After My First Love Who is My Classmate Became My Family, My Childhood Friend Became Really Sweet to Me - Chapter 10

Holy Night Festival/Confession of the Holy Night/The Student Council President is a bit Different

—The Holy Night Festival.

It is one of the biggest events in our school, it’s even bigger than our annual cultural festival.

It is going to be held during the Christmas season, the Holy Night festival will be filled with colourful booths and projects by the students. All of the students are doing their best to prepare this festival because they have been waiting for it all year long!

The student council is in charge to take care of the festival… and it is only two weeks until the Holy Night festival.

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When I enter the student council room, there are some student council members busily working on their jobs.

Among them there are Tsukino and Hinata who seems to be discussing something.

“President, we received a request from Class 1-A for some additional items on their menu. They are Takoyaki and Okonomiyaki, what should we do?”

“They’re allowed to eat and drink anything but alcohol, so you can tell them it’s all good. But remember that we don’t allow gas stoves, make sure that they use induction ones, okay?”

This way Hinata looks like a brilliant Student Council president and Tsukino looks like a very cool vice president.

“Thank you for your hard work. As expected, you are so busy right now because the Holy Night festival is getting closer.”

“Ahh, Yuto. Yeah, it’s pretty tough because I have to talk to a lot of people I don’t really know, but Hinata-san is much busier than me.”

“Well I’m the Student Council president after all. I’m really grateful Tsukino is here to help me, you are really helpful, you know?”

“…really?”

“Tsukino, you work very hard and you helped me a lot. The others also praise you because you don’t talk very much but you listen to everything they have to say, you know?”

“………”

Yeah, I know it because we are childhood friends, she is very embarrassed right now.

I know that Tsukino really respects Hinata, so being praised by someone she respects must be something special for her.

“But if this year’s student council president is Hinata, I’m sure it will be a great Holy Night Festival. She has been working so hard that she fell sick after all.”

“Hahaha… Thank you for taking care of me back then. In return, if Tsukino or Yuto catches a cold, I will take care of you both as well, okay?”

“I see, so it’s okay for me and Yuto to work so hard that we fall sick.”

That is not okay at all…

“But we still have a lot of requests and question from the students. I think I got about fifty unread emails right now.”

“Fifty!? Hinata, you still have that much work to do?”

“I’m happy you’re worried about me, but I might not have time for my holiday it if I don’t reply them as soon as possible…”

“Then, do you want to join us? The three of us, this holiday.”

Tsukino’s suggestion made both me and Hinata roll our eyes.

“I would love to, but I have to prepare for the Holy Night Festival.”

“Then let me help you answer those emails, I’m sure I can to do it as the student council vice president. That way, it will take some burden off Hinata-san, right?”

“Really, you would help me with it…? Tsukino you are the best vice president ever!”

Hinata hugs Tsukino and pats her head as if she is petting a kitten.

Please stop Hinata, she may have her usual expressionless face, but Tsukino is definitely very embarrassed right now.

But at the same time, I’m surprised by something else.

That shy and timid Tsukino would invite someone on a holiday. As far as I know, this is the first time she invited someone. I wonder if that means that she trusts Hinata that much.

If that’s the case, I’m genuinely very happy about it.

The relationship between me, Hinata and Tsukino is so complicated that it can be called as a love triangle. So for that reason, I’m truly happy to see Tsukino trusts Hianta that much.

While I was thinking about it, our beloved junior Yarihara entered the room.

“Chassuu~~”

Yarihara gave a stack of paper to Hinata.

“President, thank you for your hard work. These ones are due today.”

“Thank you, Yarihara-san. Okay then Tsukino-chan, I’ll get back to you later.”

Then Hinata returns to her seat. What is that stack of paper?

“Hey Yarihara, what are those papers about? Some kind of project?”

“I don’t really know much about it, but it seems like some kind of project for the Holy Night Festival. I think it is called ‘Confession of the Holy Night’ or something like that…”

Ah, that project. Tsukino seems to know it as well, we just naturally look at each other.

“Paisen and Tsukino-senpai know something about it?”

