I assumed that the vice president was cool, intelligent, and beautiful.

I had no idea that he was the kind of person who wears a chick’s headband, performs magic tricks to create chicks, and wears stupid T-shirts for laughs.

By doing so, he was able to seize the hearts of not only the many students in attendance but also Takanashi-san, Kiniwa-san, and Yurizono-san.

It seems that I had underestimated the vice president.

“I guess it didn’t work this time.”

The vice president, who raised his glasses with a quick flick of his fingers, said this with a chuckle.

“What? Wasn’t working?”

I couldn’t help but ask back.

Then the vice president, who raised his glasses with his finger, laughed.

“It’s about making you smile.”

This is what the vice president says with a chick headband, a chick T-shirt, and a lot of stuffed chicks lying around.

“If you can’t make the person you love smile, you can’t confess. This time, I’ll back off gracefully.”

With that, he took out a bag from his uniform pocket, crouched down, picked up a large number of chicks lying around, and put them in the bag.

It would have been bad if he had just left away, but the way he was tidying up the chicks was quite stupid.

Well, he is the vice president of the student council, right? I guess a person who should be a role model for the students can’t just leave a mess and walk away.

“I’ll help.”

I approached the vice president, crouched down, picked up the chick, and put it in the bag she was holding.

I knew what to expect, but seeing it close to me made me sure.

The chick’s headband, the chick’s t-shirt, and the stuffed chick were all handmade.

He made so many of them.

It’s just like someone else.

It’s not as good as someone else’s, though.

“T-Thank you so much.”

The vice president’s cheeks were dyed, and he thanked me in a slightly trembling voice as he raised his glasses with his fingers.

He hadn’t seemed to mind doing all that in front of so many students, but now he seemed to get nervous when I approached min.

It’s kind of funny.

After picking up the chick, the vice president put back on the uniform jacket he had taken off, straightened his posture, and bowed politely.

He was wearing a chick’s headband, so the more serious his attitude was, the funnier it was.

“See you then.”

With that, the vice president left.

He was applauded by many students.

“I recommend him, you know. I think he’s a man with the skills to be Amane-chan’s lover.”

I turned my gaze in surprise at the sudden sound of a voice beside me, and saw the person standing next to me――.

“It’s the first time we’ve spoken like this, isn’t it, Minazuki Amane-chan?”

The person who said that and smiled at me was our school’s student council president, Asagiri Makoto.

Long black hair and slit eyes.

She may not be as pretty or beautiful as the two big beauties, but that’s only if they are the two big beauties.

Asagiri-senpai is famous for her beauty, and she has a reputation for being excellent and having a good personality.

Why did the vice president choose me when such a nice person is around?

Well, people have their preferences and you know, the vice president seems to be a bit of an oddball.

“This is a matter between you and Otohime-kun, so it’s not something I should get involved in. I’ve been wanting to talk to you about something else.”

Asagiri-senpai said this with a smirk and leaned in close to me.

And then――.

“Takanashi Rinka-san. I would be very happy if she would run for the next student council president.”

Asagiri-senpai whispered in my ear, then closed one eye and winked at me.

“That’s why I’ll see you sooner or later.”

The student council president waved at me, then left.

I wondered if the student council president had her eyes on Takanashi-san

That’s what I thought and turned around to look at Takanashi-san

“The vice president was an interesting person. I wonder if you could sell those T-shirts at the school festival or something.”

“Yeah, it was interesting. I don’t want that creepy Piyopiyo T-shirt.”

“He’s quite a guy!”

Takanashi-san is having a conversation with Kiniwa-san and Yanomiya-san with a smile on her face.

To tell you the truth, I was wondering the same thing. I wondered if it was okay for a person of her caliber to be buried in the background.

But because of what happened in junior high school, I don’t think she wants to be on the stage anymore.

But it’s such a waste.

“That vice president looks a little like a relative of mine, and it’s annoying.”

“Relative? You have a relative who wears a chick headdress?”

Alice is muttering with a frown in her eyes, and Yurizono-san asks back, tilting her head.

Kiniwa-san, Yanomiya-san, Yurizono-san, Alice, and me.

Now we have all the members to support Takanashi-san

If the student council president says that she’s interested in Takanashi-san, then maybe I should talk to her once again.