Title - The Student Council and The Service Club
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"…."- Speaking
'…..'- Thoughts
Chapter 30
"I don't know why he speaks to a commoner like her"
"Yeah. She's here merely because of a scholarship"
"She must have forgotten her place then…"
Alice sighed when she heard some girls talking... in hushed voices and walked past her. She knew they were talking about her as they sent a glare at her but as usual she chose to ignore them. She was slightly tense but was grateful when they left the area.
"Umm… Where is my Science manual…?" muttered Alice, looking inside her locker. Her friends, Service club members, had left to their respective classes as the lunch had almost ended. Since Alice had Science next and she had forgotten her book in her locker, she was here…
"Oh! Alice-chan is here. See girls?" came a voice from behind Alice who blinked at the too-sweet unfamiliar voice. Alice turned to see some girls standing and smiling at her.
"Uhh… May I help you with something…?" Alice raised her eyebrows as she recognized the girls as the president's fans.
She was puzzled and surprised at the same time as they never acknowledge her presence let alone talk with her. She tensed as her last encounter with Shun's fan girls was… harmful. She glanced around to see if some students were present but to her dismay, no one was in sight.
'So I guess, this time I'll have to scream loudly if they attack…' she thought.
"Hello, Alice-chan. I'm Noriko and they are my friends Celia, Rumi and Kaila" introduced Noriko, pointing at each of her friends who smiled and greeted Alice back. "Your performance was absolutely stunning! You were so great on stage!"
"Uhh… Thank you…?" Alice smiled nervously.
"Well… you see… I'm here to invite you to my birthday party! And you have to come! I want to introduce you to my other friends who want to meet the 'Play' star, Lady Alicia! Please…!" insisted Noriko, grabbing Alice's hands in hers and showing a pleading look. "They are really excited to meet you personally!" she added, thrusting the invitation card in Alice's hands. Alice, on the other hand, was shocked.
"I…" Alice was about to decline as she held an apologetic look when the other girls started insisting her too.
"I tried to invite Kazami-kun…" Noriko held a sad look. "As he's a show star too… but he declined. Not you too… Please? I know you must be suspicious of this… but I have no intention of harming you, I assure you. If I do anything, it'll only ruin my party anyway which is bad for my reputation! Please accept it?" she continued, pleadingly.
"I'll… think about it…" said Alice, giving in.
"That means 'Yes'! Thank you so much! You must come! It'll be fun! We can start over as friends!" exclaimed Noriko, happily and left. She smirked and other girls followed her except one who stayed beside Alice. Alice raised an eyebrow at her.
"Do you need anything else, uhh… Celia-san?" asked Alice.
"Actually, yes, Alice-san… Will you bring Kazami-kun too? I know he declined because he thinks she's a fan girl but… It seems he treats you differently, rather friendly… so he might come if you ask him. And it'll be the best birthday present for Noriko-chan. She'll be so happy even if he comes for a few minutes… I request you, please" said Celia, bowing which made Alice surprised.
"I… am not sure… I'll ask him but… I can't promise you. Still I'll try" said Alice and smiled at Celia. "Celia-san… You are a good friend Noriko-san has" she added and rummaged her locker again.
"Thank you, Alice-san. See you later" Celia bade and left, smiling.
'Did I give my manual to Mira…?' Alice sighed, keeping the invitation card inside and closed the locker door. Unaware of the smirking girls round the corner, she left since the bell rang.
"Well… that was easy…! Now we just have to make sure her fan boys listen to our 'words'…" stated Noriko, smirking and her friends giggled as they made their way in their classroom.
Meanwhile…..
Principal Office…
"Good afternoon, Shiori-sama. Rei-sensei" greeted both Shun and Lync once they entered the door.
"Ah… My favorite students!" greeted Shiori, smiling at both the boys.
Shun sweat dropped as he was familiar with his mother's unusual greetings while Lync smiled nervously. Shun went to stand beside the rest of the Student council members while Lync followed suit, puzzled.
"Well… Drama club and you all did very well in the performance! Rei-san told me about all the trouble you had to face. I really appreciate your hard work everyone! You made our school so proud. Congratulations!" Shiori smiled, proudly.
