Chapter 3 ~ Clubs Are Not Essential!
The next morning, everything started out just like every other day. Of course, because we're talking about our boy Nobita, he woke up literally half an hour before the school bell rang.
It forced him to do a 'morning exercise' around the house. Which answered the question on why he could still be a fit and healthy boy, despite being extremely lazy to do sports.
He grabbed the toast that his mum had prepared in the dining room and dashed outside carrying his school bag and (improperly) worn school uniform. (His mum told him to sit down and eat his toast, but he didn't)After putting on his shoes, he exited the house while exclaiming "I'm going!!" right before closing the door.
He quickly pedaled his dazzling red mountain bike with offroad tires and 2 pairs of disc brakes on each wheel and sped up across the neighbourhood streets, occasionally ringing his bell as he approaches an intersection to warn oncoming traffic of his presence.
He was quite confident of going fast and going around a corner at speed. His skill of playing racing games at the local arcade boosted his confidence, and so helped him stay energized through the early morning ride.
To some degree, he also liked cars. Occasionally glancing at the cool cars he passed by on the road, and sometimes even giving his comment on the car that he saw.
With 2 minutes to go before the bell rang, Nobita had finally arrived. While gasping for breath, he hastily led his bike to the bicycle lot (His bike was the only bike that stood up the most) which was located on the northernmost part of the school.
As he was leading his bicycle though, he observed plenty of temporary tents erected in the school yard. Not only that, but he also noticed that couple of his seniors in cheerleading uniforms, basketball uniforms, and some costumes were gathering around that place. Of course, he was wondering what the council had been planning for the freshmen today.
Long story short, he entered his classroom shortly before the bell rang. And the scene of his classmates talking about 'clubs' greeted him right away.
"Hey, guys!" He greeted his gang and Nonko, which were gathering around Dekisugi's table.
"Hey, Nobita! Good morning..." Suneo greeted him, "Y'know, that really amazed me why you came in so early today."
Nobita replied whilst placing his bag on his seat, "Is that supposed to be an insult or a praise?"
"Bit of both..." Suneo replied,
Nobita came to his gang's gathering, "Anyways, what's up guys? What're talking about?"
"We're talking about the clubs, Nobi-kun." Dekisugi replied, "Have you decided on a club to join?"
"Clubs? What clubs do we even have to join?"
"Here's the list..." Nonko handed out a piece of paper, filled by the list of 12 clubs that this school has to offer. "Might be something here to catch your eye, Nobita."
However, none seemed to catch Nobita's interest. "Not sure why you guys are so hyped at this... I mean, there's nothing interesting here."
"Don't be like that Nobita-san..." Shizuka replied, irritated at how Nobita treated this club. "I mean, look at the bright side. You can try joining a club like the sports club to improve your PE skills."
Nobita shrugged as he returned the paper back to Nonko. "No, sports are not interesting at all."
"You can also try joining the literature club if you want..." Shizuka presented another option.
"Nope, I don't even know what literary works I'm interested in other than manga," Nobita replied,
Shizuka then presented him with another option that he might like, "There is also a drama club... where you can try to be an actor."
And yet, that still didn't spark any form of interest in Nobita's mind. "Nope!"
Shizuka was about to give him another club option, but the bell rang right before she was about to open her mouth (then again, she probably wouldn't have been as patient with Nobita's answers). Nobita was fortunate enough that he evaded Shizuka's initial lecture on the importance of joining a club.
Their day started out like a normal day, but because it was still their second day at school, there wasn't much studying activity going on. The teachers entered the class merely just to introduce themselves and what concepts they would expect to learn for the student's next 3 years in school.
The class was dismissed earlier than usual, to give the freshmen leisure time to find their clubs of choice. The activity should last for 3 hours starting from 9.00 all the way to midday.
