A/N:

Hello guys! How have you been? I hope y'all are safe and sound ❤️

I come bearing an intense chapter for you all! I am kind of anxious about this as this chapter holds the spotlight towards [Y/N]. This chapter might also be the longest one I have written so far 🙈🙈

I hope you guys will like it!

Sentences in Italics represents Y/N's thoughts.

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Your POV:

"We are coming in!" Nekomata sensei announced as Kuroo held the council room door open for him.

"Yes, sensei. Please come in. Please, have a seat!" I offered him and he took a seat.

I took a glance at a very bitter looking Kuroo, a stern but calm Kai-kun, an expressionless Kenma, a nervous Lev, a raging Yamamoto-san, a displeased Yaku-san, and a bunch of confused first-year volleyball players.

"How may I help you, sensei?" I played coy.

"You exactly know what you did and why we are here!" Yaku-san stated angrily.

18 hours ago...

What the fuck does he not want me to know?

What was he hiding from me? Why was he behaving so odd today? He kept interfering with my conversation with Yaku-san, suddenly declared me his girlfriend, and got irritated when I mentioned about school finances.

I thought I could like you Kuroo, but if you were involved in some swindle, I can't. I just can't.

The moment he left; I was scared. I was scared that he could possibly have done something or at the very least he knows something. I was scared for his reputation, I was scared that this situation will tear us apart, I was scared that I will be the end of him.

I was also angered. I was angered that I let myself like someone that I barely know. I felt vulnerable as anger reached its peak. Being vulnerable is a pitiful state and I for one, hated being weak.

Why was this happening? When did I start to be considerate towards him? What was he scared of? What was he trying to hide? What does that have to do with the school finances? If there was a swindle, how was he connected to it? What do I not know?

I had so many unanswered questions, unnerving questions, questions that flayed my peace, cell by cell. My attraction towards him didn't help at all, maybe it was my fascination that has paved the way to this uncertainty.

I should stop thinking about him, his flirtations towards me, his smirk, his wit, his charm, and most importantly his eyes. Why am I allowing him to fuck with my head so much?

His russet eyes tell a different tale when he tries to out-smart me and he wasn't aware of that! Why do I know so much about him and at the same time know nothing about him? Why was I struggling to oust him? What if it had been someone else? What would I do?

Here I was convincing myself to not fuck shit up turns out everything here is already fucked up.

It was almost midnight since I took some time to collect my wavering thoughts. My duty was to be an honorable Kaichou and I was determined to be one. Kuroo was someone I met a while ago, I was not going to let him lead my emotions into a disastrous typhoon, and yet I felt like I was caught in its eye.

If Kuroo was somehow involved in this and if he was ousted, it would ruin his credit, it would ruin his life. It was a hard decision and, at that moment, I decided to keep his secret as my own. A secret that I didn't know full well of. All because I couldn't hate him in an instant, I couldn't bring myself to lose his company and his friendship at the very least. What has he done to me?

I wanted to text Asami-chan about this but I didn't know how to discuss this without raising suspicion and I ended up texting her hastily.

[Y/N]: You still up?

I waited a few minutes for her reply, maybe she had slept.

Asami: Sorry, I fell asleep. I just saw your text. What up?

[Y/N]: I am sorry. Go back to sleep, we can talk later.

Asami: Woah, you reply this fast? Anyways, tell me it must be important.

[Y/N]: No that's okay. I don't want to keep you from sleeping. I know how much you love sleeping LOL

Asami: Ouch 😭 Let's not attack me like that. I am fragile. Just tell [F/N]-chan.

[Y/N]: Alright. Do we have access to student files?

Asami: I don't know for sure but if we request the class teacher maybe we could get access? Why?

[Y/N]: Remember we were discussing about the rule-breakers? I just wanted to check if they have a track record and see if they have a pattern so that we could take necessary actions...

Asami: That sounds great. I will start making a requisition letter first thing tomorrow morning directly addressing the school board so that we can get access to all the student files. We might miss a few rulebreakers but the papers won't.

[Y/N]: We will be able to get all the files? That's good. Let's see how it goes! Good night!

Asami: You are gonna stay up, aren't you?

[Y/N]: No 😅

Asami: Liar! I am not going to wait up hehe byeeeeee 😴😴

I sneakily got what I wanted; A way to know everything about Kuroo Tetsurou! If he had done something in the past, then that would be in his files. His problems would be stated by his mentor in his files. So, ladies and gentlemen, that's how you kill two birds with one stone.

