Ore wo Suki nano wa Omae dake ka yo - Chapter 5 Part 2

Chapter 5 Part 2

 

“First thing first. Do you two mind sitting down?”

 

As soon as we entered the student council room, we meekly followed Cosmos’ instruction and sat down in the chairs she provided. She followed suit, sitting in the chair right across from us.

 

“Alright, let’s get to the point. You said that you want to participate in the Kabuten, right, Asunaro-san?”

 

Cosmos opened her note before asking that question with a calm voice.

 

However, that calm voice didn’t clear the heavy air that permeated the room.

 

“Yes. I mean, Joro looked really troubled…”

 

Asunaro shyly answered. Her ponytail swayed in the air.

 

Thanks to that cute move, the air softened a little.

 

“But, I won’t approve of your participation.”

 

However, Cosmos’ next words froze the atmosphere.

 

“But why? I thought you hadn’t found someone to fill in for Sun-chan.”

 

Asunaro’s gaze sharpened after hearing Cosmos’ words. 

 

“That is not something for you to worry about.”

“Of course it is! At this rate, the Kabuten will be canceled because we don’t have enough participants! Why can’t you just accept my participation instead of wasting our time for pointless talk like this?”

“But this isn’t pointless talk. This talk is heavily related to the Kabuten.”

 

I couldn’t let this continue. The air gradually became worse and worse. I needed to stop them from continuing with this mood, or else…

 

“Um, Prez–”

“You keep out of this, Joro-kun.”

 

Ugh! When I tried to say something, Cosmos gave me the sharpest glare I’ve ever seen from her.

 

“Asunaro-san, try to understand my position. If it’s the past me, I’d easily give my approval to your participation, while ignoring all the things you’ve done behind our backs.”

“Why are you changing the topic so abruptly like that? What are you even trying to say?”

 

Asunaro replied, without showing a hint of fear toward Cosmos.

 

But, she was probably trying to act tough.

 

Hm… Should I lend her a hand?

 

But, Cosmos wasn’t someone who’d do something like this without a reason.

 

“…Then, let me make you understand.”

 

Neither side was willing to take a step back. This felt like the continuation of their after school clash from a few days ago.

 

Cosmos continued her words without dropping the glare in her eyes.

 

“Asunaro-san, from now on, you aren’t allowed to publish your article that is filled with misleading information about Joro-kun. Not only that, you have to publish an article that debunks everything the previous article said. This is not a request, but an order.”

“And why should I obey that?”

 

I had to take Asunaro’s side with this one.

 

Well, I was happy that Cosmos was willing to go this far for me, but this was too far.

 

“I’ll tell you the reason why in a second, but are you really sure that you want Joro-kun to stay here?”

“Yes. I’m a hundred percent sure.”

“I see. Alright then…”

 

For a moment, there was sadness in Cosmos’ eyes. It was as if she felt pity for Asunaro for what she was about to say to her. Though, it seemed like I was the only one who noticed it.

 

Meanwhile, Asunaro was still trying to confront her.

 

“But, before you’re going any further, can I use what you’ve just said for an article? If I’m being honest, it’ll make good material for one.”

 

Yeah, by doing this, Cosmos was also risking her position.

 

Even with her position as the student council president, she still had no right to order the newspapers club on what they had to do.

 

“‘The Student Council President’s Arrogance! Trying to Manipulate the Newspaper Club to do Her Biddings!’ Would make a good headline, don’t you think?”

 

I’ve been noticing this, but, for some reason, Asunaro had been unnecessarily hostile toward Cosmos.

 

Like, was there a need to be this aggressive? There should be another way…

 

Hm… I wonder what would Cosmos do under her threat now…

 

“You can do whatever you want. I’ve prepared enough countermeasures for that. Anyway, Asunaro-san…”

 

She said that, but she got beaten promptly the last time they clashed. Though, she looked unnaturally calm this time…

 

It didn’t seem like she was bothered at all by what Asunaro had said to her.

 

“You’ve been lying to Joro-kun and deceiving everyone else with your words. What do you have to say about that?”

 

Yes? Sorry? Deceiving everyone? Lying to me?

 

Asunaro, what— Huh? Oi, Asunaro, what happened?

 

Why did you look so surprised?!

 

“T-That…!”

“Sorry, but as the student council president, I can’t let someone as wicked and vile as you participate in the Kabuten. The footage for it will be used to promote our school, after all.”

