Chapter 12

The time that Yuri has been waiting has come. There was a long table in the middle of the room, where some of the members were sitting. However, some of them were standing near the table since there were no seats available anymore.

All the other club members looked in the direction of Yuri's chair. Paris was especially paying attention to him, finding the sight strange yet amusing at the same time.

Sitting closely to Yuri was Rain, who was basically an outsider until a few minutes ago.

"So, Rain joined because Yuri is in this club? Did you not join any club before joining here?" Paris asked with a smile, amused.

Rain nodded with a blank look on his face.

'It's mandatory for students to join a club, and Rain has always joined the Gaming Club where they do nothing but play games. I wondered why he suddenly joined the Outdoors Club when he's always hated the outdoors, but it turns out he's here because of Yuri,' Paris thought, his smile not disappearing.

Paris looked at Rain's N*ntendo Switch that was on the table and stopped himself from smiling even wider.

'Wow... This is big news. This is quite a rare sight. Ren Takahashi not facing his phone or any device...' Paris thought as he covered his mouth.

July cleared his throat and said, "I think almost everybody is here already. Let's now begin the meeting." He looked at everyone and said, "We'll be nominating and assigning club officers today, but before that, I'd like to welcome each and every one of you to the Outdoors Club."

He then let out a laugh as he clapped his hand. The other club members clapped their hands and looked at each other's faces, observing if the others are clapping as well.

"Of course, before we could assign the club officers, we'll have to introduce ourselves first," he said with a wide smile on his face. "I'll go first, everybody. Will that be alright?" he said as he looked at everyone.

All the others then nodded their heads or responded by saying yes. "I'm July Clarke. That may be my name, but I wasn't born in July," he laughed. "I'm in my senior year and I'm the club president assigned by the previous one. Now, I'd like to hear you guys introduce yourselves, too. Let's start with you," he said and placed his hand on the shoulder of the person sitting next to him.

They all introduced in an orderly pattern and finally, Yuri's turn came. The omega stood up to introduce himself. "Hello! I'm Uriel Delavin, you can call me Yuri. I'm a first-year student from class 1-C," he said with a smile, enticing all the other club members.

'Pretty...' Paris thought as he unknowingly smiled a little. When he noticed that he was smiling, he immediately pursed his lips and looked away.

It was now Rain's turn, and so he stood up to introduce himself. "Ren Takahashi. 1-C," he introduced himself briefly and sat back once again.

Paris bit his lower lip to contain his laughter after hearing his friend's introduction. 'Seriously, I thought he'd talk more this time,' he thought as he almost choked on his own saliva.

The others introduced themselves as well, and the turn for those who were standing finally came. Paris' turn came, and all of the club members' eyes were on him, given that he's one of the Elites.

"Good day, everyone. I'm Paris Clarke, a first-year student. I'm hoping to get to know all of you, so please don't hesitate to approach me," he smiled sweetly, making some of the girls and even boys blush.

Yuri felt like his face was burning when he saw Paris' smile. 'Is it even legal to look that handsome? His smile is so cute...' he thought as he held his breath and suppressed his smile.

A few more minutes have passed and finally, everybody finished introducing themselves. They were now proceeding to nominate and vote for the officers.

It was already a given that July will be the president, so he was the one who handled the election of officers.

The positions were immediately filled since there were a lot of third-year and second-year students who were planning to take a specific position.

Yuri has been nominated once, but he insisted on getting his name erased, thinking that being a club officer would just add to his responsibilities. He always thought getting involved in such things is unnecessary.

After electing officers, the club meeting finally ended. Yuri headed out with the other club members since Paris did the same as well.

'I thought I'd be able to talk to him more... It's a shame we haven't interacted much today, but I'll try making friends with him next time,' he thought as he looked at Paris' back.

Suddenly, Paris turned around, making him flinch and instinctively look away.

"Hey, Rain! Let's go home together," he said with a half-smile as he looked at Rain, who was following behind Yuri. Rain just looked at him and poked Yuri's shoulder.

"Are you going home? We can go home together," he said with a blank look on his face. "H... Huh? Me?" Yuri said as he pointed himself. Rain then nodded as a response.

"Oh, I'm staying in the dorms so I doubt I can go home with you," the omega said as he awkwardly smiled, finding Rain's suggestion weird.

'A few hours ago, he was still so cold to me. It seemed like he doesn't like me, but he's suddenly being like this after we got exempted from the exam. Is he being thankful?' Yuri thought as he looked at Rain.

"Shame. See you next week, then," Rain said as he smiled a little. "I'll be going with Paris. Take care," he continued and waved his hand as he walked towards his friend.

"You too. Take care, Rain, Paris," Yuri said with a smile and waved goodbye. Paris back smiled at him and waved goodbye, too.

As the two boys walked away, Paris glanced behind them to look at Yuri one last time and saw him walking in the other direction of the hallway. He then turned his head to look at Rain and saw that he was wearing a poker face once again.

'Hmm... Things might actually become interesting from now on.'