Under the Veil of Night

Nolen School C

The Student Council managed to finish the preparation for the party. On the day of the events, the students was excited as they waited in front of the restroom to change their clothes. The school let the class ended early because of the party, but they still have some class before the event.

"The school really needs to build more restrooms," Misae stared at the long line in front of her with a sigh.

"That's because you're not fast enough," Kanae giggled as she patted her best friend's shoulder. Alice managed to queue earlier than them, so she was already quite far from the two of them.

Misae frowned. "What about you? Don't you need to change your clothes?"

"I'll change my clothes somewhere else."

"The Student Council Room?" she asked with wide eyes.

"Yup, so there's no need to worry."

"Isn't the place is filled with boys?"

Kanae smirked. She will tell them to leave the room when she wants to change her clothes later. She and Misae chatted for a while longer before Kanae made her way to the Student Council Room.

KNOCK! KNOCK!

Mike opened the door. "We have finished changing; you're the only one left."

"I got it."

The other members walked out to the hall just as Kanae took out the clothes she brought. At first, she didn't know what to wear until the president gave her a butler costume. Well, it didn't really matter much for her.

After changing, she opened the door and saw Tommy and Jay standing right in front of her.

"You need to change your hairstyle," Jay pointed at her hair. "The two braids make you look more girly."

'I'm a girl!' Kanae yelled inside her mind. "What do you suggest?"

Tommy put his finger under his chin. Kanae was indeed a girl, so there was actually nothing wrong with her hair. However, all the Student Council members wore butler clothes today, which includes Kanae. Still, those clothes surprisingly suited the girl very much even though she was not that pretty.

"What about a ponytail?" Jay suggested.

Kanae was more comfortable with braids, but she nodded her head. "I guess I can do that."

She walked into the room again and took out her comb. She undid her braid slowly and her wavy hair came fluttering free. At the back, both Jay and Tommy were stunned when they saw Kanae with her unbound hair. She looked pretty plain with her glasses and braided hair, but when they were being undone, she looked quite mesmerizing.

"Hairstyles really does make a difference in one's appearance," Jay mused after a few seconds.

Tommy nodded his head in agreement. If Kanae's usual look was that, there was no doubt that she would have a lot of male suitors.

Kanae finished tying her hair into a ponytail. She looked towards the two of them. "Do I look more boyish like this?"

Truthfully, there was almost no change in her face, but the two boys decided to nod their head. At least, it was better than seeing the braid when she was wearing the butler's outfit.

"Let's go down."

The three of them walked out from the room and down the stairs to reach the hall. They had to move quickly because they still have to move the food inside the hall. Most of the foods were only dessert since they were not going to make this into a big and long party.

Many students have arrived and Neo was busy giving them random cards. Those were for the role game they wanted to play. Each card has a different role written on it and each student have to act that role before the dance party. The roles were simply normal people, villain, victim, and so on.

There would also be a mini case game, where they could try to guess who has the villain's role. It was only a small game, but many students were excited to guess who got the role.

"Kanae, you're not wearing any costume?" Misae and Alice approached Kanae who held a tray on her hand. Misae was wearing a dark robe with a hair wig and a slightly large hat. The wig made her hair looked like snakes as she was dressing up as Medusa.

On the other hand, Alice was wearing a long red dress with a small wand in her hand. She also wore a witch hat that was slightly big for her.

"I'm wearing a butler costume," Kanae grinned.

Misae rolled her eyes. "You're a girl, but you're dressed up as a man?"

"There's no way that they can't guess that I'm a girl," Kanae simply shrugged. Even though, she didn't wear any makeup it was close to impossible for them to mistake her for a boy.

"By the way, how's my appearance?"

"You're very suited to be a medusa," Kanae giggled.

Misae smiled. "But you're not suited to be a butler. Why don't you search for a maid costume, instead?"

"No," Kanae answered immediately. They would have to design again if they wanted to make a maid outfit. So she had told them that she preferred to wear the same outfit as them. After all, it would be weird if she wore differently from the others just because she was the only girl in the Student Council.

Alice pointed to the side. "What kind of case did you make?"

"A fake murder," Kanae laughed. "The one who holds the villain card has to defend themselves while being one of the accused ones. You don't have to join if you only get the normal people card."

Misae and Alice both get the normal people card, so they were not really interested to join the game. What they wanted the most was the dance party after this event.

"I'm going to ask for the Student Council members to dance with me," Misae said with her eyes glittering.

"I don't think any of us is going to comply," Kanae giggled. All of them had dressed up as a butler and because of that, they were using that role as one way to let the others enjoy the game while they supervise. Aside from that, the other students will have the chance to interact with them more like this.

"I want to ask Mike or Kevin."

"President is very busy up there," Kanae pointed at the stage. Kevin was the leader, so his place was there to direct the event and supervise everything.

"You can ask Tommy or Jay," Alice suggested. "Those two shouldn't be too busy in the event." 

"No way. I don't want to dance with them," Misae's face scrunched.

"They will be sad if they hear you reject them blatantly."

"I really don't want to dance with them."

While they were discussing the matter of dancing, they heard a girl's voice from behind them.

"A girl is dressing up as a butler? It suits you very much."