Ayoshi already looked through the list of girls who have crushes on Taro, except for one. Her name is Haruka Kokona and she's in the Drama Club.
It's the end of the day when clubs do their activities. Currently, Ayoshi is headed towards the Martial Arts Club.
When he arrived, Budo walked over to him smiling brightly, "Aishi-kun! Ready for today's practice?"
Ayoshi set his bag down and said, "Masuda-kun, I have somewhere to be. It will not take long. I will be back before club activities end."
"Oh… that's fine. Just make sure you come back in time for a good sparring session," Budo said with disappointment, wondering what could be more important to Ayoshi than his sparring match with him.
"Mm," Ayoshi quickly agreed.
He headed towards the Drama Club. When he arrived at the clubroom, there was no one there. Wondering where they were, he texted Info-kun. When he got a response, he learned that they were in the gym rehearsing for a play that they were putting on. It took a little longer, but when he finally arrived, he saw all the Drama Club members except the one he was looking for. So he walked up to someone and asked where she was. He told him she was backstage and could get back there by going on the stage. He thanked him and walked onto the stage. When he got on the stage, he overheard the conversation between the two on the stage.
"Soma, you're doing it all wrong!" A man with a purple ponytail scolded the other.
"I'm… I'm sorry, sir," Soma rushed to apologize to what Ayoshi presumed is the club president.
"You should be! This play must be perfect, and if you don't get your act together, I'm going to have you replaced," Kizano said in a condescending tone.
"No, ple-please don't replace me! I'll do better! Ju-just give me another chance!"
"Fine, but I'll show you how it's done," Kizano said arrogantly.
Ayoshi watched as the once haughty man transformed into a gentle-looking man. If you didn't know what he's really like, you would probably think he really had a gentle demeanor. He became intrigued at how Kizano could perfectly become another person, so easily masking who he truly was. 'I hope I can become that gentle for my senpai,' he thought as he continued to watch the other act.
As Kizano walked around in character, didn't notice a prop on the stage and tripped on it. He refused to fall in an un-classy way, but before he could pose himself, he was caught. He looked at who caught him and saw a handsome, black-haired man looking down at him. His face flushed and felt his heart race. He could see beautiful flowers surrounding them in their moment. 'This is what it must feel like when a princess is saved by her prince. I'm the princess and he's my prince,' he thought with a smile on his face and a hand gently laying on Ayoshi's chest. 'Wow, my prince is strong.' He giggled in Ayoshi's arms.
"Are you ok?" Ayoshi asked.
"Of course I am, you saved me after all," Kizano said with a coy smile. Ayoshi helped him to steady himself, then let go, but he quickly held onto Ayoshi's arm and held it close to him. Ayoshi didn't show any annoyance at his clinginess or made any moves to remove him, making him happy. He snuggled a little closer to Ayoshi. "My name is Sunobu Kizano. Thank you for catching me." Ayoshi just nodded at him. "Since you saved me, is there anything I can do to repay you?" He asked with a honeyed voice. Ayoshi was about to decline when he interrupted him. "I can give you a part in my play. You would be perfect for the role of the prince," he said with a face that showed excitement.
"President, aren't you playing the role of the prince?" Yamazaki Tsuruzo asked.
Kizano grew slightly ticked off, but tried to show a sweet smile for Ayoshi, "I was, but I can play the princess," he then looked at Ayoshi with a flirtatious look and said, "and you can be my prince..."
The other club members were completely shocked. They had no idea what to say to their president acting so strangely.
Ayoshi, not finding anything weird with Kizano's words, just looked at him and said, "No thank you. I am only here to find someone."
Kizano became irritated. He's never been rejected. 'This isn't how it's supposed to go! He's supposed to say yes to me becoming his princess! Who is he here for?!' He tried to hide his anger so he wouldn't put off Ayoshi and asked him in a strained voice, "Oh… well, who are you here for?"
Ayoshi, oblivious to the Kizano's anger, said, "Haruka Kokona."
'Her!' Kizano thought. "Oh, you two must be good friends?"
"I have never met her," Ayoshi said.
Kizano's eye twitched and almost yelled, "Then what do you want with her?"
"I want to check something."
Kizano just got even more irritated and just told Yamazaki to get Haruka. She's a beautiful girl with unnaturally large breasts. Every man that Kizano saw come in contact with her instantly grew a crush on her and wouldn't stop glancing at her breast. 'What if my prince becomes one of them?! I won't let her steal my prince,' he thought as he tightened his grip on Ayoshi.
When Haruka walked out, Ayoshi removed his arm from Kizano's grip and walked towards her. She looked at the two with a worried expression.
"Haruka Kokona?"
Haruka shyly looked up at Ayoshi, unknowingly pushing up her breast with her arms, and asked, "Yes?"
'You better resist her, my prince!'
"I am sorry to bother you. I thought you would be someone else," Ayoshi said with a small bow.
Haruka was very confused by Ayoshi's words but told him it was ok.
Ayoshi didn't find his senpai, so he started to walk off the stage, but Kizano rushed to catch him. He held Ayoshi as he did earlier and asked with a pout, "Where are you going?"
"I did not find what I'm looking for, and I have to go. Someone is waiting for me."
The relief Kizano felt when he saw Ayoshi had zero interest in Haruka washed away when he heard that Ayoshi is going back to someone else. "They can wait. Why don't you join the Drama Club?"
"I am already in a club."
Kizano grew more upset with every word that came out of Ayoshi's mouth. He didn't want to let go of Ayoshi, but understood that he wasn't going to stay. "At least tell me the name of my savior."
"Aishi Ayoshi."
Kizano finally let go of Ayoshi's arm and watched longingly as he walked away. "Aishi, my prince, you better come to watch my play," he yelled to Ayoshi's back. Ayoshi simply nodded, and that brought him comfort.