Year 5 was my first time being in the same class as Kisshouin-san.85Please respect copyright.PENANAKzkXmvoAOl
She was a particularly conspicuous girl, so I had known about her before that, though.85Please respect copyright.PENANAqEaI7uM6Ry
A member of the famous Pivoine, and the young lady of the Kisshouin family. A hairdo like a princess. Beautiful, but a little scary, and very difficult to approach.85Please respect copyright.PENANAEkBcxjyRw1
That was my first impression of her. And once she was surrounded by her friends, her impact only increased.85Please respect copyright.PENANAHV2Xjv94wA
I don’t know why, but somehow I ended up being class representative with her during Year 6.85Please respect copyright.PENANAo1nplBJTQw
Normally, nobody from the Pivoine would agree to such a role. And of all people, to think it was that Kisshouin-san who ended up as class rep.85Please respect copyright.PENANAapHAhlS13b
But thinking about it now, in 5th Grade she was part of the executive committee for the athletics meet. Looking back, I was surprised back then too.
I was a little nervous about being class rep with her. Kisshouin-san’s group is quite harsh to boys that aren’t Kaburagi-kun or Enjou-kun.85Please respect copyright.PENANAzhf1nwCJnS
But surprisingly, Kisshouin-san did all her jobs as vice rep properly. Particularly striking was that her grip on the girls made everything go more smoothly.85Please respect copyright.PENANAzubsXLmNR7
And once Kisshouin-san came around, even the boys who often forgot their hand-ins would hurriedly bring them the next day.85Please respect copyright.PENANAfdCFZp9A8S
It’s amazing. It’s not like she threatened them either, but there was just this silent pressure around her.85Please respect copyright.PENANAnCMEz2l9ew
It kind of made you want to shout “The Boss Lady is here!”
Anyway, about that Kisshouin-san. When I called her out to help with work, she would respond quite normally.85Please respect copyright.PENANAz5TgSkWwX4
She looks like that, and even the way she speaks is your model Zui’ran ojousama, but she was surprisingly… amiable?85Please respect copyright.PENANA9zI7T86f3w
Even when I asked her to help with chores, she agreed without a problem. Could it be that she’s actually one of those people that can’t say no?85Please respect copyright.PENANAHtedpv588m
I actually wanted to be class rep with Honda-san just like last year, but I might be lucky to have gotten Kisshouin-san since we have our class trip this year.
Honda-san. I have a crush on Honda Miharu-san.85Please respect copyright.PENANAO5pmuQ5ITI
I started liking her last year while we were class reps together, but I couldn’t find the courage to really talk to her.85Please respect copyright.PENANAsVK5GCPPpi
When I went to the matchmaker shrine, I got Great Blessing though.85Please respect copyright.PENANAEGxudQCC67
I wonder if Kisshouin-san could give me some advice. I’m kind of hoping to get a message from Honda-san in my graduation yearbook.
When I told Kisshouin-san this, she happily agreed to help me.
Ever since that day, I’ve occasionally consulted Kisshouin-san for love advice.85Please respect copyright.PENANABHSqIKSXdk
When I became a middle schooler, I ended up in Kisshouin-san’s class again. And again, we ended up being class reps together.85Please respect copyright.PENANAOgg32kRWx4
I’m not timid around her any more, and the two of us talk without a problem. But her appearance is as hard to approach as ever.85Please respect copyright.PENANAI9IOhQXd96
If you look carefully though, sometimes there are moments when her image collapses.85Please respect copyright.PENANAqN6bMcJIe7
One time, she was walking through the garden at lunch break. I was passing by coincidentally, but a bird pooped on her head in that very moment!
“Kyaa! Reika-sama!”
“A bird…! On Reika-sama…!”
The girls around her started shouting things like,
“Quickly! To the infirmary!” and “It’s all right! It will come off in a flash! Please keep a hold of yourself!”
and took the dumbfounded Kisshouin-san away as though to hide her.
And to think that it hit her out of all those girls…
I’ll never forget how her eyes almost rolled back.85Please respect copyright.PENANAnKAT4oLFKT
Speaking of which, she was surrounded by deers during our primary school class trip too. Maybe she has some bad karma with animals.85Please respect copyright.PENANACYIMFTDFj3
That day, Kisshouin-san left school early.85Please respect copyright.PENANA93ozVprNAq
Kisshouin-san fell in love.85Please respect copyright.PENANA76m55HLqBf
The guy was a third year, the Student Council President. Kisshouin-san seems to be trying to hide it, but I immediately noticed.85Please respect copyright.PENANA2Q5tJwClNr
After all, even when I was given things to take to the Student Council Room, she could snatch it away from the side.85Please respect copyright.PENANACaE7QeQ8e8
And each time she came back from the StuCo Room, she would be muttering to herself with a smile.85Please respect copyright.PENANAi2cVw6LrTj
You can’t, Kisshouin-san! If somebody sees you like that, they’ll think that you’re a weirdo!
