The case where I was gradually getting buried in the heavy love of my childhood friend who had miraculously recovered from their illness was perfect!

My new life as a High-School student is truly the beginning of something new.

From relationships to studies, even school events… Well, I haven’t had much experience with school events yet, but it’s truly a school life filled with hope for the future.

“Rokudo, I’m counting on you.”

“Yeah, got it.”

One of my classmates collected the printouts and brought them to me.

As the vice representative, I make sure to interact with my classmates, and when it comes to the guys, they willingly cooperate when I ask them to collect printouts.

‘While Rion takes care of most of the work, it’s not bad that everyone cooperates like this.’

Akihiro, Takeshi, and Wada-kun actively help, but… it’s quite moving when classmates who don’t usually interact much also cooperate.

With the collected printouts in hand, I headed towards Rion.

“Rion, did the girls’ ones get collected?”

“Yes. Is this all right?”

“Yeah. I’ll take care of it, so you can take it easy.”

“Understood… Mm~.”

I received the printouts from Rion, who looked dissatisfied for some reasons?

This handout is like a questionnaire about new school life which was prepared by Aizawa-sensei. My job is to take these printouts to the student council president.

‘Rion… It would be nice if she could entrust me with this more willingly.’

Her dissatisfied expression probably comes from her desire to help me and make me more reliant on her. However, since she handles most of the work, and especially because she’s more experienced with it, she should let me handle this kind of thing.

There are still twenty minutes until the morning assembly, so there’s plenty of time. Careful not to smudge the printouts, I walked leisurely and noticed a scene I’ve been seeing frequently lately.

“Hey, you did something pretty stupid, didn’t you?”

“…..”

I don’t know which class the other girls are from, but one of them was Shirogane-san surrounded by a few girls.

We didn’t explicitly blame her for orchestrating her own wallet theft in the incident, but in such a small community like a school, news spreads quickly.

The same goes for Rion, who moved to resolve this issue, but above all, I haven’t complained about anything in particular, so I feel like it’s especially the teachers, but there are some students who want to condemn Kamishiro-san with a sense of unnecessary justice.

‘Well, it’s her own fault.’

Yeah… this wouldn’t have happened if Kamishiro-san hadn’t done such a bold act like framing others for theft when she was the culprit herself.

However, if I had to say, the only person who had the right to criticize Kamishiro-san was me, the one involved in all of it…. There was no way the students from other classes had the right to do this.

“Hey, what are you doing?”

I called out to her, sensing that other students might want to take unnecessary justice against Shirogane-san.

Seeing that their act of bullying was witnessed by someone, the girl’s quickly fled from the sight.

“Ah, thank you, Rokudo-kun.”

“That’s fine. See you then.”

Woah… that was quick. Is this normal?

There was a reason why I reached out to Kamishiro-san, and that is because for some reason Rion seems to be talking more with her more often.

After that incident, Kamishiro-san was treated as a nuisance in the class… However, Rion reached out to her… as a result, Kamishiro-san, who was on the verge of losing everything, became attached to Rion.

‘Rion seems to be planning something which will definitely be convenient for her. This girl can be a useful piece for her in future.’

This was what I thought by seeing her actions till now.

If something happens again, I can rest at ease by the fact that Asumi-san will be by her side, so I don’t have to worry about Rion’s mental and physical health.

…Now that I think about it, Rion is really scary huh.

“Huh…?!”

At that moment, I felt a chill for some reason.

I looked around, but the only people nearby were students chatting lively. Haah… maybe it’s just my imagination.

“Well, let’s get over this.”

After that, I immediately headed to the student council room.

After knocking and entering, I noticed that the student council president and vice president were working. The president smiled at me when he noticed my arrival.

“Good morning, Rokudo-kun. It’s impressive that you came so early.”

“Good morning, President.”

I greeted him refreshingly. He is Masakazu Akutsu, the student council president of Josho High School. Although I only met him briefly at the committee meeting, he has good looks and is popular among many students and treats me in a friendly manner.

“These are the printouts we collected as a group.”

“Good job. Though the time to submit these was until the beginning of next week, but you were quite quick.”

“Everyone cooperated willingly.”

“I see, it seems like your class has quite a strong bond.”

That would have been really nice if that were the case.

For now, there aren’t any significant problems… there were some, but I’ve already resolved them.

While talking with the president, I felt a sharp gaze.

The owner of that gaze is the vice president. Perhaps due to a somewhat troublesome interaction we had, or maybe due to some animosity, she is staring at me.

‘… It’s a bit troublesome.’

It’s better than getting involved unnecessarily, but it’s still a bit of a hassle.

“Huh… Hey, Himemoto. Don’t glare at him.”

“President, I…”

“The one at fault is you, isn’t it? Besides, I find that way of thinking a bit questionable.”

“…..”

She glared at sharply, and I sneaked a glance at the president.

He apologizes to me, feeling sorry, and tells me to return to the classroom. I took advantage of his words and quickly left.

The hostile and troublesome interaction between me and the vice president was actually related to Rion.

“She is excellent. In that case, shouldn’t she be given an even more suitable position?”

It seems that Rion is excellent—too excellent, as if the Student Council is aware of it. Himemoto-senpai invited Rion to join the Student Council.

Even though it seems possible to join the Student Council even if you are a class representative, joining in the first year is not common. It sounds good to say that Himemoto-senpai understands Rion’s excellence, but Himemoto-senpai treats outstanding and less outstanding individuals quite differently.

“You are not needed here. Only she is needed for the student council.”

By the way, Rion seemed quite angry when Himemoto-senpai said those words to me.

Her personality may be a bit difficult, but she seems to be excellent and handles her work well. I can’t complain, especially since only Akutsu-senpai criticizes her like that, but it doesn’t seem to have much effect.

“Really… there are a lot of other things as well.”

Because it’s a high-level school, I learn from experiences like that.

I didn’t want to learn this kind of thing, but Himemoto-senpai doesn’t seem harmful, so honestly… I can’t tell her, but I don’t really care.

After that, when I returned to the classroom, I collided with a certain girl with a loud thud.

“Oops!”

“Eek!”

It was a direct collision!

But I immediately reached out to support the girl who stumbled—perhaps because I was by Rion’s side and helped her at all times, my body instinctively moved to help her.

However, due to a bit of momentum, I ended up hugging her tightly.

‘Huh… this girl?’

Not just her voice, but her voice seemed familiar…?

Because of the hug, her body pressed against mine, and something soft and elastic changed shape as it pressed on my chest… Could it be!?

“Ouch… huh?!”

When she raised her face, her eyes widened, and I quickly let go.

“S-Sorry! I wanted to help, but it turned out like that.”

I hurriedly apologized, but the desire to help was not a lie.

It seems she understood that too, as she quickly smiled.

“No, I’m the one who should apologize. I was in a hurry.”

The girl, Saijo Azusa, a current gravure idol, suddenly changed her expression as if surprised and passed by me hurriedly.

“Well then! I’m in a hurry~!”