Kawaikereba Hentai demo Suki ni Natte Kuremasu ka? Volume 10 Chapter 2

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Scream your fetish at the center of the world

After Yuika requested his assistance, Keiki quickly made his way to the library room. After he met up with his fellow library committee member, she guided him to the table with the problematic student. The male student had the eyes of a dead fish in the truest sense of the word. He sat in his chair, vacantly staring into space.

“Ah, Inui-senpai?”

“………”

“Are you asleep, Inui-senpai?”

“………”

“If you don’t say anything, I’ll stuff a pen in your nostril, okay?”

“…………”

He tried baiting him with many different comments, but to no avail.

“No reaction whatsoever…”

“He’s just like a corpse…”

Just as Yuika had said on the phone, Inui Naoya looked like a living corpse. Even now, his trademark glare he wore glasses to hide was gone. Most likely, he had been acting like this ever since he sat down here. Yuika had a troubled expression on her face because of this Zombie-senpai.

“He’s been like this for a while now. Yuika got some complaints from the other students, which is why she was hoping you could do something.”

“I see.”

Truth be told, it was probably very hard to work up the motivation to study when someone nearby was acting like this. As a member of the library committee, it was Keiki’s duty to deal with this.

“Can you do something about him?”

“Probably. I have an idea as to what caused this.”

The cause of this was undoubtedly the incident the day before. Back when Keiki was talking with Naoya, he had let out a dejected ‘Megumi-chan and I aren’t even a good match’, which Megumi, who happened to be passing by. This gave her the wrong idea, because she had missed the previous part when Naoya had said that Megumi was too good of a girl for him, but she ran away before he could clear that up.

That was probably what had left Naoya in such a lifeless state. That being said, things couldn’t stay this way. He had to make a bit of an underhanded move.

“Inui-senpai…if you don’t respond, I’ll tell Onizuka-san that you’re a passionate and lustful man.”

“Are you the devil, Kiryuu-kun?!”

“Ah, what a great response.”

“I can’t exactly ignore that, can I…? If you tell Megu-chan something like that, we might not be able to make up ever again…”

Truth be told, hearing something like that about the person you have feelings for might be enough to undo a thousand years of passionate love. Meanwhile, Yuika apparently had come up with something, and she spoke up with a smile.

“By the way, Keiki-senpai, Yuika heard that you like cute girls with slight sadistic tendencies, right?”

“Could you not make up fetishes for other people?”

Otherwise people would think less of him as a human being. He liked cute girls, naturally, but sadistic girls were outside of this strike zone.

“The reason you turned into a zombie is because of what happened yesterday, right?”

“…Exactly.” Naoyam said with a grim expression. “After that, I couldn’t get a hold of Megu-chan, and even when I went to her classroom, she wasn’t there… it’s like she’s avoiding me, like she doesn’t even want to see me…”

“This person sure is negative, isn’t he?”

“Well, it did take a lot out of him.”

“From the sounds of it, Zombie-senpai was rejected by Onizuka-senpai?”

“Well, not exactly…”

In reality, the circumstances were much more complicated. Keiki couldn’t directly talk about Megumi’s feelings in front of Naoya, so he had to cover it up to at least some degree.

“Ugh… I can’t go on anymore. Megumi-chan hates me now… I was rejected two times in such a short period. I really am no good…”

“Calm down! Rinko is a boy, okay?!”

“Wait a second, Zombie-senpai was rejected by a boy…?”

“Actually, he confessed to Rintarou when he was in his female uniform and was rejected.”

“Ehh?!”

Upon hearing the short explanation, Yuika made a sort of ‘What a mess’ expression. And you couldn’t really blame her.

“Inui-senpai, are you really going to give up?”

“Eh?”

“You like Onizuka-san, don’t you?”

“That’s…”

“Do you know the reason why Onizuka-san wants to become the next student council president?”

“Eh? Well… Because she got fed up with the boys from the manga research club, and she wants all the other boys to serve her?”

“Way off.”

Keiki had to respect his creativity, though.

“Onizuka-san is working hard for your sake, Inui-senpai.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“I can’t tell you any more than that…”

That was barely within the acceptable range of things he could say. The only reason he told him was because he wanted him to know how hard she was working for his sake. The rest should be heard directly from her mouth, so Keiki stopped himself there.

“Anyway, come watch Onizuka-san tomorrow during her speech. You might be able to understand why she wants to become the student council president.”

Most likely, everything would end tomorrow. The long election battle, as well as the misunderstanding between the two childhood friends. Because of that, Keiki wanted him to work hard as well. Not even counting the results of the election, he wanted them to be happy in their love life.

*

Finally, the last day of the election week arrived. After lunch break came to an end, the five key players of the Fujimoto faction gathered next to the stage of the gym hall. Ayano, Keiki, Airi, Rintarou, and even Shiho were all present for the occasion. Most of the student body had made their way to the gym hall already and were sitting in chairs, waiting for the beginning of the ceremony.

