A Liar's Truth [UNDER FINAL REVISION]

Ch 10: Heavy disturbance

Third person point of view

"Let's see how far that gets you then~"

Karma chuckled to himself, his usual smug grin spread across his face as he walked away with Nagisa by his side.

Ginka's apology? Her reasoning? Ridiculous. She truly didn't understand the system she was part of, the school her father built. To Karma, it was almost laughable that she thought her words would change anything.

"What a letdown," he muttered under his breath. She was getting boring. 

Nagisa, though quiet, seemed to agree—her approach was pointless. Maybe her family ties had skewed her thinking. She couldn't see past her own bubble.

"You look even more dead than yesterday," Mika commented dryly, taking a bite of her onigiri as she sat beside Ginka, whose usually bright demeanor seemed dimmed.

Across from them, Hashizume Kakeru, the class representative, nodded solemnly.

"For once, Hashizume's actually quiet. What happened during the meeting?"

"I am beyond overjoyed it's all over!"

"I am happy to serve." 

Both Ginka and Hashizume Kakeru respond at the same time. While said with full honestly, one doesn't appear so convincing. It's like their entire life force was sucked away. 

While Kakeru vented about the chaos of the meeting—how nothing got done, and how the older years constantly clashed—Ginka nodded along, her thoughts elsewhere. 

 The institutional heads were working on school events alongside the student council. They had their hands full this week. As class representatives, they were also required to take part in that particular meeting. Also the reason why Ginka has not confided to either her brother or father yet. She couldn't find it in her to bother them at such a busy time. But now with that all done, Gakushu promised to dine with her after school so at least there's some progress. 

"I assumed things would go smoothly with Asano-kun leading," Mika commented.

Ginka chuckled weakly, rubbing the back of her neck. "You'd think so. But honestly, we were more like dead weight."

"We had to ask around and make a report about the suggestions of our classmates and provide a documented proposal." Kakeru sighs, taking another bite from his bento. "And Seiun-chan here even fell asleep on the job once!"