'Thoughts' ← thoughts / "" ← speech

** ← actions / ~~ ← phone calls/texts

[ ] ← Narrator

Ryo was on the school roof looking at the view.

A guy with bright orange dyed hair and orange eyes walked up to Ryo with two cans in each of his hands. "I didn't know if you wanted apple or orange juice? So I got both".

"I don't mind" Ryo took whatever canned drink was closer.

"Being the president must be a pain, I don't even know why you signed up to be the pres' in the first place". The guy said.

"I'd love to know myself… How about you Keiji? I heard you recently joined the track club". Ryo asked.

"My mother made me join, but it's not all bad, the ratio of girls to boys is in my favour". Keiji said with a grin.

Keiji's comment made Ryo smirk a little. "You never change do you?"

"That's what makes me so likeable!" Keiji said with a huge grin.

["Keiji Hirata, Ryo's supposed best friend since childhood, he's known for his energetic and good-natured personality, his mother is a 3 time gold medal olympic athlete and his dads a famous tattoo artist who owns up to 6 different tattoo parlours. That's all the script says about him…"]

"So…" Keiji slowly looked at Ryo

Ryo took a sip from his drink and turned his eyes to look at Keiji.

"Are you dating the vice-pres' yet?" Keiji asked with a smirk.

Ryo choked on his drink. "Why do you think we'd be dating!?"

"Dude, I've known you since childhood, you can't hide things from me".

"Oh really… enlighten me then". Ryo said.

"Remember in middle school when you confessed to… what was her name? Mito…" Keiji put his hand on his chin trying to remember the name.

"No… I don't".

"Well you got rejected and went into a punk phase for a whole year and then told everybody you never asked her out but… everyone knew you did".

"I did?" Ryo didn't want to believe what he said but had no evidence against it.

"That's when you got that tattoo from my dad". Keiji pointed to Ryo's right hip.

["So that's where it is!"]

'I wondered how I had the same tattoo in this world. Who would have guessed I had gotten it when I went through a punk phase'. In his old world Ryo had gotten the tattoo through a dare by his so-called friends.

"Your elder sister and my mother really let my dad have it when they found out". Keiji reminded himself of his dad getting told off and chuckled.

"But still… why would you think I'd be dating Kaguya?" Ryo asked.

"I've seen how you two look at each other". Keiji said with a smug look.

"And how do we look at each other?"

"Like two love birds yearning for each other, yet your emotions won't let you ask and so…" Keiji went on.

'He's still going…'

["Give the man some credit for his determination to complete the story…"]

'He wouldn't be wrong if this was the original story'

["But alas… you have messed everything up!"]

'What do you mean I messed things up?!'

["If you didn't get sent to this world then the story wouldn't have changed. Simple as."]

'It's not like I wanted to get shot! And If I had a chance to choose the story I would have been sent to… I wouldn't have chosen a psychological warfare of love!'

["But… you did have a chance"]

'What are you talking about?…'

["If I recall correctly you said you were shot just after you picked up the "Love is war" manga correct?"]

'Go on…' Ryo said.

["If you had simply picked up the book next to it then you might have been sent to that story instead?"]

'Uh- I hate how that actually makes a little sense' Ryo face planted.

Ryo could tell the narrator felt a little proud of himself. ["By the way…"]

'What?'

["Is… he still going on about the love bird story?"]

Ryo looked back over to Keiji who was doing poses and everything.

"And then when fate thus demands it, the two hearts of the love birds will finally find each other at the world's end". Keiji stood up straight and took deep breaths.

Ryo slowly clapped. "You should've joined the literature club instead".

"No thanks, I've played enough games about literature clubs to give me nightmares for years".

"Right…"

"Getting back to the topic… you and Kaguya definitely have feelings for each other, it's plain as day".

Before Ryo could answer, the school bell rang.

"Oh no… I would've loved to hear the rest of this conversation but we don't want to be late do we~?" Ryo said sarcastically.

"Yeah~ yeah~ I get it, but look you need a wingman I'm your guy!" Keiji walked off to his class.

["I don't think he could wingman even if it hit him in the face…"]

"Nah, he'd be great". Ryo said.

["Oh yeah… in what way?"]

"Next to him I look like the most handsome man on earth".

