The Golden Pear [YA - Featured]

♫~Notes 93~♫

 They were only numbered, so nobody could know who did which one. Not until they connected the number with a separate file containing the names of all participating students, which were in this folder too. All participants were forbidden from describing their creations to anybody to ensure Council Members wouldn't identify them if they heard them.

She used all the tables, covering them with pictures.

'These looks fantastic... even cute.'

One caught her eyes as hanging flowers decorated the top and climbed around the pillars. Blooming bushes grew around it, and a small bird feeding house sat near its side. This one had a lot of natural feeling to it.

Others were also pretty, some seemed too crowded or plastic, where one added a lot of fake animals standing around and hanging from the top. Especially the flamingos made her lips twitching.

Another simple design featured a few plants, a prolonged roof, and a new plaster, providing enough shade to read inside. One student turned it into a gigantic music speaker, blasting music across the whole schoolyard.

Quick minutes had passed, and Ueno found herself lost in picking the winner. However, no matter how many times she looked, she couldn't find the best one.

'Maybe she could help?' Putting a stray lock of her raven hair, she pondered about it. 'It's not like I can ask anybody else.' Taking her phone, she messaged Freya to meet her in this room.

Minutes later, two knocks landed on the door, and after a few seconds, another two followed. Behind the door stood Freya, signaling it was her as Ueno asked her in the message. Quickly slipping inside, her mouth opened in awe.

This club room was at least three times bigger than theirs. Wall-sized pictures of smiling Aiyoku in different poses stuck to the walls like plaster. Banners of all kinds, shapes, and over-using pink and red hung under the ceiling, shouting their love for Aiyoku.

The heaven for otaku spread in front of her eyes. Ueno didn't seem to be fazed by it. Figures, she had founded this club in the first place, providing most of the pictures with others making other decorations.

Shaking her head, Freya glanced all the entries, lining next to each other like a snake.

'Is this what Ueno-san needs help with? But we judged this.'

Her questioning eyes landed on the older girl, scratching in her hair. The sight gave Freya a small chuckle as this was hardly a gesture the ladiest of the ladiest would do.

Ueno caught her smile. "What? I... just thought more opinions would do."

The ginger-haired girl found a notebook and wrote, "Was there a problem with the results? Kamini brothers with me picked Top Ten."

The headmistress' daughter staggered. "Ah, right," she stuttered. "I-I know, it's just"—she pivoted, hugging her body—"it's just one participant stepped down, and they were in Top Ten. So..." she paused, pacing toward the window. "I decided to re-judge since the council is... busy..."