142 – Miss Sakuraba’s Man
It was after we finished selecting players for each game in our class in preparation for the upcoming sports competition.
During break time, Yuuki quietly approached me, passed by me and dropped something on his desk.
Folded paper. When I opened it, I saw the name ‘ballot paper’ written on it.
“Yuuki. What’s this?”
When I held up the paper and asked, Yuuki, who was passing by without knowing, instantly turned around and grabbed my arm.
Be quiet. Raising his index finger above his mouth, Yuuki muttered with his mouth in the shape of his mouth.
At the same time, I felt the male students’ eyes were fixed on me.
After being dragged out by Yuuki, he noticed the tremendous pressure.
“What on earth are you doing!?”
I went into the bathroom and was questioned harshly.
“That’s what I wanted to ask.”
He unfolds the crumpled ballot paper in his hand.
Is there some kind of election going on? I don’t think there was anything like that on the sports day schedule.
“You sure you don’t know?”
“So what is it?”
Yuki stared at me with a bewildered expression.
“Did you transfer to a new school this year?”
What is it?
He quickly racked his brain and decided to pretend to know for now.
“Ah… Ah, that’s it!”
“Yes! It’s back this year too. “It’s because you’re so clueless.”
Yuuki sighed and shook his head.
So what came back?
I wanted to ask in detail, but for now, all I could do was infer from the conversation with Yuuki.
Ballot paper. Election.
In that case, it is a matter of selecting one of the candidates.
“Who is the strongest this year?”
Whether it is the church president or the student council election. I didn’t know what it was, but I asked.
“Minsu, you really lack information.”
Seeing Yuuki showing off made him hot, but he kept his lips tight and held it back.
Because it’s important to find out first.
“Of course it’s Mr. Yanase. “He’s an emerging dark horse.”
“What?”
Why are even teachers involved in this election? Moreover, a female teacher who had just been appointed.
“Well, so far, votes have rarely been concentrated on faculty and staff. “This is something I will live to see for a long time.”
Why are you joking so much about how long you’ve lived?
I couldn’t guess it yet, but I nodded with a serious expression.
“I see. “I am Mr. Yanase.”
“Other than that, Shiraishi transferred to the school this year. And how many first graders are there?”
What on earth is this?
“There was a lot of back and forth about Elena, but in the end, she was not from this academy, so we decided to exclude her from being a candidate.”
“Even Elena?”
I raise my voice without realizing it.
Yuki asked with an exciting smile.
“Oh what? “Are you a supporter of Elena?”
“No, it’s not like that.”
“No matter what, isn’t it too much to leave your girlfriend and pick another woman? hahahaha.”
There I remembered one thing.
I didn’t even know there was such a thing as a support group for Elena. The candidates are all women, including Haruna.
“Yuuki, who will you choose?”
“I haven’t decided yet. “I’m worried because there are so many strong players this year.”
Would you say it is a traditional school event?
As well as cultural festivals and sports competitions, these also appeared occasionally.
“Maybe I should just pick last year’s winner again.”
Yuki grinned as he spoke as if looking at him.
“Are you showing off now? “My girlfriend is Miss Sakuraba.”
Miss Sakuraba.
This is an election held only by male students at this academy.
I finally found out that the event to select the most beautiful girl in the academy has returned.
I laughed in shock and shook my head.
“No, I just tried it. “I haven’t even thought about who to write about yet.”
“If Haru-chan becomes this year again, she will become the winner for the second time in a row, following Eri.”
Takase-senpai was also elected.
“Well, you’re looking forward to it, but it’s going to be a tough race this year.”
Yuki said with serious eyes, as if she were selecting a presidential candidate.
“But what’s the point in selecting something like this?”
Such events were usually selected by male students, keeping them secret from female students.
Even if you become Miss Sakuraba, there are no special prizes, and the female students would not even know about the existence of the election in the first place.
“Are you stupid! This is an academy tradition that has been going on for a very long time! “Don’t you know that Sakuraba Academy has a high acceptance rate?”
So, your preference for Sakuraba Academy is not because of the good facilities or academic atmosphere, but because of Miss Sakuraba and other pretty girls?
“That makes sense.”
“Okay. “What are you talking about when you already did it once?”
It was a stupid event, but it sparked some interest.
“For your information, I am a member of this year’s election committee.”
Yuki said proudly.
So that’s why they handed out ballots.
“The sports competition is next week, so you can write it by this week and submit it to me.”
Miss Sakuraba is selected on the day of the sports festival.