The narrator stayed quiet before speaking. ["You keep telling yourself that I'm going to go make some popcorn for the up and coming battle"]

"There's a battle today…" Ryo was disappointed.

["Afraid so… Bye~"]

Ryo started to walk towards the stairs. "He acts like we're in this together but then runs off the moment something happens…" Ryo said under his breath.

["I heard that!"] The narrator shouted making Ryo jumped and nearly miss his footing on the stairs.

After classes had finished Ryo went to the council room to relax.

Ryo was sitting at his desk on his phone waiting for the "battle" the narrator mentioned, Kaguya and Chika were both sitting on the couches doing their own things as well.

"It sure is cold today" Chika said looking at the temperature on her phone. "I wish summer would come already…"

"It's still the middle of spring". Ryo said.

"Yeah I know… but time can pass in a blink of an eye if you're not careful". Chika stated.

"What are you getting at?".

"If you're sitting around all day, you'll graduate without having done anything!". Chika said. "So I propose that when summer gets here we take a student council trip!"

"That's a good idea, we've been friends for quite some time, so we should go somewhere". Kaguya said.

"Yaay!" Chika was clearly excited.

"A trip…" Ryo remembered going on trips in his past life with his friends. 'A trip for the four of us… No he wouldn't go, he's afraid of socialisation, so it would just make me, Kaguya and Chika… Maybe Miyuki would come?' "But where would we go?"

"I'd prefer the beach if we could". Kaguya said.

"The beach is a perfect idea " Chika agreed.

'Great so now it's me and two girls in bathing suits on a beach… not going to be awkward at all'. "Would you guys mind if I invited Miyuki, no offence but 1 guy and 2 girls on a beach would get a bit awkward…" Ryo chose his words carefully.

"I don't mind…" 'Shirogane could distract Fujiwara so she won't interfere and then my swimsuit will deal the finishing blow to the president and then he'll confess in front of the setting sun. It's perfect!'.

Kaguya's thoughts were filled with several different plans on how to make the president confess on the beach. Whilst on the other hand Ryo was thinking about if he even owned a swimsuit or when the last time he even went swimming was.

"Won't the beach be crowded though?" Ryo made a good point.

"That won't be an issue, we can use the Shinomiya family's private beach," Kaguya stated.

"I guess I don't have any arguments against it then". Ryo said.

"So that means we'll be going to the beach right!" Chika said in excitement.

"It appears so, though we still need to consider the date and time". Kaguya said.

"We can figure that out closer to the time". Ryo suggested.

"Oh but I went up another size this year so I need to buy a new swimsuit". Chika said.

Kaguya's eyes went blank as they slowly turned to Chika's chest. 'This is bad! If the president see's Fujiwara he'l be enraptured by them…'

Kaguya is confident in her own body but even so and an offensive weapon, it is objectively weak! It may as well be a toy gun that shoots foam bullets! On the other hand Fujiwara has the power of a tank! When the two are compared it is enough to induce utter despair!

Then something struck Kaguya's mind. 'No! If Shirogane is there he'll be able to keep Fujiwara far enough away from the president to keep him safe! I just need to make sure Shirogane has an open schedule! By any means necessary!'.

Later that day.

Ryo was on his way home.

["I'm back, what did I miss?"]

"Not much, I think you got the days mixed up, there wasn't a battle anywhere".

["That's weird… but alright then"]

"Oh but we did make plans to go to the beach in the summer".

["That sounds nice… WAIT!"]

"Ow! Why are you screaming?"

["How did this plan come about"]

"Well… it started with Chika talking about how cold it was. And then she brought up the fact that we should go somewhere for summer then we chose the beach". Ryo explained.

["That was the battle…"] The narrator said quietly.

"Huh?"

["That was the Battle!"]

"Oh! I'm guessing by your tone it didn't end how it should have".

["Nope! No plans should have been made. But now the readers are wishing this was a manga series because then they'd get a swimsuit chapter…"]

"What do you mean readers?"

["Doesn't matter… this is irreversible"]

"Perhaps we can salvage it…"

"Unless you're about to say that Shirogane's going so he and Kaguya can spend time getting to know each other, then no we can't"]

"I've already invited him, and he said he'll try to keep his calendar open when we make a specific date but no guarantees".

["I need a nap"]

"Someone's in a bad mood today...".

[Today's battle results: yet to be decided]