"Ousai Academy Student Council Rules, number 22: Anniversaries must be celebrated anally!"
"You mean "Annually" right?!"
"It's been a whole week without Tsuda-kun."
Shichijou Aria stated.
She is a third year student and also the secretary of Ousai Academy Student Council.
She is a daughter from an extremely wealthy family, but despite this background, is far from a spoiled child. In fact she is very generous and would not hesitate to use her wealth to help her friends and peers.
Somewhat of an airhead, but very kind and has a very warm aura around her.
It can also be said that she is motherly and likes to take care of others.
But she is extemely perverted.
"Yeah, this room feels a bit empty."
Hagimura Suzu replied.
She is a second year student and is the treasurer of Ousai Academy Student Council.
Despite her childish physical appearance, she is a genius.
She is also the most mentally mature out of all the members of the Student Council.
A genius who can do extremely difficult problems just in her mind and ever since coming to Ousai she has been the top 1 scoring student in her year level.
But she is really sensitive regarding topics about her height and appearance.
Her body resembles that of an elementary school student and this has caused her a lot of stress.
Nevertheless, she is the most mature-minded and one of the most competent member in the Student Council.
"Kotomi said that Tsuda hasn't still fully recovered from his sickness yet. But, she did say that he was starting to look much better."
Amakusa Shino added to the conversation.
She is a third year student and the classmate of Aria, she is also the president of Ousai Academy Student Council.
Very diligent and talented in most subjects.
She is very popular to the entire student population of Ousai Academy.
A student that is always good at everything.
It is said that she is the closest to the image of the perfect woman.
But like her close friend Aria-
-is very perverted.
All of three of them were currently inside the room of the Student Council.
They handled all the works that have piled just from the current day.
It was nothing new.
Since the Student Council was almost always busy no matter what day.
Even though it was the usual work for the Student Council, something was really off.
In fact, something was off for a week now.
There was one person missing in the room.
The president was present, the secretary and treasurer was too.
However, the vice president was nowhere to be found.
The sun was already setting when Shino finally finished the work tasked to her.
She gazed outside the window and saw the sun slowling setting down.
Like a beautiful painting, the sunset painted the sky with a reddish-orange hue.
Shino looked around the now-empty room.
She produced a deep sigh.
"...Tsuda."
All three of them were very worried about Tsuda, but the one who was worried the most, was actually Shino.
The absence of Tsuda made Shino feel very lonely.
The loneliness was felt more inside the Student Council room.
Talking to Aria and Suzu without hearing her vice president's voice made her very sad.
She didn't want to voice out what she was feeling to her two friends in the Student Council.
Perhaps I should visit him? She thought.
They wanted to visit him at home, but didn't come through with it since they thought that they might be bothering him while resting.
But Shino has been dying to visit him.
She was the only one remaining in the room right now.
Both Aria and Suzu had matters in their respective homes, so they had to go home a bit early.
If she visited now, she would be alone with Tsuda.
Granted, his sister would also be there, but the thought of her spending time alone with Tsuda made her heart skip a beat.
After thinking about it really seriously, Shino decided to visit Tsuda.
She went to a convenience store in order to buy something for Tsuda.
Truthfully, she wanted to cook something for him. But she didn't really expect that she would be able to visit him today.
After buying energy drinks and fruits, she continued on to Tsuda's home.
She was about to ring the doorbell, when she noticed the door opening.
With a quick turn, she decided to hide in the corner.
Even though there was really no reason for her to hide.
Wait. Why do I have to hide? It's not like I'm about to do something bad.
"I'm going to leave now."
Shino peeked around after hearing the voice.
It was a voice that she doesn't hear that often, but she recognized to whom it belonged to.
Peeking around the corner, she managed to see who the person speaking was. And as expected, it was who she thought it was.
The girl had light-brown colored hair collected in a knot on the top of her head.
She had an impressive bust that Shino could easily recognize.
She was the vice president of Eiryou High School.
Mori Nozomi.
Shino had one thing in mind when she saw her.
