A newbie's anime life diary

"I'd be happy to do something else if you want."

"Tch." With a light kick to Xuehui's shin, Hiratsuka Shizuka walked out of the office, saying, "I'll come at 7 o'clock. I want to see the food ready when I get there."

"You're really not being polite, I understand~ 7 o'clock."

While thinking about tonight's menu, Yukiteru and Shizuka walked in two different directions, heading towards their respective classrooms.

Arriving at the classroom door, hearing voices and sounds of things being moved coming from inside, he simply opened the door.

The students in the classroom turned around when they heard the door open, and then they saw Xuehui, who had been on leave for several days, appear at the classroom door.

Although Yukiteru wasn't exactly aloof in class, he didn't have many close friends; strictly speaking, he only interacted with a handful of people. He didn't mind the lack of enthusiastic greetings and said to Yuihama, who was waving at him, "Yuihama, come here for a second?"

Upon hearing this, Yuihama said something to Miura Yumiko beside her, and then walked out of the classroom amidst the latter's displeased expression.

"Yukiteru-kun, you've finally come to class! But why are you only here after school? The club members haven't been there for days!" As soon as she stepped out of the classroom, Yuihama began criticizing Yukiteru.

Yukiteru had no excuse for this, since he had indeed taken leave and was absent. However, this wasn't the time to talk about that. He waved his hand and looked at the girl: "We'll talk about the leave later. Yuihama, where is the executive committee's meeting room?"

"Huh? Executive committee member?" Yuihama seemed a little confused. "Why are you asking that? The executive committee members have already been chosen. Yukiteru-kun, aren't you staying to help us prepare the program?"

"Well, you guys can handle the program stuff. Just tell me which classroom it is first."

“Okay, it’s room 201 across the street. Are you going to see Xiaoqi and Xiaoxue? Xiaoqi just arrived not long ago; they’ve been busy with executive committee matters these past few days and must be quite tired. Why don’t I go with them?” Yui Hama said, also wanting to see if she could help.

Xuehui shook his head at this: "You stay here and do your own thing. I'm just going over to take a look."

After asking some more questions about the cultural festival committee and understanding the specifics, Yukiteru told Yuihama to go back to the classroom, while he headed towards the stairs.

Arriving at the second floor of the opposite experimental building, Xuehui quickly walked to the classroom marked with the sign "Executive Committee Meeting Room".

Standing at the door, Xuehui listened to the voices coming from inside for a while, and felt a chill run down his spine. To make matters worse, that woman was there too. This was really troublesome.

However, it's not too late.

After calming himself down, Xuehui knocked on the door and then opened it.

For a moment, everyone inside looked at Xuehui. Most of them looked puzzled, but only three people looked at Xuehui with surprise on their faces.

Hachiman Hikigaya, Yukino Yukinoshita, and Haruno Yukinoshita.

"Wow, it's quite lively here."

Yuki raised his hand and casually leaned against the doorway, his gaze thoughtfully fixed on Yukinoshita. Her words earlier had rather displeased him.

"You finally decided to come to school, huh?" This time, Hachiman Hikigaya was the first to speak, and he also breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, even if he wanted to help Yukino Yukinoshita, he was a little hesitant with Yukinoshita's older sister here.

Now, the strong reinforcements have finally arrived.

"I rushed here from Yamagata Prefecture without stopping. I was planning to go back and have a nice meal, but I didn't expect there to be such fun things happening here, so I came to check it out." As he spoke, Yukiteru nodded to Yukino Yukinoshita, who was not far away from him, and the girl responded in kind.

At this moment, Sagami Minami, the short-haired girl in Yukiteru's class who had been interrupted, looked at Yukiteru and said, "Um, Hiratsuka-kun, this is the working time for the cultural festival executive committee. You're not an executive committee member, so if you're not in a hurry, could you wait outside for a bit?"

Narrowing his eyes, Yukiteru glanced at the silent Yukino Yukinoshita and the Yukinoshita Haruno, whose face regained its smile after a brief moment of surprise, and a smile gradually appeared on his face as well.

