Horikita Suzune did not accept the compliment, but looked at Kazehara Tetsu, "Man, I left it for you. It's time to fulfill your promise."
"Don't worry, over there..." Kazehara Tetsu was about to speak.
"That's not what I'm talking about..."
Horikita Suzune interrupted him, his eyes turned around between him and Sakayanagi Arisu, and finally landed on Sakayanagi Arisu, then quickly moved away.
"I mean, didn't you still owe this new Vice President an 'apology' before?"
"..."
"..."
It was quiet for a while under the awning.
Sakayanagi Arisu was the first to react, and his eyes were instantly filled with smiles.
Of course she remembers the casual words "Come over tonight and you Dormitory apologize" when she was "kicked away" by Kazehara Tetsu.
She said this at that time, half as a joke and half as a joke to suit the atmosphere. She thought that a serious person like Horikita Suzune would not take it to heart.
Unexpectedly, I actually remembered this sentence and threw it out at this time.
"Oops."
Sakayanagi Arisu said in a long voice, leaning on a cane, looking at Horikita Suzune with a half-smile, "The president is... caring about me and Kagihara, where can we go to 'make amends' at night?"
The tips of Horikita Suzune's ears were visibly red.
"I just,"
She had a sullen face, trying to maintain her composure, but her voice still drifted a little, "Remind him to do what he promised to others. After all, if he delays what he promised me, I will be very troubled."
"That's all."
"Oh... that's all." Sakayanagi Arisu drawled, obviously not believing a word of it.
Kazehara Tetsu was standing next to him, looking at Horikita Suzune's face that was obviously very concerned but trying to act calm, and then looking at Sakayanagi Arisu's expression that was worried about the world being in chaos, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Okay, you two."
He stood up and clapped his hands, "The business has been discussed and the position has been decided. Everyone is happy."
"As for tonight's apology..."
He looked at Sakayanagi Arisu and asked deliberately, "Vice President, are you still counting?"
Sakayanagi Arisu stood up slowly and looked at Kazehara Tetsu, "It's a count." She said, "But we have to change the place."
"Huh?"
"I won't go to you Dormitory tonight."
Sakayanagi Arisu smiled slightly and said surprisingly, "It is lively when there are many people. I will be the host and treat you and your president to a dinner."
She looked at Horikita Suzune and extended an invitation, "Just think of it as... celebrating the first informal meeting between our new president Student Council and Vice President."
"President, do you want me to give you a favor?"
Horikita Suzune was stunned.
She opened her mouth, instinctively wanting to refuse.
It's awkward for three people to have dinner together, and for such a reason.
Especially, after she just threw out that "apology" sourly.
But when she faced Sakayanagi Arisu's smiling eyes, which clearly stated "If you dare to refuse me, I will treat you as guilty," her words of refusal rolled around on the tip of her tongue, and finally turned into a hard response.
"... It is better to obey orders than to be respectful."
"Then it's settled."
Sakayanagi Arisu nodded with satisfaction, leaned on crutches, and walked out of the awning first.
"Let's go, you two, it's the first day of winter vacation. You have to have a good meal to celebrate."
The three people walked slowly outside along Commercial Street.
Sakayanagi Arisu was the host and chose the dishes very easily without causing any trouble for the two guests.
She stopped at a small shop on the corner that looked inconspicuous but felt warm when she walked in. She leaned on her cane and walked in first.
"This is the one. I've been here once and the taste is pretty good."
The store is small, with several paintings of winter snow scenes hanging on the walls. Behind the bar, the boss is busy cooking, the iron plate is sizzling, and the aroma is wafting out one after another.
This time was right before dinner, and the restaurant was about 70 to 80% full. They sat down by the window, and the waiter came over with tea.
"I'll invite you today, you're welcome."
Sakayanagi Arisu took the menu, but did not monopolize it. He pushed it in front of the two of them and said, "Whatever you want to eat, you can order it yourself."
"Then I'm welcome." Kazehara Tetsu picked up the menu and opened it.
He said it was a pity, but the thoughts in his heart were not that heavy.
Originally, according to his plan, after persuading Great Buddha, Sakayanagi Arisu, back to Dormitory today, the two of them should do something more interesting than eating in his room in the evening.
After all, some things between them were not the first time.
As a result, the newly appointed Vice President changed his mind temporarily and insisted on inviting the president to join the table.
The night he had envisioned for the two of them turned into a work dinner.
However, it was a pity, and he didn't really take it to heart.
You can eat food at any time, but people can't run away anyway.
Since Sakayanagi Arisu has already relented and agreed to enter Student Council, there will be a long time to deal with him in the future, so why bother to worry about this night.
After figuring this out, he simply put aside his thoughts and concentrated on ordering.
"I want this, and this."
He pointed to the grilled food and stews on the menu, then raised his head and asked, "President, how about you?"
"I'm free to do it."
Horikita Suzune sat upright and said, "I'll eat whatever you order."
"How about that?"
Sakayanagi Arisu chuckled and took over the conversation, "Today's meal is for you as the president, and also for myself. I want to flatter my immediate boss in advance. If you don't even want to order the food, I won't be able to bear it if you put on my little shoes later in Student Council."
"I wouldn't do anything like that."
"Then order one, it will make me feel at ease."
Horikita Suzune couldn't resist, so he had to pick up the menu, flipped through it, and ordered a piece of boiled fish and a piece of clear soup.
Sakayanagi Arisu himself added two kinds of seasonal vegetables and added a hot pot, then closed the menu and handed it to the waiter.
"Let's take these first. If there's not enough, we'll add more."
The waiter responded and the store became quiet for a while.
Outside the window, the sky was getting darker little by little, and the street lights came on one after another.
The shadows of three people were gradually reflected on the glass.
"Speak of it."
While waiting for the food, Kazehara Tetsu leaned on the back of the chair and looked at the two girls opposite, "I still haven't recovered yet."
"What hasn't come over?"
"It's just you two."
He pointed at Sakayanagi, and then at Horikita, "You two haven't spoken a few words before, but today, one president and the other Vice President have already decided on their positions and are sitting together eating hot pot. This progress is so fast that I, the facilitator, can't keep up."
"That's because you moved too slowly."
Sakayanagi Arisu picked up the tea cup and took a sip, "It's just a waste of each other's time to be muddled. Horikita and I just talked about what we should talk about clearly at once."
"Having said that..."
Kazehara Tetsu protracted his voice, "But when you were outside just now, didn't you talk about 'what you like' for a long time? I thought you were going to talk about philosophy of life from poetry and songs."