Vol 2 Chapter 4 (1/2)

VOLUME 2

[4rd Discussion ~ The Resting Student Council~]

“What’s important is moderation! Because there are ups and downs, we are alive!” (1)

As usual, the president stuck out her small chest and proudly spoke as if she were reciting something she probably read in some book.

“And with that, today is a break! The student council will take a break!”

In the end, that was all she wanted to say. She smiled, sat back down and slumped over onto the long desk.

(Such a lazy president……)

She was moe. She was a loli (although she’s one year my senior), but seeing her splayed out lazily on the desk was somehow extremely moe. I mean, it was healing. She must have felt the moe like I did, because Chizuru-san dangled a piece of Pocky in front of the president’s face and called her name. When she did that, the president chomped on the snack and began to nibble on it like a squirrel, chewing on it little by little…… so cute.

“But ya know… It’s a bit late to be saying this now, but did we really need to gather up to take a break……?”

In contrast to the president, Minatsu stretched widely and muttered disinterestedly. Seeing that, Mafuyu-chan seemed to agreed with her sister, saying “Yes, that’s true……”

In response to Minatsu, I indignantly stood up and shouted “How could you say that?!”

“I’ve said this before, but you won’t be increasing your affection points like that, Minatsu!”

“That’s what I should be telling YOU!”

“What are you saying?! There’s already four student council heroines, Minatsu! Aside from the harem end, at best there’s only one person who will get to be with me! On this heated battlefield, if you don’t show up in the student council room, the one episode that you’re completely absent for the day…… you will wither away in an instant.”

“I’m fine with withering away! In fact, I want to be taken away!”

“You also need to moderate your tsun, or you’ll lose fans! Your role is essentially that of the main girl, so you really need to work harder!”

“Again, why the h.e.l.l do I have to get all mixed up in your Sugisaki Ken Compet.i.tion?! As far as you know, there are no partic.i.p.ants in this race!”

“You idiot, you don’t know anything, do you? I’m the protagonist, ya hear? The protagonist. I’m the only appearing main male character, aren’t I? If this isn’t a fierce battle, then what is it?”

“You’re just proving that you have no male friends, aren’t you?!”

“Yes, I do! I have a best friend named Nakameguro!”

“That’s only in Mafuyu’s delusions!”

“Ku…… Minatsu’s surprisingly tough to conquer…… She never gets out of the tsun stage.”

As I groaned, Minatsu gave me a surprised look, then sighed.

“In the first place, aside from the trends Ken talks about, I’ve never really had an interest in guys……”

“d.a.m.n it…… If you’re interested in yuri, then it’d be pointless for me to conquer you……”

“Well, you may call it yuri, but that’s not quite it……”

“Is that so?”

I asked her that and she crossed her arms in thought.

“Hmmmmmm…… I like girls more than guys. That’s for sure. Just being friends isn’t intimate, but I don’t have confidence in guys when it comes to things like romance or s.e.x.”

“Oh, so is that how Mafuyu-chan got brainwashed?”

“In Mafuyu’s case, it worked much more than I thought. She’s so pure, so she sorta just absorbed all of my anti-guy slander……”

“But not the yuri.”

“Yeah, well, if you asked me what I prefer, I’d say girls, so of course you’d think yuri. I get asked a lot if I actually see girls as romantic interests, but that’s also not true.”

“Sounds like…… you’ve had some hard times.”

“Eh, not really. You might not understand this Ken, but I don’t see romance as an overly important part of life.”

“Wow, there it is! Her virgin NEET declaration!”

“I’m not a virgin NEET! At least use ‘pure’ instead……! Ahem. That’s why I hate those kinda guys. Those people who say ‘you’re going to die if you don’t fall in love,’ or ‘You’ve never dated before? You’ve had a hard life.’” (2)

“Ooohh…… That’s a slight attack on me, isn’t it?”

For someone who was like those Love-Reigns-Supreme guys, even I was hurt. But, Minatsu smiled and denied that.

“Hm, well, as a friend, I do like you.”

“Eh…… ah, I, see…”

“Hm? What’s wrong. You’re red.”

“N, nothing.”

