@sakura_chan: Sakura-chama~! Well, you're right about it!
@ChuuuPuffss: 
Oshiri sisters can be Oshiri cousins! That's completely true! You got me there! XDD I hope that your excitement doesn't disappear after reading this though. lllorz
@yuukimoko: Waaah!! thank you!
@Amakuchi: Is it weird if I find your
ERMEHGERD
hilarious? I've watched Sisterakas, and whenever I see OMG, I can't help but laugh a lot!
Oh yeah, it can be anyone you know.
It can be Sae, Ren, or maybe someone else. XDD
@jell_o_jello: 
No problem, I also love Mayuki! And I love danso Mayuyu even more! Kyaah~!
I'm sorry for the extremely late update, but here it is.
@mayuki_daisuki: Why not Ren? XDDD But you're definitely right about Mayu.
@DC2805: Ah, no problem. Thank you for commenting as well.
I'm glad that you're fine with a male Mayu.
@Akblaire48: Request granted!
Though the update was very long to put up. I'm sorry about that. ehehehe.... Anyway, I hope that you enjoy the update!
Part TwoTime seemed to have stood still for the raven-haired as her ears couldn’t even pick up the slight ticking of the wall clock in the room, probably due to the reason that she was far too busy being shocked to even pay attention to it.
The only thing that she has her attention and eyes on was the boy standing in front of her with that charming eyes of his staring back at her, making her fidget on her spot. Even with the questioning gaze that made his brow rise up after noticing her unusual silence made him look quite handsome in her eyes.
At this point, everyone was already smirking to themselves, practically sending each other a telepathic hi-five as they watch the raven-haired’s cheeks flush in pink. One of them were Yuko, who has placed a hand on his shoulder as she looked at Yuki with a smile that almost made it seem like she had accomplished the impossible.
“Well, here he is.” She proudly stated.
Wiggling her brows suggestively, she then nudged the younger girl with her elbow. “So, what do you think of him now that he’s up close?”
“Uh… I…” Yuki stuttered, unable to form words to speak out as she continued to stare at the great distraction in front of her.
This earned some snickering from the Council members, which was fortunately stifled by the pursing of their mouths into a thin line, as well as the few introduction that Sayaka and the others had started giving to Yuko’s cousin— preventing any suspicion from him to arise.
As they exchanged words of introduction with him, Yuki remained in her state of shock as she kept her eyes on him, refusing to look away. But then, she wouldn’t be able to turn her head from his direction, since she was too dumbfounded to do so.
Well, no one in the room could actually blame her for acting that way. They all knew well of the ‘secret’ crush that the Student Council Treasurer have for Yuko’s cousin after all, despite how she hasn’t mentioned anything about her liking for the older boy, desperate not to let anyone know.
That was another thing that they couldn’t blame her for. It wasn’t even surprising for them, since they themselves knew how much of a fuss they would make. That would probably catch the attention of The Coconut— a journalistic club that Yuki has once joined.
With the news of the Student Council Treasurer crushing on Yuuma after turning down every single guy who has tried to confess to her, it would break the issue of Yuko and Haruna getting together. The raven-haired could just imagine it.
The entire school would have the headlines ‘Cold-hearted Treasurer, Finally Melted?’ flashing on every TV and computer screen that could be found. It would be a huge scandal, probably to last until her graduation, since she had confessed her huge dislike for the opposite gender.
It’s not that she hates them. She just had some troubles with dealing with some before, coming to a conclusion that guys only existed to make teenage girls— like her— suffer painful heartbreaks and realize the harsh truth that fairytales don’t actually exist in real life.
Okay, so she actually hates them to a certain ‘minimum’ degree.But can you blame her? She has spent her entire life being in the care of her late parents, forced to keep her distance away from boys— in fear of getting those things that they warned her about. Wait, what was it called again? Ah. That’s right.
Cooties.It was some sort of dangerous measles— a disease that her parents had continuously instructed and warned for her to stay away from. Of course, as she grew up, she came to learn of the truth that such things never existed— there were internet and books she referred to after getting curious.
