Chapter 120: You're too popular, right?
As the lesson ended, the break came, and as soon as it happened, Mea and Maiko went directly to both Shishio and Nana since they needed to scold both of them.
"You guys are too much!"
"How could you flirt with each other during class?!"
Mea and Maiko stared at the two of them begrudgingly, they had to admit that Shishio and Nana might be the smartest students in the entire 1st year, but they felt bitter and jealous when they saw both of them flirted secretly.
Nana was startled when both of her friends suddenly came and quickly denied it with a blush. "We're not flirting, we're studying, right, Shishio?" Luckily, she wore light make-up on her face, so the blush on her face wasn't noticeable, if Mea and Maiko knew that she was blushing, then, without doubt, she would be teased!
Shishio nodded and said, "Both me and Nana are studying hard, you can't slander us like that."
"Yes, yes." Nana nodded vigorously.
"....." Maiko and Mea.
However, that was the truth, after all, Nana really learned a lot from Shishio and she had to admit that this guy was too smart. In truth, she had always been ranked first during her middle school time and it would be the same in high school, but this time, she didn't think that she could get the first rank from Shishio, and she didn't think too much either, since her man should be better than her, right?
However, Shishio and Nana didn't know that Nanami who was sitting right in front of Shishio could only smile bitterly, listening to how both Shishio and Nana could lie without changing their expression since she knew very well how bitter she felt when she listened to them flirting with each other. She was still single, after all, and of course, she was also a normal high school girl and she also wanted to taste a normal love life in her high school time, but when she looked at Sorata, she couldn't help but sigh and shake her head, wondering what had happened to him so that he could change so much after he moved to Sakurasou.
Shishio didn't know what Nanami was thinking, but he didn't think too much if he knew since he only needed to pretend that he didn't know, or rather, he really didn't do anything to Sorata, and Sorata's change was all because of himself. "Well, how about we have a lunch?"
"Yeah."
Nana, Mea, and Maiko agreed to eat, after all, they were quite famished using their brain the entire morning, but before they went out...
"Aoyama-san, are you going to have lunch too?" Shishio asked.
Aoyama was a bit surprised when Shishio suddenly invited her, but she quickly shook her head and said gently, "No, I'm on a diet."
"Diet?" Shishio raised his eyebrow, but he knew how a girl could be so eager to maintain their body, but...
"Um." Nanami nodded with a slight smile, controlling the muscle on her face, so Shishio wouldn't notice the unnaturalness on her face.
Shishio observed Nanami's body for a moment, and didn't think that she was fat, or rather, it might be because of her growth, especially on her chest that her weight had increased slightly, however, he somehow noticed her embarrassment and somehow a slight worry on her face. He let out a sigh lightly and had to admit that she was a very hard-working girl.
"I don't think that you're fat, Aoyama-san, but if you want to go on a diet, then I won't force you to come with us. See you later, Aoyama-san," Shishio said.
"Bye, Aoyama!" Nana, Mea, and Maiko also spoke together.
"Um, see you later everyone," Aoyama said with a smile. She then looked at Shishio's back with a complex expression since she had a feeling that he might notice her lying, but she was glad that he didn't force her to come to the cafeteria or talk since in truth, she didn't have much money, after all, even though, she had done a lot of part-time jobs, she used most of her income to pay for her "voice acting school".
To achieve her dream, Aoyama even ran away from her parents' house in Osaka and came to Tokyo, so she didn't receive her parents' support besides paying for her school tutelage and house rent. It might sound cruel, but her parents, especially her father wanted her to go back and stop her dream as a voice actor (seiyuu), but she didn't want that and kept being stubborn so she could only receive limited support from her parents.
So what about the rest of her needs? She paid all of them by doing a lot of part-time jobs every day so that was also the reason why she also looked at Shishio's group with a bit of longing.
Aoyama then touched her stomach and hoped that it wouldn't growl during the lesson later.
'Should I make a bento?'
Aoyama felt that it might be good to make a bento since it could save her money.
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The cafeteria had always been one of the most crowded places during the break, after all, almost half of the students would usually come to this place to eat. It might seem like quite a lot, but it wasn't that much, after all, there were a lot of students who brought their own bento, bought bread, or didn't eat at all.
Still, even though the food in the cafeteria might be a bit boring, it was quite enjoyable that they could eat something warm.
Shishio ordered kitsune udon and some tempura. It could be that his order was something typical of a Japanese lunch, but he had to admit that the quality of the food in the cafeteria in this school was quite good since it was pretty cheap and delicious.
Nana, Mea, and Maiko also ordered their own foods, and when their order was ready, they went to the empty seat to eat together, but as expected, the three girls could notice the gaze of the female students on Shishio. Then the three of them observed Shishio, who tied his long hair back in a bun so it wouldn't get in the way when he ate, but because of this, it showed his manly contour perfectly, muscular and athletic body, then ate his udon calmly, but somehow in their eyes, it gave off a quite sexy feeling, which made them blush.
Shishio, who was eating his udon, looked at the three girls, who were staring at him and asked, "Why are you looking at me? Your food won't be good if it gets cold."
"Shishio, you know, you're too popular," Mea said helplessly.
"Um." Maiko nodded and said helplessly, "A lot of my friends keep asking you."
"Is that so?" Shishio didn't think too much about his popularity.
"...." Maiko and Mea were speechless, if it was a normal guy, they would be very happy and they might become a fuck boy and fucked almost every girl in this school, but Shishio's response was quite flat.
Nana somehow felt satisfied by Shishio's response and asked, "Don't you feel happy?"