F…… for some reason, that really embarra.s.sed me. The h.e.l.l, what is this? She only told me she liked me as a friend. That’s nothing to get embarra.s.sed over. It just…… it somehow made me really d.a.m.n happy.

No, that’s no good Sugisaki Ken! You’re not a simple man who would be satisfied with being friends d.a.m.n it! You’ve got great ambitions! Don’t forget your harem soul! Your ulterior motives are eternal!

“Hoo…… That was dangerous. I was that close to becoming a fresh and pure young man.”

“What’s dangerous about that?! You should’ve done that! As you normally are, you’re a totally dangerous beast!”

I looked at Minatsu, who retorted with every fiber of her being, as if I were licking her clean. Then, in my mind, I swiftly stripped off her uniform…… Yeah, it’s fine. I’m still perverted.

“Alright! I can do this! I can properly see Minatsu as a target of my l.u.s.t!”

“Just what in the h.e.l.l are you declaring?! You have to let people know what’s going on d.a.m.n it!”

“Like I said, don’t worry. I will love you Minatsu!” (Sparkling smile)

“Now I’m scared of love for no reason!”

As Minatsu subtly backed away from me, I reluctantly looked around at the other members.

“…………”

They must’ve heard mine and Minatsu’s entire conversation, because everyone drew back slightly…… well, I guess I’ve gotten used to this kind of thing…

The president broached the hanging conversation, saying, “But you know…”

“The student council room is a comfortable place, isn’t it? Look, it’s like the princ.i.p.al has his office and the student council president has the student council room, right?”

“Not at all.”

Minatsu retorted. However, the president paid her no mind and continued speaking as Chizuru-san fed her Pocky.

“Sugisaki is always saying ‘my harem!’ but in a way, since I’m the president, that makes this my harem doesn’t it?”

“Please don’t try and take away my harem.”

“Sugisakiii… Ma.s.sage my shoulders…”

“………… If you get too c.o.c.ky, I’ll ma.s.sage your b.r.e.a.s.t.s.”

“b.r.e.a.s.t.s? Ma.s.sage…………?”

The president looked down at her chest. I gasped with realization and hastily tried to apologize.

“Ah, forgive me…… Seriously…… forgive me.”

“Don’t apologize! You’re pitying me! I really don’t want your pity!”

“I pity you…… I really do……”

“Don’t say that while looking at my chest!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

“I’m seriously sorry about bringing up groping you and things. I’m totally useless, aren’t I……? Even though in this world, not every girl is ‘gropable’ I…… said something so discriminatory!”

“You’re unnecessarily hurting me with those words!”

“Don’t you worry prez. There’s a demand for people like you, you know?”

“That doesn’t make me feel better! In fact, guys who hold that in demand are scary!”

“I…… Yeah, it’s possible.”

“What is?!”

“Instead of seeing it as ‘someone who worries about their lack of b.r.e.a.s.t.s,’ you can see it as acquiring moe points that people who have b.r.e.a.s.t.s can’t have. Being flat-chested is significantly profound…”

“Don’t say flat-chested! That’s discriminatory in itself!”

“But you see Prez, with your physique and personality, having huge b.r.e.a.s.t.s would just be wrong.”

“I don’t like what’s right!”

“A loli face with huge b.r.e.a.s.t.s usually comes with a disclaimer. But for me personally, a true loli means a flat chest!”

“I don’t care about your definition of a loli!”

“That’s why Prez, from now on please cry when you worry about your chest.”

“Then I wouldn’t be able to grow in confidence!”

The president was out of breath. Her lazy mood was gone, but seeing her pant was moe in itself.

In front of me, Chizuru-san was also enamored with the president.

“By the way, Chizuru-san, you’re not studying today?”

I asked on the spur of the moment. Especially when there was no student council work to be done, Chizuru-san always had notebooks spread over the desk. But today, she was completely absorbed in playing with something.

Chizuru-san combed her hair over her ear and smiled.

“In the first place, just attending cla.s.s is enough for me.”

“Eh? Then why are you always studying?”

“Ah, that’s more or less a hobby. For example…… in the world there are people who can and can’t spend hours studying, right?”

“If you ask me, I’m the type that finds studying to be a pain. Although I studied last year because I had a goal.”

When I gave that answer, the s.h.i.+na sisters and the president entered the conversation.