However, when she came to realize the truth, she still kept her distance from boys around her age— for the sake of obeying her loving parents even though she would feel envious with merely watching them play with other girls out in the street as she stayed inside her home, isolated for the ‘better good’.
It was around the time she had turned fourteen years old— an age that her parents thought was mature enough to stop being homeschooled after she started going through the stage of puberty. It was then when she became exposed to a new well-known virus called ‘Love’.
She slowly came to learn of it through her maids— that were mostly in their early-twenties—. They would come to tell her as they wailed about how lucky she was to be quarantined by her parents, allowing her to get familiar with the symptoms that an infected person would experience.
To tell the truth, Yuki felt far from lucky. After all, she was still naïve and clueless of what ‘pain’ really felt. Her curious and rebellious side didn’t help her much, especially when she began to have the desire of having the same experience as other girls around her age.
Anyway, let’s put her past aside for now. Right at this moment, Yuki has yet to move from her spot, catching Yuuma’s attention despite being busy with having several conversations with the rest of the Council members.
“Anyway, what did you want?” he asked his cousin, running his smooth fingers through his silky black hair.
The brown-haired smiled at him. “I just wanted you to meet Yukirin officially.”
Yuuma would have believed her even though his mind was telling him that it wasn’t the truth. It was only her suspicious smile that gave her away, since it was the similar one that she would have on her face whenever there was something going to happen.
“We’ve already met during the field trip to South Korea.” He pointed out, looking at her warily.
She lets out a laughed and beamed her signature smile, patting his shoulder as she gave a glance to him and the raven-haired. “That’s great then!”
“The two of you can become good friends, Yuu-kyun!”
Yuuma sighed after hearing his cousin call him by the nickname that she had given to him ever since they were kids, despite his efforts of protesting about being called by his first name. Letting out a cough, he started to wriggle away from Yuko’s hold as she patted him hard.
Seeing this, Takamina gestured at Yuki to go nearer them. “Come here, Yukirin!”
The raven-haired didn’t move an inch towards them, earning a raise of the brow from Yuko and the others. The brown-haired smirked along with everyone, not surprised that Yuki hasn’t left her state of shock.
They have noticed several times how her eyes would trail off and somehow latch themselves on Yuuma, following his and every move without realizing it herself. This would happen every single time whenever Yuuma was around them.
Seeing this, Yuko started to get an energy rush. The desire to make them get closer and have them end up as a couple began to grow, giving her some hope that she would be able to change the two’s mindset towards ‘love’.
“Yukirin!” Yuko called, this time successfully snapping the said girl out of her trance.
She gestured for the raven-haired to come nearer, pushing her own cousin towards Yuki as she mentally began to pat herself on the back, obviously pleased with the way the two seemed to act— Yuki was staggering with her face dark red.
The rest of the Council members started to squeal amongst themselves, except for Mario— who started to clench his hands tightly into balls as he found the situation a bit too sweet for his liking. He is Mario-sama after all.
Muttering to the girl beside him, he sighed. “Miichan, I’m getting bitten by ants.”
A laugh escaped from the younger girl’s lips, finding his statement hilarious after remembering how her boyfriend hated this kind of moments.
“Kashiwagi Yuki, meet Watanabe Yuuma.” Yuko introduced, pushing her cousin even closer to the raven-haired.
Everyone kept the silence that has formed, but the grins that they all had on their faces remained. They tried hard to keep a straight face on but after seeing how their member— who was known for being cold to boys— stumble into Yuuma’s embrace after getting pushed by Yuko, it seemed to be impossible.
“Cousin, meet your girlfriend.” The brown-haired said, finally breaking the silence.
Yuki’s eyes widened in surprise as she took a huge step back away from the boy in front of her, latching her eyes on the girl who declared it afterwards, flabbergasted that Yuko had actually spoken it out loud. Her having a crush on Yuuma was supposed to be a secret she swore to take to her grave after all.
