After My Girlfriend Dumped Me, I Got Reincarnated As A High School Student. That Part’s Fine—But Why Are All My Ex-Girlfriends Here Too? - Chapter 40 – There’s No Way I could be in the Student Council!

Uh… what’s with this rom-com situation?

For someone like me—the ultimate gloomy introvert—just talking to the school’s Madonna is impossible enough. But now she’s inviting me to the student council?

“Um, I think you’ve got the wrong person…? (Second time.)”

“Why are you making me say the same thing twice? I called your name from the start, you know?”

Even the way the student council president brushes back her hair in frustration looks like a perfect picture.

“No, no, that can’t be right. There’s no way the great student council president would personally invite a gloomy introvert like me.”

“‘Gloomy introvert,’ huh? For someone like that, you’ve been surrounded by a lot of girls lately, haven’t you?”

“Ah… ahaha.”

“Laughing won’t help you escape. From the girls in your class to even underclassmen. I even heard you’re close with the goddess of the infirmary. And the principal apparently thinks highly of you too.”

“Ugh…”

I can’t exactly tell her it’s all because of my Utuber connections…

“Anyway, there’s no way I can handle student council work, and besides—”

“What is it?”

“Who are you?”

At my words, the classmates around us all fall over dramatically.

Come on, what is this, a skit from the Showa era? It’s the Reiwa era now!

“F-fufu… I see now just how little interest you have in me.”

“You… you’re serious, right, Yuu-chan?”

Akina-tan said that while staggering to her feet.

“I’m serious. I barely know anything about this school, you know?”

“Wait, no way. The student council president, Ayase Haru—there’s no one in this school who doesn’t know her name!”

“Oh, really?”

“Your reaction is so dull!?”

Well, someone that far above me might as well live in another universe. When someone’s that far out of reach, you just stop being interested entirely.

Which makes this situation right now nothing short of a total abnormality.

“T-then, I’ll volunteer instead!”

“M-me too!”

Several classmates raise their hands.

Good, good. This is a great flow. If I just keep quiet, I can fade into the background and escape this whole thing.

I’ll gather every ounce of my introvert power to activate my stealth mode and completely erase my presence—

“You’re not escaping.”

I can’t run!?

My stealth function is way too weak! So much for “full power.”

“I appreciate the enthusiasm, but it’s not just anyone I’m looking for. The one I came to invite today is him.”

“No way…”

Voices of disappointment echo all around. For the record, I’m one of the ones sighing too.

“Wait wait wait, hold on! Why is the guy being invited the one who’s disappointed!?”

Akina-tan snaps at me.

“Eh, I mean, the student council sounds like a pain, I don’t know anything about the president, and… yeah, it’s just a pain.”

“It’s that much of a pain, huh… But come on, Yuu-chan. Even if the work’s annoying, you’d get to work with the school’s Madonna. That’s a golden opportunity for any guy!”

“Not interested.”

“That was fast!?”

“Are you serious, Misumi…?”

The guys in class stare at me like they can’t believe what they’re hearing.

“Yuta, maybe think about it a bit.
Ayase even has her own fan club, you know?”

Yaene tries to reason with me, seeing the mood in class.

“Nah, I mean, working with someone that out of my league sounds exhausting. And honestly… it’s just a pain.”

“That’s the third time you said it’s a pain!?”

“She’s someone I could never match, even if I stood on my head. I’d rather keep my distance—and it’s still a pain.”

“You really have no hesitation saying that!?”

Sorry, Yaene, but I’m not backing down here.

“What, should I stand on my head then?”

“No, that’s not what I—wait, huh?”

“Alright then.”

And then, unbelievably, the student council president does a handstand right there in front of everyone in class.

In her uniform.

Of course, her skirt flips up completely—but thankfully, she’s wearing short pants underneath, so nothing indecent shows.

Still… isn’t this kind of bad in its own way!?

Her legs, stretching out from the shorts, are smooth and flawless, pale and shining softly. And those thighs—soft-looking, shapely, and dangerously mesmerizing.

No, no, I can’t look! But my eyes keep moving on their own! I’m a guy, okay!?

“Gross.”

“Wow, Rio, that was blunt…”

Yaene forces a smile at Rio’s cold remark and the way she looks at me like I’m trash.

No, this isn’t my fault, right? Right!?

Akina-tan, don’t look away—you were totally staring too!

“So? Are you satisfied now?”

She flips back gracefully into her normal stance. Seriously, how athletic is she!?

Wait, she actually did it!? And now the whole class is glaring at me like I made her do it!?

“No, no, come on, why are you so obsessed with me anyway?”

“Yuta Misumi, do you really not know who I am?”

“Why the full name…? I mean, no, there’s no way I’d forget meeting someone this beautiful, not even once.”

“You completely forgot about Tsugawa though.”

“Don’t interrupt me, you little loli angel.”

“Who are you calling a loli angel!? Maybe you just forgot again!”

“No way, that can’t be…”

“Well, I never actually showed you my face, so maybe you just didn’t recognize me. How about I use a different name then? Right, Yuta?”

“Huh…?”

Wait—hold on a sec!?

Besides my exes Hiromi and Mie, there’s only one person who calls me Yuu-kun or Yuu-san…!

“Don’t tell me… you’re that Utuber…?”

“Yes. I used to go by Ayase, but after some identity issues, I changed it to Haru.”

“I knew it! No way, you’re that Haru-tan!? Could you maybe do one of your ‘Haa-come’ lines live—”

“Yuta-san…?”

Rio calls out with an exasperated face.

“Ah!?”

That was close—I almost got swept away.

“Ahaha, that’s kind of embarrassing, so… maybe just when it’s the two of us, okay?”

Ayase says, glancing up shyly, her cheeks faintly red.

Wait a second—now everyone’s glaring at me like they want to kill me!?

“Misumi… we’re gonna need a word after class.”

And so, after this, my classmates grilled me endlessly about how I knew her and her Utuber account.

Needless to say, Ayase’s follower count skyrocketed that very day.