The two days of the weekend passed in the blink of an eye.

At the beginning of the new week, as soon as Morimi arrived in the classroom, he could clearly feel the faint restlessness and restlessness in the air.

"Because this week is club recruitment week."

Naruse sat down behind her, "Every club is gearing up, ready to go all out in the fight for new people." ”

Morimi glanced at the other students in the classroom, "Are you so positive?" ”

"They treat club activities the same way you do about learning."

She pursed her lower lip.

In the first and second grades, most people are more enthusiastic about club activities, and there are only a few people like her who have been studying hard since the first grade.

A handful, to be exact.

"Then what are you going to do, Minister Naruse."

"It's similar to them, but the purpose is a little different."

Seeing that she was still looking at herself, Naruse continued: "It's to participate in the club exhibition, and then go to the atrium to set up a stall and participate in the recruitment meeting." ”

"A show in the gymnasium?"

"Hmm."

"Today."

"For three days, the restoration department was scheduled for tomorrow. The handicraft club is today. ”

"Then I'll have to take a look." Morimi said.

"Is Morimi also interested?"

She turned, "Just looking." ”

Naruse looked at her back and didn't say anything.

After the weekend, she started talking to him again.

Unlike last week, except for the first day of school, after that, she just said hello when we met in the morning, and then sat in front of him all day, and basically didn't turn around to talk to him.

She was probably taking the initiative to distance herself from him, but she held on for a shorter time.

Holding his head with one hand, Naruse took a slow breath and looked out the window.

"It looks like there's a medical check-up next week." She said suddenly.

"Like."

"It's annoying...... After the winter, it seems to have gotten a little fatter. ”

"It's not healthy to be too thin."

"Really good at talking."

"I'm fat too."

One after the other, the two chatted ramblingly, just like before.

She didn't turn around, and he didn't look at her until the bell rang for class.

Going to class, leaving class, repeating constantly.

The morning passed, and the hourglass of the afternoon was also put on the table.

Perhaps because they are looking forward to today's after-school activities, for many students, today's time is even slower than the first day of school after the holidays.

finally stayed up until the end of school, and it turned out that there was an evening class meeting, and the teacher was slow and leisurely, and he didn't come over for half a day.

Morimi half-turned, his arms resting on Naruse's table, propping his head on.

"These people are also a little too anxious."

"Today's arrangements are basically some large clubs, such as the handicraft club, which has relatively many members, and there are quite a few in Class A." Naruse said.

"It's not fair to the small community in the back."

Mori looked over, "There are already many people in the big club, and the exhibition prepared by the club is definitely more attractive, and after the first day, the outstanding freshmen have basically been absorbed by the big club." ”

"Do you go to a show and decide which type of club you want to join?" Naruse asked rhetorically.

"I don't belong to clubs."

“……”

"Well, it's not."

"That's it."

She propped her chin and looked at him:

"However, the impression left by preconceived ideas is very strong.

Even if there is a very interesting club in the next two days, many people still miss the club they came into contact with on the first day.

Even if she joins other clubs later, it is impossible to really ...... her Forget about it. ”

“……”

"However, some people comfort themselves with the words 'I'm happy to stay in this club' and 'I prefer my current club'...... Right? ”

Naruse rolled her eyes and pushed her arm out, "Turn around." Here comes the teacher. ”

Morimi withdrew his arm and looked back again, the classroom was still in a commotion, and the teacher didn't come at all.

Looking back, Naruse had already fallen down on the table, looking like he refused to communicate.

“……”

She snorted, but turned away.

After a while, Yanagisawa arrived in the classroom and began today's evening class meeting with an inconsequential school trifle.

The evening shift lasted more than ten minutes.

"I want to think about what else ......"

The teacher in the sportswear thought for a moment and waved his hand, "Forget it, let's leave it at all." It's out of school. ”

The students below quickly dispersed.

By the time Naruse packed up his things, there were few people in the classroom.

Morimi, who was sitting in his seat and waiting for him, stood up, "You don't seem to be in a hurry at all. ”

"If I can get out of class with other classes, it's a bit of a point to be anxious...... I really don't understand why Yanagisawa, a physical education teacher, would talk so much. ”

Morimi smiled and looked out into the hallway, where Starfish and Hikaru Takikawa had already come over and were waiting for them at the back door.

