𝟹𝚛𝚍 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝙿𝙾𝚅

"Hey hey, Shinomiya! Prez has some super serious stuff to talk about!" Hayasaka exclaimed.

"President, what is this about?" Shinomiya asked.

"Oh, um, it's important. I want to discuss our plans moving forward, specifically, the plan of action for the election." Shirogane replied, but the last part was muffled by the gasps of the students, deliberately giving everyone the exact wrong idea.

Kaguya and Shirogane agree to meet in the school courtyard, and chaos breaks loose.

Suddenly, the school's LINE chatrooms, text message circles, and its underground broadcast news network light up about the impending confession that will unite the school's two most prestigious students in romance.

"L/n." Ishigami knocked on the door frame of Y/N's class. Y/n closed her book and turned to Ishigami who was now approaching her.

Some guys, who liked Y/n, were annoyed by Ishigami while some girls, who saw the scene, were immediately disgusted by his mere presence.

"Check this out." he unlocked his phone and showed Y/n his phone screen.

Ishigami scooted closer to make sure that Y/n saw the whole screen. He tried to stay focused on the video, but he couldn't help but blush at the tiny distance between the two of them.

He could smell Y/N's shampoo which drives him insane as he tries not to sniff it once more.

"How do things look over there?"

"Well, it seems that to avoid disturbing the scene, the students are just observing while hidden away."

"What's going on? Why is the School Tube live right now?" Y/n asked, turning to Ishigami for an answer.

"Today after school, behind the school building, Myu will confess to Shinomiya-senpai." Ishigami answered.

Y/n, being the number one fan of the ship and the person behind the interactions between the lovebirds, was fired up for such event.

"I'm gonna go congratulate Kaguya-san!" Y/n stood up and dashed for Shinomiya's classroom.

Now, for the moment of truth!

A confession, mind you, that Shirogane has no plans of making. Even Kaguya is convinced that the game is over and Shirogane is taking the direct approach.

The boy's anxiety, consequently, is off the charts. He had noticed the strange atmosphere and is contemplating on how he should ask her to give the campaign speech.

Things fizzle out of course, Shirogane, though he does contemplate it, can't actually work up the nerve to confess.

Y/n is hiding behind one of the tall, green bushes with Ishigami right behind her. She is holding her camera up to capture such moment.

"Myu looks kinda stiff, I'm not sure if this is a confession." Ishigami wondered.

"I'd cry if it wasn't." Y/n sighed, she silently prayed that it would be the confession that she has been waiting for.

"If you cry...I'm going to cry as well." Ishigami sniffled.

"I'm not crying though..." Y/n sweatdropped.

Countless stares only serve to fan the flames! The air behind the school building is absolutely brimming with expectations of a very manly confession from Shirogane.

If Shirogane simply asks her to give his campaign speech in this situation...he'd be hated by everyone.

"I-It...It seems we have quite the audience!" Shirogane laughed, trying to get rid of the awkwardness between the two of them.

"It certainly does. But...I don't mind." Shinomiya blushed. Shirogane realized that Shinomiya, too, does not understand what his true motives are.

"Prez! You chose Kaguya over me, didn't you? Just ask her already!" Fujiwara exclaimed.

"A love triangle?!" Ishigami gawked.

"The three of them had a love triangle all along..." Y/n muttered in disbelief.

"Take a picture, quick." Ishigami nudged Y/n.

"Gotcha." Y/n snapped a photo of the three.

'Wait...I'm not the Historian anymore. Why am I still taking pictures? I guess...I kinda got used to it.' Y/n giggled silently to herself.

"L/n, Myu is whispering something! And I didn't hear it!" Ishigami whisper-yelled.

Y/n snapped back and saw Shinomiya whispering something back to Shirogane.

"Ishigami-kun, Kaguya-san is whispering something! And I didn't hear it!" Y/n whisper-yelled in response.

"They're running away!" the two of them yelled. Ishigami and Y/n chased after Shirogane and Shinomiya.

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𝚈/𝚗'𝚜 𝙿𝙾𝚅

"Admirable as your ideals may be, they remain nothing but ideals!"

"I'm looking forward to voting day. You'll learn the hard way just how harsh reality can be!"

Those two are hopeless...they're picking a fight with a first-year like me.

"Hey guys! Iino-chan's ideals are absolutely right and we should just wait until voting day to decide who wins the election!" I shouted, running over to the five of them.

"Oh, L/n. What are you doing over here?" Shirogane-san asked.

"I was just taking a few pictures of the school and I find you two picking a fight with Iino-chan. The two of you are so immature." I sighed.

"I'm sorry about that. It seems Miyuki feels a little threatened by you." Chika-san apologized for Shirogane-san.