From the point of view of the students, the right side of the stage belonged to the Fujimoto faction, whereas the left side belonged to the Onizuka faction. Soon, Ayano and Megumi would give their respective speeches, which would be followed by the final, definitive election. In terms of school events, this was even bigger than the culture festival. Not to mention that one of the candidates had announced a ban on romantic relationships if she won. Depending on the outcome of this election, the school would change drastically, so naturally many students were curious about what the two girls had to say.

Rintarou poked his head out from behind the stage.“Woah, there’s so many people,” he muttered as he ran his gaze through the gym hall.

“Even I feel nervous.”

“You’re not even going out there, are you, Mitani?”

“Aren’t you nervous too, Ai-chan? Your legs have been shaking for a while now.”

“T-They aren’t… Also, can you stop calling me Ai-chan out of the blue.”

Even the confident and collected Airi was overwhelmed by this atmosphere in front of her. Meanwhile, the main actor Ayano was sitting on a metal chair, waiting for her turn. She might not look like it thanks to her lack of expression, but it was obvious that even she had to be nervous, so Keiki called out to her in slight concern.

“Fujimoto-san, you nervous?”

“I am a bit nervous, but if you were to grace me with your underwear, I might be able to do it.”

“Yup, you seem just fine.”

She did seem a bit anxious, but if she could say something like that, she would definitely pull through. Relieved by this, Keiki relaxed a bit, and Shiho took the chance to approach him from behind and whisper into his ear.

“So the doubts about your two-timing have been cleared up, huh?”

“Yeah, thankfully.”

“But two-timing is quite the immoral situation, right? I got so aroused trying to figure out who was the actual wife between Ayano-chan and I~”

“I don’t see a reason why you had to tell me this right now.”

The rumors about him two-timing had been resolved thanks to the article from the newspaper club. To be fair, most of the students had already been sceptical about the rumors. Most held the opinion that a completely normal and boring student like Keiki wouldn’t be able to win over two beauties from the student council just like that.

That was true, but he still felt a bit hurt after being forced to accept it, and his manly pride suffered from it.

“Thank you very much for waiting. Our preparations are complete, so now we’re ready to hear the speeches from our student council president candidates.”

The voice of a female student could be heard coming from the speakers hanging in the gym hall. She was probably the emcee of the event. The broadcast club was in charge of officiating the event, and they occupied a small room at the side of the stage.

“First we’ll start with the representative Onizuka Megumi, who is currently part of the manga research club.”

Megumi entered from the opposite side of the stage. The final boss standing in Ayano’s way, the princess of the manga research club. She, a mere student, had fought her hardest against the fan favorite, the current vice president of the student council. You had to admire her skill for coming this far, especially considering how close their vote counts were getting.

With her freshly-cut hair swaying gently, she walked onto the stage. Carefully observing her surroundings, she started with a small bow.

“My name is Onizuka Megumi of class 2B, and I am a candidate for the position of the student council president.” Her voice was calm and collected, and it filled the silence inside the gym hall.

Ayano watched this in awe, and a voice leaked from her mouth.

“Onizuka-san is so calm.”

“Yeah, you’re right.”

Since she was the current vice president, and a current member of the student council, Ayano was used to talking in front of other people. Considering that, you would think that Megumi would have a bit more problems with an event like this, but the way she acted in front of the crowd was as calm and collected as could be.

But what is she planning on doing? Even if she’s gambling on her ban of romantic relationships, I doubt that she would be able to get many more votes this late into the game…

From a raw percentage of possible votes, Ayano still had the lead. The Ayano faction had taken care of the two-timing doubts as well, meaning that this should be an easy victory if nothing else happened. Megumi would need a surefire way of capturing the hearts of the listeners at the last second with her speech.

This is Onizuka-san we’re talking about. She might still be hiding something…

This is Megumi. She created her own small manga in order to gain votes from the readers. It wouldn’t be weird if she had a secret ace in the hole. However, all Keiki could do was wait for Megumi’s next words.

“…First, let me say something upfront.”

With the student council, teachers and the entire student body watching, Megumi took a deep breath.

“All normies should just explodeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!”

With a voice loud enough to fill the ears of everyone listening, she screamed words of resentment.

“““““?!”””””

Everybody listening to her suddenly became very confused. Who could blame them, considering a turn of events such as this? Keiki could hear people mumbling, asking questions such as ‘Eh, what?’ or ‘Normies?’ or ‘What’s she on about?’ and so on.

“………”

Naturally, Keiki was no exception. The other members of the student council were at a similar loss for words. Even the teachers on the side looked like they were thinking of interjecting, but it seemed that they respected the authority of the students in this event, so they let the speech continue.

