Chapter 25 - Class Leader

"Ehh? Class president?"

"Well, when it comes to the class president... Wouldn't he be the most suitable?"

"Him?"

"I can be class president"

"Shut up Oni! You wouldn't fit in at all!"

"What are you saying?! "

The commotion immediately attacked all the students in the class. Some seemed tense or confused, but there were also those who were casual and didn't really care, like Ryousuke. 'Class president election? Alright, I'll just pick the most suitable one right? Then it's clear...' he thought, while casting his eyes forward.

"Don't make a fuss, listen up. Is there anyone here who wants to run for class president?" Takashi sensei calmed down the noisy atmosphere. He looked around the class, trying to see if any of his students would have the initiative to take on the responsibility of class president.

"No? "

However, it seemed that the first graders were still too reluctant towards him. No one raised their hand to run for the position. Fortunately, he had already thought of other alternatives, so he was not too surprised by this and immediately continued,

"Well, if none of you want to run for class president, then we'll do it another way."

Picking up the chalk, Takashi sensei walked towards the blackboard and started writing something. 'Voting'.

"We're going to have a vote. Whoever's name gets the most votes, will be the class president for class 1-C. How about it, do you agree?"

Voting, that means the one who gets the most votes wins. It's like an election, but in the current case, the person whose name is chosen the most, whether it can be said to be lucky or not...

"Alright sensei, let's do it that way!"

"Yes, yes! That's right!"

"I agree too"

"agreed"

Many students began to express their opinions. Most immediately agreed with the suggestion given by Takashi sensei because they felt it was better and fairer. The rest, they also inwardly agreed, although they were lazy to express their voices.

"Good. Then, write the name you choose on a blank sheet of paper. Fold the result, and submit it to the front when it's done. Oh, and also... This must be based on your own choices, all of them must be exactly 30 votes. Do you understand?"

"""yes, sensei""""

"Okay. Then you can start writing immediately" Takashi sensei instructed.

After that, the students of class 1-C began to write the candidate they chose on the blank paper. It didn't take long, after ten minutes of waiting, all the students had finished their choices.

"Okay. There are already 30 papers here, all of them fit. Then, we'll start looking at the results."

Takashi sensei began to open the election results one by one. Calmly, he called out the names written on the paper while counting them on the board.

"Juutaro"

"Oni"

"Joozu"

"Juutaro"

"Kashima"

"Satou"

"Juutaro", and so on.

Students whose names were called obviously felt tense, they were both nervous and scared about whether they would be chosen. Although the other few were not afraid about such things. This was an elite school, and the students who entered this school must also be of a suitable standard. They left everything that happened to Takashi sensei who was still saying the names on the paper.

'... It seems obvious who will be chosen' Ryousuke thought. Currently, Takashi sensei was calling out many different students' names. However, there were also names that were called more often and the name he heard the most was... Juutaro.

Well, he also chose Juutaro as the class president. Probably many students thought the same as him.

"...And finally, Juutaro"

Looking at the count results on the board, it was clear who had the most votes. "Looks like most of you agreed that Juutaro will be the class president, huh? Juutaro, come forward."

Juutaro looked ordinary. Neither nervous nor happy, as if all of this was within her expectations. Walking to the front of the class, he stood next to Takashi sensei.

"As class president, do you have anything to say?" Takashi sensei erased the writing on the blackboard while saying that. Juutaro, with a serious face, answered.

"Yes sensei. Everyone, as your new class president, I will try to be a good class president for you. In the future, please cooperate."

*Clap! Clap! Clap!

All the students in the class clapped their hands. They were satisfied that the person who would become their class president was Juutaro, who was a responsible man.

"Good. Juutaro, choose another student as your Vice."

Not finished with his words, Takashi sensei gave Juutaro the option to choose his vice class leader.

'ahh... Right, we should also have a vice chairman. Juutaro, please don't choose me' Ryousuke, who had been relieved, now again felt the threat of the responsibility that might come to him. With all his heart, he only wished for Juutaro not to choose him. 'Ame, just choose Ame!'

"I choose Toru-kun as my representative"

Unfortunately for him, his prayers didn't seem to be answered. 'damn....'

In a state of resigned acceptance of his fate, it turned out that a ray of light came from his own teacher. Ryousuke, who had already accepted the fact that he would be the vice chairman, looked at Takashi sensei who had interrupted Juutaro's words. "oh! I forgot to say this, but your vice class leader must be a girl. You know, so that everything is balanced"

'YESS!'

'That's good. Phew, I guess luck is still on my side. Hahh, I just don't want to have the responsibility of a class officer. Everything I did in middle school was enough for me' he thought. Pleased with the fact that the chosen vice president had to be a girl. Because, during his middle school years, Ryousuke had been sick of being the class president all the time and having to be responsible for the state of the class, Especially with a class that is all boys.

"ah, I see... Then, I choose Joozu-san as my representative"

And with that, the election of class officers ended with Juutaro as class president and Joozu as his representative.

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Lunch break.

Sitting by three while eating their lunch, the three of them, namely Ryousuke, Juutaro and Ame continued their conversation from this morning.

"nyom nyom, glup. So, have you guys thought of anything?" Juutaro asked.

Hearing Juutaro's words, Ame just chewed his food with a sour face. "Who do you think I am? I've never even had anything like this happen to me. How would I know" he with his flat face said.

"Well, I guess that's to be expected from you, Ame-kun. What about you, Toru-kun, do you have any ideas?" Juutaro was not surprised by Ame's words. He already felt that Ame probably wouldn't give him an answer because of how innocent he was with opposite sex relationships. So, he could only hope for his other friend, Ryousuke. Ryousuke, he had more female friends than male friends.

"You don't know who sent the letter, right? If it's like that, it's easy. Meet her after school, if she suits your taste, then you can accept her. If not, you can reject her. In the end, all the decisions are up to you"

"I see... Yes, you're right. I guess I should see her first before making my choice"

"Yes. I know you're a good man, Juutaro. So whatever you choose, talk to her with the most polite words and if you refuse, try not to be too hard on her" Ryousuke added.

"Okay, thanks guys" Juutaro smiled, happy that he now had a clear thing to think about.

Ryousuke and Ame just smiled at him. What they could do to help him was enough. The rest was up to him, so they just smiled and watched, wishing the best for their friend.

The lunch break ended, with all three of them having full stomachs and ready to continue with the next lesson.

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Note: yes, even though the three of them have only been friends for two weeks, they already seem to be very close. I wanted to make this story with a bright atmosphere, so I made their relationship as good as possible, with their behavior that would play together, joke around, but still be supportive of each other. In a way, this is also the ideal bff that everyone wants to have. Thanks for reading.