Title - The Student Council and The Service Club

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"…."- Speaking

'…..'- Thoughts

Chapter 26

No one's POV

After the Basketball tournament and the victory of Ren's team, there were cheers around the school the next day. It's the usual morning and the students had started piling in the school gates, enjoying their surroundings, chatting and talking about recent events and upcoming events.

Principal Shiori walked through the hallway towards her office. Students greeted her along the way and she greeted back, smiling. The first school bell was yet to ring and she looked happy as she saw her students scrambling around and working.

"Oh! he's so cool and dreamy!"

"Yeah… But so hard to approach! Well, he's hanging more around Service club's president recently"

"I heard she's under punishment. And even we got detention for a week because of her!"

"We have to do something about her…"

"You remember how he had shouted at us that day? I was so scared"

"Yeah… He even talked about hurting us. That was really scary… but still he's so cool!"

Shiori raised her eyebrows as she heard the conversation of the girls who had their back facing her. 'Whom are they talking about? And how can this person talk about hurting girls?' she thought and frowned but then the girls turned around and gasped when they saw it was their Principal behind them.

"S-Shiori-sama… Good m-morning!" they all greeted while Shiori looked at them and recognized them as she was the one to give them detention. 'Oh… If I recall correctly, they are some of Shun's fan girls… So, it's Shun they are talking about… I'm surprised he talked about hurting girls' thought Shiori and sweat dropped.

"Good morning, Girls! Don't cause any trouble that will get you in trouble again" Shiori greeted back and smiled at them. The girls nodded at her 'advice plus warning' and left, smiling nervously.

Shiori looked ahead at the scene in front of her and saw her son a few meters ahead of her with Dan. 'So, they were watching him… They sure are fond of him' she thought and chuckled.

Meanwhile…

"What is this place? A summer camp?" asked Shun. Dan raised his eyebrows, oblivious of Shun's annoyance.

"You don't remember…? You didn't hit your head or anything, right?" questioned Dan while Shun glared at him. "It's obvious, Buddy! It's our school" he replied and grinned after Shun glare.

"Glad you know. So, REMOVE your goggles and headphones. And stop dirtying the hallway" stated Shun and pointed at the goggles on Dan's head, headphones around his neck and a pack of cookies in his hand. He also held another bag hanging off his other arm.

"Oh" muttered Dan and laughed. "Want one?" he offered his cookies while Shun crossed his arms in response. "Alright, Geez! Why do you have to be so… so Bossy early in the morning? We're about to celebrate Ren's victory, Man! And Alice told me to bring this!" he added and pointed at the bag in his hand.

"Whatever" muttered Shun, as he walked past Dan. "Just don't make noise or I'll send Runo after you" he added and left. Dan blinked. 'Well… that was easy…' thought Dan and shrugged.

Shiori shook her head at the boys then she smirked. 'Hmm… He let him (Dan) off the hook hearing Alice's name, huh? …I knew it…' she thought as she walked towards her office.

Few minutes later…

There was a small celebration held in the gym for the winners and by the approval of their Principal, Shiori. All assembled, students quietly heard her as she congratulated the school's teams, encouraged the students and told them how proud she was. She left soon after.

Then taking over, the School President congratulated them and surprised them with his wise words earning squeals and claps, followed by…

"…Keep it up and… Dan, you are in-charge of cleaning the gym after"

Silence…

"I'll appreciate it if the others co-operate and help him too. Thank you" Shun added and smirked.

Nevertheless, there were claps (and sweat drops) across the gym and agreements from his fan girls that they would help the Vice president of Service Club as their beloved President had asked them so 'nicely'. Well… except Dan… whose accusations and shouts were covered in the noise of other students.

Shun had left smirking, as he had lot of things to do but his main concern was tomorrow's Play competition. And as he walked, he had caught some snippets along the way, such as… "…He's so Cruel!" … "He's doing this because of that broken lamp! Not that I agree I did it!"… and… "I'll get back at him!" from none other than Dan.

'Hn. That'll keep him busy for the time being. Anyway, I should check the preparations of the Drama club. I couldn't help but feel strange entering the Drama club considering, half of the girls in there are my fan girls including their club president. But then again… there are other girls outside that club as well…' thought Shun and twitched as he passed the hallways towards the Student Council office. 'May be I should send someone else…?' he thought as an afterthought.

Drama Club room…

Club hours had started and the club members were too busy in their preparations for tomorrow.

"Okay girls, final check the costumes and Joe? Check the props according to the list" said Fabia as she handed the list to Joe.

She was really busy at the end preparations as she's the President and not to forget some girls of the club are still in 'not-so' good terms with her (more like, hate her) since she had told them to disband the unofficial 'Shun Kazami Fan Club', so she was having rather a hard time to interact with them. The girls even seem to have problem about Fabia being in the lead role but their Drama teacher, Mrs. Rei, had recommended her so no one went against it.

