CH 18

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“…”

A displeased looking girl, Nemoto Kasumi, silently got up from her seat.

Haruki, who was watching her, couldn’t stop her and followed behind her without saying a word.

Kasumi didn’t pay any attention to Haruki, who was following behind her, and walked straight towards Yō and the others.

When the students noticed her presence, they all gasped and paid attention to her actions.

However, Kasumi didn’t seem to care about the reactions of the people around her and headed straight for Yō.

Then, she quietly stood right behind Yō.

When Marin noticed that Kasumi had arrived, she gasped and stared at her face.

However, Marin was not even in Kasumi’s mind.

The moment he slurped down his noodles, watching Yō’s actions, Kasumi opened her mouth.

“Lolicon.”

“―!?”

When a chilling voice came from right behind him, Yō was so startled that he slurped up his noodles vigorously.

Because of this, the chili pepper entered his windpipe just like before.

“*Cough* *cough!* M-My throat is…!”

“Are you okay, Hazakura-kun!?”

When Yō started coughing with tears in his eyes, Marin, who was worried about him, called out to him.

Kasumi smiled as she looked down at the two of them.

“Serves you right.”

When Yō heard those words, he looked up at Kasumi with some tears in his eyes.

And then, he glared at her with anger in his eyes.

“What do you… *Cough cough… think you’re doing…!”

“Ara, what are you talking about?”

In response to Yō’s words, Kasumi put her hand on her cheek and tilted her head.

Yō is even more annoyed by the fact that she has no maliciousness at all, but rather a bland attitude.

“Stop trying to feign ignorance… Suddenly… *Cough… behind people’s backs… Calling them lolicon, what do you have to say for yourself now…?”

“Nothing, no one called you a lolicon, though?”

“Then… who did you… say that to…?”

“Kinoshita-kun.”

“Ehh!?”

When Haruki was suddenly brought up in the conversation, he couldn’t help but raise his voice.

Seeing the way she was selling her boyfriend in no uncertain terms, everyone in the room could see that Kasumi was in trouble.

“As expected… *Cough* *cough*… that’s… too much to ask…”

If Haruki was really a lolicon, he would have chosen Marin instead of Kasumi.

Yō said while thinking about this, but the touch of a shiny object on his neck made his body tremble.

“―!?”

What exactly was it that touched him?― When he looked at his neck, he saw that Marin’s hand, stretched out from the desk, was on him.

When he looked at the face of Marin, he saw that she was smiling and looking at him.

If you look at it normally, it’s a very cute smile.

But for some reason, at this moment, Yō felt a chill run through his body.

“W-What’s up…?”

When he called out to her, Marin tilted her head with a smiling face.

Then, she slowly opened her mouth.

“Nothing, I thought you were thinking of something rude.”

Hearing these words, Yō felt a chill run through his body again.

One can certainly say that what Yō just thought of was rude to Marin.

It was as if he had thought of Marin as a loli.

Of course, except for a certain feminine part.

But of course, Yō didn’t say anything like that.

He probably guessed from the look on her face that she didn’t like it when he treated her like a lolita, even though he had thrown in the lolita joke before.

However, Marin’s mood was currently too bad to make such a comment.

Perhaps it’s because Kasumi’s presence is here and she just used Haruki as an excuse.

It must have been very upsetting for Marin, who still loves Haruki.

“…”

And then there’s Kasumi, who didn’t like Marin touching Yō’s neck and was glaring at him and Marin with terrible eyes.

This made Yō, who was sandwiched between the two of them, feel uncomfortable.

(D*mn, why am I in this mess…)

Sandwiched between two beautiful girls who don’t like each other, Yō laments his situation.

It was unexpected that Kasumi was in the cafeteria in the first place.

She usually brought her own lunch, and Yō remembered that Haruki had also brought his own lunch when he was in his first year.

It was the first time he had ever been to the cafeteria, but now he hated himself for being so naive.

“So… what do you want…?”

Deciding that if he remained silent, Marin and Kasumi might start another strange fight, Yō asked Kasumi why she had come to them.

“Nothing, there’s no particular reason.”

“What do you want, you ……?”

Yō looked dumbfounded at the recklessness of Kasumi.

However, Kasumi didn’t like the look on his face and glared at him.

Her atmosphere seemed to be the one that looks like she’s about to bite.

With Kasumi in front of him, Yō decided that it was not a good idea to deal with her now, and turned his gaze to Haruki.

“Oi… your girlfriend… do something about her…”

Yō says this with a sore throat, and stares at Haruki’s face.

But―

“No, no, I can’t do that…”

No way, Haruki abandoned his role as a boyfriend.

Yō feels like complaining about this, but since Marin is here now, he decides not to do so.

If he complains to Haruki here, even Marin might bite him if he’s not careful.

It’s already troublesome that he has to deal with Kasumi alone, but if he has to deal with Marin as well, it’s going to be tough even for Yō.

In addition, it is not uncommon for those who have been quarreling with each other to start teaming up once they have a common enemy.

When that happened, Yō would be making enemies with the two most beautiful girls in this school, and no matter what anyone thought, there was no way he would choose that path.

Therefore, Yō opened his mouth again with a sigh.

“For now, let me at least… eat… and take my time…”