Kurokami Medaka smiled as she walked into school. Being the class president had so far been an easy job. Sure there had been a few hitches in her plans but they had been overcome. The suggestion box she had set up on day one had become so overfilled that she would have to spend entire days letting those she had gathered around her deal with the variant requests.
Today however was a slow one. Almost no suggestions had been put in the box for the past five days. Hitoyoshi Zenkichi sighed as he leaned back in a chair in the student council's room.
"You know this job is a little boring without something to do. I kind of miss the constant back breaking work." Zenkichi said in a wry tone.
"Very well then Hitoyoshi-kun. You shall wash this room top to bottom and no spot shall be left unclean!" Medaka said as she walked in the room.
"Ah I was just kidding."
"Get to cleaning!" Medaka said as she threw him a bucket and scrub brush.
Zenkichi grumbled slightly as he started in on Medaka's request.
Kikaijima Mogana walked in quietly and sat down and started her daily task of being the council's treasurer. As she walked in, she passed the suggestion box and slipped a note inside before starting work on making sure the council's budget was in order.
Medaka hadn't forgotten how they had managed to get Kikaijima to join the council. After all it had only been a week and a half since she had been brought in to the fold.
Medaka decided on an intuitive whim to check the suggestion box despite knowing it was empty. To her surprise the box contained a request. As she read the request it became clear that whoever had put it in there had meant the suggestion to be taken care of by Medaka personally.
All the note said was, "I would like to make the request that the President of the Student Council Kurokami Medaka meet me at noon in the gymnasium."
Medaka wondered silently to herself who it was that had put the suggestion in the box. She shrugged to herself and spoke to both Zenkichi and Kikaijima. "A request has been put into the box and it is one I must personally attend to. Hitoyoshi-kun I hope you can handle affairs here for a little while."
The note only left Medaka an hour to prepare herself for whomever it might be that had requested her presence. At precisely eleven forty she walked out of the student council office and made her way over to the gym.
Kikaijima sighed as she got up the nerve to say, "Hitoyoshi-san. I'm going to be out for a little while. I should be back shortly. If Kurokami-san gets back here before me, let her know."
Zenkichi just nodded as he continued the work Medaka had set him to.
The gym was surprisingly deserted for the middle of the day. Usually at least a few people were always here working on something. Medaka found a place to sit and wait as she had gotten there five minutes early. Her mind raced as she tried to think of whom it could be that had written the suggestion. Surely it had to be someone who was in need or there would have been no logic in putting the suggestion in the box in the first place. So if it was someone in need, why then the vague wording of the note? Was it possible she had attracted the attention of someone and they had seen their only way of contacting her would be with the suggestion box? Medaka shook her head trying to clear her mind of everything. She would trust that whoever came along would tell them their reasons when they got there.
A small window in the doorway allowed Kikaijima to look into the gym before she walked inside. She could clearly see Medaka waiting there and felt her nerves take a hold of her. It wasn't fear but something closer to despair that was making her so nervous. She hoped Medaka would be able to understand the request she had wanted to tell her for a while. She took a deep breath and steeled herself.
Medaka looked up at the sound of the door across the way opening. She immediately recognized who it was. As Kikaijima got closer Medaka asked, "Was it you who put the suggestion in the box Kikaijima-chan?"
Kikaijima blushed a bright red as she nodded. "Yes it was."
"Well, are you going to tell me why you wanted to meet me here?"
Kikaijima blushed at Medaka's straightforwardness about getting right down to wanting to know why she had been asked to some here. She knew it was silly to think that Medaka had any idea why she had been asked to come here this way.
"O-of course I'm going to tell you. I guess it wouldn't have hurt to put it in the suggestion but I wanted to ask it in person." Kikaijima said. She took a breath and continued. "Kurokami Medaka, would you please grant my suggestion of going on a date with me?"
Medaka was surprised by the request. It hadn't completely thrown her off her guard though. She smiled and said, "Can I ask one thing? Why do you want to ask me out?"
"When we had the school wide competition to see who would win the money that you were giving out, you kissed me as a way to tell me how much you really cared about what happened to me and my teammates. Well I couldn't stop thinking about the kiss. Almost every night since I keep having this dream and you're in it and you always kiss me. I guess...I fell in love with you after that kiss." Kikaijima said, her face bright red.
Medaka smiled and stood up so that she was looking right into Kikaijima's eyes. She pulled her in closely and kissed her. Medaka let the kiss go on for a bit before slowly breaking it. She smiled again and said, "I like your answer. Of course I will go out with you. I exist to serve others and this can be my way of serving you."
Kikaijima smiled and said, "Thank you for accepting my request. To be honest I wasn't sure you would."
"Why wouldn't I?" Medaka asked.
"Well I didn't know if you felt the same way about me and I still don't really know." Kikaijima said as she tried not to stare into Medaka's eyes.
Medaka giggled slightly and said, "Well this should answer your questions about how I feel."
