Chapter 4

Tea Time with the President

Ayano is walking down the halls after school is over when she finds a letter stuck in her locker. She raises an eyebrow in confusion as she opens her locker and takes the letter out. Her name is on the envelope. She proceeds to open it and reads, "Come meet me at the Amusement Club room. I'll explain later when you get there.

-Kyouko"

Ayano tilts her head in confusion. "Why would Toshino Kyouko invite me to the club room? Just to return her papers again?" She blushes furiously. "O-or maybe she's asking me out on a d-date? C-could that be it?" She shakes her head roughly. "No, no, no, no, no, no! That can't be it, right? Haha! That's so not true! She's just trying to get herself into trouble again just like always. I'll give her a piece of my mind! You just wait, Toshino Kyouko!"

She closes her locker and fast walks straight to the exit when Chitose shows up.

"Hey, Ayano-chan," she says. "Are you on your way to go somewhere?"

"Yes," the violet haired girl replies. "I'm going to the Amusement Club room."

"Did Toshino-san forget to hand in the papers again?"

"I guess so. But whatever the reason is, I'm going to give her a piece of my mind."

"Want me to to come with?"

Ayano looks at the letter, reading the bottom of it, saying, "Please come alone." She looks up and shakes her head. "No, I think I'm fine on my own this time."

Chitose nods and turns to leave. "Okay. I'll see you later, Ayano-chan."

Ayano waves back and looks back at the letter. What do you want, Toshino Kyouko? she keeps asking herself.

When the vice president arrives at the Amusement Club room, she slams the door open. "TOSHINO KYOU-" Before she can finish, she notices a familiar cute figure sitting on her knees in front of a small table. She turns to look at the violet haired girl.

"P-President!?" Ayano says in surprise. "What are you doing here!?"

Rise holds up a letter and unfolds it to show her. Apparently, the same message was sent to her from Kyouko.

"Huh!?" She holds up her letter to show the quiet girl. "Toshino Kyouko told me to come here to meet her! Not you!"

Rise shrugs as she gently sets the paper down at her side. She then pats to one side of the table, signaling Ayano to sit there.

"Oh, sure." The violet haired girl obliges and sits next to the raven-haired girl and waits. "S-so, where is Toshino Kyouko?"

"Right here~!" an energetic voice cheers, coming from the doors.

Ayano and Rise swiftly turn towards the blonde girl, holding a tray of tea while wearing a pink apron over her school uniform.

"Welcome, my fellow presidents~!" Kyouko says. "Your tea awaits!" She casually walks over to set down the tray on the table and backs away. "And enjoy~!"

"W-wait," Ayano says, blushing. "What is this? Why did you bring us here?"

"Oh~?" Ayano takes off the apron and unties her hair. "The president doesn't get enough time here, so I snuck a note at her locker and yours. It was fairly easy."

"And us spending time together is your doing?" Ayano asks.

"Of course~!" The energetic blonde jumps over to hug the vice president from behind, making her blush furiously. "Why else would I want my two favorite presidents to spend alone time together?"

Rise whispers her concern.

"Oh, don't worry about it," Kyuoko says to the quiet girl. "All that matters is that you two student council presidents get to spend time together." She wraps both arms around the two girls and hugs both of them at the same time. "Isn't it great~?"

Ayano blushes even harder than before, mostly from Kyouko's touch. "H-how is it great!? I mean, I-I thought…"

"You thought what~?" Kyouko leans closer to her.

Ayano's heart felt like it's going to burst any minute. "Y-you know what? Never mind! Just never mind!" She waves her arms frantically to get Kyouko off of her.

The blonde giggles. "Well, if you need anything ask me, Chinatsu-chan or Yui. They're here as well~!" She bids them farewell with a wave and leaves the room.

Silence fills the room as Ayano and Rise just sit there, staring at each other. Rise looks the other way, blushing. Dang! Ayano thinks to herself. Why am I being quiet all of a sudden? I mean, it's just me and the president. So, why the awkward silence!? "U-um…President?"

Rise raises her head, signaling for Ayano to continue.

"D-do you want to try the tea first?" Is that the best thing to ask!?

Rise nods and takes a sip of the tea. Closing her eyes, she drinks it and pulls the cup away with a small cute smile on her face as she whispers.