On the other hand, Yuuma was a bit different from how the raven-haired was acting. He has somehow managed to compose himself and was now looking at Yuki with a smile on his face— causing the raven-haired to only blush even more.
“Y—Y—Yuko-san!” the blushing girl cried out, staring at her with a pleading look to stop with whatever the brown-haired was trying to do.
Unfortunately, Yuko had other plans for her and has no intention of stepping down on the plan that she had conjured with everyone else in the Council. This was for the best of Yuki after all, and getting rid of her stalker was the only solution thing of for her to stop being so restless.
Yuko feigned an innocent smile at her. “What?”
“Yuko-san.” A black aura radiating from the raven-haired.
With sincerity in her voice, Yuko spoke. “This is for you own good, Yukirin.”
“My own good?” the raven-haired wondered, looking at the older girl with a confused expression on her face.
“What does she mean?”Not wanting to keep the Student Body treasurer in the dark, Sayaka cleared her throat and started the explanation. “Remember how we kept on trying to figure out who was perfect for the role of
‘the perfect boyfriend’?”“Y-yeah. So, what about it?”
“Well, we managed to think of Watanabe Yuuma and came across a very important reason as to why he should be the one to help you in getting rid of that pest.” She smiled. “He fits the role perfectly.”
“B-but didn’t I tell you that I can take care of the problem myself?” Yukirin asked, flustered about the thought of getting the black-haired involved.
Everyone snickered as they all heard Sayaka’s answer. Her tone made it obvious that she has completely made up her decision about not allowing Yuki to deal with the problem on her own. Besides, even the girl herself once admitted into wanting to see how their plan would work out.
“Nonsense!” Sayaka told her, dismissively shaking her hand at the dejected girl.
“You’re a member of the Council, and a family to us! We want to protect you and get that stalker of yours out of your life without taking any actions towards him! We’ll just let him see how happy you are with your boyfriend, and everything will be solved!”
“It’s not THAT simple, President!” Yuki wailed, flailing her arms as she tried to desperately search for a reason why the plan wouldn’t work out. “Mou~!”
She has no intention of getting the guy involved, and neither will she allow anyone to meddle in her own situations. Come to think of it, this was all her fault. If she never joined that cursed Rappapa club, none of this would be happening.
“I told him that we could only be friends, because I prefer to be with someone who I know will be the right one for me!” she cried, practically pulling her hair in frustration. “I said that I don’t want to have a boyfriend, UNLESS he’s the one I’m sure I would marry!”
“That’s why I said that I might even consider a Marriage for Convenience in the future!” she moaned, forgetting that Yuuma was around to witness her acting that way.
Haruna let out a sigh, noticing the bemused expression on Yuuma’s face. “Well, it doesn’t matter. Just do it and get rid of your stalker.”
Yuki looked at the older girl with disbelief in her eyes. Why couldn’t they just accept that she doesn’t want their help? It was not like she was THAT desperate to go such lengths of having them ask her crush to help her out. All she needs was some space from him, that’s all.
She whined. “But that’ll be going against my own principles!”
“Forget about your principles and just deal with your problem.” Mario told her in a matter-of-fact tone.
From the persuasion that she has been receiving for the past few minutes, Yuki began to deeply regret the decision of telling them her problem. It seems that even though her mind was all made up in not getting the guy involved, their desire to help kept making them try and meddle in.
Sayaka crossed her arms at this and frowned. “This is also a reason why we’re helping you.”
“Yeah! You always think about principles and whatnots instead of focusing on the problem at hand.” Miichan nodded in agreement, puffing her cheeks with air as she pouted.
The raven-haired sighed for the nth time that day and opened her mouth. However, right before she could, Yuuma’s cousin sealed her mouth and beat her down to it. Yuko has a hand clamped on her lips and was now dragging the younger girl to a corner, sending a knowing look to the rest of the members.
“Just going to have a little chat with her.” She said with a smile, making Yuuma raise his brow in question for her actions. “You should go and discuss what you have to do with the rest of them.”