Akihiko-san texted me saying that the festival committee had finally agreed to cut down on expenses. I requested him to finish up on the yearly budget and make a fair copy so that I could present it to the principal and reason with him to sanction more funds. He replied that he would finish it up and mail me the fair copy as soon as he was done with it.

Everything was coming together except for Kuroo and his words. His words kept ringing into my ears. Even a mosquito hasn't bothered me this much but his words did. I thought we finally started to connect well, we could begin to know about each other and here I am being pushed into the dark.

I took it upon myself to study the school finances and first of all, it was boring. I would rather spend my precious time reading Levi heichou fanfictions on Wattpad. That man is just too good to be true.

On the other hand, I understood some of the gibberish that was scribbled in the name of school finances but not all of it. I started to google the parts that I didn't understand and I somehow ended up finding nothing. Just like what he said. How did he know I wouldn't find anything?

It was annoying to conclude that he was right and I was the one with a false sense of alarm or he knew for a fact that I won't be able to find anything because he had something to do with it. I found the latter to be much more convincing as his words hid something murk. Only a liar knows when someone lies, for I am a liar under this moonlit sky.

I couldn't sleep and Kuroo hazed my head. Kuroo! Kuroo! Kuroo!!!

If I hadn't met him the way I did, would I be aware of this feeling of precariousness? Would it be any different if I had smelled these rotten discrepancies regarding the finances without his presence in my life? Why is his presence making it any different? Do I not trust him enough to believe he was just sure that nothing like a scam would happen in this school?

Thoughts after thoughts and I just couldn't make a logical connection. Morning came and somewhere in my heart, I knew he would keep his end of the deal on our jog. To my dismay, he hid himself by the nearest wall. Wow! he didn't want me here!

He was becoming distant, maybe it was his time to avoid me. I probably made him uncomfortable by digging into the school finances and he clearly thinks I shouldn't but I won't stop because it is my duty and I shall fulfill it. I may have decided to keep his secret but I wanted to know it in full detail. I cannot judge his character; I shouldn't.

It was a dawn of deceit. He lied, he diverted the talk when I called him a liar, he looked at me as if I was foreign and I couldn't bear it anymore. I ran before he started the count, that way I didn't have to deal with his sinful stare.

He came running towards me, held my wrist which froze me to the spot. His touch was neither warm nor cold; It was electric as I felt his skin numbing mine. He spun me around like it was a game of hide and seek except I wasn't blindfolded by a cloth but by his charming cloak.

I ran after him losing the race while he was already on his knees, beautiful and breathtaking. How could I hold anything against his childlike antics? Why can't I hold anything against him when I look at him? What was this cataclysmic consciousness?

"You Cheat! Cockass! You are such a creep-mouse! Nope, scratch that; you are a cunt. How could you do that? You cackling cachinnating camel! Stop with that Cheshire cat smile! You are a coward!" I roared and he looked at me with a frown.

After my long list of swears, I laid on my back, removing my hair from the bun as I tried to catch my breath. I calculated as to what I should converse with him to make him confess to his crimes.

I carefully beaded my words every time I spoke and he did the same. I have never seen him choosing his words before he spoke. I was treading on pins and needles throughout the conversation and I could feel his discomfort with growing time.

I just didn't want him to leave the conversation abrupt as he did last night and in the middle of the ongoing conversation, he wanted to leave. Apparently, we were late for school and yet it was barely 7.30 am. I again pressed about this matter by commenting on his odd behavior last night as I stood up to flake off the dirt.

I tried to put my hair back into a bun and that's when he asked me to turn around to remove something that I assumed to be a straw from my hair.

His fingers intertwined with mine; sending shivers down my spine.

He moved forward confining my staggered breath

But his clasp was ever so light, as he drew my arms down my girth...

What was happening between him and I?

A war between prestige and passion; Only for my spirit's struggle to take the winning tide!

What was suffering? What was comfort? I lived in a chaotic delusion as seconds passed...

His cozy chest just feathers away, as my fury became bleak and distort!

I had lost this fight to his gentle touch. This was the minute I knew that I was defeated. The feeling of losing my senses while time halted, only to see myself succumb to his desire.

"Shhh! let me!!!" he said as his breezy breath kissed my neck.

I had no control over my body, as my lungs hitched and my dermis reflexed. A lump formed in my throat as I stood there like his marionette who forgot to breathe; My heart skipped many many beats almost as acoustic as the music sheets while his knuckles softly brushed against my skin.

