Title - The Student Council and The Service Club

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Chapter 21

No one's POV

"Let's see what the mystery price is!" exclaimed Julie as soon as they entered their room. She was going to jump on the box held by Klaus in his hands but Runo held her back. Ace sighed, relieved and thanked Runo. But soon the box was snatched away from him by Dan. "Hey!"

Dan had already torn the fancy wrapper around it, after keeping it on the floor of their living room. The others swarmed around him, curiously while the winners of the tournament, Ace and Mira watched them along with the handcuffed pair, Shun and Alice, with sweatdrops. "Yosh!"

"What is… this…?" muttered Runo which caught the winners' attention when…

"OH MY GOD! This is the awesome and most expensive and branded make up kit!" exclaimed Julie, her eyes sparkling.

"COOL! The whole series of Depths of Hell! This game is going to be released next month and is very expensive, man! AWESOME! I heard the graphics in it are a blast! I can't wait to play!" exclaimed Dan but the DVDs were snatched away by Ace and then Mira snatched it from Ace and their glaring contest started for who will keep the game. (A/N - I made that name up. XD)

"And hey! There's also… uhh… What is this?" asked Dan, holding two tickets which were snatched away by a grinning Billy.

"Free tickets to 'Love Love Festival'…? Interesting!" said Billy and laughed, followed by more laughing from others except Shun who was smirking and Keith who was glaring at the tickets.

Ace and Mira blushed furiously. "SHUT UP!" they shouted at the same time, causing the other to laugh more. "Give me that! I'll sell them to some couple who's interested" said Keith as he snatched the tickets away from Billy.

The gang raised their eyebrows at him. Keith narrowed his eyes. "What? I'm not sending Mira with a play boy" he said, glancing at Ace.

"What?! I'm not a paly boy! What gave you that idea?! And I don't want to go anyway!" exclaimed Ace, his cheeks tainted pink. Baron was filming the scene with camera while laughing. Girls giggled at him while boys gave him a sly look.

"I'm sure he's excited to go, ne, Ace?" asked Shun and smirked at Ace who glared at Shun. The others laughed at the comment then suddenly stopped as they glanced at Alice and Shun who stood beside each other bound by handcuffs and sighed as they saw the two were not talking with each other.

Silence…

They paused and recalled what had happened a few minutes earlier…

Ten minutes earlier…

"Uhh… I …don't have the key…" said Alice.

"…What?" asked Shun, looking at her. That caught everyone's attention.

"I think… I lost it…" said Alice and looked at the others who were staring at the two. "Let's go ask for a spare key…?" she suggested. She glanced at Shun who was frowning.

They all arrived at the booth and explained their 'predicament'. They glanced at each other when the manager gave them an apologetic smile and waited for him to speak.

"I'm sorry… Actually, the one who is in-charge of spare keys have left due to some circumstances. But he'll be back in an hour or two I think…" said the manager.

"…?"

"What?! Then do something. We can't stay like this" said Shun, much to other's surprise.

"Sorry, Sir. You have to wait. You should have come sometime earlier if you had problem. And please return those to the booth before leaving" explained manager, pointing at the handcuffs held by the gang. "Well… you two should return them later. Please don't break them" he added, looking at Shun and Alice and left inside.

Shun ran his unoccupied hand through his hair and sighed. He couldn't believe this could happen with him. He was stuck with Alice and can't do anything. Alice glanced at him as he pinched the bridge of his nose while the others returned their cuffs.

"Great. Now I'm stuck" he said. He was feeling rather uncomfortable like that and that strange feeling came back to him yet again. He sighed.

"I'm sorry… It's my fault that you are stuck with me" said Alice and sighed. Shun glanced at her.

"No. It's my fault. I should have kept the key with me instead" he said, staring ahead. Alice frowned, looking up at him.

Meanwhile, the others watched surprised at the two teens, unable to say anything. Well, they were too shocked to see their President like that and were thinking what was wrong.

"What? You are implying that I can't even keep a key safely?" asked Alice, frowning at him.

"Hm. You should have paid attention to the key instead of spacing out" he said, looking away from her.

"It must have fall off somewhere. I was not spacing out, I was thinking something" said Alice, slightly disappointed at the way he was talking. 'Am I that much of an annoyance to him…?' she thought.

"Or 'someone'… May be about that stupid 'hugging' freak. You are always causing problems for me…" he muttered, quietly and sighed. However, Alice heard him clearly.

"I know I'm troublesome but at least don't insult me by accusing something I didn't do when I can hear you! And you don't need to mention Mister Klaus! I'm just helping him! He has done nothing to you. How can you think that…" said Alice, her voice quivering at the end. She was hurt by his words. He glanced at her and looked away from her. He felt angry that she had sided with Klaus.