“The thing is, I actually had my relationship go up in flames the other day. I found out that the person I like actually has absolutely no interest in me…”

There was no mistaking it. She was talking about Naoya. He had been belittling himself, seeing himself unworthy of standing beside a wonderful girl like Megumi. She herself had heard that and taken it the wrong way. It was a fatal misunderstanding.

“I never imagined that not being able to be loved back, not being accepted by the person I like, would be this tough. If I knew that I would feel this miserable, I would have rather not fallen in love in the first place.” With calm words, the girl laid bare her deepest feelings.

Being unable to confess to the person you love directly can cause a lot of heartache. For Megumi, seeing her love of many years break into pieces like this must have been a bigger shock than any of the listeners could imagine. After all, she had gone as far as to cut her precious hair. Like cutting off her broken heart.

“At the same time, I was forced to watch all the lovey-dovey couples at school. There’s other people suffering from a broken heart, but they all just go at it anyway, living their lives in happiness.”

This is probably how Naoya felt after being rejected by Rinko.

“That is why I decided to become the student council president and ban all romantic relationships! Call it oppression, call it old-fashioned, all of that doesn’t matter! The flirtatious, lovey-dovey couples are too much to bear, and I can’t stand it anymore!”

Hearing Megumi’s passionate words, several students in the crowd audibly agreed.

“Right, right!”

“Don’t flirt at school!”

This reaction was more intense than Keiki had imagined. A lot of people must feel oppressed because of the amount of couples walking around at school.

“Everybody who is fed-up with these normies ruining my fun at school, please vote for me! We will banish all couples!” Megumi finished her speech with a bow.

After watching this powerful and overwhelming performance, Keiki could only mutter in a daze.

“She sounds just like a dictator…”

He felt like he was riding on a tumultuous roller coaster. Going around calling people ‘normies’ was all kinds of prejudiced, and yet she had garnered a lot of support with her agenda for banning romantic relationships. Setting aside if her plans were good or bad, she definitely had the charisma she needed.

“Hm… Onizuka-senpai isn’t half bad…” Airi said with a bitter expression.

I wonder if Onizuka-san’s feelings got through to Inui-senpai…

He must be out there somewhere, listening to that speech, so hopefully he understood Megumi’s feelings. Was he able to understand why Megumi decided to run for president? Either way, Keiki’s role as matchmaker was done now. What happened now was up to the two of them.

While Megumi made her way back to the side of the stage, the moderator continued with the program.

“Thank you very much, Onizuka-san. Now, we would like to move on to the next candidate. The current vice president of the student council, Fujimoto Ayano-san, if you would.”

When her name was called, Ayano stood up, and her allies gave her soft words of encouragement.

“Ayano-senpai, you can do it!”

“This is the real deal, Ayanon-senpai!”

“Ayano-chan, fight!”

“If you’re nervous, then imagine that everyone in the audience are pumpkins.”

“……Yeah.” When the four of them tried to cheer her up, Ayano gave a calm smile. “I’m going.”

Ayano slowly and calmly made her way onto the stage. The sounds of her footsteps echoed inside the quiet gym hall. With every student watching her, Ayano stopped in the middle of the stage.

“I am Fujimoto Ayano, a student in class 2A, and I am running for student council president. Today, I would like to talk about the student life I would like to achieve,” With a confident tone, Ayano finished her first greeting. “When I first started attending this school, I didn’t think that school was fun. I was introverted, and I didn’t enter any clubs. All I did was focus on studying.”

She began describing what she had mentioned to Keiki before.

“But when Takasaki-senpai invited me to the student council, I started enjoying my days a bit more. The job is a lot of work, of course, but I gradually started looking forward to spending my time in the student council. That eventually led up to the point when I started to like this school.”

Because she had joined the student council, her previously boring student life found meaning. Whether it was studying, clubs, or love, everybody had their own idea of what made an ideal student life. For Ayano, it was the student council.

“That is why I want to create a way for everyone to enjoy their days here as well,” Since she was used to talking on stage, Ayano calmly directed her words at the students in front of her.

Keiki watched over her in silence.

That’s Fujimoto-san for you.

Her speech was perfect for grasping the hearts of the listeners. She even managed to recreate the beautiful smile that was shown everywhere on the election posters. Fujimoto said that she had problems talking with people face-to-face, and yet here she showed no signs of that being a problem.

The contents of the speech were something that Ayano and Keiki wrote together. In her case, it was better to reveal her true feelings as directly as possible, so they made sure to put them into the manuscript. The wish for all students to enjoy their student lives how they wanted. This feeling was something that Ayano always held in mind. Their goal was to communicate it clearly to the other students.

“Finally, I want to say that I disagree with the statement that love and romantic relationships are not needed.”

In her conclusion, Ayano made a counterargument to Megumi’s statement. She must have added this in on the spot. Of course, that wasn’t a problem by any means, but—

“I personally think that falling in love with someone is a wonderful thing.”

