Although She's a Beautiful Student Council President Who Maintains Her Coolness Towards Everyone, She Wants to Act Spoiled and Lovesick Around Him, Who is Misunderstood by Everyone as a Delinquent - Chapter 3: In President's Class

“What’s the matter? Did something good happen to you, Shizuku-chan?”

It was the end of lunch break, just before fifth period. Shizuku was sitting next to her friend Miku, who unexpectedly spoke to her.

“Why do you think so, Miku?”

“Because you were looking at your hands and giggling.”

“D-Did I really have that kind of face…..”

Half hiding her panic, Shizuku sideways glanced at Miku. To be honest, Shizuku was aware that she had a grin on her face.

The more she touched her hands….which were wrapped around the hands of the person she loves, the more she thought about and couldn’t stop grinning. In fact, it would be more correct to say that the grinning got worse. 

“I might have gone a bit overboard with saying you were giggling, but your face did seem to soften up a bit,”

“It’s just your imagination… Look, there’s nothing in my hand that I was looking at, right?”

Shizuku showed her hands to fool Miku, who had no way of knowing that she had held her crush’s hand.

“Uwaa……. Changing the subject, Shizuku-chan, you have beautiful hands. They are white like snow, and your skin is so fine …. Can I touch them a little?”

“Not today. I’m sorry.”

“Today?”

“Yeah, just today.”

If another person touches it, it will get overwritten. The hand of someone you love has an advantage over a friend’s. Shizuku intertwined her own hands together, as if recalling the feeling of that moment.

“Then I want you to tell me the secret to having such beautiful hands!”

“How can you say that when you are beautiful enough? You’re one to talk, even using hand cream”

“Hand cream is a luxury item ……?’

“I think it’s a little pricey.”

“As expected of an Ojou-sama..”

“Don’t call me Ojou-sama.”

Yes, the Kujo family was so famous that there was no one who did not know about them in this region. In addition, Shizuku’s appearance was so attractive that people who passed by her would turn their heads in her direction. When the two were combined, it was only natural that this would happen.

“I’ll tell you one thing, though, I don’t waste my money on useless things, okay? I’m saving for the future.”

“Hoho. Can I ask you about Shizuku-chan’s future?”

“It’s okay, but it’s not …… that interesting, you know?”

“I’m okay with that!”

Miku leaned over to show her sparkling eyes, as if to say, ‘I’m curious’. Shizuku turned her gaze away from Miku a little, curling her silver hair with her index finger as if to hide her embarrassment.

“T-To marry the person I have feelings for, and to …. have a happy family.”

“Oh, oh, oh!”

“… it might be good to make the person I love a pimp.”

“What!? P-Pimp!? What, why ……?”

Miku was excited, but when she heard the unexpected remark, she choked on her ….words.

“Put him in an environment where he can’t live without me, and he won’t run away.”

“T-That’s a very original idea. ……”

“And besides, since he won’t work, isn’t it wonderful that I’ll have his undivided attention?”

“Well, that may be true, but Shizuku-chan, you’re planning to dominate your husband. …”

“Is that wrong?”

Shizuku herself thought it was not unreasonable to say that love was heavy …. But she also thought that if she didn’t have that kind of feeling, she wouldn’t be able to get together with him.

The person Shizuku was thinking of was the one who was mistaken and feared by everyone as a ‘delinquent’. This much is just right….

“I know it’s not a bad thing, but…why is it that I can only imagine Shizuku-chan making her husband get down on all fours and whipping him… that sort of image of her dominating him…”

“How rude, I’m a bit of an “M” girl, you know? If …. we develop a relationship, I will totally lose ….”

It was a secret that She kept from everyone. It’s the fact that because she kept thinking about only that one person….she has never dated anyone.

Since she was not used to it, there was no way she could take advantage or tease him by attacking him. At this age, the number of relationships = familiarity = status. Shizuku had no status. She had zero status.

“Still. There’s no way Shizuku-chan, who has no trouble with love, can lose! You’ll definitely hold the reins when you’re in a relationship!”

“I-I don’t think so. ……”

“Because Shizuku-chan isn’t embarrassed, so I think you’ll keep going!”

“What are you talking about? I’m a human being, too, and I get embarrassed.”

This is also a misunderstanding that everyone has. That she was  used to romantic relationships… that she was not embarrassed about it.

But that’s not true. Shizuku was so innocent that she blushes when someone holds her hand. ……

“Shizuku-chan, are you shy? I don’t mean to be rude, but that’s a lie!”

“I’m not lying. In fact, even just now…”

“…..?”

In response to Shizuku’s reluctance to say something, Miku tilted her head.

“N-It’s nothing….Besides that, there’s one thing I want to ask Miku.”

“What is it?”

After successfully combining her words to avoid any further pursuit, Shizuku asked Miku for some advice.

“Assuming you have a crush nearby,……, how would you go about approaching him?

“This is all of a sudden… can I ask why?”

“Because I have someone in mind.”

Mik knew that Shizuku liked someone else. Of course, this was a well-known fact. That’s why she was able to say so openly.

“In other words, you’re going to take my opinion into consideration, right?”

“Yes.”

“……, Okay. Well, if it were me, I would look at the fortune-telling and follow it. You know, I can’t be courageous without the power of fortune-telling.”

“Fortune-telling ……? Do you mean love fortune-telling?”

“Yes, yes, yes. The ones with the zodiac sign, date of birth, blood type, and so on. Well, if it were me, I think it would be our birth date among them. …. It seems like it would be the most relevant!”

“… yes. I wonder when is his birthday…”

Shifting her weight uneasily and murmuring to herself, Shizuku placed her right hand on her slender, well-defined chin.

“Eh!?”

“What’s wrong? Why so surprised?”

Miku, who overheard the soliloquy, reacted as she should.

“Shizuku-chan…… Just now, you said ‘When is his birthday……’?”

“Hmm, yeah, I did?”

“I knew you liked someone, Shizuku-chan, but I thought you liked women.”

“W-Why you thought so…”

“Because, you turned down every boys’ confession…It’s natural to think that”

“The person I like is a man.”

“Who!?”

Miku asked with the speed of light. It would be faster than a fish finishing its prey.

“I’m not going to tell you. I plan to pursue him in my own way, so I don’t want anyone meddling in it and getting in my way,”

…Even though she said that, Shizuku understood that [no one can interfere with him]

The reason was that Riku was  misunderstood as a “delinquent”. He was feared by everyone, even though he had the kindest heart of anyone. Because of the rumors of his being a delinquent, it was impossible to touch him.

“It feels like you, Shizuku-chan, would fill in the moat around the person you like and eventually eliminate his escape route…”

(T/N: An idiom meaning blocking all escape routes and making a move after that instead of head on)

“Fufu, I wonder if that’s true.”

“Yes, it definitely is. ……”

With her hand on her mouth, Shizuku smiled with delight, as she pondered in her mind, “How should I continue to advance?”

The current situation where she couldn’t make a move changed… She hadn’t even imagined that yet.