Sure enough, when the activity started, everyone was heading downstairs to find their clubs. Everyone except for Nobita, of course, was still fast asleep on top of his mathematics book from the last lesson. The serene atmosphere of the class gave him enough comfort to sleep in that class with no disturbance whatsoever.
However, the atmosphere slowly dissipated as Nonko and Shizuka returned from the schoolyard. From their faces, one can tell that they were still on a tentative conclusion on which club sparked their interest.
However, soon after sliding open the door, Shizuka's bright blue eyes were fixated on the boy who was currently fast asleep on his desk.
She showed a look of contempt on her face while quickly making her way to this boy's desk. Nonko stood there in the doorway, observing her every move.
She knocked on his desk while also calling his name, "Nobita-san!" Shizuka called out, but Nobita didn't budge a single hair whatsoever.
"Hey Nobita-san, wake up!!" She exclaimed, but to no avail, he didn't move a single inch.
She banged on his desk once again, which seemed to work this time, "No...Bi...Ta...SAN!!!! Wake up!!" She yelled.
He moved his head and took a glance over his arms to see the girl who woke him up from his nap. "What do you want? What is happening?"
"What is happening?' Everyone is literally looking for a club to join except you, that's what's happening right now!" Shizuka replied.
"Ah, that club nonsense again..."
"Why don't you look for a club to join, instead of slacking off in this class by taking a nap?!" Shizuka said, "Don't be a slacker, Nobita-san!"
He erected himself from his napping position. "Haven't I told you already? Not a single club in this school sparked my interest. Pretty much all of them are about sports and whatnot, and even though, with the other non-sports clubs, they still aren't in my range of interest." Nobita insisted, "Those famed 'Gaming clubs' from those mangas were big fat lies, apparently..."
Letting out a sigh again, Shizuka still tried to keep calm. She kept taking long, deep breaths to cool herself off from her "debate" with Nobita.
Just then, a senior in a cheerleading uniform came to the classroom, a clipboard, and pen in her arm. She knocked on the door, in which Nonko (that stood near the door), gave her an immediate response soon after the senior knocked on the door.
"Uh, hi..." The senior greeted Nonko, albeit a little nervously.
"Hi Senpai! What can I help you with?" She replied.
"Um, I'm looking for Aoyama Nonko and Minamoto Shizuka. I believe both were in this class, right?"
Hearing her name called, Shizuka glanced to the door.
"Oh, right! I'm Aoyama Nonko, that girl over there is Minamoto Shizuka. What's up?" Nonko replied,
"Awesome! I'm Miyazaki Miyako, representative of the Cheerleading club 'Sakura Eight'. I'm here to give you two an invitation to join our club." She said,
"Cheerleading club?" A wide smile started to materialize on Nonko's face as Shizuka finally joined her.
Nonko had a strong interest in cheerleading, after seeing the cheerleading performances that she had seen in basketball matches when she was in America. Shizuka on the other hand, had a lesser interest in cheerleading than Nonko.
"Yeah! You know, we do that cheerleading stuff that you see on TV. We actively participate in cheerleading competitions between middle schools across Japan, and so far, we have won 4 gold medals, 2 silver, and a single bronze medal over the course of this club's existence." Miyazaki-senpai told Nonko, "However, we have been a little short-handed as of late. There weren't many freshmen that are interested in joining the club."
This amplified Nonko's interest a bit more. "Wow! If I want to apply for membership, where can I do it?" She replied.
"You can just come to our club room, right next to the class 2-E." She replied,
"Oh cool! I'm interested in joining the club!" Nonko replied, "What do you think, Shizuka-san?" Nonko asked.
"How about you, Minamoto-san?" The senior added, "I'm pretty sure you will be able to join with the excitement that we will be having in the club!"
"I'm not sure... Nonko-san, Miyazaki-senpai..." Shizuka replied. "I am interested in it, but..."
"Hm?"
"Do I have to wear those kinds of uniforms that... will, uhh... reveal most of my body and my... cleavage?" She asked, awkwardly blushing a little from embarrassment.
