CH 12

Mob Highschool Student walks home with the Transcendental Beautiful Girl

“What kind of book do you read, Hiura-san?”

“Hmm….I have been busy lately so I mainly read light novels since they are easy to read but I do enjoy detective stories.”

“Is that so? Come to think of it, do you have any part-time job?”

“No, I’m not working any part-time job.”

Right now I am very concerned about the gazes and the voice around me.

Although there are no people from the same school around us, there are a lot of housewives and salarymen around.

Almost no one is looking at me but they are probably laughing at how unbalanced it is for someone like Eihashi-san to be walking with me.

Anyway, they are probably asking why such a beauty is with someone so unremarkable like me or how contrast the two of us are.

I was glad that I was able to leave school in a time that there wouldn’t be many people from our school around but if someone from our school sees us, I wonder if I will be treated like a Leech Mob at school tomorrow.

With that in mind, I keep answering Eihashi-san’s question one after another.

…….being a model is a full-time job so I am not practically lying here.

“Is that so. I always saw you leave school immediately after the class is over so I thought that you are busy with a part-time job.”

“No, about that…..you see! I’m living alone so I have to cook for myself you know? Cooking is kind of like a hobby for me!”

By the way, my hobby is actually reading, not cooking. While I was busy thinking of the excuse that modeling is a full-time job, she asked me a question that would cause a slight contradiction in my answer so I have started thinking that it would be better if I just lie to her that I have a part-time job earlier.

……in case I tell her that I do have a part-time job, I can see the future where she asks me what kind of part-time job I am doing and I wouldn’t be able to answer that. So let’s believe that my answer was correct and roll with it.

“Come to think of it, Hiura-san always brings your own bento right.”

“Yeah…..it’s a hassle to buy food from the cafeteria at lunch break. I simply pack all the leftovers from my dinner into my bento you see……..rather, you know that I am always making my own bento huh.”

“Yes? Ah, the other day, when my friend was talking about what kind of man she likes, we talked about a man who can cook you see…..we ended up talking about how you always eat your lunch in the classroom there.”

Eh, that’s a shocking revelation. I stood out that much……? Wasn’t the bento supposed to increase my mob point?

No, I was only a passing topic in Eihashi-san’s daily conversation. It would be something like the story of a reincarnated protagonist about how he got hit by a truck in the prologue and the minor details of how he grows up until he is 6 years old!

For her to remember something like that is because Eihashi-san is special. The others wouldn’t care about such insignificant details…….

“You made that bento yourself right. I do make my own bento too but sometimes I just settle with cup ramen you know.”

“Hee…..it’s surprising that you eat cup ramen, Eihashi-san. I always feel uncomfortable when I eat cup ramen so I have to always make something myself or buy a bento at the convenience store…….”

“Is that so? I rarely buy a bento but I do have a lot of cup ramen at home you know. …….Umm, it’s a hassle for me to cook for myself on the day that I go out with friends so I often rely on cup ramen you see.”

Eihashi-san said so with a shy smile but I think it might just be me who one-sidedly imposed on the idea that Eihashi-san is perfect here.

I thought back on it and realized something.

This transcendental beauty is admired by girls and desired by boys. Because of her excellent grade and how she brings her own bento, I one-sidedly think of her as a girl who is good at housework.

Her grade must be the result of her hard work so it is normal for her to find something to be troublesome as well.

When it is a hassle, she eats cup ramen, the same as me who buys bento at the convenience store when I don’t have time to make my own.

I hate being judged by people around me but before I know it, I end up doing the same thing myself.

At least I wanted to see Eihashu-san as a normal human being……..well, I want to remain as a mob so I will limit my involvement with her to the minimum though.

Unfortunately, it’s the truth that she is a popular girl. No one can deny that.

“……-san, can you hear me?”

“OH! Sorry, I was thinking about something there.”

When I was in the middle of thinking, no reflecting on myself, I didn’t notice when she looked and called out to me.

When I noticed it, I was surprised since Eihashi-san’s face is directly in front of me.

“Fufu, I see, so you are normally like this.”

“Nn? What do you mean?”

“No, it’s nothing. So, about earlier, you also brought a bento with you today right. What did you buy?”

“Ah, Yeah, I bought a Karaage bento yesterday. See, you can’t resist the charm of fried food when you live alone right? Moreover, since it was already late when I bought it, I got a 30 percent discount too. It’s a big save since I live alone you know……..”

“I get it! You can save a lot if you buy a whole vegetable instead of the already cut one too right!…..speaking of which, you said that you were out late yesterday but what time did you buy it?”

“Hmm, I bought the Karaage bento at the mall we are heading to right now but it was already past 7 pm yesterday I think?”

“That late huh……..come to think of it, I was around the mall at that time too. Did you see me on your way back?”

So this is her aim for starting this conversation huh!?

This is bad……she might be suspicious of me since I bought the bento at around 19.00 and it was around 19.30 that I saved her from those playboys. Won’t that make her doubt me more?

I already told her that I was around the mall at 19.00. The mall is already in sight so I have to deceive her somehow…….

“Oh, I took the main street home yesterday so I haven’t seen you Eihashi-san.  More importantly, we are almost at the mall so will you be okay?”

“Hee…….you took the main street huh. I really have something I want to buy at the mall so it’s okay.”

I managed to trick her somehow. Honestly, in the situation where she is doubting me like this, it was a bad answer.

“You see, yesterday I went home using the narrow street. Are you Kamishiro Kousei?”

I don’t know what kind of connection the narrow street and asking me whether I am Kamshiro Kousei or not have in common but there is only one answer to that question.

“No, you have the wrong person.”