Chapter 233: Kaguya: Compensate Me
"Lost....."
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Miko looked at the voting results, her face showing clear despair.
Losing wasn't a big deal, since this wasn't the first time she had failed. But this time, Sakurai-senpai had given her so much encouragement, yet she still couldn't win the position of student council president.
If President Shirogane continued his term, then Sakurai-senpai definitely wouldn't be able to become vice president.
'Such a pity…'
"Just lost by a few dozen votes, you did really well already, Miko-chan." Sakurai Saki had just finished cleaning up in the auditorium. The first thing to do after the new student council was established was to rearrange the seats in the hall.
He came a little late.
At this point, the number of people here looking at the voting results had decreased significantly.
"But… still didn't get chosen." Iino Miko said dejectedly.
(˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )
"Unwilling?"
"Mm."
"Then try harder next year." Sakurai Saki patted her head, "Failing once is nothing, don't dwell on it. Even now I still haven't beaten Shirogane for the top rank of the year, but see, I'm still living happily, right?"
"Miko-chan, you're way better than me, always ranked first in the grade."
Hearing this, Iino Miko lightly nodded.
( ´･･)ﾉ(._.`)
...
Sakurai Saki chatted with Miko for a while, then left.
As soon as he stepped out of the school building, barely a few steps away, he saw Shinomiya Kaguya standing with arms crossed, her face full of displeasure.
"What's the matter, Kaguya-san?" Sakurai Saki tilted his head and asked.
What's with that expression, like she had just seen her father's murderer?
Did I do something bad?
"Let's talk somewhere else."
A few minutes later.
In a dark room, Sakurai Saki was pressed against the door by Shinomiya Kaguya.
Kaguya & Sakurai: (づ ` ᴖ ´ )づ ( °ヮ° ) ?
"That…"
Sakurai Saki realized the distance between the two of them was far too close, to the point he could smell the faint fragrance from her.
In addition, he could also feel her hot breath brushing against his face.
But right now, in those crimson eyes of hers, there was only rage, clearly not letting any words sink in.
"What the hell were you doing during the election just now?" Shinomiya Kaguya gnashed her teeth, saying: "Do you know that in order to win this election, I went several days without sleep!?"
"Do you know!? I stayed up three nights in a row! I bribed the election committee, used all kinds of underhanded tricks to eliminate competitors! I even pulled in several clubs to band together and vote! Do you know how exhausted I am!?"
"In the end, the difference was only 50 votes! It was obvious we could just let Iino Miko die on her own, yet you just had to interfere and do those unnecessary things! Did you ever think about my feelings? Or about Ishigami-kun, Fujiwara-san, and even the president, they also put in so much effort. But you didn't think about any of that! You only cared about showing off yourself!"
Sakurai Saki was at a loss for words.
He only felt that Shinomiya Kaguya truly lived up to the name Shinomiya, indeed a wicked woman, willing to do anything to achieve her goals.
"What? Nothing to say anymore?" Shinomiya Kaguya grabbed his collar, pulling his face close to hers.
In those crimson eyes was a dangerous aura.
"Acting cool in front of your junior feels good, doesn't it? Did you think about Hayasaka's feelings?"
Sakurai Saki: "…"
Dragging me into a small room like this, I feel that's already crossing the line.
He reminded her: "We're alone together right now."
"So what? There are some things I can only say to you in private." Shinomiya Kaguya still hadn't realized the issue.
"In a place where my girlfriend can't see, pressing yourself so close to me, Kaguya-san, please at least consider Ai-chan's feelings a little."
The moment Sakurai Saki finished speaking, Shinomiya Kaguya's delicate, pretty face flushed red visibly.
"That… I-I… I didn't mean to." Kaguya forcefully shoved Sakurai Saki away.
Kaguya: (⸝⸝⸝> ▵ <⸝⸝⸝)
Sakurai straightened his collar that had been pulled askew by her, "It's fine, I know you don't have the slightest bit of affection for me, so I won't misunderstand, you can be one thousand percent assured of that."
Sakurai had absolutely no guard against Shinomiya Kaguya in matters of romance. To him, Kaguya in this lifetime surely would never like him.
Every time the two of them talked, aside from sarcasm and mockery, there was almost no serious exchange at all. If under such circumstances Shinomiya Kaguya could actually like him, Sakurai Saki felt he might as well try giving up his superpower to climb the Himalayas on foot — the probability of success there might even be higher than that.
"What kind of delusion are you having?" Shinomiya Kaguya glanced at him.
Her heart was beating a little faster, but that was definitely just from anger, right?
She lightly placed her hand on her chest to calm her emotions.
"Tell me, how are you going to compensate me?"
"Compensate?"
"I put in all that effort, almost went to waste, and you're not going to reflect on yourself?"
"Alright." Sakurai Saki also felt there was some logic to that.
After all, Shinomiya Kaguya had secretly helped Shirogane a lot.
Although he had a feeling most of it was because she didn't want to lose. This girl, once she decided to do something, would almost never give up, and would keep pushing until the end.
That was probably one of her few merits.
"I want to watch a movie, it's a romance film coming out next weekend."
"…Then go watch it with Ai-chan, she wouldn't refuse you."
"Two girls going to watch a romance film together, isn't that weird?"
"And you going to watch it with your friend's boyfriend, isn't that even weirder?"
"Oh, right." Shinomiya Kaguya thought for a moment, then came up with an idea: "Then the three of us can go together!"
Sakurai: ∘ ∘ ∘ (｡· v ·｡) ?
Are you out of your mind!?
"If Ai-chan agrees, I'll go."
It was obvious Shinomiya Kaguya really just wanted to watch the movie. Otherwise, she wouldn't have blurted out such absurd words.
Clearly she was very smart when it came to academics, yet at times, she could be foolish to the point of being endearing.
...
Leaving Shinomiya Kaguya's "Dark room."
Sakurai Saki found Shirogane Miyuki, and the two were preparing to head to the student council room.
"Sakurai, you're here?"
At the foot of the school building, Shirogane Miyuki greeted him.
"Did you just invite Miko?" he happened to catch a glimpse.
"Iino agreed to take the auditor position, but the look in her eyes towards me didn't seem very friendly. Did I do something to upset her?"
"Probably just because she's not convinced." Sakurai Saki replied.
"My speech just now, it was full of momentum, right?"
The two changed shoes, getting ready to go upstairs.
"As expected, you're always good at that. At least in front of crowds you're perfect, but in private… you're no different from a useless guy who doesn't even resemble a normal human."
"Was that supposed to be a compliment?" Shirogane Miyuki was helpless.
"I taught you singing, volleyball, swimming, what's wrong with me saying that?"
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Sakurai Saki shot him a glance.
This guy really had no self-awareness at all.
Shirogane changed the subject: "The relationship between Iino and Ishigami isn't good, the atmosphere in the student council might be awful. But just now, when I suggested inviting Iino Miko into the council, Ishigami didn't object."
"No matter how bad it gets, it can't be worse than last year, right?"
Hearing this, Shirogane Miyuki recalled last year.
Back then, Shinomiya Kaguya was still like an ice block.
"You're right, I'm probably overthinking it."