I tried telling her in a round-about way.
“Kisshouin-san, did something good happen? You seem really happy.”
“Goodness…” she replied, with her face covered by her hands.
Thank goodness. She stopped after that.
But the Student Council President, huh. Is she into those charismatic types?85Please respect copyright.PENANAandQSYNo9n
Kisshouin-san’s love didn’t seem to be working out. I haven’t made any progress with Honda-san, so I really know how you feel!85Please respect copyright.PENANACRkxJPzwWj
While we were talking, she told me about a matchmaking shrine here in Tokyo.85Please respect copyright.PENANAgPWo9Cqcc6
It’s embarrassing for a guy to go by himself, but since she went out of her way to tell me, I decided to go after all.
“Kisshouin-san, I checked out the shrine and got a fortune too.”
“My. Is that so. How was the fortune?”
“Mn, unfortunately I only got Middle Blessing.”
“I see…”
“You got one too, didn’t you. How was it?”
“…I got Blessing.”
“Ah, I see. That’s a shame.”
“…”
Is she making that weird expression because she got Blessing? Then again, you can’t really call it a good result, so.85Please respect copyright.PENANArm5EmlripC
Kisshouin-san quietly clucked her tongue. A girl shouldn’t do things like that, Kisshouin-san.85Please respect copyright.PENANAVvRK7uCZga
After a while, Kisshouin-san completely stopped making her visits to the Student Council.85Please respect copyright.PENANAErXshxcmyx
Oh? That’s weird, I thought, so I asked her,
“You haven’t been going to the Student Council recently, have you?”
but with a dreadful expression she said,
“Did you know, Class Rep? First loves never bear fruit, you know~ They never bear fruit~ Class Rep!”
and chased after me like she was cursing me. That’s scary, Kisshouin-san!
When we parted that day, just before she left, she turned around and grinned at me.
Demons, begone!
When I got home later, I wrote my first love poem. I’ll exorcise this taint through poetry!85Please respect copyright.PENANAimLMLnA1wR
Incidentally, for some reason Kisshouin-san will say pensively every autumn,
“It’s the season for moon viewing, isn’t it~”
I guess despite all her quirks, she’s still Kisshouin Reika. How refined.85Please respect copyright.PENANARATJ6LWGIm
She might be an oddball in a few places, and sometimes she looks at couples with resentful eyes, but the soft-hearted and occasionally silly Kisshouin-san is somebody I really like.
But I have to say, he observes her quite a bit too. During the bird poop incident, he was smiling away.85Please respect copyright.PENANAETgD7P01bO
Enjou-kun is my idol.
He does everything with a smile on his face, and even though he never looks like he studies very hard, his grades are always top class.85Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0RmCWDwor
Rather than Kaburagi-kun who’s like an absolute and charismatic ruler, I prefer Enjou-kun’s gentle atmosphere more.85Please respect copyright.PENANA4XKUYorJVD
Even when Kaburagi-kun stays quiet, people get this urge to serve him. He’s good at sports and academics. His pedigree and wealth are beyond criticism too. He’s perfect. Sometimes when I see him gazing out the window, I can’t help but feel how much more mature he is than me. But all that makes him too scary to approach.85Please respect copyright.PENANAUO16YfTyDq
In that regard, Enjou-kun is the opposite because of how he always talks to people with a smile.85Please respect copyright.PENANAKQ3xm3ZGVe
When I entered my first year of middle school, I ended up in the same class as Enjou-kun. I was class rep, but between the schism with the Internals and Externals, and all the girls gunning for Enjou-kun, everything was just insane.85Please respect copyright.PENANArGoNOpz1uU
Each time it was Enjou-kun who would ask me “Are you okay?” and help me out. Whenever the girls who liked him became too much, he would always warn them gently so that they wouldn’t be hurt. When it came to the Externals, he would direct them to the right people and committees to help them acclimate to the school.85Please respect copyright.PENANAmbbLajRT3L
That casual consideration for people…! My fellow rep Honda-san was entranced by him too.85Please respect copyright.PENANAhfFFa69sJo
In my third year of middle school, I was worried about how I was class rep for Kaburagi-kun’s class. Enjou-kun suggested Kisshouin-san for the vice rep.85Please respect copyright.PENANAUv0nPIkCm5
Isn’t Kisshouin-san the female version of Kaburagi-kun!85Please respect copyright.PENANAt0s6QWEDBP
