A/N: Ohayo mina-san~ (◕‿◕✿) Thank you for stopping by and reading A Bet, That's What It Is. Even though it's still a work of progress, I still appreciate views and the reviews you leave behind! I know I have another incomplete work - Midnight - and I will work on it ASAP I promise but for now I'm having a writer's block on how to continue Midnight. Forgive me for the extra-prolonged MIA period. I'll work hard and try to update the stories as frequently as possible okay! If you have any good ideas or anything that you want to see in my stories, do send me a message or something. I like good ideas! ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ With that, I now present to you, A Bet, That's What It Is, Chapter 2! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
Chapter 2
"What was Kotone-sensei thinking? More importantly, what was I thinking? How can I just accept a job like that without thinking it twice, no, three. Scratch that! At least 100 times! This is a mistake... Ugh, but she did look stressed when I went to see her just now... What to do..." Rin thought to herself as she slowly made her way to her classroom.
She took her time to go to the classroom. Afterall, it was lunch period. She passed by the female toilet and enterred it. Rin took a long look at herself at the sink mirror. Long layered, wavy brown hair with choppy side bangs with grey eyes - yup, that's her, the vice-president of Rakuzan High School Student Council, Rin Hotaro. The cool and collected fukukaichou of Rakuzan High School.
"Will I be able to handle this extra workload? What should I do?" she asked herself, glancing at her reflection in the mirror. "Ok, no, this is no time to complain. If I want to do this job, I should do it once and do it well! For the school festival!"
She splashed her face with water and dabbed it dry with her handkerchief before exiting out of the toilet.
Rin stopped and enterred the classroom with the sign 'Class 2-1'. As per usual, her two bestfriends, Suzume and Kiyoko was sitting surrounding her desk, eating their bentos and chatting. Suzume looked up from her conversation as she sees Rin approaching the table.
"Ohayo Rin-chan!~ How was the meeting with Kotone-sensei?" the blonde pigtailed girl, Suzume, waved cheerfully.
"Yo, you okay? You don't look very good." bob-cut, raven haired Kiyoko asked with concern in her voice.
"I' m fine. The meeting was okay. She just offered me a job." She pulled out her chair and started opening her bento.
"A job?!" Suzume asked, with her eyes opened wide.
"Yeah, to become the temporary manager of the basketball club."
Kiyoko stopped munching on her tamago roll. "Wait, Rin, you can't be serious? The basketball club?"
"Yes, Kiyoko, the basketball club. I know, I know, I've been complaining about how they've been acting out of hand and the school management is having difficulty getting them to obey the rules. So, if I take charge of that club, I can at least, somehow, control their behaviour and get them to cooperate for the school festival too." Rin ranted as she stabbed her fork into a chicken karaage.
"Hmm, if anyone can do that job, it's got to be you Rin-chan!" Suzume nodded her head as she munched away on whatever she was eating.
"I wouldn't be so sure… But then again, it's worth the shot. That's why I came for your advice, Kiyoko~ Help me please~ How do I manage a basketball club! T^T" Rin started making puppy eyes at the shocked raven haired girl.
"Okay, okay. Calm down already. I'll make you a list of the basic things to do for a sports club. But I don't know if the basketball club requires anything special taken care of. You have to check with their coach, okay?" Kiyoko smiled, taking out a piece of pen and paper and began writing.
"Kiyoko-san, you're a lifesaver!" Rin hugged her friend sideways. She knew her bestfriend, the tennis club captain, wouldn't let her down.
"Oh! Then when are you starting your official duties as the basketball club manager then?" Suzume asked.
"It's tonight. So I better get some stuff done in the student council room first. I'll see you guys later during math!" Rin got up from her seat and closed her bento set. She waved at them and exited out of the classroom.
"Man, there's really no break now that I've two important jobs… I'm starting to think this is a really bad idea afterall." She thought to herself, staring at the floor while she's walking.
No more than 5 seconds later, she accidentally bumped into a wall and fell butt first to the ground. Wait, no, that was softer than a wall. Oh, no, it was a person, now that she sees pairs of shoes from where she's sitting.
"It's unlike you to be this clumsy, fukukaichou. Here, let me help you get up."
She sees a pale hand handed out to her. She stared at the hand for a few seconds and muttered an apology. As she was about to accept the hand, she glanced at the face of the person who just helped her.
It was the captain of the basketball team – Akashi Seijuroo.