Chapter 234 A Lonely After School (1)

When we noticed Nakamura-sans presence, we immediately put some distance between us.

Thankfully, she was the only one here, so as long as we could convince her to keep this as a secret, we should be fine.

Hello, hello, Maehara-kun~ its been a while, hasnt it? Nice to see that you two are still so close. How have you been?

Ive been fine You look tired, Nakamura-san.

Hehe, you can tell? Well, theres just too many things to do for the council. Tomoo-senpai and other members helped, but the amount of paperwork I had to do was just endless.

I could tell that she was having a hard time by the look on her face. It lacked her usual vigor and she looked slightly more haggard than the last time I saw her.

By the way, student council members still had to participate in the sports festival. So, aside from her regular workload, she also had to practice for the events on top of that.

That kind of schedule would exhaust even the most energetic people.

Anyway, whats up? Since you seem to be looking for me Did something bad happen?

Yeah. Uh, my hubby No, I mean, the vice president is sick. I took him to the infirmary just now. It was only a cold thankfully, but now theres no one left to do his portion of the work

I see. Well sure, Ill help you.

Youre a lifesaver We have to finish making arrangements with our sponsor by the end of the day

Since the new student council was formed, Umi and some of her classmates had been helping them out since they were short-staffed. Umi was good with management and such, so she helped whenever a member of the council was sick or unavailable.

Anyway, sorry for disturbing your sweet time with Asanagi-chan, Maehara-kun. Ill be borrowing her until the vice president is well, okay? Can I have your permission?

I mean, Umi already said shell help, so go ahead By the way, about the vice president

Haha, I was hoping you wouldnt notice that. Oh well, not like I could keep it a secret forever.

I was about to let it slide, but she had a concerned look when she talked about the vice president. Also, she called him hubby

Oh, right, Maki doesnt know, huh? Can I tell him, Nakamura-san?

Nakamura-san, with a slightly red face, nodded silently. From my impression of her and her behavior so far, I thought she wouldnt be interested in such things, but it seemed like I was wrong.

I didnt expect this, but it wasnt a bad thing or anything.

You knew about them, Umi?

Yeah. Well, I didnt find out until the end of the summer vacation. Apparently they were in the same club in middle school. Moreover, they were the only members of the club, isnt it sweet?

I see, so they were on good terms from the beginning.

According to Umi, Nakamura-san and the vice president (a first year named Takizawa Souji), were in a mystery club together. Their relationship developed beyond that of a senpai-kouhai relationship.

Apparently, they would read books and discuss them together, study together whenever an exam was coming up and go to the library together on their days off as part of their clubs activities. Honestly, I couldnt see them as anything other than a couple by that point.

By the time Nakamura-san graduated from middle school, you would have thought they were already dating, but it seemed like that was not the case. Before Takizawa-kun enrolled in our school, they actually didnt really stay in contact.

The reason was because in Nakamura-sans lockscreen

Woah, hes handsome.

Right? He even said that people kept hitting on him on the street.

He was a head taller than Nakamura-san, who was taller than the average boy. His face looked so good that I wouldnt be surprised if someone were to tell me that he was a model. With that intelligent and calm look, if Nitta-san were to see him, she would immediately fangirl over him.

Apparently, there were a lot of cute girls around him, from his childhood friends, classmates, kouhais and even students from other schools as well. That was why Nakamura-san decided to back down when she graduated.

But, the vice president, Takizawa-kun, had been in love with Nakamura-san since the first year. Just this spring, he entered our school without telling anyone. He joined the student council because his homeroom teacher asked him, but in truth, he just wanted to relive his middle school days with Nakamura-san.

So thats why Nakamura-san became the president, huh?

So that was the good reason Nakamura-san mentioned back then.

When I turned my gaze to her, she immediately averted her gaze while blushing.

S-So what? I-Im a normal high school girl too! Actually back when my homeroom teacher asked me to be a member of the council, I refused, but when he asked me to I just couldnt refuse

And now that same boyfriend was sick. Because of that, she got annoyed after seeing us flirting in the open. Which was why she approached us instead of just pretending not to see it.

I felt bad for her.

So, in exchange for listening to my embarrassing story, lend me Asanagi-chan for a bit, please Asanagi-sama, youre my only hope! Everyone else already refused me, so please!

Cant be helped then. Sorry, Maki, Im going to give her a hand. You should go back first, youre exhausted, right? This will take a while.

I can wait for you. Its getting darker earlier these days, so it would be safer if I walked home with you.

Also, Sora-san had been telling me that she missed me, so I should stop by her house for dinner.

Alright, Ill finish it as soon as possible. You should wait in the cafeteria, they should be open for a while.

Roger. Message me when youre finished, okay? Ill pick you up right away.

Mm, alright then, see you, Maki.

See you.

And so, Umi went to the student council room with Nakamura-san and I went to the blue teams place as previously planned.

I could wait two or three hours for Umi, but in the meantime, what should I do?