Chapter 78 - In Return?

It is true that he holds much more authority and not just him but all the other Student Council members. 

I might have escaped from the President but if they are going to join forces to kick me out then I need to be more vigilant. I can't let my guard since the Principal won't be able to help me out this time. 

"Anyway, we won't do anything as of now but I suggest you take care of yourself," the person said something to me as he closed the gap between us and said it in my right ear. 

"..." I still didn't respond to him. 

"See you later." with that they all left the classroom as we all watched them leave silently staring at the entrance. 

I stood there silently. I stepped forward towards the gate to confirm whether they have left or not. They did leave the place but I noticed that they stopped after moving a little farther from the class.

"Where were you all this time?" I heard one of them saying something. Is there another person standing there?

"Ah, my bad. Sorry, sorry. I was in the gym." Since they were considered quite far from me so I couldn't make out what they were saying but what I did notice was that another person was a female student. Is she also one of the Student Council? 

"Again...?" 

"What do you mean 'again'? I just went there. Anyway, forget about me. How did it go with you?" 

"... We will talk about that in Council Room." 

"Oh... a secret...? I am even more exciting right now...!" 

With that, all of them exited the floor and went upstairs. 

...

"What just happened?" 

"Don't ask me, I don't know either."

Slowly the whispering began to increase, it increased to the point that it was no longer be called whispering instead it was loud voices.

I ignored all of them and sat on my seat silently placing my head down. Even if I am not looking at them directly I could feel their gaze filled with suspicion. Well, that cannot be helped but I wish this would end soon. 

I don't want this to extend much longer. I don't have time to prove my innocence to these people. No of this matter when the real matter is solved but for me to end it I need to get rid of the Student Council first and then about those teachers who were also in part of this. 

I got some work to do. 

...

Before I could notice all the classes ended. Noting in particular what happened in the class, I thought the teacher would at least say something relating to what happened today but none of the teachers care to say a word about it. Maybe they were asked not to discuss the matter as of now since the blame has shifted slightly towards them also.

"Where are you going after this?" 

"I don't know... where are you going?" the other person replied vaguely.

"I am thinking of going to buy some burgers."

"Burger? Why not just go to a café then? We can buy some burgers and I also haven't gone there for some time." the person seems a bit delighted as I heard her voice.

I was walking down the hallway when I heard a couple of girls freely talking about their after-school plans. They both looked so carefree and happy as compared to me I am here with the opposite life force. Neither I am living a carefree life nor I am living a happy one. It is like I have forgotten the things I should do to free my pent-up stress. 

"Alright, it is decided then," I said to myself as I clenched my both fist at the same time.

"Ah! He is..." I might have said it out loud. The pair of girls walking in front of me looked surprised seeing me. Was it because I am walking behind them or is it because I said something weird out loud earlier? Whatever might be the case, they both are staring at me with suspicious eyes. 

"Let's leave." Only seeing for a moment where they both paced down the stairs and vanished before I could reach it. 

The school was mostly empty except for a few students leaving. I intentionally wait in the class for the crowd to reduce. The moment ring bells most of the students would leave their seats as if their train is about to leave. But today was different. Instead of leaving early, they tried to stall time in the class although they failed to do so.

The first wave takes away almost forty percent of the classroom. The second wave takes fifty percent of the students in the class. They are the ones who take time to gather up their belongings and place them inside their bags or their desks. 

Like that of the last wave, only ten percent of the students remain in the class. They aren't in the class because they take much more time to collect their belongings, they are like me. The remaining students intentionally stay put in the class and wait for the first and the second wave to leave. I am one of the students who leave in the last wave. 

Also even if we take into consideration today's incident, many can't talk to me and the remaining rest who still tried to talk to me were forced to leave the classroom early today.

I don't know why but the teacher especially made me wait in the class and handed me some stupid work relating to the attendance. Because of that even those who wanted to talk to me couldn't and the teacher also made it look like I am going to stay in school for a few more hours extra. Losing the hope to talk to me the remaining left the class. 

The fun fact was that the teacher never especially said out loud that the students need to leave. Even after the teacher made it look like that, a few still stayed in the class. I guess they thought through it, I thought they would try to talk to me but they won't talk to me or even take a look at me. Instead, they were busy doing their work so they paid not the slightest bit of attention to me. That was something I didn't expect but if that's what is going to happen then I also won't dig any further. 

This way I won't be needing to talk to anyone. 

But this also doesn't work out pretty well when the other person waits for your arrival.

I arrived at the shoe rack. Without any further ado, I wore my shoes and departed from the school only to encounter Iris on the exit. I don't know have anything to say except, why? 

I don't want to talk about today's event. Not to her at least. I made myself believe that she won't ask me, even if it won't come true I still wished for it to happen.

"Allen, care to walk with me for a while?" she couldn't even wait for me to come to the entrance. She came at me and asked me something I wouldn't accept although she knows that then why ask?

"... What if I say no?" I asked as I stopped there for a moment for her. 

"You can but what if I told you that I can help you...?" she gave me the peculiar look that I have never seen before. 

"And how do you propose you do that? The last time I saw you, you weren't able to do anything in the Auditorium, is your authority only up to the students?" I said as I again began walking.

"But you still handled it efficiently," she said, "Then what's the problem?"

"Oh, so you came prepared? Good for you. Then why don't you chase down to the real reason why you came here? I am not in any mood to talk right now." I said. 

"Fine, I will get down to the point hen," she said, "I can help you get rid of the Student Council problem." 

"Hmm..." that seems tempting but there is only one problem, how is she going to that? If I am correct, the last time she couldn't do anything so what makes her think that she could be of any use as of now?

"You said earlier that my authority is only till the students and at the moment the Student Council are only students so I can help you with them in that sense," she said. 

"That seems good and even tempting but what is going to take in return? You aren't going to do any of this for free, right?" I asked. 

"That is something I will tell after you tell me your answer. Are you going to work with me or are you going to confront them all alone? To be honest, I don't think you will get out of this alone," she said. It was clearly written on her face that she is going to ask me to do something ridiculous for her. 

Ahh... man why did I end up in this situation?

TO BE CONTINUED....