Chapter 20Sinful Yamazaki
Class 1-A and 1-B are both noisy classes. However, my class, Class 1-C, was strangely quiet. As I looked into the classroom from the corridor, I could see that there were already many of my classmates inside.
There, I caught the back view of a familiar person standing with her arms crossed in the center of the class. From the silhouette, it was probably someone I had seen somewhere before... ...I remember that long ponytail. Also that cute back that looked like the back of a small animal.
"Okay, Ashida, please go first."
"How could I! Stop pretending to be a respectable boy and that ladies first attitude!"
"Then, Natsuka..."
"Huh?"
"Oh, I-I'm sorry..."
She gave me a look that looked like she wanted to say, 'You should just die'.
...By the way, I didn't feel like bullying Natsukawa... ...Yeah, I'm your dog, please tell me anything.
I didn't know what to do, so I just stood there for a while, but suddenly my eyes met the eyes of a senpai. Without saying anything else, at high speed, she came to me, who was standing in the corridor, and opened the window in front of me.
"Hey, I guess you guys won't be coming to the morning ceremony."
"Good morning... ...Shinomiya-senpai..."
"Yeah, yeah, good morning... "Ya-ma-za-ki-kun"."
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"I was surprised, you know. When I went around first-year classrooms looking for you, I could only find one boy named 'Yamazaki'. When I asked about you, I found out that there was only one boy named Yamazaki-kun in the first-year."
"Senpai, you misunderstood something. Actually, there is another Yamazaki, Phantom Yamazaki, in this year..."
"Sajou-kun."
"Y-Yeah?"
"Next lunch break, I'll wait for you at the same place as yesterday, okay."
"Understood."
Shinomiya-senpai, leaving me with a smile. Inatomi-senpai followed behind her, waving the red ribbon she was wearing. With a very apologetic face, she looked at me, but in the end we didn't exchange a single word.
As I looked into the classroom, I saw the real 'Yamazaki' staring at me with an angry face.
"Sajou, you j*rk! How dare you pretend to be me!"
"Yamazaki..."
"Huh!? What!?"
"Shinomiya-senpai... ...is she not your type?"
"...Hmm? ...Yeah, she's my type, but..."
"...Did you get a chance to talk to her?"
"Yeah, but..."
"Oh, good for you, then, Yamazaki."
"...Yeah."
I silenced Yamazaki with a skillful lecture, and then I sat quietly on my seat. Natsukawa looked at me with a face like she wanted to say something to me, but she turned around and headed for her seat. On the other hand, there was a girl right behind me, she was breathing so hard and her eyes were burning.
"Hey, Sajocchi! Why is Shinomiya-senpai looking for you at all...!?"
"Yeah, there were a lot of things going on and I was asked what my name is... ...I had a feeling that it would be a problem if the President of the Disciplinary Committee remembered my name, so I lied to her by accident..."
"Are you that stupid!? Even though she started favoring you... ...really stupid..."
"What are you talking about, huh...?"
...Shinomiya Rin, the President of the Disciplinary Committee. She was popular among both boys and girls because of her cool pretty girl-like behavior, and seemed to be treated like a prince by girls. Apparently, even to Ashida, Shinomiya-senpai seemed like a prince to her. That doesn't make sense. After all, Natsukawa Aika alone was enough to be an 'idol'.
"Wait a minute, by the way... ...why did you come with Aichi?"
"Yeah, I met her in the corridor."
"Hmm, I see."
I looked sideways at Natsukawa who was sitting quite far away from me. She poked her own cheek at her desk and looked tired... ...Gosh, it's cute, and by the way, I apologize for Big Sis' behavior.
Yeah, just like what Ashida told me before, I have never seen Natsukawa talking to students other than me or Ashida. If I'm not close to her, maybe this problem will be solved at that time too.
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"...Pizza bread?"
"That shop sells them, though."
"Y-You're not planning to apologize?"
"Look, I bought two packs properly. Do you know what this means? This one is for you."
"As you can see, Yuyu is also over here."
"This is the spare triangular chocolate pie, please take it."
"Spare..."
In the counseling room. After I opened the door of that room, Shinomiya-senpai looked at me with dumbfounded eyes. If she makes that face in front of me in this small room, I'll make an expression like Ashida. That Inatomi-senpai looked at me with a puzzled look. At least from the way she's looking at me, it seems that she doesn't see people very well.
As I handed the food to Shinomiya-senpai, she sighed and pointed to the seat facing me.
"Yeah, anyway, please have a seat."
"Understood, ma'am."
"You don't need to be so tense... ...Okay..."