“Mafuyu also doesn’t study at home much…… only the minimum.”

“On the other hand I properly study. I don’t find it to be too bad.”

“For me –”

“Ah, don’t worry Prez. You don’t need to answer.”

“Sugisaki is a bullyyyyyyyyyyyy!”

The president noisily burst out in tears, but I ignored her. After all, she…… really didn’t need to answer.

After hearing each of our responses, Chizuru-san resumed her story.

“Among people who study, there can be those like Key-kun who work hard. But there are a surprising number of people who treat the act of studying as a hobby. I am one of those.

So you see, Mafuyu-chan with her extreme hobby of gaming at home can’t study at home, but Minatsu on the other hand makes a point of studying at home even though she loves athletics.”

“Ah, that’s true.”

“In the case for those who don’t particularly have anything else to do, studying is just something to do in the mean time. And so, when I have free time, I endeavor to absorb more information. Because of that, I find it uncomfortable to be praised for doing so.”

“So today……”

“Ah, today Aka-chan is particularly cute, so I’ve decided to spend my time with that.”

As she said that, she poked the president’s cheeks. Indeed…… the president sure was cute today. Because she didn’t have her usual energy, her cuteness was in full force.

When Chizuru-san and started to tug on the president’s cheeks, Minatsu called out, saying “But you know…”

“I know this is just my prejudice, but I think being able to study is a bad thing in essence. Especially science.”

“I can kinda get what you’re saying.”

It makes sense that Minatsu, a sports-oriented type, would be weak to something like that.

“Know-it-alls always charge ahead into weird things. In the middle of a heated paranormal discussion they’ll say with a normal tone, ‘but those things couldn’t be possible,’ and things like that…… Although it’s not like I don’t understand where they’re coming from.”

“Ah, I know what you mean. No matter what, there are those people who can’t overlook those types of things. Well, normally they don’t mean anything bad by it.”

“It’s not like we’re looking to argue if it’s possible or not, we just want to have fun talking about it……”

I nodded in agreement as Chizuru-san joined in.

“I heard from my drunken relative’s old man that there’s nothing more annoying than political opinions.”

“Ah, I know what you mean.”

Everyone agreed.

“Well, I’m indifferent to politics, but I also don’t think it’s good. Not just politics either. No matter the topic, making someone listen to your opinion endlessly is a form of violence.”

“Mafuyu also……is bad with things like that. Mafuyu just stays quiet.”

“That’s why in my case, I love this student council.”

With those words, Chizuru-san ended the discussion. It’s true…… this student council just might have a hint of that goodness.

Everyone must have had some bad memory float up, because each one of us let out a sigh. Among us, Mafuyu-chan especially seemed down. Curious, I asked her.

“What’s wrong Mafuyu-chan?”

“Sugisaki-senpai…… In Mafuyu’s case…… Mafuyu has especially become a character whose role is to listen…… That’s why Mafuyu will end up captured by people and be forced to listen endlessly to pointless stories, and when Mafuyu tries to say anything they’ll cut Mafuyu off……”

“Ah…”

Mafuyu-chan probably would be the one to suffer something like that. If she and her conversation partner had clas.h.i.+ng topics, she would definitely lose out on her chance to speak and end up silently responding to a topic she didn’t care about with a smile.

“You’re bad with a lot of different people, aren’t you Mafuyu-chan?”

“Yes…… Especially with wild boys who aim for harems……”

“Do you hate me or something?”

“Like the proclaimed strongest earthling who ends up not getting to do anything……”

“You mean K**llin???????!!!!!!!!!?”(3)

“Ma.s.s murderers too……”

“Most people aren’t comfortable with them!”

“Mafuyu is also bad with serial kidnappers who target little girls!”

“That makes it sound like you’re good with every other type of criminal!”

“Mafuyu loves phantom thieves!”

“You’ve never seen a phantom thief in real life!”

“If Mafuyu had to decide…… extraterrestrial intelligent beings would be the type Mafuyu is bad with… maybe…”

“What was the point of all the hesitation in that sentence?!”

“But above all else, Mafuyu has the hardest time with people whose goal is a harem.”

“Am I extremely hated or something?!”

“That’s not true! Sugisaki-senpai is Sugisaki-senpai after all!”