 

Oi, oi, what was this all about? Why was Asunaro freaking out?

 

“This is why I asked you the previous question. Do you really want Joro-kun to stay here and listen to everything that I’m about to say? Unfortunately for you, there’s no going back anymore.”

“W-What are you even talking about?”

“Hm? Are you still trying to play d*mb? Alright, I’ll play along. Have you prepared yourself, Asunaro-san?”

“…”

“Let’s continue then.”

 

Scary! Cosmos was way too scary!

 

Still carrying the terrifying atmosphere, Cosmos flipped through her note. She stopped at a certain page and began to speak in a calm tone.

 

“The first time I heard you following Joro-kun around for your article, I realized something strange was going on. You might be a member of the newspaper club, but it’s still strange for a girl to follow a boy around everywhere. It isn’t like you’re the only member of the newspaper club either. But, it was only you who followed him around.”

 

When she put it that way… I guess that made sense…

 

“In addition to that, you weren’t always with him either. You never followed him around during the lunch break. That fact bothered me for a long time, so I tried to find out the reason why.”

“T-That’s because Joro always tried to run away from me!”

 

That was correct. I always tried to run away from her during lunch.

 

It wouldn’t be strange if she wasn’t there with me.

 

“If that so, you could just come to the library to look for him. You’ve gathered enough information about him, you should know that he always came to the library during lunch.”

“Ugh…”

 

That was correct too… I always ran to the library, so if she really wanted to catch me, she could just ambush me there!

 

“So I concluded, you never planned to follow him around during lunch in the first place. Why is that the case? Obviously because you have something more important to do.”

“That’s not true! Joro is just good at running away from me!”

“Oh, by the way, why isn’t your Tsugaru accent coming out? I thought you’d always start speaking in a Tsugaru accent whenever you’re flustered. You seem to be really flustered right now.”

“Ugh!”

“You see, the biggest miscalculation that you’ve made is that you underestimated me way too much.”

 

Woah, so cool! I wish I could say that kind of line once in my life!

“Alright, let’s continue.”

 

Cosmos flipped through her note again before stopping at a certain page.

 

It seemed like she really wrote all the necessary information in that note. What a scary person…

 

“Sun-chan told me that the baseball club manager found out about her being chosen to participate in the Kabuten not too long after the list of names were out. An anonymous person sent a text containing that information to her. She was confused because the sender was unknown, but after realizing that the information she got was real, she decided to withdraw her participation. I’ve asked Sun-chan to forward that text to me, here it is. By the way, it was sent during the lunch break on the day Joro-kun’s participation was decided. I think it was around five minutes after the lunch break started.”

 

Cosmos took her phone out and showed both Asunaro and I the text she was talking about.

 

[Akino Sakura and Hinata Aoi were chosen as the participants for the Kabuten. The last person chosen as the participant to accompany the two prettiest girls in our school will make the whole thing even more exciting. It’ll make the two of them look even prettier.]

 

Oi, oi, that was something. After seeing something like this, no wonder the girl refused to participate.

 

“This text was sent to every girl in our school, save for me, Hinata-san, the members of the tennis club, newspaper club and Pansy-san.”

“A-Are you trying to say that I’m the one who sent that text?”

“You can interpret my words however you like. In any case, even among the members of the newspaper club, your ability to gather information is exceptional. It wouldn’t be surprising if you have the contact information of everyone in our school.”

“I-I didn’t send that text! Besides, I have no reason to!”

 

Asunaro was right. Even if the thing about her lying to me was true, she still had no reason to go out of her way and reduce the number of the participants of the Kabuten.

 

“There’s another thing. Apparently, after that false article about Joro-kun was ‘accidentally’ distributed, rumors about him spread like wildfire, especially during the lunch break. I was either in the student council room or the library during the lunch break, so I didn’t know about this, but Yamada told me about this and verified it’s authenticity. In other words, you spent your lunch break trying to isolate Joro from the rest of the school, am I correct?” (T/N: Petition to make Yamada the new main character.)

 

A sudden Yamada-san’s appearance! He was the student council’s treasurer, everyone! Don’t forget about him! He was a mob though.

 

“T-That’s… I was working inside the clubroom during the lunch break! I didn’t even know such rumors were spreading around the school!”

“In other words, you really didn’t plan to keep following Joro-kun around during the lunch break. Thank you for confirming my previous point.”

“Grr…!”

