Another Like Me - Part I (CoTE x OC) ✔

Chapter 39.5 - The Student Council

The Sports Festival was finally over, and the school had graciously provided all students with a well-deserved three-day break to recover from the physical strain that we were subjected to during the occasion.

As I laid down on my bed, relaxing, I turned my uninjured hands over in front of me.

Yes, uninjured.

The aim was to somehow involve Ayanokoji in the 1200m relay. However, since both Sudo had already run off and Miyake-kun had been injured, he had anyways made it into the Team. It seems faking my injuries was not necessary.

In the case that Sudo had returned in time, I would have excused myself from the race, and coerced Ayanokoji into joining the Team. In the end, my goal was to somehow involve him in the race. I wasn't expecting him to run full throttle during the anchor showdown, but I guess he ended up drawing quite a lot of attention to himself.

Which led me to another question — why did Ayanokoji suddenly showcase his athletic prowess? If his goal is to remain inconspicuous in his 3 free years from the White Room, why did he draw this much attention to himself in front of the entire student body? It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that his final race against Horikita-senpai had all Second and Third Years wagging their tongues.

Was Horikita-senpai somehow behind it? I couldn't be sure if I did not ask Ayanokoji directly. Now that the 2 of us had opened up to each other, and discovered that we were of the same background, there was no need for passive hostility anymore.

All this while, the 2 of us have never really trusted each other, and we've regarded each other as an interesting specimen. But now there is no requirement to stay cautious.

We were allies now. True allies.

The phone lying on my bedside stand buzzed to life. I checked the identity of the caller.

"Miyabi Na-gay-mo"

Accept --------------------------------------------------------------Decline

Ew.

Why was he calling me?

It suddenly dawned upon me that I had confirmed my availability and had accepted the position of Student Council Secretary.

I reluctantly answered the call.

"Hello?"

"Kouhai! How've you been?"

"..... it was fine until you called."

"Now, you don't have to be so brute! You're the Secretary of the Council now, right?"

"I guess I am. Why did you call me?"

"Can I not even call my favorite kouhai for a little chat?"

"....."

"I won't take much time, and I'll get down to business. I'll send you the link to join the Student Council Group. Make sure you join fast, right?"

".....you called me up to tell me that?"

"That's the first thing. Secondly, you'll be having your first appearance on the Student Council tomorrow."

"Appearance? What is this, Forbes?"

"No, it's not Forbes. Horikita-senpai will be stepping down as the Student Council President. The ceremony will be held in the School Gymnasium tomorrow morning. All Council Members need to be present."

Oh..... that's a shame.

"Wait, really? I wanted to work with Horikita-senpai for once. It's really a shame that he's stepping down before I could have a chance to work alongside him."

"It's not as sappy as it sounds. Senpai will not be the President anymore in name, but he will continue to be a part of the Student Council and oversee the proceedings. He's got to train his new President in the field, after all."

"New President? You don't mean you, do you, senpai?"

"Bingo! You're perceptive as usual, kouhai. I am the Vice President, so it is inevitable that I will succeed Horikita-senpai as the new Student Council President."

My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.

".....right. Congratulations, senpai."

"Well, I've got quite an event to organize tomorrow, so I'll be ending it here. I'll leave the new Secretary out of this for now, but you've got to start showing up in the Council Room pretty often now. Have a good day, kouhai."

"You too, senpai."

I ended the call almost immediately. I cannot allow my phone to be connected to someone like Na-gay-mo for any longer than required.

A few moments later, I received the group invitation from the new President, and I proceeded to join the group.

There were only a few other members in the group. From the names on their profiles, I could identify Manabu Horikita, Akane Tachibana, Miyabi Nagumo, Ikuto Kiriyama and.....

Ichinose Honami?

Wait, she's a part of the Student Council?

I guess it made sense though; she had excellent social skills and is one of the top candidates of our year. It would be surprising if she weren't in the Council instead.

Ikuto Kiriyama was a Second Year student who I had first seen during my pool volleyball match against Nagumo.

Now that I recall, one of the second years on my team that day had purposely crashed into me when I had jumped up to spike the ball.

That second year was Kiriyama.

Why had he so suddenly bumped into me when we were just one shot away from sealing the match? It was a completely suicidal tactic. We would have won that game against Nagumo if he hadn't bumped into me that day.

I'll leave that thought for later.

I received a message on the Class D group chat that a bunch of them were going to Keyaki Mall to pass the evening. I saw that both Yosuke and Chiaki were going along, and I had nothing to do in the evening either.

I decided to go shopping.

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A/N's:

Hey guys! Hope you're all doing well in the festive season! Here's a small chapter to add to your day.

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Wish you guys all a very Merry Christmas!

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