It was a weird feeling as I craved for more of his touch. I could feel my hands grow cold by the passing minute and he retreated without a warning in an instant and in that moment, I felt empty as if his mere touch had ripped a part of my soul.

He walked me home and it was as if we both were tongue-tied. He left my line of sight and I got ready for school. I had a feeling that this day would hold something cannon.

The fair copy of the yearly budget was mailed to me and I requested a meeting with the Principal after I reached school. I had to discuss the shortcomings the council would face due to the cut in the budget, I also had a letter requesting more funds along with the budget copy.

As I was gathering the papers required for the meeting with the Kocho sensei (The Principal), I quickly texted Asami-chan and the other council members to assemble in the council room and start the work on collecting the student files and the information we needed to make a list of rule breakers.

Kuroo came into the council room along with Asami-chan and I could see that he was antsy. After a brief and skeptical conversation with Kuroo, I left to meet the Principal. Questions bombarded my brain yet again and the only way I knew out of this was to confront him. But now, I had to somehow convince the Principal to provide the council with more funds as it took priority.

I was called into the Principal's office after waiting for half an hour. I wondered why I was asked to wait but then I saw the chairman of the festival committee leaving the office when I entered it.

"Ohayou gosaimasu (Good Morning) Kaichou sama! I was just discussing the basic plan for the summer festival with the principal and I must say he isn't very pleased. He wants it to be extravagant!" he said with a worry written face.

"Oh! I am sorry I didn't catch your name?"

"I am Inaba Raiden, you can just call me Ray!" he said with a wink.

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⫷ INABA RAIDEN ⫸

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"How about the council and the festival committee have a meeting after I meet up with the principal?" I proposed.

"That should be fine I guess?" he smiled.

"Thanks. I should get going," I half-smiled and left.

I entered the principal's office, as a breeze of perfectly cold air from the conditioner hit my face.

"Shitsureishimasu! (Pardon the interruption/Excuse me)"

"Yes, come in. Please sit [L/N]-san" he gestured.

"Thank you, sir. I-"

"I am not happy with the festival committee's plan. You must have seen Inaba-kun leaving the office, I presume?"

"Yes sir. He informed me that you weren't satisfied with the plan."

"I want this festival to be a huge success. I heard that you requested the festival committee to cut down on expenses?"

"Yes sir. You see, the funds provided for this year's expenses is not sufficient. In addition to that, having a festival this year will put a dent on the budget." I briefed while passing him the papers I had in my hand.

He carefully went through the budget with a frown and scanned through the proposal for more funds. He looked at me with an upset face as he pinched his forehead.

"I cannot approve of this budget and I cannot provide your council with more funds. I want you to find a way to make a budget without the extra funds that you are hoping for." he asserted.

"Sir?"

"You will allocate the festival committee with more money so that the outcome can be grand. There will be many hotshots coming to our festival. I hope you understand! Also, I want the revised budget by the end of the day."

"But sir, the normal expenses would be-"

"That will be all!"

He returned the papers back and it was my cue to leave his office. This man didn't let me speak, didn't let me advocate for myself. I felt like shit, like I had no power whatsoever. The power the staff or the school committee holds over the student council is something that a master holds over their slave but that's just how it works.

I began to step out of the office and he called out to me and said, "You should know that you aren't accepted by everyone in this school as the Kaichou and I don't mean the students."

"Don't worry about it, sir. Not even the students have accepted me yet. I am an outsider after all!"

"I'd be careful at anything I do, if I were you."

"I'll keep that in mind, sir."

"You are smart and intelligent. You do have my support but there are things that I cannot-"

"You don't have to explain yourself, sir. I understand!" I smiled cutting him off as I stepped out "I will be taking my leave then. Thank you, sir!"

I knew I was just a transfer student; I knew I was just a foreigner to their eyes. What I didn't know was why the student council got denied for funds on all fronts. I understood that having a grand festival will set a good name and fame for the school but denying funds for the normal expenditure of the student council was a shit move.

I was irritated but I couldn't show it in front of the Principal. What could he possibly do with knowing my irritation? He'd just brush it off as an act of a hormonal teenager. On the other side, it wasn't just irritation. I felt pressured. I had to find a way to have a grand festival and keep the yearly expenses within the provided money. Just great. How I wish I had a Drogon to burn them all!

I stormed into the council room startling my fellow council members from their work.

"What happened?" Asami-chan questioned.