But, why was it that…

“Thinking about the person you like gives you strength, and seeing that person smile makes you happy as well. Just by spending time with them, you feel warm inside.”

For some reason, her words…

“Your heart starts to beat faster, you start to grow restless, you’re filled with a desire to spend more time with them. You look forward to seeing them again.”

It sounded like she had experienced this personally—or was that just Keiki’s imagination?

“It’s true that having the person you love not return these feelings can be heart-wrenching. Loving can hurt you in the process. But I still don’t think that falling in love is wrong, and I want to make a school where experiencing this happiness is possible—” Standing tall on the stage, the girl faced the entire student body. “Everyone, please lend me your strength.”

Everyone there was entranced by the girl’s speech. There might be no ‘correct’ way to spend your school days, and probably not everyone shared Ayano’s feelings. Some probably agreed with Megumi more. But, even so—

I really prefer a school built by Fujimoto-san.

When Keiki heard her saying this, he had to admit it yet again. Though it might not change much from how the school was now, if it only became a tiny bit more enjoyable, that would be more than enough.

With this, Ayano’s speech should have come to an end.

“Vice president, do you have a person you like then?”

A male student called out to Ayano, asking a question that a lot of people probably had. And in response, Ayano—

“—Yes.”

She accepted the question with a soft smile.

“I have unrequited feelings for a boy.”

When she said this, the entire hall let out a roar of excitement. Not only because of her words, but also Ayano’s slightly flustered reaction.

“Ayanon-senpai sure is bold!”

“Ayano-senpai, so you really…”

“Now this development is what I like to see~”

Upon hearing Ayano’s confession, the three girls from the student council also reacted.

“Fujimoto-san has a boy she likes…?”

Only Keiki had a confused expression on his face. An extreme smell fetishist, the vice president, who only cares about a boy’s odor, has unrequited feelings? She would be interested in a boy completely unrelated to the boy’s odor? Though Keiki felt like it was a bit rude to think that, he could not imagine this being true.

“This will be all for my speech. Thank you very much for listening.”

After finishing her speech, Ayano bowed once again. Immediately, the student body burst into a roaring applause. Ushered out by applause and cheers, Ayano returned to the side of the stage, and the moderator spoke up again.

“Thank you very much, Fujimoto-san. Now that both speeches have come to an end, I would like to move on with the final election. Please return to your designated classrooms, and fill out the voting ballots that were handed out previously.”

This marked the end of the election week. All they could do now was wait for the results to be announced. The main conflict of this election was the differing opinions on love and romantic relationships at school. Would you protect the freedom of this school, or would you forbid the normies from flirting at this school?

*

After school, Keiki and the others gathered around the desk inside the student council office, waiting for the results to be announced. The speech had come to an end without incident, and the voting had gone smoothly as well. The election management committee was working on counting the votes, so the results should be announced soon.

“Now I’m getting really nervous.”

“I guess even Shiichan-senpai gets nervous. Then again, who wouldn’t be?”

“No need to worry. Ayano-senpai will win.”

Just as they said, Shiho, Rintarou, and Airi were all looking pretty nervous as they waited for the broadcast. Ayano, for her part, had a blank expression as always.

“It’s fine. You’ll win for sure.”

“Yeah…”

Keiki tried to give Ayano some peace of mind, but who could blame her for being nervous? Waiting for results, especially for something so important, was always scary.

After they had waited in suspense for a few minutes, the promised time finally arrived. A short ‘Ding dong ding dong’ sound came from the speakers in the room, and the broadcast started.

“Hello everyone, this is Kurahashi from the broadcasting club.”

The voice was the same as the moderator from a few hours prior. She gave a light greeting and immediately moved on to the main topic.

“We are still counting the votes, but we already have a definite winner.”

From the sounds of it, they had already determined who they thought had won. Just like an actual election, a winner had been decided without all the votes being counted to the end.

“It’s finally time…”

The election week, which had started the previous Monday, would now come to a complete end with the announcement of the results.

“The result of the voting—”

“““““………”””””

All of the council members swallowed nervously. The silence felt awfully long, even though it was just a mere fragment of a second before Kuruhashi-san boldly announced:

“Fujimoto Ayano-san has been voted in as the new student council president!”

“Alright!”

“We did it!”

Keiki and Rintarou jumped up from their seats, high-fiving each other.

“Ayano-chan, good job out there.”

“An expected result.”

Shiho and Airi relaxed as well. At the same time, Keiki’s phone went off as he received messages from Shouma, Koharu, and the girls from the calligraphy club, all congratulating them.

“…Phew.”

Finally, the person in the middle of it all, Ayano, let out a sigh, showing a relieved smile.

“Congratulations, Fujimoto-san.”

“Yeah.”

Ayano nodded as she stood up from the chair, facing everybody.

“I won because of everyone here. Really, thank you so much.” Flashing a smile, she gave a slight bow, thanking the rest of them.

In response, the other members all gave smiles of their own.