"Oh, of course, that's no problem. However," he said, pointing to Yukinoshita Haruno, "may I ask if this person who has already graduated and is not from outside the school is also allowed to stay here? I think it would be better if they stayed outside. Even if they are relatives of executive committee members or graduated seniors, they shouldn't disturb Chairman's hard work, right?"

He's here today to stir up trouble.

Chapter 59 A Little Bit of Tricks

For a moment, the atmosphere in the classroom froze, and everyone's eyes kept shifting between Yukinoshita and Yukiteru, whom many people did not recognize.

Sagami Minami was also a little embarrassed. Originally, Yukinoshita Haruno's arrival had given her some legitimate reasons to shirk work, but Yukiteru's words about "working hard" made her blush.

There was no way around it; the words had already been spoken, so he could only grit his teeth and say, "Well, Senior Haruno was brought by President Shiromaru to provide suggestions for the cultural festival, so of course you can stay."

"Yes, I was thinking that since Haruno-nee used to host the cultural festival, she would have some great suggestions for everyone's work." As the student council president, Shiromai Jun had finally realized that things had taken a turn for the worse, but that was indeed her initial thought.

Xuehui looked at this somewhat timid senior and couldn't help but shake his head inwardly.

Perhaps it was because graduation was approaching and the student council was changing, that she became a little lax. In addition, she trusted Yukinoshita Haruno too much and brought this troublemaker along without thinking things through.

However, it can still be salvaged, but it will be a bit unfair to this senior student.

“Hey, senior,” Yukiteru said to Shiromaru, “I don’t deny that your intentions are good, but as the student council president and a senior who has participated in the cultural festival, I think it would be better for you to do these things, instead of suddenly bringing in an alumnus who has already graduated. There isn’t much time to prepare for the cultural festival, and disrupting the original rhythm like this is not a good thing.”

"Um...ah, that..." As the student council president, Shiromaru was a bit soft-hearted, but she could still understand some of the meaning behind Yukiteru's words. Coupled with the conversation between the Yukinoshita sisters earlier, how could she not understand the relationship between them? Realizing that she had unintentionally made a bad move, the president was also a little disappointed.

At this moment, Yukino Yukinoshita, who had been silent all along, finally spoke up: "Alright, Hiratsuka-kun, we need to start the cultural festival work. You just got back, so go back and rest first."

Then, she looked at Yukinoshita and said, "Sister, please leave as well. The cultural festival is none of your business, and please don't say anything more."

"Hmm~~~" Although Yukiteru's sudden appearance caused Yukino Yukinoshita's original plan to go slightly wrong, it was not a big deal. She glanced at her sister and nodded, "Alright then, I'll be going now. Yukiteru-kun, let's go together, so as not to disturb Yukino's work."

As she spoke, she glanced slightly at Sagami Minami, who seemed a little nervous beside her.

However, Yukiteru did not grant her wish. Instead, he walked with slightly louder steps to the table where the chairman and vice-chairman sat down, near Yukino Yukinoshita. He picked up a document from the table and opened it. "Although it would be nice to walk with you, Ms. Haruno, I have things to do and cannot accompany you."

"matter?"

“Yes.” In response to Haruno’s question, Yukiteru nodded and looked at Sagami Minami. “I went to the class before and asked Yuihama about the situation. I heard that Sagami-san came to the Service Club to make a request, is that right? Can you tell me what the request was about?”

"Well... I've asked Yukinoshita to be my assistant and help me with the cultural festival." To this, Sagami Minami had no choice but to answer truthfully, while secretly groaning that this classmate in front of her didn't seem as easy to get along with as usual in class.

“I see, that makes sense. After all, being the executive committee chairperson is a very important job, so it’s right to take it seriously.” Yukiteru nodded in agreement, then, to Sagami Minami’s astonishment, said, “Although you only delegate to Yukinoshita, the Service Club has never had a rule that the head of the club would handle a task alone. So I’ve decided that Yukinoshita and I will assist you in doing a good job as chairperson, what do you say?”

