Join the Club

On Ms. Erika's magnified recommendation, Jeremy was forced to check out a club and join. He's got the application form accomplished and with Ms. Erika's recommendation. It just so happened that Ms.Erika was also the club's advisor so everything was set up smoothly for him.

All that was needed for him to do really was just to show up and meet the members of the club. And that was what he was set out to do. He hesitantly walked into the club room and knocked on the door. When he got a glimpse of the people already gathered inside he quickly did a 180 turn and briskly walked away.

For the most part, he knew some of the people in the club and that's why he opted to try and walk away. He knew he was walking into trouble if he went inside the clubroom.

As he was walking away, he was roped in and couldn't move. He was like a cow caught by a cowboy with a large noose that gets tighter the more he squirmed.

"What the... let me go Mari."

"Where do you think you're going? So you are the new member Ms.Erika was talking about, come on, let's go to the club room and I'll introduce you to the others."

Mari was forceful so he had no choice but to walk alongside her, another reason was the rope tied around his body and arms.

When they arrived at the club room, Jeremy was seated right next to Mari and he was then bound to the chair for safety purposes.

Aside from Mari, there were 4 more students there in the room. The other two were familiar to Jeremy since they were all from the same class. The first one was Momo and the other one was Junjun. Junjun was so glad that Jeremy was joining them and there was an obvious sparkle in his eyes.

Momo's reaction was a bit more complicated since she looked directly at Jeremy's eyes and then out into the window as if she could not care less whether he's there or not. Maybe it was because Jeremy did not know how to receive her gaze since every time he looks at her he was lost with the naked photos and videos that he saw the day before. He was awkward, and he knows it.

His attention was then called by Mari to another girl. She has grey-white hair and he could barely see her eyes through her thick eyeglasses. She was quiet and have that mysterious but serious air around her.

"This is Alice Shiroyuki. She's a second year. Our senpai. She used to be in the Manga club but since she was the only member remaining it was disbanded and she joined us."

Mari explained well the basics about Alice and Jeremy felt like he now knew everything he needs to about her.

His attention was then caught by an odd fellow dressed in a samurai's outfit. He could not discern if the person was a girl or a boy because of the samurai get up but the face was too feminine to be a male. The face was so fair and the cheeks were rosy plus the purple long hair added to the confusion.

"Megumi Totsuka. She's in the same grade as us and as you can see, she is yet to outgrow her middle school syndrome."

"It's not a syndrome Lady Mari. Orewa ne, noboshi de aru... (I am a samurai)"

"Well, that's what she said."

"So you're like Oda Nobunaga." Jeremy asked with a straight face.

Megumi's eyes lit up like neon and she jumped over the table and stood in front of Jeremy with an aura of pride and dignity.

"So you know my name in my past life. Are we comrades or are we foes? Answer me."

She placed her hand on the hilt of her sheathed sword and was waiting for Jeremy's answer.

Jeremy sensed that whatever answer he gave will just cost him his peace. He decided to just smile at her and say nothing.

Megumi's imagination was fired up by his smile and she saw Jeremy in a new light, he saw an old wise lord that is worth following. Megumi fell on one knee and offered him her sword.

"I pledge my blade and my blood to you my lord."

Jeremy was confused and instantly regretted his actions. He just wanted her to leave him alone but it seemed that she was more interested in him even more. His plan backfired instantly.

"What was this club about anyway? Do you guys do anything here?"

Jeremy stated the obvious question.

There was a sudden breeze that took over the room and everyone fell silent. And then Momo spoke up.

"People with problems or issues come to us and we try to lend a helping hand. hence, the helping hand club."

"But isn't that the responsibility of the student council?" Jeremy asked.

"Not really, we're like volunteers attending to unofficial concerns that don't fall into official issues handled by the student council. We even receive requests from faculty members. We're glorified proxies, that's it."

"Wow. That's pretty vague but well explained at the same time. So are there any requests now?"

Another cool breeze froze the room up along with their voices.

"So Momo, are you the president?"

Momo did not answer.

"Wait... Mari?"

Mari also did not answer.

"Don't tell me you don't have officers, what a disorganized..."

"I am the president of the club," Junjun exclaimed.

It was now Jeremy's turn to fall into a deep silence. His eyes were lost and they were dead.

Hi there!!!

Thank you for visiting once again and welcome to the chaotic and random world of Jeremy. Let me know what you think of this episode so far.

As always I appreciate you taking time off to read this nonsense and again ...

Cheers!!!

Series    : The (Not So) Perfect World of Jeremy
Episode   : 008
Title     : Join the Club
Published : 14-Sep-2021
Author :  © RB