"OK! Everyone, after a full night of planning by yours truly, all your travel plans have been finalized!"
"Uwaah... such heavy dark circles. Yu, did you even sleep last night?"
"Mhm, travel plans and private tutoring lesson plans both require time."
He just didn't expect it to take so much time...
Actually, the private tutoring lesson plan was secondary for Miyazawa Yu. The travel plan was the most headache-inducing part.
The single requirement of catering to both men and women was enough to filter out all the obvious good spots like Akihabara, making it a hell for those with choice paralysis!
"Ah ah—This is exactly like the first time we took in a newcomer, Kotobuki!"
"You're right!"
"In that case, the seniors should have offered to help! Do you two devil seniors have any consciousness of caring for your juniors!"
Miyazawa Yu strongly despised the seniors' negligence. He slung his bag onto his back and tossed the tourist guide and house keys to Iori.
"The rest of you go have fun now. I'll join the group later."
"Going to tutor? Speaking of which, we still don't know who you're tutoring. Could it be a Tsundere young lady?"
"Ah—there's no such thing in reality."
Mercilessly crushing Kohei's fantasy, he crossed his arms and explained helplessly: "Games have affected you too deeply. Actually, children from rich families also study and fall in love just like you. There isn't much difference from ordinary people!"
"Then the Tsundere!"
"There are some, but very few. After all, even in a prestigious school, although a social hierarchy exists, they are essentially cogs in the capitalist machine."
"What!"
Shaking so violently he became translucent, Imamura Kohei foamed at the mouth and was incapacitated due to the intake of too much forbidden knowledge.
After all, in his mind, a blonde Tsundere should be the standard for a young lady!
The real world was too cruel. Not only were there no high school girl volunteer clubs in college, but now even his Tsundere young lady had to be taken away!
"...Iori, why don't you take this guy for a walk around Akihabara?"
"Got it."
Dragging the embarrassing Kohei, Kitahara Iori calmly pulled the former's leg and went upstairs to change clothes.
Tokyo was not a small place like Izu. The security was clearly much better. It wouldn't be good if this Kohei guy was recognized as a pervert and arrested by the police!
"Oh oh! You've already learned to improvise! Well done, Yu."
"Practice is indeed the only teacher!"
"If I had a choice, I wouldn't want this kind of practice..."
Looking at the thumping, blood-stained stairs with disgust, Miyazawa Yu turned and shouted to Azusa-senpai: "I'll eat lunch outside. Can you wait for me for dinner? Around five o'clock should be fine!"
"Yes, yes~ I'll definitely make sure you have a hot meal, if Nanaka is willing to leave her room."
Finally not drinking and wearing very proper clothes, Azusa Hamaoka smiled sheepishly, patting her ample chest, making a promise with little confidence.
If she was the only one, she really couldn't handle meals for nine people!
"Well... I hope the set meal at Shuchi'in Academy is quite substantial~"
Recalling Nanaka-san's caution, pulling the food in through the door crack last night, Miyazawa Yu forehead broke out in cold sweat.
It seemed his confession had caused quite a spiritual shock to the former, but it couldn't be helped. He hoped Nanaka-san would recover quickly.
...
"Uwaah! So amazing! Is this the facade of a private high school? So terrifying!"
Half an hour later, arriving at Shuchi'in Academy as scheduled, Miyazawa Yu looked at the magnificent building in front of him and fell into contemplation.
Based on his simple architectural understanding, the building in front of him looked more like a massive castle than a high school. It even had spires and towers.
If a giant dragon were perched on the tower, it wouldn't feel out of place to immediately start a game of Dragon Quest, popular in the last century!
"Ah... sorry, I was delayed by something. This is your pass!"
"It's okay. I just arrived too. You must be Miyuki Shirogane, tutoring French, right?"
"That's right. Please follow me."
Miyazawa Yu was simulating the route to rescue Princess Nanaka in his mind when he was suddenly interrupted by the running blonde boy.
Taking the pass the other party humbly handed him, he tilted his head and began to observe the boy with somewhat fierce eyes, finally concluding—this must be an academic slacker!
Just like most schools, even aristocratic academies have small groups formed by 'second daughters' or 'third sons' who are given up on in terms of inheritance, the so-called 'poor students' group.
The boy in front of him had sharp eyes, clearly developed from constantly glaring at people. Coupled with the fact that he only hired a private tutor for five days, it suggested he was cramming at the last minute.
In summary, Miyazawa Yu was ninety to one hundred percent sure that this boy named Miyuki Shirogane was either the first or second to last in academic performance, and he would not accept any rebuttal!!!
"I've looked at your request. You just need to be able to communicate simply and respond when others speak, right?"
"I need to be able to communicate in French because of a very important party. I don't want Shinomiya to know that I can't speak French, so..."
"Mhm mhm! Trying to show off in front of your girlfriend. I understand, I understand!"
He's a teenager in a puppy love! In that case, it's simple!
Miyazawa Yu showed a proud, confident expression, raised an eyebrow, and promised: "Then how about I teach you the common French cure-all phrases, plus a few romantic lines?"