"A-ah! No no... not at all!" The senior replied, "Our uniform wouldn't reveal any cleavage and most of your body parts, like your belly button. Well, at least that's the standard for all middle school cheerleaders."
"Ah... My imagination went a bit off the rails then!"
"I mean, you can just see what I was wearing at the moment..." The girl remarked, gesturing at her clothes. "This would be the uniform."
"I see..."
"So, Shizuka-san... Have you decided on it?"
She paused for a second, "Hm, I think I will give it a chance. It wouldn't hurt to try, right?"
"Absolutely!" Miyazaki-senpai exclaimed with utter excitement after finally finding someone that was interested in the club. "You two can visit our club room after school!"
"Alright, Miyazaki-senpai! See you in the club room today!" Both exclaimed in unison as the senior left their classroom.
Shizuka turned around, only to find Nobita walking towards the door at that time. He asked as he got closer to the girls. "So, you two joined Cheerleading club?"
Again, still getting carried out of what has happened between the two, Shizuka replied with a rather annoyed tone, "Yeah, why?"
"Interesting..." Nobita muttered.
Shizuka ignored Nobita's remark, but she immediately remembered that the word 'interesting' had a different meaning of what her and Nonko initially thought. Nobita visioned cheerleading as an activity where the girls were wearing a uniform that revealed most of their body and doing obscene movements. False, but unfortunately not so in his mind.
These thoughts, translated into his mind into a scenario where Shizuka was trying to pull down her rather short skirt and preventing it from getting flicked up because of the wind while saying "Awww, Nobita-san... Don't stare at me like that...." She said, rather... uhh... I won't get into that
Shizuka well understood Nobita's expression that he made when he thought of something lewd like that. Immediately, she flung her arms and smacked Nobita right at his left cheek. Her hand gave enough momentum to not just knock him down to the floor, but enough to knock him out cold for the rest of the year.
"W-w-w-w-what are you th-thinking, Nobita-san!!!" Shizuka exclaimed. "Ecchi!!!"
"E-eeh?? N-nothing!" Nobita replied, holding his throbbing red cheek, which was slowly recovering from the raw power that Shizuka delivered.
Shizuka moved closer to his face and exclaimed, "If you do that again, you will see the wrath of the only princess from the Minamoto family!"
"Alright alright, I understand! You don't have to be so harsh, Shizuka-chan!!" Nobita exclaimed.
"It's your fault!" Shizuka retorted, "I won't act like this if you weren't thinking of something lewd when I mentioned cheerleading!"
At this point, the fight between the two is inevitable. Even Nonko backed down a bit to give Nobita and Shizuka a better arena to start fighting. She chose to be neutral but still prepared to separate them in case if physical fighting happened.
"What a bold claim!" Nobita exclaimed, "I never thought of something like that!"
"Liar! I know very well that expression you make when you think of something that was extremely lewd!"
"Geez, what's wrong with you!?" Nobita said,
"I don't care!" Shizuka replied. "Just go away!"
"Fine, I'm going away!!" Nobita exclaimed as he marched away from the class, still with a rather hot-headed emotion.
"...baka!" She exclaimed.
"Hey!!! What kind of baka am I?!?" Nobita exclaimed from far away. This argument caught the attention of every passer-by, which prompted Nonko to act.
Shizuka responded by sticking out her tongue to mock him, before Nonko forced her to enter the classroom.
After closing the door, Nonko let out a surpressed laugh with a closed mouth. This caught Shizuka's attention.
"What?" Shizuka responded with both of her arms crossed.
"Nothing..." Nonko replied, holding back with her fib.
"Geez, that guy! Not only that he was slacking off every time... But he is a complete pervert!" Shizuka muttered out loud
"You must really hate Nobita-kun... are you?" Nonko asked
She paused for a second before resting on top of a table. "Not really... I don't hate him for that... But... I got so annoyed with him... Only a little though..." She muttered, fidgeting with her fingers.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Ahh!!! Forget what I just said!" She exclaimed, slamming on the table she was resting on.
