3

Today's lessons seemed to be endless. I wasn't able to concentrate at all so I'm very lucky I sat out the class without being noticed by anyone. I don't know how to survive the council's meeting and karate training today. Maybe I will just skip it saying I was ill. Indeed I'm feeling very sick. It was impossible for me to find sleep last night, I was constantly thinking about what happened yesterday.

"Nakajima-kun?"

My fellow Satoshi has stepped towards my desk I'm still sitting at absent-minded even school is already over.

"Sorry." I look up to him.

"You're really dreamy today, homie. So, what kept your awake all night?" He smirks.

"Searching for porn on the internet." I smirk too. I always enjoy joking with him.

"There is someone outside the classroom who says he needed to talk to you." Satoshi tells me.

"So? Who is it?" I wonder.

"Honjou." My friend's pronounciation shows how he thinks about that schoolmate – not very good.

"Matsuri!?" I stand up in total surprise. Or was it a jump? "Honjou Matsuri?"

"I couldn't believe it myself." Satoshi-kun nods misinterpreting my reaction. "Shall I tell him to piss off?"

"No. It's ok. I'll go and see what he wants. Thanks buddy." I could fall down on my knees in eternal aplogies before Matsuri.

I pat Satoshi on the back and walk out of the classroom.

There he is, looking so frightenly good in school-uniform.

"Honjou-san." I greet him.

"Nakajima-san." He hails me in return "Can you spare a minute?"

I would gladly spend my whole life with you, love!

"Little." I respond instead. "What is it?" I'm so rude. Dammit. Dammit myself!

"Come take a walk with me." Matsuri invites personably.

And I want to go anywhere with him, I wish I could be with him but I just do not show it.

"What is it?" I resay as we take some gaits together.

"Please look at this, designated president Nakajima." Woah. That sounds odd!

Honjou-kun hands me some photographes. If I put my hand a little closer to his while I reach for the photos I might accidentely touch his finger…

"I took these only two hours ago." He states. No contact.

"Is that so?" I look at the images. They show an affray. Hashiba Sora is attacked same as some underclassman whose name I don't know. One of the assailants is Umino Yukihiko, a disturber the council had to admonish several times already. The other ones are known roughnecks, too, but their names escaped me.

"A brawl." I sigh. No, I didn't wish for nude images of him. Surely not.

"I guess the guys around Umino picked up the fight. They attacked Hashiba and the … Did they also attack children?" I'm shocked. These guys are about my age, how do they dare to attack kids?

"Infact" Matsuri explains "These ruffians assaulted the chibis first and than the fast friends, who came to rescue their protégés."

"What?!" I am outraged.

"Yes. That's just unbelievable. I knew you would react like this. I knew you hate people taking advantage of their rank in order to hurt defenceless persons."

Infact I do.

"Yeah." I answer still concerned with what I just got to know. "May I borrow these images for a while? I want to make sure the student council has enough evidence to punish them adequaetly." If they don't get kicked out but only a reprimand, I think my team will teach them good manners – on our own account.

"Sure. Just keep them." Matsuri affirms "I don't need pictures of persons like that."

Another thought crosses my mind

"Are Hashiba and that other guy ok? Did they get injured?"

"Only slightly. They have already been checked in the infirmary."

"Fine." Then it hits me

"Did you get hurt?" Matsuri-chan was involved in this damn thing, too. Oh, if my Matsuri got harmed someone will beg for death.

"No." he chuckles "I'm perfectly fine. Noone laid a hand on me."

"Good." What a relief! Umino should thank Honjou-kun on his knees for saving his life now.

"You know what?" Matsuri asks still a little giggling. "We were saved because of you."

"Hm?" Because of me???

"Remember you told me anyone could allege to be the student's vice-president and nobody would doubt it? I asserted it. And I threatened to show the photos I took on our next staff meeting." He smiles brightly "They really believed that I was a member of the council and were scared off."

"Oh." He is so smart! "That was indeed artful."

"Thank you." He beams with joy. "I will leave this to you, then. I'm sure you'll arrange everything properly."

"Just leave it to me, Honjou-san." I would do anything for you anyway. "Thanks for your cooperation." I bow.

"Thanks to you!" Honjou-kun bows too and leaves smiling.

I take a deep breath and start sprinting towards the council meeting room. I'm pretty late for the meeting. However that only suits the situation. I'm going to bounce right into the conference and announce dramatically what happened. An entrance like that will surely convince the members to punish the culprits hard.

And afterwards I will join the karate training. I madly feel like it.

Thanks for your trust, Matsuri-chan. You made my day.