 

Amazing! Cosmos used Asunaro’s own words to prove her point! The winner of the first round was Cosmos! Applause!

 

“Next, let’s talk about the article that you ‘accidentally’ published.”

 

Asunaro’s body started to tremble!

 

“Normally, the articles that the newspaper club made would be printed and distributed by a member of the club who’s on duty that day. Now, regarding that specific article we’re talking about, if it really got printed by accident, the person on duty that day would have known. After all, they double checked it twice, once before printing and once before distributing it. A mistake like this wouldn’t occur unless…”

“They didn’t know! I wasn’t on printing duty that day!”

“I know. I already looked it up. Don’t you remember? I was checking up on the newspaper club that day to see what kind of articles they will come up with for the Hyakka Festival. I also found out about who was the person on duty that day.”

“I remember that! I remember that you visited the club that day!”

 

I thought Asunaro was the one on printing duty that day, but it seemed like she wasn’t. Cosmos’ tone sounded so confident for some reason though, I wonder if she had something else up in her sleeves?

 

“Yes. You were the one who greeted me when I visited. You were also the one who showed me all the articles your club came up with for the festival.”

“Then, it’s obvious that it wasn’t me who printed that article by accident!”

“Yes, I know that much. You weren’t the one who printed that article on the day the article was accidentally distributed.”

 

After saying this, there was a glint on Cosmos eyes as she spoke her next words.

 

“But, you slipped it in to be printed a day before..”

“!”

“The newspaper club finished its activity by 6 pm everyday. They’d check on the next day’s articles at the end of the day before they took them to the printing room. With this fact, there are two times when you could slip the article in, one, early in the morning before the articles were printed and two, at the end of the day after everyone had left the room.”

“T-That’s…”

“You were always going back home with us because you had to follow Joro-kun around, however, there was one day when you didn’t. The day when Joro-kun and I were looking for the last participant for the Kabuten. At around 6.25 pm, you left us, saying that you had something important to do.”

 

I see, so that was how it was! The day before that article was accidentally distributed, after she confirmed that we failed to find another participant, Asunaro left us and went somewhere!

“T-That’s not true! I didn’t even go to the club room that day! We have a list of people who borrowed the key to the club room and printing room, you can check that list!”

“What made you think I didn’t do it?”

 

A counter came from Cosmos! She took out a piece of paper from her note!

 

“This is a copy of said list that I grabbed from the newspaper club when I visited it that day.”

 

She showed us what was written on that paper.

 

But, when I skimmed through the list, I couldn’t see Asunaro’s name.

 

“S-See? What did I tell you?”

 

Mhm. Well, I guess Asunaro won this second round.

 

Cosmos couldn’t prove that Asunaro went to— Huh? She pulled out another piece of paper.

 

“By the way, this one here is a copy of the list that Yamada copied before I visited the newspaper club.”

“W-What?!”

 

The paper was similar to what we’ve seen earlier, a list of people who borrowed the key to the newspaper club room and the printing room. And in this list, ‘Hanetachi Hina’ was written on it… Woah!

 

“In other words, you had another purpose for coming to the club aside from welcoming me and showing me the articles. It was to get to the club room before me and change the content of the list.”

 

This sealed Cosmos’ victory for the second round! An overwhelming victory for Cosmos!

She could just pull that list out from the start, but she didn’t! Instead, she waited for the right timing to seal off Asunaro’s escape route!

Also, Yamada-san was doing a good job, despite being a mob! Would he ever make an appearance in this series?!

 

“Didn’t I tell you? You underestimated me way too much.”

 

As expected of the Demoness of Abashiri!

 

Anyway, this meant that the article wasn’t distributed by mistake, but on purpose?

 

She visited the newspaper club after everyone else had gone home and placed the article inside the printing room.

 

When I looked at Asunaro, I saw her eyes darting around with her body trembling.

 

Based on her flustered reaction… I guess she really did it, huh?

 

“Not only that. Based on the circumstantial evidence, I found out that you’ve known that Joro-kun isn’t a three-timer from the start. You were putting him in this kind of situation on purpose.”

“Wait a minute! Why would she do that even? I’ve never done anything that could make her resent me like this!”

“Asunaro-san has two goals. First is to isolate you and second is to stay by your side.”

 

Why would she go so far for such reasons? What the hell was going on here?!

 

“Why would she stay by the side of someone she’s trying to isolate? What’s the point on doing that even?!”

