Fate? Or Destiny?

Chapter 7

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In a room somewhere around the school...

"Hmmm... What should we do?" Ruby asked.

"A lot of people will be coming to this event. We should make it something that would represent our school. Make it sound like a great school." Erika added.

"Wait... The idea of making this event represent our school is great! I already have ideas about that matter. Why don't we let every club in the school showcase their daily club routine like a cultural festival. In this case, people will know what we do in our school. They will also notice how much fun every students are having." Shirou said in a bored manner.

"That's a great idea! But how will we convince all of the club to showcase their daily club routines'?" Ruby asked as she wrote what Shirou suggested earlier in a small notebook.

"How about we tell them that this event will also serve as a competition to know which club have the most hardworking members. The winner will get a price." Said Erika in a prideful manner.

"Neko senpai..." Shirou said while looking like he was about to cry.

Erika was about to react to what Shirou said when someone suddenly opened the door.

"Oh, it's boogersnizzle." Shirou as soon as another student came in.

"I told you, it's Bruschnauser! And I also told you to just call me Bruce!" Bruce angrily said.

"By the way, WHY WAS I NOT ASKED TO TAKE PART IN MANAGING THIS EVENT!?!" He shouted angrily.

"Oh, yeah. The headmaster did tell us to recruit more students. I almost forgot about that." Ruby said as she laughed nervously.

"Yo!" Manato came inside the room seconds later.

"Uh... Who are you?" Ruby asked with a confused face.

"Oh, this is Manato, my causin. He's the president of the archery club. I asked him to help us out with this event." Shirou's simple answer.

"Wait... You go to this school?" Erika asked Manato.

"You just realized that now? That's cold. I've been following since grade school just because you're always the student council president." Manato said.

"I forgot to tell you that he's also a stalker." Shirou added while pointing at Manato.

"Ok..." Erika nervously said.

"Now what?" Manato asked.

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"Um... Do we really need to buy more decorations? I think we already have enough of them in the school's storage room." Shirou asked as he walked across the street alongside Erika while carrying a bag of materials that are mostly used for decorating.

"We need a few more for the gym." Erika replied.

"What's in the gym?"

"That's where the mini restaurants and cafés will be located."

"Since we're in charge of the event, do we get to eat for free?"

"No." Erika's simple response.

"Awww..." Shirou said in disappointment.

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"We're back." Erika said as she entered the room they call the meeting room. Then Shirou entered the after Erika.

"Yo!" He said.

"Oh, welcome back." Manato said with a smile.

"I already talked to all if the club presidents. All of them agreed to take part in this event. They also agreed to contribute money." Ruby reported.

"I already did the math. The amount of money that we need is not that high." Bruce added.

"I also recruited a few people that will help with the decorations and stuff... They called themselves the volunteer club. They don't really have a club president so it's not an official club." Manato said.

"Huh? Really? Well that was fast." Erika said with a surprised expression in her face.

"Fast? It took you almost 3 hours just to buy those decorations!" Bruce said angrily.

"Well, that's because Shirou suddenly started chasing a cat towards the beach." Erika glared at Shirou.

"I can't help it. She kinda looked like you so I got attracted to it." Shirou said while desperately trying to make himself look cool.

"THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE!!!" Erika yelled while blushing.

"It does to me." Manato commented.

"It definitely does." Ruby added.

"What do you mean?" Erika questions their comment.

"What they meant to say is that what Shirou is trying to say is that you're attractive to him and he's really attracted to you." Bruce explained.

"Eh?" Was Erika's only reply.

"I almost forgot. We should be working on the event!" Ruby realized that they were not doing what they're supposed to do.

"Oh, right! Hey Shi...rou... What are are you doing?" Erika asked Shirou who was behind her with a weird face expression.

"Huh? What? I wasn't smelling your hair. I was definitely not sniffing your hair!" Shirou panicked.

"You clearly were..." Erika whispered to herself.

"You know, Shirou trust you very much that he will believe everything you say. He always believes everyone he trusts. Watch this. Hey Shirou, you eat too much food that you became fat in a couple of minutes!" Manato explained and tried to tell Shirou that he's fat. (Don't do this to people. Especially girls. They hate being called fat.)

"Huh?" Shirou said as he raised his shirt, revealing a six pack abdomen muscles. "I'm not fat."

"Am I?" Shirou added as he looked towards Erika who's face is as red as a red rose.

"Huh? Oh, um... No... You're not." Erika replied after a short pause. Her face still red. Then she looked away. She looked at Ruby by accident and she realized that Ruby was grinning at her.

"Uh... Why are you looking at me like that?" She asked.

"Nothing." She said sarcastically

"You're bullying me, aren't you." Asked Erika.

"Don't worry, Neko senpai! I'll protect you!" Shirou said as he pulled Erika closer to him and hugged her tightly while looking at Ruby with dagger eyes. Because of Shirou's actions, Erika was shocked and her face turned bright red again for the second time

"Oh, I'm so jealous. You're so lucky you have a knight in shining armor!" Ruby exclaimed while putting both of her hands on her cheeks.

"Eh?!?" Erika questioned with wide eyes.

"Nice move, Shirou!" Manato commented sarcastically while grinning.

"Why am I feeling 'left out' here?" Bruce suddenly said in a sad manner.

"Because you're the only one here who doesn't have a partner." Shirou said in a cold voice.

"That's mean!" Bruce exlmaimed and pretended that he was crying.

"Stop crying! You sound like a laughing goblin that is eating at the same time." Shirou added.

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I apologize for not updating this chapter sooner. It's just that I was really busy at school. Thank you for your patience tho. I promise to update another chapter as soon as I can. Please vote for this chapter if you like it. If you have any suggestions or predictions about what will happen in the next chapter, then I would like to hear your thoughts.

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