Fabia sighed and drank some water from the bottle she was holding when she saw someone enter the door of the club with a slightly slouched posture and hands in his pockets who was not supposed to be here. She raised her eyebrows when she saw him looking around, so she approached him.

"Hello, you are Lync Volan, right? We are really busy right now. May I help you with something…?" asked Fabia, puzzled by his presence there. She noticed he seemed reluctant and even his eyes seemed unfocused. He then sighed deeply.

"Can you spare me a few minutes…? It's really urgent! About the Play. Let's go" said Lync, without waiting for her reply. Fabia sighed as she followed; frowning at him when she heard it's about the Play.

Service Club room

"Can anyone tell me why we are here?" asked Fabia, looking around the room at the service club members minus Keith then at Lync who stood beside her and was quiet for a while now.

"Well… Lync was crying and punching on the wall so I nagged him to tell me what was wrong after I took him to infirmary and then he doesn't make any sense and was blabbering something! And then he said he wanted to tell us something and also to you, so he ran off to call you" explained Dan, as he recalled he was encouraging Lync to tell them if there was something wrong before it's too late.

Dan himself was surprised to see Lync in that state when he was passing by the vending machine and glanced through the window to see Lync punching the wall with an angry face. When Dan arrived, Lync was sitting on his knees, bending over and head bowed, cursing which had shocked Dan. His knuckles were injured and bloodied due to punching the wall. So, Dan had taken him to infirmary and gave him a piece of mind and also convinced him to share his problem which seemed to have calmed Lync down. (If not… Dan was going to get Shun… So Lync gave in, reluctantly)

"You don't have to tell them about the crying part, Dan!" exclaimed Lync then he sighed and ran his hand through his hair. That's when everyone noticed his bandaged knuckles. He glanced at everyone who were looking at him curiously, making him hesitant for a moment.

"I want to tell you something… important. T-They told me they are going to perform your P-Play in the competition…" said Lync, avoiding looking at others. "I mean… the Vestals…" he added and paused. Fabia looked at him, frowning.

"What? Play…? You mean OUR Play?!" exclaimed Fabia, followed by others…

"WHAT?!"

"It's the truth. They have the c-copy your Play! And… it's all my fault… They have it because of me. I gave them the copy but I didn't know something like this would happen…" Lync confessed, looking at the floor.

"Why you…!" Suddenly, Dan was in front of him, grabbing his collar, furious while Lync stood motionless, staring at the floor.

"WAIT!"

"DON'T!"

"DAN! STOP IT!" Alice and Mira called out to him as they stood up from their seats while Baron reached for Dan and tried to pry his hands of Lync's shirt. They watched as Dan turn around after roughly pushing Lync back.

"There must be a reason!" exclaimed Alice, looking at Dan then at Lync. She was feeling upset after Lync's confession… but ignored it for now.

"Reason? It's like we are asking him for his excuse for hiding such a big thing!" said Dan, his voice hard. "And after this, should we believe his reason?" he added, furiously.

Silence…

"I understand… And I'm really sorry-…" started Lync, when…

"What is going on here? You are making more noise than usual!" exclaimed Shun as he opened the door harshly with a furious face then paused, looking at the scene in front of him.

Lync was bowing down at others, Dan had his back turned towards him with clenched fists, Fabia was staring wide eyed at the wall while the others were staring at the floor. And then everyone turned their heads to look at Shun but didn't move from their spots. Shun raised his eyebrow.

"Now what happened?" asked Shun, feeling the tense air, looking at Dan who snorted but replied…

"Ask the traitor"

"Dan!" Alice shook her head.

"I'm not a traitor! Don't call me that! They threatened me!" shouted Lync.

Everyone turned to look at Lync who seemed angry all of a sudden. Somehow, Dan words caused him to snap. His fists were clenched; his eyebrows were knitted together and he grabbed his hair. He slid down to the floor on his knees as if he was afraid of something while everyone stared at him, surprised as he panted. They had always seen him in his high and snotty attitude but seeing him breaking down in front of them left them speechless.

"They told me to lend them a copy of the play or else… Or else they'll tell everyone that I had c-cheated in the exam when I attended their school! I'm sorry… I had no choice! I was afraid… I didn't want to lose the friends I have gained here and call me a cheater! I didn't know they would do something like this. I am… not a traitor… I am not…" he continued, shaking his head, some tears visible at the corner of his eyes. Dan was about to speak when…

"Calm down, Dan" said Mira and sighed.

"But… These guys were practicing so hard for this" reasoned Dan, frowning. 'Then again… it's not totally his fault. They were using him' he thought and sighed, running his hand through his hair, exasperated.

"So they have our school's play and they will be performing it as theirs? Is this it?" asked Shun, his face stoic. The occupants of the room were surprised at their President's stoic demeanor as they thought how can he be so calm? …However, one of them voiced his thoughts aloud…

"How can you be so calm after all this? Or this doesn't interest you?" asked Dan.