“Asunaro-san. You like Joro-kun, don’t you?”

 

Ah, that made sense! If she really had a feeling for me, it made sense that she— Wait, what?!

 

I thought her flag had broken down already?! I mean, we’ve sat down on that bench together!

 

“But, several variables appeared in your plan; the chosen members for the Kabuten, Sun-chan’s actions and Pansy-san’s existence.”

 

Okay, I understood the first one, but what was it with the other two?

 

“Initially, you were trying to distance us from Joro-kun by threatening him with that article. But, he was chosen to participate in the Kabuten, that means he had to involve himself with us whether he liked it or not.”

 

Yes, that was correct. At first, I tried to distance myself from the three girls.

 

When I proposed the idea to them, they rejected it because of the Kabuten.

 

That was why I ended up having to clear up Asunaro’s misunderstanding instead, because I couldn’t exactly stop involving myself with the three of them.

 

“And so, you tried to participate in the Kabuten instead. Because of that, you had to find a way to deal with the candidates, the ten girls who received the most votes for the event, including Himawari-san and myself. That meant you had to make eight girls withdraw their participation.”

“T-That’s…”

“Sadly for you, Himawari-san and I decided our participation right in front of your face, that left you with no other choices but to deal with the other eight since you deemed it to be impossible to dissuade us from participating. Am I correct?”

 

Asunaro kept her gaze straight at Cosmos, trying to refute her words, but that was the only thing she could do. Her mouth gaped open without saying anything comprehensible.

 

“To deal with them, you sent that anonymous text to them. That was enough to discourage them from participating, putting the rest of us in a tight spot because we were unable to find someone who was willing to participate in the Kabuten. You cleverly used the legend, ‘Among the three girls who’re dancing with the one boy, one of them will end up marrying the boy,’ to dissuade even more girls from volunteering.”

“N-No… T-That’s…”

“And lastly, to seal the deal, you released that article to ruin Joro-kun’s reputation. That was enough to make every girl in school repulse the idea to dance with him and isolate him from the rest of the class. All so that you end up to be the only person by his side.”

 

You went that far! That was awful of you, Asunaro!

 

“However, unluckily for you, Sun-chan made his move first and volunteered to be a participant. You must have never expected that a boy would willingly volunteer to be a girl dancer, huh? That was why you gave him this thing anonymously earlier today. So you could replace him and participate in the Kabuten.”

 

Cosmos showed us a steamed bun. By its purple color, it was obvious that someone had poisoned it.

 

“I don’t know what kind of substance you mixed into this bun, but whatever, I can always find it out later.”

 

Wait, couldn’t you stop Sun-chan from eating it?! Like, how could you calmly talk over this while letting him suffer, Cosmos?!

 

Also, how could Sun-chan not tell how suspicious this bun looked?! No sane person would willingly eat this thing!

 

“And lastly, Pansy-san’s existence… That’s the thing that bothered you the most, isn’t it?”

 

As soon as Pansy’s name came out, Asunaro’s body jerked upward.

 

“As someone who harbors a strong feeling toward Joro-kun, she is the most troublesome person for you to deal with. After seeing the relationship dynamics between those two, you probably decided that they would never stop interacting with each other even after the festival was over. That’s why, in the article you’re going to release tomorrow, you won’t mention my name or Himawari-san’s, but Pansy-san’s name only. Am I correct?”
“A-Ah…”

“I was convinced about this back when I confronted you directly a while ago. Even though Himawari-san, Sun-chan and I clearly wouldn’t go to the library anymore, you still stubbornly cling to him like glue. The reason for that is because you don’t want to leave those two alone.”

 

Cosmos was awesome! The amount of research she put into this… Amazing!

 

“Alright, let’s wrap this up, shall we?”

 

She slowly flipped through her note before stopping at a certain page.

 

“Asunaro-san, because you had a crush on Joro-kun, you had a desire to monopolize him for yourself. For that reason, you created a fake article to blackmail him, sent malicious texts to other female students in our school to discourage them from participating in the Kabuten and intentionally published that fake article so Joro-kun would be isolated from his classmates. If my accusation is correct, then I demand you to write and publish a new article that states the falsity of the previously released article.”

 

It felt so strange… The Cosmos that I knew was a girl who was trying too hard to look mature and whenever I needed her for something, she would be too flustered to be useful… But, why did she look so reliable this time?!

