I Want to Have a Girlfriend Too - Chapter 34

Those girls and I have been out of touch with reality.

 

　Lately, Saijouin has been acting strangely.

　Even though the preparations for the Sakura School Festival had been completed to some extent, she was trying to fix some minor details. She was working unusually hard even though the festival had not even started yet.

 

　Saijouin worked as a student council member until late every day, even after the preparation for the class exhibition was over.

　Of course, I don’t feel comfortable leaving one girl working late alone, so I also work overtime every day here.

　I hope they pay me overtime…

 

　Besides, Saijouin’s work now is definitely not one person’s workload.

　I have helped Saijouin’s work, but it was not an amount that I could handle alone.

 

　Senpai, Maya-nē, and Kagurazaka had offered to help, but Saijouin stubbornly refused, but I pushed my way through.

 

　Is there some reason for this?

　I know it’s against manners to get involved in personal matters, but seeing Saijouin now, I couldn’t help but be curious.

 

　But whatever the reason, it is good that she is so enthusiastic about the festival.

　As for me, I’m willing to cooperate as much as I can if it will make the Sakura School Festival a good one.

 

　——I’m going to do my best because the maid’s outfit and the cheongsam will be waiting for me!

 

　I worked late into the night with Saijouin because of it.

 

　But at that time, I was probably blinded by my immediate desire.

　I did not pay attention to what was happening in front of me but only thought about myself.

　Despite the fact that it was very important――

 

* * *

 

(Alice’s point of view)

 

　Lately, Hii-chan has been acting strangely.

　I don’t know what it is, but she seems to be working harder than usual.

 

　At first, I thought, “Hii-chan is trying her best to make the Sakura School Festival a good one”, and I tried my best not to lose to her.

 

　But after a while, I felt that there was more to it than that.

　I don’t know how to say it. I feel like she’s doing her best for herself but also for someone else.

 

　I don’t think there is anything wrong with that.

　I think it is good to work hard for someone else. I’ve been working hard for… Tokimori-kun recently, too…

 

　But still, Hii-chan seems to be in a strange situation.

　I feel that she is pushing herself too hard.

 

　Every day since then, she has been working late for the student council and the class exhibition.

　I am relieved that Tokimori-kun is staying with her, but I hope she will also take care of herself.

 

　So I asked Hii-chan once.

 

“Hii-chan, you’ve been working late lately. Are you okay? “

“Yes, thank you for your concern. But I’m fine.”

 

　Hii-chan smiled to reassure me.

　Her smile was the outward expression we often have.

　I didn’t ask any more questions, thinking that she probably didn’t want me to ask too deeply…

 

　I still feel a little uneasy, but I know Hii-chan will be fine.

　I know how strong Hiiyo Saijouin is, having been with her until now.

 

　…I have to work hard too!

 

　As well as preparing for the festival, I’m going to get closer to Tokimori-kun at the festival!

　For that purpose, I would like to go around the festival with Tokimori-kun…

 

　I returned to the festival preparation, wondering when I should ask Tokimori-kun out.

 

　I think I was somewhere distracted from reality at that time.

　I was thinking only about myself, optimistically looking around me and making my own conclusions.

 

　That is why I could not realize it――

 

* * *

 

(Hiiyo’s point of view)

 

　Even after the preparation for the class exhibition is over, the student council still has some work to do.

　There are many other things to do, such as scheduling the guests for the day of the event, coordinating the staff to be invited from outside, and arranging the security guards…

 

　In fact, this is part of the job that I don’t have to do.

　Normally, I would have finished my work long ago and would be at home thinking about and looking forward to the Sakura School Festival.

 

　But I want to make the festival even better than it is now.

 

　Maybe father will come to the festival. He may see my hard work and praise me.

　And I want him to be happy. I want him to know that this school is very good.

　Even if he doesn’t come, I believe what I’m doing now is not in vain.

 

　So let’s work a little harder.

 

　With these thoughts in my mind, I go about my work in the quiet student council room.

　Looking outside, the sun has already set, and no more students are left in the school.

 

　The teachers, myself, and Tokimori-San are probably the only ones left in the school.

　────Tokimori-san has been a great help to me.

 

　I started this job completely out of selfishness.

　That is why I should have done it by myself.

 

　But he just helps me without asking me why.

 

“Even though I’m like this, I wouldn’t let a girl work late alone.”

 

　I was so happy to hear his words at that time.

　——That’s why.

 

“I have to work harder.”

 

　I have to work harder for my father, who may come to see me and for Tokimori-san, who is staying and working hard with me.

　More, more, more, more, more, more, more, more――――

 

* * *

 

　Then, the day of the festival arrived.

　I was excited from the morning.

 

　Because, from today, I can see a maid’s outfit and cheongsam!

 

　I had to wear a maid’s uniform, too, but I was so excited that I didn’t care about that now.

 

　I wake up at five in the morning, wash my face, and get ready for school.

　My beloved SLR has been taken away from me, but I put my new SLR ver-2 into my bag first so that I don’t forget it.

 

　Then, I leave the house at 6:30 a.m., already well-prepared.

　I don’t have to go to school so early, but I leave now because I’m in high spirits and have student council work in the morning.

 

“Maid’s clothes〜♪, Chinese dress〜♪…”

 

　I walk along the way to school, humming a tune.

　A jogger gave me a strange look, but I didn’t care.

　Any look I get now is meaningless.

 

　Because maids and cheongsam are waiting for me!

 

　In the end, about eight people look at me strangely until I get to the school, but I arrive at the school safely.

　Since I arrived quite early, there was no one in the school.

 

“Oh well, I’ll go to the student council room and set up my SLR camera! “

 

　I skip down the corridor into the quiet school.

　Of course, the teacher was there, but the student council room was opposite the staff room.

　So I didn’t pass anyone.

 

　Then I arrived at the student council room.

 

　I tried to open the door with the key that Saijouin had given me.

　However, the door was unlocked, or the door was locked when I twisted the key.

 

“Huh? Is it already open? “

 

　Is someone ahead of me?

　Maybe the teacher had opened the door before me.

 

　Thinking so, I opened the door of the student council room.

 

 

 

　At this moment, I did not expect to be confronted with the reality that I had been avoiding.

　I, Kagurazaka, Senpai, Maya-nē, and my classmates must have assumed she would be all right.

 

　It was just our own assumption, not realizing that the reality was different from what we thought it was.

 

　I realized this when I entered the student council room.

 

 

　Saijouin was lying on the floor unconscious.