When I found out about the student council president's secret, she became my exclusive maid [Haitus] - Chapter 24 - Chilling in the school cafeteria

“Akira!”

Just like in Darth Vader’s voice, he called my name.

[TL/N : Darth Vader is a character from STAR WARS]

But in reality, instead of a man with an all-black mask in front of me, a well-built handsome man appeared.

“Let’s go to the cafeteria.”

The fourth period has already passed and it’s time for lunch break. As usual, Shogo invited me, but he glanced at the silver-haired beauty sitting behind me and muttered in a low tone, “Oh…”

“Do you have student council work today?”

The “work” he is referring to is probably a made-up student council task.

Although he wasn’t lying to deceive me, I feel somewhat guilty for making Shogo worry about me. Before I could answer, Ohira said,

“It’s alright for today, so go have some lovey-dovey time with Morigami-kun.”

“Hey, don’t say it like that.”

Shogo reacted to her creepy choice of words.

“I was lonely by myself yesterday. I was on the brink of dying from loneliness. Today, I’ll make up for yesterday and have some lovey-dovey time with Akira.”

With a clear, sunny expression, he said those words, prompting Ohira to whisper in my ear.

“Um… I said that as a joke… Is he really serious?”

“Don’t be stupid. Of course, it’s a joke.”

“Is that so?”

The grin on her face clearly showed that she was taunting me.

“Well, it doesn’t matter to me if you’re involved with someone else. Please, enjoy your time with your lover.”

“Hey, listen to me… Your choice of words are really bad.”

“You two have a great lunch!”

With a big misunderstanding, Ohira Yuki left the classroom. Looking at the pink package in her hand, I couldn’t help but shudder as it has the same wrapping as mine. If someone were to find it out, it would cause an uproar in the whole school.

With that thought in mind, I feel a little itchy. 

“Akira, let’s have lunch together as lovers certified by the Fairy King Titania.”

Grabbing my shoulder tightly, he announced in a loud voice, and the girls in the class shrieked out in a high-pitched voice.

“Hey, get away from him.”

“I won’t let go.”

With an attractive voice, the girls cheered even more.

The girls in the class were excitedly talking about couples, using some terminology that I didn’t understand.

It seems that not only Ohira Yuki but also my classmates have a huge misunderstanding about me.

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Since it would be too much trouble to explain to each and every classmate, we arrived at the school cafeteria for lunch as usual.

The school cafeteria is always crowded, but today it seems especially so. Occasionally, there are days like this. In addition to the usual cafeteria crowd, there are students who decided to eat here on a whim. It seems like there are more whimsical students than usual today.

In times like these, securing a seat is crucial. Since we are used to coming to the cafeteria, we knew which seats were usually available.

“Shogo, go ahead and buy lunch. I’ll secure the seat today.”

“Huh? That’s unusual. Usually you are the one who does that.”

Normally, I would find a seat and have Shogo sit there because his large frame stands out.

“I brought a bento today,” I said, showing him the blue wrapped lunchbox I had been holding.

“Oh, that’s a bento. I was wondering what it was.”

“You thought it was something rare?”

“Obviously not!” Shogo laughed.

“So, I’ll secure the seat today, and you go get the food.”

“Sure.”

We then separated, with Shogo heading toward the cafeteria counter and I went around to look for an empty seat.

The cafeteria was filled with students who were strolling around, some were already done eating and some were still looking for an empty seat. I had to walk sideways or zigzag sometimes to avoid colliding with someone.

“Well, with this many people, the secret seat is probably already taken.”

And sure enough, the secret seat was already occupied. In fact, I was the only one who called it the secret seat, and other students knew about it, so I couldn’t really call it that way.

Now what should I do?

I crossed my arms and seriously thought about it.

The worst-case scenario was leaving the cafeteria and eating outside in the courtyard or on the grass field. The school encourages students to eat in the cafeteria, but if there are no seats available, they also allow us to eat outside.

The weather is still hot outside. If it were winter, it would be tough, but at this time of year, it wouldn’t be a problem to eat outside.

I decided that it couldn’t be helped today, and started walking toward the food counter to inform Shogo about it.

“Morigami-kun.” After taking a few steps a female student called my name. 

I looked around to see who it was, and a cute girl with medium-length hair raised her hand and gestured for me to come over.

“Shirakawa-san…”

Kohaku Shirakawa, a classmate of mine, was shrinking herself as she looked at me in an apologetic manner. Although the reason for her apology was unclear, I went over to her when she called out to me.

“What’s up?” I asked.

She replied in a hushed voice, as if keeping a watch over her surroundings. “Well, you see, there was an empty four-person table so I decided to sit there. It was my first time going to the school cafeteria, and I had no idea it would be this crowded.”

“I see.”

From her furtive and cautious tone of voice, I could guess what was bothering her.

“Are you feeling uncomfortable with other students staring at you?” 

“Yes, that’s it! That’s exactly it!” she replied.

Even though her voice seemed to have brightened up when she got the right answer, it dropped like a rock, and she looked like she was about to cry as she slumped over her desk.

“I could feel these eyes on me, like ‘why is she sitting alone when it’s so crowded?’… And here I was, thinking this was a test for forgetting my lunch,” she said, sighing.

Well, there might be some people who looked at her like that, but Kohaku Shirakawa is quite famous for being cute. There were also admiring glances from boys mixed in with those disapproving looks.

She was the manager of the baseball club, and the boys in the club would often have perverted thoughts about her. While I didn’t approve of such comments, it was clear that she was a popular girl.

As she slumped down with her face down on the desk, she looked up at me with her eyes, which were glistening even more now. Her cute gaze was enough to make any boy’s heart skip a beat.

“That’s when I saw you pass by, so I called out to you. You were looking for a seat, right?”

“Yeah, I was having trouble finding one,” I replied.

She lifted her head and suggested, “Why don’t we share a seat? I won’t be stared at with those weird gazes, and you’ll have a seat for lunch. Isn’t it a good idea?”

“Well, it’s a helpful suggestion, but…” I glanced over at the line for the food counter and saw that Shogo was still waiting there. He had a big build, so he was easy to spot.

“But what?” she asked, tilting her head like a small animal.

“Is it okay with Shogo being there too?”

“Shogo…?” She tilted her head even further. I realized that she didn’t know our first names, which was fine. As I was about to call him by his last name, she said, “Oh, you mean Konoe-kun?”

“That’s right.”

“Of course it’s okay. If you say ‘Shogo,’ I know you’re talking about Konoe-kun. If you say ‘Konoe-kun,’ I know you’re talking about Shogo. They’re interchangeable.”

It seemed that Kohaku Shirakawa already knew about us.

Well, it couldn’t be helped if people made assumptions when we were together all the time at school.

“Please don’t misunderstand. I don’t have that kind of relationship with him.”

Shirakawa-san burst out laughing as she had finally found something funny to talk about after the gloominess.

“Hahaha. Don’t worry, no one really thinks that way.”

“Should I take that laughter as a sign that my words just now were disgusting?”

“Yeah. Fufu… The feeling wasn’t great.”

Yeah, it seems like this character isn’t suitable for me. I’ll gladly give it to Ohira.

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