Heeey!

Huh? What's wrong, Ai?

Ai, we're about to go to practice. You should come with us.

I have a message from Setsu about that.

From Setsuna?

She has a lot of student council work to do, so she has to skip practice today.

Wait, really? I didn't know student council was so hectic. I hope she's okay. Do you think we can help her?

I'll go check on her. If there's anything we can help with, I'll come back and get you guys.

Are you sure? Thanks. Oh, Setsu probably wants to practice considering there's a show coming up. I'll do whatever I can to help!

I'll let you know if you can, so go on ahead to practice!

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Excuse me?

Huh? What are you doing here? I thought I asked Ai to tell you I was skipping practice today.

Yeah, she told me that. I just wanted to know if there was anything I could help you with.

Where's everyone else from student council?

Everyone else is working in different places.

Right. Um, so what kind of work are you doing right now?

That's a huge pile of papers. Can I help with something? Ai and Ayumu said if there's anything they can help with to call them too.

Don't be ridiculous! I'm fine on my own! You should be at the club observing everyone.

I finished sorting the papers, so now I just have to staple them, organize them in folders, and bring them to the faculty room…

That's a ton of work! At least let me help. If you finish early, you can go to club practice, right?

Th-Thank you. Sorry for the trouble. I can't believe I'm making you help with something personal.

It's totally fine. Don't worry about it. Can I ask you something though? If you like being a school idol so much, why join the student council?

Being in the student council takes time away from your time as a school idol, right? I keep thinking it's so strange.

I mean, you love school idols so much.

School idols are more important to me than anything else.

You might find it strange, but I can only keep doing the school idol club because I do the student council.

Really?

My parents are very strict, so it's not often they allow me to do extracurricular activities. Doing student council allows me to stay late or be out frequently on weekends without being suspect.

I really think the fact that you take on this kind of work and do it so well is very responsible and mature of you.

You do? Do you think I'm doing well? Sometimes I worry if I'm doing right by everyone with all this because I get overzealous once in a while.

The teachers think you're dependable because you're the class president, too! It's fine!

The teachers? I'm more worried about being dependable for the students. I'll have to work even harder.