The Story Of How I, A Gloomy Guy, Ended Up Surrounded By the Top-Tier Beautiful Girls In Class After A Seat Change

Chapter 212: The Beginning of a New Harem [Next Time We Dive Straight Into the Super Lewd School Trip Arc!]

— The weekend after the election.

Yuria and Airi suggested we have a celebration party for the student council president election, but for some reason the plan turned into having a “dark hot pot party” at my house.

Tanaka, Airi, and Yuria put all the ingredients, snacks, and weird delicacies they each brought onto plates, while Rui and Himesaki got the dishes ready.

I set up the portable gas stove and the pot, watching everyone prepare things in a cheerful, friendly mood.

Tanaka and Airi spilled snacks everywhere and got scolded by Yuria, while Rui and Himesaki kept glancing over at me and talking about something.

Yesterday’s enemies are today’s friends… or something like that.

“Hm? Wait, this gas stove… it’s already out of gas. I’ll go buy some real quick.”

“Then maybe I’ll come with you? Looks like everyone only brought food and no drinks.”

“Ah, yeah… let’s go then.”

Rui and I walked together toward the nearby supermarket.

“It was a really tough week, wasn’t it. Good job, Ryota-kun.”

“You too, Rui. And congratulations—you finally became student council president.”

“You’re becoming vice president too, aren’t you, Ryota-kun?”

“Huh… oh, right, yeah.”

It still didn’t feel real at all, but starting next week I was officially going to take the position of vice president.

Just a little while ago I was a total loner introvert, and now I was about to become vice president of the student council.

Life really was unpredictable.

But once I became vice president, my name recognition would shoot up even more, so maybe I’d actually get popular. This year my expectations for Valentine’s chocolate were looking really high.

Not just from the younger girls, but maybe even from the beautiful upperclassmen too… heh, vice president is the best.

“Ryota-kun? You were just thinking about other girls, weren’t you.”

“Gah! No I wasn’t!”

“It was all over your face.”

“T-That’s just an accusation!”

I wasn’t thinking anything dirty—I was just thinking maybe I’d like to reach out a little to the beautiful upperclassmen and underclassmen too. Probably. Definitely.

“Jeez, you’re really hopeless… Hey, come a little closer?”

“Closer?”

Rui pulled me by the shoulder, and when I leaned in toward her as we walked side by side, she suddenly brought her face right up to mine… huh?

“Huh, just now, on my cheek… Rui’s, lips…”

“This is the ‘amazing thing’ I mentioned before the election.”

Getting a cheek kiss from the one and only Kuroki Rui… the act every guy in school dreamed of…

B-But I was really hoping this time it would finally be some SM play⁉︎

“I-I’m super happy, but Rui, even though you send those super lewd selfies, you’re actually pretty pure, aren’t you? When you say ‘amazing thing,’ normally people think SM pl—”

“Aww, too bad, Ryota-kun. Getting fired from vice president on day zero.”

“S-Sorry! I’m so sorry! Cheek kiss is the absolute best! It’s such an incredible reward I’ll never forget it for the rest of my life!”

“Hehe… that’s more like it.”

Rui looked like she might get mad for a second, but then she softened and showed her usual bold smile.

“But if you promise to always stay close to me from now on… maybe we can do even more amazing things?”

“E-Even more amazing things⁉︎”

“Yep. So don’t ever leave me. Oh, and you’re going to get into Tokyo University too.”

“Huuuuh? No way, that’s impossible!”

“Hehe… you can do it if it’s you, Ryota-kun. And I’ll keep studying with you no matter how many years it takes until you pass.”

“D-Don’t just decide I’m going to be a ronin forever! I’m going to a university that fits my level!”

“Then I’ll go there too~”

“Why does it turn out like that!”

Today’s Rui was in an unusually good mood, but everything she said felt way more unrealistic than usual.

Saying “stay close to me forever” almost sounded like telling me to marry her… wait a second.

Could Rui actually be saying…

“What’s wrong, Ryota-kun? Your face is bright red.”

“Ah, n-no, uh, let’s hurry up and buy the gas stove and drinks and get back!”

I hid my face and ran straight into the supermarket.

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After finishing shopping, Rui and I came straight back home without any detours… but.

“Oh, big sis is home.”

“Ugh, worst timing.”

My sister had come back from university, and her shoes were at the entrance.

And sure enough, when we stepped into the living room, it was way beyond just a dark hot pot party…

“Hey everyone~! Want to see the picture diary Ryota drew when he was in elementary school?”

“Ryota’s picture diary, huh. I kinda want to see it.”

“Eh, I want to see Ryota-senpai’s picture diary too! I want to see, I want to see!”

“Airi wants to see too~!”

The absolute worst atmosphere had formed as my sister exposed all kinds of embarrassing things about her little brother.

“Hey, what are you doing going through that stuff without asking! And where did you even find my old picture diary!”

“I found it yesterday while cleaning with Mom. Come on, it’s from way back, no big deal.”

This girl acts like a total loner introvert at university, but the second there are younger people around she starts showing off.

“Anyway, this picture diary is full of wild delusions, you know? Like ‘gave a girl a wafer in front of the candy store,’ or ‘saved a cat that almost got hit by a car in the parking lot and got thanked by the girl who owned it,’ or ‘a girl talked to me, we played in the park, and I got her into manga on the side.’ There’s no way that Ryota had that many memories with girls! Haha, probably just a bunch of delusional nonsense from watching too much anime back in elementary school.”

““““Eh?””””

Me and the three beautiful girls all let out shocked noises at the same time.

W-Wait a second. If that’s true, then the things written in this diary… they overlap with the memories I heard before about the three beautiful girls.

“It’s true! This is definitely about Airi!”

“Wow, even the playground equipment in the park drawing… that’s definitely me too…”

“Hehe, Ryota-kun… this proves it’s 100% you, doesn’t it?”

The three of them each flipped through the picture diary and gasped in amazement.

“N-No way…”

Along with this shocking revelation, the sound of yet another secret relationship beginning echoed once more.