"You want me to go on a rampage? Dan, I'm seriously pissed off just like you but… Is it really fine to blame Volan for everything? They used his past to threaten him and he looks obviously afraid. He looks more like a victim here" said Shun, throwing a glance in Lync's direction, who looked stressed and guilty at the same time. Dan sighed and nodded, knowingly.

"H-Huh?" frowning, Fabia stuttered out, who hadn't spoken after the revelation, causing the others to look at her. "But… Why do we have to suffer because of him and his past?"

"Fabia… please calm down. At least, he mustered up courage to tell us. It should have been hard for him" Alice tried to reason with her while Mira gave a glass of water to Lync.

"But that doesn't change anything. Now, what will I tell the club members when… half of them already hate me?" said Fabia, instead. Alice was about to speak when…

"I'm surprised you are arguing instead of finding a solution. What would you have done if you were in his shoes? And I'm sure you know the feeling of isolation?" said Shun to Fabia who looked down at her feet as he had obviously hit the point.

On the other hand, Shun knew he was being harsh, saying those words, but he had to say it as he saw Lync looking more grim with each sentence Fabia had said. Sure Lync was snotty and sometimes bratty, but he was still their school mate who was afraid to lose his friends…

"And you, Volan" Shun continued. "How can you tell they'll keep their word after this? Or you trust them that much? They could keep taking advantage of your fear if you don't do anything about it" he added, his face void of any emotion but the others knew he was angry. And they knew he was right. Lync had realized it too.

"Fabia… what would have happened tomorrow if he hadn't told us…? It could have been worse" said Alice. Realizing this, Fabia closed her eyes and sighed.

"What do we do now? Withdraw?" asked Mira, breaking the silence.

"Withdraw? That is their intention all along, isn't it obvious…?" asked Shun, more like stated. He had successfully masked his anger as he realized he shouldn't blame anyone regarding the situation…

"Let's just go and beat them up! They have made me angry this time. Threatening our student like that" said Dan, causing Lync to look at him, surprised.

"It is already humiliating that they have a nerve to call him (Lync) a day before competition and tell us they'll perform our Play. You are all thinking of doing what they want" countered Shun, scowl evident on his face and shook his head at Dan who looked away.

'And I'm disappointed… Looks like everyone want others to understand them… but they don't want to understand others. How ironic' he thought and sighed. He looked at Alice who looked deep in thought and left the room after glancing at the others.

Shun had left ten minutes ago and the others looked dispirited and stared dumbly at the floor while Baron had left to look for Keith. Lync was totally dispirited and sulked at the corner while Fabia sat on a chair, quietly… both thinking over their President's words.

"Wait! We can't just give up! There must be a way" said Dan, finally breaking the silence of the room. He ruffled his hair when he couldn't think of any ideas.

"Complaining to the authorities is out of option. I mean, we can't just go and tell them they stole our Play as everyone knows we are rivals… Besides, it'll look like we are accusing them as bad guys and not to forget we don't have any evidence" explained Mira and shook her head.

"…Or, we can do this…!" said Alice, gaining the attention of others and smiled.

Sometime later…

Shun walked through the hallway. Of course, he has to report the 'breaking news' to the Principal. He had been thinking of a solution over the matter but couldn't come up with anything yet. So he decided to talk to Shiori first.

He had told the Student Council members and earned shocked and surprised reactions from them. Now, they had gone to the Service Club room while he headed toward Principal Office. He sighed. 'And they say… High School life is easy…'

"Shun! Wait!"

Shun halted in his steps by the voice he could recognize instantly and anywhere. The students in the hallway plus his stalking Fan girls paused when they heard Alice calling their President… by his first name…

Alice walked towards Shun in hurried steps, oblivious to the glances and glares (from fan girls) and stopped in front of him. She looked like she had been running as she was panting slightly.

"Alice… Don't shout in hallways" said Shun while Alice sweat dropped. He continued, "I'm going to report to the Principal. Can we talk later-…?"

"I need your help. Come on! We don't have much time. You'll know when we reach there" said Alice as she held his hand and dragged Shun.

The students in the hallway watched surprised as their President didn't even say anything in retort as a girl was dragging him and held his hand and there was no annoyance on his face. She even called him by his name with adding any honorifics!

"We are here" said Alice, standing outside the Drama club room when she realized she was holding is hand and let go instantly, blushing slightly. She turned to face him and saw he was already looking at her.

"Oh! I'm sorry. I didn't notice" said Alice and smiled apologetically at him, although her cheeks were pink due to embarrassment. 'I dragged him by holding his hand all the way?! I'm sure everyone in the hallway saw us! He should have told me!' she thought, glancing around to see if anyone was watching when she saw Shun smirking at her. She was about to speak when…

"I don't mind… because it's you" said Shun, as he stepped close beside her to open the door and went inside leaving Alice wondering as she stood outside for few minutes. He had left the door open for her. She realized her heart was beating faster than normal and took deep breaths. 'What just happened…?'

To be continued…

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