"Is everything alright?", Akihiko-san pressed further.

"The budget got rejected, the request for more funds got rejected. Everything got rejected. That's what happened!" I snapped.

"But we cannot go on with the money we have right now," Akihiko-san interjected.

"Oh, I forgot this! Tip of the iceberg, the school wants a 'Grand' festival so we cannot cut off their expenses!" I sneered.

"The hell?" Asami-chan exclaimed.

"We should meet up with the festival committee now. I fixed a meeting before I met the principal. Let's see what they've got to say!" I notified.

"Our secretary is already there with them; he will be acting as the liaison," Akihiko-san informed.

"I thought the secretary wasn't appointed?"

"He was appointed just today. It is our Soma-san," Asami-chan confirmed.

"Alright, let's go!"

We went off to meet with the festival committee in their allocated room only to be welcomed by none other than Kaneda-san and her posse at the door.

"Welcome, Kaichou sama!" Kaneda-san cooed.

"I'm sorry! I think we came to the wrong room," I said turning around to look at Asami-chan who was standing behind me.

"Ah not at all, you are in the right room," she cooed again.

"What is she doing here?" I whispered to Asami-chan.

"She is the festival committee secretary!" Asami-chan whispered back. Goodness gracious! My day can't get any worse!

"Oh, you guys are here! I was about to bring the committee to the council room myself!" Inaba-san formally smiled.

"Hehehe, let's get on with it shall we?" Asami-chan flirted.

"Psssst, you like him or something?" I teased Asami-chan as we walked in.

"Shush, he might hear it, and what's not to like?!" she blushed.

"Can I be your wingman?" I teased further.

"Work comes first!" she grinned.

"Arara!"

"Oh, shut up!" she swatted my hand.

The student council was briefed by Soma-san that the festival committee was done with their budget and they were about to discuss the further proceedings. Inaba-kun gave us a copy of the drafted budget and I was not even shocked. I knew the festival committee budget was going to be vast, since the Principal wanted it to be 'extravagant'.

"I know that the budget could look a little too much but what can I say? When it comes to luxuriousness and grandeur, we have to spend a little more on the decorations, right?" Kaneda-san huffed with pride.

Akihiko-san and Asami-chan were appalled at the budget the festival committee gave us in hand.

"This would take up at least 45% of the money provided in the whole. I will not agree to this." Akihiko-san declared.

"I am sorry fellas. We will get back to you in some time after discussing this amongst us. I am sorry for his bluntness. Akihiko-san, let's go!" I ordered.

We left to the council room to discuss this matter. I expressed my discontent with Akihiko-san's behavior by reprimanding him and advised him not to behave like this in the future. We kept debating on the budget of the summer festival as it did not coincide with the budget we had in mind.

"That is just lavish. I don't understand why the principal would want to cut off on our expenses and give them complete freedom on the expenditure!" Akihiko-san bellowed.

"Calm down Akihiko-san, we will just have to think it through," Asami-chan tranquilized him.

Arguments after arguments were made but we couldn't reach a verdict. I zoned out of their banter as I started to think of ways to make the yearly budget and the festival to go along with it as smoothly as possible. Unfortunately, I concluded that we had to give up something to gain something. The problem was, I couldn't figure out which part of the budget to cut off and cutting off on that expenditure shouldn't bring about any consequences.

It was almost the time for lunch and the principal wanted the yearly budget to be submitted at the end of the day. We were short on time and I hastily spoke, "We will agree to their budget!"

"But-"

"Hear me out Akihiko-san! We will agree to their budget, we will plan out a budget with the given resources for now," I paused.

"What do you mean by 'for now', [F/N]-chan?" Asami-chan prodded.

"After the festival is over, we will request for money again. We can easily reason out with the school committee saying we are short on money because of the festival. Simple!" I finished.

"That's not half bad but we can't leave it to chance like that. Even if it doesn't work out, we will need a plan B!" Akihiko-san said as he stood up from his seat.

"We will cross that bridge when we get to it. I think we should go on with what we have for now. It will at least relieve some pressure off us and the festival committee can start with their work as well," Asami-chan added.

The bell rang indicating it was lunchtime and we all left to meet with the festival committee again. We met with them and gave them a go ahead with their plans. We decided to break for lunch and reconvene after lunch to finalize our budget and present it to the principal.

I went to the cafeteria and got myself some coffee and by some, I mean 3 cans of coffee. After this mentally exhausting first half of the day, I wasn't hungry at all. I just wanted to get through this day without any other altercations and rejections thrown my way.

