Title - The Student Council and The Service Club

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"…."- Speaking

'…..'- Thoughts

Chapter 16

No one's POV

"Do you want me to?" asked Alice. Shun's surprised look changed into frown. He closed his eyes in annoyance. 'There she goes again… and then there are others enjoying my misery…' he thought as he felt a headache coming.

Silence…..

"Should I borrow maid costume from the drama club…?" asked Julie and smiled slyly. Everyone looked at her, then at Shun and Alice expecting an answer. Shun snapped his eyes open when he heard Julie.

"JULIE!"… that was Shun, who exclaimed while glaring at Julie. "And Alice, I'm serious here" he said looking at Alice, who looked at him seriously.

"But… I'm serious…" said Alice.

Shun furrowed his eyebrows. The whole thing was getting him irritated. His friends were even enjoying his misery the whole day, like now, they are fighting their silly grins. 'Don't they understand?!' he thought.

"I told you to stop it, didn't I?!" he exclaimed loudly, surprising everyone in the room. He stood up abruptly, startling Alice and the others. His chair made a scratching noise at the sudden movement.

"Who told you to follow me around? I know you felt bad for I injured myself but I said that's fine, so be it! I have no time for your jokes. Be more considerate about others! This whole thing is making me annoyed! I need to think. Leave me alone" he said and left the room, leaving everyone speechless as they saw their president shut the door with a thud.

Silence…

Everyone looked at Alice, unsure of what to say. She had her head bowed, her bangs hiding her face and still standing at the same place. They noticed her hands were fisted and glanced at each other.

"…I …I am sure he didn't mean it… Alice" said Runo, breaking the silence. She walked up to her side and put her hand on Alice's shoulder.

"…I-I am really sorry guys… I shouldn't have said that" said Julie, looking at her feet. She looked up at Alice.

"Alice, don't take it personally… There sure are a lot of things on his mind… So…" said Ace, standing up from his chair.

"Yeah… I'm sure he didn't mean it… And we should have also understood… Don't get him wrong…" said Marucho, trying to ease the tension. Everyone stared at Alice who hadn't said a word then looked down.

"It's fine guys… I …just didn't know I was bothering him that much… I can understand… I'll be off now" said Alice as she removed Runo's hand from her shoulder, smiling and left the room. All the members glanced at each other and sighed.

"What's with his sudden outburst anyway?" asked Julie as she folded her arms.

"He's like that when he can't figure his thoughts out… he'll come around. I'll go get him" said Ace, running a hand through his hair. He resisted to say '…can't figure out his feelings' and said '…thoughts' instead. 'But that was really harsh, Shun…' he thought, as he recalled Alice's face, a few minutes ago.

"Yeah… we didn't think about him… He must have felt cornered as everyone keeps staring at him and we were nagging him the whole day…" said Runo while Marucho and Julie agreed with her and Ace left them. "Yeah…"

A few minutes later…..

"Hey, Alice! Have you seen Keith-senpai?" asked Fabia. Alice looked up at Fabia and smiled.

"Hey, Fabia… I think I saw him heading towards the gym with Dan…" replied Alice. She was sitting under the tree she always sat and was writing something when Fabia interrupted her.

"Oh, Thanks… And why are you sitting alone at a time like this…? I mean, it's not like you at all… you would have been carrying out some requests by now…?" questioned Fabia, raising her eyebrow.

"Aaa… just completing something…" replied Alice, looking at her book which she closed just as Fabia came. Fabia raised her eyebrows suspiciously then shrugged. Alice saw that Fabia was looking at Shun, who was talking with some students at a distance and noticed her eyes filled with sadness…? Longing…? She couldn't figure it out. Fabia shook her head and said, "Okay… see ya!" and left in a hurry.