"What help? And he-…" said Shun but was interrupted by Keith who gripped Shun's shoulder with his hand.

"Enough. She's helping him to make his childhood friend jealous because he likes that girl. You are going overboard" said Keith, his face serious but his firm grip on Shun's shoulder indicated that he was angry.

"I'm sorry, guys! I was the one who told Klaus about how our school's Service club works… and Alice agreed because I asked her for ideas…" said Marucho and bowed. "I'm really sorry, Alice"

"It's alright Marucho… It's not your fault" said Alice, smiling at Marucho than looked away. She wanted to run away from there but she couldn't as her hand was bound by cuffs.

The others glanced at each other, unsure of what to say then at Keith who left them. They followed him, giving a glance at the handcuffed pair. The boys shook their heads at Shun while the girls looked sadly at Alice who was looking down at her feet.

Meanwhile, Shun stared straight ahead. He really had talked too much, he realized. He glanced at Alice who was facing in the other direction and staring at her feet. His lips escaped an inaudible sigh as he ran his other hand through his hair. He got so worked up over nothing and now she is sad… He knew he had hurt her and she seems angry… Oh, what had he done…?

"Uh… Listen, Alice…" he said but Alice kept looking the other side. "Hey, I'm talking to you" he said again but got no response. He tapped her on her shoulder but she didn't budge.

"We should go…" she said, quietly and started walking. He frowned, his pride taking over. "Fine!" he huffed, looking away from her and followed her. To see Shun Kazami following a girl was quite a sight to see…

Present time…

"I don't want those things! They are totally useless!" exclaimed Mira, breaking the silence and catching the others' attention except Keith who watched the handcuffed pair stood silently, ignoring each other's presence.

"Alice, you have a 'date' right now in about ten minutes" said Keith. Julie's ears perked up while the other glanced at them with smiles.

"Oh yeah!" exclaimed Julie. "Have fun Alice! …and Shun, try to have fun, now that you are stuck…" she added and laughed at Shun. The others laughed as Shun's face turned sore and glared at her.

"Too bad you have to go like that on your first date" said Runo, pointing at Alice's dress. Alice laughed.

"Well, that's fine. It's not a date… I'm not very excited to go anyway" said Alice. "…but I'm now 'stuck' so I can't dress up" she added, shooting a glance at Shun who rolled his eyes.

"You don't need to dress up for that creep" said Shun, bluntly and walked towards the exit, dragging Alice with him. "Now let's get this over with…" he added.

After they exited, the others blinked. "Isn't Shun acting weird…? Billy? You are shooting all the scenes, right?" asked Julie.

"Yup! How can I miss something THAT funny?" said Billy as he turned off his camera.

"Nah…He has a dislike for that Klaus guy! He seems annoyed that he had to go and see Klaus. That'll be hilarious!" said Dan and grinned evilly.

"What are you planning Dan?" asked Runo.

"Let's go watch them!" exclaimed Dan. The surprising part was, no one protested against the idea.

Keith sighed. "There will be fireworks later on by the way" he said as he walked towards the exit with others who nodded and grinned.

At the dinner…

Alice and Shun just entered the said Sea Buzz café and spotted Klaus sitting in a VIP booth. As soon as Shun glanced at Klaus, he glared. He was the reason, their argument started. And also, he hasn't forgiven him for hugging Alice yet… or never will. He just couldn't bring himself to.

Klaus watched as Alice laughed nervously while Shun was looking the other side but still was standing too close to Alice. He raised an eyebrow as both their hands were hidden or they were trying to hide…

"What is he doing here…?" asked Klaus, pointing at Shun when the pair approached the table.

"Got a problem with that?" asked Shun, glaring at Klaus. Alice laughed awkwardly, interrupting them.

"Hello, Mister Klaus. Sorry, he tagged along…" said Alice as she took a seat in front of Klaus, Shun followed suit and sat beside Alice.

"I didn't know you two were going out" said Klaus. Alice looked at him surprised while Shun merely looked at him, unfazed.

"N-No! It's not l-like that! We… are not" stammered Alice, blushing slightly, although she kept looking at Klaus.

"Well… you are holding hands. That's alright. No need to hide it" said Klaus, waving his hand at a furiously blushing Alice and a nonchalant looking Shun. Alice turned to Shun.

"Why aren't you saying anything? Say something!" she exclaimed. Shun shrugged then smirked. At least, she talked to him… Well, he can't waste the chance now, can he…? Alice looked at him raising her eyebrow.

"As he said… Alice" said Shun and held her hand with his while smirking. Alice pried her hand from his… well… she tried but failed. She continued trying while smiling at Klaus and before she could speak, Shun beat her to it. Shun turned to Klaus, his face serious.