“Ah, if my heart weren’t completely stained, that could’ve been a good line!”

Mafuyu-chan is definitely a cruel person…… Mafuyu-chan, I still love you but, little by little…… it’s getting harder to talk with you.

“I’m bad with delusional novel writers who use me as the subject……”

Dejected, I tried to get her back. Since it was Mafuyu-chan I was dealing with, I thought she’d be shocked. But……

“Eh? You know someone like that? Wow, that’s inexcusable. Hmph.”

“…… I give up.”

I’ve decided. At the top of the “People Sugisaki Ken is Weak Against” ranking is s.h.i.+na Mafuyu…… But she’s still moe. I still love her. She’s still huggable. Actually I want to hug her. But even so……

“Now then, should Mafuyu continue writing Sugisaki-senpai and Nakameguro-senpai’s love scene…..?”

“You’re my natural enemyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!”

“Ehh?!”

Mafuyu-chan wore a look of shock, as if she really had no idea why I said that.

“Now, that’s enough of that.”

Minatsu clapped her hands and s.h.i.+fted the conversation.

“It might be a bit late to mention this, but is it really alright for us to do nothing today Prez-san?”

At Minatsu’s question, the president sat upright and crossed her arms with a “Hmm…”

“I think we should seriously do our work, but…… I mean, recently we’ve been staying here overtime, or rather we’ve been staying late after school working a lot, so I figured we would be fine if we took a break.”

Chizuru-san agreed with that.

“That’s true. After all, student council work is mostly volunteer work, so it’s not supposed to wear down the members. It’s usually something you only do the bare minimum for. Since that’s the case, it shouldn’t be especially problematic if we don’t deal with it for a day.”

“It’s our job though, isn’t it? I mean, it bothers me to not do anything.”

I feel like I can understand that. Even I feel like I should finished what’s a.s.signed to me. Be that as it may……

“Well, don’t worry about that Minatsu. I’ll take on each of the duties in detail myse-”

“That’s exactly what’s bothering me the most!”

“Ooh……”

I was yelled at. The student council room fell silent, and the atmosphere that hung in the air made me want to run away…… Ah, I made a mistake. I thought we already had an unspoken understanding about me doing all the work myself for the sake of my harem…… I guess Minatsu had that “elder sister” part of her that couldn’t let that slide……

Minatsu gave an expression like she made a mistake and quickly tried to smooth things over.

“N, no, wait. W, well, it’s not like I’m mad about it. I’m thankful for that which is why, I mean, I’m uncomfortable……”

“I’m sorry, Minatsu.”

“Wait, I mean, I don’t know what to do if you apologize! That’s not what I mean……”

“I didn’t know you thought of me like that, Minatsu……”

“I really don’t like you saying it like that!”

“Don’t worry. As long as I have your love power, Minatsu, I’m invincible!”

“No such thing! I’m not giving you anything like love power!”

“Also, I’m fine if you occasionally be my outlet for my s.e.xual desires!”

“Don’t make such a huge request without any reason!”

“Don’t…… *cough*worry about…… *cough* my body…”

“Hey, don’t suddenly start getting pushy!”

“It’s alright. I’m only looking for bodily contact with you, Minatsu…… *cough*”

“Don’t play the sympathy card! That’s degrading women!”

“Even though it seems like Mafuyu-chan is degraded?”

“Eh?”

Minatsu looked over at her sister. And then……

“Ugh…… Sugisaki-senpai…… is so pitiful…… If Mafuyu is fine, then as many times as you want –”

“She’s fallen! My little sister has totally fallen!”

Minatsu was shocked.

“Mafuyu-chan is definitely pretty impressionable, isn’t she?”

“Ahh, I clearly didn’t raise this girl right!”

As Minatsu shouted that, she hastily began undoing Mafuyu-chan’s brainwas.h.i.+ng…… Tch. And here I was aiming for a Sisters Bowl…… (4)

“Sugisaki…… Right now you have a very gaudy face on……”

The president glared at me with half-open eyes. I s.h.i.+fted my expression and turned towards the president.

“Eh? No way~☆”

“You weren’t the type of character who ended their sentences with a ☆!”

“Sugisaki☆Ken”