Translated: Sei, MTL-sensei-tachi
Edited: Sei, Grammarly no Danna
Source: Syosetu

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Chapter 15, Departure


　A few days have passed since the summer vacation, and August has begun.
　I was on my way to school for the first time in a long time, even though it wasn't the first day of school and it was a very hot day.

　After entering the school building, I headed straight for the student council room.
　After knocking on the door in front of me, a "yes" came back quickly.
　In response to that voice, I open the door.

"You came, Yuuji"

"Oh. I see you're all here."

　Ike saw my face and called out to me.

　The other people in the room greeted me.
　Looking at their faces, I returned the greeting.

　The reason why I came to school even though it was not the first day of school was because today was the day of the student council camp that we had been talking about.
　Once we gathered in the student council room, we were going to leave in a minivan driven by Makiri-sensei.

　Although it was 10 minutes before the scheduled meeting time, Ike, Tatsumiya, Tanaka, Suzuki the student council members, and Touka.
　All the participants were here except for Makiri-sensei.

"Ah. In the end, Taketori-senpai gave priority to studying for the exam and didn't come."

　After Ike said that,

"Good morni~ng, Yuuji-senpai"

　And then, as if running away from something, Touka came running up next to me with a frightened expression on her face.

"Ou"

　I reply to Touka.

"Ah, Touka-san..."

　Then I looked at Tatsumiya, who looked disappointed that Touka, who had been standing next to her earlier, had left her.
　She seemed to have noticed my gaze.
　She looks at me dissatisfied, but ...... I'll ignore her for now.

"It's a little early, but now that we're all here, let's go join Makiri-sensei."

　At Ike's words,

"I'll go to the staff room to get Makiri-sensei, and you can all wait at the school gate. I'll have her bring the car around."

"I feel sorry for Tanaka-senpai to go alone, so I'll go with you."

　Tanaka-senpai and Suzuki said so, and Ike nodded.

"Then we'll go to the school gate first, I count on you."

　The two nodded at Ike's words, then grabbed their bags and left the student council room first.
　Following that, we also left the student council room.
　After Ike locked the door, we walked down the hallway.

"Well~, I'm looking forward to it~."

　Touka, walking next to me, said cheerfully.

"That's surprising. You're looking forward to it a lot."

"Yes, I am extremely! ... It's the best because there's no Hasaki-senpai getting in the way."

　Touka said with a very pleasant smile on her face.

"Kana heard about it from somewhere and wanted to come, but she has a tennis tournament coming up."

"In addition, unlike Tomoki-san and Touka-san, Hasaki-san didn't particularly help run the student council, so we didn't invite her to join."

　Ike explained, and Tatsumiya said calmly.

"If that's the case, Kana can't come."

"That's right~! That's why I'm looking forward to training camp with senpai!"

　Touka replies to my words.

"Fufu, I'm glad to hear that. When I heard that Touka-san was coming to the camp, I was really looking forward to it."

"... Ah, I see~"

　Touka was blatantly taken aback by Tatsumiya, who was giving her a fixed gaze.

"Was my approach a little too passionate? What do you think, President?"

"Hmm, I don't know. I think she's just surprisingly shy?"

　And now, Tatsumiya turns her passionate gaze to Ike.
　Ike looked refreshed and kept smiling.

　By the way, Tatsumiya didn't ask me to talk about anything, and didn't seem to be interested in me.

　A few minutes later, we arrived at the school gate.
　A minivan stopped in front of us.
　It was Makiri-sensei who got out of the driver's seat.

"Good morning everyone"

　We responded to Makiri-sensei's greeting.

"Put your luggage in the back"

　After saying that, Makiri-sensei went back to the driver's seat.
　We immediately put the luggage down and then tried to get into the car...

　When I saw the seating order, I was momentarily troubled.
　Tanaka-senpai and Suzuki were already sitting in the third row.
　The only remaining seats were the second row of three seats and the passenger seat.

"Touka-san, come sit with me?"

"Ah, I'll sit with senpai"

　When I was about to sit in the second row... Touka lightly arranges, and this Tatsumiya is probably not happy about it.
　From Tatsumiya's point of view, being sandwiched between Touka and Ike is probably the best position to be in.

　I didn't want to displease Tatsumiya by doing this,

"I have a huge body. I'll sit in the passenger seat."

　And with that, I quickly sat down in the passenger seat.

"Senpai!? ...I see. Well then, I guess I'll sit behind senpai."

　Touka replied in a rather bored tone, but she didn't complain.

"Then, President, please go ahead and sit first."

"Yeah"

　At Tatsumiya's urging, Ike sat behind the driver's seat, Touka sat behind the passenger seat, and Tatsumiya sat between the two.

　Tatsumiya has a happy expression without saying anything.
　Apparently, she was single-handedly winning the seating assignment.

　For now, we can leave now, I thought as I looked at Makiri-sensei in the driver's seat, and my eyes met hers perfectly.

"What's wrong?"

　When I asked her, Makiri-sensei looked a little embarrassed before responding.

"No, just..."

"Just?"

　Without looking at me, she pulled her smartphone out of her pocket.
　Then, almost at the same time as my smartphone shuddered and announced a received mail, Makiri-sensei put her smartphone in her pocket.

"Now put your seatbelts on because we're leaving."

　After fastening my seatbelt as I was told, I looked at the notification on my smartphone.
　The sender is Makiri-sensei.
　Look at the content of that message...

『Tomoki-sensei is the first boy ever to ride in the passenger seat』

　Without thinking, I look at her profile.
　Makiri-sensei, who immediately noticed my gaze, said while looking at me sideways.

"Could you please not stare at me so much?"

　Makiri-sensei has a disgruntled expression.
　However, when I saw that her face was blushed, I knew that she was embarrassed for some reason.

"I'll do that. It would be a problem if Makiri-sensei couldn't concentrate on driving."

　I said with a little teasing.

"Mou. Tomoki-kun, I think you're getting a little too cheeky lately..."

　Makiri-sensei said, her face reddening and her lips pouting.

　The car which carrying us started off slowly.