 

Wait, I shouldn’t get distracted. Leave that kind of thing for later. There was something that I needed to do for now.

 

“U-Um, Asunaro? I-Is everything that the Prez said… true?”

 

Before I knew it, she stopped clenching her hands.

 

When I called out to her, she didn’t look at me, instead, she kept her head down, unmoving.

 

“…Everyone is so unfair.”

 

By everyone, did she mean Himawari, Cosmos and Pansy?

 

“I… I’ve always tried to get close to Joro! But, Himawari was always in the way whenever we’re in the classroom! And you were always keeping him occupied during the after school, President! You two didn’t even like him, yet why were you two the ones who got to be with him? It’s unfair!”

 

With tears in her eyes, Asunaro grabbed the hem of her skirt tightly.

 

“But, when I got the chance to be with him… When you two stopped interacting with him, I thought that I’ll finally be with him for sure… But, Sanshokuin-san took him away from me!”

 

Was she talking about the time when my relationship with everyone became strained?

 

Come to think of it, during that time, Asunaro and I started to talk with each other more often.

 

“But, you knew, right? Pansy-san and Joro-kun are—”

“I know! That’s why I always did my best to take him away from her! I always tried my best to talk to him in the classroom! But, he never looked at me! He just kept looking at Himawari and Sun-chan!”

 

Well, back then I was too preoccupied with those two. I wanted to make up with them.

 

“But I didn’t give up! I even got in Himawari’s way when she tried to talk with him! I did  my best so he would only look at me!”

 

That happened? …Ah, right! When I hadn’t made up with Himawari yet, there was a time when she was about to call out to me, but Asunaro distracted me! I see! She did that intentionally, huh?

 

“But… I couldn’t do anything to Sanshokuin-san… Then, that day came… I had to go back home late because of my club activity. When I reached the station, I saw Joro-kun and Sanshokuin-san standing together under a big tree. That was the time when I found out that she was holding such a great secret…”

 

Come to think of it, when Asunaro first told me about the article, she mentioned that she saw me together with Pansy that night. She found out about Pansy’s secret during the same night too, huh?

 

“I knew it, you found out about Pansy-san’s secret. That’s why you thought you’d never win against her, correct?”

 

Asunaro shook her head in response to Cosmos’ question.

 

No, wait a second there! I get that Asunaro knew Pansy’s secret, but Cosmos too?! How?! I thought Sun-chan and I were the only ones who knew!

“So unfair! Everyone is so unfair! Everyone else is much more attractive than me! I can’t even compete! It’s so unfair!”

 

I mean, their look wasn’t the only reason why I hang out with them often, you know?

 

But, since when did Asunaro started to like me? Hm? Could it be? No way, right?~

 

“Even though I’m the one who loves him the most! I’ve always loved him since the baseball club’s final match last year! I’m the one who loves him the most yet why am I the one who can’t be together with him?!”

“I see. So you too, huh…?”

 

Okay, stop right there, you two. I knew that this was a serious situation, but there was something I needed to say.

 

How the hell all of your love started from that one event?! Was that event some kind of singularity point?!

 

“Back then, it was him who went out of his way to shield me from that stray ball. Everyone laughed at him when they saw the ball hit him, everyone except for me! I thought that his clumsy action was cool back then!”

 

Sorry, but that wasn’t right.

 

I didn’t actually shield you from that ball, I just tried to move to another seat because I wanted to take a closer look at the demon king’s face. Well, it was before I found out who she really was.

 

Sorry for the misunderstanding!

“That’s why, I don’t want anyone other than me to stay by his side! Whether it’s you, Himawari or Sanshokuin-san, all of you could just disappear for all I care! Haah… Haah…”

 

Her shoulders shook violently after she let out that scream.

 

It was obvious for everyone watching that she was drowning in her emotions.

 

“Sorry, Asunaro-san, that’s impossible.”

“Why is that?! It isn’t like any of you—”

“Listen to me.”

 

Cosmos interrupted Asunaro.

 

“No matter how hard you try, you won’t be able to control other people’s emotions as you like. You and Joro-kun are two different individuals, it’s impossible for the two of you to feel the exact same way about the exact same thing. Besides, do you want to be with Joro-kun because you want him to do everything that you want? You want to tie him down and manipulate him like a puppet?”

“O-Of course not! I don’t want that!”

“In other words, you want to give him the freedom that he deserved. But that means things will never go your way.”