"Thank you, Shiori-sama" all the students thanked Shiori with smiles.
"Well… Shiori-sama, Shun is the reason we didn't lose. When Joe didn't show up, we thought everything is finished" said Runo.
"Yeah! If it weren't for him, we would've lost for sure!" exclaimed Julie.
"Yes. His timing was technically perfect" Marucho added, nodding.
"It was everyone's hard work and effort. I just did what was needed at that time" Shun interrupted before they shower more compliments.
"Kaichou-san is being modest now…" Ace said and fake coughed at Shun's glare.
"Okay, okay, my dear students! I got your thoughts but… Let me get to the point. I'm thinking to reward the students as an appreciation for their hard work… They did very well on such a short notice" said Shiori and turned to Shun. "Shun? What do you think?"
"We did tell them that we could make it up to them if they perform better. As a school president, I have no obligation, Shiori-sama" stated Shun.
"Very well then. Please discuss and decide and let me know if you come up with something. You're all dismissed… except you, Lync" said Shiori and looked at Lync, lastly.
"Yes, Shiori-sama" the student council bade except Lync.
'Time for punishment…' Lync sighed.
Two Days Later…
"GOOD AFTERNOON DEAR STUDENTS!"
Students listened attentively as the announcement commenced through the speakers from the broadcasting room. They recognized it was the voice of the one and only Julie Makimoto.
"There's this interesting news for all the classes! Fundraising event will be held soon and for that, all classes get to share their ideas on it this time! Please note that the respective class representatives should write their idea on paper and drop it in the opinion box near the Student council office at the beginning of club hours! Oh… And only one idea per class! There is another surprise waiting for the ones who volunteered to help in the Play! Also… this is for all the fan girls or fan boys, NO personal notes! Anywayyy! Make sure it's interesting! Have a Great day~!" she ended cheerfully in Julie-style.
With the end of the announcement, there were mixed reactions from all the students...
A While Later…..
Shun glanced at Alice through the corner of his eyes who stood beside him. Their teacher had left on an urgent matter, telling them to continue and follow the steps in the book and also help each other through the experiment. He had noticed how much attention Alice was given throughout the school after her performance.
'That Volan… I can't believe he pulled that move on her for her attention' he thought, scowling as he recalled the scene two days ago…
Flash back…
Shun, Ace and Alice walked towards Student council room when Lync stopped them… er… stopped Alice… Shun and Ace paused walking while Alice walked ahead to greet Lync. They stood two feet ahead.
Lync ignored Shun's glare… Shun ignored Ace's smirk… Lync also ignored both Shun and Ace's presence… And let's say Alice was oblivious…
"Oh! Lync, there you are! What is it you wanted to tell me?" asked Alice, smiling.
"I… Uh… I wanted you to…" Lync scratched the back of his head. "Will you tutor me? I mean… whenever you get free time? It's just that I'm falling back in English… And you are the best in English so…" he continued.
Shun rolled his eyes at Lync. He had seen other boys approach her with different ideas. Ace crossed his arms.
"Kaichou… See? That's how boys make a move. When are you going to start? You wanna lose or what?" Ace commented. Shun shrugged.
'I'm not like them' Shun thought.
"Okay, sure… but… only whenever there are no requests for Service club. Is it fine?" said Alice and Lync nodded. "Then come to Service club room after lectures. Actually, Baron needs help too so I can tutor you both" she added, thinking.
Ace shook his head when Shun smirked openly.
End of Flash back…
Shun sighed. He had been thinking over his feelings. At first, he considered that it's just a little crush and it'll subside in due time. He reached this conclusion on his own after contemplating and observing other boys who looked either lovesick or had crush on someone. But he has started to realize that it's not the case with him and it confused him. He was back to present when Alice moved closer to him.
He noticed she was stealing glances at him and was trying to peek in his Chemistry hand book. She moved closer to him to look in the book, elbowing him in ribs in the process while looking for the next step of their experiment and realized it soon after.
"I'm sorry! Are you alright?" asked Alice, concerned.
