"Sakura-san, can you please forgive Yamauchi-kun just this last time?"
Unexpectedly, Hirata came to save Yamauchi.
Wait, I think I should have expected that.
Wasn't Hirata the one who was trying to save Yamauchi during class vote?
I looked at Hirata for a bit, and then at the kneeling Yamauchi, who was looking at Hirata as if he was his god.
"What do you mean Hirata-kun!? Why should she forgive the stalker!?"
Kei was especially enraged at his request. She is probably already thinking of making Hirata her boyfriend. But, if he is asking me to forgive the stalker, he will probably ask Kei to forgive her bullies.
"That's right!"
Even if many girls liked Hirata's looks, it didn't mean that they will agree to such an absurd request.
I sighed. I also don't want Yamauchi to be expelled. Someone needs to be at the bottom so that others can feel safe from expulsion.
And in case of a class voting, someone needs to be there who can be expelled without any guilt, right?
But this doesn't mean that he should get away scott-free.
"Hirata-kun, do you even realise what you are saying!?
It's because of creepy stalkers like these that we feel unsafe. Even I am only comfortable enough to actually not put a disguise here because I don't think that someone delusional, creepy stalker will come to stab me for not loving him.
He is not a simple high school student. He is not a petty pick-pocketing criminal either.
He is a serious criminal. Do you even know how many girls suicide because of guys like these!?"
Oops. I shouldn't have said suicide. Hirata's face reflected his trauma.
"B-but-"
"Calm down! Calm down! Alright. I will not report him. Take deep breaths... no is suiciding... Are you here with me...?"
Hirata calmed down a little, and it seems that I unintentionally revealed something I shouldn't have.
The class was eerily quiet due to Hirata's reaction.
"Hirata-kun, are you alright?"
"Y-yes I am. Sakura-san, I will take responsibility for him-"
"No. No need to burden yourself with such a scumbag.
How about this?
We should set-up a class emergency fund. And Yamauchi will have to give 90% of all his monthly points in that fund for the entirety of the school. We will use that fund for cultural festival and things like that.
Scumbag's like him should get punished in some way atleast. They won't learn their lesson otherwise."
I could have gotten those points for myself, but that will only invite hostility towards me in a poor class. Instead, it's better for the class to have some private points in reserve. So that I wouldn't have to pay from my purse.
"No! You can't do this to me! Please forgive me, Sakura-chan! I will never do it again!"
He tried to grab my feet, but I backed away. Ew! Gross! He might be trying to peek up my skirt!
"No! You don't want to suffer some punishment, but what about the girls who have to be overly cautious their whole lives because of people like you!?
Sensei, I will not report Yamauchi, but this stalker-helping feature of the phone needs to go. We can still contact the police, you know?
And please, make sure that there is some way to make sure that he doesn't stop paying for his crime. Maybe there is a contract or something?"
She sighed.
"I said I will bring this up in the teacher's meeting. What happens next isn't in my hands.
And yes, there is indeed a provision of contracts for situations like these.
I will go bring it, and you guys decide on who will receive those points."
Sensei left the class, and the class became noisy.
"Thank you Sakura-san for your consideration-"
"Hirata-kun. No need to thank or apologize to me when you have done nothing wrong. When the offender isn't -"
"Thank you Sakura-san for mercy!"
Yamauchi cried, which I ignored.
"Anyway, go see a therapist. Your complexion doesn't seem to be good."
"Ahaha... I will go to one later."
"Then, are you good at maths, calculation and stuff?
We need someone to be taking care of the class funds for the cultural festival."
"Ah. I think we should vote in the class about that."
Today, the drama is really going on and on. Now, we suddenly have voting.
The one who will hold the points need to be trustworthy. Hirata, Horikita and many are alright to hold the funds. It is inevitable that whoever holds the funds will gain significant social standing in the class.
But, I am not going to partake in it. Too much social standing will mean that people will attack me. I shouldn't hold any official power in the class. Just enough influence so that people will defend me if I am in trouble.
Well..., that seems impossible because of how I plan to earn private points... but I won't interfere in exams and class points.
"Hirata seems to be reliable."
Mii-chan said, and despite the class now aware that Hirata has some kind of trauma, most people were positive about him. They were even more sympathetic.
Kushida was also very friendly to people, but since it was just the first day of classes, her popularity seemed to be a bit lower than his.
Hirata won the support of 32/40 people, Kushida won the support of 30/40 people.
"Now, let's vote for Sakura-"
"No. Please don't. I am terrible with maths. And keeping records for that matter."
Kei also stood up as a candidate, but only managed to get 6 votes.
But, nobody else stood up.
So, it was decided that Hirata will manage the funds.
Chabashira-sensei arrived with a contract, and Yamauchi had to sign it.
He handed over the 90K points to Hirata, and the drama ended.
But, there was one thing that bothered me. I don't believe that Yamauchi would have been expelled, considering just how many people are stalkers in this school.
So why did she say that he might even get expelled?
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