“A-Ah…”

“Love is complicated, isn’t it? If you ask people about it, everyone will have different thoughts about it. Like you, I also made a mistake because of it. I dragged someone down with me because of my selfishness and even after that, I got nowhere with it.”

 

From the bitter look Cosmos let out, I could guess that she was talking about the previous incident.

 

“No amount of words could convey your true feelings. No amount of longing could make your love come true. When it comes to love, the saying ‘hard work will always be rewarded’ became a lie. If anything, no matter how hard you work, it’s more likely that you will never be rewarded for it.”

“…”

“But, that’s exactly the reason why the joy you’ll feel when your efforts are finally rewarded is immeasurable.”

 

Cosmos closed her note and let out a smile. It wasn’t her usual sheepish or serious smile, but a smile so beautiful that it made my heart race.

 

“So, what are you going to do from now on, Asunaro-san?”

“I-I…”

 

Asunaro hesitated for a moment after hearing Cosmos’ question, but her hesitation quickly disappeared.

 

Then, she stared at me, with tears in her eyes.

 

“Joro! U-Um… Things somehow ended up this way, but I want to tell you something! U-Um… I like you, Joro! I’m sure that I like you more than anyone else in this world! That’s why!”

 

With a determined look on her face, she let out her next words in a strong tone.

 

“Please, let me stay by your side! As someone dearest to you!”

 

Someone dearest… I guess she wanted to be my girlfriend…

 

Hm, that was an interesting story for sure. Though, I believe Asunaro was too harsh on herself. Sure, she couldn’t compare herself to Himawari, Pansy and Cosmos, but she was a fairly cute girl herself.

 

Her courage to confess to me was commendable too.

 

But, you see, Asunaro…

 

“…It goes without saying, I have to refuse that.”

 

You’ve done something that I could never forgive.

 

“T-That’s…!”

“Sorry, I don’t have a speck of romantic feelings for you. Also, that’s a bold word to say there. You like me more than anyone else in this world? Are you telling me a convenient tool that could measure up someone’s love exists in this world?”

 

Seeing her eyes widened in surprise, a sense of guilt appeared in me.

 

I knew that my words were terrible, but I had no lenience to care about that right now. No matter how terrible it felt to say those things… No matter how guilty I felt… This was something that I had to do.

 

“Well, your effort is commendable at least.”

 

And when I already decided to do something, I’d do it no matter what. That was my life motto.

 

“But that doesn’t mean I like the way you did things. Have you ever stopped to think about the consequences of your actions? Look at the Prez! Do you think it’s easy to look for a willing volunteer for the Kabuten? She had to beg her underclassmen for it and all her efforts were in vain in the end!”

“S-Sorry! B-But, J-Joro—”

“Shut up, this isn’t about me! And I don’t care about your feelings for me!”

 

I haven’t got to the point yet. The thing that I wanted to tell her the most.

 

“What the hell did you think you were doing to Sun-chan?! I’ll never forgive you for laying your hands on him! That guy is so desperate to go to the Koshien this year, but he had to take out his precious practice time to help us because of you! And you even poisoned him with that bun… I swear, if something were to happen to him, you’ll be in a great, great trouble…”

“Hii!”

“And after all that, you expected me to let you stay by my side? Stop dreaming.”

 

When I said that with the most blunt tone I could utter, tears welled up in Asunaro’s eyes.

 

Her tears didn’t stop and she kept on crying for a while.

 

She tried to stop it by rubbing her eyes with her sleeves, but it was futile. Yet, she repeated the action again and again despite knowing that.

 

“…I see.”

 

After a while, she let out a weak word of resignation.

 

Then, she put some strength on her legs before standing up from her chair.

 

“Like you’ve ordered, President, I will write a new article that will state how incorrect the information from the previous article was. I’ll also apologize to Sun-chan for what I’ve done… And, please forgive me for all the troubles I caused you, President…”

“Thank you for your cooperation, Asunaro-san. Also, I’ll forgive you.”

 

Cosmos quietly replied to Asunaro, who was making a forced smile.

 

“Alright, since I need to write that article, I’ll have to go now! See you later, Joro, President!”

 

With red, swollen eyes, she headed for the door.

 

Suddenly, she stopped right at the door.

 

“Guess I got dumped, huh~?”

 

Then, leaving behind her last words with her familiar Tsugaru accent, she left the student council room.

 

TL: Iyo

ED: Iyo

 

 

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