"Yes. It seems you forgot to bring the manual again…" he smirked and moved the book between them for better view while Alice smiled sheepishly. "What is it?" he asked getting her attention.
"What?"
"You keep glancing at me and you took wrong readings twice. Besides, I sensed you're trying to say something for a while now, I guess? So…What is it?"
"Eh? Umm… You… noticed…?" said Alice, blushing slightly for being caught and laughed nervously.
"It's obvious when you are standing beside me" he stated and chuckled.
"Well… I did want to ask you something…" she admitted and glanced around the class. "Will you go to Noriko-san's party…?"
"Party…? Are you talking about that birthday party? And you're invited too?" he questioned instead, slightly surprised. He frowned.
"Yes and I want you to accompany me. I know you declined already and you don't want to go but it's a request from the birthday girl's friend. She's your fan so she'll be happy if you show up" she reasoned.
"The more reason for me to not to show up" Shun rolled his eyes.
"Just think how happy she will be once she sees I had brought you to the party?"
"Alice, it sounds like you are offering me as a birthday present"
"Umm… Let me rephrase. How happy she will be once she sees you showed up? So you'll go?"
"No, I don't have time for it and you shouldn't go either" stated Shun and frowned. 'Because I sense a trouble… I can feel they are up to something since they went off their 'status' and talked to Alice, invited her and even requested her' he thought.
"Please? Only for few minutes? That way, I'll complete her request. Then we can leave"
"No"
Club Hours…..
Mira glared in front of her intensely as if an unpleasant person had crossed her path… who was none other than Ace. She looked angry, Ace noted and sighed. He chose to walk off quietly as he was tired of telling her he haven't took… steal her… their game.
"Did you give it a thought?" Mira asked, causing Ace to pause in his steps. Ace looked at her.
"About…?" Ace raised an eyebrow.
"About giving back my game? Give it back and I'll forgive you" stated Mira and Ace's eyebrow twitched.
"First of all, I didn't take it and secondly, it's 'our' game as we had won it together, Mira. Thirdly, I'm not lying and I have told you this many times but it seems you don't understand. Your bag was open and about to fall and I only grabbed it before it fell. Then put it on your desk. What do you want me to do to prove myself innocent? Write it down with my blood?" said Ace, rolling his eyes. Mira crossed her arms, frowning then sighed.
"Look, Ace… I can't think of anyone but you…"
"W-what?"
"N-not like that! I mean as a culprit! I searched it everywhere but it's nowhere… I didn't even get time to play the next level. Even if I believe you, it doesn't give me back the game…" Mira said, looking at floor sadly.
"Alright… No need to be upset…" said Ace, looking away and sighed. "I'll find the real culprit but…" he continued, now looking at her.
"What do you want?" Mira rolled her eyes.
Ace smirked.
Meanwhile…
"Runo, listen to me! I said I'm sorry!" exclaimed Dan, following Runo along the hallway and catching attention of other students. "What? Do your own business already! Scram!" he added, glaring at other students who shook their heads and resumed their work.
"Wait! Runo! Stop ignoring me already" he said, grabbing her shoulder to stop her. Well… he was trying to apologize for almost two days…
"What do you want, Kuso? I'm busy" glared Runo, slapping his hand away from her shoulder and turned to look at him. She tapped her foot impatiently.
"Runo, you came at the wrong moment and you didn't even hear the rest of it" Dan explained.
"Oh? There was more, huh? And that is also my fault to show up at that moment. Yes, I know. Now, you shouldn't waste your time with an un-girly girl like me. You temporary fangirls must be waiting, Mr. popular" Runo commented, sarcastically.
"Don't be that cold, Runo. Hear me out! You only heard half of it. I didn't even complete what I wanted to say back there. Since you came I was interrupted. It's a misunderstanding… Look, I'm sorry, really"
"Okay, I heard you. Now leave me alone" with that she left.
'Looks like I really messed up this time…' thought Dan as he watched an angry Runo walking away. Boy… how right he was…
Later…..
Service Club room
"So you're in more terrible mood now…" said Alice and sighed. She saw her friend scribbling in her book, harshly. "Please be gentle with the book…" she added and sweat dropped.
