To cut to the chase, our stall ended with great success.
I bowed my head to Hoshino and asked her to help with the advertising, but the effect of the advertising far exceeded my expectations.
I quickly wrote about the stall on a sketch board and hung it around my neck as I walked.
Next to me, Hoshino was conspicuously munching on the fruit she had bought for her friends.
Is it okay even though it’s for her friends…? No, she said that, but it must be for herself after all, right??
I think such unnecessary things but don’t say them out loud.
I can’t afford to upset her.
「Right now, the Home Economics Club is having a stall in the club building! We’re selling ice-cold sports drinks and fruits, so why don’t you come and check it out~~?」
「These sports drinks are cheaper than buying from the vending machine. How about it~~?」
If it were just me, it probably wouldn’t have had any effect.
But just having Hoshino, a famous student at school, join in the advertising changed the level of attention instantly.
「Isn’t that Hoshino-san?」
「Ehh… no way. Hoshino-san is eating fruit… cute.」
「I didn’t even know the Home Economics Club had a stall.」
「It’s my first time hearing about it too! Shall we go?」
「As a Hoshino fan, there’s no choice but to go. Let’s go right now.」
And so on, as we heard these voices, the crowd started to head towards the club building.
「Uwaa… you’re amazing after all.」
「I’m just eating fruit and doing a bit of advertising though…」
She spoke in a low voice so others wouldn’t hear, seemingly being modest.
「No, just that alone can attract customers’ interest, that’s something.」
「It’s not that much… but you’re not an exception either, you know?」
「Ha?」
「Look over there.」
Following Hoshino’s gaze, I saw a group of girls.
「Wah… he looked this way.」
「Isn’t that the guy from the black team earlier?」
「Looking closely, he’s pretty cool…」
「I heard he’s Marina-chan’s older brother.」
「They do look a bit alike…」
Apparently, they were talking about me.
That’s strange… did I do something to attract attention??
「What does this mean?」
Having no idea, I asked Hoshino for help, and she sighed.
「It’s because you won against that senpai in the 100m race, right?」
I did win, but that shouldn’t be enough to make them say such things.
Anyway, being popular because you’re fast at running only happens in elementary school.
There’s no way such a thing would actually happen in high school.
「There were lots of people watching that race for Michisumi-senpai, you know? You swiftly overtook the most popular student in school, of course you’re going to get attention.」
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It seemed like an obvious reaction to Hoshino.
Fans who came to see the senpai’s cool race were now paying attention to me, who won against that senpai.
If it’s just simple curiosity, it’s understandable and can’t be helped, but I’m not very happy about receiving anything beyond that.
「Now you’re joining the ranks of famous people too, isn’t that great?」
「It’s not great, and I absolutely refuse. Besides, this excitement from one event will only last a week at most. Everyone will forget by next week anyway.」
Hoshino says this with a grin, but I’m not joking.
If possible, I want things to go back to how they were.
It would be troublesome if they didn’t.
Besides, I don’t like being the center of attention.
「Since your little sister is already a celebrity, the impression might not fade away so easily. It might even become more pronounced…」
「Haa… what should I do?」
「Well, let’s think about the gloomy stuff later. For today, just think of yourself as being useful as a crowd-puller.」
Indeed, if I look at it positively, I can’t deny that.
Above all, at this rate, it seems we won’t end up in the red.
「I’ll just forget about it for now…」
「You should. You’re attracting a lot of people, right?」
Saying so, Hoshino walks towards the students.
Since Hoshino is working so hard, I need to do my part properly too.
「Alright… let’s do this.」
I brace myself and raise my voice.
So that many people can hear.
Attracted by this, a lot of people came, and the stall became a great success.
The miscalculation was that too many people came, and we sold out halfway through.
Eri-san, who was manning the stall, was having a hard time, and the president had to jump in to help.
Somehow, when Eri-san tried to call me back, the president happened to? coincidentally? come to the clubroom.
Yeah, the timing was really perfect and it helped us a lot.
Also, the sports festival executive committee took a photo of me and Hoshino advertising.
Apparently, it will be posted on the school’s official app later.
Well, I don’t personally mind it being posted.
What should I say to Eri-san…
After all that talk about doing it as club members, did I do something bad?
W-Well… it’s not like it will be posted right away, they said it would come out with an article later, and Eri-san was getting help from the president too, so I guess I can think about this later?
I think the reason Eri-san said she wanted to do it just the two of us was because she didn’t want to bother anyone else…
It’s probably fine.
With such optimistic thoughts, after quickly cleaning up the stall, I returned to the cheering seats to watch the afternoon events.
It seems the borrowing race is about to start.
Come to think of it, Hoshino is participating…
I hope she doesn’t draw a weird task…
I thought as I looked at her in the distance.