"Well… why didn't you confess to your girl directly instead of asking Alice for help? That caused some argument between us" said Shun, bluntly instead of clearing Klaus's misunderstanding about them being a couple. Alice turned to him, eyes wide.

Klaus seemed surprised. "Is that so? I humbly apologize for that to both of you. I didn't know you both are together at that time… Sorry for causing such misunderstanding…" said Klaus, smiling apologetically.

"That's not it! W-We are not a c-couple!" exclaimed Alice. She turned to Shun. "What are you doing, S-Shun? Don't give him any ideas" she said, frowning and stammering. She looked flustered, noted Shun and put his hand under his chin. He had that innocent look on his face.

"I see… You are angry at him" said Klaus, causing Alice to look at him. "Don't be angry, Miss Alice. I can understand him. Well, I would do the same if I see my girl hugging other guy. He was just jealous, right Mister Shun?" he added and chuckled.

"Hm" replied Shun, unsurely. Klaus took it as a 'yes' while Alice's face turned more pink leaving the men to wonder if it was from anger or embarrassment. Alice was about to speak when she was interrupted yet again by Klaus…

"Well… I was right. To explain in brief… My friend really got jealous when she saw me hugging you, Miss Alice. I was going back to my cabin when she confronted me and confessed to me. I was surprised but happy and I confessed as well… Thank you very much for your help, Miss Alice" said Klaus and smiled. "She will be here shortly" he added when…

"KLAUS! Sorry to keep you waiting!" said a beautiful girl, dressed in a cute white and yellow summer dress. Her blonde hair was tied in a messy bun and her violet eyes were sparkling.

Just as Klaus stood up, the girl hugged him, surprising Alice and Shun. Klaus smiled as she let go of him and faced the two surprised teens in front of him.

"Miss Alice and Mister Shun, meet my girlfriend, Sana. And Sana, meet Miss Alice and Mister Shun, her boyfriend" introduced Klaus and smiled. The said girl, Sana, grinned at Alice and Shun. "Hello! Nice to meet you!" greeted Sana.

"Hello, Miss Sana!" greeted Alice while Shun merely "Hn"-ed. "I guess we should go then… now that everything is settled…" said Alice and smiled.

"No!" interrupted Sana. "Please join us for dinner! I'm really grateful to you… because of your help, I realized my feelings" she said, holding Alice's hand which was on top of the table.

Klaus whispered something to Sana which the two across from them couldn't hear then turned to Shun and Alice, smiling. "I heard you both have some misunderstanding because of us… We are extremely sorry. Well, I just have a remedy for that!" exclaimed Sana and rummaged through her purse. "Here!"

Shun and Alice stared at the tickets in her hand. "Consider it as a present from us! That's the passes for our club! There is everything like pool, arcade, karaoke and all you call fun! You can take your friends as well!" exclaimed Sana, excitedly. "Please accept them as a token of thanks!" she added, shoving them at Alice and grinning at both.

"…"

Meanwhile…

"Well, that was unexpected…" said Keith, Mira and Ace at the same time.

"And boring…" said Julie and Runo, sighing.

The gang was currently sitting behind the partition that separated them from their 'targets'. The space was cramped as they were more than the booth can hold, earning them strange looks from the passerby's.

"Yeah… I thought Klaus will do something again and Shun will go berserk…" said Dan and sighed disappointed. The others looked at him surprised. "What…? Hey, I know the meaning of 'berserk'! I was told by Karen sensei to write 'I'll not go berserk around the school' for hundred times as a punishment, ya know" he added, recalling his memories while the others laughed.

"Anyway, let's just go and see those fireworks. Ouch!" Runo cut in and slapped Dan's back. "Remove your leg! Your foot is crushing mine!" she said harshly.

"Don't start guys! They'll hear you! Let's go, they already left" said Marucho as he pointed at the gang leaving except the three of them and sweatdropped.

Half hour later…

Shun and Alice walked side by side towards their friends, both staring up ahead accompanied by silence. None of them spoke after the dinner. Mostly, Klaus and Sana were the only one's talking the whole time.

Shun glanced at Alice who was silent yet again. He wanted to speak but he was never the one to start a casual conversation willingly. He was thinking why he even brought that up and argued with her. He sighed. It's happening a lot; he gets riled up when it comes to her. He recalled what Klaus had said about being 'jealous'. Was he really…? Then again, why should he be jealous? He has and gets everything he wants. 'But… was I really…?' he thought.

"Hey guys! Just on time! Look!" exclaimed Julie and pointed at the sky where the fireworks 'Boom'-ed, leaving glittering trails. There was cheering around them but Shun turned his attention to the girl beside him who was looking at the sky. She was smiling wholeheartedly now staring at the beautiful display while he stared at her the whole time, many thoughts running through his mind.

