Title - The Student Council and The Service Club

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"…."- Speaking

'…..'- Thoughts

Chapter 9

"There you are… You took long enough…" said Shun, loud enough for the woman to hear, who glared at Alice and left with a huff. Alice stood there surprised, her hands at her sides and a basket filled with some clothes in one hand. Just then, Alice pushed him back, while Shun smirked.

"What was that for!" exclaimed Alice, as she took a step back from him. She continued, "If you were that annoyed by your fan girls, why didn't you join me in shopping instead of standing here? You don't have to hug me, you know!". She furrowed her eyebrows at Shun, who gave her a nonchalant look.

"That was for laughing at me back there and now as well. It's a payback for that" stated Shun and smirked. He folded his arms over his chest and asked, "Why…? you don't like it…?" and smirked. She blushed and turned around, hiding her face and pretended she didn't hear him. She said, "Let's go now".

Alice started walking ahead while Shun chuckled and followed her. Alice was searching through clothes and selecting some of them. Shun, on the other hand, just tagged behind her, to avoid girls. Girls were already glaring at Alice. 'Now that I think… it was better when he was standing away…' she thought and sighed.

Alice glanced at Shun, who was looking through basket, with a bored look. She mentally praised him for avoiding so many stares and attention he was getting, so easily. He seemed a pro at that. 'Dan would've been really happy if he gets so much attention by girls… Well, Keith-senpai is also famous…' she thought.

"This many clothes are fine. Let's get out of here" said Shun, which brought Alice back from thinking. She glanced at Shun, who looked more annoyed now and resisted an urge to laugh. "O..Okay! Let's go check out" she said.

"Here you go!" said the lady at check-out counter, smiling sweetly at Shun. Shun ignored her and walked ahead, taking the bags. Alice sweatdropped at him but thanked the lady, who smiled at her.

"So… it's done! I had fun!" said Alice, once they were outside. Shun rolled his eyes at her. "Hn. I know you had 'fun' at my misery" stated Shun as they walked side by side. Alice laughed. "You can say that…" she pointed out while laughing. Shun sighed, "Stop it already…"

"Well then, I'll be going now" said Alice, after few minutes of walking. 'I have to study… And I haven't made lunch at home yet… I'll just grab something on the way!' she thought. Shun noticed that it was past noon and glanced at her.

"Let's go and eat something before you go" said Shun, looking aside. Alice looked at him surprised. He continued, "It's already past noon…and you might be hungry…". He looked at her now.

Alice smiled at him. 'It's his way of thanking… I guess' she thought. She didn't notice that she was smiling and staring at him.

"What? Is there something on my face?" asked Shun, raising his eyebrow at her. She just shook her head 'no' at him.

"That's fine, Shun. No need to thank me. Remember? I helped because I owed you…?" said Alice and shrugged. Shun looked at her surprised, as she had figured out his intention. She continued, "Anyway, I'll be on my way! I'll beat you this time in tests Shun! See ya!" and waved as she walked away, declining his offer.

'Well, that was a surprise. She declined my offer for lunch. That's the first…While others insist me to go with them. She's something…' thought Shun, as he saw her walk away. He smirked at her determination and called a cab, to return home.

Exam week…..

The week passed in flash for students due to exams. Teachers could see stressful, scared and restless students trudging through hallways, throughout the week. They were surprised to find that the students are taking tests so seriously and helping each other. Well, everyone wants to come first…

Service clubs activities were postponed. Dan was the most freaked out person from Service club. Keith was busy taunting Dan, who got scolded by Mira many times through the week. Some students were even shocked to see Dan and Baron in the library, studying.

It was the last day of test when, "FREE FOOD! HERE I COME!" yelled Dan, in the library. He was scolded by Librarian ofcourse and the students' sweatdropped.

Last day of test… After exam…

Service Club room

"Man! I can take a breath now!" exclaimed Dan, stretching. He just entered in the club room to find the members already there, except Alice.

"Well, the results will be out soon…" Keith pointed out and smirked at Dan, whose face became colorless after hearing that. "BROTHER!" scolded Mira, while the others laughed.

"Why you…!" started Dan but was cut off by Baron's yelling, "NO! I wrote the wrong answer for one question!" and grabbed his hair. Dan sighed, "Anyway, I need to thank Runo!" and moved his bag away.

"Don't worry Baron! We'll pass! I taught you, remember?" said Julie, smirking. "That's why it's wrong! Man!" Baron exclaimed. Julie laughed nervously. "Nothing can be done now…" she added.

