Chapter 49

Speaking of which...

Kato Megumi recalled the field trip at that time, her brows furrowed.

The sudden change in expression left Kitakami Yoru stunned.

“What’s wrong?” Kitakami Yoru asked curiously.

“No... nothing, I just thought of something else.” Kato Megumi shook her head repeatedly.

“Then, do you want to go out and play together this weekend?” Kitakami Yoru continued to ask, while taking out the juice from his pocket.

Kato Megumi, with food stuffed in her mouth, nodded gently.

In the classroom.

The popular group had gathered together again during the lunch break.

“Why is that Kitakami Yoru missing, strange?” Miura Yumiko mentioned casually, observing the reaction of her good friend Yuigahama Yui.

Her little Yui had a somewhat cowardly personality; if she were bullied, unless it was very excessive, she would probably just endure it.

Seeing Kitakami Yoru and Yuigahama Yui talking from afar yesterday, Miura Yumiko couldn't stop worrying.

She felt like an old mother, worrying about her child.

“Yumiko, why did you suddenly mention him?” Hayama Hayato replied.

“Nothing, just asking casually.” Miura Yumiko couldn't see any change in Yuigahama Yui’s expression.

“Yaha, Yumiko, why are you paying attention to a dead-otaku...” Tobe Sho laughed.

“Yumiko sitting next to a thief is really unlucky.”

“If it were me, I would definitely ask the teacher to change seats...”

Oka and Yamato from the popular group also followed with laughter.

When the laughter rang out, Yuigahama Yui’s eyes became hesitant.

Actually, she felt that if you removed the rumor about Kitakami Yoru stealing Kasumigaoka Utaha’s personal items.

She felt Kitakami Yoru was actually quite nice.

Besides, wasn't the real culprit not determined yet...

Shuchiin hadn't announced that the culprit was Kitakami Yoru at all; it was all spread privately by students on the field trip, and there was no real evidence.

“Ano, that...”

Yuigahama Yui quietly raised her hand, thinking of Yukinoshita Yukino in her heart.

She respected her very much and wanted to learn the courage of Yukinoshita Yukino, who spoke when she wanted to speak, didn't look at others' faces, and didn't care about others' thoughts.

46: Unsolicited Courtesy

“Ano, that...”

Yuigahama Yui suddenly raised her hand, interrupting the laughter of the popular group.

“Is there something, Yui?”

Miura Yumiko felt confused about Yuigahama Yui’s abnormal hand-raising.

Hayama Hayato, Ebina Hina, and the others also cast their gazes toward Yuigahama Yui.

Yuigahama Yui, who was challenging herself by being watched by many, couldn't help but feel a faint nervousness on her face.

After swallowing her saliva, she spoke in a low voice: “It’s just, removing the rumor that Kitakami-san stole Kasumigaoka-senpai’s personal items, actually...”

“Actually, I don't think he’s that bad.”

Bearing the pressure in her heart, Yuigahama Yui said it somewhat arduously.

One, she really didn't feel how bad Kitakami Yoru was.

Being good at observing words and expressions, at least she hadn't seen anything inappropriate toward herself in Kitakami Yoru’s gaze.

It was always kept calm.

Two, Yuigahama Yui wanted to become someone like Yukinoshita Yukino, who dared to speak and didn't care about others' faces.

So she said what was on her mind.

Also, after Yuigahama Yui went home yesterday, she thought of Kitakami Yoru while bored.

She inexplicably felt she had heard this name somewhere before.

She thought about it carefully and found that Kitakami Yoru seemed to be a student at the middle school next to hers before, who also had bad rumors, which were later proven to be false.

When Yuigahama Yui first entered middle school, she also suffered quite a bit of mockery because her chest was too big and her butt was too round, so she felt that Kitakami Yoru might have encountered bad rumors again.

“Yui, what’s going on with you?”

Miura Yumiko was stunned for a while.

After reacting, she couldn't sit still, angrily looking at Kitakami Yoru’s desk.

She had felt before that something was wrong between Yuigahama Yui and Kitakami Yoru, and they were hiding something from her.

“That Kitakami Yoru, isn't he just a dead-otaku?”

“His reputation isn't good, Yui, do you know what you’re saying?”

Miura Yumiko looked at Yuigahama Yui angrily again, her voice a bit loud.

In the back half of the classroom, many students eating melons looked over curiously.

Seeing Miura Yumiko, whose face didn't look very good, they all obediently closed their mouths and kept quiet.

It could be seen that Miura Yumiko, who was usually strong and domineering, had a very high status in the eyes of ordinary students.

“Of course I know... Yumiko.” Yuigahama Yui lowered her head slightly.

Hayama Hayato and the others in the popular group knew they couldn't get a word in, and were shocked by what Yuigahama Yui said, so they just watched the development of the matter quietly.

“What kind of soul soup did he pour for you?”

Miura Yumiko tapped the desk with her hand.

In her...

No, in everyone’s eyes.

Kitakami Yoru was completely a disgusting, gloomy dead-otaku, and he even had the guts to steal Kasumigaoka Utaha’s pantyhose and panties.

Now, he had poured some soul soup for Yuigahama Yui.

This was also very normal; who would bother paying attention to a disgusting dead-otaku?

“It’s... it’s just that Kitakami-san helped me that day.” Yuigahama Yui stammered, looking up at Miura Yumiko as she spoke.

“Oh, so that’s how it is...”

Hearing this, the anger on Miura Yumiko’s face disappeared quite a bit.

So it was because she received help from Kitakami Yoru that she would say such things.

“Heehee, I’m fine.”

Yuigahama Yui squeezed out a smile.

When everyone heard this, they understood the reason and didn't feel much surprise.

Yuigahama Yui was quite kind.

“But it’s best to have less contact with him; next time if I see him pestering Yui, I’ll warn him once.”

Miura Yumiko glanced at Kitakami Yoru’s desk and muttered in her heart again.

However, Miura Yumiko didn't know that Kitakami Yoru had become a request object of the Service Club.

As a member of the Service Club, Yuigahama Yui would definitely have contact with Kitakami Yoru.

At the same time.

Year 2 Class A.

Aoyama Nanami returned from the restroom and took out her lunch—

The small cookies Kitakami Yoru kindly gave her yesterday, and the plain water she brought.

While scrolling through her phone, she started eating.

Her time was very tight; she had to get up very early to work part-time, and she had to go to work part-time after school in the afternoon.

At night, she had to review her lessons to avoid a drop in grades that would prevent her from getting tuition subsidies.

After finishing everything, she had to repeatedly practice voice acting courses.

Aoyama Nanami lived very frugally and was also very tired because her family didn't understand or support her.

She could only come to Tokyo from Osaka alone to study, and she was lucky enough to be specially admitted to Shuchiin.

“Phew, the rent here is so expensive~”

Gently biting off a piece of a small cookie with her white, pearly teeth, Aoyama Nanami looked at the rental website and wrinkled her delicate little nose.