What is she doing here at Tsuda's home?
Just as she was wondering that, a voice replied.
It was voice Shino could easily recognize.
"Thank you, Mori-san. Bye."
It was Tsuda's voice.
Mori replied while waving her hand.
"It's fine, it's fine. It's no problem at all. See you later."
After the door closed, Mori began walking but she stopped midway just outside the gate when her phone rang.
With one swift motion, she took out her phone and aswered it.
"Hello? Ah, president. Yes, I'm currently outside Tsuda-kun's house."
Shino realized that Mori was talking to Uomi.
She knew that it was bad manners to eavesdrop, but there was nothing she could do.
After hiding for this long, it would be bad if she was to be seen now.
"Don't worry about it president. Apart from the meal you made, I also prepared some. So I could say that Tsuda-kun is satisfied with what he ate."
After hearing this, Shino looked at the plastic bag she was holding.
It contained energy drinks and fruits.
She wondered if it was okay to give this to Tsuda.
Starting to feel a bit bad about herself, she continued to stare at the contents of the plastic bag she was holding.
She thought it was lacking.
All of a sudden Mori raised her voice, making Shino a bit startled.
"No, I did not give my body to him! I didn't meant that kind of 'Satisfied'!"
What a sharp tsukkomi!
She is a Takatoshi-class Tsukkomi!
Mori then left after finishing her call with Uomi.
Immediately afterwards, Shino walked up to the gate.
But instead of ringing the doorbell, she just stood in front of the gate without doing anything.
She was hesitating.
Seeing that both Uomi and Mori had prepared meals for Tsuda, she was feeling a bit down.
Someone then called out her, snapping her back from her chain of thought.
Shino looked at the direction where the familiar voice came from and saw Tsuda.
He was wearing his sleepwear and looked a bit red.
His sweat drenched parts of his attire.
"...T-Tsuda?"
Seeing the president, Tsuda put on a puzzled expression.
"I thought that someone was outside, and it turned out to be you president. Why are you here?"
She was caught offguard.
Shino didn't know how to answer.
After a moment of silence, Shino decided to tell the truth.
"I came here to visit. I wanted to check up on you."
Shino flushed as she explained the reason.
Hearing this, Tsuda smiled in response.
"I see. I'm very happy that you're concerned for my well-being, president."
Shino's cheeks flushed even deeper as she saw the smile on Tsuda's face.
"Then come in, president."
"Are you feeling fine now?"
Shino asked Tsuda who was laying on his bed.
"Yes. I'm feeling much better now. I might be able to go back to school on monday."
Shino smiled.
Tsuda looked at Shino and realized that she was holding something in her hand.
"What is that, president?"
Shino was shocked.
She didn't want to give Tsuda this anymore.
She thought that it was lacking compared to what Uomi and Mori prepared for him.
It made her feel embarrassed.
"N-No, this is not-... Um"
Perhaps he realized that shino was feeling a bit embarrassed, Tsuda smiled and spoke to Shino in a gentle voice.
"Can I have that, president?"
Shino looked at Tsuda dumbfounded.
She began to flush in her cheeks.
Slowly and with slightly trembling hands, Shino handed the plastic bag to Tsuda.
Tsuda recieved it and took a peek at the contents inside.
He smiled.
"Thank you very much. This is very helpful."
Seeing his expression, Shino couldn't help but smile in relief.
She looked at Tsuda and realized that he was still in his sweat-soaked clothes.
"Tsuda, it must feel a bit uncomfortable. Take off your shirt, I'll wipe your body."
Tsuda looked at his clothes and gave an embarrassed reaction.
"Sorry about this. But it's fine. No need for you to do that much."
Tsuda tried to politely decline Shino's suggestion. But after doing so many tries that is countered by Shino explaining the negative effects on the body if he were to continue wearing such clothes drenched in sweat... coupled with perverted jokes here and there, Tsuda gave up.
Even though he was embarrassed, he slowly took off his shirt.
Shino began to wipe his body with a warm cloth.
It was at this moment that Shino realized how embarrassing it was.
