As Kyo knocked on the door to the napping club he could hear the faint sounds of snoring and groaning. Kyo thought it would be rude to interrupt but another instinct made him check to see if the door was unlocked, and to his surprise it was. He paused for a moment and took a gulp before opening the door. The aroma was stronger when he entered. "Sorry to intrude, is this the napping club?"
The room was spacious with lots of blankets on the floor. All of the lights were off, and although he could hear snoring and small movements, he could not see anyone, and he did not get any confirmation."Excuse me, can I turn on the lights?" Kyo exclaimed once more.
Kyo heard a loud "UGE!" sound, like a person was tired of the questions. The voice spoke again in a tired droopy voice, "Absolutely not, wait there newbie."
Kyo froze, not knowing where the person was, then heard fumbling. After a few more seconds had passed by, a dim light from a lamp in the corner of the room was turned on. Underneath the lamp was a short girl with short pink hair, a little lighter than hiro's, she had twin tails, and had on a long white nightshirt with black cats imprinted on it.
Kyo then looked around and on the opposite end of the room he saw a sleeping body but they were covered with three or so blankets, unaffected by the light. So that is where the snoring was coming from, Kyo thought. "Are you here to join the napping club?" the girl, having moved closer to Kyo.
"Um, no I am here on behalf of the student council, do you -" Kyo was cut off.
"Ohh, the student council, I commend you for your work" she said this pressing against Kyo's body slowly pushing him to the ground. "You deserve a break" she said, then fell asleep on Kyo's chest while he laid on the floor.
The interaction was fast and caught Kyo off guard, but after a moment he loudly said "Huh?!? W-wait a minute I just came here to ask if you needed anything? Not to relax!!"
The girl was slow to respond, then said in the same drowsy voice as before, "Hehe, don't worry, just relax will you." Kyo hated to admit it, but her quiet, tired voice was rather soothing, the floor itself being covered in blankets and pillows did not help either.
Kyo, fighting every urge to not fall asleep, sat up, grabbed the girl by the shoulders, and met her face to face. "I just came here to ask if you need anything!"
She looked at me with a devious look, "anyyything?"
"Items! Items! Stuff money can buy!"
"Oh, how sad." She slowly got off of Kyo, she was now sitting on her knees in a W shape, and Kyo went into a criss-cross position, he explained that he was new to the student council, and the two did introductions.
"Nice to formally meet you, my name is Kyoyota Arianagi, treasurer of the student council, a first year." He said in a somewhat monotone voice as he recited his introduction from earlier.
She paused, leaned in again, and said, "Oh so your Takiko's replacement, you should have just said that. Well it's a shame you are not a new member, but feel free to come by anytime. As for stuff we need, more candles would be nice."
Kyo pulled out his phone, opened the notes app, and added candles to the list, for his own memory he also wrote down the name she had mentioned, Takiko "Right, we will get those to you when we can."
"Mm, thanks" she said before continuing, "my name is Neru, president of the napping club, and a third year."
There was a moment's pause between the two before Neru spoke again, "Honestly you should lighten-up a bit, you're so formal and anxious it affects the atmosphere here."
Kyo was pulled back and said "Oh, my bad, to lighten the mood, can you tell me who that person is over there?"
They both looked at the body wrapped in blankets, "that is my VP, his name is Zuko."
"I see. Are there only two of you? I thought you needed five people to be a club."
"Well in reality this isn't really a club, but a hobby, the reason Yuuki wanted you to come here first is because it is not supposed to be a serious thing, all clubs are meant to be fun, please stop being so formal to people who are just doing what they love. That is my advice to you when visiting the other clubs. When you come back here, please come take a nap with us." She waved Kyo off.
"I will remember that, I apologize for dampening the mood." Neru nodded as if Kyo would go far with the life advice he had just been given, she felt like a real upper classman (senpai).
"I had fun, thank you Neru, I will pay a visit when I can." Kyo stood up, gave a small bow, then left the room. Kyo then did some self-internalization, that he was adding pressure to everything. Kyo took a deep breath and promised himself that he would do better.
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Kyo then walked to the next room over, it was behind the corner, there was the sound of machines running. Kyo stood in front of the door, and figured that they would not hear him, opting to just open the door instead.
Upon entering there were two shelves on each side of the door, and four tables, each holding two sewing machines, six of the seats were occupied with people either sewing or knitting. All of them were pretty focused on their own projects. In the back there was a long desk with two people sitting there. Kyo walked over on the assumption that they were the president and vice president of the this club.
"Excuse me, may I have a moment of your time?"
A girl with long dark blond hair with yellow eyes wearing a black and white scarf looked up at Kyo. The VP, a girl with long brown hair, hazel eyes, wearing a red scarf with white squares leaned into the prez and whispered something to her ear, then handed her a piece of paper. The president's eyes lit up and she got up from the desk walking right past Kyo, she turned around then waved for Kyo to follow her into the hallway. Once outside the room, Kyo figured he should close the door behind him.