I took the seat and sat facing her. When I saw the two senpai-s in front of me like that, it felt like I was going to do an interview. There was actually a tense atmosphere around me.
"Yeah, 'Sajou', why are you lying?"
...Is she going to say something like, 'Hoho, you can't run away anymore'? But it's okay, because Shinomiya-senpai has a very straightforward personality, I can predict what she'll say. That's why I dared to be honest.
"I had a feeling that if someone with the title of the President of the Disciplinary Committee remembered my name, it would only be a problem for me in the future, it's troublesome, so I reflexively answered using my classmate's name."
"What...!? I-I'm happy that you're being honest, but that means you'll only cause trouble for your classmates, right?"
"Yamazaki is happy, though."
"O-Oh, I see... ...Wait, I don't understand! Why are there some students who hate me and some who are happy with me!"
...What!? So you want me to talk about this in detail? I think it's a pretty embarrassing story for Yamazaki, but... ...It's okay, right? Whatever the outcome, I can only see a future where Yamazaki will be happy because of this.
While I was thinking about it, I nodded beside Shinomiya-senpai as if Inatomi-senpai could understand me too.
"Inatomi-senpai seems to understand what I mean."
"O-Oh...!? Th-That's...!"
"Hey, don't scare Yuyu."
"I'm sorry."
"No, I'm just joking, really, why are you apologizing so immediately..."
...It's because I don't want a girl who looks like a small animal to be afraid of me, I'd be really hurt if that really happened. I know that she's afraid of boys, so I apologize for being a boy from the beginning. No, wait, if I were a handsome boy, maybe her reaction would be different...? Maybe that's the reality.
"Yeah, hmm... ...What should I say..."
...She's so cute. What kind of boy would be the partner of a girl like this in the future? I wanted to slap that boy hard on the back while saying that he should make this girl really happy.
"Yeah, hmm... ...as Sajou-kun said, I think Yamazaki-kun is happy that he can talk to the beautiful Rin-san."
"Hey, you... ...Yuyu! Look, you're making fun of me too!"
"I-I was just joking..."
"....I'm sorry, Yamazaki."
I felt sorry for Yamazaki because my analysis was accurate without any deviation. Shinomiya-senpai with her unfamiliarity with being praised is indeed no problem with Yamazaki, whose manliness is disliked by most girls... ...I-I haven't done anything bad, though.
"Hmph...! A-Anyway, Sajou, please don't lie to people for that kind of reason."
"Okay...."
...Yeah, after all Shinomiya-senpai, who seems to be loved by many students, is a normal girl, so she can't understand the feelings of the students sitting in the corner of the classroom... ...That's what I think but it seems that she also has some weak points.
...'I'm proud of my average potential.', If my way of thinking is almost similar to the way the general public thinks. Most of the 'ordinary' students will tend to behave similarly to me.
Just like me using a pseudonym, I think Shinomiya-senpai has been casually evasive up to this point without realizing it. It's not just because she's the President of the Disciplinary Committee, but also because those who don't believe in themselves avoid direct contact with her. It's because they're afraid of losing to people who are great. Girls especially seemed to have a strong tendency to do that. The point is that Shinomiya-senpai's combination of good looks and masculine demeanor has become a barrier for other girls, and other boys seem to be out of her reach.
Remembering that, I suddenly sympathized with Shinomiya-senpai. Maybe she felt lonely too.
"I'll be careful from now on, sorry."
"Yeah, I hope you'll be careful."
"Yeah, excuse me, then."
"Okay, well, let's meet again when we get a chance."
"Yeah."
"Wait..."
Yeah, exactly as I thought, 'This is it, the case'. Of course, I was grateful to be able to talk to a pretty girl like Shinomiya-senpai, but when I dealt with them, when they served as members of the Disciplinary Committee, I felt pressure in terms of appearance... ...You see, it would be much more troublesome to interact with people in authority than ordinary people.
I guessed that my usual daily life was the best. I guess I've been trying to achieve that, but I wonder why I have to be in the counseling room, even though I've tried hard to avoid unnecessary contact... ...to me because I've gotten used to the pseudonym?
"...W-Wait... ...Please wait...!"
'!'
I heard a low voice that seemed very desperate. It didn't seem to be Shinomiya-senpai's voice, so I had no choice but to stop and look back, as there was only one person left... ...Gosh, how cute.
...It's an endangered species, a high school girl wearing a ribbon, who should be cherished. Let me protect you... ...Oh, that was a joke.
Author's Note: In fact, the Disciplinary Committee itself is an endangered species.
TL: Reeze27
ED: Reeze27
PR: Reeze27
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