Seeing Tsuda's body made Shino flush.
She tried to avert her gaze, but in turn that would make it harder for her to wipe his body.
So she decided to bear with it.
Discreetly she gazed at Tsuda's body and flushed harder.
It didn't look obvious when he was wearing his uniform, but Tsuda's body was decently built.
His build is fairly lean, but not so exceptionally built in terms of muscles.
He still looked quite slim.
You could say that it was just perfect.
Shino remembered that Tsuda said before that he had starting to work out.
Tsuda said to leave the heavy work to him. This must be the reason why he began to work out.
So he could help more to Shino and the others.
This made Shino feel her heart warm up.
After a long string of silence, Shino was finally done wiping Tsuda's body.
Shino grabbed a new shirt on his dresser and gave it to him. Without any word, Tsuda changed into the new shirt.
Tsuda tried to hide his embarrassment, but he was still a bit red on his cheek.
In a small, yet clear voice, he gave thanks to Shino.
"Thank you very much, president."
He expected Shino to reply with a content expression on her face, but instead, Shino puffed her cheeks and looked a bit bothered.
Seeing this, Tsuda asked what's wrong.
A reply to his question wasn't heard until a long brief of silence.
"Tsuda. I told you this before...b-but, you can call me by name when were not working in the Student Council..."
Tsuda scratched his head and let out an embarrassed laugh.
"But the president is the president."
Shino looked down and muttered something that was hard to hear.
Leaning in closer, Tsuda tried to get a grasp at what Shino was trying to say.
"...I-I want you to call me... by name..."
He put on a surprised expression and began to flush as well.
It was a bit hard to see since she was looking down, but one could tell that Shino was getting red in her cheeks.
Thinking about it for a long time, Tsuda decided.
Taking a deep breath one after another.
He opened his mouth.
"...Shino-Senpai."
These words made Shino's heart skip a beat.
Her face felt hotter and her body began to shake slightly.
This surprised her.
She was expecting to be called "Amakusa-senpai", she didn't expect that she will be called by her given name by Tsuda.
She was caught off-guard.
But she didn't dislike it. In fact, she liked it to a great extent.
With Shino's embarrased reaction, Tsuda began to feel more embarrassed.
He was beginning to think that he did something wrong and rude to his senpai.
Just as he was about to apologize, his words were cut off by Shino.
"I'm very sorr-"
"Tsuda."
Looking at Shino silently, Tsuda prepared himself for a scolding.
But what came afterwards was extremely unexpected.
Shino looked up to Tsuda, She was flushed but she was smiling.
"Thanks."
"Good Morning president."
Tsuda greeted with a smile.
Shino was not sure what surprised her the most.
Was it because he got to school first than her? Or was it because after recovering from an illness, he has already arrived early and went straight back to his Student Council duties? Or was it just the fact that he's already here and it made her feel so happy.
Truthfully, Shino and the others wouldn't have mind if Tsuda arrived late. And they also wouldn't have mind if he took a bit of break from his duties as vice president, after all he just recovered from an illness.
They didn't want him to push himself too much.
Shino shoved all of these thoughts aside and greeted her vice president.
"Good morning, Tsuda. Have you fully recovered now?"
"Yes. Once again, Thanks for visiting me."
Shino couldn't help but feel warm at his smile.
"Did "This" do the trick?"
Shino made a stroking gesture with her right hand.
"I did no such thing!"
Tsuda's usual Tsukkomi made Shino feel at ease.
She was truly happy that he has recovered and has come back to school.
One week without him made Shino really sad and lonely.
But of course, she wouldn't voice this out loud.
Suzu arrived shortly after and Aria was the one to arrived last.
Each of them greeted Tsuda and stated out has happy they were that he has recovered.
Lunch time has arrived and finally after one week, they all present at the table.
After finishing their meal, Tsuda, Aria, and Suzu, had left to patrol the school. Aria was tasked with third year level's floor, Suzu with the second year, and Tsuda with the first year.
Shino remained at the Student Council room to organize some paperworks.
