Sorry for the late update. I was… procrastinating. I did have a fever for two days but I can't really blame that much. I'm far too lazy…

Also, once again, the chapter ended up longer than I expected. It's not much of a problem but it takes more time to write. Oh well. As long as you guys enjoy the story, I'm happy.

Disclaimer: I do not own YuruYuri. It belongs to Namori.

The Council of Change

Chapter 4: The President's Affairs

Sakurako hummed happily as she and Himawari headed to the Amusement Club room. Himawari glanced sideways at her and smiled.

She's pretty happy about being able to see everyone. I should be happy too. It's rare for us to have enough time to be able to visit the Amusement Club. I honestly can't remember the last time I went to their club room.

The two soon reached their destination and Sakurako slid open the door with great force. "Sugiura Ayano!"

"Sakurako!" Himawari hissed.

Sakurako looked at her for a moment before turning back to face the room. "Sorry. I mean, Student Council President!"

Himawari facepalmed. She looked up to see that everyone in the room was laughing. Everyone except for their purple haired president, that is.

Ayano had a very troubled expression on her face. "I'm so sorry, Oomuro-san. I completely lost track of time. Let's go back to the Student Council room right now."

Himawari waved her hands in front of her. "No, no. We didn't come to call you back, Sugiura-senpai. We actually finished all our work early today. So we came to tell you that we're going back home."

"You finished everything already?" Ayano asked in disbelief.

Himawari nodded. "We even finished your portion of the work. You don't need to go back to the Council room today."

"Oh. That's... good." Ayano frowned. "I'm the Student Council president and you two are doing all the work. That's actually not good at all. I'm so sorry to burden you with so much work, Furutani-san."

"Please don't apologize, senpai. I'm the vice-president. It's my duty to assist you."

Ayano gave Himawari a strained smile. Himawari knew that Ayano was feeling guilty but Himawari was truly happy to help. She was fairly certain that her senpai had a crush on Kyouko so if a tiny bit of assistance on her part could allow the two to get closer then so be it. The bluenette sometimes wondered why someone as serious and responsible as Ayano fell for the boisterous and carefree Kyouko. However, considering how Himawari had fallen for someone who was just as troublesome, if not more, she knew that she was in no position to speak. In her opinion, the heart was illogical, unreasonable and simply insane. The heart wants what it wants. There really wasn't any point in trying to figure out exactly why people loved the people they did.

Himawari noticed that her six friends were broken off into pairs. Kyouko and Ayano were sitting on one side of the table working on what Himawari assumed to be Kyouko's doujins. Yui and Chitose were sitting on the other side of the table playing a card game. Akari and Chinatsu were sitting against the wall presumably chatting with each other.

It looks like Sugiura-senpai and Toshinou-senpai have gotten a lot closer. That's good to know.

Himawari turned to look at Sakurako intending to tell her that it was time to leave but she kept silent when she found that the girl was glaring at Ayano. She had seemed so happy just a few minutes before but all trace of that happiness had somehow managed to vanish.

Sakurako narrowed her eyes at Ayano. "You seem like you're having a lot of fun, Sugiura-senpai. You sure do play around a lot nowadays. You spend more time here than you do in the Council room. You really shouldn't-"

Himawari slapped her hand against Sakurako's mouth. There was no way she could allow Sakurako to say what she was going to say. It was obvious that Ayano already felt guilty. Himawari simply couldn't allow Sakurako to make her senpai feel even worse.

Ayano furrowed her eyebrows. "I really shouldn't what?"

Himawari laughed nervously. "You really shouldn't worry about anything. The two of us will take care of everything for you."

Sakurako pulled Himawari's hand off of her mouth and briefly glared at her. She then silently walked into the room and sat down on the floor in front of Akari and Chinatsu. "You two were chatting, weren't you? Mind if I join you?"

Himawari blinked. Is she... mad at me? Why is she so bent on telling off Sugiura-senpai anyway? Is she upset over the extra work she has to do? Or is she worried about... me?

Akari smiled brightly. "Of course you can join us, Sakurako-chan!"

"Thanks. So what were you talking about?"

"A café visit!"

"What?"

Chinatsu smiled at Akari's exuberance. "We were thinking of visiting that café that everyone in our class is talking about nowadays. Everyone says it's pretty good. And it's close to our school too."

Akari clasped her hands together. "Hey, why don't we all go there right now? It'll be really fun!"

"Yeah. Let's go now," Chinatsu said.