Nonko smiled. "Alright, I won't dig deep into it!" She spoke. "By the way, do you want to get something to eat in the cafeteria?"
Shizuka paused for a second, "Ah! I'm not very hungry at the moment... So I think I will just accompany you there if you wa-"
Right before Shizuka could finish her words, her stomach growled so loud that Nonko could hear Shizuka's stomach screaming for help. Well, no matter how much she tried to hide the fact that she is hungry while also forgetting to bring lunch with her, her stomach would still do what stomachs would do in this kind of situation.
As a result, Shizuka's face went red immediately.
"Heh, your stomach won't lie to me, Shizuka-san!" Nonko said, showing a rather smug looking face. "You wouldn't want to reject my invitation to go to the cafeteria, right?!"
"Y-yeah..." Shizuka said rather weakly, "I did forget to bring lunch today..."
And with that, both girls left the classroom and made their way to the cafeteria which was located quite far from their classroom. They joked around, just like any normal schoolgirl would do when they met their counterparts.
On their way to the cafeteria though, they noticed a white European woman sitting in front of the principal room. They wondered what this 'foreigner' doing in their school at that time.
"Nonko-san... Is that a foreigner?" Shizuka asked soon after they passed this woman, "What do they wanted to do?"
"Don't ask me such a question, because I would be asking the same question had you not asked me the question beforehand," Nonko replied. "Maybe she is the parent of a potential transfer student that would enter this school in near future?"
"That's a possibility, but a student transferring on the first week of school? It just sounds a bit off in my opinion." Shizuka replied. "However, putting that aside, I think that'll be cool if the student is also a first year and we get to have an European as one of our friends."
"Yeah, that's true... Although, it's not really a new thing for me, considering most of my American friends when I lived in Seattle were... American." Nonko replied.
As both girls were about to take the left turn around the corner, unbeknownst to them, a girl the same age as them was running from the opposite side of the corner. Because they couldn't really see what is coming from the other side of the corner, an impact between them looked to be likely.
And sure enough, an inevitable impact between Nonko and this girl happened. Sending both girls onto the floor with their foreheads throbbing in pain. Shizuka rushed to Nonko's help while trying to assess the situation.
She glanced to the girl that struck Nonko. This blonde-haired girl that tied her hair into a ponytail surprised both Nonko and Shizuka. The fact that they have just struck a foreign transfer student that they thought was trying to observe the school that she is about to enter made them feel a bit bad.
Shizuka then initiated contact with this girl, "Uh, I'm terribly sorry about all this accident that you happen to go across." She said, with a posh English accent which caught Nonko completely off guard.
This girl snapped for a second after hearing a posh accent directed towards her, "Y-yeah it is completely fine! I shouldn't have run around the corridors like that." She replied, also with a posh accent, but even less thick than Shizuka.
Nonko then said, with her typical fluent English accent, "Are you okay? Did it hurt?"
"Not really, my forehead hurts a little but I'm fine for the most part." She replied before switching to Japanese, "By the way, you don't have to use English... I can speak Japanese fluently."
"Ah alright... Let me help you stand up." Nonko said, handing out one hand to help this girl stood on both of her legs.
But before Nonko could ask her more question, this girl's supposed mom called her name. "Suzy!! Suzy!" She called out.
"Oh! It seems like my mom is calling me there, I guess I must head out right now." 'Suzy' said, "Nice to meet you guys!" She waved.
"Nice to meet you too!!" Shizuka and Nonko replied in unison.
As her figure started to disappear behind the principal office's door, Nonko gave a remark, "I definitely think she's getting transferred to our school."
"Yeah, I hope we can make friends with her in the near future." Shizuka said,
"I hope so too!" Nonko replied.
God dammnn man you're bolder than that ending text lol
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