Alice sighed. She had felt like crying when Shun said those words. But then again… who can blame him? 'He always gets annoyed by attention and by his fan girls while I was acting like one! Besides, he has to think a lot and has responsibility as a president… (Sigh)… I wanted to help him but… in the end; I turned out to be an annoyance to him… He's right, I should have been more considerate…' she thought and blinked. A tear trickled down her left cheek which surprised her. 'Then why am I…? Anyway… he didn't have to be that angry… the others also got scolded because of me…' she thought but couldn't deny the fact that she felt sad. She rubbed her eyes. 'It's my fault so… I must reflect on it! I'll not annoy him from now on… I'll only interact with him whenever necessary' she made a resolve and resumed her writing, an apology letter.

Meanwhile….

"I knew I would find you here…"

"I'm not in the mood to talk, Ace…" said Shun. He was on the roof, thinking over his behavior. He sighed and thought 'I shouldn't have snapped like that… but couldn't help it… I had started to feel strange whenever she was around me and those idiots enjoying everything like that! But still… it's so unlike me…'

"Hmm… she looked hurt… And that was harsh…" stated Ace leaning on the wall behind him and crossed his arms on his chest. Shun closed his eyes as the wind ruffled his hair.

"I don't know how that happened… I knew she was helping me, yet I…? I didn't like that she was following me like that… What I meant was, she is always busy helping others so why waste her time on me…" said Shun and leaned on the railing.

Ace sighed. He knew Shun will not admit that he had started enjoying that she was following him and that's the thing which made Shun furious and the fact that why did he even enjoy something like that? "I understand… but what you said seemed a little overboard... she might be sad… Atleast, she was reflecting on her mistake" he said.

Shun opened his eyes and said, "Yes… She always helps other without thinking and saying those things… I-"

"…messed up…? Yeah… you can say that. I know you were also scolding us and not only her, by the way" said Ace and shrugged. "Don't be hard on yourself, Shun. There are people who care for you… that lead them to nag you… you can be so foolish sometimes…" he added and shook his head.

Shun looked at him, surprised then smirked. "Alright… I assume I should clear things and apologize…" he said and went towards the door. "Ace… Thanks…" he added and left while Ace smiled. "Hmm…"

"Geez… since when did you started advising…?"

Ace's eyebrow twitched at the voice. "It was the least I could do… I would call it 'measures to avoid awkwardness later on', Keith" he replied. "Isn't eavesdropping a bad thing, eh… Keith?" he asked.

Keith laughed. "Hey, I was here first!" he said and jumped down. He was resting beside the water tank when he heard voices that broke his slumber. "You guys were being loud… Care to tell me what happened?" he asked while Ace sighed.

A week later…

He couldn't believe a week had passed and he had been trying to talk to her but before he could say anything, he always got interrupted. He knew everyone was busy for the upcoming matches and all and he was busy himself but…! He had been more bothered after that day. In fact, he was more annoyed now, that she had successfully avoided him throughout the week. She comes after the classes, chat with others and assist them and it all looks normal… almost. She behaves the same but it seems too different for him.

Shun stared at the letter after reading it. He had found it near his bag when he went on a stroll around the school as he had kept his bag in the student council room. It was from Alice. It stated 'Shun, I'm really sorry for bothering you so much. I'll not do it again. –Alice G.' He sighed.

He was the one who tried to find her when he came to the school and instead found a letter from her. 'But where is she…?' he thought. He even had gone to the library after their classroom but she was not there. He had apologized to the others that day as soon as he came from the roof and he got smiles from his friends in return and they were not even mad at him. He had asked about Alice but she had already left the school by then… He suddenly recalled the tree he had seen her last time and smirked. 'I haven't checked there…' he thought as he left the room.

Alice hummed as she sat under the tree, enjoying the atmosphere. The students have started entering the school. She adjusted the scattered papers and kept them in her book. She smiled at the thought that she had finally, after a week, and successfully delivered the letter today and started writing something on a page. 'I have to complete this soon…' she thought when… She saw Shun coming her way. She instantly gathered her things and ran off.

On the other hand, Shun saw her gathering things and walk away hastily or was she running…? He frowned as a thought crossed his mind 'Did she just run after seeing me…?'