Are they deciding the winning class outside through horseback riding and relay races, while inside secretly selecting Miss Sakuraba?
“You know, but don’t tell Haruna. Even if it’s your girlfriend, that’s not enough. Understand?”
“Of course.”
I nodded along.
***
“Actually, everyone knows that.”
Without my promise to Yuuki, as I was leaving school with Haruna after school, I told her about the election.
“I know, but should I just ignore it?”
This was Haruna’s answer to that.
She said Haruna with an awkward smile without any surprise.
“Why are you skipping it?”
“I heard it was an old tradition at the academy.”
She lowered her head and kicked the gravel on her side of the road.
“To be honest, I think it’s because everyone is paying attention.”
“Aha.”
I see.
Anyway, the men gather together to select the most beautiful girl in the academy.
Even female students pretend not to notice, but secretly pay attention to it and keep it in mind.
“Haruna is amazing.”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“I heard you are one of the strong candidates this year as well.”
“I, I’m not interested in that. Even if I hear that I won after all, I don’t know how to react….”
Judging from that reaction, you know that you are last year’s Miss Sakuraba.
“That’s amazing. “My girlfriend.”
“Joe, stop! “Don’t do it. It’s a bit weird to be praised for something like this.”
“You don’t like it?”
“It’s not that I don’t like poetry. Should I say it’s burdensome….”
That was a typical Haruna reaction.
If there’s a woman I know who would be happy to be selected in a vote like this, it would be Shiraishi.
“Minsu, have you decided who to pick?”
“No, not yet.”
It hasn’t been long since I found out that this kind of event exists.
“Yeah, I see.”
Haruna looked away and muttered.
“I should go with Kato-san.”
As I spoke calmly while looking at her into space, Haruna responded immediately.
“Kko, you don’t have to pick me.”
“Huh? Why?”
“Because I don’t really want to be like Miss Sakuraba.”
Seeing Haruna like that, she started to feel a little confused.
She thought about writing down Haruna and submitting it without thinking, but she felt sorry if she really didn’t want to become Miss Sakuraba.
“Yeah, but I wish you would pick me at other times.”
“A different time?”
Arrived in front of Haruna’s house.
After stopping, I stretched out both of her hands and held them with mine.
“Folk dance.”
It was time with the campfire, the last of her athletic competitions.
“Last year, I stayed away from my friends and just watched the fireworks.”
Haruna smiled, shaking her clasped hands slightly.
“I was hoping that it would be nice to be able to dance with my boyfriend this year.”
It’s not that difficult.
“Okay. “It would be an honor to be asked to dance by Miss Sakuraba.”
“Please don’t call me that!”
After she tapped my shoulder as if embarrassed, I quickly took a step away and shook her hand.
“Goodbye, Minsu.”
“Yes.”
After she entered her house, I turned around.
Because there were many things more important to me than voting.
She had a good time joking and chatting with Haruna, but after she turned her back on her, she immediately forgot about the election.
***
I didn’t mean to follow you.
However, since Yuuki and Haru are neighbors, their routes from school overlapped.
When I saw Haru and Minsu walking in front of me, my steps naturally stopped.
I couldn’t pretend to know while talking.
I couldn’t get in between Haru and the man, who were walking down the street in such a friendly manner that anyone could tell that they were a good couple.
While I was walking behind them at a distance, I soon arrived in front of the house.
They also stopped in front of Haru’s sister’s house.
At the same time, I hid behind the telephone pole and watched them.
What am I doing now?
Although I felt a strange sense of self-destruction, I looked at them talking with their hands clasped together.
What is this feeling?
The whole time I was watching them, I felt a pounding in my heart, but I couldn’t stop it.
“Ah.”
One day, my sister goes into the house and the man turns his back and walks towards her.
Don’t get caught.
Turn around and hide from him.
Luckily, the man passed by as if he didn’t notice me.
He reaches into his pocket and takes out his cell phone.
At the same time, something fluttered and fell.
However, as if he didn’t notice, he immediately left the street.
I sneaked forward and picked up something that had fallen from his pocket.
It was a neatly folded piece of paper.
“What is it?”
When I opened it, there was a brief name written on it: ‘Ballot paper.’
I tilted my head.
Seeing as it has the Sakuraba Academy emblem on it, it must be done at an academy.
I don’t remember ever hearing about an election being held at an academy.
It’s suspicious.
I folded the paper and put it in my pocket.
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I decided to return it to the owner tomorrow, but first I decided to investigate the Sakuraba Academy election, which I didn’t know about.