“It’s the birth of a new student council president, huh?”

From now on, Ayano would have to schedule the student council work. She had already shown her potential in this through the election.

Keiki watched this sight in appreciation. Shiho came up and leaned against Keiki.

“Thanks for supporting Ayano-chan. It’s all thanks to you acting as her secretary.”

“It’s because Fujimoto-san works as hard as she does.”

“So humble~ Should I pat you on the head again?”

“I’d rather you didn’t. It might turn into another scandal.”

“Ahaha~”

Keiki still vividly remembered Shiho burying his face in her chest, which had led to a scandal. Granted, the experience in itself wasn’t anything he’d complain about, but if she did that again, Airi wouldn’t let him off the hook easily. Seeming satisfied with just teasing her Kouhai, Shiho spoke up again.

“Now that Ayano-chan will be succeeding me, I’ll have to take care of a lot of stuff. Not to mention that we have to take down all the election posters.”

“Woah, I completely forgot about that,” Rintarou’s eyes opened wide.

“Hehe, I remembered, naturally,” Airi said with an air of confidence.

“Well, that makes sense.”

The election only came to an end once all the posters were taken down and all formalities taken care of.

“There’s still lots to do, but let’s finish this with a bang!”

““““Yeah!!!””””

Though she was close to retiring, Shiho acted like a proper student council president.

“Now then, I guess this Onee-san has to work hard as well~”

“…Huh?” Airi glanced at Shiho’s in confusion. “Don’t you have to prepare for entrance exams, Shiho-senpai?”

“Ugh…” The former student council president froze up.

“…Shiho-senpai?”

“Ahh… well, you know, Airi-chan, I could barely participate in the election, so I thought I should at least help out at the end…”

“No can do! Your exams are much more important, so leave the rest to us!”

“Ehhh?”

“No buts!”

Soon, Shiho was being scolded by Airi.

“Nagase-san sure is reliable.”

“Yeah, she might be a better fit for student council president than me.”

“Might be, yeah.”

Back when Keiki had first met her, Airi seemed like she would be on the ‘Ban All Romantic Relationships’ faction, but as of recently, she had started to grow a bit more kind, even towards the men she previously hated so much. She was resolute, yet kind, and showed great leadership skills. Airi might even follow in Ayano’s footsteps once Ayano had to retire from the student council.

“That reminds me. Now that you’re the actual president, you need a vice president, right?”

“I’ve already decided on who I want.”

“Eh, who?”

“Kiryuu-kun.”

“No no no, that ain’t happening.”

“Shame.”

She probably hadn’t been serious to begin with. But who could it be, then?

“Um, Kiryuu-kun?”

“Hm?”

“Could you join me for a bit after this?”

*

Keiki and Ayano stepped out onto the rooftop. There, they were greeted by someone. With her hand on the fence at the edge of the roof, Megumi watched the setting sun, and Keiki called out to her.

“Onizuka-san.”

“Eh? …Oh, Kiryuu-shi and Fujimoto-chan?”

When Megumi turned around, her eyes opened in surprise.

“Why are you here?”

“We went to the manga research club’s clubroom, and they told us you’d be here.”

Chouno and the other two students had told Keiki and Ayano where Megumi would be.

“We talked a bit. They were all a bit sad because you lost the election,” Keiki said.

“But they also congratulated me,” Ayano added.

“Ahaha. They’re otaku, but they’re all good people. They put up with my selfishness the entire time. I can’t thank them enough.”

Even the tall Inooka-senpai and the slender Shikagawa-kun all seemed to be good people after talking with them for a bit. They congratulated Ayano, and Chouno apologized several times for what he had done. Seeing that they were willing to help Megumi in her election this much, it was obvious that they’d be good people.

“Let me say it as well. Fujimoto-chan, congratulations on winning the election.”

“Thank you.”

“You fought your hardest though, Onizuka-san,” Keiki said.

“Well, I sure did, but now I feel a bit pathetic after running my mouth like that.”

“That’s not true.” Ayano shook her head. “You were a tough opponent.”

“Thanks. I guess I wasn’t half bad then.” Megumi gave an embarrassed laugh.

Then, she spoke up like she remembered something.

“So, did you want something from me?”

“Yeah. Fujimoto-san said she had something important to talk about.”

“Fujimoto-chan did?”

“Yeah,” Ayano nodded, taking one step forward.

The two girls faced each other, Ayano looking at Megumi like she was about to confess to the person she liked.

“Onizuka-san…”

“Y-Yes…?”

“I always thought that you were a good person, Onizuka-san.”

“…Huh?”

“I want you.”

“Fueh?!” Ayano’s words left Megumi in shock. “A-A confession out of the blue like that?! I’m happy you feel that way, but I like boys, so I can’t reciprocate your feelings!”

“Ah, I’m sorry. That’s not what I meant.” Ayano quickly cleared up Megumi’s misunderstanding. “I want you to become the new vice president, Onizuka-san.”

