Clack clack clack clack...
A slightly chubby girl with an ordinary appearance, wearing black glasses and a school uniform, climbed the stairs and arrived on the third floor of the club activities building.
She glanced down the long hallway, a little lost.
But after a moment's hesitation, she still walked forward, found the nearest door, and knocked...
After a good while, there was no response from inside the room.
No one was there.
So she had no choice but to walk on, arriving at the door of the next clubroom...
She raised her hand, about to knock, when she suddenly heard the faint sound of a quiet voice from inside.
Slightly pleased, she knocked and then opened the door directly, "Sorry to bother you, I'd like to ask for directions..."
As the door opened, she saw that in the small, narrow clubroom, there seemed to be only one person sitting in a chair at the far end of a long table.
It's worth mentioning that the long table had a horizontal wooden board underneath for support, so from the glasses-wearing girl's perspective at that moment, she could only see the young man's upper body, but not his lower half, which was hidden by the table and the partition.
However, the moment she saw his face, the girl with glasses was slightly startled and almost let out a gasp of admiration.
So handsome!
Moreover, he seemed a bit taken aback by her appearance, looking up at her with some bewilderment. On his ridiculously handsome face, though there were no obvious expressions other than surprise, his skin had a slight flush, adding a touch of approachability, or even charm, to his already eye-catching appearance...
The girl with glasses blushed immediately, "Uh... I'm sorry, am I interrupting you...? I... I just wanted to... ask for directions..."
Fumiya Jin was indeed surprised by the girl's appearance, so he froze for two or three seconds.
And he wasn't the only one who froze...
However, his ability to adapt had always been extremely strong.
After just two or three seconds, he realized her line of sight couldn't see through the table.
So, he gently stroked the soft, long hair to soothe it, then looked at the girl with a calm expression and asked, "It's fine, what did you want to ask?"
Seeing Fumiya Jin being so gentle, the girl with glasses let out a small sigh of relief, but her cheeks grew even redder.
"Um... I'm looking for the brass band club. I know their clubroom is in this building, but I don't know which floor, so..."
"The brass band club?" Hearing this, Fumiya Jin's expression became a little strange. "Looking for the brass band club and ending up here... Hmm, in a sense, your intuition is quite high..."
"Huh? What do you mean?" The girl with glasses was a bit confused.
"It's nothing," Fumiya Jin shook his head, gently patting and then pressing his head lightly.
He then said to the girl, "Unfortunately, I've only been in this building a few times myself. I don't know where the real brass band club is. So, you'll probably have to ask someone else."
The real brass band club?
The girl with glasses didn't quite understand what he meant.
But since he was so handsome, she didn't dare ask any more questions.
She just scratched her head and said, "Alright... but, I thought I heard you talking to someone just now... I didn't expect you to be the only one here..."
As she said this, she suddenly noticed a smell... a rather peculiar, strange smell.
She sniffed. "Huh... what is that smell..."
"It's probably just some damp, musty documents in the room. Don't worry about it," Fumiya Jin said, shaking his head.
"Is that so..." The girl with glasses nodded slowly.
"Now that you mention it, I think I can hear a faint splashing sound... Is there a leak somewhere?"
"It's an old problem with the water cooler, it's fine," Fumiya Jin waved his hand dismissively.
"Don't you have something urgent to attend to? You should hurry up and ask the other clubs. Don't let me keep you from your business."
"Oh... okay, sorry to have bothered you, goodbye!"
The girl with glasses didn't think much of it, nodded, turned to leave, and pulled the door closed behind her.
...
Not long after...
The girl with glasses emerged from another clubroom about ten meters away.
She had found out the specific location of the brass band club—it was on the fifth floor, and she was about to head up.
But as she was walking toward the stairwell, passing by the door of the clubroom where she had just met the handsome guy... the door was suddenly thrown open.
A girl with a very delicate and cute face and long, straight black hair rushed past her, seemingly heading for the restroom at the far end of the floor...
Her cheeks were red, she was biting her lip hard, and her cheeks seemed slightly puffed out, as if she'd been wronged in some way.
"Huh... wasn't it just that handsome guy in there a moment ago?" The girl with glasses scratched her head, a bit confused.
"Well, maybe she went in during the last few minutes... I should just get on with my business."
...
...
Five minutes later.
Fumiya Jin had fully opened the window in the small clubroom to air it out.
Fumiya Jin sat in his chair, looking out the window, and felt a brightness and comfort in the afternoon sunlight that was like the morning dawn.
"Creeak—" The door opened.
Fumiya Jin turned his head to look.
Ayano Kimishima closed the door and walked over.
On her delicate, expressionless face, the crimson flush had not yet completely faded.
But the girl seemed to be trying her best to put on an indifferent expression. Holding a notebook she had prepared earlier, she sat down next to Fumiya Jin.
"Can we properly discuss the speech you'll be using tomorrow now? This concerns Lady Yuki's election, and there's no room for error."
Fumiya Jin, however, simply did as he had done once before and patted his thigh.
Ayano Kimishima froze instantly, her eyes trembling.
"Wha... What do you mean by that?"
"I never said we were finished," Fumiya Jin said.
"But... but after all that, it's still not enough?" Ayano Kimishima bit her lip and said.
Fumiya Jin didn't bother waiting for her to come over. He reached out and wrapped his arm directly around her waist.
His strength was already far greater than that of an ordinary person. Just by embracing her from the side, he managed to lift the girl's weight from her chair and then... place her in his lap.
Ayano Kimishima's body stiffened, and she instinctively wanted to struggle, but she quickly realized she had no right to resist.
"Miss Kimishima, I must admit, your determination has exceeded my expectations. You truly did something I didn't anticipate, and it has satisfied a certain small, wicked taste of mine," Fumiya Jin said, leaning close to her ear.
"You performed so well that... I feel I must give you something in return, or perhaps, a reward."
"What do you mean?" Ayano Kimishima was momentarily stunned. "You're willing to... let Lady Yuki go?"
"No... it's not something that concerns others... I'm going to fulfill your expectations."
"My... my... expectations?"
"Just as you've been expecting... in your dreams..."
"Dreams?" Ayano Kimishima paused for a moment, then her eyes widened suddenly. "Are you talking about... Hiss—"
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