Turning to the said ‘them’, she nodded and turned her attention back to the raven-haired, whose mouth still had Yuko’s hand clamped over. She pushed the younger girl towards a seat and stood in front of her, blocking her sight of everyone else in the room as they started briefing him on what they had in mind.
“Yukirin, listen.” She started, letting out a sigh as she pinched the bridge of her nose. “Everyone’s doing this to help you.”
Yuki protested. “But I don’t—“
“—no buts. We all knew that you have a crush on Yuuma, but you can’t let your personal feelings cloud your judgment and make things harder for you to deal with.” She interrupted, using the some words she once heard Yuki’s grandfather spoke. “Just trust me on this, alright?”
“Besides, you’ll get to spend some time with him.” Yuko added with a smirk.
Yuki didn’t know if she should be feeling grateful or angry at that moment. Part of her felt like she was just being used by the rest of the Council members as a source of entertainment— since practically nothing interesting happens to them.
But then, those kind of thoughts began to vanish as her mind started to make her imagine a scene where she was holding hands with Yuuma— a particular scene where he had a huge smile on his face as he caresses her cheek with a thumb, before gently placing a kiss on her lips.
All of those were playing in her mind, manipulated by none other than Yuko, who started to do so the moment she realized that Yuki has once again set foot in the land of her dreams— or the place in her head whenever she would space out.
When she managed to snap out of it, she pushed the older girl away from her and looked the opposite way, crossing her arms across her chest as she huffed. Her face was pink in color and at that very moment, Yuko knew that it wouldn’t take long for her to finally agree with the plan.
“F-fine!” Yuki eventually agreed, stammering out her words of defeat as soon she found herself locking eyes with a certain guy.
Blushing hard, she whipped her head and stared at Yuko whose eyes glinted mischievously. “But if it doesn’t work, you guys can’t get involved any longer!”
“And that includes Yuuma-kun!”
“Promise!” Yuko swore, linking their pinkies together.
That seemed to have satisfied the raven-haired at the moment, even though she had a certain feeling that the promise wouldn’t be carried out. Yuko smiled happily to herself. It may not seem like it to others, but that cousin of hers is a very reliable person— even though he refuses to show it most of the time.
Grinning at her, Yuko started to pull the younger girl. She chuckled as she felt Yuki’s hesitation in taking any step to get closer to Yuuma, finding it funny that she could gush about him all throughout their meetings, yet be so shy around him.
“Stop being so shy around him!” Yuko told her, whispering in her ears. “You need to get used to this!”
Leaving Yuki to stand in front of her cousin, the brown-haired gave a thumbs-up to the rest and started ruffling Yuuma’s black hair. “Did you understand all of the details, cousin?”
A sigh left his mouth and he pushed her away gently, fixing his hair afterwards as he replied a ‘yes’ to her before turning his head to face Yuki. “I’ve heard about your situation.”
“You’ll be in my care, as I will be in yours.” He told her with a small smile on his face. “So, let’s get along?”
A moment of silence enveloped everyone. Yuki had lost her senses once more and was clueless to what she was supposed to do right then. It was hard to think of anything, especially when everyone was looking at her with expectant looks.
Her mind was not helping in her situation as well. It was too distracted in screaming at her, telling her to get a grip and stop being so mesmerized with the sight of Yuuma in front of her— which mind you, is extremely hard to do so, even more when he has those gorgeous brown orbs staring back at her.
It was an extremely good thing that her body managed to figure out what she had to do, without the need for her brain’s approval. Her head lowered itself and she automatically flashed a smile at him— which she hopes that doesn’t make her look like a dork.
“Uh-huh!” she nodded, almost
too enthusiastically.
Everyone dropped a sweat and she began to mentally scold herself for acting that way. The embarrassment was too much to handle for her, and all she wanted to do was dig a hole in the ground before throwing herself in with a coffin.
It was quite fortunate for her that she was saved from the awkward atmosphere that she herself has accidentally formed by Yuko, who started to babble about some details— which only passed through Yuki’s ears.
Spacing out seemed to be a habit that she was starting to have, since she has once again gotten herself into a trance. It must have been the effects that Yuuma has on her, which pretty much started ever since she laid her eyes on him during their field trip.