“Eh, vice president?”

“Yes, vice president.”

“Not your girlfriend, Fujimoto-chan?”

“I’m not recruiting for that.”

“Basically, you don’t like girls?”

“I like boys.”

“Ahh, don’t scare me like that! I thought I was about to start a forbidden relationship!”

Basically, she had been looking at the situation from yuri-filled glasses. Luckily, Airi wasn’t here to get fired up over it.

“But… why? You said you wanted me to become your vice president?”

“Yup, I said that.”

“…Why me?”

“I thought you’d be a perfect fit, since you’re able to get the boys to obey your every command.”

“So that’s what you thought of me…” Megumi made a bothered expression.

“That was just a joke. Half of it.”

“So half of it was your true feelings…”

“The biggest reason is that I thought it’d be fun if you joined.”

“Ugh…” Megumi grimaced at Ayano’s honest reply.

With a slightly resentful glare, she looked over at Keiki.

“Fujimoto-chan doesn’t play fair…”

“I feel you.”

Keiki had been asked to become Ayano’s secretary the same way. When she asked him for that, he had trouble turning her down. From how things looked, it was the same for Megummi.

“I understand. I will become your vice president.”

“Really?”

“Yes. The student council sounds fun. But I won’t give up on the manga research club, okay?”

“That’s fine.”

Thus, a new member joined the student council. Megumi had shown her talent during the previous election, so she would without a doubt do a good job as the vice president.

“Good for you, Fujimoto-san.”

“Yeah.”

If Megumi had withdrawn from the election, she most likely wouldn’t have accepted this offer either. Ayano had seen this far ahead, but had wanted to battle fair and square, all to gain another reliable student council member.

“With this, Ayano-san’s case is done.”

“Hmm? There’s still more?”

“Yes. It seems like someone else also has something to talk to you about, Onizuka-san.”

“Who?”

Ayano turned to the side, showing the person standing behind her. When Megumi saw the person standing in the doorframe at the top of the stairs, her mouth fell open in shock.

“N-Nao-chan?!”

“Hey, Megumi-chan.”

The person gently waving his hand back was Inui Naoya. He wasn’t wearing his glasses, and he flashed an uncomfortable smile as he made his way towards the group.

“W-Why is Nao-kun here?”

“We met him on the way here. Apparently, he was looking for you as well, so we took him with us.”

“Is that so…?”

Because of that, he had been on standby until Ayano had finished her request. Not because of the usual ‘Ladies First’ rule, but rather because his topic was a bit heavier than Ayano’s. Thus, Ayano made room for him, and he stepped up and stood in front of Megumi.

“Megumi-chan, you cut your hair.”

“Ah, yeah…”

“It really suits you.”

“Eh?! …T-Thanks…?” Megumi clearly didn’t expect to be praised for her new hairstyle.

She must have been flustered at the sudden appearance of the person she had been trying to avoid.

“I heard your speech, Megumi-chan. In the middle of it, I felt a strong desire to clear up the misunderstanding you have.”

“Misunderstanding…?”

“The day before yesterday, I was in the library room, remember? You apparently thought that I had rejected you, but that’s not true.”

“What do you mean?”

“The reason I said that we weren’t a good match wasn’t because you weren’t good enough. I was saying that I was a good-for-nothing. I don’t deserve a wonderful girl like you.”

“So…” Megumi’s eyes opened wide.

She seemed to realize what she misunderstood.

“…Huh? But, if that was a misunderstanding, then…”

When she got that far, she realized that there was more to it. When she assumed that she had no chance, she had a misunderstanding. In that sense, the opposite of what she had assumed would be true, namely that he had feelings of affection for her. When she arrived at this conclusion, Megumi’s cheeks turned a faint red.

“Megumi-chan…”

“Y-Yesh?!”

“When I was listening to your speech, it finally clicked. You wanted to become the student council president for my sake, right? Because I was rejected by Mitani-kun. You wanted to ban couples from the school in order to not make me have to go through any sad memories, right?”

“But… in the end it didn’t work out.”

Megumi said with a shaky expression, but Naoya spoke up.

“I’m glad that it didn’t.”

“Eh?”

“After all, I love you, Megumi-chan.”

“Fueh?!”

“When I was depressed, you were by my side, trying to cheer me up, making me realize that I love how kind you are. I’ve loved you for the longest time, I just didn’t realize it.”

“Nao-kun…”

“So please go out with me!”

Someone who was a professional confession grader would give this one a perfect score. Her feelings had finally reached him. At the same time, he was finally able to confess the emotions he had bottled up inside of him for the last few years. Finally, the two were on the same wavelength, and Onizuka Megumi’s first love could finally begin to bloom. All she had left to do was give a clear ‘Yes’ as an answer, and it would lead to a happy end—

“…No.”

“Huh?!”

