Through the door, they could hear conversation voices from inside, but after Anna Kinomiya knocked, the voices inside suddenly stopped abruptly. Only after a moment was there a response.
Murakami Yuu recognized Eriri's voice. Her tone was somewhat low, as if her mood wasn't very good.
Sliding the door open and entering, there were only four people in the spacious classroom, but this was already all the members of the doujin game club. Seeing this scene, Anna Kinomiya imperceptibly frowned. Today's purpose for coming became even clearer.
Murakami Yuu's gaze immediately met Eriri's conspicuous hair color. He raised his hand, curved his mouth corners, and greeted her.
Eriri's expression went from cloudy to sunny the instant she saw him. She also raised her hand in response, but just as she made this gesture, she suddenly realized this wasn't like usual when the two were alone. She hurriedly lowered her head and put her hand down, looking embarrassed with a red face.
Seeing this scene, Aki Tomoya gripped the pen in his hand tighter. Kasumigaoka Utaha turned her beautiful eyes to glance at Murakami Yuu, then naturally shifted her gaze toward the window.
"Excuse the interruption, everyone from the doujin game club."
Anna Kinomiya said politely, then got straight to the point:
"Your club members haven't reached the minimum number required for official club establishment. You don't have the right to use an activity room. I'm here today to reclaim the classroom usage rights. Please return the classroom key to me."
Although they had long expected this moment would come, they didn't expect it would be so soon.
But aside from Aki Tomoya, the other three club members' reactions to this news were all very bland, as if they had long prepared for this and showed no excess emotions.
"Pres... President!"
Hearing these words, Aki Tomoya hurriedly stood up and came before Anna Kinomiya, getting agitated on his own:
"Give me a little more time! I'll successfully recruit new members and formally submit the club recognition application according to student council regulations, so just give me a few more days, please!"
He put his hands together and bent deeply at the waist with his head lowered, willingly assuming the lowest posture.
Murakami Yuu glanced at him once and couldn't be bothered to give him any more attention. He walked past Anna Kinomiya and came to stand beside the increasingly red-faced and flushed Eriri, without any excess movements.
Anna Kinomiya's gaze followed Murakami Yuu's movement and finally fell on Eriri.
So this is the girl Yuu likes...
Although when Murakami Yuu confessed these matters to her before, she very confidently gave a firm answer of "I don't mind" and stated she could help him when needed, only asking that he not shut her out from the start, to look at her properly and give her a chance.
But why, when actually seeing him being close to another girl, did she still feel unsettled?
Was this the possessiveness within love that books talked about...
"Please don't do this, Aki-san. Please raise your head first."
Anna Kinomiya collected herself. Her memory was very good - she could name most students at school. Looking at the doujin club president bent at a ninety-degree angle before her, she had no intention of relenting:
"The student council isn't heartless. If I remember correctly, the student council secretary already gave you advance notice. You should have had time to take some remedial measures, but I haven't seen any effective action. Now the deadline is here. I have no choice either. Please don't make my work difficult."
"That's, that's because the time was too short. With a bit more time, one week! Just one week! I can recruit new members..."
"That doesn't comply with regulations and is also unfair to other official clubs, Aki-san."
Anna Kinomiya shook her head:
"The reason the classroom was directly given to you before was because there weren't many clubs then and there were many spare classrooms. Giving you one was fine.
But now the school's clubs have gradually increased. Many official clubs with numerous members don't have a classroom to conduct activities. The one applying to me now for an activity classroom is the recitation club with over twenty members. They even represented our school and won a silver award in the municipal recitation competition.
And your club..."
She looked at the other three people in the classroom, sighed, and didn't continue the rest of her words. But combined with her expression and demeanor, the meaning expressed made Aki Tomoya's face turn red and green alternately.
"Please don't make things difficult for me, Aki-san. When we first gave you the classroom to use, we agreed, didn't we? If needed, you'd return the classroom to me so clubs that need it can use it."
Anna Kinomiya added another line.
This sentence thoroughly made Aki Tomoya lose any thought of continuing to fight for it.
He dejectedly took the key from his pocket.
Anna Kinomiya accepted it and nodded slightly to him:
"I'll go deliver the key to the recitation club president right away. They should move their club items over today. You'd better quickly pack up your things and leave. Thank you for your cooperation, Aki-san."
Aki Tomoya didn't speak.
Seeing this, Anna Kinomiya didn't want to say more. She turned to look at Murakami Yuu, her gaze inquiring.
"President, you can go back first. I have some matters to handle. It'll only take a moment. I'll come to the student council when I'm done."
Murakami Yuu waved his hand.
"Mm, I'll wait for you."
Anna Kinomiya didn't say much more. She turned and left the classroom, gently closing the door.
The classroom returned to silence. Aki Tomoya, having just suffered a major blow, was in a bad mood. When he came to his senses and saw Murakami Yuu was still in the classroom, especially standing right beside Eriri, the dark emotion called jealousy rushed to his head. His tone was naturally somewhat aggressive:
"Why are you still here!?"
"Hey Tomoya! What kind of tone is that? Even if you're not familiar with them, Yuu and I are friends. Why can't he be here!"
Eriri was instantly ignited by his attitude. She had been dissatisfied with him during this period anyway. Now with this attitude toward someone she liked, she didn't hesitate at all to stand on the opposite side of Aki Tomoya and retort.
"But this is our club members' activity classroom!"
Aki Tomoya didn't expect a simple sentence would receive such a big reaction from Eriri. Seeing Eriri defend Murakami Yuu so much, a surge of hot blood rushed to his head. Without thinking, he directly blurted out.
"Unfortunately, it's not anymore."
Murakami Yuu placed both hands on Eriri's shoulders. His voice was light, as if comforting.
The moment he made this gesture, Eriri's emotions gradually calmed. Like a bristling cat whose fur was instantly smoothed, she quieted down in an instant.
And this interaction between the two gave Aki Tomoya another heavy blow.
That feeling of humiliation of something that originally belonged to him being taken away by someone else enveloped him, making Aki Tomoya nearly suffocate.
Ignoring his mood, Murakami Yuu lightly spoke another sentence that made all four members of the doujin game club present freeze at once.
He said:
"I stayed behind today to submit a formal club withdrawal application on Eriri's behalf."
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