The end-of-semester ceremony went off without a hitch.
The report cards were handed out, and I left the classroom in an uproar.
Just as I was about to leave, my cell phone rang.
“It’s rare for you to call me.”
I said to the person on the other end of the line.
The screaming and shouting was replaced by joy at the prospect of the summer vacation.
“Is Kurusu-san there?”
It was Eda on the other end of the line.
It was a typical Eda call, as she simply told me what she needed.
“Eh?”
When I looked back at the classroom, Mia was surrounded by many of her friends.
“I’m in the classroom…”
“Right. Then will you come with her to the student council room?”
“Do you need me too?”
“Otherwise, I would have called Kurusu-san directly.”
She’s right.
It does not seem to be an urgent matter.
After a while, when the area around Mia had become quite empty, I went back into the classroom.
I immediately made eye contact with Mia. Without making a sound, I told her that I needed to see her.
“I’m sorry, I have to go.”
Mia told her friend and got out of her seat.
At the same time, I left the classroom again.
I heard the sound of Mia’s footsteps chasing after me from behind.
“What?”
“Eda wants us to go to the student council room.”
“Me too?”
We climbed the stairs and headed for the student council room.
Because of the eyes around us, we kept our conversation to a minimum.
She is not afraid to talk to me in school. I, on the other hand, am. I still can’t walk around the school shoulder to shoulder with Mia Kurusu, the perfect girl.
Today’s Mia was just as beautiful as always.
She drew the attention of almost every student who passed her.
She wore her long chestnut hair in a ponytail and her uniform was neatly worn. Two thin legs stretched out from her skirt, which was neither too long nor too short.
Her breasts swelled like a combination of both purity and eroticism. They were large, but in Mia’s eyes, they were not indecent.
“You’re late.”
Eda looked up as she entered the student council room.
She seemed to be in the middle of some kind of work with her laptop in front of her.
Today, Eda was looking dignified, and the position of student council president suited her well.
Event though she wears her heavy-duty glasses, her good looks are hard to hide.
“I don’t think there was a student council meeting today…”
Mia said to Eda, without attempting to enter the student council room.
“There isn’t. If there was one, I wouldn’t have called the simpleton next to you.”
I’m your boyfriend, though.
“What do you want?”
It’s not that the two of them are bickering with each other.
But when they meet each other, they inevitably create a tense atmosphere.
“Let’s go to the outlet mall.”
“Eh?”
I was surprised, but Mia seemed to be more surprised than me.
After a moment of silence, Eda closed her laptop.
“Let’s go buy a ring.”
“Ah….”
I was worried.
Mia, Mikoto and Shirota are wearing matching rings.
I have the same ring, and I still wear it around my neck.
The new girlfriends, Eda and Rino, don’t have them yet.
“Hey, Eda-san.”
“What is it, Kurusu-san?”
The air was tense again.
But the two of them had no intention of improving this atmosphere.
The two of them being friendly would be weird to me, but I think they should try to be a little more approachable.
“Why did you ask me out too?”
“Is it wrong?”
“I don’t think it’s wrong, but if you want to buy a ring, why don’t you and Koumei go together?”
Yes, that’s true.
It’s not like Mia and I had promised to go home together.
As for me, if Eda had asked me to get a ring with her, I would have agreed.
It’s not a shame to go together.
And yet, Eda went to the trouble of inviting Mia as well.
“If you don’t want to go, I and Okutani-kun will go alone.”
“I didn’t say I didn’t want to go, did I?”
“I invited the others, but they refused.”
I could see the slightest hint of emotion in Eda’s words.
“Yotsuba has club activities, Mikoto-san has classes…. I don’t know Rino-san’s contact information.”
Apparently, she had invited her best friend and henchman before she invited Mia.
Hearing this, Mia gave a subtle smile.
“It would be unreasonable not to ask Kurusu-san out, wouldn’t it?”
“Eda-san is cute, isn’t she?”
“What!?”
Eda bit her lip at the expression on Mia’s face as she giggled.
Eda turned away as if she was trying not to be seen through something.
I had a feeling I understood.
To put it simply, Eda wants to get along with everyone.
She was also grumpy when she got kicked out of the harem, and at the meeting she suggested an overnight trip.
And today, she was going to invite everyone to go buy matching rings.
“I’ll go with you.”
“It’s okay….I’m not going to force you to go with me.”
“I understand. Then I’m not going.”
“Ah…”
Suddenly, Eda looks at Mia.
There was even a subtle hint of sadness in her expression.
Apparently, Mia was better this time.
“I lied. Let’s go together, Eda-san. Oh, can I call you Fukiko?”
“Wa, eh? What was that? Why?”
I couldn’t help but laugh at Eda’s confused look.
After looking at my face, Eda turned her attention back to Mia.
She didn’t know what to say, so she stuttered.
I knew I was meddling, but I offered a helping hand.
“Hey, you should call her Mia, too.”
“I like that!”
Mia immediately agreed to my suggestion.
“I don’t know….Can I call you Fumiko?”
“Ah, eh? W, well….”
Eda’s shrug is also valuable.
“O, okay….”
“Then it’s decided! Fumiko, please call me Mia.”
She answered with her best smile.
It was as if she had gained a valuable friend who could take off her mask in front and face her.
Eda looked at me. She blushed a little and told me.
“My ring…. We’ll buy it right?”
I thought Eda was a little bit cute.
