247 – Just the Two of You
Ichijo Academy Beauty Contest.
It was a tournament with a lot of rides and a lot of talk, but it ended safely.
The prize money is also a prize money, but it attracted a lot of attention externally because a large number of beautiful girls who were said to be in the school participated.
And after such a fierce competition, it was none other than Rika who took first place.
In other words-
In addition to the prize money of 50,000 yen, it is said that the owner of the right to wish that Sasha had raised as a prize was also Rika.
After the tournament, Rika, whom she met in the hallway, gave me a very simple wish.
‘If the cultural festival ends tomorrow, give me some time.’
Contrary to what she expected, she was a little taken aback by her simple wish, but Rika finished her words and ran towards her parents.
After such a chaotic day in many ways, the morning of the last day of the cultural festival dawned.
***
“Today, I’m only going to do business in the morning and finish.”
Just before opening the store, the class president said that.
“We’ve been incredibly busy over the past three days. Thanks to that, we were able to exceed our sales target by 300%, so I thought we’d give everyone a break for at least the last day.”
After hearing her words, we looked at each other’s faces.
Since the cultural festival began, men wore maid uniforms and women wore butler uniforms and ran around until their soles were sweaty.
As the result was said to have exceeded the target sales by 300%, the sense of pride seemed to double.
“Good! It’s the last business, so let’s go with a spirit!”
When Satoru, the mood maker, raised her right hand and shouted, the classmates looked around and raised her hands, exclaiming “Ohhh…!”
I felt a bit drained, but I felt that this was my class, so I put the apron in my hand on my body with a smile.
***
November 16th. Thursday. Weather clear.
Today is the day when the climbing festival that has been going on for four days is finally coming to an end.
Of course, the final exams come back soon after the cultural festival, but it’s better to think about such headaches later.
This is because playing while playing and studying while studying is rather more efficient.
Since it was the last day of the cultural festival, it was felt that the number of customers decreased significantly compared to the second and third days.
Anyway, everyone who deserves to come has already come, and at most outsiders or word of mouth will come to visit.
Thanks to that, there were not as many customers as expected until the morning business was closed, so we were able to finish the business without incident. I cooked the remaining ingredients and ate them all together for lunch.
“Wow! The Chinese omurice is really good!”
“The broth is crazy!”
“Kim-kun, your cooking skills are no joke!”
Because they were busy with work, the children who ate Chinese omurice and dandan noodles for the first time today gave rave reviews and raised their thumbs up.
Thanks to working together while preparing for the cultural festival, I felt good because the classmates seemed to treat me much more comfortably than before.
After the meal was over, I stood up first with an empty bowl, and before anyone caught me, I slipped out of the class and headed to the student council room.
Smart!
“Come in.”
Click!
When I opened the door and entered the student council room, the president was wiping his mouth with a napkin as if he had just finished eating.
“You came 30 minutes earlier than your appointment time. If you were late like you were in Asakusa, you’d be angry.”
“It’s a long-awaited date. Can’t we make the president wait?”
“Whoops, 100 points.”
After hearing my answer, the president stood up with a satisfied smile.
Seeing that, Minami, who was clearing the dishes, asked.
“My lady, are you going to skip tea time?”
Then the chairman nodded his head politely.
“I’ll skip it today. Walking around the school with Yuseong-gun, I think I’ll naturally end up eating snacks.”
“Okay.”
As Minami naturally pushed the cart and stepped back, the chairman came closer and held out his right hand to me.
“Then Yooseong-kun, I’ll let you escort me today.”
“Okay.”
I naturally grabbed the chairman’s right hand.
Familiar warmth transmitted through your hands.
It was a sensation I hadn’t felt lately, so I naturally felt the blood flow through my whole body.
“Where do you want to go?”
Then, the chairman placed his index finger on his chin, made a worried expression for a moment, and then smiled and said.
“Anywhere with Yooseong-gun is fine.”
***
A date with the president.
I haven’t had a chance to do it since the chairman left our house saying he would succeed the family, so it feels like it’s been a while.
In the meantime, I was only able to pretend to be a lover in the student council room because I was in a secret relationship, so there was no chance to quench my thirst.
But today is different.
You can use the cultural festival as an excuse to say that the student council members came out to build friendships.
“Ah! There’s a whack-a-mole game! I want to try it!”
Chairman, arm in arm naturally like a normal couple, led me towards the mini game booth.