“…anyway, the two of you will have to stay together for the whole week.” Yuko smiled, snapping the girl out of her embarrassment.
Yuki looked at her blankly— silently cursing herself for spacing out during the brown-haired’s explanation. That earned her a look from Yuko that states her disbelief, and a sigh which was soon followed by the summary of what she had explained earlier.
“Like I said before, we need to make your stalker believe that the two of you are dating. It’s necessary for the plan to work out perfectly, so you have to act as a couple for a week.” She repeated.
It must have been a day for Yuki’s eyes to widen almost every now and then. Her jaw dropped almost as instantly as her eyes widened in surprise, and she quickly tore her sight off from Yuuma, focusing it a second later on the girl who seemed to have a liking for surprising her.
“A week?!” she asked.
The brown-haired nodded in reply, stifling in her laughter along with the rest of the Council members as they found her being completely surprised, amusing. Ignoring them, Yuki turned her head to Yuuma, who seemed unfazed by everything.
“Are you alright with that, Watanabe-san?” she asked, desperately hoping that he would agree that he was and help her get out of the plan that everyone had in mind. “It’s burdensome to be my boyfriend, and I can just find someone else to help me.”
To her dismay, Yuuma shook his head instead and showed her his smile. “I’m alright with one week.”
“Besides, you must have been extremely troubled that Yuuchan has to personally ask me for help.” He gave a sheepish smile. “I can also make use of this opportunity to repay her.”
“And with that, we can now commence on the mission!” Yuko concluded, throwing her hands up in the air as she began to cheer happily along with the other girls after having successfully forced the raven-haired to shake her cousin’s hand.
Just as they were about to cheer along with Yuko, the raven-haired desperately tried to push herself away from Yuuma. Right after they were forced to shake hands with each other, Yuko enveloped them in a tight hug and squeezed Yuki against her cousin’s chest.
It wasn’t that she hated being pressed against him. To be honest, she actually loved the feeling of it. It’s just the thought of being labeled ‘weird’ by the older boy if he starts to notice that she actually liked the feeling of his hard chest.
“Just thinking about it…” Yuki blushed hard, biting her lower lip hard as she tried to get the thought out of her mind.
“What am I thinking?!”“So, when are we starting?” Yuuma asked all of a sudden.
Yuko flashed him her dimples. “Today.”
“What?” Yuki snapped her head in surprise.
The older girl looked back at her, ignoring the daggers that the raven-haired was sending to her. “Once we’ve finished the meeting, Yuuma will accompany you home.”
“Since today wouldn’t be considered as a day, the contract will expire next Monday.” She added.
Yuki narrowed her eyes into a slit as the older girl ran towards her desk and started rummaging through her bag, muttering words under her breath when she seemed to have some trouble finding whatever it was supposed to be inside.
It was a good thing for Yuko that she suddenly remembered how she had actually placed the folder in her cabinet. Smiling to herself, she immediately took out the said folder and rushed back to her cousin’s side.
“What’s that?” Yuki asked, already feeling wary of the folder.
Proving her senses were correct, Yuko replied. “A contract.”
Yuko handed the said contract to the raven-haired and beamed at her, hoping that her bubbliness and energetic smile would somehow cease and prevent the frown she predict would appear on the younger girl’s face from appearing.
It didn’t work though. From the very moment the contract was handed to her, Yuki already frowned to herself, obviously displeased with the object in hand. The sentences written inside added to her irritation and made her hand back the folded with a deadly glare.
“Do you wish for an early graduation?” Yuki asked the older girl through gritted teeth, adding a low growl at the end of her sentence that made Yuko flinch and let out a small whimper as she hid behind a certain cat-like girl.
“What do you mean by weekends not considered as part of the week?” she asked.
Yuko squeaked. “Y-you never leave the house during weekends, so there’s no reason for us to be worried that you’ll be stalked then.”
“Yuko-san—” the raven-haired stared, ready to grab at her collar.