"Well, this isn't quite in accordance with the rules, since we've already elected two executive committee members in our class." Sagami Minami looked at Yukiteru somewhat awkwardly, glancing at Yukinoshita Haruno, hoping that the senior who had spoken up for her earlier could help her out.

Unfortunately, now that Yukinoshita Haruno has appeared, she has completely focused her attention on Yukiteru and has lost much interest in Sagami Minami.

Yukinoshita, standing next to Yukiteru, was also unable to refute this. Indeed, she had said before that it was absolutely necessary to entrust tasks to everyone to complete together, even if one person was the main force, the others should still assist.

"There's nothing wrong with that. I stood outside for a while earlier and heard that your progress seemed a bit strained." As she spoke, Yukiteru looked at the documents in her hand. "A summary of the performance clubs, Sagami-kun. Do you know all of this data? And the progress of each project? As the chairman, this is all information that you must have."

"Um... I was helping out in class before, so Yukinoshita-san was in charge of most of the work." Sagami Minami smiled awkwardly as she answered Yukiteru's question.

"Huh? Is that so? I thought you were so relaxed because you knew everything, Sagami-kun."

The implication in Yukiteru's words was too obvious. Yukinoshita, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but say, "Hiratsuka-kun, leave the rest of the work to me. This is a request I accepted, and it's not too difficult. I will take care of the rest."

"Complete? How will you complete it?" Yukiteru frowned as he looked at Yukinoshita beside him. "Are you going to do everything by yourself? Do you think you're made of iron?"

Hearing Xuehui's somewhat harsh tone, Yukinoshita opened her mouth, somewhat unable to react. It seemed that this was the first time since they had known each other that he had spoken to her in such a tone. For a moment, she felt a little wronged, but more than that, she was overjoyed.

Yukiteru looked at Shiromaru and said, "Senior, I'd like to apply to join the Executive Committee to assist Yukinoshita with the preparations for the cultural festival. With one more person to help, I don't think you'll refuse, right?"

Upon hearing Yukiteru's request, Shiromaru hesitated for a moment, then instinctively looked at Yukinoshita beside him.

Receiving a glance from her junior, Yukinoshita Haruno smiled and said, "Haruno, you're the president now."

Shiromai was immediately startled. After thinking for a few seconds, he finally nodded in agreement: "Okay, welcome to join us, Hiratsuka-kun."

"Thank you very much, senior. I also have another application." Yuki glanced at Sagami Minami, and seeing the slight trepidation on her face, she said to Shiromai Jun, "I hope that we can re-elect an executive committee chairperson."

The air in the classroom suddenly became quiet.

Everyone stared at Yuki in surprise, while Sagami Minami's face was extremely grim.

After hearing Yukiteru's words, Yukinoshita Haruno frowned slightly, but quickly relaxed.

Hachiman Hikigaya, who had been silently observing from the sidelines, was at a loss for words. He was indeed a formidable man, and of course, he wholeheartedly agreed with the suggestion.

Ignoring everyone's reactions, she subtly moved her hand behind her back, her eyes sweeping over everyone present except for the Yukinoshita sisters, and used a mental suggestion without attracting anyone's attention.

Although it's not exactly aboveboard, it's best to keep the atmosphere on set from getting too tense so that Yukinoshita's work can proceed smoothly.

Chapter 60: Still a Good Child After Turning Over a New Leaf

Everything happened in just a few seconds, and no one noticed what was in Xuehui's gaze.

After finishing all this, Xuehui walked up to the executive committee members and said, "The position of executive committee chairperson requires strong overall planning and analytical skills to reasonably arrange the progress of all projects. Unfortunately, Sagami Minami is still somewhat lacking in these aspects. As an ordinary student, I hope that this cultural festival can proceed smoothly. I also believe that everyone here is a capable student at Soubu High School, and you can definitely do a good job with this cultural festival. However, in order to ensure that there are no accidents on the day of the cultural festival, and that everyone can take a break from their busy schedules to enjoy the festival, I think these things are still very necessary."