The next day…

The gang was all at the said club, Klaus and Sana had invited them. They seem to be enjoying too much. Boys were taking full advantage of arcade while the girls were sitting at the café across them, chatting. Shun sat on a bench for about fifteen minutes now, recalling last night's events. As soon as the fireworks ended, Mira had come to Alice's rescue and took them to take off their hand cuffs. Just then Alice had run off to their room without even glancing at him. Shun scoffed.

Keith glanced at Shun who seemed in deep thought and sat beside him on the bench. Shun glanced at him then glanced at the other boys playing different games.

"You seem distracted. Don't lie" said Keith, taking a sip from the water bottle. Shun sighed.

"It's that obvious?" asked Shun, raising an eyebrow at Keith who responded, "Very. And I know because of what… or 'Whom'…". He air quoted the word and smirked.

"Anyway, I just want to say, you acted upon jealousy, if you are that confused to understand. Well, you shouldn't have said those things when you don't know her. She's not like that"

"You talk like you know her" said Shun, rolling his eyes.

"See. It's your jealousy speaking again. Don't deny Shun. You start acting on your feelings when it comes to her" said Keith and shook his head at Shun when Shun glared at him. "I don't" said Shun.

"I'm not blind you know. I can tell that much that you are forcing yourself to dislike her. The great example was when you had snapped at her last week because you think she was distracting you. And you were angry at her because of Klaus. Do you think all that's happening with you is her fault? Think again, Kaichou-san" said Keith and left a shocked Shun with his thoughts.

And just like that, their day went on with fun and cheering except Shun who was busy denying Keith's words and contemplating his thoughts all day and Alice was too busy to talk with him…

Monday…

Alice walked in school and smiled when she spotted Mira and Julie at the lockers. "Good morning, guys!" she greeted as she approached them. They greeted her back, grinning.

Alice saw they look happy and was talking mostly about their 'trip'. She noticed all of them had become good friends. Well… not all of them as there are still arguments and glaring contests. The usual… but at least they now understand each other a little bit more…

Alice sighed as the three of them walked through the hallway. She was a little tired so she came late today and also, she didn't want to see the president. She was really hurt by his words. She can't stay angry at anyone that long but Shun hasn't even apologized or even tried and she has a pride as well. But he had tried to talk with her when she was angry. Now… she was feeling guilty…

'If I should have answered his questions… he wouldn't have talked like that, right…? He might be angry that why I didn't answer him or something…? I should not be angry with him. Dan had said, it's in his personality to keep others safe without showing them. May be he was thinking about my well-being…?' she thought.

"I will kill you, Dan!" yelled Runo.

Alice, Julie and Mira glanced at each and saw Runo's hair and face were wet; water dripped from her face and hair on the floor while Dan was cowering in the corner. Before the three reach them, someone beat them to it.

"Can't you guys be quiet? The school hasn't even started yet…" came Shun's voice. He was all in his 'President' glory. There were some squeals around them; Fan girls… No wonder…

Shun sighed and put his hand on the side of his head; his eyebrows knitted together. His friends glanced at him and raised their eyebrows at his appearance. Their president looked too out of it, different than usual. His tie hung loosely, his hair was a little messy and most of all, he looked a little pale and there were bags under his eyes. But… he still managed to look cool, in his fan's eyes…

"Shun? What happened to you…?" asked Dan, as he stood up beside Runo who was surprised as well. "Uhh… Kaichou? Are you alright?" added Runo, forgetting her argument with Dan.

"Yeah… get in the class" said Shun to the two and then turn to other students. "Don't block the hallways. Get to your classes everyone!" he instructed and turned to his side, only to look at Alice who had a surprised look. He sighed and went back to the other hallway.

"Uhh… Guys? I don't think he is alright…" said Julie, breaking the silence. Mira nodded while Alice stared at nothing, lost in her thoughts. She snapped back when Mira shook her and dragged her to their class.

A few minutes later…

Shun rubbed his eyes. He was standing near the window of the Student council office and stared out, at the sea of students who were scrambling inside the school gates. There were still ten minutes for the bell to ring so the students were enjoying and walked leisurely, those who were not late.

"Kaichou? Were you standing in front of a wind mill?" asked Ace. Shun blinked and glanced at Ace who was smirking.

"Very funny, Ace" said Shun, plainly and turn to look out of the window. Ace raised his eyebrows. A few seconds passed and neither of them spoke. Ace sighed.

"You'll scare your fan girls if you start looking like a zombie. You didn't sleep last night, ne? Aa… You were thinking about her, huh?" said Ace and smirked. "I know it's too hard for you… but try to apologize. You'll feel better" said Ace.

Shun didn't look at him nor spoke. A few seconds passed and Ace was sure that Shun was not going to say anything but he spoke. And when he spoke, Ace was left speechless.

"Hmm… I think I have lost my mind"

To be continued…

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