Tokyo: Am I the only male tenant?

But it makes me very happy when a project launched by my own club receives such good reviews.

As for the person who went on stage to receive the award, it was of course Lisa Shiraishi, the president of the water polo club.

"President Shiraishi, congratulations!"

“This year’s Cosplay Cafe was amazing!”

"Please open a cafe like this in the future. We will definitely visit!"

When they saw her coming forward, the students, who were already very excited, became even more excited.

By the way, Ginjo had already seen Lisa Shiraishi when he was cleaning up after the role-playing cafe closed. After resting for a while in the health room, she seemed to have fully recovered.

She first apologized to everyone for not taking a break, then thanked Ginjo with a smile, secretly wearing the necklace that Ginjo had just given her around her neck.

Lisa Shiraishi looked accustomed to it and stood calmly on the stage, standing side by side with other award-winning club representatives.

After that, the awards were presented one by one.

Starting from the student whose name was called first, they received the big certificates from the female teacher one by one, and each time the students in the audience gave warm applause without hesitation.

After the student representatives received their awards, they stood side by side on the podium again.

"Next, please invite the award-winning students to give speeches in turn."

After the female teacher finished speaking, she handed the microphone to the students, probably asking them to give a brief speech of thanks for the award.

This time, everyone followed the order of going on stage, taking one step forward and delivering their speeches one by one.

"Thank you so much to everyone who came to appreciate our club's balloon art today! The preparation process was very hard, so I am really happy to win the prize!"

The student representatives expressed their joy in a few brief words.

Perhaps because today is the school anniversary, everyone's tone sounded less reserved than usual.

After a while, most of the students had finished their speeches, and finally it was Lisa Shiraishi's turn.

As she usually did at school assemblies, she first bowed to the students in the audience.

"Everyone, did you have fun today?"

"Happy──!"

As soon as Lisa Shiraishi finished asking the question, the students in the audience immediately responded by shouting loudly and extending their voices, just like an idol's concert.

“Hahaha, standing on the podium like this, I can clearly see everyone’s excited expressions~”

She first looked around at all the students in the school, and then gave a gentle smile to the audience.

"For about two weeks until today, I worked hard with my important partners to prepare the cafe "Lovely Angel" as much as possible."

“I am honored to receive this award. I am very happy. First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my partners in the water polo club.”

Lisa Shiraishi turned her attention to Ginjō, Kurizono and Midorikawa, members of the water polo club.

“Also, we would like to thank everyone who came to our booth to help even though they were not part of the water polo club.”

"I was feeling unwell today and could not continue to work at the stall, but many people came to help at our stall."

“Thanks to everyone, the stall was able to run smoothly until the end. Thank you very much. I can stand on the stage now, all thanks to everyone!”

Having said this, Shiraishi Lisa bowed once more.

"Then this is the end of this school celebration."

"It is thanks to your cooperation and your full participation until today that the entire school can have such a wonderful day."

"Thank you so much, everyone!"

As the student union president, Lisa Shiraishi also summarized the school anniversary at the end of her speech and thanked all the students for their efforts and dedication.

Everyone immediately followed suit and burst into applause to praise her, and many people's hands even began to hurt from clapping.

"Thank you very much, everyone. Please continue to welcome them back to their respective clubs with applause!"

After hearing the teacher's words, the student representatives walked off the stage one after another.

The applause at this time not only did not stop, but became even more enthusiastic.

It seems that the speech just now by the popular student council president has raised the enthusiasm of all students in the school to MAX.

Just as Ginjō was immersed in this cheerful atmosphere──

"Ginjo Sosuke from the water polo club!"

The sound of calling his name cut through the applause.

"Ok?"

Ginjo looked carefully and saw that Lisa Shiraishi, who was supposed to step down, picked up the microphone again and ran to the center of the podium.

Everyone stopped clapping and stared at her.

On the other hand, Lisa Shiraishi was standing on the podium looking towards where Ginjō was.

What's going on? What is she suddenly going to do?

Ginjō was not the only one who thought this. All eyes around him were focused on him in an instant, and everyone looked at him with confused expressions.

No, no, no, don't stare at one person so uniformly.

Yincheng also knew nothing about this and had never heard her mention it beforehand.

He didn't understand what was going on, so he turned his gaze back to Shiraishi Lisa on the podium as if to inquire.

Then, the moment Ginjō and her eyes met—

Lisa Shiraishi took a deep breath and then shouted into the microphone.

"Thank you so much for today! I love you the most!"

WHAT?

What on earth did she just say?

This is so weird and totally confusing.

Favorite? Which language is that? Is it confused with "most hoped for" or something like that?

The students waiting to watch the fun in the audience were unable to react and looked at each other in bewilderment.

The noisy noise that had been going on until a moment ago suddenly disappeared, and the gymnasium became silent.

Lisa Shiraishi's words carried such a power that shocked the entire audience.

Just as some people started to whisper to each other, Lisa Shiraishi spoke again.

"I was just kidding, everyone have fun at the after-night festival!"

She just stuck out her tongue slightly and blinked her eyes, with an expression that was so cute that it was unfair.

Huh? Are you kidding?

"What...what? It turned out to be just a joke~"

"I'm so scared... Shiraishi-senpai actually made that kind of joke..."

"Ah~ I thought the rumors about Shiraishi-senpai and Ginjō-senpai were true~"

After Lisa Shiraishi's strange speech, the students became restless again, talking one after another.

Only Ginjo felt something was wrong and looked into her eyes again.

Shiraishi Lisa blinked her shining eyes, as if asking "Are you scared?", and then gave Ginjō a mischievous smile.

Then she walked down the podium calmly with a mysterious smile on her face.

Why did she go out of her way to make that joke? Why did she choose this occasion to pretend to be in a public relationship?

The reason behind this puzzled Ginjo Sosuke.

"Ahhh~ Why did I say that~"

After the closing ceremony, everyone dispersed except for Lisa Shiraishi, who fled to the corner of the gymnasium and screamed in shame.

What made her most upset was, of course, the public confession just now.

"Wow... This has gotten out of hand..."

At that time, I was very excited because the cosplay cafe won the Excellence Award, and then I saw Ginjō on the podium.

By the time she came to her senses, she had already shouted.

It's so annoying~ So embarrassing~ She now wishes she could hide in the quilt and roll around.

"Oh, really, how could I say something like that in front of the whole school?"

Lisa Shiraishi covered her red face with her hands and wailed.

Although the fact that the two were dating was no secret in the water polo club, she had not originally intended to make it public like she had today.

You know, Yincheng's popularity in school is quite amazing, and there are countless girls who admire him behind his back.

If we knew that he was already in a relationship, it would probably cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, on campus, the interactions between Ginjo and Shiraishi Lisa were kept as low-key as possible.

But this time, Lisa Shiraishi couldn't control her emotions.

However, she actually knew very well why she said those words in front of everyone.

Because she has fallen in love with Yincheng so much that she can't help herself.

"I will always be by Lisa's side in the future. When you need help, I will be your pillar of support, so you can act like a spoiled child to me anytime, anywhere."

The words that Yincheng had said to her in the health room just now were still fresh in her mind.

This was the first time anyone had said that to her.

No matter where she goes, she is always the one who is gentle and giving, and always the one who pampers others.

For the first time since she was old enough to understand, someone taught her how to act coquettishly.

Somewhere deep down in Lisa Shiraishi's heart, she must have always hoped that someone would say this to her, and deep down in her heart she must have always wanted to act coquettishly towards others.

It was because of Ginjo's words that she realized this feeling for the first time.

When she realized this, she found that she had long been unable to extricate herself from her obsession with Yincheng.