Chapter 40: Good News! General Affairs Sakurai Has Accepted the Confession!
Sakurai Saki knew Fujiwara Chika wasn't some kind of broadcast speaker,
but he clearly forgot the existence known as Shinomiya Kaguya.
While he was completely unaware, the news had already spread throughout the entirety of Shuchiin in just one afternoon.
Breaking news! Breaking news!
General Affairs Sakurai has received his very first love letter!!
The confession will take place today after school!!
...
Hallway.
"Sakurai, when you get confessed to, hang in there! Even if you're going to reject her, don't be too harsh—after all, you might end up classmates later."
ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧
A male student patted Sakurai Saki on the shoulder.
Sakurai Saki smiled and asked curiously, "Oh, Yuuto? Even you know about it?"
This guy was a member of the kendo club.
Sakurai Saki truly couldn't understand—how had news of this spread like wildfire in just one afternoon, barely over three hours?!
And yet it hadn't been distorted! Not a single weird rumor either!
Satou Yuuto raised his eyebrows, clearly ready for gossip:
"Of course I know. Got it from the confidential intel network."
"Anyway, who's the girl confessing to you? Can you tell me?"
( • ̀ω•́ )✧
Was it Fujiwara Chika, or Hayasaka Ai?
Satou Yuuto was extremely interested in this!
He felt like a shareholder who had invested in stocks, now playing the school's "love stock market."
For the record, he was a member of the "Hayasaku faction," aka the Hayasaka Ai × Sakurai Saki ship.
Even though their love story had nothing to do with him, they were in the same class last year, and he'd been following the drama for a while—so he was really curious!
"She didn't leave a name, so I don't know either," Sakurai Saki said, half-truth, half-lie.
There really wasn't a name written, but of course he knew who it was.
The person in question was literally floating right in front of him.
"If I pass on without ever falling in love, isn't that the same as never existing at all~"—the ghost girl muttered.
( ｡ •̀ ⤙ •́ ｡ )
"When I died, someone pushed me off the rooftop. She said I stole the guy she liked, so I got curious about love after that."
(๑•̀ㅁ•́๑)✧
A love triangle?
Just hearing that gave him a headache.
"But I really wasn't into him at all~ We were just classmates who talked sometimes. I treat everyone the same,"—Yagumo Shiro said helplessly.
At the same time…
Satou Yuuto gave Sakurai another pat on the shoulder.
"Good luck!"
Sakurai Saki was a bit confused, but still responded, "Yeah, I'll do my best."
...Wait a second, Yagumo Shiro was pushed off the rooftop?
He had thought she committed suicide.
To Sakurai, girls who were gentle to everyone… were genuinely terrifying.
They were the kind of people who made it impossible to gauge personal boundaries.
And then you add in the "three great illusions of life"…
No way the guys wouldn't get the wrong idea.
...
Ten minutes later.
Behind the school building.
All the classroom curtains were drawn tightly shut, with students crowding to peek through every gap to see what was going on below.
These people were so desperate for drama they didn't even care about club activities anymore.
The Nakano four sisters were among them too.
...
In the small forest behind the school.
Fujiwara Chika wore a detective hat, sunglasses, and a white mask—
she looked exactly like some kind of creepy stalker.
She hid in a far corner, binoculars in hand, spying on Sakurai Saki who stood in the middle of the path holding a letter.
On the rooftop of the classroom building, Hayasaka Ai was also looking down quietly.
Next to her, Shinomiya Kaguya wore an uncharacteristically excited expression.
Time slowly ticked by, and the crowd's anticipation grew stronger and stronger.
Just who was the one confessing?!
In a world they couldn't see…
Sakurai Saki stared at the hundreds of ghosts gathering before him, his face clearly reading: "I want to die."
(っ ͡ ͡º - ͡ ͡º ς)
What the hell is this?
Not only was he being watched by hundreds of Shuchiin students during the confession… he also had to let hundreds of ghosts witness it at the same time?
"Hurry the fuck up already!! Hey!! What kind of slow-ass confession is this?!"
—shouted a ghost with spiky hair like a pineapple, looking like some delinquent.