“Yeah, it is an annual event at the Holy Night Festival. Towards the end of the festival, students will yell from the rooftop to confess their feelings. It doesn’t have to be love confessions, they can yell their wishes as well, such as ‘I will pass the final exam’ or something like that. I think it has existed since the first Holy Night festival, and it is the most famous event of the festival.”

“Wow, I didn’t know we have such event.”

Yarihara’s eyes clearly lights up. I wonder if she likes that kind of events.

“Well, well… were there some love confessions before?”

“Well, there are some.”

“Wow, for real? What a youthful event! …but didn’t they confirmed their love to each other first before confessing at the event?”

“Confirmed? Before?”

“I mean, I would be very embarrassed if I’m rejected in front of a bunch of people. If you can’t move on with it, you might be teased until you graduate. That’s why I think there will be a lot of students who are actually dating secretly, confess their feelings at the event to make beautiful memories.”

“You are very perceptive when it comes to love Yarihara.”

“Well I’m a love Meister after all, right?”

Pufuu~ Yarihara said so confidently. She seems to be bragging about it.

“So then, how did the confessions go?”

“You maybe right. Indeed, the confessions’ success rate on the event is pretty high. That’s why I think it’s true that only people who know their confession is going to be a success, are participating in the event.”

“Paisen seems to know a lot about it, are you interested in it?”

“…not at all. I’m a student council member, so I just hear about it all the time even if I don’t want to.”

Yeah, I’m not interested in it at all. But I was pretty interested in it back then.

I really want to erase this embarrassing memory from my mind—but I was thinking to confess to Hinata in the ‘Confession of the Holy Night’ event.

I thought that even if my confession is unsuccessful, I might come to a conclusion about my feelings for Hinata.

Looking back now, it was the right decision to stop hoping such things. Back then, I truly hoped that… Hinata and I can be lovers. If I had confessed at the event, I would be humiliated in front of the entire school. Hinata would say ‘I’m sorry Yuto, but we’re actually a family’ and I would die in embarrassment.

While I’m reminiscing the past, Tsukino is staring at Yarihara.

“Is there anyone you want to confess to at the ‘Confession of the Holy Night’ event?”

“What!? No, no, no! I can’t tell you in a place like this. Tsukino-senpai, sometimes you say outrageous things out of the blue…”

“Then, tell me about it later, okay?”

Tsukino seems to be very interested in the ‘Confession of the Holy Night’ event. Since she was a little girl, she has never been involved with other boys than me, so I didn’t think that she would be interested in love stories.

…to think about it, I should’ve known it since a few months ago.

But I do know that Tsukino has someone she loves, she had confessed her feelings to that boy.

So it’s no surprise that Tsukino is interested in the ‘Confession of the Holy Night’ event.

“But yeah, if you’re going to confess on the event, you have to make sure you have your lifeline secured.”

“Lifeline? What’s with that, are you going to bungee jump from the rooftop while confessing?”

“That’s not what I mean, but we have to think about our safety as well. It’s not really safe to yell at the rooftop like that. On top of it, the fence on the rooftop is pretty low right, so I think we should prepare a lifeline. If we don’t consider about the safety of the event, no matter how big it is—”

“Ehhhhhhh———!!!?”

It was very sudden.

The student council room is echoed with Hianta’s scream, she seems to be staring at the paper.

Everyone in the room is looking at Hinata who got up from her seat with a stunned expression on her face.

“…H-Hinata? What’s the matter, you suddenly started screaming.”

“E-Eh—? U-Uh, no, never mind, it’s nothing, okay? Now we have only two weeks to go until the Holy Night festival! Lest do our best!”

“A-Ahh…”

There were so much to say, but everyone in the room was swept away by the goddess’ smile and returned to their respective tasks.

However, there is something strange about Hinata.

Hinata is sitting calmly at her seat, but she is staring intently at the ‘Confession of the Holy Night’ project paper. Hinata seems to be glancing in a certain direction occasionally.

The person she is glancing is—Tsukino.

“…~~~”

Hinata is looking at Tsukino. Her mouth is shut tight, but she seems want to say something.