The Genius Within The Shadows |Classroom Of The Elite Fanfiction|

Chapter 2 - [Life as an 'Ordinary' Student]

"Well you have no presence at all, but to me it seems like your observing"

"I'll take that as a compliment disguised as an insult" I said to her while she just slightly giggled.

Now that I paid attention, I can say that Matsushita is very beautiful. I wouldn't blame someone if they mistake her for a model. I can also tell she's kind, she doesn't judge someone very quickly.

While I was uhhhm complimenting?... Her inside my head, A voice rang out from the speakers set up around the gymnasium. A girl had stepped up to the microphone on stage and had begun speaking. As she began speaking, the voices in the gymnasium slowly quieted down to whispers.

"We will begin the club fair. A representative from each club will explain their function. My name is Tachibana, the student council
secretary and the club fair's organizer.
It's nice to meet you all."

As Tachibana-senpai spoke, the
students who were on stage earlier
formed a line on stage. There were
quite a lot of them. Just how many clubs
were there?

"Wow. I knew from the pamphlet, but
seeing them up on stage.... there are so
many clubs," Kushida said, with some
awe.

"I suppose it's to cater to the interests
of as many students as possible," Hirata
hypothesized. One by one, the senpais presented their club and what they did to the
first-years. Although some of them
seemed like they would only accept
experienced people, others were
openly welcoming even newcomers to
their club.

If I was being honest, most of the clubs
had pretty ordinary introductions. Aside from those already interested in them, I wondered if they would really be able to entice people to join their clubs. In fact, I actually thought that the info in the pamphlets were more
interesting than the introductions on
stage, but maybe I was being a bit too harsh.

I looked around to see what the
others were doing. Hirata was quietly talking to a few of the girls about his impressions of each club. Kushida, too, was also asking Matsushita, Inogashira
and ...Mii-chan for their thoughts. The
rest of the girls were either talking in small groups or just quietly observing. As I looked around, I saw a few familiar faces near the back of the gymnasium.

Sudo accompanied by Yamauchi Haruki and Ike Kanji were hangin around the back. I couldn't hear what they were saying, but Yamauchi and Ike looked quite excited. Sudo also looked a little excited, although he wasn't talking as much as the other two.
As I turned back towards the stage,
I saw someone quite unexpected
from the corner of my eye. Near the
gymnasium door, standing alone, was Horikita. She was staring at the stage
with a rather intense look.

'How odd. I thought she said she didn't
have any interest in clubs. Well, it's not
really my business though.' I thought

As the introductions continued, the
lively atmosphere in the gymnasium never ceased. Each club representative, some with their supervising instructor, presented their club with high morale. In order to get even just one additional member, they presented with as lively and welcoming an attitude as possible. One by one, the club representatives finished their introductions until only one person was left on stage.

A tall dark-haired student, dressed in only
the regular school uniform, stepped
in front of the microphone. With sharp eyes, he looked out at the large gathering of first-years in front of him. Seconds passed but he didn't say a word.

"Do your best hahahaha"
"Did you forget your script or something"
"Atleast talk dude"

Some people went as far as to
encourage or mock the guy standing on stage. Many students even started laughing at him. Still, he didn't say anything, choosing to observe the first-years in front of him with an apathetic expression worn. In time, the laughter died down and all that remained was silence. The first-years started asking about what was going on in hushed whispers. An inexplicable tension had filled the gymnasium and the first-years had
started becoming a little nervous or
put-off. Silence reigned the entire gymnasium as the tense atmosphere continued.