Corporate Prince

Chapter 63: Festival Prep

Ana woke up Monday morning feeling tired. Seto had been busy over the weekend with work, so she hadn't seen him. Even Friday, he'd run off after he dropped her off. Though he had kept texting her. Is he just really good at writing multiple things at once or was he procrastinating? Ana got dressed and went outside. Seto was already waiting for her. He was working on his phone.

"Good morning. Grandpa wanted me to ask if you could start training with us today?" Ana looked up sleepily. It was cold for early October and that just made her sleepier. Seto put his phone away, and they started walking.

"Yeah. I finally got a second assistant. I was finishing up the transfer process this weekend," he grumbled.

"You don't sound happy about it."

"The assistant I hired is that hacking pricks girlfriend." He rolled his eyes.

"Oh? Wait, what? Chimon-kun has a girlfriend? Since when?" Ana was shocked.

Seto shrugged. "He said they'd been together five years. I found that odd since she's in her early thirties."

"Why is that what seems odd to you?" Ana didn't find the age odd.

"Aren't they kind of far apart in age?"

Ana frowned at him. "Um, Amin-chan, how old do you think Chimon-kun is?"

"I don't know. Nineteen at most?" He shrugged.

"He's twenty-seven."

Seto stopped walking. "Huh?!"

Ana laughed at his reaction. She kept walking and Seto followed, but grumbled the whole way there. When they got to school and home room started, Arata went up to the front of the classroom.

"Alright everyone, the beginning of the next month is our last and final school festival. Today we're going to decide on a theme. Any ideas?"

Ah, the final fall festival. I guess I really will be graduating soon. Seto went back to Domino City right before the last one. It would be pretty funny to get him to participate in this one.

The classroom started shouting out ideas while Arata wrote them on the board.

"Haunted house!"

"Maid cafe!"

"Play!

It was all the usual stuff. One guy threw his hand up and shouted, "Duel monster themed concert!"

"Oh, that sounds fun. We could set up stage and everything."

"Yeah, the band could wear duel monsters themed costumes."

Arata tried to get them to move on, but they wouldn't. He clapped his hands and drew their attention. "A concert is a big production, but let's go ahead and discuss it for a second. Can anyone play instruments?"

"I play drums!"

"Guitar!"

"Kazoo!"

"What, a kazoo doesn't work for a band."

The discussion went on for a bit while Arata wrote down who could play what.

Arata looked a bit exasperated. "Great. It looks like we have all the necessary instruments. Who can sing?"

The room went quiet. Ana cringed. She'd been to karaoke with most of them and knew that some of them were ok singers but nothing performance worthy. Well, Seto's good, but there's no way in hell he'll agree to that. Ana glanced over her shoulder and found Seto absorbed in his work. Is he even listening?