"Class A is so late after class."

"No way."

"Let's go to the gym."

As for Naoko, she has already gone over one step ahead and is ready for the next exhibition.

The four of them came to the gymnasium, and sure enough, it was already crowded with students of all grades.

The first year comes to find the club of their choice, while the second and third years come to see the excitement.

Fortunately, the gymnasium is also big enough.

The crowd is crowded in front of the stage, and standing in the back, you can still see the situation on the stage.

The exhibition has not officially started yet, and the people of the student union are heating up.

"Speaking of which, it looks like the student council is going to change."

"Around Golden Week, it seems to be this time last year."

Morimi and Hikaru Takikawa chatted about the next changes in the student union, while Naruse looked around the venue, where several figures stood on the high platforms on both sides, seemingly pulling something in their hands.

The starfish standing next to him narrowed his eyes and recognized one of them as a member of the Craft Society.

“…… Rope? ”

"Hmm."

She turned her head to look at him, and then remembered that he had come with Naoko yesterday.

"What did Naoko prepare?"

He didn't look at her, "You'll find out later." ”

Starfish pursed her lips and looked back at the stage, quietly moving closer to him.

After a while, the host's hot-up finally ended, and Naoko appeared in the center of the stage.

"The first one is the handicraft club......

"After all, it is the largest club in Tsugao."

"It turns out that Naoko has become a person who can enjoy privileges."

"What do you say, the student union also needs a handicraft club to stir up the atmosphere of the propaganda meeting."

The four of them huddled together and whispered, and on the stage, Naoko looked at the countless glances below, a little shy.

Although I have a premonition, there are really a lot of people......

She took a deep breath and held up the microphone in her hand.

"Hello everyone, we are a craft club."

Accompanied by her voice, the audience below suddenly noticed a creaking sound overhead.

"Eh, what is this?"

"Rope and ...... Pulley? ”

Led by the members of the handicraft club on the high platforms on both sides, a huge paper horse slowly slid out of the curtain behind the gymnasium and approached the stage.

Morimi was stunned for a moment, "Trojan horse." ”

"Almost." Naruse nodded.

"There's someone hiding inside?" Starfish asked.

Naruse glanced at her, and although he didn't say anything, the starfish still read his eyes.

"What are you surprised about, I still know about this kind of thing!"

"Yes. But there's no one in there. ”

The giant paper horse, which is more than three meters tall, slowly moves forward, and the crowd automatically separates to make way for it.

Sliding onto the stage through a makeshift wooden plank, the paper horse stopped.

The audience was silent, and all eyes were focused on Naoko again.

"This is a ...... that took three days to make by the handicraft club."

Briefly introducing the paper horse beside her, she paused and spoke again.

"The handicraft club pays attention to the work, but pays more attention to the process of creating the work."

The words fell, and the paper horse suddenly disintegrated in the exclamation of the audience.

Then, seven or eight members of the handicraft club poured out from behind the scenes, took out the contents of the paper horse's belly, and assembled them on the stage as fast as they could.

"What are they putting together......"

"Like an airplane?"

"Why pink?"

“Peace & Love？”

The people below were talking, and a rope suddenly hung down from above and fell on the head of one of the first-grade girls.

"Wow! What is it...... Rope? ”

She craned her neck, grabbed the hanging rope and looked at it, and suddenly noticed that everyone around her was looking at her.

“……”

Looking at the stage again, a member of the handicraft club walked to the edge and stretched out his hand to her while wiping the sweat from his forehead.

"Hello, can you hand me the rope?"

"Huh? Is this ...... Good. ”

She looked overhead again, then pulled the rope over and handed it to the other's hand.

"Thank you~"

The man changed hands and fastened the rope to the freshly assembled pink plane.

And the gentle and beautiful second-grade sister who was the first to take the stage smiled at her, and then looked at her own members.

"No problem."

Several people nodded.

"Good...... Then take off. ”

Takeoff?

Stunned, she heard the crunching of pulleys overhead.

The pink plane burst out of the stage, hovering over the stadium under the pull of the rope.

Countless pieces of colored paper fluttered and fell like snowflakes.

"Wow......"

Like the classmates around her, she raised her arm, grabbed one, opened it and looked at it.

[Cooperation, Participation - Fun is Justice!] Welcome to the Craft Club! 】

(End of chapter)