"Huh~! So Takuya is joining the Student Council?"

"Yeah. Thinking about the future, I figured it might be good to build some connections with Student Council President Nagumo and people like that."

In Takuya’s dorm room...

While discussing our plans going forward, it seems that just like in the original world, he decided to join the Student Council.

Well...

Being able to build a wide network that crosses grade boundaries might actually be convenient for our public-facing plan.

"You should join the Student Council too, Ichika! President Nagumo would definitely welcome you!"

"For now, I think I’ll hold off... I don’t really think the Student Council suits me."

Even in the original world, Horikita-senpai clearly told me that while Ichika-chan’s (my) specs are excellent, she isn’t suited for the Student Council.

Besides, if anyone should join instead of me...

It might be earlier than in the original world, but it would definitely be better if Tsubasa-chan joined.

"Tch... the only first-year council members are me and some guy named Hatano from Class C... who in the world would want to do council work with that guy?"

"Hmm... by the way, Takuya, do you dislike this Hatano-kun?"

"No, it’s not that I dislike him!!! It’s just that if someone’s joining, I’d rather it be Ichika."

Well...

Hatano-kun, my condolences.

At the very least, try not to end up expelled after getting trapped by Takuya like in the original world.

"Well then... I guess I should get going! I promised to go hang out with Ayumi-chan and the others."

"I see... sorry for calling you over."

"No? I don’t mind at all."

Just as I left Takuya’s room while he was seeing me off—

"Hey—Yagami... huh? Amasawa-san?"

"You’re... Hatano-kun from Class C, right?"

Unbelievably, the very person we had just been talking about...

Hatano-kun appeared right in front of me.

From the looks of it, he must have come to visit Takuya for something.

"Huh? This is Yagami’s room, right? I didn’t accidentally come to the girls’ dorm instead of the boys’ dorm, did I?"

"Nope, you’re totally fine! This is definitely his room."

"Then why did Amasawa-san come out of Yagami’s room?"

Well...

If a girl comes out of a boy’s room, it’s only natural to be curious.

"Well... Yagami-kun was inviting me to join the Student Council! Right?"

"Yes... I thought that Amasawa-san, with her excellent OAA scores, would be suitable as a third first-year Student Council member."

"Oh... so that’s all. You scared me for nothing..."

When a third person is present...

We make sure to address each other as ‘Yagami-kun’ and ‘Amasawa-san.’

The only exceptions are Ishigami-kun, who already knows about the White Room, and Tsubasa-chan, since our meeting with her was too sudden to arrange something like that.

"I’m sorry, Hatano-kun... but I still have something to discuss with Amasawa-san. Could you come back another day?"

"Fine... then we’ll talk in the Student Council room. Don’t forget."

"Thank you."

And with that, Hatano-kun left.

But if Takuya chased him away just to keep me here, maybe some kind of serious problem happened?

"...I saw it!"

"Takuya? What’s wrong?"

"I didn’t miss it! That guy Hatano! He kept staring at Ichika’s chest and butt with those disgusting eyes!!!"

...Maybe it wasn’t such a serious issue after all.

"I won’t forgive him! I’ll find a way to get him expelled—"

"That would be too cruel to Hatano-kun, so please stop, okay?"

I tried to calm Takuya down, but he didn’t seem ready to stop.

Hatano-kun...

Once again, my condolences.

"Ichika, you’re at fault too! You’re way too defenseless! At least be aware of the way the boys are looking at you!"

"You’re overthinking it! There’s no reason the boys would look at me like that..."

Actually...

There were way too many reasons.

The moment I became painfully aware of it goes back to a few days earlier…

* * *

That day we had swimming class, so Ichika-chan was changing into a swimsuit with the other girls in the locker room.

"Hey, Ichika-chan... did you take lessons in some kind of sport?"

"Hmm... I guess so! I learned things like karate and judo."

"Ichika-chan’s abs are amazing! They’re completely ripped!"

"Ahaha... really?"

Back when I was in the White Room, everyone learned the same things as me, so nobody ever commented on it.

But apparently to normal girls, Ichika-chan’s abs are pretty impressive.

"Um! Could I touch Ichika-chan’s abs for just a second?"

"W-wait... Konishi-chan! No! That tickles!"

Then...

After we finished changing and came out to the poolside—

Murmur murmur...

'Huh? The boys are acting strange... did Ichika-chan (I) do something?'

As soon as the boys who had arrived earlier saw me...

Some of them turned red.

Others were breathing heavily like "Haa... haa..."

One of them even shouted "Whoa!"

"Boys are seriously such perverts!"

"Ayumi-chan? What do you mean?"

I decided to ask Ayumi-chan, who was nearby, what was going on.

"You don’t get it? The boys are staring at the girls’ bodies... especially yours, Ichika-chan, with dirty eyes. They’re getting excited. Some of them might even use you as material tonight."

"Wha—!?"

After hearing that...

I took another look at my body.

My waist was slim, but not too thin, giving off a healthy athletic beauty.

My chest couldn’t compete with Tsubasa-chan’s, but it was still decent.

My waist was narrow while my thighs were thick and full.

And above all...

My hips were round, and wearing a school swimsuit made the shape of them stand out even more.

In other words...

Apparently I had the kind of sexy body that men in normal society tend to like.

'Uuu... n-now that I understand it like that, I suddenly feel embarrassed... I thought I wouldn’t care what any man besides Kiyotaka-senpai thought of me...'

That day...

Ichika-chan understood the feeling of embarrassment for the first time.

* * *

Since that day...

Boys have been looking at me like that more often, and naturally I’ve started becoming more aware of their gazes.

Ah!!

Of course...

I have no intention of telling Takuya about this.

Because knowing him...

If he found out, he’d probably say something like, ‘I’ll get every single boy in Class 1-A expelled!’