Yunne was having a great time, she kept humming and smiling, she knew so well that she won't be able to get that first place in the marathon, but she was happy about telling Rose that she just didn't want to text her about it.
Let's meet tomorrow afternoon! I got something I wanna tell you about!
That's what she texted with Rose yesterday, and Rose told her to wait for her at the door of the student council room.
Once you get there, text me right away, alright?
Rose texted back to her.
And the cooking club president said that she can have some fun, they have enough time to deal with the coming festival, so now that she has cleared the schedule for this afternoon, she can run over to play with Rose.
But then she heard an agonized scream on the other side of the hallway.
"Please Cupid! I made a mistake!"
Was that…Heos?! Hugging Cupid's leg?!
Cupid lets out a long sigh…with a frowns face as if he can't take this any longer and is about to kick Heos fly over the hall at any minute that he is giving by now.
Cupid bit his teeth and put his hand on Heos's head: "Get down from me and talk like a normal human being, can you?"
"Sorry…"
W…what's going on..?!
"Oh, hi Yunne." Cupid gave her a small nod.
"Ah…hi Cupid, may I ask what is…going on with Heos?"
"Don't mind about him…"
Heos stands up and looks at Yunne with a rather 'scared for his life' face: "The president…calling me to the official because…because I forgot the spot register paper…"
"Oh…" Yunne started to get panicked too: "But isn't this week…the beginning of…!"
"That's why it's a problem…" a familiar voice coming from nearby.
"Council president!!!" Heos screams before he jumps to hide himself behind Cupid's back.
"Heos, didn't I tell you to come in when our afternoon class is over? I've been waiting for you for fifteen minutes now." His voice is soft, but you can clearly know that he wasn't very happy with Heos at all.
"I'm so sorry, council president…!"
"Oh, and is this Cupid~"
"Yes, I'm Cupid." Cupid said in a motionless voice, as if the heavy air around the council president was nothing to him at all.
"You know~ I've been waiting for more cake, but it looks like I have to wait until the Spring Festival to be able to eat them again."
"Ah!" Yunne suddenly jumped. The cake… that's right!…Cupid handed the council president one of her cakes…"Uh…council president…"
"Yes?"
"I…if you don't mind…" Yunne takes out a small cookie bag and raises it up to the council president: "You can have this…I just made them yesterday."
"Uh…" the council president looked happy again, but then he slightly frowned: "No, no…Rose will be mad at me for taking your cookie."
"What?" Yunne blinked her eyes in disbelief: "It's fine! You can have it; I still have more at home."
"Uhm…how about I use it to lure Rose out?" The council president whispers something, then takes the small cookie bag from Yunne and heads into the council room.
"You! Give it to me!"
Then they heard a loud scream in the room before the council president slowly poked his head out of the door: "Yunne, you came here to pick up the vice president, right?"
"Yes? Yes, I was planning too, but…"
"It's fine." He then whispered something in his mouth again: "If not for you, she won't give up on that paperwork anyway…~" and now he's smiling again: "Well, Rose is packing her bag, and Heos…we have some things to discuss, isn't that right?"
"Y…yes, council president…"
"Cupid, do you mind~?"
"Uh? What is it, council president?"
Why would the council president need someone like him…whatever, any business should be done right away. Cupid knows he can't just put his leg up and run away; he can run from anyone but the council president…running away from this guy makes Cupid feel like he's a criminal running away from the cop…
"What kind of tea would you like, Cupid?"
"No need, council president…I prefer milk."
Heos is standing in the middle, looking at Cupid and then at the council president, like a flight attendant talking with their customer.
What with this comfortable air???
Rose walked out of the room and gave the council president a killing stare, that made the president giggle and said to Rose with a rather soft voice: "Yes, yes, Rose. Just take your time, hang out with Yunne, I promise I'll finish all the paperwork on my table by tomorrow."
"Good." Rose said and walked over to Yunne, somehow she changed her way of talking right away: "Yunne, I told you to text me when you're there…are you waiting long? I'm sorry…"
"Oh, no, it's fine, I just got here." She was observing Cupid and the council president's conversation and found it quite funny so she doesn't care much about waiting for Rose a bit longer. It's just been fifteen minutes anyway…
"Next time, don't give a single cookie to him, alright? If I see him with your cookie in his hand, I might bite them off." Rose whispered in a low voice, but, terrible for her, the president caught that.