Shishio then looked at Nana and asked, "You want me to be happy?"
"Wha--?!" Nana was startled by his sudden question, but then she asked, "Why does my opinion matter?"
"What? So you want me to accept their love letters or something?" Shishio asked with a smile.
"No!!!" Nana said without hesitation, but then, she noticed Shishio was smiling at her. She clenched her fist and her face turned red once again. "Shishio!" She knew that she was being teased again by him!
"....." Mea and Maiko felt bitter and jealous, looking at their two friends flirting with each other, and was about to tell them to stop flirting in front of them, but...
"Shishio-kun, Nana, Mea-san, Maiko-san."
The four of them quickly turned their heads and saw Miu was there.
"Senpai! Here! Here!" Nana waved her hand directly toward Miu.
Miu smiled and nodded. It had been a while since she had eaten in the cafeteria, after all, there were a lot of people and it was hard to search for a seat among the students. She was very shy and quite introverted, so when she saw someone she knew, she felt very happy and joined them without hesitation.
"Come here, Senpai." Nana patted her side directly.
"...." Shishio only stared at Nana and didn't say much.
Miu followed Nana, after all, even though she wanted to sit beside Shishio, she felt embarrassed if she did that. She then joined them, but suddenly she heard someone call Shishio again.
"Shishio."
The five of them turned their heads and saw Shiina and Ritsu coming toward them.
"Mashiro, Kawai-senpai." Shishio nodded and asked, "Are you coming to have lunch too, Senpai?"
"I want to see Shishio," Shiina said.
"....." Nana, Miu, Mea, and Maiko.
"Mashiro wants to see you, but we have heard that you're at the cafeteria," Ritsu said and somehow had gotten used to how Shiina had always caused a misunderstanding.
"I see." Shishio nodded and asked, "How about you order something first, Mashiro, Kawai-senpai?" At the same time, he was glad that Ritsu explained to everyone about the misunderstanding.
"Alright." Ritsu nodded and said, "Let's get something first, Mashiro." There was still money that Shishio had given her before, or rather, the money that had been given by Shishio was quite much, after all, he had given her 10,000 yen directly before, and that money could be used to feed Shiina many times.
Mashiro nodded and followed Ritsu to order lunch.
"Shishio, tell me the truth, what's your relationship with Mashiro?" Nana asked.
Miu, Mea, and Maiko also listened while looking at Shishio, wondering what Shishio's relationship with Shiina was, after all, they could see both of them were particularly close.
"After Kiriya-sensei told you about Mashiro, have you searched for information about her on the internet?" Shishio asked.
"On the internet?" 2x
Mea and Maiko were dumbfounded, wondering about Shiina's identity.
Nana nodded and said, "She's a very amazing world-class painter."
"Yes, I have seen her picture shaking hands with the prime minister of the UK," Miu said with amazement.
"World-class painter?! Shaking hands with the prime ministers?!" 2x
Mea and Maiko were even more dumbfounded since they didn't expect that dull girl to be such an amazing girl.
"But I don't understand what you want to tell us by knowing all of that?" Nana asked with confusion, after all, she knew that Shiina was amazing, but what she wanted to know was the relationship between Shishio and Shiina!
"Well, you should know that during her childhood time, or rather, her entire life before coming to Japan, Mashiro has always been painting all the time, so her situation is quite special, or rather, besides painting, she might be quite careless at anything," Shishio said and told them the truth with a slightly better way to say since if he was rude, he would say that Shiina wasn't much different from a toddler directly.
Shishio looked at everyone and knew that they would meet Shiina so often and unlike Ritsu, who knew about Shiina's situation directly, they didn't know much about Shiina's situation, and it was better to explain to them since he hoped for them to be friends with Shiina.
Shiina had always been secluded in the UK, because of her talent, and if there wasn't Rita (Shiina's only friend in the UK), then she might not have anyone that could be called a friend in the UK.
In the original story, Sorata was very useless, or rather, this guy didn't take care of Shiina that much at school, so even if she was secluded by everyone in her class because of her talent, he didn't do anything and because of that, it made her even more dependent on him since she didn't have anyone besides him, which was why it made Shishio felt that this guy was simply a burden for Shiina, and it was a mistake for her to meet such a useless guy in the original story.
Shishio wanted to change everything, he didn't want her to be a loner and wanted her to have a vibrant high school life, or rather, a memory that made her glad to move to this country, which was why he wanted everyone to know her better, after all, even though Shiina might be quite ignorant, she was a very kind girl, and he knew they wouldn't be troubled to befriend with each other as long as they understood her situation, and as long as they weren't from an art circle.
Shishio also knew the personality of Mea, Maiko, Nana, and Miu were good, or rather, they were good girls so he wanted them to become Shiina's friends.
"And I'm her relative, even though we're not that particularly close relatives, because of her special condition, I've been tasked to take care of her."
Nana and Miu didn't think too much about Shishio's first line, but they sighed in relief when they heard that both Shishio and Shiina were relatives and they also understood why their relationship was particularly close.
"Don't worry, we'll become best friends very fast!" Nana said confidently.
Miu nodded and said, "If you need help, you can ask me."
"Thank you, Nana, Miu-senpai," Shishio said with a smile.
"Yes, we can also introduce her to our hobby!" Mea said with a hippy smile.
"She might be the same as us." Maiko nodded in agreement.
"Please don't," Shishio said helplessly. Even though he wanted Shiina to befriend them, he didn't want her to become a shotacon!
'But...'
Shishio looked at Mea and Maiko and thought should he teach them the charm of a real man?