"Sure. I'll go too." Sakurako turned to look at Himawari. "What about you? Are you coming with us?"

"Huh? O-Oh. Yes, I will come with you guys." Sakurako doesn't seem to be mad at me anymore...

"Want to come with us, Kyouko-senpai?" Chinatsu asked.

Kyouko smiled apologetically. "Uh… I think I'll stay here and finish my doujin. The deadline is tomorrow so…"

"Really? Do you want Akari to stay and help you then, Kyouko-chan? Akari would be glad to help."

Kyouko waved her hands in front of her. "No, no, Akari. You don't have to stay back. Ayano is helping me. That should be enough help. You'll help me won't you, Ayano? You don't mind staying back, do you?"

Ayano blushed. "O-Of course not. I'll stay and help you."

Yui and Chitose shared a knowing look and put down their cards. Yui stood up. "The two of us will go with you guys. Let's leave quickly so that we don't disturb Kyouko and Ayano."

Kyouko reddened slightly and shot a glare at Yui. Yui snickered in response and Chitose giggled.

Chitose stood up and walked towards the door. "Let's go now. I have to grab my bag from the Student Council room first though."

Himawari looked down at the floor feeling slightly guilty. "Oh. We should have brought your bags."

"No, no, Furutani-san. That's not your duty. I'll go and get my bag. Why don't the rest of you wait near the school gate?"

"Yes. We'll wait there."

Everyone grabbed their bags and left the room. Before walking out the door, Yui smirked at Kyouko. "Enjoy yourselves."

Kyouko said nothing in response. She watched in silence as Yui closed the door to the room but the blonde was quite annoyed. You're having too much fun teasing me, Yui. I'll get you back for this…

"So… It's just the two of us now."

Kyouko snapped out of her thoughts at the sound of Ayano's voice. "Y-Yeah. It's just us. Let's have fun!"

"We can't just concentrate on having fun, Toshinou Kyouko. There's a lot of work to do."

Kyouko laughed. "I know, I know. But I like spending time with you. So even if there's a lot of work, we're bound to have fun!"

Ayano smiled. "I suppose. But it's going to be a problem if we don't finish everything soon."

"Why?"

"...Because of your deadline?"

"Oh, don't worry about that, Ayano. The deadline is next week. There's plenty of time."

Ayano narrowed her eyes at Kyouko. "Next week? You said the deadline was tomorrow."

Kyouko's eyes widened. "I… Actually, I… Uh…"

Ayano frowned. "You lied. Why did you lie?"

Kyouko looked at the ground, refusing to meet Ayano's eyes. She blushed and said softly, "It's like I said before. I like spending time with you."

"Wha-?" Ayano was stunned. "O-Oh. But… You didn't have to lie, you know? After all, I… I… I like spending time with you too."

Kyouko's head shot up. "Really?"

Ayano nodded. "Yes."

Kyouko beamed. "Then… Do you want to come over to my house to help me with the doujin?"

"Huh? Y-Yes. I'd like that."

"Really? It's not a problem?"

Ayano chuckled. "No, it's not a problem. You dragged me all the way to Comiket before. I don't see why it would be a problem to have to go to your house. I mean, your house is so much closer than Tokyo."

Kyouko stared at Ayano for a few moments before she burst out laughing. Ayano was surprised at first but she soon started laughing too.

The door to the room suddenly opened. "I brought you your bag, Ayano-chan. You won't have to go back to the Council roo... I'm sorry. Did I disturb you two?"

Ayano wiped a tear from her eye. "Don't worry, Chitose. You're not disturbing us. We're just laughing because... Toshinou Kyouko, why are we laughing again?"

Kyouko took a deep breath to calm herself down. "That doesn't really matter now does it? What matters is that we're going to a café with everyone!"

"Huh? Didn't you say we weren't going?"

"You said you'd come over to my house to help me out. So let's go to that café now and enjoy ourselves. You want to check out the new café too, don't you?"

"...Yes." Ayano smiled. "Let's go then, Toshinou Kyouko."

"You're going to her house, Ayano-chan? Hehehe..."

"Chitose!"

Fortunately, Kyouko managed to find a box of tissues in the club room.

I took a bit of a break from HimaSaku in this chapter. Don't worry though. KyoAya isn't the main pairing so we'll be back to HimaSaku soon enough. KyoAya will still feature in this story quite a bit though since the ship will actually play a huge role in the whole scheme of things… I can't spoil anything right now though, now can I?

Look forward to the next chapter, everyone! Also, read and review. Reviews truly do make my day.