"Oh my~ So possessive."
"Shut up!"
Yunne opened her eyes wide in confusion… Does Rose hate the council president that much?!
"Let go, Yunne."
"Ah…yes, bye Heos, see you later Cupid."
"Bye, Yunne." Cupid waved his hand slightly while Heos was busily hugging his head with both hands.
'I'm so doomed… what's wrong with me these days…keep forgetting things like that…'
Heos feels guilty and quite frustrated…he knows he's a very forgettable person, but these days…did it just get worse or something?!
He should have tried to make a schedule or a list next time…
I'm not even THAT old yet…Am I turning older sooner than how a human support be?!
"Heos, Earth calling." Cupid tapped his head: "Heos if you don't snap back, I'll snap your head."
"Yes…yes? What is it…?"
"The president is waiting for you inside…"
"Oh…" Heos's face turned pale right away: "Uh…tell my dad I miss the Taho that he made for me when I was a kid…tell my big sis I'll let her borrow my favorite book…"
"Heos, you're not going to heaven."
"I don't wanna go to hell either!!!"
"I said you're not dead yet!" Cupid finally hit his final straw and slapped Heos's head: "I'm going in with you, calm down. The president isn't going to eat you alive."
"A…and what if he does…"
"Commit cannibalism is against the law."
"That's not what I mean!"
Both of them walk into the council room and sit on the sofa as the president politely asks them to.
He sits at the opposite side from Heos and Cupid. Cupid frowns a little, why do I have to sit next to this guy…
"What type of tea would you like, Heos?"
"No…no need, council president…you drink it yourself…I don't think I'm in the mood for any drinks right now…"
"Alright then."
The council president crossed his legs, his face still with that calm smile, he asked: "Heos, do you know what festival is going to happen this Friday?"
"Yes…I do…It's the winter spot festival…"
"And who has the register paper for class A-1 and A-2 winter spot members?"
"M…Me…"
"Yes, it's you."
Cupid tries to hold in his laugh, no way he gets to see this happen 'live'.
"And…what duty do you have now that you are the one holding that paper?"
"To…give it to you on Monday…"
"Correct!" The council president takes out a blue thermos flask that has cute fish sticker decoration on it, which doesn't suit him much.
He took a small tea cup from under the table and poured the tea in his adorable thermos flask while making a heavy sigh: "These days I'll get so busy I can't even make my own tea…The winter festival…and then the spring festival…why did I even become a council president to begin with…"
"Uh…council president…?" Heos asked.
The president took a sip from his cup and smiled: "Yes, Heos?"
"H…how about I go back home and get it…and bring it over to you?"
"Oh…good, as long as you give it to me on time!" the president nodded with satisfaction in his eyes.
"Thank you, president! I'll go get it and be right back!" Heos stands up and runs straight to the door without hesitating.
"Oh dear…I was about to tell him that I'm not in a rush...I was planning to stay at school a bit late anyway." The council president then looked back to Cupid: "Apologize for trouble you."
"It's fine." Cupid doesn't really mind; he has nothing but a bunch of homework to do today anyway.
"If anything, I won't ask you for help; I know you like to do things your way."
"Was it Nova who told you things?" Cupid starts growling like a lion.
"No…just my guess, but don't give it too much thought. I'm the council president after all, everything lies in my hand even if I don't want to or not…"
This guy…
"I know saying this line is a bit funny~, but I do have other eyes watching you and everyone around this school. Because eventually I am the one who has to solve all the students' problems."
He's a dangerous one.
"It's my duty after all…yes, since I get to become a council president once in my lifetime, I'll have some fun while I still can~"
What does he even mean by 'have some fun'? Why does this guy want from Cupid?
"Don't you scare the other might… rebel against you?"
The council president giggles: "What do you think this world is, Cupid? A story? Fiction? Rebellion, you say?" He set his cup down and looked into the dark brown tea. "Now that I think about it, would it be funny if Rose is the one leading the rebellion against me…though she still hasn't finished dealing with her own relationship problem, so~ Hardly."