"Anyway, why are you here Julie?" asked Mira, folding her arms. "Because you guys are noisy and President asked me to take care of it!" replied Julie, flipping her hair. "That's how you follow President's order, huh?" Keith asked, as he walked towards the window. Julie laughed at that.

"I was just gonna do that! But it seems useless…" said Julie and pointed behind them. Dan and Baron were fighting over an action hero figurine. They sweatdropped. Keith raised his eyebrows as he saw Alice's tense face and movements, who went towards the hallway.

'Something's wrong…' he thought and went towards the door, putting his hands in his pockets. "Hey? Where are you going, Senpai/Brother?" asked Julie and Mira at the same time. "I'll be right back…" said Keith, waving his hand casually and left. Mira and Julie shrugged.

Meanwhile…..

Alice was humming as she went to her locker to keep her books. She smiled as the tests were unexpectedly gone smoothly. She punched her locker number and opened the door, when there was another letter with a pink envelope waiting for her. She opened it as it was addressed to her, thinking that it might be a confession letter, as it has a faint sweet smell. She furrowed her eyebrows as she read it, 'Not again… Another threat letter…'

Alice noticed that it's written exactly like the previous one. The words were purposely or intentionally written in crooked fashion, so that it cannot match the real writer or culprit's handwriting. 'If I recall correctly, the same ink was used in previous one… But where is the first letter! I dropped it last time…' she thought.

Alice went towards the hallway, as she put the letter in her blazer pocket after closing her locker. It was the lunch time so most of the students were in the cafeteria, celebrating the end of their tests. 'May be Kaichou has the letter… but if I ask him directly, he'll question me…' she thought.

Shun and Ace trudged through the hallway to go towards the cafeteria, when Shun spotted Alice a few meters away, her back towards him. On the other hand, Alice was deep in thought which caused her to bump into Keith, causing her to lose her balance but Keith held her shoulders to prevent her fall. Witnessing this, Shun stopped along with Ace, who watched with interest, while Shun had a blank face.

"What's the rush, Alice?" asked Keith as he removed his hands from her shoulders. Alice looked at him surprised and said, "Sorry, I didn't see you there, Senpai… Thank you". Keith noticed that she was thinking and contemplating over something while Alice put her hand in her school blazer's pocket.

"What's the problem? I can see you are hiding something" Keith pointed out, showing not much emotion but there was slight concern in his voice. Alice sighed. 'It's better to tell someone this time…' she thought, as her hand moved from her pocket, revealing the letter she got.

On the other side, even though Shun and Ace couldn't hear their conversation, they saw Alice pulling out a pink envelope from her pocket. She handed it to Keith, who raised an eyebrow at her and proceeded to open the letter but Alice stopped him, putting her hand on his. "Read it later. I need your help now, Senpai" she said which surprised Keith.

"Looks like she's confessing… No surprise there. Keith is popular among girls" stated Ace as he watched the scene curiously while Shun watched without saying anything, as Keith's face turned to surprised one. Ace glanced at Shun, only to find him staring blankly at them and sweatdropped.

Alice told Keith about the letter she got, which surprised Keith again. "So, I actually need the previous letter and I have inkling that Kaichou might have it. If I ask him, he'll start questioning me, so I want you to ask him instead" said Alice. Keith nodded and just then he glanced behind her to find Shun and Ace standing, looking at them. He smirked at them.

"You think that way he'll not interfere and he'll think that I want to investigate it?" he said and smirked as he put one hand on Alice's head, patting. He continued, "Sure. That's what friends are for, Alice… And you did a good thing telling me this". His face turned serious at the end and put the letter in his pocket.

Shun suddenly left, when he saw Keith patting Alice's head and smirking his way. Ace followed and said, "Hey, wait! Why are you suddenly grumpy? And why are you going back to office?". Ace was answered with silence which left him thinking 'What's with him…?'

"You go ahead. I'll catch up later" Shun said finally. Ace shrugged, "Fine…" and left reluctantly. Shun entered his office and sighed at his own actions. He was suddenly feeling unsettled, watching Alice's and Keith's interaction like that.

He ran his hand through his hair and tried to shrug off his thinking when the door to the office opened, revealing Keith. He smirked at Shun while Shun looked at him, uninterestedly. "What do you want?" he asked. But Keith's answer took him off guard.

Keith waved his hand casually and said, "I need that threat letter Alice got. You have it, right?

To be continued…

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