Chapter 3: How About Letting Shinomiya Kaguya Disappear
The student council's work wasn't very busy.
Sakurai Saki, in the role of general affairs, only needed to handle a few trivial matters, but most of them were taken care of by Shirogane Miyuki.
This made Sakurai feel quite guilty.
One week before the end of spring break, right before the opening ceremony, the student council had already started operating.
Members included: Secretary Fujiwara Chika, Treasurer Ishigami Yuu, Vice President Shinomiya Kaguya, President Shirogane Miyuki, and additionally Sakurai Saki as General Affairs.
That was the entire student council.
Actually, there was one more person, a third-year senior responsible for auditing the finances.
But that person very rarely came to the student council room.
Basically, they could be considered invisible.
"I refuse your refusal! I demand a rematch!" Fujiwara Chika was unhappy with the previous game's outcome.
૮₍ ˶>⤙<˶ ₎ა
"I'm very busy right now, texting someone. I don't have time to play with you, So I refuse your refusal of your refusal, Luffy-san." Sakurai Saki was holding his phone.
¯\_(- > -)_/¯
"Liar! Adulterer! Netorare! Playboy! Yontoryu!" Fujiwara Chika somehow pulled out a newspaper and tape, starting a craft project.
A few minutes later, she had made a giant paper fan.
٩(^ᗜ^ )و ´-
Chika circled behind Sakurai.
Gathering strength!
Bang!
Sakurai felt a heavy blow to the back of his neck.
Just kidding.
Actually, she didn't hit very hard.
Let's forgive her this time.
"Eh!" Chika suddenly raised her voice.
"Is that a LINE interface?" Fujiwara Chika, holding the paper fan, stood behind Sakurai Saki.
She suspiciously stared at his phone screen.
LINE is a messaging app for smartphones.
"Umu. Tonight, I've arranged to play games with Ishigami-kun and some friends."
"What what?! Games!" Fujiwara Chika looked like an alien receiving a transmission from Earth, her face full of excitement.
ヾ(｡✪ω✪｡)ｼ
Sakurai Saki turned his head around, looking at her and the black ribbon on her head.
Secretary Fujiwara was a 'noob' but heavily addicted to gaming.
Just seeing how she lost nearly two hundred times without giving up was proof enough.
"Sakurai-kun! Can I join too?" Fujiwara-san asked with sparkling eyes.
(๑✪ᆺ✪๑)
"No way!"
"Fujiwara-senpai sucks too much, so no. Bringing you would be like carrying a 100kg burden. We don't want extra dead weight." Ishigami Yuu answered while typing on his keyboard, speaking for Sakurai Saki.
Although gaming was for fun, Ishigami Yuu didn't like losing.
Sakurai Saki also nodded, "No way!"
He also didn't want to lose.
Neither of them wanted to lose.
Even the person Sakurai was texting right now was a highly competitive gamer.
Hayasaka Ai had a very strong will to win, and her gaming skills were top-tier.
She didn't like losing either.
Sakurai Saki liked gaming with her simply because she had superb aim.
A whole magazine, and it was like using an aimbot — all headshots.
One would think she actually trained with real guns.
Hayasaka: (๑>•̀๑) ehe!
By the way, the two of them were about to become desk mates. It was the result of class assignments; Sakurai Saki had checked the class allocation before the opening ceremony.
This year, Sakurai Saki and President Shirogane Miyuki were assigned to different classes. At Shuchiin Academy, classes changed every year, and seating arrangements changed every semester.
Currently, it was the first semester of spring.
Also in the same class was Shinomiya Kaguya.
Secretary Fujiwara had been in the same class as Sakurai Saki last year but not this year.
The bond between them could have been severed, but unfortunately, Shirogane Miyuki invited Sakurai into the student council.
Unexpectedly, Shinomiya Kaguya was also invited by Shirogane, and she even dragged her best friend Fujiwara Chika along.
As for Ishigami Yuu? He was forcibly dragged into the council by President Shirogane too.
