The sound of silence was comfortable in Issei's ears. Currently, inside the classroom after school, he was working on a set of problems for English subject. Issei took a small break as he was focusing on the problem a bit much.

"Is something the matter?" Souna asked him as she looked up from her book. She was reading a book, a novel if he had to guess from the cover. Of course, she was reading the original English release of the novel rather than the translated Japanese one. She sure was diligent, even when she entertained herself, she never stopped studying.

"Nothing, Kaichou. It's just my eyes are a bit dry. Looking at the questions would do that to you."

Souna nodded. But instead of continued reading her novel, she searched for something inside her school bag. Issei was too curious to continued solving the problem set. She was really dignified. Usually, people would just rummage the content of their bags, but she looked up her bag systematically.

"Here," Souna placed the thing that she took out from her bag on the table.

It was a small bottle of eye drops.

"Eh? You don't need to bother yourself, Kaichou. I can just blink for several times and it won't be dry anymore."

"I insist, Hyoudou-san," Souna shook her head and forced Issei's hand to take the eye drops.

Soft... Issei thought to himself when his hands were gripped by Souna's warm hands.

"Thank you, Kaichou."

Issei opened the eye drops and used it on both of his eyes.

After he closed his eyes for several seconds, his eyes went back to normal. No more dryness. Huzzah for eye drops!

Issei then went back to solve the problem given by Souna. Let's see... number ten, the answer was D. He was sure. Probably. Maybe? English was hard. Even with Souna's notes and problem sets, this was one of the hardest to learn between all other subjects.

Issei stole a look at his tutor. She was looking at the eye drops on the table. Her eyes flickering between the pages of her novel and the eye drops. Issei ignored her and continued his task.

From the corner of his eyes, he saw Souna took off her glasses closed her eyes. Issei could hear her sigh.

Souna, how could he concentrate when you do that?

"What's the matter, Shitori-kaichou? It's not like you to sigh like that."

Souna just looked at him with a flat stare. "You need to be more sensitive to your surroundings, Hyoudou-san."

"Huh? Did I do something wrong?"

Souna clicked her tongue as he finished asking the question aloud.

"Hyoudou-san. May I have your assistance in applying the eye drops?"

At this, Issei stopped thinking. "Really, Kaichou. You say I am insensitive, but you yourself need to be more clear in saying something. How would I know if you don't say it outright?"

"A perfect Hyoudou Issei would."

Issei winced at hearing that. It meant that his way of being the perfect Hyoudou Issei was still long.

"Fine. I saw you eyeing the eye drops. But I never thought about you needing help. I mean, in my eyes you are the infallible Shitori Souna, the Student Council President of Kuoh Academy. How would I know you have something you need help with when your usual demeanor tells me that you can handle everything?"

Souna looked irritated at him. "We can banter later, Hyoudou-san. Help me with this first. Please."

"Yes, yes." Issei took the eye drops and approached Souna who sat in front of him.

And then what he was about to do dawned on Issei. He... was about to help Souna used the eye drops. Now, it didn't sound so bad on paper. Yup, just helping the beautiful senpai using her eye drops. Nothing so bad.

But as he approached said beautiful senpai, Issei found his legs trembling.

"Is there something wrong, Hyoudou-san?"

"N-Nothing." No way he could tell her what was on his mind.

"Alright then. Continue," Souna relaxed her posture and turned her head upwards.

Issei gulped. For the first time in his life, he was about to approach a beautiful girl's face, with her consent no less! So he had to treat this carefully. No weird movement. No accident. Perfectly. Yes, he had to do this perfectly, just like the state of perfection that he was looking for.

Issei took a deep breath.

He opened the eye drops and brought his hand above Souna's head. Despite his presence, Souna still opened her eyes. However, when he pinched the eye drops until a drop fell, Souna quickly closed her eyes.

"I am very sorry, Hyoudou-san. I have a slight aversion with eye drops. Or anything that is coming towards my eyes. I reflexively closed them every time something came.

"Un, that's fine..." If that was the case, then no wonder Souna needed help for using eye drops.

"You have my permission to touch my face," said Souna. "I sensed your hesitation."

Issei breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you, Kaichou."

With trembling hands, Issei touched Souna's face.

"Calm down, Hyoudou-san," Souna smiled at Issei's nervousness.

"I'm sorry, Kaichou! But you are a beautiful girl and I couldn't help but get nervous!"

"Relax, Hyoudou-san."

Issei tried to clear his mind. No, he was not thinking about anything untoward. Rather, he couldn't stop thinking about how beautiful Souna's face was, how smooth her skin was, how mesmerizing her violet eyes were, how peaceful her smile was, how lustrous her black hair was. That was what he had to clear his mind from and it was really hard.

