Masao Tanaka scrolled on his phone, padding out the word count...
Ah, no, he was just passing the time until school ended.
He followed Kawasaki Saki to the bike shed, and after bidding her farewell, he waited quietly.
Soon, that familiar figure appeared.
"Yo, Yukino, long time no see."
Looking at the enthusiastic Masao Tanaka, Yukinoshita Yukino frowned, a little puzzled, wondering what he was up to.
"We only missed seeing each other over the weekend. Is that a long time?"
"Eh, has it only been two days? But it feels like ages to me."
Masao Tanaka put on a very surprised expression and said earnestly.
"Could this be the legendary 'one day apart feels like three autumns'? So, to me, it feels like it's been six years since I last saw Yukino."
If Masao Tanaka's sweet talk were directed at Hitori Gotou, the effect would undoubtedly be quite significant.
Even if he said it to Fujiwara Chika, it would make her blush.
However, he was facing Yukinoshita Yukino.
She simply showed a look of disgust.
"Tanaka-kin, after only two days, you've become this disgusting."
"Eh, why is Yukino so heartless?"
Masao Tanaka said words that suggested he was deeply hurt, but there was no hint of disappointment on his face; instead, he was smiling.
"Ah, it's been a while since I've heard the name Tanaka-kin. Why do I feel a bit nostalgic?"
"Tanaka-kin, don't waste time here. Let's start today's training, but..."
Yukinoshita Yukino looked Masao Tanaka up and down, and said with some doubt.
"You look a bit weak and dispirited. Are you still up for it?"
She was now a little worried that if Masao Tanaka underwent high-intensity training in his current state, he might suddenly collapse.
Of course, Yukinoshita Yukino wasn't worried about Masao Tanaka's safety; she was afraid of being branded a murderer.
"How could I not be up for it?"
Masao Tanaka patted his chest, indicating that he was perfectly fine.
"But Yukino, you actually care about me now. That's truly touching."
"Tanaka-kin, please don't portray me as a great demon lord who disregards life, okay?
As a kind-hearted person, I would even care about the life and death of a bacterium, wouldn't you agree, Tanaka-kin?"
"Yes, my merciful Yukino."
The two talked as they pushed their bikes to the school gate. Masao Tanaka looked around, as if searching for something.
"What are you looking at?"
"Sister Haruno, shouldn't she be coming to pick me up on a tandem bicycle right about now?"
Yukinoshita Yukino: ...
She was a bit speechless with Masao Tanaka. They had only ridden a tandem bicycle a few times; how did he get so addicted?
What's so fascinating about riding a bike with my sister?
She thought, and her tone unconsciously carried a hint of jealousy.
"What a shame, Sister Haruno has something to take care of and can't come for now. Tanaka-kin won't be able to ride with her."
Hearing this, Masao Tanaka subtly twitched his nose and spoke.
"Yukino, do you smell that?"
"Smell what?"
"There's a strong smell of vinegar in the air."
"Heh, Tanaka-kin, what do you mean? Are you saying I'm jealous?"
"I never said that."
Masao Tanaka quickly distanced himself.
"However, if Yukino you want to, I can let you sit on my back seat too."
"Indeed, it would be better if Tanaka-kin just dropped dead.
Stop dawdling and get moving!"
"She's getting angry, she's getting angry."
...
Regardless of Masao Tanaka being frantically drilled by an angry Yukinoshita Yukino, let's shift our attention to Shuchiin Academy, far away in Tokyo.
The weekend ended, and the student council members gathered once again, starting a new round of intellectual battles.
Shirogane Miyuki sat at the head of the table, handling affairs while contemplating today's love strategy.
Shinomiya Kaguya sat on the sofa, sipping black tea, also pondering her own love strategy.
And Ishigami Yu was hiding in a quiet, dark corner, playing on his computer.
The tranquility of the student council didn't last long before it was interrupted by a lively voice.
"Good afternoon, everyone!"
Fujiwara Chika energetically pushed open the student council door, revealing her stupid...
Ah, no, her cute face, full of bright smiles.
The three members of the student council merely looked up at her once, then returned to their own business, no longer paying attention.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Fujiwara Chika puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction.
"Honestly, why is everyone so cold? It's so hurtful. And here I had good news to share with you all."
As she spoke, she pulled out Masao Tanaka's novel, "i want to eat your pancreas," from her bag.
Fujiwara Chika presented it like a treasure, saying.
"Do you know? I have a friend who is a really amazing author. Look, this is his work."
Kaguya, who was drinking tea, suddenly stiffened. Since she was sitting on the sofa with her back to the student council door, she hadn't seen the book in Fujiwara Chika's hand.
And in her knowledge, Fujiwara Chika's only author friend was Masao Tanaka, and she had had the privilege of reading Masao Tanaka's work.
"Although I wanted Fujiwara student to know the true identity of that man, Masao Tanaka, and to be careful of him.
But what's going on now? Fujiwara student actually wants to take that kind of book out and share it with everyone in the student council.
Did she just bring it without even looking at it first?
If so, I must stop her quickly, otherwise, it would be terrible if the President saw that kind of book."
Thinking this, Kaguya lightly coughed, reminding her.
"Fujiwara student, this is the student council. It's better not to read irrelevant books."
Fujiwara Chika heard this, thought for a moment, and decided that romance novels might indeed be a bit inappropriate to read in the student council. So, she nodded and put the book back into her bag.
"Kaguya-douchi is right. The content inside is indeed not suitable for reading in the student council."
Kaguya: ?
"Huh? Fujiwara student, have you already read the contents inside? Then how did you manage to take that kind of thing out so unconcernedly and even want to share it with everyone?"
At this moment, Kaguya's brain was overloaded. She found that she completely couldn't understand this creature known as the "Earth's Cancer" anymore.
"Could it be that Fujiwara is reading a novel written by someone else?"
Well, Kaguya couldn't believe for a moment that Fujiwara Chika was such an open person, so she tried to ask.
"Fujiwara student, who is this author friend you're talking about? How come I haven't heard you mention him before?"
Hearing the question, Fujiwara Chika said proudly.
"It's Junior Tanaka, who played with us last weekend! Didn't expect that, did you? Actually, I didn't expect him to be an author either."