Chapter 75: Lunch with the Angel (1/2)

“Amane~, let’s eat together today~”

Amane saw Chitose leer away as she brought Mahiru over, and his face twitched when he recalled Mahiru’s words days ago, I have my solution.

It was true however that Chitose could to bring Mahiru along under the pretext of eating together with Itsuki. There would be some jealousy around them, but that should not be cause for suspicion.

Mahiru was pulled over by the hand, showing her usual angelic self with a smile on her face.

It might have been Amane’s imagination, but she seemed delighted to have accomplished her goal, and he had the urge to cup his head.

“Ah, do I sit here?”

“Please do not say so. It is my suggestion to sit with you, please do not mind.”

You cannot run away. Mahiru was clearly implying so.

Chitose had agreed to do this with Mahiru…or rather, Amane had the feeling that it was Chitose’s idea. He glared at Chitose, who was grinning, or rather, leering away, yet she tried to whistle elsewhere.

Itsuki might have been informed by Mahiru, or perhaps he was delighted to be able to eat with Chitose, “Why don’t we eat together?” He gave the usual hearty smile.

While Amane had agreed to it days ago, the envious looks around them had him on tenterhooks.

“Eh, you’re intending to have lunch together, Shirakawa-san and Shiina-san?”

It appeared Kadowaki too wanted to join in, and his sudden appearance had Amane’s gut wincing slightly.

“I do have such intentions.”

“I see. That makes things interesting, huh?”

Kadowaki noted nonchalantly, but Amane did not think it was an appropriate time for things to get interesting.

Kadowaki did not look opposed to this, and instead, was merely surprised that Mahiru would be joining them for lunch.

Amane had nowhere to escape.

“…Just give up Amane. You’re surrounded.”

Itsuki whispered softly such that Kadowaki could not hear, and Amane could only let out a long, lethargic sigh.

“You brought a bento, Mahiru-san?”

Amane and Itsuki usually ate at the cafeteria, so Mahiru and Chitose, who usually ate at the classroom, went along.

The boys bought their lunch, sat down at their usual seats, and Kadowaki noticed Mahiru brought a bento.

Just to note, Mahiru was seated directly opposite Amane. Chitose had prompted Mahiru to sit there, giving Amane no chance to escape.

“Nn, it is dinner leftovers though.”

Part of the dinner leftovers were used to make Amane’s breakfast, and sometimes, Mahiru would take some for her bento, which she probably did on this day. In fact, the bento box was filled with teriyaki chicken balls from yesterday’s dinner.

“Eh? You made it?”

“Yes. It is not something impressive however.”

“You shouldn’t lie, Mahirun~ Aren’t you good at cooking?”

“How about you take cooking lessons from Shiina-san, Chii?”

“You’re cruel, Ikkun.”

“Shiina-san, you just need to teach Chii how to flavor. She can cook at least…but she’ll always make the flavors weird.”

Chitose was in no way incapable of cooking, but she always had the urge to try out new, fancy flavors, and ended up with a whack sense of taste. Will be great if she doesn’t have such a habit, even Itsuki too often commented.