However no matter how she tried, she couldn't focus on her tasks.
Gazing at a certain empty chair in the room, she began to flush.
She stood up and walked up to the said chair and sat down.
Gently and slowly, she rested her head on the table in front.
"...I-I'm so glad you've come back."
This was her honest feelings.
Out of all the three members of the Student Council, Shino was confident that she was the one who was worried the most.
She couldn't admit it to herself before, but right now, because she visited him in his home and now that he has finally come back, she can finally admit to herself that she missed him dearly.
Just a few hours of his return, was enough to get rid of the loneliness Shino felt for a week.
A week that felt longer than just a week.
As she was thinking all of this, she started to feel her body warm up.
A question appeared inside her mind.
No, it could be said that this question has been inside her for a long time.
What was she feeling?
Surely anyone would be worried if their friend got sick for a long time, but what Shino felt was something different.
Was it love?
As the concept of love popped in her mind, her heart skipped a beat and her body became warmer.
"...Tsuda... I-It seems that... I've fallen for you."
Finally voicing her feelings out, she felt her heart beat much faster than it ever has.
"Yes. I love you, Tsuda.'
She gently caressed her lips as she blurted out.
"P-President?"
This was when Shino felt her whole world freeze.
The sudden appearance of the voice brought her out of her thoughts.
She looked up and saw Tsuda looking at her with an expression of both surprise and embarrassment.
Tsuda's eyes were slightly shaking and his face was severely red.
If Shino wasn't so worried about her current situation, she would've flat out stated that he looked cute.
"A-About that... thing y-you said."
Shino stood up in a flurry.
She tried to explain herself.
"N-No. I was just t-talking to myself! That's right! I-I was just practicing my fantasy for when I play with myself later!"
Due to being in a severe panic, she didn't realized the absurdity of what she just said.
However, considering her usual perverted antics, this was not something new.
In fact, Tsuda was already used to this.
After all, with the combined antics of both Shino and Aria, there was no way for Tsuda to not get used to this.
But there was no way out of this for Shino.
Tsuda heard it loud and clear.
"President. I-I heard it."
Shino's eyes darted all over the place.
She tried to think of ways in order to avoid this and escape, but no ideas popped in her head.
Tsuda began to walked up to her.
Seeing this, Shino stepped back.
Each of Tsuda's step forward, was greeted by Shino stepping backwards.
"H-Huh?"
Shino felt something hit her back, she looked back and saw that she was already up the window.
She couldn't step away anymore.
Raising both her arms to gesture Tsuda to stop.
But he continued closer to her.
Shino looked down as she realized the close distance Tsuda is to her.
"T-Tsuda! I told you it's just-"
"President."
Hearing his still and serious voice, Shino looked up.
She saw the expression on Tsuda's face.
His cheeks were red, but he was wearing a serious expression.
"May I hear it again?"
What did he mean? Shino wondered.
No.
She just pretended like she didn't know.
She knew exactly what he meant.
What he wanted to hear.
But Shino was afraid.
What if her feelings were just a fancy?
No.
She had this feeling for a very long time now. She just didn't want to realize it and kept it hidden.
Shino was aware of her budding feelings for her vice president, but she didn't want to act out on it. This was made harder when the rumor about her and Tsuda dating spread out. Everythime they were seen together, the entire school population would tease them. She denied all the rumors, but she always felt a slight sting in her heart whenever she did.
"B-But I'm the president of the Ousai Student Council, and your the vice president... We can't possibly..."
She was just making excuses.
But in truth, this worried her.
What if the school population's view on them plummet when they found out that they're dating?
Shino was pulled out of her thoughts when she felt something gently caress her left cheek.
She looked and realized Tsuda was gently touching her face.
Tsuda's expression was still serious, but he looked somewhat sad.
Shino had no idea why he would feel sad.
"..President."
"Y-Yes!?"
He took a deep breath.
"Tell me. Tell me the truth. If it's really just a misunderstanding on my part, then I will apologize. I will back away and will never bring this up ever again. Just tell me truthfully."