And this followed throughout the day… the same as it went entire week. Whenever Shun saw Alice and wanted talk to her, he got interrupted or she would disappear from his sight. But finally, he spotted her near the lockers at the lunch hour.

"Alice, I wanted to talk to you" stated Shun, plainly. Alice looked up from the paper she was reading and smiled. Shun noticed that she was startled at first. He frowned.

"Hey, Shun! Oh, I have to give this to someone… I'm in a hurry! We'll talk later okay!" she said and grabbed the book with papers before walking hurriedly. Shun stood there dumbfounded. Now he was sure she was avoiding him. He saw a paper with pink borders which fell from Alice's book. He picked it up and looked at it surprised at the words.

He read '…-I have always been watching you. It's like the time stops when I look at you. I didn't know how but I have fallen in love with you. Every time I see you, my heart flutters. I just wanted you to know how I feel. I will-…' Shun glared at the paper. 'It's incomplete… And she was writing it…' he thought. "I see…"

Meanwhile…..

"Hey, Runo! Let me help you!" exclaimed Dan. He was walking behind Runo who was carrying two lunch trays. She was looking for Julie but Dan spotted her. "Well, that looks tasty!" he added.

"I know your intention. You'll run off after taking it" said Runo and glared at him. Dan sweatdropped.

"No! I just wanted to help you!" he defended and smiled making Runo look away. "Okay! It's just that if you fell, that tasty food will get wasted!" he said and grinned at her. Runo rolled her eyes.

"Hey, what is that?!" he asked, pointing behind her. Runo glanced behind and found nothing. She looked in front to find Dan disappearing around the corner. She shook her head but then saw the bun was missing from her tray. "DAAAAAN! Ugh! I'll kill him!"

After school hours…..

"Why is he glaring at that paper like that?" whispered Julie to Runo. Club hours had just started and just as they came in, they saw their president frowning yet again. Before they ask, Ace beat them to it.

"Are you trying to burn that paper with your eyes?" asked Ace. Julie and Runo laughed.

Shun glared at him and retorted, "Are you trying to be funny?". This time Marucho joined the girls with their laugh. "There they go again…"

"It has pink borders! It should be a confession letter!" exclaimed Julie, eyes sparkling. Shun raised his eyebrows at her. "What? Most love letters have something pink!" Julie added and shrugged.

"May be… Never mind. It's nothing" stated Shun. "Then I want to see it!" said both Julie and Ace. "Me too!" added Runo. They were interrupted as Alice came.

"Hey guys!" greeted Alice as she entered.

"Hey Alice!" greeted everyone except Shun. Alice noticed that everything was back to normal and smiled but then she saw Shun glaring. She saw the paper in his hands and instantly went towards him.

"Hey! That's the paper I was searching for!" exclaimed Alice. "It's important! Thank goodness, you have it!" she said and smiled at him, taking the paper from him. 'That's not the smile she used to give' Shun thought and 'Hn'-ed.

"It's yours, Alice…?" questioned Runo. Alice nodded. "Oh my! Who is it for! Tell us, tell us!" urged Julie. Ace and Marucho sweatdropped at Julie while Alice laughed, nervously. Shun saw her reaction and frowned.

"Uhh… Sorry guys! It's a secret… I can't tell you yet" said Alice, smiling apologetically. "No fair!" exclaimed Julie and Runo while Marucho and Ace glanced at each other, unsurely. Shun looked outside the window.

"I'm not interested to know… now go back to work" stated Shun. He watched the clouds pass by and sighed. 'Why! Why can't I talk to her now…? I have to talk and soon! I can tell she's mad at me, that's why she's avoiding me… And who the heck is that letter for? Why do I even care…' he thought and glanced at Alice who seem to be ignoring him again.

"You'll wait after our work is done. I need to discuss some things with you, Alice" said Shun without looking up from his file. Alice and the others glanced at him.

At the same time…..

Keith, Mira and Baron glanced at Dan who just entered the Service club room. Mira and Baron burst out laughing as soon as they saw Dan. Keith raised his eyebrow at him.

"Uh… what happened to you eye…?"

To be continued…..

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