“It’s truly unbelievable. Two high school students treating food like toys the way elementary school kids do—are you a pair of brats?! And you even ruined someone else’s little sister’s hard-made bento into this state……….”
“We’re truly very sorry for ruining Little Sister’s bento!” ×2
“It’s not your little sister! Add the proper modifier when you apologize!”
Is the place you’re focusing on a little off?
“We’re truly very sorry for ruining Classmate Siji’s little sister’s bento!” ×2
“When you apologize you have to use your abdomen to project your voice properly. Do it again!”
“Yes! We’re truly, truly very sorry!”
“Louder!”
Although they had only known each other for a short time and didn’t understand him particularly well, neither of them had ever imagined Zhong Siji could get angry to this extent.
So to prevent the situation from deteriorating further, both of them decisively abandoned their dignity as women and knelt on the ground with both hands raised high.
Only, they hadn’t expected that what he cared about more was that his little sister’s bento had been ruined, rather than… the fact that they had inexplicably shared an indirect kiss with a girl.
Thinking of that, Xu Runhui subconsciously licked her tongue, then guiltily glanced at Zhong Siji.
Seeing that he was still going on and on by himself, she finally let out a breath of relief.
But she had still been scolded by Classmate Siji… When I was eating alone nothing happened at all. It’s all Classmate Yan Yan’s fault for butting in.
Uuu, what if Classmate Siji ends up disliking me because of this…
“How do Classmate Siji’s lips look?” Suddenly someone quietly asked Xu Runhui out of nowhere.
“Super sexy. I really want to taste them.” Xu Runhui answered subconsciously.
“Too bad you didn’t get to taste them directly, right?”
“Yeah, what a pity… Ah!”
Xu Runhui finally realized who was asking her the question.
She slightly turned her head, and what entered her eyes was Yan Yanyan’s handsome face that was enough to drive all the boys in the school crazy, along with her disdainful gaze.
Yan Yanyan glanced at Zhong Siji. “So as I was saying, my little sister works very hard……..”
After confirming he was still going on and on, she continued to Xu Runhui with relief, “You did it on purpose just now, didn’t you?”
“Wh… what.”
“Still pretending. You deliberately used your chopsticks to pick the bitter melon from Classmate Siji’s chopsticks, right? I really didn’t see it coming. Classmate Runhui is actually this bold—daring to snatch food that a boy was about to put into his mouth and all.”
The tone had none of the usual sunny gentleness. Instead there was a cold, gloomy feeling.
Hearing Yan Yanyan’s tone, which was completely different from usual, Xu Runhui felt a little scared.
But when she thought that this was about Zhong Siji, she still mustered the courage to reply, “Classmate Yan Yan was the one who deliberately did the same thing, right? Someone as popular with the boys as you… are you that concerned about Classmate Siji’s matters?”
She won’t admit it, right? After all, she’s everyone’s Big Sister and all.
If people found out she has a boy she’s interested in, it would definitely cause a sensation.
“I am concerned.” Eh? Did I mishear?
“Sorry, I don’t think I heard clearly just now. Classmate Yan Yan, what did you say?”
“You didn’t hear clearly? Then I’ll say it again. I am extremely, extremely, extremely interested in Classmate Siji.”
“………Aren’t you afraid I’ll tell people, Classmate Yan Yan?”
“It would be a little troublesome if it got out, but I believe Classmate Runhui won’t do that kind of thing.”
“Why?”
“Because it would also cause trouble for Classmate Siji, wouldn’t it? Classmate Runhui wouldn’t want to see that either, right? The boy you care about being troubled by rumors that other girls are interested in him and such?”
“……..Does Classmate Yan Yan like Classmate Siji?”
“Mm…… Saying ‘like’ right now feels a bit too frivolous. It doesn’t quite count as like yet. It’s just that I’m paying a little more and more attention to him. But if things continue like this, who knows?”
What do you mean “feels a bit too frivolous”? What you just said is already plenty frivolous!
Everyone in the class, come take a look! The Big Sister you all admire is a frivolous girl who covets the chopsticks a male classmate has used!
But she really is interested in Classmate Siji. She said it with such reservation. It’s not just playing around……… As expected, I still hate it.
Some inexplicable emotion surged up in Xu Runhui’s heart, and in her eyes the world dimmed a little.
“Then what about you, Classmate Runhui?”
“Eh? Me? What about me?” The black emotion in her heart receded like the tide, and Xu Runhui jolted in alarm.
Yan Yanyan looked at Xu Runhui’s flustered expression with some amusement. “Do—you—like—Classmate—Siji?”
“Me?!” Do I like Classmate Siji? I… I think I do, but… but we haven’t actually known each other that long, and we haven’t really talked that much either. Wouldn’t saying “like” like this be too frivolous?
I should… take it step by step, right?
Like in manga. At first I just thought he had a strong personality.
Later I gradually felt that he looked lonely amid the noisy crowd and wanted to get closer to him and talk to him more.
Then I gradually discovered that he was actually different from what I imagined. Although he can be a bit irritable sometimes, he’s also very gentle.
He actually smiles too, and when he smiles it looks really nice.
Those curved lips make a person really want to taste them carefully… Wait.
Isn’t this exactly the story of how I met Classmate Siji?
Don’t tell me! Don’t tell me! Have I already—
“Li… li—” Just as the girl was about to muster the courage to say it!
“What are you two whispering about?”
“Waaaaaah! Si! Classmate Siji!”
“Waaaaaah! Runhui, what are you doing? Do you have to make such a big fuss? Haven’t I been here the whole time?”
“Girls in puberty are just like that, Classmate Siji.”
“Huh? That makes no sense… Forget it. Have you two been properly reflecting?”
Xu Runhui had only just recovered and could only stammer a guarantee. “I guarantee I li… Ah! Wrong! I guarantee I won’t do it again!”
Yan Yanyan smacked her lips. “Probably.”
Zhong Siji looked puzzled. Is Yan Yanyan this kind of character?
“Forget it. You two continue eating. I’m going down first.”
“Eh? Classmate Siji is leaving first? You haven’t finished your bento yet, have you?”
“Yeah. There’s still plenty of bitter melon left, isn’t there?” Yan Yanyan hurriedly chimed in.
“You two still dare to say that… I’m going to wash my chopsticks! And finish washing the bento box while I’m at it.”
“………..Classmate Siji, don’t you mind? We touched your chopsticks with our chopsticks.”
“Of course I mind. That’s why I have to go wash them before I can keep eating. It’s filthy. Ah, I don’t mean you two are dirty. It’s just not good, you know?”
“Classmate Siji, I think Classmate Runhui meant something else.”
“What does that mean?”
“Hiss, it’s that, mm~ that thing.”
“What exactly is it?”
“No… nothing.”
“Weird. Oh right, you two wait for me on the back street after school.”
“Eh? What for?”
Zhong Siji looked at the bitter melon still in his bento box and muttered, “Don’t think that just reflecting is enough to get off lightly after ruining someone else’s little sister’s bento.”
Yan Yanyan and Xu Runhui exchanged a glance, then both couldn’t help swallowing.