Shino felt her hear stop as she saw the sad smile Tsuda was making.
No.
It's not just a misunderstanding!
Shino wanted to yell out.
"I-It's not..."
Shino couldn't muster her strength to say it.
She looked at Tsuda again and he was still wearing a sad smile.
Why must he look like that?
Seeing his expression made Shino's heart sunk deep.
She didn't want to see him with that kind of expression ever again.
She took a very deep breath and slapped her cheek.
"Tsuda!"
"Yes!?"
"Prepare yourself!"
"Alright!"
Tsuda also took a deep breath and brace his body like he was about to be hit by a car.
He might look strong, but in truth he was severely nervous.
Shino clasped her hands together and put them up to her chest.
After a long pause of silence, She spoke.
In a clear and still voice, she declared for Tsuda to hear.
"Yes. I love you Tsuda. I've been in love with you for long time."
Tears were beginning to bead up in the corner of her eyes.
Tsuda was silent.
Shino's heart sunk as she realized how silent Tsuda was.
She looked at his face and saw him silently staring at her.
"Speak goddammit! Don't you realize what situation we're currently in!?"
Tsuda's response was not with words, but with action.
In a swift manner, he grabbed Shino by her arm and pulled her into an embrace.
Tightly, he hugged her.
Shino began trembling.
Her tears were now gently rollind down her cheeks.
She couldn't deny how warm and comfortable she was in Tsuda's arms.
"I love you too, president."
Hearing this, Shino began to sob.
"No matter how hard I try to deny it, you made it so difficult for me. Why do you have to be so endearing, president?"
Tsuda let go of her and gently wiped her tears.
As she wiped her tears, Tsuda remembered something from earlier.
The sight of Shino gently caressing her lips as she voiced out her feelings when she thought she was alone in the room.
He was entranced by that sight.
"President."
"W-What is it?"
"Do you want me to kiss you?"
The room seemed as if it froze.
Shino couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"W-What are y-you talking about!? O-Of course n-!"
She stopped midway as she saw the gentle smile of Tsuda.
She thought hard.
Did she want him to?
Truthfully, yes.
She wants him to.
She wants it as an act of confirmation on their current relationship.
"If you want me to kiss you, then I will."
Shino responded in silence.
"I will not force you, you know? Just say so, and I will stop."
Another silence was her response.
"Do you want me to?"
With a slightly shaking voice, Shino finally replied.
"Yes."
Tsuda smiled.
He leaned in.
Shino thought he was finally going to kiss her but he did something else.
He leaned in closer to her ear and whispered.
"Then say "Please kiss me", Shino."
Hearing him call her by her given name made her heart beat so much faster.
Shino looked at Tsuda with her cheeks flushed and stared in to his eyes.
"Please kiss me."
As Shino closed her eyes, Tsuda leaned in and gently pressed his lips against hers.
Time seemed as if it stopped for the both of them as their lips intertwined with each other.
Both of them felt as if their bodies were floating and that their insides were filled with butterflies gently floating around.
After parting their lips, both of them were extremely red on their face.
"Then, where do you want me to kiss you next?"
Not expecting the follow-up question, Shino was awestruck.
But she didn't think about her reply and instead pointed her finger to her cheeks.
"Here."
"Alright."
Once again Tsuda leaned in and Shino closed her eyes.
But the place that Tsuda kissed was different.
It was much lower than her cheek.
"T-Tsuda... that's my neck!"
"Jeez! I can't believe you actually left a mark on my neck, you beast!"
"Sorry, I couldn't help myself. You were so cute."
"I need to cover this to hide it."
"But you looked like you enjoyed it."
"S-Shut up."
Shino and Tsuda were walking together under the same umbrella.
It began to rain an hour before dismissal and it hasn't stopped since.
After finishing their leftover duties, all members of the Student Council went on their way.
Shino and Tsuda decided to keep their relationship a secret for now.
"Y-You know... You surprised me when you called me "Shino"."
"Is that so?"
