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Kaoru had woken up early to get to school on time, biking there before the sun had even risen above the horizon. Once he arrived, he quickly headed to the student council club room, unlocking it with the key he always kept on him. Opening the door, he took in the familiar sight and somewhat musky smell. The room was once of the smaller club rooms, but Kaoru had requested this one, as he never felt it was necessary to have a big and fancy room, since the club was rather small. It was probably the most important club however, at least in Kaoru's eyes, since they were essentially in charge of overseeing the other clubs, creating events and activities for the school, and making sure everything was running smoothly. Wasting no time, Kaoru set down his bag and the large box of treats he had with him. He opened the window, letting some fresh air in and the morning light, then put some water into the kettle to make some tea. He arranged all the tasty treats and sweets onto the table for the club members to eat throughout the day, and anticipated their arrival. Thankfully, he didn't have to wait long, as the vice president walked into the room.
"Good morning President," he said, admiring the sweets on the table, "You always outdo yourself on Fridays. Is it because you're celebrating the weekend?" Kaoru scoffed, "You know I hate the weekend. It's easier to work here in the club room then at home." The kettle screeched, and Kaoru added the tea leaves and water into the teapot, letting it steep for a minute. "What's the news then?" The vice president took out a notebook from his bag, looking it over. "Well... We've received reports of this club... It's somewhat new, it was created a month or two ago..." Kaoru raised an eyebrow, curious. Realizing the tea was ready, he quietly poured the steaming liquid into individual cups.
"Okay... So what about this club?" He asked, noticing the nervous expression on the vice presidents face. "Um. Well, you see, it's just that-" he paused, scratching the back of his neck, "We have absolutely no records of this club."
Kaoru stood there in shock, unable to process what he had just said right away. "What? What do you mean we have no-" Kaoru heard the sound of tea spilling, making him stop mid-sentence to look down at what he was doing. The tea he was pouring had spilled over the side of the cup and onto the saucer below, making an absolute mess. He quickly set the teapot down, grabbing the teacup and saucer in it's place, but the tea dripped from the saucer onto his skin in the rush, the hot liquid burning his hand. "Shit!" Kaoru dropped the porcelain, and the teacup and saucer shattered upon impact with the ground.
"President!" Kaoru groaned internally, recognizing the voice to be Sarah's, the club secretary. Sarah had a quite obvious obsession with Kaoru for the past 2 years, god knows why, and was constantly clinging to him whenever she got the chance. She certainly wasn't Kaoru's type though, and he only kept her in the club because he quite honestly felt a bit bad for her. He just hoped she would move on soon. "You have injured yourself President! Allow me to assist you!" She grabbed his hand, and Kaoru quickly pulled it back. "I'm fine! Just-" Kaoru sighed, realizing he was close to yelling at her, and he switched his tone of voice to a calmer one. "Why don't you just eat some cake or something? I can take care of this myself. Thank you for your concern though." Kaoru ran some cold water and put his hand under the tap, grabbing a washcloth with the other. "So. Care to tell me a little more about this so-called club?" The vice president gulped, watching Kaoru as he went to work with cleaning up the mess. "Well, uh. As I said before there's no- there's just no record of it even existing. They never filled out the forms to create the club." "Well that's an easy fix. We can just find whoever's in charge of this club and give them the forms to fill out. Who is it?" The vice president opened the nearby filing cabinet, quickly selecting the right file. He tossed it over to Kaoru, who grabbed it mid-air.
"Careful! I don't want to have to clean up another mess!" He scolded the younger boy as he opened up the file. Inside was a picture of a girl with knee-length black hair, and sparkling blue eyes the color of the deepest oceans. Needless to say, she was quite pretty. "First name Cadence, last name... unknown? You couldn't figure out what her last name was?" The vice president shrugged, unable to give a satisfactory answer. Kaoru sighed, continuing on, "Friendly, straight A student, in good standing with teachers and fellow students. Likes cute things." Kaoru rolled his eyes. Who didn't like cute things? This girl seemed fairly ordinary so far. "President of the... EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES CLUB!?" Kaoru stood up from his chair, his eyes full of annoyance, maybe even a hint of anger. "What in the hell is the extracurricular activities club?" The vice president backed up a bit, trying to avoid the presidents eyes, looking at anything else but him. "W-w-well. Um. We don't re-" "What do they do in this so-called club? Just sit around and chat? Have a good time?" "Y-yes?" Kaoru ran a hand across his face, trying to soothe the massive headache this was giving him. "So let me get this straight. There is a club that we had no idea existed until now, and we know virtually nothing about it or it's president." As Kaoru thought about it more, a realization dawned on him. "Where. Are they. Getting their money from?" He looked at the vice president, doing his best to keep cool. "W-well. At first we thought, it-it can't be from us. But. Um. We checked our book-keeping records, and, uh... someofthemmightbemissing." Kaoru blinked, some form of a a robot Kaoru taking over him, unable to respond. A minute passed, and the vice president assumed since Kaoru was unable to respond, now would be the best time to lay the last bit of information on him. "Alsotheymightkindasortofbegoingonafieldtripstartingtommorrowatsomesortofprivatevilla."
Kaoru wanted to be mad. He really did. He wanted to break all the tea cups in the room and throw the cakes out the window in fury and rage. But he was beyond feeling at this point. Suddenly, the bell rang, signalling that classes were about to start. Kaoru grabbed his book bag and shambled out of the room, leaving the student council members behind him in a state of pure confusion.
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THE NEXT DAY...
For Kaoru, most of yesterday was spent on auto-pilot, unable to come to his senses until he got home and had taken a warm bath. He did go back to being regular old Kaoru though, and as soon as he did he messaged the vice president on his computer. Thankfully the council had at least found out the name and address of a nearby resort, close to the private villa the club was staying at, but they were still working on getting together the information on each of the club members. Kaoru thanked him, and quickly managed to get a room for a few nights at said resort, spending the money he earned from working part-time. It was ridiculously expensive, so his bank account was nearly depleted. It was important for him to be there though, as this would let him give the forms to the club president, as well as inquire more about the club itself. Plus, the school's clubs weren't technically allowed on field trips without an assigned teacher or student council member overseeing the trip, even if it was on the weekend.
Though it took a few hours, he manged to find the resort without getting lost, and he checked in right away, dropping off his bag at his hotel room before heading off to the beach. On a beautiful day like today, there's no way the club members could be anywhere else. Sure enough, he was right. The club members were indeed at the beach, but as he approached, he noticed they were all participating in the same strange activity- patting the sand as they crawled around on it. Maybe they were just playing some sort of game he had never heard of before. As he spotted the girl he was looking for, he called out to her, "Excuse me! Miss Cadence?"
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