Rise nods, waving her hand.
"Forgotten, Akari. Now, shall we eat? You must be hungry. Also, if you don't mind, Riku's coming up here to join us soon."Touma lowers his hands and keeps his eyes fixed squarely on Shiro, awkwardly.
Riku recieves the pile, sighing relievedly.
"Thanks so much! Man....Demura would kill me if I lost all the budgets he worked so hard on....and Rise would be disappointed if I lost all the other stuff. You're a lifesaver, Shizuko."He takes the pile, arranging it further, rifling through it. He seems noticeably relieved when he catches the envelope, unopened and untouched, but doesn't mention it to Shoji. He nods back at her, smiling brightly.
"Well, if you ever need anything from the Student Council, just drop me a line! You really did me a solid."As Riku moves to leave, a sharp, cold pain runs down the back of Shoji's neck.
While Veep and Mori discuss things in the Theatre Room, they receive a brief knock on the door, before the student lets themselves in.
A black-haired bespectacled youth walks in, a frown on his face. Mori recognises him immediately. The young man was Miyazono Otoya, the proverbial Red Baron of Japan's youth music scene, undefeated in numerous youth cellist competitions, until he retired for a few years before high school. Rumours spread, some saying it was his mother's sudden death in a car accident, other more fanciful theories stating he'd been blackmailed by his rivals into quitting, while others still stating he'd simply grown tired of music.
Of course, if the rumours were to be believed, another phenom in the music scene, Sakurajima Kanna, a fellow student of his and renown for her own skill on the piano, had roped him back into music. Certainly, they'd won more than their fair share of competitions since they'd met up at the beginning of their first year. The rumour pool even went around that they were dating. Of course, with Sakurajima showing up at school less and less lately, and Miyazono looking more withdrawn, the rumour mill went on.
For now, of course, Otoya was here. He nodded at both of the students in the room.
"Hey. Have you guys seen Sakurajima somewhere? Tadano said she went into the Theatre Room about ten minutes ago looking for something but-"A loud crash ensues from the room next door, closer to Mori and Veep than Otoya.
Meanwhile, in the classroom Masaru is studying, someone knocks on the open door frame to get people's attention. A familiar face pops in.
"Is Demura in? I just completed the budget requests for the Computer Club."The young woman was Futaba Tomoe, President of the Computer Club and one of the three rumoured Yagami Fuukas. Masaru would be, of course, familiar with her; all club presidents were required to submit their budgets at some point so the Council could allocate them, and she had always been punctual with hers. She was nice enough, if distant. Nobody of real concern.
"The more the merrier, right! Come on, Honda, we can catch up! Us girls need to take care of Aki-kun, after all."Suddenly, Akihiko's phone begins to ring. He fishes it out of his pocket, frowning.
"Damn. I gotta take this. Sorry. I'll be back in about five minutes. You two go get started without me, okay?"He moves the phone up to his ear, heading somewhere quieter. Saya waits until Akihiko is out of earshot, before turning to Mildred.
"Honda, do you mind if I ask you something? Just between us two."
As Aika and Naoki flee, they suddenly find themselves in the path of an elegant-seeming young woman. She manages to stop herself from colliding into them.
"...I'm sorry."She would be known by reputation, of course, if not personally. Fujimura Ayaka, one of the alleged three Yagami Fuukas, manager of the Tennis Club. If she was a musician, of course, she didn't let on, but then, not much was really known about the circumstances of Yagami's retirement.
Regardless, there she stands, giving Aika and Naoki a look, her expression unreadable. She looks back at the crowd being valiantly held back by Kaede.
As Yui's gaggle of friends make to flee, they eventually run into a large, athletic student. They definitely know who he is.
Sasanuma Eisuke, captain of the football team. He was involved in an incident with another student last year, which by virtue of the rumour mill was known to be Kasuga Akihiko. Calls to boot him off the football team were made, but never ultimately followed up on. In any case, he had grown distant from his fellow footballers, and rumour had it he had severed ties with most of the other students involved in the incident, particularly one Kaneko Daiya, his former best friend and one of Akihiko's fiercest opponents.
He stares at them briefly.
"...."
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