Originally a kid who refused to attend school, thanks to Shirogane Miyuki's help, he returned school.
Moreover, just a few days after entering school, he was already pulled into labor work by the president.
"Kaguya-san, they're bullying me!" Chika, tearful, sat down next to Kaguya.
(っ˃̣̣̥ -˂̣̣̥ς)
Then, under Kaguya's helpless expression, she began sobbing and accusing the two innocent male students of "school bullying."
"Ishigami-kun, do you know what 'Earth Cancer' means?" Sakurai Saki finished texting Hayasaka Ai.
"Fujiwara-senpai." Ishigami Yuu answered curtly.
"Uwaa! You guys are so mean!!" Chika, with tears streaming down her face, ran out of the student council room while crying.
.·°՞(¯□¯)՞°·.
After Chika ran away.
"Is bullying her that fun, Sakurai-san?"
Shinomiya Kaguya's flawlessly smooth white face became even colder, her tone completely devoid of emotion.
Sakurai Saki nodded.
"This is one of the few pleasures I have, Shinomiya-san, so please don't deprive me of my entertainment."
Last year, they had barely spoken in class, and even within the student council, they hardly interacted. Yet now, at the start of the new school year, they had to work together. Sakurai Saki found it extremely annoying.
If only that good-natured guy Shirogane Miyuki were here.
If he were around, the situation might ease up a little.
After all, it was he who dragged them into this.
"Fujiwara-senpai clearly lost but keeps clinging onto people..." Ishigami Yuu sided with Sakurai.
"Shut up!" Shinomiya Kaguya ordered.
<(ꐦㅍ _ㅍ)>
"Yes, ma'am!" Ishigami Yuu was so scared his teeth chattered, immediately admitting defeat.
He glanced apologetically at Sakurai, then silently bowed his head and got back to work.
"Is bullying him that fun, Shinomiya-san?"
"This is one of the few pleasures I have, Sakurai-san, so please don't deprive me of my entertainment."
Shinomiya Kaguya countered with the exact same words Sakurai had just said.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!
"Then, feel free to bully him all you want. That way, I won't feel guilty anymore for teasing Fujiwara-san. Honestly, bullying Fujiwara-san every day, I'm starting to feel a little guilty." Sakurai Saki chose self-destruction.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That was a lie!
There was no way he felt guilty about bullying Secretary Fujiwara.
For a moment, the atmosphere grew silent.
Sakurai Saki then left the sofa and tea table, sitting down at his desk, preparing to review documents once more.
Ishigami Yuu, working in this suffocating atmosphere, felt like he could barely breathe.
The pressure from Shinomiya Kaguya was truly terrifying.
He dared to tease Fujiwara Chika, but when it came to Shinomiya Kaguya, he wouldn't even think about crossing the line.
Ishigami Yuu was terrified of Shinomiya Kaguya down to his very soul.
༼;´༎ຶ ༎ຶ༽
Shinomiya Kaguya took a sip of tea.
A boring student council.
Tedious members.
She had thought the boy whom Fujiwara Chika mentioned every day might be a bit more interesting, but he turned out to be just another stiff.
Ranking third in the entire grade wasn't impressive enough for her to consider roping him in for her own uses.
As for clubs, he belonged to the "go-straight-home" faction, didn't join any sports clubs, not even a cultural club.
During important occasions, he could maintain a good smile and a gentle demeanor — that was at least praiseworthy.
Fujiwara Chika was one of the few friends Kaguya had, aside from her close bodyguard Hayasaka Ai, so she treasured her.
But Sakurai Saki, who enjoyed bullying Fujiwara Chika, was someone Kaguya couldn't stand — she even felt a bit disgusted by him.
Still, it was strange that even though Fujiwara Chika got bullied every day, she would still come running to find him to play the next day.
Kaguya glanced at the nearby desk where Sakurai Saki was reviewing documents.
What the hell is going through his head every day?
...
'How about... making Shinomiya-san disappear from this world?'
That was what Sakurai Saki was thinking.