Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru!

Hiyo! Hehe sorry for the really late update *cues in nervous laughter*. My parents are out of the country and they banned me from using my tablet :(( Because of that, I couldn't update my fics so today I managed to get my hands on a laptop.

Also, I decided to make it into a three-shot because I didn't feel like cramming everything into this chapter lmao. Anyways, hope you cute bees enjoy this! And thank you Juliastes for the tip and Fangirl2868 (guest) for the sweet review!

Another problem at the Art Club

-Confusion-

Subaru slid the door open and stepped out of the classroom.

He was holding a new painting, making sure that he held it carefully as it was drying up. Well, it was almost dried up.

"Imari-san, let's go now. Usami-san's gonna get mad at me if I'm late again!" The blond whined and was about to break into a fast walk, but stopped himself as he noticed a paintbrush on the ground.

Its handle was dark brown - almost black - and scratched; it seemed as if it had a few bite marks here and there. The bristles however, were soft and finely kept. Subaru narrowed his eyes and found a faded doodle of a little bunny's head on the brush's ferrule with a permanent marker. 'Bunnies. Bunnies seem very familiar. I know that I know someone who loves bunnies. I just have to think and-'

"Hmm, Uchimaki-kun. Let's go!" Maria's arms were stretched on both sides as she ran, probably impersonating some anime character.

The boy made his way to the club room and saw Maria standing beside the door, hands behind her back and a smile was on her face.

"Can I watch you give it to her?" The strawberry blonde's eyes were shimmering with hope and excitement, her fists clenched.

"Uh, okay. I mean, you did help me at some parts so we should probably give it toge-"

She raised her hand to interrupt. "I just handed you the materials and gave you ideas here and there, so you can tell her that you made it all by yourself."

"Fine, fine." He slid the door open, only to see Mizuki in front of an easel, her back facing them.

The dark-haired girl was painting freshly cut apples. Nothing unusual. But something was clearly off.

She was painting her apples in a dark shade, a shade darker than her usual 'bright red apple' shade, which could have been because of the club running out of 'bright red apple' paint. This could have been the perfect reason for something being 'clearly off': Mizuki's apples were dark today because the buchō had used the money to buy a new pillow and so they didn't have the money to buy the right 'Mizuki apple shade' paint. But then the painting spoke a different message. Her freshly cut apples were bleeding, and not speaking metaphorically. They were bleeding; a blood-like substance was flowing out of an apple seed. Mizuki never painted something like this. What could have happened?

Subaru finally entered the room, hands behind his back as he held the now dry canvas. "Uh, Usami-san, sorry for being late. I had classroom duty and-"

"Told you so", the buchō muttered in his sleep.

The blond shut his eyes, thinking that she would hit him with a canvas for being late, but got no reactions from her. Mizuki was still painting.

Colette emerged from the storage room, and upon seeing Maria peek her head at the door, her eyes glistened, and she grabbed the strawberry blonde and broke into a dash. "Master! I have something to show you!"

"Wait Cole-chan! I want to see Usa-chan-"

There was an awkward silence as the room was left with the sleeping president, a seemingly infuriated Mizuki and a confused Subaru.

Minutes passed and Subaru was just watching Mizuki as she painted her apples, careful with every stroke. He finally decided to close the door, but was suddenly stopped by the buchō. "I'm gonna have some fresh air." The dark haired teenager muttered to himself, "And I think Nono-chan is outside too."

There was an awkward silence as the room was left with a seemingly infuriated Mizuki and an even more confused Subaru. "H-He just went out."

No reply.

"Usami-san, do you want to see some of my 2-D brides?"

No reply.

"Usami-san, do you want to draw or paint toge-"

The boy was taken aback as she slashed a thick black line across her work, ruining everything beneath it.

A grim reply came. "On our way home, you asked that same question yesterday."

Subaru's eyes widened as he remembered his proposal. He had asked her the same damned question yesterday!

"Oh crap, I forgot because I was having classroom-"

"Or maybe you were busy doing it with Imari-san."

'Oh shoot. She must've heard me and Imari-san talking! Great, the surprise is ruined. And wait, did she just call her Imari-san? She only calls her Imari-chan.'

The boy thought for a moment, and realised that the paintbrush that he found must've been hers. Of course it had to be hers! She seemed to be the only girl in the school who had an obsession for bunnies. That only meant that she was-

She spoke without even stopping from her work. "I came to your classroom because the buchō said that you might be there. And you were. But you weren't doing classroom duty. Save all the lies, Uchimaki."

The blond took a step back. She never spoke this way to him. Heck, she never really seemed to finish a sentence without stuttering or hitting him or even both!

"What do you mean? I was doing classroom duty. I was assigned by sensei with Imari-san."

She scoffed and stopped for a moment. The girl then continued to paint.

Subaru kept his painting above one of the cabinets, then took his own easel and set it beside hers, knowing well that she wouldn't talk to him anymore. For a few minutes at least. But what did he really do? He started to draw the outline for his new bride, but realised that he couldn't concentrate at all. He looked to his left, only to see something that he was totally unprepared for.

She was crying.

Usami Mizuki was crying.

Tears were flowing from her puffy eyes. She bit her lower lip until it bled. Her face was red as she tried to sniffle softly, but failed as her emotions got the best of her. The girl stood up and was about to walk away, but then-

"Usami-san, why are you-"

"I hate you Uchimaki! I hate you so much!" The girl pointed an accusatory finger at the confused boy, and ran out of the room.

There was an awkward silence as the room was left with a very confused Subaru.

Writer-chan's blabbering corner: Okay, that wasn't the best but I didn't know how to keep it going XD I decided to make it a three-shot at the last minute. Tell me what you guys think! Ja ne!~

Meanings

Buchō - president