She’s always smiling and surrounded by her friends, the number one girl that you don’t want to make an enemy of.85Please respect copyright.PENANAqE6nogI0Xi
If Kaburagi-kun is the Emperor, then Kisshouin-san is the Empress. Scaryy!85Please respect copyright.PENANAuMzms5DALW
But in the end, Kisshouin-san agreed. As expected of Enjou-kun. To think he could even persuade Kisshouin-san.85Please respect copyright.PENANAY7OyMWUPFH
As for Kisshouin-san herself, she turned out to be easier to talk to than I’d expected.85Please respect copyright.PENANA6k1CKeoloo
But I’m still a little nervous. The pressure from the girls behind her is especially nerve-wracking…85Please respect copyright.PENANA2C7eWOsphi
Anyway, a certain group of girls waved the flag of revolt against her. It was Tsuruhana-san’s group.85Please respect copyright.PENANAW5SNFWbvUj
Sparks flew between the two groups for a while, but Kisshouin-san herself simply wore a relaxed smile like they were no threat.85Please respect copyright.PENANAGFLPbDc0V2
As vice rep she occasionally warned them for their conduct, but Tsuruhana-san’s group would shrug it off, and Kisshouin-san would leave right after.85Please respect copyright.PENANATvYjuaS9AF
Personally, I think it would be better if she told them off a little more harshly though. But it’s Kisshouin-san. She probably has some plan.85Please respect copyright.PENANAalrAq8rqzc
Because of the two groups, the atmosphere of the class grew strained. The only ones who didn’t seem to care were Kaburagi-kun and Kisshouin-san. As expected of them. They’re different to the rest of us.85Please respect copyright.PENANAQYe01tf4Il
But I have the feeling that something is going to happen soon. After all, Kisshouin-san’s smile never reaches her eyes.85Please respect copyright.PENANAGQKa3eXWL7
It finally happened.85Please respect copyright.PENANAF8rhnQsf5i
This morning Kisshouin-san came in with a fan. She had more impact than ever. It was like some strange aura was being emitted from her body.85Please respect copyright.PENANAZfum7bBCiW
After school, Kisshouin-san left the classroom smiling, flanked by her close friends.85Please respect copyright.PENANA5UQa9lM6V2
The remaining classmates exclaimed things like, “So she’s finally making her move!?” and “Goddess Kali is here!” in their excitement.85Please respect copyright.PENANAfzKvCcmR20
But everyone was too afraid of going to watch.85Please respect copyright.PENANAusmBkov4C1
The next day, Tsuruhana-san’s group didn’t come to our class. When I asked my friends in other classes, they told me that the group was acting abnormally quiet.85Please respect copyright.PENANAfMpY1IdDjv
Apparently the fight ended in Kisshouin-san’s overwhelming victory.85Please respect copyright.PENANAnWsa1Jjxa8
A hero who secretly watched the fight told me in shivers,
“Her Majesty the Queen struck down her hammer of wrath. You definitely can’t oppose the Queen!”
After that, Kaburagi-kun, famous for being cold to girls, gave Kisshouin-san a friendly rap on the head, which caused the girls to go wild. Not only that, but she was getting along with Enjou-kun too!85Please respect copyright.PENANAg6ARtoZRjL
She really is from a different world to us. Kisshouin Reika, the scariest person to make an enemy of.85Please respect copyright.PENANAypoZS3q13h
Although, when I talked to the class rep from Class 5, he told me,
“She’s just a funny person.”
Even Enjou-kun said,
“Kisshouin-san is a fun person,”
so maybe I should start looking at her without preconceptions.85Please respect copyright.PENANAhn9J7WDnhu
But there wasn’t anything particularly funny about her.85Please respect copyright.PENANAxdpRw4lEYr
At most there were just a few instances. Like the time during the class trip when there was blue cake that everyone else gave up on, and she finished with a smile. Or how after eating that blue cake that nobody else did, she seemed to be sick for the rest of the trip. Or how at D*sneyland, for some reason she was the only one who ended up soaked, and her friends were cheering her up.85Please respect copyright.PENANAMG48LxJMdR
Oh, and that one time at the hotel when I caught her standing on one leg in the hallway. When I asked her what she was doing, she told me,
“This is the Tree Pose in Yoga.”
Is she doing Yoga because she’s the Goddess Kali?
She told me,
“I recommend the Firefly Pose and the Eagle Pose,”
but I politely declined.
Kisshouin-san was spotted by her roommate Kazami-san, who quickly dragged her into their room.
I guess ordinary people like me will never understand somebody amazing like Kisshouin-san.
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