The Reason Why The Cool Beauty Who Repeatedly Ignores Messages Replies Only To Me. ~The Lonely Beauty Wants To Know The Lonely Me〜 - Chapter 12
Chapter 12: Cultural Festival Preparations and a Sense of Impending Chaos
The week following our discussion at the cafe, we began earnest preparations for the cultural festival.
With only two weeks left until the festival, even Okami-kun, who usually wears a lazy expression, was busy every day as a member of the executive committee.
So, Okami-kun… can be proactive when he wants to be.
Even though he usually just sits and reads books at his desk, ever since becoming a member of the cultural festival executive committee, he’s constantly on the move.
Our classmates are quite cooperative, knowing the circumstances of how Okami-kun was burdened with work from the previous male member.
Maybe because Okami-kun is doing the work without complaining, his stock has been rising in the class lately.
Even the two girls who were talking about Okami-kun during gym class are seen talking to Okami-kun now.
This might be… a serious situation.
I opened Lime and accessed Okami-kun’s chat box.
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Our class decided to do a “cafe” for the cultural festival.
I voted for the “class exhibit” where we only needed to display artwork or something like that, but the “cafe” that the outgoing people pushed for won by a narrow margin, just two votes.
It’s really bothersome, even though there’s no need for any special preparations for the class exhibit…
“Sigh… I just want to read books already.”
I’ve been worrying about the cultural festival-related matters since the beginning of the week, and I’m at my limit.
If possible, I don’t want to interact with anyone and just be alone… but contact with others is unavoidable when doing the executive committee’s work.
If I give up now, I’ll face backlash from the entire class and might be resented. So, there’s no choice but to do it.
“Oh, Okami.”
Harada and the outgoing people who always tease me came to my desk.
What now? Did they come to complain that I’ve been too intrusive lately and bothering them?
I’m doing this work for their sake, you know.
As I looked at them with a puzzled expression, Harada started talking.
“Um, so, even though I pushed the work onto you… we thought we might help out too.”
“H-Help out?”
The proposal was so unexpected that I was left speechless.
“I heard everything from Harada… The cultural festival, it’s gonna be awesome, right?”
“We’ve had a misunderstanding about Okami for a long time. When I heard about the lottery and stuff, it was totally different from what I imagined. So, if you are okay with it, we’ll help too!”
The four outgoing guys from the class were looking at me awkwardly.
What, did they come here to complain?
Anyway, if they’re willing to help with the cultural festival preparations, I’m grateful.
“Got it. I’ll ask for help again if I need it.”
And thus, I successfully reconciled with the outgoing guys in the class.
“Okami, feel free to ask us anything!”
Harada, that guy, is surprisingly nice… or not?
…No, no, he just pushed work onto me, so it’s probably just flattery.
Should I be happy or angry?
As I pondered my complex feelings, a notification from Lime popped up on my phone.
“Saeki: Let’s go shopping for the cultural festival after school.”
It’s sudden again. I thought we’d go shopping on another day… Well, whatever.
As I was about to reply, “Understood”.
“Okami, are you available now?”
As I looked at my phone, Machibari approached me with prints in both hands.
“What’s up, Machibari?”
“The teacher asked me to give these prints to you, Okami.”
Machibari handed me documents related to the cultural festival.
Since our class is doing food and drinks, we need to submit these documents to get permission, and we had agreed to get them from the homeroom teacher after morning homeroom.
“Oh, thanks.”
“Okami, you seem busy lately. Is there anything I can help with? I can accompany you for shopping anytime though.”
Shopping… huh.
“We’re actually going shopping after school today.”
“Understood. Shopping after school, then?”
“Yeah, but Saeki might…”
“Saeki? Is something wrong with Saeki?”
“…No, it’s nothing.”
“Really? Well, see you after school then.”
Machibari said so and went back to her seat.
Since Saeki mentioned before at the cafe that Machibari and Saeki didn’t seem to get along well, I’m a bit worried… but judging from Machibari’s reaction, maybe it’s not like that?
“I don’t need to worry about girls’ relationships.”
And so, I ended up going shopping with both Saeki and Machibari after school.
【Afterword】
What are you doing…!