My anime/manga fandom can't be that lazy.

"Huh???"

……

"Ahem, while it's nice to hear your praise, the point of making this is to eat it, right? Otherwise, what's the point?" Yamada Fairy sat blushing in the chair next to Dongfang Bai, quite pleased with the compliments.

"If you really can't bring yourself to do it, then I'll do it."

As she spoke, Yamada Fairy casually took out a small hammer and struck it. The once exquisite fairy sculpture was smashed to pieces. Not only Dongfang Bai, but even the girls next to her felt their hearts bleed.

"But I definitely can't finish this much egg white by himself, so why don't we all help him eat it?"

"Yay!" Hirasawa Yui was the first to stand up happily when she heard that she could get some chocolate. She also dragged Ritsu and Akiyama Mio along to eat with her. The young lady, who was already very interested in sweets, was no exception.

"Alright, Azusa, wake up!" Yui Hirasawa saw Azusa still sulking alone in the corner, went over and hugged her, forcibly pulling her out of her own world.

"Seriously, Senior..." Nakano Azusa sighed and sat down opposite Dongfang Bai. Her eyes met Yamada Elf's gaze. Elf was all too familiar with that look in her eyes and understood her thoughts almost instantly.

"Hmph." Yamada Elf's lips curled up, her little face seeming to say 'I see,' but she didn't say anything.

"Ugh." Nakano Azusa lowered her head slightly. What did Yamada Elf's look mean? Did she already know how she felt? Then why didn't she say anything? Wouldn't she be jealous?

Just as Nakano Azusa was panicking, Akiyama Mio next to her was feeling the same way. Although she hadn't really tried to deepen her relationship with Dongfang Bai, Yamada Fairy had seen through her thoughts long ago.

After the members of the Light Music Club and Yamada Elf worked together to eat the chocolate, Dongfang Bai decided to take Yamada Elf home. As soon as they arrived at the door, the girl suddenly stopped.

"Oh, I almost forgot, these are for you." Yamada Elf took out three more packets of chocolates from her skirt pocket. They were all different kinds, but she was clearly a bit clumsy at making them.

"These were made by Xiaoqiong and the others. I brought them over on their behalf. Make sure you finish them all!"

"Did the three of them make it?" Dongfang Bai showed a hint of surprise, but also felt a little amused. Although he was happy that Sagiri and Sora were willing to cook, he also knew all too well how terrible the food they made could be.

The only hamster-shaped chocolate bag that was actually made was probably made by Umaru. It's not that she can't cook, she's just lazy and wanted to eat the food made by Hikaru.

"Then I'll leave you here. I can go back by myself afterward."

"Alright then." Dongfang Bai carefully put away the chocolate, and just as he was about to leave, Yamada Fairy tugged at his sleeve.

"Idiot, wait a minute, squat down a little!"

"Hmm?" As soon as Dongfang Bai bent down, Yamada Fairy skillfully hugged his neck and pressed her cheek against his. She slowly pulled away after a long while. Even though she was already used to it, the girl's cheeks were still burning hot.

"Then I'm leaving!" With that, she fled as if escaping, leaving Dongfang Bai to only smile at her adorable reaction from behind.

Chapter 50 Graduation Festival [Please subscribe automatically]

A few days later, a month before the school festival began, preparations began for all the things needed for the day, most notably the performances that the class had to participate in or the opening of shops.

Dongfang Bai's class unhesitatingly chose to perform in the play "Sleeping Beauty." Fumino Furuhashi, who already had the title of "Sleeping Beauty of the Literary Forest" in the class, was naturally voted on by everyone.

Playing a princess!

"In conclusion, it has been decided that Fumino Furuhashi will play the role of the princess in your class's performance of 'Sleeping Beauty'." As soon as Manabe finished speaking, thunderous applause erupted from the audience.

"Wait a minute!! I! I object!" Fumino Furuhashi quickly raised her right hand, trying to object to the proposal, but the overwhelming number of votes in the class left her with no chance to object at all.

"Alright, since no one objects, then it's decided." The student council president on the stage, Manabe Kazuya, chuckled lightly, as if she hadn't heard Furuhashi Fumino's vehement objections below at all, and arbitrarily decided on her performance.

"No! Why should I act in this? I'm just not cut out for it..." Fumino Furuhashi cried, her face contorted in despair. Asking her to play a princess was simply impossible; performing in front of so many people was something she couldn't possibly do.

There will be a lot of people coming that day, both from inside and outside the school. If the auditorium, which can hold thousands of people, all come to see her perform, she will definitely faint from embarrassment.

"Congratulations, Fumino! You have to do your best in this performance."

