So You’re Telling Me I’m in My Popular Phase!? - Chapter 19: An Unexpected Request!?

Chapter 19: An Unexpected Request!?

The next day, I told Tomoya about what happened yesterday and invited him to join the grade-level student council.

“Hahaha. Ryu, you really jumped to a wild conclusion.”

“It’s not funny. When we become third-years, it turns into the real student council, you know!”

I let out a slow sigh.

“You can’t sigh, okay?♪”

What the hell?

Tomoya’s teasing mode is seriously irritating.

“So—will you join the grade-level student council?”

“Yeah, sure.”

That was fast, damn.

Well, it helps, so whatever.

“Ah, but can I add a condition?”

Huh?

What is it?

“Invite Izumi-chan too.”

“Izumi?”

“Yeah.”

True, she’s well-liked, so she’d probably be good.

“Got it. I’ll ask her.”

Since there wasn’t time, I decided I’d ask during the next break.

“Huh? Where’s Izumi?”

Izumi isn’t in the classroom…

…That just made me remember something unpleasant.

“What’s wrong, Ryu?”

Tomoya, who’d followed along, asked me.

“No, it’s nothing.”

“Well, okay—but Izumi-chan isn’t here.”

“Yeah.”

I gave up on this break and decided to ask during the next one.

By the way, Izumi came back to the classroom two minutes before the bell rang.

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Break time came, and this time I asked Izumi for real.

Of course, Tomoya was standing next to me.

“What is it, Ryu-kun?”

“It’s about what you said on the way home yesterday.”

Izumi looked like she understood and clapped her hands once.

So there really are people who do that gesture in real life, huh.

“About Machida-san?”

“Yeah, that.”

“Huh? You walked home together yesterday? Lovebirds!”

“Shut up!”

“Honestly, Tomoya-kun…”

I seriously hate this mode of Tomoya’s.

And before that—Izumi’s reaction is weird.

Well, whatever.

“So—yesterday, Machida-san invited me to join the grade-level student council.”

“Oh, really?”

She’s not as surprised as I expected.

“And I have to find some members, so I want you to join as one of them.”

“Will Ryu-kun be in it?”

Izumi asked with her eyes glinting sharply.

Sometimes she gets like this, huh.

What is that, anyway?

“Yeah… I will.”

“Then I’m joining!”

The moment I said that, she decided on the spot.

Did that have anything to do with me?

Well, setting that aside—

“Can you stay in the classroom after school today?”

Machida-san told me to report it immediately as soon as I found someone.

““Roger!””

After that, I went and told Machida-san that Izumi would stay after school too.

Will Machida-san properly approve of Izumi and the others?

Well, it should be fine.