After a moment of silence, all the executive committee members began to whisper among themselves and nod occasionally.

Although they were talking in hushed tones with the people around them, their voices would unconsciously rise when there were more people around.

Yukino looked at Yukiteru with some astonishment. She had clearly pushed Sagami Minami to step forward and put pressure on her sister, but she did not expect that Yukiteru would suddenly appear and turn the situation around with just a few words.

Although she thought Xuehui's words made sense, it was too unusual for the vast majority of people to agree with him so quickly.

However, something even more unusual happened.

Sagami Minami silently walked to the center of the classroom, looked at everyone, and said, "Um, I'm sorry everyone. My actions have caused inconvenience to everyone's work, especially Yukinoshita-san. She has been working so hard to help me, but I'm often not here. So I think I should resign from my positions as executive committee member and chairman and go to my own class to help with the work."

His face showed remorse, and his tone was sincere; it didn't seem fake at all.

Yukino Yukinoshita was truly dumbfounded. Logically speaking, shouldn't this girl be angrily accusing Yukiteru of meddling in other people's business?

Yukiteru was quite satisfied with the result. Fortunately, Sagami Minami's mind wasn't too firm, otherwise she wouldn't have been fooled by Yukinoshita Haruno's few words. But this also made it easier for him to take action.

Ultimately, Sagami Minami was just particularly vain and liked to show off. However, she didn't expect that she was completely incompetent as an executive committee member. After inviting Yukino Yukinoshita, the gap between the two became obvious, and then things went wrong step by step.

So Xuehui used words and mental suggestion to make her feel guilty, so that she would take the initiative to resign and get out of there as soon as possible, so as not to be used as a tool by others.

Of course, Yukiteru wouldn't embarrass her too much, and slowly said, "Well, I believe that Sagami-san wants to contribute to the cultural festival, but unfortunately she lacks experience. That's okay, there are other events later, and I think you can do well then."

The executive committee members present all nodded in agreement. After all, it was already very brave of Minami Sagami to come forward and take responsibility for her mistakes, and they wouldn't criticize her too much.

He's a good kid again once he's turned over a new leaf.

This also relieved Minami Sagami, who had suddenly made a decision. She came to Yukino Yukinoshita and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Yukinoshita-san, I've caused you trouble."

She pursed her lips and shook her head: "It's okay."

After that, Yukiteru didn't need to get involved, and the atmosphere at the scene didn't become tense because of Sagami Minami's situation. Everyone acknowledged Yukino Yukinoshita's abilities and actively hoped that she could take on the role of executive committee chairperson.

Standing outside the door, Yukiteru listened to Shiromaru presiding over the meeting inside and announced that Yukino Yukinoshita would serve as the executive committee chairperson, and finally smiled.

Yukinoshita, standing to the side, looked at him and said calmly, "Yukiteru-kun, it's not good for you to spoil her like this. Can't you let Yukino do it herself?"

Seeing that Yukinoshita Haruno seemed very dissatisfied with what he had done and hadn't even had time to act, Yukiteru walked up to her, looking at Haruno up close, and whispered, "I'm willing. Besides, if you want to guide your younger sister to change and grow, there are many other ways, so why do this?"

"Isn't this interesting? And I think Yukino is fully capable of overcoming it."

"Even if I get injured or exhausted as a result, is it okay?"

"..."

Faced with the silent Yukinoshita Haruno, Yukiteru didn't bother to say anything more: "Don't do these things anymore. You sisters don't get along very well to begin with. And I won't let you have your way."

"Really? It seems you've gained a lot of confidence after disappearing for so long this summer. Is it because of the Ryougi family, which has many domestic and international trade projects?" Yukinoshita Haruno hadn't been idle lately either. Based on her own efforts and some information provided by her parents, she had found out where Yukiteru was. However, she still only had partial information. She thought it was a powerful, hidden business family involved in many industries. Even if her parents knew some of the details, they wouldn't easily reveal anything further.

Xuehui was initially a little surprised by this, but as he listened, some people couldn't help but laugh, as if the other party thought he knew everything.