The unexpected ‘No’ came from Megumi. Even Keiki and Ayano, who thought they knew the girl’s true feelings, couldn’t hide their shock.

“W-Why?! Do you hate me, Megumi-chan?!”

“That’s not it… but not for now.”

“Not for now…?”

“I mean, I was saying that I would ban romantic relationships during my election, and then if I went off to get a boyfriend not even a day after that, it would feel like I was betraying the people who supported me…”

“A-Ahh, so that’s what you meant…”

Realizing that he hadn’t been rejected, Naoya sighed in relief. Keiki behind him nodded in agreement with Megumi’s logic.

“If she got a boyfriend now, it’d blow up in her face for sure.”

It definitely was a better idea to wait a bit before they became a couple. That being said, for how long would they have to wait?

“So when can we start going out then?”

“Let’s see…” Megumi thought about it for a brief moment. “………Two weeks.” She muttered. “After two weeks, I’ll be willing to go out with you.”

Keiki raised an eyebrow.

“Two weeks… isn’t that pretty fast?”

“I think so as well,” Ayano said.

“I was prepared to hear a month or more.”

“B-But…!” Megumi averted her gaze, speaking up in a flustered manner. “A-Any more than that, and I won’t be able to hold myself back…”

“Huguh!?”

Naoya pressed one hand on his chest. Most likely, he had been assaulted by severe pain caused by Megumi’s ‘gap moe.’ Saying that dating right now wouldn’t work, but then at the same time stating that she wouldn’t be able to wait too long. It was a perfect move from a maiden in love.

“This is bad. Onizuka-san is too cute…”

“Yup, even I feel embarrassed now…”

Keiki and Ayano exchanged short glances, both blushing as well. Since he was at close range, Naoya took even more damage than the two of them.

“Good for you. Now you’re glad that you didn’t win, right?”

“Don’t tease me, okay?!”

“Congratulations, Onizuka-san.”

“We’re not going out yet, but… Thank you very much,” Megumi smiled faintly as Keiki congratulated them.

Ayano was elected as the next student council president, and Megumi had found success in her love as well. In short, everyone was happy. Just when Keiki thought it was time to drop the curtains on the whole affair, Megumi remembered something.

“That reminds me, why were you even avoiding me in the first place, Nao-kun?”

“Ahh right, the two of you were in a sort-of fight, right?”

Keiki still didn’t know the reason why they had been avoiding each other. Because of this, things grew awkward between them as well.

“That’s… Megumi-chan found my porn mags, so things kinda grew awkward…”

“Eh, that’s why? I wouldn’t hate you because you read porn mags or anything.”

“But you were avoiding me as well, right? If the magazines weren’t the reason, then why?”

“It was because… you started wearing glasses out of the blue…”

“Hm? Glasses?” Naoya took out his round-lensed glasses, putting them on. “You mean these?”

“Hyaaaaaaaan?!”

The second Megumi saw this, she let out what sounded like a moan. It was a sound like a strict and proper office lady who was visiting the zoo for the first time and was seeing pandas in front of her own two eyes.

“Nao-kun is handsome with glasses?!?!”

“Megumi-chan?!”

“Onizuka-san collapsed…”

Naoya was bewildered by the sudden change in his childhood friend, and even Ayano was at a loss. Keiki was the only person who immediately came to a certain conclusion.

“Onizuka-san, don’t tell me…”

“That’s right! I actually have a fetish for glasses!”

“Ahhhh…”

Apparently, she was one of ‘them.’

“My reason for living is to admire boys in manga or celebrities wearing glasses. Adding glasses to a handsome boy is like pairing white rice and miso soup.”

“A peerless combination, huh?”

Like natto and pickled vegetables.

“Nao-kun was already cool beyond belief, but with those round glasses, I just couldn’t bear it! Just getting close to him when he had those glasses on made my heart feel like it would explode!”

“So the reason you distanced yourself from Inui-senpai…”

“Wasn’t because of the porn magazines…”

To sum it up, Naoya wanted to hide his bad glare with glasses (albeit fake ones), which caused their relationship to break up. Since Megumi had a glasses fetish, the stimulation she felt when Naoya had glasses on was too great, which forced her to distance herself from him. Naoya thought that this was because of the porn magazines, so he felt awkward and also kept his distance from her.

“Basically, Nao-kun is the one to blame for wearing glasses like that!”

“Megumi-chan is getting angry at me for some ridiculous reason…”

“Your glasses… are making me go crazy…”

“Then it would be better if I stopped wearing them, right?”

“………” Megumi grew quiet.

She quickly averted her gaze and responded with a pout.

“…O-Once in a while should be fine? If you choose the right place and time… I wouldn’t complain…”

“You’re like a heroine from a shoujo manga who cares too much about her first kiss…”

Though her words were the personification of cuteness, the fact that her sexual tendencies, aka her fetish, were so blatant left Keiki unable to fully appreciate the moment.

