The school bell rang, signaling the end of the day's classes, and the students finally had time for their extracurricular activities, rushing toward their respective clubs.
With only six classes a day, most students preferred to stay in school after the 3 PM dismissal to spend some time pursuing their hobbies.
Of course, some students left school directly, either to work or to go home.
Homura stood up and called out to Tomoya, who was packing up, "Oii, Tomoya! Don't leave yet! Don't forget what you promised me!"
Tomoya replied, "Huh?! When did I promise you anything? You're just talking to yourself, aren't you?"
"Well, well, don't be in a hurry!" Homura comforted him. "As the popular blogger 'TAKI-KUN,' your vision is very unique. I believe that the work you recommend will definitely become a hit!"
Listening to Homura's words, Tomoya pushed his glasses up and asked, "Since you mentioned my blog, does that mean your plan is related to that?"
Homura casually said, "Of course! Why else would I be looking for you?"
Tomoya couldn't help but think, 'You're not really making much of an effort to ask for help, are you?'
"Anyway, let's not be so polite between us!" Homura said. But just as he was about to invite Tomoya to join them, he noticed that Megumi was already walking towards the classroom door.
Homura hurriedly caught up to her and pulled her back. "Hey, why are you leaving? I have something to ask you!"
Megumi stayed silent.
"Okay, I understand but please let go, Minamiya-kun," Megumi said calmly, looking directly at Homura.
"Fine, you can't leave yet alright," Homura said, letting go of her sleeve.
"Do I need to introduce him to you?" Homura asked Megumi.
"Well, you two are quite famous at school. I'm sure most people know who you two are," Megumi said nonchalantly.
"By the way, Homura, who is she?" Tomoya asked, a bit puzzled.
Homura pretended to be shocked and said, "What?! You don't know? She's our classmate! Kato Megumi!"
"Huh? Do we have someone like that in our class?" Tomoya was confused and had no idea what was going on.
"Oh, hearing that kind of response makes me a little sad," Megumi said with a smile that betrayed no emotion.
Tomoya then asked, "Homura, is Kato related to your plan as well?"
"Yes, Megu...I mean Kato Megumi is," Homura said. "But let's talk about it later. Follow me for now!"
With that, Homura led the way out of the classroom, leaving Tomoya and Megumi to follow behind, still bewildered.
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After arriving at Class 2-G, outside of Eriri's class, Homura spotted Eriri waiting by the wall and walked over to her.
"I'm here!" said Homura, indicating that the project plan they discussed yesterday had been completed.
Eriri looked at Homura and the two people behind him with a blank expression and said, "Ah, I know."
"But why is this guy here too!" Eriri's previous composure disappeared.
"Well~! Although there's a lot of tension between you two..." Homura gestured for Eriri to calm down before explaining, "You can't deny his eye for this! With his support, don't you think it would be even better?"
After listening to Homura's explanation, Eriri calmed down and hummed, "Hmph! You have a point! This guy is only sharp in this area!"
Feeling relieved after hearing Eriri's approval of Tomoya's presence, Homura continued, "So, let's go to the audio-visual room!"
Everyone headed straight to the audio-visual room, but no one noticed the charming figure by the wall at the stairwell, who followed silently with an interested expression...
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In the audio-visual room, Homura stood in front of the whiteboard, looking at the three buddies who were already seated, and began to speak, "So, I'll start now..."
The sound of the door opening was heard, and a soft voice came from outside, "Sorry to bother you, can I also listen?"
Eriri stood up and slammed the table, exclaiming, "Ka! Su! Mi! Ga! Oka! U! Ta! Ha!, why are you here?!"
The girl outside the door was none other than Kasumigaoka Utaha, one of the four great celebrities of Toyogasaki Highschool and one of the two beauties, as well as the author of the popular novel "The Metronome in Love" Kasumi Utako-sensei!
The so-called "four great celebrities" refers to the four individuals who are known by every student in school!
Kasumigaoka Utaha, upon entering school, was already the top-performing student of the year, the beautiful girl that everyone admired!
Sawamura Spencer Eriri, had beauty recognized by the whole school, a rich young lady, the ace of the art club, and one of the two great beauties!
Homura, when entered school, was the top student of the year and the center of attention wherever he went, the young master of the wealthy Minamiya Family!
And lastly, there's also Aki Tomoya, who caused a stir in the first year by running to the teachers' office and fighting with the academic affairs director to get permission to play an anime at the school festival, even going so far as to disturb the principal!
By the way, let's just ignore the last one!
It's worth noting that all four of these individuals are otaku and were familiar with each other. Utaha and Eriri were known to tease each other, but Eriri was no match for Utaha. Although they all hide their otaku tendencies well, Tomoya was the only one who had been exposed to the public.
The scene shifts to the audio-visual room...
"Can you please stop calling people by their full names?" Utaha walked in and looked at Eriri. "Sawamura Spencer Eriri, can you please stop doing that?"
"Why are you here?" Eriri asked in an unfriendly tone.
Utaha calmly replies, "I happened to see you guys discussing something in the hallway, and I was interested in the composition of the members, so I came in to take a look."
Turning to Homura, Utaha asks, "So, what's going on? Can you let me in on it, Kohai-kun?"
Homura smiles and says, "Sure, Senpai, you came at the perfect time! Actually, I was just about to invite you."
"Really? What a coincidence. In that case, I'm looking forward to it, Kohai-kun." Utaha raises an eyebrow and takes a seat.
Watching this talented individual walk in, Homura secretly sighs.
'This is really a stroke of luck for me...'
Homura taps the whiteboard to get everyone's attention and takes out the prepared plan. After some preparation, he begins to speak.
"In the rural town of Itomori in the Hida city of Penglai Province, a high school girl named Miyamizu Mitsuha had a dream of becoming a boy..."