Dongfang Bai forced a smile as he spoke, but Furuhashi Fumino retorted with a mournful face, "Bai-kun! You can't even act, how could you understand how desperate I feel right now!"

"It's okay, I'll take pictures of you from the audience and cheer you on." Dongfang Bai gave a thumbs up, and the smile on his face made Fumino Kouhashi want to tear his face off for the first time.

"But! But if she's going to play Sleeping Beauty, that means there will be kissing scenes, right?!" Fumino Furuhashi felt weak at the thought of such a scene, but Manabe Kazuya on stage had already anticipated this.

"Don't worry, there will be a kissing scene, but we won't actually kiss." Manabe's smile made it impossible to know what she was thinking.

"Now let's decide who will be the prince. Everyone, get ready to vote." Manabe Kazuha held a small notebook, had everyone write on a piece of paper and hand it in, and after a moment, she glanced at the collected ballots and slowly began to speak.

"We've received all the votes, so..."

"Student XX, 5 votes; Student XXX, 7 votes; and then Dongfang, 41 votes." After reading out all the votes, Manabe turned his gaze to Dongfang Bai, who was sitting in the corner.

"Well then, congratulations to Dongfang for winning the male lead role with an overwhelming number of votes."

Dongfang Bai: ? ? ?

The bizarre vote count made him stand up in disbelief, raise his right hand and shout, "I object! I don't think I'm suitable for this role! And this number of votes is ridiculous!"

Rather than playing the male lead, he'd much rather play a role like Villager B, wouldn't he?

"But it's true, isn't it? Objections are invalid. I think Dongfang Bai is very suitable for this role." Manabe said, suppressing a laugh. She hadn't expected so many people to vote for Dongfang Bai as the prince. It must have been premeditated.

"..."

Dongfang Bai's lips twitched, and he sat in the chair with a blank expression. He knew that this matter was a foregone conclusion, and there was no point in refuting it. Seeing his amusing appearance, Fumino Furuhashi next to him felt a little relieved for some reason.

(aeej)

So it turns out the actor playing opposite her is Bai Jun, then there's no problem... Wait!! Why is there no problem if it's Bai Jun!? Realizing what's wrong, Fumino Furuhashi's cheeks instantly turned bright red. She covered her eyes with her hands, not daring to even look at Dongfang Bai.

Not far away, Kashima, the president of the Furuhashi Fumino fan club, revealed a sly smile. Several months ago, their Furuhashi Fumino fan club had already unilaterally decided on the development of this performance for the sake of Princess Furuhashi Fumino's happiness.

Eighty percent of the students in the class were members of the Furuhashi Fumino fan club. They first used a vote to decide who would play the role of the Sleeping Beauty, and then voted to cast Dongfang Bai and Princess Furuhashi as the male and female leads.

As the male and female leads, it's inevitable that they'll need to practice together, which not only increases their opportunities to spend time alone, but the final kiss scene in "Sleeping Beauty" will also allow their relationship to progress further!

This plan, officially named 'Princess and Prince of the Ancient Bridge Public Kissing Plan!', has been in preparation for months and is now fully ready—it's absolutely perfect!

Although there are legends about couples during the graduation season school festival, such things are too far-fetched, and the Fumino Furuhashi fan club has no intention of relying on such things at all.

This is graduation season, the last school festival for the seniors!! They have made ample preparations for today. No matter what, this plan must succeed; failure is not an option.

"Isn't this great?" Even Kato Megumi, who usually has a very calm expression, had a smile on her face today because Dongfang Bai's expression was really funny, and even she couldn't help but smile.

"Hui, my head is starting to hurt." Dongfang Bai rubbed his temples, feeling a sense of impending conspiracy.

"Is Bai-kun so unwilling to act with me...?" Fumino Furuhashi looked at Dongfang Bai's troubled expression and for some reason blurted out this rather ambiguous question.

She regretted those words the moment they left her mouth. Fumino Furuhashi immediately looked away, as if she wanted to pretend nothing had happened.

"Ah, it's not like that. But you yourself said, Furuhashi, that there are kissing scenes in the drama. Don't you mind?"

"Haha~ How could that be? The so-called kissing scene is probably just something the student council president mentioned, just a formality. Don't worry about it!"

I hope so...

Chapter 51: Practice for a Play [Please Subscribe Automatically]

"Well then, the male and female leads, please get ready and start practicing your lines. You'd better do your best!" Manabe pushed up his red glasses, revealing a barely perceptible smile, before leaving Class A and heading to the next class.

"..."

Dongfang Bai and Fumino Guqiao exchanged a glance and sighed almost simultaneously. It seemed there was no escaping it, and they had no choice but to bite the bullet and go up to perform. Behind them, Megumi Kato rested her chin on her hand and whispered, "I'll be really looking forward to it."