She was only stopped when Acchan stepped in between the two girls and smiled at her apologetically. “Sorry about that, Yukirin.”
“I was the one who wrote all of these.” She informed, surprising the girl very much.
Scratching the side of her head, she sheepishly spoke. “I thought that it would help and serve as a payback in return for all the favors that I’ve received from you.”
“Acchan did?” Yuki asked herself, trying hard not to raise a brow in question.
Forcing a smile, she replied with a dismissive wave of the hand. “I-if that’s the case, then everything’s fine with me.”
“There’s no way Acchan would do something against my wishes, she’s really kind and the one who understands me the most in the Council.” She thought, instantly smiling widely as she was handed the folder to sign.
Without any hesitation, she started signing and handed it back, thinking to herself that she has no other problems to deal with. There couldn’t be any other things written in the contract that would make her regret later because she didn’t take the time to read, right?
Seeing that everything seemed to have been solved, Yuuma cleared his throat. “If you may now excuse me, I’ll be returning for my club activity now.”
“Oh, alright.” Sayaka told him with a huge smile on her face, clearly pleased with what they had all achieved.
Everyone started uttering their farewells for him with a pat on the back, thanking him at the same time for accepting their call for help as Yuki merely stood by the side, watching the older boy finish saying that it was just a small favor for him to help her.
She didn’t pat him on the back or utter a single word to him like the others, and continued staring at Yuuma walk towards the door to open it. When he grabbed hold of the knob, her shoulders slumped and she prepared to exhale the huge amount of air that she has been holding.
She had come to realize of the side that she has shown to the older boy, and feel extremely stupid for not remembering how he was in the room with them. What would have happened if she wasn’t stopped by Acchan, and strangled Yuuma’s cousin?
She was still mentally scolding herself for that and having the desire to hug him before he walks out of the room, taken aback by the thought that came to mind. That caused some irritation to arise, only to be diffused the moment Yuuma stopped walking out of the door midway and turned to her.
“It’s been a long time since I have last seen you in the club, Kashiwagi-san.” He pointed out, reminding the raven-haired of her stalker at that moment.
He added and smiled. “I hope that you can finish your Council duties and come back soon.”
“The music’s completely dull without you and your flute.”
And with that, he walked out of the door and left everyone’s jaw hanging in shock, surprised at the statement that he had just spoken out for everyone to hear. Obviously, Yuki was one of them. She never thought that she would hear such words from him.
It puzzled her, leaving her wondering to herself if the guy actually meant anything and was trying to tell her something, or was merely being polite as the guy that she has pictured him as. Now trying to read between the lines, she found herself assuming, which lead to the weakening of her legs.
“This will surely end in success.” Yuko spoke with confidence, earning nods from everyone in agreement as she started to rub her invisible beard.
Turning to the still-shocked girl, she lifted her arm and started patting Yuki on the shoulder, uttering some words to congratulate her about finally getting the opportunity of a lifetime—spending some quality time with the guy she has been crushing on.
Now, an opportunity like hers is extremely hard to come by. Especially when you’re having the guy you like, to pretend as your boyfriend even if it’s just for a week. However, Yuki seemed to have broken down because not a second too soon, she startled everyone by rushing out of the room, screaming incoherent words.
She left them staring at her back, running down the stairs without any care whatsoever if she would slip and break something. In fact, if that would be an enough reason to stay away from the school for one week to escape the deal she had been forced into with Yuuma, she would gladly twist her ankle then.
However, the thought of breaking something scared her and thus prevented any of what she had hoped to occur. She reached the middle of the campus, slightly sweaty and panting from all the running and skipping that she has done.
In frustration, she shouted, “I HATE THIS!”
She started clutching at her head, pulling at her hair in complete irritation. Several thoughts came to mind, jumbled up in not time with the concerns that she had begun to remember. And then, all of those cleared up and she shouted at the sky.
“What if I fall in love with him?!?!?!?!?!?!”To Be Continued…
Topic: BOYFRIEND FOR RENT Part Three (05/02/14) (Read 64628 times)