Ayano tries her own tea and her eyes widen at the awesome taste. "It's…good! Better than any other tea I've drank!" She takes a few more sips when she looks down to notice a small white bag next to her tea plate. "Huh? I wonder what Toshino Kyouko made." She digs into the bag to find a chocolate brownie in it. Actually, two of them. "Oh, my! C-can Toshino Kyouko really bake?"

Rise is already eating her brownie and wiping her face with a napkin, like an elegant lady. Ayano decides to try her own brownie and bites into it. The sweet chocolate taste melts into Ayano's mouth, making her close her eyes while putting a happy smile on her face.

"Mm~! So good!" She bites some more to get that lovely taste in her mouth and drink some tea to wash it down.

Rise lets out a soft giggle and finishes up her brownie. She then notices something on Ayano's face after she finishes her brownie. Ayano is too busy to notice as she grabs her second brownie. Rise taps her on the shoulder to get her attention and points at a messy spot on her cheek.

"Hm? Oh, I see."

But before the vice president could even do anything, Rise leans over towards her and gives a small lick to clean off the mess. Ayano blushes hard at what Rise just did while putting her hand on her cheek in the process.

"P-President!?" Ayano stutters. "D-d-did you just…"

Rise blushes as well as she looks the other way. W-w-wait a minute! Ayano thinks to herself. Why did she do that!? Does she do that with Nishigaki-sensei? Is that what they do when they are in a forbidden relationship? In any case, i-if it were Toshino Kyouko…

An image of Kyouko happily licking a piece of food off of Ayano's face appears in her head, making her blush even harder than she has ever been.

Oh, gosh! Ayano thinks to herself. I'm blushing from just imagining it! It's so embarrassing! She then feels a soft tap on the shoulder again, snapping her out of her thoughts and looks towards Rise.

In an instant, Rise lies down on Ayano's lap with her eyes closing and a cute, small smile on her face.

"President?" Ayano inquires.

The raven haired girl looks over at the vice president and whispers. Ayano tilts her head in confusion, for as she still cannot understand Rise's quiet whispers. Then, the raven haired girl sits up, and hugs her student council member, nuzzling against her chest. Ayano looks down at Rise.

"Are you thanking me?" she asks.

She can feel Rise's head nod and then look up at her with her cute, big ruby eyes with her small smile still there, letting Ayano know that she's happy being with her. Ayano smiles back as she strokes her hair. This isn't as bad as I thought it would be, Ayano thinks to herself. Even though this is not what I wanted it to be, I get to spend time with the president. That's more than enough.

Meanwhile, behind the doors, Akari, Kyouko, Chinatsu and Yui watch the two enjoy each other's company.

"They look so cute together~!" Akari squeals in excitement.

"Yes, they do," Chinatsu agrees. "The two members of the student council spending quality time together."

Kyouko gives her signature grin as she gives her friends a thumbs up. "Thank me, Kyuoko, the matchmaker!"

"Matchmaker?" Yui raises an eyebrow. "Are you trying to get them to be a couple?"

"No, silly~!" the blonde giggles. "All I'm doing is having those two spend time together. I mean, look at them~" She points towards the two student council members. "Don't they look great together?"

"They sure do~!" Akari agrees while clasping her hands together.

Yui can't help but smile, too. "Oh, Kyouko. Always going with your silly, but brilliant plans."

Kyouko gives her signature grin again.

Back in the main room, Rise sits up and gives Ayano a peck on the cheek. The violet haired girl just smiles and kisses her on the forehead in return.

"Thanks, President," Ayano whispers.

Rise nods with a smile.

A/N: Well, from what I've seen in the reviews, a couple of you said that Kyouko was playing matchmaker. Hehe~! To tell you the truth, I wasn't really intending on doing that. I just think Kyouko is a very lovable girl, so I chose her to do all the nice things for Ayano and Rise. But since you depicted her as a matchmaker, I decided to write something for that here. So, i hope you all like it.

Oh! I'm sorry for the late update! Turns out that I had writer's block, so I couldn't write the chapters yesterday or the day before. (bows in shame)

A-anyways, feel free to give out any suggestions, questions or concerns and don't forget to review~! ;)