Issei loosened the area around Souna's right eyes. "No need to be afraid, Kaichou. This is just a drop of water. It's nothing dangerous. Yes, good."

Issei pinched the eye drops and let the single drop fell to her opened eyes. Reflexively, Souna tried to close her eyes but found herself unable because of Issei's effort to loosen her eyes. The eye drops fell into the violet eyes of Souna.

"Good. Now, one more please, Shitori-kaichou."

"Right."

Issei repeated the motion to Souna's left eyes. After he successfully helped Souna used the eye drops, he went back to his seat and lose all the strength he had on his legs and his breath became erratic.

"Was that intense, Hyoudou-san?"

"Very much so, Kaichou," Issei replied unconsciously. He then realized what he just said and blushed red. "I-I'm sorry, Kaichou! But it is the truth!"

Souna just smiled at his reaction.

Issei frowned at her. "You're just teasing me, aren't you?"

"Correct, Hyoudou-san."

Issei let out a sigh after hearing Souna's confirmation. As he was about to go back to his problem set, he was called out by Souna.

"Hyoudou-san."

"Yes, Shitori-kaichou?"

"What did you say about me again?"

Issei blinked. "I said something about you?"

This time it was Souna's turn to sigh. "Yes."

"Oh! Yeah... to me you are..." Issei turned his face aside so that Souna couldn't see his tomato face. "The infallible Shitori Souna, the Student Council President of Kuoh Academy."

Issei heard a suppressed laugh coming from Souna.

"Gah! Why did I say that so loudly?!"

It sounded like Souna couldn't hold her laughter anymore and she freely let out a soothing laugh.

Issei's eyes were captivated by the relaxed face of Souna who was laughing. She was truly beautiful. Whoever said that Rias Gremory and Himejima Akeno were more beautiful than her was very much an idiot.

The two had a sexy and mature aura that hypnotized everyone, yes. But the real beauty was the girl in front of him. She did not ooze an aura of a temptress, but you would find yourself following the curve of her face. She did not have the body of a goddess, but you would find yourself looking at every bit of her. She did not have a sultry voice, but you would find yourself moving at her will.

Yes.

To him, she was a perfect Shitori Souna.

"Thank you, Hyoudou-san," Souna smiled at Issei.

Danger! Danger! Hyoudou has stopped responding! Rebooting!

"Hyoudou-san?"

"Ah! Sorry, Kaichou. What were you saying?"

"Right. Thank you for your opinion, Hyoudou-san. I did not mean to belittle you. Rather, my opinion differs from you. To me, I am not infallible, even if I try to present myself as such. You've seen it with your own eyes just now, I still need your help in doing something. I am not as perfect as you think I am. However. Admitting your weakness is a sign that you understand yourself, and in time you will find yourself maturing, slowly that weakness will cease to exist. That is what it means to be a perfection. You do not become perfect in one night, but through a very long process that once the reward comes, you will be very satisfied by your own effort. After all, hard work will never betray you."

Issei was gaping as Souna explained the reasoning behind her laugh.

"That is why, Issei-san, take your times to be the perfect Hyoudou Issei. The path will be long and arduous. And I am very sure other people will lead you astray from the path. Not from their direct action, but from their indirect action. If such a thing occurs, I want you to have faith in yourself," Souna took Issei's hand and guided it to his chest. "I am very sure that your faith will lead you back to the singular path. If you still can't, just remember that in this vast world, there is already a person who believes in you."

Slowly, Souna moved Issei's hand and placed it on her metaphorical heart.

"If you can do that, I can guarantee that you will become the perfect Hyoudou Issei."

Issei looked down, trying to hide the tears that had already gathered on the corner of his eyes.

"Thank you... thank you very much for believing this Hyoudou Issei, Souna-kaichou!"

"It is my duty as the Student Council President to help her student, Issei-san. However, the one who puts the effort is you yourself. So be proud of yourself."

Issei shook his head. "I will not be proud today, Kaichou. Once the culmination of all my efforts these past five days come, only then I will be proud of myself, and you."

"That's the correct attitude to have, Issei-san. Now, how far have you done in the problem set?"

"U-Um, I'm still stuck in the middle part."

"What makes you stuck? Please tell me. I will guide you through this."

Souna moved her seat to Issei's side.

Yes. These days. Long after the midterm exam, Issei was sure that he would still treasure these days.

Because he was with Souna.


A/N: In excitement of the soon Bokuben anime announcement and the late Gotoubun announcement, I made this. Moar IsseixSona! More intimate moments! More revelation about each other! Until they finally fall in love with each other.