*RIIING*
Ugh, I don't have time for this...
AKI: "Ayu?"
AYUMU: "U-Um! There's something I want to talk to you about. Do you mind if I head over to your place right now?"
AKI: "Oh, I'm sorry. I've actually got plans today as well..."
AYUMU: "Again, huh?"
AKI: "Yeah. I'm sorry I keep declining all of your invitations lately."
AYUMU: "Oh, I see... It is what it is, I guess."
AKI: "I will make up for all of this. I promise you..."
AYUMU: "Okay, I'm looking forward to it."
AKI: "Goodbye."
AYUMU: "Okay, later!"
*HANG UP*
*Sigh* When I wasn't busy she wasn't this interested...
I was able to secure this important meeting and I won't let it go to waste.
Just like I won't let everyone's efforts and dreams go to waste.
Ayu will realize in the end that all of these sacrifices are for the greater good.
...
I've got everything I need. If I can get her on my side then that entire school should fall in line.
AYUMU: (Aki's busy again today, huh? But this is all pretty much going like I thought. I know he's gonna head out somewhere now!
But I wonder if tailing him is going a bit too far?
No, it definitely isn't! I'm really curious about what he's getting up to.
I gotta find out the truth today!)
...
Shouldn't she be here right now? Is she really that busy?
I bet the amount of work she could put in could make up for all of the volunteers who turn us down.
*Sigh* I haven't done right by Ayu lately... But she will realize that I'm doing this for everyone's sake.
Hm? I don't know why, but I feel like someone's been watching me this whole time. I can feel their eyes burning into me...
Like... RIGHT NOW, FROM BEHIND!
AKI: "..."
Nobody's there. Is this all in my head? I didn't sleep last night so it might be tiredness... Ah well. I gotta get a move on.
...
AKI: "Oh, you were here this whole time?"
???: "Come on, I gave you all the details you needed. Now what is it?"
AKI: "I'm sorry I kept you waiting. Today I'd like to talk to you about the students here who volunteered for the School Idol Festival."
???: "Oh, so my A-RISE weren't kidding. You really brought that event back?"
AKI: "Yes. Also A-RISE agreed to spread the message around UTX about the volunteering process. I imagine that no students here could ever resist turning A-RISE down like that, so why didn't they show up to the info session?"
???: "Honestly, I'm shocked that A-RISE are even interested in that event. They are way above something like that."
AKI: "Excuse me?"
???: "It's time for them to move on from school idol activities. They've done their part to help me bring students to UTX."
AKI: "Is that all you see them as? Just human billboards?!"
???: "So long as there part of UTX, yes. Luckily both they and I will graduate at the end of the academic year, I doubt that anyone can replace them, they're the best thing to happen to my school."
AYUMU: "W-Wait!"
AKI: "...Ayu?"
???: "Who is this?"
AYUMU: "His best friend! Who are you?! Aki, is this who you've been seeing every week?"
AKI: "What are you doing here?"
AYUMU: "More importantly, is this person a school idol as well?!"
AKI: "Huh? What do you mean?"
AYUMU: "Oh, I see how it is. You've been working with a new school idol behind our backs and-"
???: "Ugh, do you think I'd give up my time to do such trivial things?"
AYUMU: "Wait, what?"
???: "I don't need to be a school idol. I let A-RISE take care of that. I just tell them how to bring in students."
AYUMU: "Then you're not a school idol?"
???: "Of course not, and I don't care about your festival either. Good day."
AKI: "..."
AYUMU: "Aki, I-"
AKI: "That was the Student Council President of UTX."
AYUMU: "Oh, I see. But why were you meeting up with her?"
AKI: *Sigh* "I guess it can't be helped. I'll tell you everything."