"Um, Shinomiya isn't exactly my girlfriend yet..."
Shirogane Miyuki quickly clarified, touching the back of his head shyly. He felt the tutor his father hired wasn't very reliable.
"Ah... not a girlfriend yet!"
Finding an empty cooking classroom, Miyazawa Yu sat on a swivel chair and crossed his legs: "So you like her, right? After all, you wouldn't bother if you didn't."
"..."
Speechless for a moment, Shirogane Miyuki didn't expect the young man, who was only a little older than him, to see through him so completely after only a few minutes.
But if a stranger could understand his feelings, then wouldn't Shinomiya...
Falling into the terrifying loop of Kaguya Shinomiya is so cute~ and unable to break free, his soul slowly floated out of his mouth.
The delinquent is unexpectedly pure!
Looking helplessly at the near-death Shirogane Miyuki, Miyazawa Yu felt he might have gone a bit too far, so he quickly applied a patch.
"Alright, alright! Let's not talk about that. Do you have any foundation in French, Shirogane-kun?"
"Sorry, none at all. Will that be very troublesome?"
"It's certainly troublesome for a complete beginner, and it requires rote memorization. Can you accept that?"
"Of course!"
Standing up and slapping the table, Shirogane Miyuki swore with a determined look: "Memorizing is my strong suit! So please don't pity me! Give me the strictest training!"
"Oh! Very spirited! You'd be perfect for the Pab club!"
His brain had been completely messed up by the Pab club. Miyazawa Yu first reaction upon seeing someone spirited was that this person would be great for the club.
Although a delinquent being good at memorizing sounded unreliable, he would do his best to train this kid to the point where he could confess!
"Yosh! The special training begins! N'est-ce pas (Isn't that right)? When you hear this phrase, the other person clearly needs affirmation. How should you respond!"
"Uh—Yes or You are right?"
"Vous avez raison (You are right)! Remember that phrase, and use it interchangeably with oui (yes)!"
"I see, sensei! I've memorized it!"
Feverishly taking small notes, Shirogane Miyuki discovered during the tutoring session that although Miyazawa Yu was erratic, his spoken French was truly fluent.
What he taught was also easy to understand and relevant to everyday life. There were still five days until the party, so perhaps he really could undergo a complete transformation!
Meanwhile, on the other side...
"Hayasaka, have you seen where the President went? He's been missing since the afternoon and doesn't seem to have returned to the student council either?"
"The President?"
Snapping her phone shut, Ai Hayasaka tilted her head and looked at Kaguya Shinomiya, who was completely red with anxiety. She paused mischievously for a while.
"I remember seeing him rush out to the school gate after class this afternoon. It seemed like he brought an outsider in."
"Eh? An outsider? Then I can't show my nails in front of the President!"
Wiggling her ring finger, which was inlaid with crushed diamonds, Kaguya Shinomiya immediately slumped onto the table like a deflated salted fish.
"Wuwu... If he brought someone from outside, they're probably in the cooking classroom or somewhere similar. Aren't you going to take a look, young lady?"
"A girl?"
"A boy, and he looked somewhat familiar..."
"Then I won't go..."
Saying she wouldn't go, Kaguya Shinomiya was actually a little concerned about who the 'familiar' boy was. In the end, she found herself near the cooking classroom area.
Soon, she spotted the only classroom with the door closed and the curtains drawn.
"The President is here..."
"I love you. You are as pure and flawless as the full moon in the sky, making me want to hold you in my hand! (in French)"
"???"
Hearing the French declaration of love from an unfamiliar male voice, Kaguya Shinomiya's eyes lost their focus, and she stood mechanically in place.
However, she instantly managed to rationalize it—it must be another student confessing inside. There's no way the object of affection is the President! Hahahaha...
"Moi aussi (I love you too)!"
"!!!"
It's the President's voice! How can the President agree to another person's confession! Especially a man!
Her wine-red pupils trembled into afterimages. Kaguya Shinomiya swore she couldn't be mistaken. Even though it was in French, that response was definitely the President's voice!
"What are you two doing!"
Kicking the door open with a flying kick, the strength that a heartbroken girl unleashes is invincible. The classroom door instantly gave way to the furious blow.
"Ha? Shinomiya-san! What are you doing here!"
Still unable to resist learning the romantic lines from Miyazawa Yu, Shirogane Miyuki was startled by the sound behind him and flinched guiltily, only to realize the person who came was Kaguya Shinomiya!
"You ask me why! Why would you accept someone else's confession, President..."
Her eyes tearing up and on the verge of a breakdown, Kaguya Shinomiya looked at the two people in the room holding paper and pens and looking back at her, her face completely bewildered.
Confessing while studying? Do outside students like this kind of thing now?
"Um... Shinomiya-san, right? This isn't a confession. It's a French lesson. Did you misunderstand something?"
"Eh! Did I misunderstand...?"
A bizarre atmosphere began to spread. Miyazawa Yu was completely unaware that he had triggered a Love is War scenario and was foolishly nodding frantically to prove his innocence!