Chapter 105: Operation! [side Mishima Satsuki]
Seriously! Everyone around me is nothing but scum!
Ever since I fell from the top clique, everyone's been avoiding me.
Well? Even though I fell? I really don't want to partner up with anyone from the lower caste, you know?
I always thought it was pathetic, seeing how kids who fell out of the clique would just join some lower-ranked group.
※There were no groups trying to recruit Satsuki.
So I remain alone, in solitude.
※I tried to use the two gals who stuck with me as pawns, but they ditched me.
...That said.
There are some problems, too.
One of them is PE class.
Our Class 5 and the neighboring Class 6 have PE together.
The boys with the boys, the girls with the girls—Class 5 and Class 6 do it jointly.
...So, I ended up clashing with Osada and all sorts of things happened...
PE teacher: "Alright, pair up with whoever you want and practice rallies together, okay?"
The female PE teacher is her usual self—hair pulled tight, red tracksuit, weirdly energetic.
Since winter started, girls' PE is badminton, but I always end up leftover.
...Before, I used to play in the center of the gym with Kageno and her followers...
Pathetically, now I'm forced to partner with the class introvert... a gloomy otaku girl with no friends...
She's clumsy, plain, and depressing—I was not happy about it...
That girl: "Kakuko-chan (alias)! Let's pair up!"
Class 6 girl: "Yeah! Jimiko-chan (alias)!"
What?!
Isn't it only when there's one leftover from each class that Class 5 and Class 6 pair up?!
These girls went and became friends!
At this rate... I'll have to pair up with that female PE teacher and go all-out in gym class?!
Somebody? Is anybody else leftover?
I look around! Glancing all over!
Partnering with the PE teacher is exhausting and makes you stand out for the wrong reasons,
Depending on the situation, but before...
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Female teacher: "Hey! Mishima is leftover! That's sad! Someone let her join! Mishima? Don't you have any friends? (laughs)"
※Honestly, that's pretty sad, lol
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...Anything but that!
*pon*.
Someone tapped me on the shoulder from right behind.
Was someone free?
Tomonaga: "...Scum girl..."
"...Scum girl."
...It was Yukari Tomonaga...
I had no other options...
I think Yukari Tomonaga got even fatter. Isn't she bigger than she was before summer break?
Badminton, at its core, is just hitting the shuttlecock back and forth with rackets.
I mean, it's kind of fun, but with this person as my partner...
That's what I was thinking, when—bashu!!
That Tomonaga...! Even though the teacher told us to keep the rally going, she smashed it from a perfect lob!
You fatty!
"You fatty!"
※I said exactly what I was thinking out loud.
Bashu!
Tomonaga: "Ugly personality."
Bashu!
"Suspended girl!"
Bashu!
"Don't want to hear that from the girl who ditched her boyfriend!"
Bashu!
A furious rally in quick succession!
Huhhh?!
"What's up with that stomach?!"
Bashuun!!
"Heh heh! Too slow!"
Bashuuun!
I lost the rally...?
How can this fat girl move like that?
Back in first term, she totally seemed like she was hopeless at sports?!
"Guess dieting wasn't a waste after all...?"
Tomonaga grins smugly, looking all triumphant.
What? Dieting wasn't a waste... She doesn't even look like her old self anymore...
"How do you move like that with a stomach like that?"
I throw out a sarcastic jab in frustration,
But Tomonaga just smiles sweetly,
"...With this body, I've crushed every martial art I've tried up to now~."
What's that supposed to mean? Is that some kind of joke?
In the end, things got so heated between me and Tomonaga that we kept swinging our rackets at each other with murderous intent at point-blank range! The whole class, we glared at each other and kept up a rapid-fire rally.
※Picture us whacking the shuttlecock at each other point-blank, trying to hit each other.
Female teacher: "Look at Mishima and Tomonaga! That's how you rally!"
Tomonaga: "...Scum woman."
"Hopeless woman!"
The teacher praised us, but I'm totally wiped out... damn fat girl...!
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After that exhausting PE class, I finally decided to put "that plan" I came up with into action!
I'm going to do it!
I'll tell the student council president, Ichinose-senpai, that I'm troubled by Masaki's abuse, win his favor, dump Masaki, and steal Ichinose-senpai away from that annoying Nagase Aya.
The hallway to the special classroom building is empty during lunchtime.
I'll lie in wait for Ichinose-senpai as he passes through and tell him what's going on?
Even if it doesn't become a big deal, just secretly winning over Ichinose-senpai, the student council president, would be a success, right?
If I look completely worn out, maybe he'll come talk to me first?
...No good, there's a rumor that Ichinose-senpai is super busy.
They say he's always eating lunch while handling student council work and paperwork in the council room... so I guess I'll have to make my move after all?
I wait in the freezing February hallway.
My hair being a bit messy is actually perfect.
※It's the aftermath of my death match with Yukari.
He's here!
Ichinose-senpai!
He's a bit taller than average, with pale skin and delicate features, metal-framed glasses that give him an intelligent look, and he strides quickly toward the student council room.
...He's the kind of guy you'd call a noble prince: cool, refined, always proper, calm and gentle.
"President... Student council president...!"
As he passes by, I speak to him, practically in tears.
...Just remembering how bad things have been lately, the tears come naturally...!
Ichinose: "...Hm? What's wrong? ...You're a first-year, right?"
The senpai who stopped walking looked at the ribbon on my chest and seemed to realize I was a first-year.
In a way that would make someone want to protect me...
"...Senpai... I, I..."
Ichinose: "...What's wrong? Are you in some kind of trouble?"
He took the bait!
"...Actually... I'm troubled... no, I can't say it..."
Ichinose-senpai, looking troubled,
Ichinose: "...There's no way it's nothing, right...? Should we talk in the student council room?"
...At first, I want it to be just the two of us. If possible, I want to win his heart there.
If that's the case...!
"...Just the two of us... I don't want anyone else to hear..."
Ichinose: "...In that case... a girl student would be better than me. ...That's it! Aya-chan! No, Nagase-san would be perfect."
Wait, wait! Ah!
Nagase Aya comes out from the student council room!
Nagase: "President, I'll go!"
Ichinose: "Wait! It seems this first-year girl student has a problem! Aya-chan, could you listen to her?"
Nagase Aya looked annoyed, but then she realized it was me and smirked.
Nagase: "...So don't call me by my first name. ...Huh? President, this person is a slut..."
Ichinose: "...Slut...san? Well, I'll listen to your story, so go ahead? Slut-san?"
I'm not a slut!
With Nagase Aya joining us... what's going to happen?!