"What do you mean"Is that so"? Weren't you embarrassed to call me that!? I m-mean, I call you "Tsuda", so it's really a big deal."
Tsuda let out a small laugh.
"Ofcourse I was embarrassed. The first time I called you that, I hugged my pillow tightly and screamed into it."
"I see. Then immediately afterwards you masturbated into that pillow, yes?"
Shino stated with a nod.
"Why do you feel so proud in saying that? And I would never do that with the pillow I use to sleep!"
Both of them laughed at their current conversation.
It was the usual Boke and Tsukkomi.
It wasn't long before they reached the Tsuda household.
Well it wasn't surprising, considering Tsuda's home was close to Ousai after all.
"Are you sure you want to come here?"
"Of course, you said that you were having trouble with studying right? I can't ignore that. All of us in the Student Council must have good grades. Because we represent as role models for the entire student population of Ousai."
Tsuda scratched his head.
He wanted to spend some time alone in his room because he was so embarrassed at what happenned earlier that he wanted to calm himself down and relax in his room.
But he can't do that right now.
He was grateful that Shino wanted to help him in his studies, so he decided to just accept the situation.
Tsuda passed through the gate first and walked up to the front door to their home and opened it. He let Shino go in first
"I'm home!"
"Sorry for intruding!"
The both of them were removing their shoes when a voice suddenly called out.
"Oh. Takatoshi, you're home."
Shino and Tsuda looked at the direction of the voice and saw an adult woman with dark hair collected in a side ponytail standing.
She resembled Tsuda and his younger sister a lot.
"Yes, mom. I'm home."
"Oh? A guest?"
Shino was surprised. She has met Tsuda's mom once before during the PTA meeting but the situation right now is different from that.
She gently bowed and greeted the woman.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Ousai Academy's Student Council president, Amakusa Shino."
The woman bowed in return.
"I see. I am Takatoshi and Kotomi's mother. It's nice to meet you too."
Shino smiled but her smiled froze slightly as she saw the expression on Tsuda's mom.
It was serious.
"Pardon me for asking but, what is your relationship with Takatoshi?"
"Mom!?"
"Takatoshi, be quiet for minute."
Tsuda was reprimanded by his mother using a stern voice.
Shino was shocked by the sudden twist in atmosphere.
Unsure on how to reply, she looked over to Tsuda and saw him looking back at her in a worried manner.
To tell the truth, they haven't flatly stated out what they were to each other, the one thing they were sure of was the feelings they have for each other.
Unsure on what to do, Shino put her hand up her chest and took a deep breath to calm herself down.
She looked back to Tsuda's mother with a serious expression but one filled with respect.
"I am Takatoshi-kun's Girlfriend."
Tsuda looked at Shino dumbfounded and looked at his mother afterwards.
His mother was silent.
Shino was also not speaking a word, she just stood there and stared into Tsuda's mother.
A long period of silence occurred. One which both Shino and Tsuda wanted to end.
The silence was nerve wrecking for the both of them.
Tsuda's mother was the one who broke the silence.
"I see. So your my son-Takatoshi's Girlfriend."
"Yes, I am."
"Yes, she is my girlfriend."
"I won't allow it."
Shino and Tsuda looked at the adult woman with wide eyes.
"W-What did you mom? I-I couldn't hear it clearly."
The adult woman took a deep breath.
"Sorry, but I won't allow this kind of thing."
To Be Continued(Maybe)
Afterword
Hey ya! To anyone who will read this, I hope you will enjoy this story. This one is actually one of my "Breather" stories. Which are stories I write in order to relax myself. I'm not really sure if I would continue this story(Since it is a 'Breather' story). I mean, I'm not even sure if this one will be well-received. I'm not good with romance story.
I'm so stressed right now due to the beginning of the new semester in my university. It will be my final semester before I graduate, so there's no need to say that there are a lot matters to attend to. I've been so busy ever since the semester started. So I needed to let loose a bit, also I wondered why there was no story for this pairing? Anyway, this is the result.
In any case, I hope you will enjoy this story!
Thanks for reading~