Vol 3 Chapter 5 (1/2)
Chapter 5: A Role
“Hey there, Seron We finished early today How’re you feeling?” Larry asked, stepping into the office
Seron was deep in thought on the sofa “A lot better, thanks I got plenty of rest Sorry for worrying you” He said, getting to his feet Larry put on a smile and waved it off
“Seron is all fine now!” Meg said, turning her head as she washed the teacups and teapot
“…I see Thanks, Meght to hi a couple of needs!’ and thanked her
“This is good tih, yes?” Meg s the teapot ater
“Awake now, Seron?”
“Ah, back to the Seron we all know and love”
Natalia and Nick remarked as they entered the office They were soon followed by Sophia
“Hey there”
Sophia and Nick sat down and sighed loudly, aled looks and smiled
“That was exhausting Don’t you agree, SC Sophia?”
“Yeah… but we did such good work today”
“I foresee no difficulty for the fall performance Noe must focus on the other main issue that towers over us”
Sophia hung her head weakly, nodding Eventually, all six of them quietly started on their cups of tea
“I’m back”
The newspaper club’s president announced her return
Jenny took out so labeled ‘UNDEVELOPED’ Then she put her ca on the desk and pulled out the camera, which she put in the dresser
“Thank you for your hard work, Jenny Here is your cup of tea” Meg said, pouring a cup for Jenny and placing it in front of her on the desk Then she returned to her seat on the sofa
“Thanks, Meg down her tea “Huh This is lukewarm Did you prepare a cool cup of tea just for me? Because you knew I’d be thirsty?”
“Yes That way seeive you a little warmer tea”
“Then a boiling-hot one for cup 3, right? That’s so considerate of you You’ll mica”
“Hee hee Thank you, Jenny To getis one of my dreams for my future”
Seron was completely still
Jenny finally seemed to notice his presence
“Ah, welco”
“Yeah Sorry foryou worry I won’t pushexactly what answer he owed the others Then he let Larry begin theirin earnest
“Did you find out anything, Jenny? What’d SC Joshua say?”
All eyes were on Jenny; a downcast look rose to her face
“It was definitely an inforeneral perspective, but to be honest I didn’t find out anything we needed …So I met Joshua Dennis and chatted with him about school He kneho I was too, so it wasn’t too aard”
“Oh? How’d he know you?” Asked Natalia
“As the ‘tiny newspaper girl who published so, but that doesn’t ave ot to see backstage, and even the space under the stage I took so many pictures I could probably publish a small photo book with them But—”
“Nothing about our case, huh” Seron said feebly
“I asked hiht I told him I heard from a certain draht be a good chance to ask But he didn’t know He definitely remembers SC Arthur, but he has no idea what the 50th bee is”
Gloom filled the air of the newspaper club office
“…Everyone Thanks so h now” Sophia said sadly “Now that I think about it, thisThere’s no time left now, so I want to thank you properly and officially withdraw my request Thank you so much, everyone I mean it”
The newspaper club was silent
Seron tried to say so and stopped himself
Then, the silence was broken—
“Why did you start to love him?”
—by none other than Meg
“Huh?”
Sophia looked up, surprised
“Why did you start to love hiain, calmly
“At first, I didn’t really think of him badly or well” Sophia replied “Isn’t it funny? We were in the dra time, but he always came off as unreliable and a little dense Until the end of last year, he was just a fellow club member in my year”
“Please keep going” Meg said, gently spurring on Sophia Seron and the others listened without cutting in
“But after SC Joshua left last year, and a girl took over as president after hiuys know about the drama club’s tradition?”
“The tradition with switching boys and girls?”
“That’s right For four years I worked so hard, thinking I would be president someday But because of that little twist of fate, I ended up becoht now, but I was really upset at the time I couldn’t even blame SC Joshua It was just bad luck on ed”
“Then you noticed that SC Arthur works very hard Yes?”
“Yeah After he becaan to see a lot about hi, he’s nice to everyone, andlittle details”
“Mhood points!”
“And one day, I was alone with Ms Krantz when I kind of blurted out, ‘Arthur’s really a good fit for president’ I still remember how Ms Krantz smiled and replied, ‘Isn’t he?’”
“Hood people, SC Sophia”
“Thank you, Megmica But at the tiside him for four years, and I hadn’t understood him at all I wanted to crawl into a hole soht to myself that I’d do my very best as vice-president I think that’s when it all started When ere together, I started thinking about him even outside of drama club stuff I think…”
Sophia finally finished, her freckled cheeks turning red
The newspaper club members were free to speak They had s to the effect of, ‘Don’t worry, SC Sophia! We’ll do our best to help’
“Then confess to him!”
But the sixth mica, beat them to the punch She leapt from her seat and raised her voice
“Huh?”
As Sophia stared, wide-eyed, Meg firmly repeated herself
“Tomorrow, confess your love to SC Arthur!”
“But—we haven’t found—”
“So cut her off “If you love hiift and wait for him to see you with love! Confess to hiht now, oh, if only SC Arthur was here to hear your words! If you honestly confess your feelings to SC Arthur, he will reply to your feelings!”
“I see your point, Meght soBut—”
“But what is it?”
“But if he turns me down… then what do I do? What if he doesn’t like ? I wouldn’t be able to keep going with the drama club I wouldn’t even be able to stay beside him as vice-president”
Sophia’s expression darkened as she descended further into negativity Seron listened carefully, nodding to hiave hi that Seron was of the sa
Natalia and Nick listened quietly
Jenny had, at so notes
Sophia continued
“Maybe he doesn’t even like outgoing girls like irls that everyone likes”
“You won’t know it until you ask him!”
“But—”
“But what is it? If you take the object SC Arthur wants and gift it to hie? It is no different to confess to hiift!”
Sophia could not respond Seron spoke up in her defense
“May I say somica?”
“Yes! Please say it, Seron” Meg said She pointed at Seron, looking al
“Thanks I see what you’re trying to say, Megmica But as it stands, the newspaper club hasn’t coht be best for us to think of a different way, a safer way So that will satisfy SC Sophia She still has an entire year and a half left at this school, you know” Seron said, internally breathing a sigh of relief as he defended his oay of thinking alongside Sophia’s
But—