And with that Medaka pulled Kikaijima in close again and passionately kissed her. This time Medaka gently let her tongue slide into Kikaijima's mouth and the two soon had their tongue wrestling back and forth as the kiss grew deeper. A minute later they broke the kiss and Medaka still held Kikaijima close.
"That did answer my questions. In a way words never could have." Kikaijima said with a smile.
Medaka found it interesting how beautiful the smile made Kikaijima look. Not that she hadn't been before but the smile just added this quality to the beauty that was already there.
Medaka thought for a minute before saying, "You should come by my place after school."
Kikaijima was surprised by the offer but immediately said, "I would love to. Should I meet you after school is out so we can go there together?"
Medaka nodded and then the two of them walked back over to the student council room. The other member of the council, Akune Kouki was helping Zenkichi finish up the last of his work. Medaka stared at the two of them and said, "Zenkichi! I told you to do this work by yourself! For breaking my rule you shall deal with all the suggestions that come in tomorrow by yourself with no help!"
Zenkichi stared at Medaka and said, 'You said nothing of the sort. You only told me to get to work cleaning this place. Besides, Akune-sempai is helping me of his own freewill not because I coerced him into this."
She thought about it for a moment and said, "Fine then. Akune-san you can help Hitoyoshi-kun with his work tomorrow since you were nice enough to help him out today."
"Why did you and Kikaijima-san come back at the same time? That certainly can't be a coincidence." Zenkichi said after the two of them had walked in.
"I'll let Kikaijima-chan explain that." Medaka said with a smile.
Kikaijima blushed and said, "I asked Medaka-san to go on a date with me."
Akune stared at her and said, "You used the suggestion box to do that? Why not just ask her out here where you always see her?"
"Because I didn't want to put Medaka-san in a situation where she couldn't answer the question truthfully. I know I wouldn't have been able to answer such a question with the two of you around." Kikaijima said as she walked over to her usual seat in the room.
Zenkichi just shrugged and cleaned up the last bit of the room.
Medaka smiled as Akune was just left there to wonder at what had really gone on between her and Kikaijima. She walked over to where Kikaijima had seated herself and picked her up out of her seat. Medaka sat herself down in Kikaijima's seat and then put Kikaijima in her lap.
"What on earth are you doing Medaka-san?" Kikaijima asked with a blush.
"I enjoy being close with people I like." Medaka replied.
Zenkichi looked at the two of them and shook his head. "You two do make an interesting couple, I will say that."
Medaka shot Zenkichi a look and said, "Oh, and what makes you say that?"
"Well your personalities are so different. Kikaijima-san is a rather quiet individual when you see how she normally is. And Medaka I don't think I have to tell you how your personality is. You're so straightforward and honest. It makes for an interesting dynamic to watch." Zenkichi said as he put the cleaning supplies away.
Medaka smiled and said, "That is what I think will make this work. Opposites complement each other and fill in flaws that a single individual couldn't by themselves."
Medaka knew she was right in her line of thinking. She nearly always was. She wondered exactly what plans they would make for their first date later that evening. She could leave that up to Kikaijima.
A few hours later school ended and Medaka found herself walking home with her new girlfriend. The notion was still a little odd to think about but she enjoyed knowing that someone cared for her as more than just a friend. Kikaijima was talking about a number of things as they walked to Medaka's place. Medaka listened intently as she picked out various likes and dislikes as well as interests that weren't yet decided on.
Medaka's place was simple. Kikaijima was impressed with just how simple it was. For as complex as she had seen Medaka's tastes be, the place looked out of the ordinary.
"I didn't know you liked things so simple Medaka-san." Kikaijima said as she walked inside.
"I like to be able to leave all of the more complex things back at the school. This offers a nice break when I come home to it." Medaka said with a smile as she sat down on the couch in the living room.
Kikaijima joined her on the couch and sighed slightly. "I guess this is where we figure out all of our plans for our date."
"That was the idea behind bringing you home with me. I figured you would like to discuss it somewhere more private than the school." Medaka said as she put an arm around Kikaijima's waist and pulled her closer.
"Well I was thinking if we don't get swamped with suggestions and requests, that we could do something this Saturday. I was thinking maybe go out to eat and see a movie. What do you think?" Kikaijima said as she thought through what a good first date should be.
Medaka hugged Kikaijima tightly and said, "That sounds like a good idea. I'll make sure it happens."
Kikaijima smiled as the two of them sat there. This weekend would certainly be interesting.
(Author's note: I'm purposefully leaving this one a bit short and with a cliffhanger. Considering I had to request that the series be added to the site's anime/manga archive I guess I should do a bit of explaining here to those who have no idea what this series is. Medaka Box is a shonen manga currently running in Weekly Shonen Jump in Japan. The main premise of this series is that a girl by the name of Medaka is elected to be the Student Council President and set up a Suggestion Box on her first day of office and she will fulfill any request made to her. I will gladly suggest you go read the series at onemanga.
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