I always thought that I never thought I never wanted to interact

To not stand out

To not try to be number one

To not get involved

These were my ideas and I followed them my whole life

And I don’t think there are any exceptions to this

My first crush was Emily Rider, the author of my favorite book, The lone child stands alone.

I never got to confess

She was in japan and of my age

I had multiple chances but I made it a rule

It is better to have unrequited love than to be heartbroken

To stand alone is a blessing in itself

But life wouldn’t allow me to have such luxury

My school as a rule of joining a club being necessary unless you have a part-time job or have health issues.

So I decided to join the literature club but it turns out it has been disbanded last year

So I, Yuru haizawa, a first-year high schooler who recently became a Japanese citizen am standing in fron of this awfully enormous mansion in hopes of joining a club with no members

Yuru's POV~

Buried behind a large heap of papers I found Principal Shinomiya

“Good morning principal” I called out

“Ah, Haizawa come in. So the student council gave you my address?”

“Y-Yes”

“I prefer to do my work comfortably at my home. It is quite selfish of me and students have to come to my house personally”

“But I enjoyed the view from up here”

“Ah, really? So what might you be here for?”

“ I wanted to restart the literature club”

I handed the application to him

“You know I can’t make do with just two signatures right’

“Yes, but I don’t want to join any other clubs”

“Sorry, but rules are rules you have to have at least 5 members”

“...”

I barely know 2 students at school

And nobody wants to study literature at my time at an age when they could be reading manga or hanging out with cute girls

“Hmmm, then how about I drop the bar to three”

“Is that possible?!”

“Yes I will be your personal club sponsor so I will be able to pull it off

“I can’t thank you enough”

“Well, except you can”

I stared him

Did I mishear?

“Huh?”

“I will do this so can you do me a favor too? And this can get you another member too”

I will get a new member, huh? That’s great. It’s killing two birds with one stone

“Please tell me about it”

“I have a daughter who is a shut-in, She is currently attending(or at least supposed to) attend my school. If you can make her leave her room for some time then I will sponsor your club”

What’s up with the weird request? Is this man okay in his head

“You must be thinking that for me to ask this is just absurd, but my selfish parental behavior just doesn’t allow me to do otherwise”

Does he ask everyone who comes here to do this or is it just me?

“I don’t know, sir. Why do you think that I will make her leave her room”

“..., Good question” He paused for a moment to think “Just instincts(･`◡´･)”

-_- What? Can you repeat that?

“Lilian here will lead you to her room”

He took a small golden bell which was sitting on top of his papers as paper wait and rung it

The sound of the door opening reached my ears. I looked behind to find a maid-

DO THEY EVEN EXIST IN THIS AGE?!

No, I am sure some royalties must have enough money to actually buy a person’s life

But how rich is this man seriously? He just runs a private school.

Not that it isn’t a good enough job in itself but still...

I followed the maid around this awfully enormous mansion

I was ready to see an elevator that would get me to my destination, but we just brushed pat\st that and chose the stairs

I kept looking at the maid. She looked a few years older than me

Her figure was slender and captivating

She was wearing a standard maid outfit with a frock up to her knees

But her chest is what caught my attention

(ˆڡˆ)

Suddenly she stopped

DID SHE FOUND OUT I WAS LOOKING AT HER!!! [She is a professional maid what did you expect?]

“We are here”

I looked beside me. A large wooden door

I knocked

No response

I knocked again

No response

I knocked again

No response

“I may suggest entering”

“B-but-”

She left[ ± _ ± ]

I can’t the room of someone I don’t know

Also, she is...a girl

N-not that it matters[It definitely does]

B-but what if she is changing her clothes or something?!

It would be a manga scene

B-but that would mean we will fall in love [wishful thinking]

I will just warn them

“I am coming in!”

When I opened the door a pillow hit my head