It was run by first-year students, and in addition to the game of catching a mole, it had quite a number of things, such as shooting guns, throwing basketballs, and matching water balloons.
“It’s 50 yen per challenge.”
“Here I am.”
The president, who naturally paid the money and received the hammer, rolled up the sleeves of his school uniform.
“Ready…start!”
And at the same time as the start, I started hitting the moles’ heads with a mallet at a tremendous speed.
Byong! Pop! Boom with Coco!
The score on the instrument panel starts to climb steeply.
Seeing the young lady of the Fire Tribe, who seemed to have never heard of anything heavier than a spoon, was only focused on catching a mole, I felt a sense of alienation.
[NEW SCORE!]
“Whew-“
In the end, after setting a new record, the chairman put down the hammer and wiped the sweat on his forehead with a satisfied expression.
“This is quite a workout.”
“Oh, yes.”
I handed the handkerchief I took out of my pocket to the chairman and asked.
“Is there anything else you want to do?”
Then the president took a sneak peek at the game booth and pointed to a shooting game.
“I once learned marksmanship for a while as an education.”
“…Then let’s go over there.”
What is a fire tribe lady?
Such a question passed through my mind for a moment, but I didn’t dare to say it out of my mouth.
Because it is extremely common sense for a rich family’s daughter to be good at anything in a romantic comedy.
I didn’t think it would be different from Scramble Love’s worldview.
As we moved to the shooting game with the chairman, a first-year student kindly explained how to play the game, but the rules were not much different from shooting games commonly seen at summer festivals.
The only difference is that the bullets are BB bullets, not corkscrews?
It was the same that the first prize was a large doll.
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Bang! Bang! Bang!
“It’s a waste! If I had shaken it a little more, it would have fallen!”
As it is the most common game, there were passengers who came first, but despite having fairly good shooting skills, the target with the highest score was ultimately not defeated.
It’s because the can, which had been hit by a bullet and was about to collapse at any moment, was quickly restored.
‘Maybe they put something like a weight in the can.’
This is a tactic commonly used by merchants.
If you put a weight heavier than a can inside, it will only swing from side to side like a tumbler, but it will never fall over.
As expected, the BB shot fired by the chairman also hit the can accurately, but because of the weight inside, it swayed like a tumbler and then jumped up again.
As I watched, I said to the chairman.
“I’ll borrow your gun for a moment.”
“A gun?”
I showed it with my actions instead of answering.
After securing a sense of stability by attaching the barrel to the shoulder, check the target position with a sight instead of a scope.
Bang! Bang!
Then, with just two shots, he knocks down the mischievous can at once.
The point was to disturb the center of gravity concentrated in the lower part.
“One, first class product.”
A large doll that was handed over with congratulatory greetings from first graders who may be laughing or crying.
When I passed it on to the president, the president hugged the doll and said to me with the brightest smile I’ve seen today.
“Thank you, I will treasure it.”
… Certainly, this occasional smile is against the rules.
I scratched the back of my head in embarrassment for some reason and turned my head away from the chairman’s gaze.
***
Even after that, the president and I went around doing things that normal couples would do.
Eat food bought at a food stall, enjoy refreshments at a cafe run by students, experience activities in various club rooms, and spend a peaceful time sitting on a bench and leaning on each other without saying anything. Or something like that.
We made countless memories.
Since the two of us played like that, time flew by quickly and it was already 5:00 in the evening.
As it was dismissal time when the cultural festival was completely over, the president, who was sitting on my shoulder, said regretfully.
“If I had known it would be like this, I would have confessed earlier.”
“Why?”
“When I was in my second year, I didn’t know that the cultural festival was such a fun event. But after having such a fun time, I feel regret. Because today will be the last cultural festival I can spend with Yuseong.”
After saying that, the chairman smiled bitterly, looked up at me sitting next to me, and whispered in a low voice.
“Can I kiss you?”
I looked around for a moment instead of answering right away.
Perhaps it was a rare place during this time, there was no one except the chairman and me.
Assured that everything was fine, I boldly kissed my lips.
Not a tongue-in-cheek deep kiss, but a simple bud kiss.
But for now, I could be satisfied with this.
“…….”
As I quietly removed my lips, the chairman, who had been keeping his eyes closed, opened his eyes softly and said.
“I like you. Yooseong-kun. Now and in the future.”
“I like you too, Chairman.”
As I said that in a whisper, I held the president’s slender body tightly in my arms.
We felt the warmth of each other like that for a while, holding each other tightly.