Chapter 51

Come to think of it...

Kato Megumi recalled the spring outing at that time, her brows locked tightly.

The sudden change in expression made Kitakami Yoru freeze.

"What's wrong?" Kitakami Yoru asked curiously.

"No... nothing, I was just thinking of something else," Kato Megumi shook her head repeatedly.

"Then, shall we go out to play together this weekend?" Kitakami Yoru continued to ask, while taking out the juice from his pocket.

Kato Megumi nodded gently with food in her mouth.

Inside the classroom.

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

"How come that Kitakami Yoru is missing, strange?" Miura Yumiko mentioned casually, observing the reaction of her good friend Yuigahama Yui.

Her little Yui had a somewhat timid personality; if she were bullied, unless it was very excessive, she would probably just want to endure it and let it be.

Seeing Kitakami Yoru and Yuigahama Yui talking from afar yesterday, Miura Yumiko couldn't set her mind at ease.

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

"Yumiko, why did you suddenly bring him up?" 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 fat otaku..." Tobe Sho laughed while joking.

"Yumiko is really unlucky to be sitting next to a thief."

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

The popular group's Ooka and Yamato also started laughing.

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

Actually, she felt that if one removed the incident of Kitakami Yoru stealing Kasumigaoka Utaha's personal belongings...

She felt Kitakami Yoru was actually not bad.

Besides, the real culprit hadn't been confirmed yet...

Xiuzhiyuan hadn't announced that the culprit was Kitakami Yoru at all; it was all being spread privately by students from the spring outing, 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 Yukinoshita Yukino's courage to say what she wanted to say, without looking at others' expressions or caring about their thoughts.

46: Unsolicited Favors

"Ano, that..."

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

"Is something the matter, Yui?"

Miura Yumiko felt confused by Yuigahama Yui's unusual hand-raising to speak.

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

Yuigahama Yui, who was challenging herself, felt a faint nervousness appear on her face as she was watched by many eyes.

After swallowing her saliva, she spoke in a small voice: "It's just, aside from the rumors that Kitakami-kun stole Kasumigaoka Utaha-senior's personal belongings, actually..."

"Actually, I don't think he's a bad person."

Bearing the pressure in her heart, Yuigahama Yui said it with some difficulty.

First, she really hadn't felt how bad Kitakami Yoru was.

Skilled at reading the room, she at least hadn't seen anything inappropriate toward her in Kitakami Yoru's gaze.

It was always kept flat.

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

So she said what was on her mind.

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

She had a strange feeling that she had heard this name somewhere before.

She thought about it carefully and discovered that Kitakami Yoru seemed to be a student from the middle school next door to her, who had also once had bad rumors, which were later proven to be fake.

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

"Yui, what is going on with you?"

Miura Yumiko was stunned for a moment first.

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

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

"That Kitakami Yoru, isn't he just a dead fat otaku?"

"His reputation isn't good either, Yui, do you know what you are saying?"

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

In the back half of the classroom, many students who were watching the drama looked over curiously.

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

It could be seen that Miura Yumiko, who usually acted strong and domineering, still 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 intervene and were shocked by what Yuigahama Yui said, so they quietly watched the development of the situation.

"What kind of soul-stealing soup did he feed you?"

Miura Yumiko tapped the desk with her hand.

In her...

No, in almost everyone's eyes.

Kitakami Yoru was completely a disgusting, gloomy dead fat otaku, and he was also very bold, daring to steal Kasumigaoka Utaha's silk stockings and panties.

Now, he had fed Yuigahama Yui some kind of soul-stealing soup again.

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

"It... it's just that Kitakami-kun 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 dissipated quite a bit.

So it was because she had 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 and understood the reason, they 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 sideways at Kitakami Yoru's desk and muttered in her heart.

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

As a member of the Service Club, Yuigahama Yui would definitely have plenty of 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 had kindly given her yesterday, and the plain water she had brought herself.

While scrolling through her phone, she began to eat.

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

She had to review her lessons at night to avoid a drop in grades that would prevent her from getting tuition subsidies.

After finishing everything, she still had to repeatedly practice her voice acting lessons.

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 all by herself to study, and luckily, she was specially admitted to Xiuzhiyuan.

"Whew, the rent here is so expensive~"

Gently biting off a piece of a small cookie with her white, shell-like teeth, Aoyama Nanami looked at the rental website and wrinkled her delicate little nose. ===== CHAPTER 52 =====