We’re baaaack!

Hey.

Welcome home, my hard-working little brothers.

Welcome back, guys!

Have you gotten the hang of the job yet?

Yeah, we’re pulling through, thankfully.

Hey, Teach. Guess what, didja know the shoe lockers at Asu High can be locked?

What?! Wait, that means you can’t put your chocolate in them…

Yeah. So Plan Give ‘n’ Get might not actually work out as planned!

I see… We forgot all about the fact that they can be locked.

We were trying to figure out a plan B on the way home.

Kamina. What about the plan you had for your White Day return gi⁠—

…Hey. Where did you get all of those peeled tangerines from?

Hm?

You even took all the pith off of them too…?!

The peerless tangerine peeler, no, the pithless tangerine peeler! They’re so clean, SHEESH!

You’ve pretty much peeled them all already… We can save them for later for everyone to eat…!

(I didn’t even notice…)

I’m sorry… I wasn’t paying much attention. We were talking about White Day?

Yar! Please teach me your secret arts!

Sure. I wanted to repay everyone for their Valentine’s gifts, so I made a broadcast over the school intercom to tell everyone to leave their shoe lockers open.

A school-wide broadcast!?

This is news to me…!

Wait, the entire school got involved…?

Right. This was because of something that happened when I was a first year…

By the time Kamina was a third year student, he was receiving an entire truckload of chocolate for Valentine’s Day.

Wow.

That kinda thing actually happens outside of manga…?

I remember the halls being absolutely flooded with students rushing towards Kamina’s classroom…

At the time, I couldn’t just stand aside and let it turn into a mob, so I took things into my own hands and gathered everyone who wanted to give him chocolates outside on the field.

Since you took control of the situation, all of the students formed a neat line like it was a school assembly, so I was able to receive all of their gifts safely.

I heard afterwards that he was able to naturally line up the students using the layout of the school’s skyways. I remember thinking that he was a force to be reckoned with. In fact, that was when he started his legacy as a truly legendary student council president.

(I can just imagine Liguang-san commanding everyone like Kongming himself…!)

Hah… Brings back memories, doesn’t it, Kamina-senpai?

You really saved me that day. I’m still grateful to you.

So Liguang-san’s been giving Legendary StuCo President ever since he was a first year! Gotta yap about this to Muneuji later.

You’ll probably get a lot of chocolates from your fans this year too, Yuki-nii.

…Right. I’m always thankful for them.

(But… I wish I could receive chocolate from you this year…)

……

We veered off topic, but… Isotake, I think you could consider utilizing the school broadcast for your plan.

Hmm, I mean, I bet that’d be dope as hell, but if I do a school-wide broadcast then that’ll ruin the surprise. Vetoed!

You got good integrity.

Then maybe we can consider leaving them somewhere other than the shoe lockers…

Huh, why? I mean, all I have to do is to come up with another plan to open them up!

Alrighty folks, it’s back to the drawing board for me so buh-bye! WOOOOOO!

Ah! Akuta-kun…!

He’s got a lot of energy for a guy just coming back from a work shift.

Will his stubbornness lead him to failure, or will he forge his own path through his ambition…? Only time will tell.

……

Arhmmm.

Hey, you’re back.

Vrhhhmmmmm, eurrrrgghhhh.

Isotake…?

Arrrrgggh, errrrrrrrrm…

(He’s sitting at his desk sounding like a biker gang revving up their motorcycles…)

A. Way. To. Open… The shoe lockers… A knocker… Knock knock…goes the kakapo.

Ohhh, he’s trying to think of a way to open up the shoe lockers.

Is there…anything…we can…help with…?

Chocolate… Gotta keep ‘em freezed up… Can I get an ayo let’s turn it up…

Looks like he’s focusing, we should probably leave him alone. Let’s just ask about it tomorrow.

Yeah…

(I’ll just leave him some tissues in case he gets a nosebleed.)

*sigh* Do you really want to be popular that badly…? Having all that unwanted attention can be annoying sometimes⁠—

Hmmm… So, like, if this was the lock…

Gwah?!

(?! Why’s he suddenly putting Nanamegi in a headlock…?!)

And we go right, left, right, then press on it…

Mmmrgh.

N-Nanamegi…?!

But then there’s this and that, and also that to think about…

(He gently carried Nanamegi to the bed before returning to his desk… Is he doing all this unconsciously…?)

Hrrrrrm, vrrnnnnnggg, urrrrrrm.

……

Isotake…I’ll leave…some…bolo¹…here for you… It’s for…if you get…hungry…

‘Kay.

(He replied…?!)

Errrrm, eurrgh, urrrk.

I guess…I heard wrong…

…Good luck…