"Megumi, you're omnipotent, right? Could you take my place on the day of the performance..." Fumino Furuhashi asked softly, because kissing scenes are definitely best done by boyfriends and girlfriends~.

Besides, she doesn't like Dongfang Bai, probably? In short, the kissing scenes were really too forced.

"No way, wasn't it decided that it would be Haku-kun and Fumino-chan?" Kato Megumi said with a smile. Judging from her appearance, she had no intention of helping at all. In fact, the person who was most looking forward to it was Kato Megumi.

Just because Fumino Furuhashi herself didn't know doesn't mean that Megumi Kato, who was beside her, couldn't see through her thoughts. As a saint, Megumi had already noticed that Fumino had feelings for Higashikata when she first entered high school.

However, this "Sleeping Beauty of the Literary Forest" always believed that she didn't actually like Dongfang Bai and only wanted to bring her friend together.

"There's no other way, Fumino. Just practice during break time." Dongfang Bai shrugged. Since there was no escaping it, practicing was the only option left. He hoped it wouldn't be too embarrassing on stage.

"Eh?! So fast? There's still a whole month until the school festival..." Fumino Furuhashi swallowed hard, waving her hands in a panic.

“But if we don’t practice soon, it will only get harder and harder to practice later on, right? Is Fumino-chan planning to forget her lines when she goes on stage?” Kato Megumi said with a smile, making Fumino Furuhashi accept this fact completely.

"Okay, alright, I'll do my best!" Fumino Furuhashi clenched her fists, looking like she was ready to go all out. So what if she was playing a 'Sleeping Beauty'?! At worst, she'd give it her all this time!

It's just a one-off performance!

In fact, even if she couldn't remember her lines on the day of the performance, dozens of members of the Fumino Furuhashi fan club would secretly pass messages to her to prevent any problems from happening during the performance.

……

During lunch break, Dongfang Bai, unusually, did not go to the Light Music Club for tea. Instead, he and Furuhashi Fumino prepared to practice their lines on the rooftop. There were only two audience members: one was Kazuto Megumi, and the other was Kuroneko, who came after hearing about it.

"Senpai is going to star in 'Sleeping Beauty' as the prince...? Pfft." Ruri Gokou, sitting next to Megumi Kato, couldn't help but giggle when she heard the news. Just imagining the scene was incredibly amusing.

It's going to be super fun!

"You're laughing, aren't you, Black Cat?" Dongfang Bai's lips twitched. That's why he didn't want to act in any plays. You know, during the school festival, the Light Music Club's band will perform, and people like Sora, Umaru, and Fairy will all come to watch.

If what they see first is him awkwardly performing in the play "Sleeping Beauty" on stage, then that scene must be so embarrassing that it gives them goosebumps all over.

"Senior, don't mind me, pfft." Gokou Ruri waved her hand, straightened her posture, and looked at them seriously. But as soon as Dongfang Bai picked up the script, she couldn't help but laugh out loud again.

The laughter seemed contagious; even Kato Megumi, who had been calmly smiling the whole time, couldn't hold it in and covered her mouth with her hand to chuckle.

"..." Dongfang Bai took a deep breath and secretly made up his mind that he would definitely find an opportunity to teach the black cat a good lesson.

"Seriously, stop laughing...!"

Fumino Furuhashi also covered her head, her face flushed. Just standing there with the script in her hand had already taken a lot of courage, and now that the two girls next to her were laughing like that, how could she possibly concentrate?

"Sorry." This time, Ruri Gokou finally managed to adjust her posture and put on her usual indifferent 'fallen saint black cat' expression, which was quite perfect, provided that she didn't grab her thigh with one hand.

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"Ahem, anyway, let's start with that last kiss that awakened the princess."

"Huh?! Why do we have to start there?" Fumino blinked her golden eyes, her cheeks burning hot as if she could fry an egg on them.

"Because the prince only has lines when he appears in that part." Dongfang Bai gave a wry smile. He had nothing to do with the first half of the story. He only needed to defeat the witch at the very end, say a few lines, kiss the princess, and that was it.

"Wait, wait! Let me get ready first...!!"

Fumino slapped her cheeks, making a loud slapping sound from the force, and her cheeks turned bright red. It was unclear whether she was embarrassed or simply red from being slapped...

... .......

"Okay, okay... Alright, come on!" Fumino Furuhashi took a deep breath, then closed her eyes, gripping the hem of her clothes tightly with both hands. Her long, black eyelashes trembled. Seeing her so reckless, one would almost think they were really going to kiss.