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"Oi, you guys listen up," Asanuma stood at the front of the room, his voice cutting through all the rambunctious noises of the average bored boy. Although a silence was somewhat reached, he was otherwise met by annoyed expressions. Feeling that he would only have their attention for so long, he renewed his speaking.
"So, I've talked with the teachers on this, and they've decided to let us choose the prize for one event," His words were answered with a stunned hush before it evolved into a whole eruption of vigorous cheers. He allowed himself one moment to gloat; Kaichou had not been happy to find out about the teachers' decision. But he had put in a lot of effort in sucking up to the teachers, taking so much care as to finding out the schedule of each teacher so that he could bombard them with compliments and small tokens when he could. It had taken quite a lot from his wallet, and so he was justifiably pleased to see how Kaichou was belittled by the teachers after her demand that the prize be up to the student council like the others.
She had looked pleasantly exasperated for the split second after before masking it with a cool expression of apathy. Of course then the teachers had turned to him afterwards, cautious now, and had asked that it follow the rules of conduct. Rolling his eyes secretively, he had accepted; after all, the guys weren't as perverted as Kaichou always made them seem to be. And this was his chance, of finally earning the same respect that Haruka-sama so effortlessly had. He would be considered the hero of the boys and Haruka-sama would finally acknowledge him as a worthy younger brother.
The loud sounds of the elated boys broke him out of his reverie and now Asanuma attempted to take control of the situation once again, clearing his throat loudly, once, twice, until he gave up and finally stomped his foot against the ground harshly. As the boys quieted down to a degree, he gave a short smile that did not reach his eyes, indicating his unstable temper.
"So, any suggestions?" This time, he was prepared at the outburst of voices, and he nodded slightly to the boy who sat smack dab in front of him with a clipboard all ready. Feeling much like an auctioneer, he picked out the words that he was able to, and yelled them out for the benefit of both the writer and the boys.
"A hall pass good for one whole month!" "I don't think that's gonna work with the teachers"
"An extended recess period for a month!" "The teachers aren't gonna like that either"
"Oh, what was that?" Asanuma pointed in the direction in which he had heard the brilliant idea with his eyes glimmering with excitement. The boy he had pointed at, a rather average looking guy who had a nerdy aura around him, replied in a nerdily excited voice, "Mikuru action figures!"
Silence ensued and the boy reddened, as he should have. With an unimpressed expression, Asanuma turned to the boy next to him without another word. What could be said? The next boy was a spiky haired newcomer named Shiroyan, who smirked and said, "A chance to egg Kaichou without her dodging."
Immediately, there was a loud cheer of agreement from the whole of the boys, with Shiroyan being pounded on his back by a number of them. He grinned boyishly in response to them and Asanuma who stood in front had to admit that he didn't have any objection to it. But then his rational side took over, and with his voice filled with sincere regret, he said, "I don't think the teachers will allow that."
Dejected moaning proceeded and suddenly there came a small mutter from the door. Asanuma whipped his head to the side, his eyes wide. "What?"
Umino, who had been forced to be the "lookout" for their school president, leaned his head back into the room, and said simply, "A kiss."
There was yet another moment of silence, before loud yells and whistles of support filled the small room, Umino being carried to the front by overenthusiastic boys. But in the middle of the cheers, there was a small voice.
"From who?"
The boys stopped to ponder for a second, their hands in one simultaneous motion going to grasp their chins, and there suddenly came an eruption of names.
"Ami-chan!" "Unazuki-chan!" "Natsumi-chan!"
Suddenly a tall shadow crossed the room, and they all turned to the window to see Haruka passing by with an aloof face. Somehow noticing the attention on her, she acknowledged them with a small nod and slightly confused eyes. Within the course of a second, the doorway to the room was jammed with boys who all shouted the same thing.
"Haruka-san! Who would you most want to kiss?"
Haruka replied without missing a beat in slightly accented English, "Prez."
And with that said, she sauntered off with a devious smirk leaving behind them dumbfounded at the foreign language. "Wait what? Who's that? There's no Pi-re-zih here!"
However she was already gone, and so the boys who had rushed out of the classroom went back in with confounded expressions.
"So, who'd Haruka-san say?"
One of the boys responded with confusion evident in his voice, "He said Pi-re-zih but I'm pretty sure there's no girl here named that."
Hearing the name, Asanuma's face morphed into a ridiculous expression of horror, complete with the scrunched up eyes and everything.
"P-Prez? He means Kaichou!" around him, the same expression continually went its way around on each of the boys' faces. But inside every mind, was also the smallest desire, because honestly, who hadn't thought about her at least once? Even though she was terrifying, she was still stunningly beautiful. Umino, who had kept quiet after his initial two word debut, spoke once again deciding to swallow his pride and loyalty to his girlfriend of three years. "How about Tsukino-san?"
The boys all frowned in contemplation; she was cute to say the least but she wasn't really on their radar. Sensing their hesitation, Umino quickly brought out a glossy covered manga from behind his back. Anticipating their curiosity, he rapidly flipped to a page he had marked earlier, not allowing them to see the cover for more than a second, and put it out in front of them. Looking back at them was the beautiful face of a girl who looked astonishingly similar to the blonde ditz in their school.
"W-who is she?" breathed out Asanuma. He was the only one who seemed able to speak as the others continued staring at the manga with just a hint of drool on the sides of their mouth and tiny hearts in their eyes.
"Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon," Umino proclaimed proudly and suddenly, he swiped the book back into his hands, leaving the boys staring disappointedly at the empty space where it had laid. He brought their attention back to him by clearing his throat, and as they all stared at him, the image of the sexy girl still in their mind, he unzipped his school bag to reveal dozens of manga. With closer inspection, they saw that each cover was not the same, and that sometimes there were other girls, possibly even hotter than the original blonde, wearing the same deliciously short uniform
"Now, each volume will cost 2000 yen (~$16), any takers?" Umino said in a business manner, pushing up his glasses with his index finger. When there was no answer from the excessively drooling boys, he sighed and started to close his bag. Right away, there was an outburst of yells and all the boys started to push one another to get in front of Umino with notes clenched in their fists and not a single thought about the overly high price.
"I want the first volume!" "Give me the first one!"
Ten minutes later, with more than a few boys combining their money in an effort to get all eighteen volumes, Umino looked happily with his bag now filled with bank notes, around the room where all the boys were in little groups, completely absorbed in the manga. Doubtless, they would all be working extra hard the next weeks in their part time jobs to regain the money they had just spent without a second thought
Needless to say, Usagi was chosen by the end of the day.
[And there became a lot more secret fans of the Kaichou]
^^ Misleading title isn't it? Anyway, I kept my promise about updating! The picture Umino showed the guys was the title page of Act 4.
I don't plan on making my story like Maid Sama, with the whole rich family thing. I have a different plan with other SM characters making appearances. ;] I'll give you a hint: both Elsa Grey and Seiya will appear! Of course, there's still a lot of time before that happens.