“Ehehe, Nao-kun looks so cool with glasses~” Onizuka-san gazed at Inui-senpai with starry eyes.

She was the kind of pervert who would get excited about seeing a boy with glasses. Even her childhood friend.

*

After Megumi’s fetish was revealed, Keiki and Ayano returned to the student council office. Airi and Rinko, who was dressed like a girl again, were working to remove the last traces of the election. They were walking around the area and taking down their Ayano posters. Keiki and Ayano were working as a team now as well, but the girl had an awfully embarrassed look on her face while she took her posters down. The sight of that was so cute that Keiki saved this image in the photo album of his heart.

Once all work came to an end, the members left the school building. The sky had grown dark already.

“Alright, Kiryuu-senpai, I’ll be counting on you to safely escort Ayano-senpai home.”

“Yeah, gotcha.”

“Don’t act like a wolf and try to take her home, okay? If you do, I’ll make sure you end up in hell myself.”

“Scary!”

Nagase-san’s love for Fujimoto-san was strong indeed. Then again, she still trusted him enough to escort her home, so that was nice of her at least.

“I’ll be taking Ai-chan home, so no need to worry.”

“I don’t need any help. A boy wearing a female uniform is more dangerous than any suspicious person around.”

“Ouch?!”

“Also, don’t just call me Ai-chan out of the blue like that.”

“Ehhh? It’s cute though~”

The two first-years Airi and Rinko made their way home, having an exchange as usual.

“The two of them sure are close, aren’t they?”

“They sure are on the same wavelength, at least”

“I guess we’ll head home, too?”

“Yup.”

Keiki and Ayano followed suit, walking along the road next to each other. Though it barely snowed in this town, the air was still cold during the December days. Ayano’s cheeks were growing red from the cold air.

“Kiryuu-kun.”

“Hm?”

“Thanks for helping me in the election.”

“You’re welcome.”

Walking slowly, the two exchanged simple words.

“Since you’ve decided on the new vice president, there’s no need for me to stay your secretary anymore.”

“If you’re fine with it, I wouldn’t mind employing you from here on out as well.”

“I think I’ll have to decline.”

Keiki had his own life to worry about. He had taken a long break from his duties as a library committee member, and he hadn’t shown up to the calligraphy club for a while either. He couldn’t stay with the student council forever.

“But you really saved me. I want to repay you in some way, Kiryuu-kun.”

“It’s fine, it’s fine.”

“That won’t do. You deserve proper compensation for all the hard work and hardships you’ve gone through. If you desire it, I wouldn’t mind giving you my panties right here.”

“You don’t have to do any of… Wait, don’t start flipping up your skirt!” Keiki frantically stopped his classmate from taking off her panties while they were walking.

“Then I’ll hear out any request that you have, Kiryuu-kun.”

“Anything?”

“Anything. As long as I can do it.”

“Hmm…”

Having no limit applied to what he could ask for actually made it more difficult for him to choose. The first thought that came to his mind was Ayano-san wearing a bunny costume.

“…Kiryuu-kun, you pervert.”

“I didn’t say anything yet…”

“Your face made it obvious that you were thinking something lewd.”

“I wasn’t thinking about anything like that! I just thought that you might look good in a bunny costume!”

“I think a bunny costume is plenty indecent.”

“Seriously…?”

Apparently, a bunny costume was lewd. Even though the girls from the calligraphy club all practically jumped at the chance to wear one. Keiki’s head must have started rotting from being surrounded by perverts.

“But…”

“Hm?”

“If you want to see it, I wouldn’t mind wearing it.”

“Seriously…?”

Honestly speaking, he wouldn’t mind seeing it. But, asking for such a thing from a classmate wouldn’t sit well with Keiki.

“Well, I’ll give it some thought.”

He hasn’t helped her because he was hoping for a reward in the first place. For now, he decided to keep it in the back of his mind and ask her for a favor when something else came up.

“But, Kiryuu-kun, was it really fine to help me out like that?”

“What do you mean?”

“We have end-of-term exams next week.”

“…Huh?”

At the sudden appearance of those words, Keiki froze mid-stride.

“Sorry, Fujimoto-san, could you repeat that… one more time?”

“We have end-of-term exams next week.”

“Oh lord…”

Indeed, December of every year was the busiest month. Though you could look forward to Christmas and New Year’s, you had to first overcome your exams.

“This is bad… I didn’t study at all…”

He had been busy with the election, and hadn’t prepared for the exams in the slightest. Not to mention, since this was the end of the term, the range of topics covered on the exams was usually much wider. Worst-case, he could fail.

“Fujimoto-san, please help me with my studies!”

Fujimoto Ayano was a genius who was always graded in the top ten students of her year. You couldn’t ask for any better study partner.

And thus Keiki used his special right to request anything from Ayano not even ten minutes after he had received it.