The School Full of Elite Students Volume 1: Classroom of the Elite x Male OC

Chapter 7.4

Ayanokouji's Point of View

I was lazing around my room that night when I received a text message from Kushida.

Kushida: Yamauchi-kun and Ike-kun said okay!  ( *w* )b

Ayanokouji: Wow, that was fast.

Ike had waved me off when I'd tried to invite him earlier. A girl's presence had likely played a large part in changing his mind. Lust held unlimited power.

Kushida: I just contacted Sudou-kun right now, but I have a good feeling about it!  (＾w＾）

Another text message. Wow. At this rate, we'd probably get everyone together tomorrow. Because of these speedy developments, I thought it'd be a good idea to relay information to Horikita. I typed a message basically saying I had Kushida's help, that Ike and Yamauchi had agreed to come, and that Kushida would also be participating. Then I sent the message to Horikita.

"All right. Time to take a bath, I think."

The moment I rose from my bed, Horikita called.

"Hello?" I answered.

["I don't quite understand the message you just sent me."] she said.

"What do you mean you don't understand? I wrote it all out plain as day, didn't I? I said those three guys would probably come tomorrow."

["Not that part. The part about Kushida. I didn't know about that."]

"I asked her a little while ago. Having someone like Kushida on our side increases the odds of getting everyone together. So I asked her, and now Sudou and Ike and Yamauchi are coming. Okay?"

["I don't remember giving you permission to do that. Her grades aren't even failing."]

"Okay, look. By asking Kushida, who's spent more time networking, to help us, our chances of success have improved significantly."

["I don't like it. Shouldn't you have sought my approval first?"]

"I understand that you hate outgoing people like Kushida. But isn't this just a means to an end? Or would you prefer trying to gather everyone yourself? Besides, as I just said, this would motivate the guys to do better in the study group and the midterms, since they would have to prove to Kushida that they're 'smart.' Am I not wrong?"

["Well..."]

Horikita seemed to finally understand that getting Kushida on board was a good thing. But being prideful, she couldn't simply agree to it.

"We don't have much time until the test, either. Understand?"

Come to think of it, we really didn't have much time to make Horikita's plan work. However, Horikita was clearly stuck and unable to make a snap decision. She remained silent for a moment.

["I understand. I suppose anything worth doing requires sacrifice. However, Kushida may only help gather the students. She's not allowed to join the study group."]

"But why? That was her condition for helping us. You're being ridiculous," I said.

"I will not allow her into our study group. I refuse to budge on this."

"Is this about what happened at the café? Are you just getting back at Kushida for deceiving you?"

["This has nothing to do with that. She didn't fail the test. Inviting extra people will only mean more time spent and greater confusion."]