"I'm also sorry about Ishigami-kun. He can be childish at times. Please don't let what he said get to you" I apologized for Ishigami-kun.

"Fujiwara-senpai...L/n-san..." Iino-chan mumbled.

"Oh, do you recognize us as well?" Chika-san asked.

"Of course I do! I actually wanted to ask the two of you, if you don't mind...Fujiwara-senpai, if I become president, would you please become my vice-president? Y/n-san, would you be my secretary or any position you like?!" Iino-chan requested.

"Eh?!" I gasped.

"What?!" Chika-san seemed taken aback as well.

"Why Fujiwara of all people?! You would never say that if you actually knew her!" Shirogane-san shouted.

"L/n belongs to us!" Ishigami-kun yelled. I actually don't belong to anyone, but okay...

"What do you two even know about L/n-san and Fujiwara-senpai?! There's no other person more admirable than the both of them!" Iino-chan took a step forward.

"Fujiwara-senpai won all-Japan gold in the famous PTA Piano Competition! Not to mention, she's a polyglot who speaks five foreign languages! Plus, she's a talented girl whose grades are perfectly average by Shuchiin standards!" Iino-chan pointed at Chika-san.

Chika-san was all flustered and embarrassed until she mentioned the part where she was just average when it comes to her studies.

"L/n-san won 'Best Photographer' all over the world! Her father owns five companies that are known all around the world and her mother is a famous blogger who travels the world and takes amazing photos! L/n-san's photography skills are so amazing that it's found in museums! Can't you understand that?!" Iino-chan gestured towards me.

There's that moment between action and consequence, eternal and fleeting.

It's when whatever you did has occurred but the reaction is yet to come.

The seed of embarrassment gets wedged inside you ready to blossom red upon your cheeks.

"I...I'm going home." I mumbled.

"School hasn't ended though." Shirogane-san reminded.

Damn it...

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𝟹𝚛𝚍 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝙿𝙾𝚅

"What might you two be talking about? Do my ears deceive me or did I hear something interesting, like the words 'true love'?" Fujiwara asked.

"Yes, I was getting some advice from Kaguya. We've been discussing what t-true love is." Kashiwagi decided to sacrifice herself for the sake of Shinomiya.

"My, Kashiwagi! Aren't you a little too old for that?" Fujiwara teased, making her cheeks heat up from embarrassment.

"Please wait a moment. It's me who-" Kashiwagi cut Shinomiya off.

"I wonder what true love's all about though." she stammered, trying to get the flow of the conversation back.

"Well, that's easy! You can see true love in the Beauty and the Beast, looking past someone's appearance. If your love interest looking different is enough to change how you feel, you're the worst! That's just a shollow crush!" Fujiwara answered.

"Y/n-chan, please don't run away from us." Fujiwara pulled Y/n out of her hiding spot, which was behind a tree.

Y/n had heard what the conversation was all about and decided that it would be best not to eavesdrop on it, so she was planning to leave before getting spotted by Fujiwara.

"How about you, L/n-chan? What do you think t-true love is?" Kashiwagi asked.

'I have never dated anyone in my life and you're asking me what true love means?! I have to give an answer though, so I'll just give her my honest opinion.' Y/n thought inside of her head.

"Love is true when it gives you the freedom to be the perfect reflection of your real self, doing exactly all you've ever wanted to be. True love never dries out, but can come to full bloom over and over again." Y/n answered.

Y/n saw a pretty rare bird so she decided to go take a photo of it before it flies away. Just as Y/n left, Ishigami came.

"What's wrong?" Ishigami asked, approaching the two girls sitting on the bench.

"Ishigami...have you ever felt tormented because you weren't able to feel true love?" Shinomiya asked.

"True love? Come on, be realistic here. In today's society, no love is free from people thinking only about their own self-interests. It's plain ridiculous." Ishigami muttered.

"This feeling each and every one of us holds deep within our hearts...why can we not see that true love was here the whole time?" Ishigami placed a hand over his heart.

"Now, I must follow after my goddess. Ishigami, out." Ishigami left the two of them after spotting Y/n taking a picture of a bird on a sitting on a tree branch.

"What's up?" Ishigami asked, approaching his so-called 'Goddess'.

"The sky. Look at this photo I took." Y/n brought the camera in between them, so that Ishigami could take a look.

"It's really nice. Your skills are still unbelievable though." Ishigami complimented.

"Oh, you think so?" Y/n laughed.

Y/n only laughs and smiles freely when she's around Ishigami. She isn't worried that he might judge.

Y/n can be a true reflection of herself without needing to worry if Ishigami will leave her because of it.

That's true love.

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