Cupid never talks with the council president face to face like this; he never cares about rumors, so he doesn't know much either. Some call him a funny guy, some call him a terrible person, but Cupid thinks…he kinda…
Weird? Cool? Strange?
I mean…he knew everything?! He's like a character in those school romance stories where the council president is like…evil or something like that, but they follow the rules and believe they will make the school a good place, but even if they're a bit of power abuse…
"Cupid? What are you thinking about?"
"No…nothing…"
Well…if he knew everything, then Cupid doesn't really need to explain or hide anything from him…right?
"Uhm.. excuse me, council president."
"Yes? Just say it out. Why did you randomly act so polite?"
Straight to the point… "Well, so did you know about those romantic couples in school? And all the other stuff too?"
"Oh? Well, I don't know why you ask, but the answer is yes." The council president takes another sip before he continues: "But don't worry, Cupid." The president tilted his head a bit to the side. "I only care about those who mess with the rules. Our school doesn't have any rules about banned romantic relationships so don't mind about me!"
"A…alright…if you say so…can I ask you another question?"
"Sure."
The council president seemed to enjoy himself being the person who knows all things in this school…other eyes…does that mean there are others who act as his ears and eyes around this school? So the council has students that are loyal to him? Like in those fiction stories too? Quite interesting if it actually happens but it is not like Cupid can just ask such a thing, would he truly say yes or lie about it?
"What do you…think about Rose and Yunne?"
The council president slowly opened his eyes wider: "Uh? Why are you asking such a question?"
Cupid blinks his eyes in surprise; he doesn't know either. It's like when you randomly face the god of all beings that can answer all of your questions but you didn't come up with anything to ask on hand…
But that doesn't mean he doesn't have questions related to their topic. Yunne talks about Rose a lot…sometimes it feels like their relationship is more than friends but sometimes it feels like they're strangers to each other…
"Yes…" The council president lowered his voice: "You think so too?"
"Uh?" Think what?
"There is some tension about them…" he looked out somewhere like a person deep in thought: "Rose isn't the kind of person that express her feelings…she holds herself back as if she were scared that she might lose the things she loves at any moment…yet the more you notice and start listen carefully the more she review her true thought…which is such an fascinating part of her."
Cupid just wants to ask for fun, and he thought the council president might answer him with just a surface amount of information…not this personal…
The council president led his head aside: "Oh, don't look at me like that, Cupid. Isn't that your job to know?"
"Me…?"
Why does this guy know so much about Rose? Was it because they had worked together for over a year? But Rose doesn't seem to like or see the president as a friend at all, she kinda hates this guy to be honest…
No…is he helping me? He's clearly giving some hints, but for what?
"I was just asking you to come in for a small chat. I need to get back to work now, so you may go on with your day~ Sorry for trouble you."
"It's fine…you're the council president after all…"
"So if I'm not the council president, you'll just walk away before I can even invite you in?"
"Correct."
"Oh…how cruel of you…"
And then he kicked Cupid out of the council room just like that.
Seriously…? Why did the vice council president come find me, and now the council president?! What next? Their secretary?! No Cupid, don't jinx yourself like that…
Well…at least now he has some random information about Rose that he doesn't really need to know at all…thank…coucil president…
As he walked away from the school council room, he heard the door open and someone walk in.
"Oh, early today. Any fun story to tell this time?"
Cupid could hear the president soften his voice.
"More business? Uhm…how sad…they start a fight again…"
Well, that's not his problem to worry about anyway…so Cupid walked back to his familiar class A-2 room and was about to pack his bag and find Nova to walk home with, like how they always do.
And then he saw…Heos is lying down, about to die on the school floor.
"He's dead…?" finally…?
Liu standing nearby, put a lollipop out of his mouth and explained it to Cupid: "This guy tries to get home to take something, but remember he didn't bring a bike today since his big sis gave him a ride. Then he asked for Sinon's bike, but that guy…had already gone home, so…"
"So he just died here on the floor…"
"Yeah, that's basically it…" Liu shrugged: "I don't have a bike either."
Looks like today isn't Heos lucky day, huh?
"I'm sorry council president…you can kill me or cannibalize me if you want…"
"Man, this guy at it again…" Liu whispered to himself.