Chapter 284: Ishigami-kun, In Danger
Shirogane Miyuki knew that Ishigami Yuu's expression would change, after all, Eriri's photo editing was really impressive. The changes weren't many, but the effect was extremely good.
When Ishigami Yuu saw it, for a moment he had the illusion that "the person in this photo is so cute," but he quickly snapped out of it.
Taking a deep breath, Ishigami Yuu asked, "Senior, who is this?"
"Of course it's you." Patting Ishigami Yuu's shoulder, Shirogane Miyuki said, "After sending the photo to Asakura-kun's side, they seemed to think your cross-dressing wasn't very good, so Sawamura did some artistic processing, hmm, artistic processing. But I think it's not bad this way. Your rare cross-dressing should indeed be properly dressed up. I should have asked Shinomiya to do it for you earlier."
"Uh... let's not do that."
Ishigami Yuu shook his head and said, "I'll be exercising and sweating a lot. If I put on makeup, it would just smudge and look bad."
"Oh, that's a real shame. If there's a chance in the future, let's do it again."
"No, let's not do that."
And just then, Shinomiya Kaguya's voice came from behind. Besides her, Fujiwara Chika and Iino Miko also came over.
"Oh! You're all here. Come quickly, I have something to show you."
"Pre... President?"
Ishigami Yuu raised his hand to stop him, but it was already too late, because as soon as Shirogane Miyuki spoke, Secretary Fujiwara had already run over.
Secretary Fujiwara was the first to look at Shirogane Miyuki's phone and instantly burst into laughter: "Pfft! Ahahaha~~~ That's amazing! Who did this photo editing?"
"Sawamura did it." Shirogane Miyuki showed the photo to the other two, explaining, "Asakura-kun and Sawamura couldn't come visit us here, so they asked me early on to remember to take photos. After I took them and sent them over, Sawamura felt the cross-dressing wasn't complete enough, so she edited the picture. What do you all think of the effect?"
"Oh~~~"
Shinomiya Kaguya looked at the black-stockinged Ishigami Yuu in surprise and said, "Can photo editing nowadays achieve something like this? It actually has a certain girlish softness."
As someone unfamiliar with electronic products, Shinomiya Kaguya didn't fully understand the extent of what Photoshop could do. And as a girl who always considered herself to be above the top tier in looks, she never used beauty filters for her selfies after getting a smartphone.
Iino Miko, next to her, also said in surprise, "Oh!!! If you didn't say anything, I would never have recognized this as Ishigami-kun. But after knowing, it somehow feels a bit disgusting."
Ishigami Yuu instantly felt an internal injury upon hearing Iino Miko say that.
Fujiwara Chika, however, had a different idea and said with a smile, "Oh~~~ It's not disgusting at all! But I didn't expect Eriri to be good at photo editing besides drawing, especially the modification of the face shape and the stockings on the legs. Tsk tsk tsk, you know, I usually wouldn't dare to wear stockings with this level of transparency; the semi-transparent feeling is quite embarrassing."
This remark indeed caught the attention of Shinomiya Kaguya and Iino Miko, especially Iino Miko, who nodded. Both of these girls wore black stockings. Shinomiya Kaguya usually wore ankle socks, while Iino Miko mostly wore over-the-knee socks or tights, but both chose the opaque kind, feeling that the transparent ones would unconsciously draw people's gaze.
Iino Miko looked at the photo a few more times, suddenly feeling unable to tear her eyes away, and couldn't help but say, "I somehow feel that if Ishigami-kun were a girl, perhaps he would be better than he is now?"
Ishigami Yuu looked at Iino Miko in shock: "Hey! What kind of problematic statement is that?!"
Iino Miko thinking it was not the most terrifying thing; the most terrifying thing was that Fujiwara Chika was also there.
This cancer of the earth lady's eyes lit up after hearing Iino Miko's words, and she said, "Oh!!! I was just thinking that! That's it! How about you, Ishigami-kun, wear women's clothing whenever you're at the Student Council from now on! We absolutely have confidence that we can dress you up so that no one will recognize you and will mistake you for a girl!"
"I absolutely will not!!!"
Shirogane Miyuki, who had been silently observing, recorded this scene, quickly edited it, and sent it to the instigator.
Kaede, upon receiving the message, burst out laughing with everyone.
"Hahaha! And Senior Fujiwara saw it too? Then Ishigami-kun probably won't have peace for the next few days. I originally wanted to ask him something, but it looks like I'll have to wait."
Eriri, with her head tilted back, said, "Hmph, it all comes down to my superior photo editing skills. No one else can do this!"
After their laughter, everyone quickly returned to their club activities. Today, even Eriri and Kaede planned to practice oil painting for a change.
As for Ishigami Yuu's matter, it was just a prank among friends. The Shuchiin Student Council naturally knew all about it, otherwise, Ishigami-kun wouldn't have agreed to have the photos released in the first place.
... Days passed one by one, and the temperature quickly dropped.
Finally, December arrived.
"It's the end of the year, isn't it?"
Exhaling a puff of warm air, Eriri looked at Kaede beside him and said with a smile, "Hehe, we're having so much fun like this."
As winter set in, Kaede and Eriri were well-prepared when they went out, with no shortage of scarves and gloves. However, two days ago while shopping, Eriri saw a super long scarf, instantly fell in love with it, and bought it right away. Now, both of them were wearing it, connected, with some slack remaining.
Kaede smiled and gently tugged the scarf, letting Eriri lean on his shoulder, and said, "It is indeed very interesting, but if we do this, Eriri, you won't be able to run around freely!"
"Hehe, when it's cold, my face gets cold when I run, so I don't want to."
Eriri happily leaned on Kaede and walked forward, while thinking about Kaede's birthday in a few days, which was one of the important events in December.
For this year's birthday, Kaede planned a small celebration with everyone at the school's Art Club, without a big party. Then, in the evening, both families would gather for dinner, and after that, it would be his and Eriri's world for two.
Eriri had already prepared the birthday gift. Of course, besides the normal one, there was another one she had prepared long ago, currently stored in a drawer in Eriri's original bedroom closet, awaiting its unveiling.