I went back to the council room and settled myself onto the chair. The room was empty, a complete contrast to anything chaotic. Sometimes, I liked being alone especially at times like these and sometimes I hated it as it made me feel lonely.

Kuroo came rushing into the council room disturbing my 'alone' time as I was enjoying my coffee. He looked concerned and I decided to gather information from his mouth. I needed to know or I might get obsessed upon this and lose my entire sanity over it. His 'What happened' gave it away that he was more than just concerned.

His heavy breaths and perspiration showed that he was probably looking for me, his tone of that question gave away that he was definitely scheming something and me being me, I decided to play along. I gave him the information he needed such that I would get some breadcrumbs to make a logical reason behind his words.

I pleaded him to tell me what was going on but he kept his act, like he was playing the role of Lady Macbeth in the Globe theatres. I will be losing my patience anytime now!

He changed the subject by claiming that he had seen my mom in the Principal's office but I knew it in my heart that it cannot be possible. If she was here, I would know. Kuroo on the other hand, dragged me out of the council room to prove to me that he wasn't lying. I was frightened, I was shocked. I haven't seen that lady in the past two years. What if she was actually here? What if Kuroo isn't lying!

I went along with him in the hopes of meeting my mom after all this time. We waited in the lounging area as he suggested. He wouldn't push me to wait if he was just lying. Maybe meeting her now wouldn't be so bad after all! I can gloat to her that I am the Kaichou, I can finally earn her recognition.

Unfortunately, my hopes came crashing down when I saw a stranger in a black business suit exiting the Principal's office. Everything was just a blur after that moment. I just wanted to run away from this shitty reality and hole myself up in a dungeon. The best I could do was lock myself up in my council room.

I was crazy to think my mother would care enough to visit me in school. I shouldn't have trusted Kuroo on this. I should have known better; I should have refused to go along with him to the Principal's office. Why didn't I do that? Why did I follow him when I should have trusted my instincts?

I was all over the place, blaming myself, blaming Kuroo and blaming fate for being so cruel. It was all fuzzy until I heard a bunch of knocks on the door, courtesy of Asami-chan and Akihiko-san.

"Just a second!!!" I yelled as I checked myself on the glassy shelves in the council room.

I let them in after I composed myself and we reconvened to make the budget. Akihiko-san and Asami-chan looked like they were in disagreement as they never spoke a word to each other. It was rather silent and all the three of us were dwelling upon something.

Work had to be done and I couldn't allow myself to think about worthless things. I broke the silence asking for the plans to make the budget and Akihiko-san spoke, "I think we should go to the Principal with a budget and another request to provide us with a 10% increase in the funds."

"He won't sanction it Akihiko-san, I say we go with a budget that would satisfy the school committee!" Asami-chan interjected.

"We cannot do that! We need more money. The festival is taking up almost half the money we have. It is just not possible to make a budget that will keep this year going without any hurdles!" Akihiko-san sighed.

"What kind of hurdles are we speaking?" I pried.

"We cannot sanction complete funds for the clubs, we cannot buy some of the broken equipment required for the school, and there is so much more," he threw his hands in the air in defeat.

"Then we won't!" Asami-chan said in a dark tone.

"We will be called as the most ineffective office the school has had in years. We cannot let the students down like this. We represent them, we have to be responsible and-"

"Akihiko-san, it's not our fault that we don't have the funds to make everything happen. The school committee most certainly knows that we cannot suffice every need of the school with the given money. Let's show them what we can do with what they have given us!" Asami-chan said confidently.

If it weren't for me transferring to this school, Asami-chan would have been the Kaichou. I requested the school committee to keep her in the council as she was the most distinguished student from every other candidate considered for the role of the student council president.

She was Tokyo's undefeated champion when it came to chess. This was her move against the school committee for not providing us the funds we requested. This was her checkmate.

"We will be hated by the students for not being effective, they will hate us for-"

"They won't hate us!" I said interrupting him.

"What do you mean?" he asked, puzzled.

"They will hate me. I am an outsider; I always will be. They will believe it, if we say that it was my idea to cut funds for the clubs. They will believe if we say that I allocated more money to the festival!"

"No, we can't do that. They will never accept you and-"

"Do you have any other brighter ideas in mind Akihiko-san? I am all ears!" I interrupted him again.

"You must be crazy!" he muttered in shock.

"Maybe I am."

To be continued...

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