The girl before him then spoke, "sorry it gets pretty loud in there since the machines are old, plus I can't hear very well, are you looking to join our club? If so, here is the application." That explains the piece of paper, Kyo thought. "Oh, no, I am with the student council, I came here to see the club and ask if you need anything like materials." Kyo then realized he would have to do each time he met someone new at this school.
"Ahh, that explains it," she opened the door and waved, soon the VP walked out and the door was closed again."Allow us to introduce ourselves, I am the president of the knitting club Amimono, and this is, drum roll please" She was enthusiastic and started to pat her hands against her tights, the girl in the red scarf started to speak, "Uh-umm hello, I-I am Aoi the VP." She was so quiet that's a shocker. "Great job Aoi!" Amimono said, patting Aoi's back.
"It's nice to meet you both, I am Kyoyta Arianagi, but you can just call me Kyo, and I am the treasurer of the student council."
Amimono smiled and then said "for materials I will take the usual please." Kyo gave a concerned look and just said, "please forgive me, I am new. Can I hear what the usual is exactly?"
Amimono bursted out laughing, "Haha, I am messing with you! Since it's just the beginning of the year we are good on materials for now. Since we extra's from last year."
Amimono, having her fun, then asked Kyo, "Would you like me to make you anything to celebrate your promotion?"
"Me?" Kyo said confused on how the conversation has trailed off.
"Duh who else, we don't make stuff for any particular reason we just do it because it's fun, so if you want something just ask, and I would like to celebrate you getting into the council. So anything at all just ask and I will make it for you." President Amimono said this with glee, like getting to share in something grand.
Aoi then stuttered out, "Um y-you should take the president's offer, she is really good at knitting!" Aoi stumbled through the sentence but her words meant more because of it.
Amimono looked like she was about to cry,"Awwww Aoi thank you!" Then turned towards Kyo again, well you heard the lady, so anything you need?"
Kyo thought for a moment, then said, "I would like a scarf please, like the ones you two are wearing, they look nice." Amimono looked Kyo up and down, then took her scarf off, throwing it over Kyo, wrapping it around his neck, then quickly moved around him in a circle, as if checking for something. "You need one a little longer than this one, what color would you like?" She asked Kyo while taking her scarf back.
"Whatever you think would look good on me, I don't really get fashion or anything like that." Kyo bit the inside of his lip thinking to himself to partake in a club I have to actually do as they ask. He told himself that the next time an offer came to him, he would partake in it, even if in some small way.
"In that case leave it to me! Well then see you later Kyo."
Kyo gave a small bow then the three parted ways.
...
Kyo then walked over to the final club room in the basement, it was right down the hall from where he was standing with the other two. Standing in front of the door Kyo heard a loud "BOOM" and rushed to open the door and see if everything was ok.
As he entered he saw a woman with long black and white dyed hair, split evenly down the middle, with white coloring being on the left side, and black coloring being on the right. She had heterochromia eyes with her right eye being white and the other being black, wearing a frilled dress, tights, and shoes all of which were the same color. She was like a black and white gothic lolita.
"HAHAHA WA-HAHAHA, I did it, I finally did it"
"What exactly did you do?" Kyo asked nervously.
"I am not sure myself, maybe I created a monster, or maybe caused a natural disaster somewhere in the world, or maybe I summoned you here. Our brains are too small to understand what has just occurred, but I know that I am the cause of it all. Wa-hahaha. Are you here to become my servant? Child of the darkened rooms?"
"Ok that last part you just made up because I walked into the room and we are in a basement which just so happens to be dark! I can't believe I thought you were serious for a second."
"Seriousness is the downfall of man, but fantasy is the upbringing of new life, so tell me child, are you an adult who believes my truths are lies, or do you see the other world as well?"
Kyo took a deep breath, thinking to himself this is not what I was expecting when I said I would take part in the next club activity. Kyo then spoke, "Oh goddess of the dark I headed your call and have come with a simple question, is there any materials you might need for your experiments." Kyo felt a knot in my stomach just from doing that, if anyone else saw that, Kyo might have become a neet and die, but for the sake of the student council he needed to do this.
"Hahaha, yes I request some teeth of the sea, some Mystic Sages Genesis, and a wound healing health position. That will be all my servant." As Kyo wrote down her items he had to think of what she might have meant by each of them, ultimately coming to the conclusion that teeth of the sea was sea salt, Mystic Sages Genesis was code for MSG or baking powder, and the health position was rubbing alcohol. "As you command my queen."
Kyo left the room not even questioning if that was a real club. By the end of his venture Kyo had more questions than answers, but had more fun after taking part in club activities. Kyo figured that he would go home for the day and see the sports clubs tomorrow.