NTR Kousuke

Chapter 41

The athletic festival ended, and each class entered culture festival mode.

This period, with events happening one after another, is busy and fun.

Each class was really excited about what they would do.

Our class, Class 3, was naturally excited about it too.

During homeroom, the class representative asked for volunteers for the culture festival executive committee, but there were no suitable candidates, so the representative's close friend, Nagase-san, was nominated.

But isn't Nagase-san busy? She'll probably be running a mock shop for the basketball club, and she also holds a concurrent position as student council secretary, right?

Representative: "How about a vice-representative? Are there any volunteers?"

""""Yes!!""""

Four people raised their hands! If that's the case, wouldn't it be easier for Nagase-san if they selected the executive committee and vice-executive committee from those four? I thought.

Yamamoto: "Me! Nagase-san, let's do it together!!"

"No, me!"

Yamamoto is especially noisy. If he's that motivated, why didn't he volunteer from the start...?

No, maybe he only got motivated because it's Nagase-san.

!!

Oh, I realized.

If this were a romantic comedy, I'd get caught up in it.

I'm pretty good friends with Nagase-san, and I have a bad feeling about this.

I looked next to me, and Nagase-san was looking at me.

To the smiling Nagase-san, I said,

"...I'm a bit busy, you see. ...I can't be vice-executive committee."

I added an apology and politely declined in advance.

Nagase-san looked dissatisfied,

Nagase: "You noticed?! As expected of Kousuke-kun, the strategist, huh?"

Stop it, it's embarrassing.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a strategist.

I knew this was the persuasion point, so I said,

"...I'm a bit busy with Tomonaga-san's documentary, the basketball club, and the film club, you see?"

Nagase-san looked disappointed, with a slightly sad expression,

Nagase: "...Hmm, I get it. Fine, Kousuke-kun, you're mean. Eee!"

Sorry, Nagase-san.

I felt bad.

Representative: "Then, Aya? From these people? Nominate someone?"

Called to the podium, Nagase Aya looked around at the four people, put a finger to her well-shaped white chin, and pondered.

Nagase: "Kousuke-kun! I choose you!"

Ignoring the four, she pointed directly at me, and with a smile, nominated me!

"...I don't quite understand what you're saying."

Sho, you use your catchphrase a lot.

Nagase-san was beaming and in a good mood!

Nagase: "Come on, come on! I'm just as busy! Let's cry and laugh and enjoy our youth together!"

The envious gazes of the boys around me are scary...!

Some students were even giving me murderous looks!

...But Yamamoto, you don't have the right to glare at me, do you?

I glare back only at Yamamoto!

I've managed athletic festivals and culture festivals in middle school.

But this is my first time with a mock shop.

Fortunately, the top clique girls, including the representative and Nagase-san, are capable, so they said "Just tell us anything!", but if that's the case, I wish the top clique girls would handle it themselves...

Nagase-san says that many of the top girls are not good at certain things.

Everyone was asked to think about it and bring their ideas for what kind of mock shop to have the day after tomorrow.

After school, after club activities.

Tomonaga: "Eh? You're going to be on the executive committee?"

"...That's right, so I might get busy. Sorry."

Tomonaga: "It can't be helped, right? Our class decided to apply for a maid café! Well, there seems to be a lot of competition, so I don't know if it'll pass!"

"I... might want to see Yukari-san in a maid outfit."

Tomonaga: "Hehehe! All the more reason I have to work hard on my diet! But I might get lonely if you're busy."

I told her I'd contact her later and we parted ways. Yukari-san went to the film club, and I returned to the classroom for a strategy meeting with Nagase-san and the others.

In the end, the top clique girls, Koji, Hiroshi, and I talked in the classroom, and the discussion turned to whether anyone had connections to a restaurant.

There were kids whose part-time jobs were at a donut shop! or a convenience store!

My acquaintance...

My close friend Sho works part-time at a curry and hamburg steak place!

Refer to Episode 18: To My Best Friend's Part-Time Job

I went there with Yukari-san after that too... I wonder how it'll be?

Nagase-san's face suddenly lit up,

Nagase: "Sounds good! I want to go tomorrow after school!"

Tomorrow is Wednesday, when there are no club activities... so we decided to go.

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It was good that Sho had a shift that day!

He said he'd explain and talk to them briefly in advance.

We headed there early so we could finish by 6:00 PM, when it gets busy, and not cause any trouble.

4:30 PM, in front of My Curry and Hamburg.

Nagase: "This is where Kousuke-kun's close friend works part-time..."

Nagase-san seems a bit nervous. She's meticulously fixing her bangs and checking herself in the mirror? Why?

Sho often comes up in my conversations, so my friends want to meet Sho.

What I'm thinking about is,

hamburgers

pancakes

curry

It would be a huge help if they could wholesale these to us at a low price.

But honestly, I don't know how much it would cost, or if they'd even sell to us in the first place.

So, we need to split up and investigate several predicted costs and whether it can be done without problems.

We entered the store.

"Herasshu—!"

A wild voice echoed through the store.

Nagase: "What was that?"

I also tilted my head.

(Seriously, what is this greeting?)

Every time, it bothers me, but not a single customer in the store reacts.

...Am I the strange one?