GJ Bu - Volume 2 - Chapter 25

Volume 2 - Chapter 25: School Visit Day

In the usual clubroom, the same old faces gathered. Everyone was doing whatever they pleased.

But what was unusual was that this was not during the usual time afterschool. Instead, it was at the height of summer.

"Hey, stop doing your homework over there. It's pissing me off."

Complained the president.

"Let's go hunt, help me get that Tigrex. I can't do it by myself, it's too strong."

"Please don't tempt the person who's working hard while fooling around yourself."

"Why are you doing your homework at the start of August anyway? There's still more than half of summer break to go. I don't get it."

"I'm the one who doesn't understand your way of thinking, Prez. Do you want to be drowning in your own tears on the last day that badly?"

"Look, isn't there that old fable about the grasshopper and the ant? You know, the one where the ant overworked himself to death and the grasshopper got to live a long and comfortable life?"

"Exactly what version would that be?"

The president was busily gaming away on her portable console. She had her hands full with gathering ingredients and leveling up. Meanwhile, Kyouya was diligently doing his homework beside her.

"Homework is all about the thrill of just barely making it in time. You can get people to help that way too."

So the president said, with her feet rolling around on the tabletop.

In the corner of the room, Shion-san cleared her throat loudly with a cough. It seemed like Shion-san was the one who was always in charge of that job.

But still, Kyouya couldn't help but find his gaze drifting toward the president.

The president was casually sitting with her feet right on the table, not minding her manners at all. She had taken off her kneesocks as well, and Kyouya could see her happily wiggling her bare feet and toes back and forth. The president didn't seem like one to care about makeup, and so her nails were unpainted; their healthy skin-coloured form on full display.

This troubled Kyouya greatly.

It was fine since Kyouya was sitting right next to the president, but this would be unacceptable had he been sitting across from her. Kyouya really wished the president wouldn't do such a thing while wearing a skirt. As a guy, this was a deathly serious matter to him.

The president would often say that Megumi-chan wasn't even mildly aware of the male gaze and was unprepared and defenseless, but she was the same way herself. They really are sisters, Kyouya thought.

Or perhaps the president just simply didn't see him as a man.

"By the way, why are we all gathered here in the middle of summer break!?"

Kyouya sluggishly loosened his tie as he tried to change the subject. He wasn't really too hot to be honest. In fact, right up until the setting sun could have a direct line of attack in the evening, the clubroom was comparatively cool. This was the charm of wooden buildings.

"Because it's our school visit day."

"Isn't it because you said to come, Prez? And usually there's only one of those, and we already had one last week."

[TL Note: In Japan it's a tradition to have one school day in the middle of summer vacation to see your friends and report back on summer homework.]

"It's the GJ-Bu's school visit day."

"What's that supposed to be?"

Kyouya replied without much enthusiasm while doing his homework with a mechanical pencil.

Just then, Megumi-chan walked over with a teapot full of black tea.

"Onee-chan kept saying she was so bored at home, that she wanted it to be more lively."

"So basically, we were all called to the clubroom due to personal reasons on Prez's part."

"Whatever. You were just going to do your homework at home anyway, what's the difference between that and doing it here?"

"Although you were telling me not to do my homework earlier."

"Hey. What homework are you doing?"

The president put her game into sleep mode. She took her feet off of the table and scooted closer in her chair.

Kyouya replied, feeling slightly relieved.

"It's a self study project. I'm writing an animal observation diary."

"If it's animals, then we've got lots of them. Look, Homo kirara.

Kirara-san tilted her head in confusion in reaction to being singled out.

"Sorry, this is self study, not some elementary school homework, how could I possibly write something like that? Please don't mess around and name your friends as new species of animals, and don't point at people, either. None of this is ok."

"Shut up. And I decided to help you for once, too."

"Prez, I think you're the one who needs help."

"Shut up!"

The president's bare foot cleanly impacted Kyouya's face with a thud.

After kicking Kyouya in the face, the president pointed her finger at Kyouya, and started speaking indignantly.

"In any case!"

She put her hands on her hips and stuck out her tiny chest.

"Pay attention to me! If you don't, then I'm going to bite you!"

"Ah, yeah yeah. Tigrex right, Tigrex."

Kyouya dug out his console from his backpack, and started it up with the flick of a switch.

"I need two of them, ok?"

"Ok already, I'll help you. Two of them or even twenty of them."

Even in the middle of summer, the scene in the GJ-Bu didn't change much at all.

Character Profile

Shinomiya Kyouya ② - Dark Past

In his second year of middle school, Kyouya named his bike the "Red Rose Chariot". Red Rose being the protagonist of a manga Kyouya was obsessed with at the time. He was an invincible and immortal demon king, and Kyouya was his reincarnated self... is the setting Kyouya had thought up.

[TL Note: The name of Kyouya's bike was written with characters that approximately mean "Raging Metal Head", but pronounced "Red Rose". It's an impossible pun to translate, as you can see.]

A certain day - We roasted that Tigrex until it was nice and brown.