Chapter 8 — Kaguya: Hayasaka, I'm being bullied
The ping-pong match between Sakurai Saki and Shinomiya Kaguya begins!
The round ping-pong ball bounced high.
"Pop!"
The ball shot forward at incredible speed, as if trailing a streak of light behind it.
The target is! — the blind spot!
Facing his attack, Kaguya countered with a straight-held paddle, hitting the ball toward Sakurai's left side.
[Oh! Narrator-chan predicted it right~ Ehe~ It's not a prediction, I already knew it~ Kaguya-chan really is a Baka-chan~]
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Counterattack.
Sakurai bent down slightly, raised his right hand, paddle met ball.
A white beam like a laser pierced through Kaguya's defense.
[Nice! Beautiful shot!]
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...
After gym class, Sakurai changed into his sports uniform.
He was getting ready to make a trip to the student council room.
The documents reviewed yesterday needed to be confirmed again with Shirogane Miyuki.
What Sakurai didn't know—
In the changing room.
"Uwaaa~ Hayasaka~ I'm being bullied~ I couldn't win even a single point against him!"
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Kaguya had collapsed.
In just a blink, she had switched from Ice Kaguya mode to the rare Baka-guya.
Even Hayasaka Ai — the one always by her side — had only seen this side of Ojou-sama Kaguya a few times.
Usually, she always had a cold expression.
"There, there, good girl~" Hayasaka Ai hugged Kaguya in her arms.
( ´･･)ﾉ(╥‸╥)
Two beautiful girls hugging, yuri energy explodes!
"I want~ I want Hayasaka to go play against him for me! Aren't you close with him?" Kaguya whined.
"Umu~" Hayasaka cheerfully agreed.
Kaguya tugged on Hayasaka Ai's shirt, wiping her tears.
After leaving her embrace, she immediately returned to her icy state.
"I will remember this grudge! Vengeance will be mine!"
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This time was just a technical adjustment!
Next time, I'll definitely beat him!
Luckily, this time the opponent only hit a few balls before leaving.
Otherwise, she would've completely disgraced the Shinomiya household!
'Sakurai-san, you should be grateful you still have your life. If not for the honor of the Shinomiya family, I would've thrown you into Tokyo Bay already!'
Kaguya thought, expressionless.
Hayasaka patted Kaguya's head.
Next time, she'd just tell Sakurai to go easy on her a bit.
But Kaguya-sama being all spoiled like that really is too cute.
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...
Elsewhere, Sakurai — already changed — pushed open the student council room door.
"Huh? Ishigami-kun, you're here too?" Sakurai had thought the other would be out gathering some info related to club matters.
After all, the new student welcoming would begin next Tuesday.
"Shirogane, good afternoon!" Sakurai greeted Shirogane Miyuki, then placed his bag down on the sofa.
Then he walked over to President Shirogane's side.
"The notes I made yesterday, have you looked at them?"
"Oh, it's Sakurai." Shirogane Miyuki looked up, "Good afternoon. The notes you gave me, I haven't finished reading them yet."
"For the popular sports clubs, they don't really need to fight for the prime spots. Because even without any promotion, freshmen will still join them. That's what your notes were saying, right?"
"Umu." Sakurai nodded.
"But those senpai will pressure us. About the location arrangement of the clubs. They don't judge by club strength, but by the family background of the members." Shirogane said in a heavy tone, "That's how this school works, but I want to try reorganizing the locations for the culture clubs."
[U ~ Why can't humans understand each other ~]
Because people are all idiots who think they're always right.
"Culture clubs aren't popular at Shuchiin to begin with. You want to change that?" Sakurai guessed.
[Those people in the sports clubs are all muscle-brained idiots! Puh~ just like gorillas, LOL~]
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Hey! How can you say something like that?
Casually saying such terrifying nonsense like this, this damn trash superpower!
"Sigh." Shirogane Miyuki rubbed his forehead.
Sakurai Saki didn't bother him anymore.
Then he walked to the cabinet and took out some coffee.
There was a coffee mug, and still some beans left — all stuff he had brought from home a few days ago.
As for brewing coffee, it was all thanks to his previous part-time job.
Bartender, barista—Sakurai never refuses any job as long as it can make money.
[Bartender is super cool though! Just swish swish swish and the cocktail is done!]
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This superpower is seriously annoying!
Grinding coffee...
Sorry, forget it.
Tired as hell.
Sakurai obediently took out the automatic coffee machine.
[No craftsman spirit at all, manual brewing is the essence, I think Sakurai-chan totally doesn't get it~ there's so much to learn about coffee!]
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Obey!
You have to obey her, Sakurai!
Because she's a superpower that can only survive for one day.
Like a mayfly, dead after a day!
That's right! Dead!
Go die already!
[Woa! Sakurai-chan, your inner thoughts are super dark! That's why I'm saying, boys are like this, sometimes these twisted thoughts just leak out.]
[Oh oh!!! Chika-chan is about to arrive! daisuki!!! Hurry! Sakurai-chan, go chu-chu her already!]
(づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ
What kind of pervert are you?
A kiss maniac?
This freak thing is seriously my superpower?
Just thinking that this came from inside his head made Sakurai feel itchy all over.
After brewing the coffee, he handed a cup to President Shirogane.
"Thanks, that really helps."
Shirogane Miyuki said as he took the cup, then set it aside.
Very far away from the pile of documents.
Back on the sofa, Sakurai was just about to pour a cup for Ishigami when he noticed the guy was deeply focused.
Even when he greeted him earlier, he hadn't responded—probably trying to do a good job.
Even though he was just a first-year student—
He was incredibly reliable.
With a loud bang, a pink demon kicked open the student council room door.
"Alala~ Everyone's working so hard, huh~?"
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No one answered.
Fujiwara Chika pouted.
How dare they ignore her!
The President, Ishigami-kun, even her "rival" Sakurai too!
"Ehehe, everyone's been working for so long, let's take a break and play a game~" Fujiwara Chika said while pulling a weird-looking board game out of her bag.
"Tada~ Aeroplane Chess!"
[Ah I'm dead~ Chika-chan is so cute~]
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Don't you go into heat right here, damn it!
Sakurai turned his head and glanced at Fujiwara.
"Everyone is trying their best for club recruitment, Fujiwara-san, please keep quiet."
"Oh come on, Sakurai-kun, saying things like that—obviously you're dying to play too, right?"
[Right?]
Sakurai, expressionless: "Fine, just one quick round."
"Hey, Shirogane, you playing? Figuring out how to talk to the senpai isn't your job anyway, right?" Sakurai said, then glanced at Chika, whispering in a devilish tone: "That's the job of the secretary in charge of coordination, Fujiwara-san."
Fujiwara Chika, who had been beaming moments ago, instantly drooped at those words.
Her expression fell.
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"Fine! I'll go do it. Guess no games for me~"
"It's fine, we've still got time to finish our tasks afterward. One round of Aeroplane Chess won't hurt."
Fujiwara Chika was moved: "Sakurai-kun, you're so kind!"
[...totally exposed, huh, Chika-chan~. Nene~, Sakurai-chan, could it be you know she likes you, and you're purposely teasing her every day just to see her react like that? No way, right?]
Heh, who knows?
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