"Youth is so wonderful~"
—sighed a middle-aged uncle ghost, seemingly nostalgic for his younger days.
"Reminds me of the ex-girlfriend who dumped me over twenty times."
Dumped over twenty times and still clinging on?
That's peak doglicker — a legendary simp!
ദ്ദി(ᵔᗜᵔ)
Sakurai Saki was speechless.
He glanced at the cute girl in front of him with white hair and ash-grey eyes, signaling with his eyes for her to hurry up.
Yagumo Shiro was flustered and couldn't get the words out.
Since she had never liked anyone before, this was her first time confessing.
"Um… Sakurai-kun…"
She had barely spoken one line before freezing up.
All the floating ghosts above were staring at her with eyes full of encouragement.
After a few minutes passed…
Sakurai Saki finally heard her confession.
Of course, only he and the ghosts could hear it.
The Shuchiin students couldn't hear anything.
So people began to find it strange.
Clearly it had been quite a while already— why hadn't anyone confessed yet?
Could it be that General Affairs Sakurai got stood up?
If so, that's just too damn tragic…
Who the hell was the girl that pulled this shit!? That's seriously messed up!
All the Shuchiin girls looked at Sakurai Saki with eyes full of pity.
They simultaneously gave him looks soaked in a kind of "mother love."
(ෆ˙ᵕ˙ෆ)♡
Even Shinomiya Kaguya went quiet.
"She's really not coming?" She sounded genuinely surprised.
Sure, the crowd was a bit much… but was it really that scary?
"Who the hell is it, seriously?" — Hayasaka Ai frowned as well.
She had tried investigating this afternoon, but couldn't find a single clue.
If this was some cruel prank, it was definitely crossing the line.
Elsewhere, hidden in the bushes, Fujiwara Chika also felt like something was off.
...
Meanwhile, the central figure of today's storm — Sakurai Saki — had just heard the ghost girl's confession.
"I like you!! Sakurai-kun! Please go out with me!!"
Sakurai Saki nodded.
He softly replied to the ghost girl:
"Alright."
That should be enough for her to pass on, right?
Suddenly, the sound of windows opening rang out by his ears. Sakurai Saki looked up.
Inside the school building, windows all across the floors were suddenly thrown open.
"Sakurai-senpai!!! I really like you!!!! So!! Even if no one showed up, it's okay!! I'm willing to be your girlfriend!!!" —a junior girl shouted at the top of her lungs.
(∩˃о˂∩)♡
…Did I just get consoled?
Sakurai Saki stood there dazed, a huge question mark on his face.
∘ ∘ ∘ (っ º - º ς) ?
And then, it hit him— no one had seen the confession happen.
To the other students, it looked like he was just some poor guy who got stood up.
Immediately after that junior girl's shout, others followed:
"Sakurai-san!! I like you too!!!"
"Me too!!!!"
"Sakurai-kun, don't be sad, okay!!"
One confession after another echoed out, leaving Sakurai Saki frozen in place.
No, stop it!!!
This weird-ass turn of events… something about this was seriously off!?
Right in front of him, Yagumo Shiro — who had just confessed — tilted her head, her expression now terrifying, a pitch-black aura radiating from her entire body.
ゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴ(◣_◢)ゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴ
The situation was spiraling out of control.
"Senpai Sakurai! I like you!!"
"Be my boyfriend!!! Senpai Sakurai!!"
"Me me me!!! Sakurai-kun!! I want you too!!! If you don't mind using the backdoor!!!"
"We're all your girlfriends!! So! Don't be sad, Sakurai-san!!"
And then came a flood of supporting voices that wouldn't stop.
Just like that, in the second week after the school year began…
Sakurai Saki officially became the boyfriend of every girl in the school (and a few boys want some nuts). Truly something worth celebrating!
Today's outcome: Sakurai Saki wins! (Acquired several hundred girlfriends.)
✺◟(＾∇＾)◞✺✺◟(＾∇＾)◞✺✺◟(＾∇＾)◞✺
In the bushes, Fujiwara Chika's eyes were brimming with tears.
She mumbled:
"How the hell did it end up like this…"
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