"Yeah… You won't believe what happened!" exclaimed Mira, flailing her hands… her book left aside.
"Let me guess… It has something to do with Ace…?" Alice raised her eyebrow. Mira sighed. "Mira… I don't think he would lie about it" she added as she recalled Mira's stolen game.
"Well… he did say he'll find the real culprit but…" Mira sighed.
"But…?"
"He said when he finds it, I'll keep it for a week then give it to him the next week and it goes like that… every week… alternatively…"
"Hmm… Fair enough. I mean… you won it together. So you agreed?" Alice giggled.
"Yeah. And when I find who took it away, I'll definitely make sure he will be sorry! Ha!" exclaimed Mira, her eyes blazing.
"But don't be harsh… Oh! I almost forgot! I'll be back in few minutes! And if Lync comes, tell him to wait here" said Alice.
"Let me guess… you going to meet your lover, Prince Taylean?" asked Mira. Alice blushed at that.
"N-no! I have something to ask Shun" replied Alice, cheeks flushed.
"Exactly"
"MIRA!"
"Okay-okay! I'll take care of your fan boy when he comes" Mira waved and smirked. Alice shook her head before exiting Service club room.
On the Rooftop
"What is it?" asked Shun, slightly perplexed at Lync's behavior.
Shun and Lync were on the rooftop, looking at each other; former one with a blank face and the latter with a frown. Student council was having a discussion about upcoming events when Lync entered the office and asked Shun for a 'private' talk and led Shun on the roof.
"Did you hear… what your fan girls are saying?" asked Lync, frowning. Shun raised an eyebrow.
"No and don't care" Shun shrugged. "I'm leaving-…"
"It's about Alice"
"Hn?" Shun paused.
"They are saying that- 'She has Kazami-kun wrapped around her finger. He never denies her. She has all his attention' and what not. And they think you are in love with her" Lync continued, frowning more. Shun looked at him surprised. "And all they are saying… is it even true?"
"Why are you getting so worked up for anyway? You are not involved in any of this unless… you like her" Shun glared at Lync, clearly annoyed. There… he said it! Oh… the bluntness…
"So what if I do? And I don't like how they accuse her. So…I need to know" stated Lync with a serious face.
Shun was shocked at the pink haired boy's boldness. He wondered if this is the same boy who had broken down in front him. He was serious… dead serious… Wind blew, tousling the raven hair and pink hair but they were too busy glaring at each other.
Shun frowned, saying, "I mean no harm to her so just back off". He almost seethed. He hadn't thought that he would be the cause of such rumors. Heck, he hadn't even thought about love!
"And you are not denying anything what those girls said either!" said Lync and ran his hand through his hair, sighing. "Look… Kaichou… I just need to know. It's rather be cleared than being left hanging. I'm just being honest with my feelings" he continued.
"What are you insinuating, Volan?" Shun frowned. "You think she's suffering all of this because I started to talk to her, is that it? And if it's because of me, I'll take care of it"
Meanwhile….
"Hi, Alice-san!" chirped Celia, and waved at Alice who was oblivious that Celia had been waiting for her.
"Hey, Celia-san" greeted Alice. "Well, I'm in a hurry actually… Uh… Did you see any Student Council members around…?" she asked.
"Oh! Not everyone but I did saw Kazami-kun. He's headed to rooftop just now" said Celia. Alice nodded and left hurriedly after muttering a "Thanks" to Celia…
"Our pleasure…" muttered Celia and smirked along with Noriko and her gang, who were just around the corner, watching.
Alice reached the door leading to the rooftop. The door was halfway open. She was about to open it ajar when she heard Shun's voice and he sounded somewhat angry…
The Roof….
"…- And if it's because of me, I'll take care of it"
Alice was about to leave but stopped when she heard Lync speak. She was surprised by his tone.
"Yes. You always take care of your responsibilities, everyone knows" stated Lync and Shun could hear the mocking. "Just answer me, Kaichou… Do you even consider Alice as a friend?" asked Lync.
"I don't"
To be Continued…..
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