Chapter 23: Chapter 23

Today is one day after the day when I had an intense intercourse with Natsuko-san and made up with Hiiragi-san. It’s Friday, and I’m a bit preoccupied.

Tomorrow I am going to Ayane-san’s house, so I am only eating foods that give me energy. Physical stamina is important after all.

“Ah, Kenichi-kun! Good morning!”

“Ou… good morning.”

As soon as Yuto and I entered the class, Rino greeted me loudly. She was waving her hands quite eagerly, so her b*****s were swaying and showing off their tremendous heaviness.

“Huh? Uchida-san just called Kudo by his name, right?”

“Why Kudo-kun and Uchida-san?

They whispered.

While the girls were gazing at me with a twinkle in their eyes and admiration, the boys were staring at me with a curse-killing intensity.

So I hobbled over to my seat and sat down.

I feel kind of bad for Yuto.

Then…

“Men who are happy when a girl calls them by their name won’t be popular with the girls.”

Hashimoto said loudly and deliberately.

“No, seriously, you’re right~ I’m seriously jealous of Hashimoto because he’s so popular!”

“Oh, yeah! I’m having a blind date with some girls from the next school over!”

“Well, well, that was just something I had to do because a friend of mine asked me to go. But after all, the girls in my class are of a high level too.”

Hashimoto said and looked at Rino and the others.

Yanagisawa, looking rather fuzzy, looked oddly ostentatious, while Kirishima, with her imposingly slanted eyes, smiled wryly. And then there was Uchida…

I could only see her back, so I didn’t see her expression.

But one thing was for sure.

Hashimoto and his group were looking down at me and mocking me.

X X X

Lunch break.

“Yuto, let’s go!”

“Ou!”

We were so hungry that we were about to leave class with our lunch boxes in a fury, but then–

“Kenichi-kun!”

“Rino?”

“I’d like to have dinner with you on the rooftop, if you don’t mind. Um, with Kanazawa-kun, too.”

Rino invited me and Yuto Kanazawa.

Yeah… it’s kinda bad.

I’m getting a lot of stares from the guys.

Probably both Yanagisawa and Kirishima will eat together.

Eating with these three top caste girls will only make your stomach growl.

And there’s Yuto.

“Erm, But Yuto prefers to eat alone…”

“I don’t mind. I’ll join you guys.”

Hey Yuto, I was thinking so much for you, though it’s awkward, you said the exact opposite…

I can’t help but smile wryly.

But then Hashimoto, a blond, fresh and handsome boy, and his companion suddenly came over to us.

“Kudo-kun, aren’t you getting a little carried away?”

“Hmm?”

Suddenly he said those words, which really irritated me.

But I continued to just stare at Hashimoto, but then he continued.

“Kudo-kun stands out a little these days. But that’s not very nice.”

Saying so he stared at me with narrowed eyes.

This attitude of Hashimoto is nothing new.

The guys and girls in class were now staring at us, forgetting the fact that they were eating their lunch.

Yuto clenched his fists with frustration.

After all, those guys are the highest caste group of boys.

Kirishima, the slanted eyes girl, laughed haha and said,

“It was Rino who talked to them, and I don’t think Kudo and the others are getting carried away, do you?”

But Hashimoto was unyielding.

“Lately, I have seen you messing around with Uchida-san, Kudo.”

“Hah?”

Kirishima gave Hashimoto an expression like “Huh? What is he saying?”. I looked Kirishima in the eye and shook my face from side to side.

Kirishima, perhaps sensing my feelings, took a step back.

I guess this is where I come in.

“I’ve never messed with Rino. What are you talking about?”

“Ha?”

Hashimoto stared at me with a sharp glare in his eyes in response to my rebuttal. But I was not discouraged.

“I’m telling you, don’t take the liberty of misunderstanding. It’s rude. Not to me, but to Rino.”

I said in a low voice and Hashimoto wrinkled his brow and started to reply.

“Just a little bit of talking to a girl makes you so elated, and that’s really why mobs with no experience with women are…”

Hashimoto held his head back with a sigh.

He glanced at me and shook his head from side to side, as if he had a headache.

I don’t have any experience with women, he says…

I had so much s*x yesterday, you know.

But I’m not trying to brag about it or diss it in a roundabout way.

I don’t want to be his kind of guy.

“Hashimoto, you’re a poor fellow.”

“What?”

“So if you don’t have much experience with women, you’re a mob who isn’t even allowed to talk to Rino? I’m not going to approach Rino if she doesn’t want me to, and I’m not even going to bother her if so.”

“That’s the point. Kudo-kun.”

“Huh?”

“That’s why you’re not popular with the women.”

“Pfft!”

Oh, man, I blew it.

If it was me before I met Ayane-san and Natsuko-san, I’m sure my heart would have been broken and I wouldn’t have been able to recover.

After all, I’d been traumatized for a year after Rino’s rejection of my proposal.

Though now, I don’t think much of Rino anymore.

Still…

From where I’m sitting right now, I’d say…

Hashimoto was…

“What are you laughing at? Have you lost your mind? Uchida-san, Kudo-kun is dangerous after all. That’s why you should come with me today…”

“No, I haven’t lost my mind, It’s just…”

“?”

“You’re too childish.”

“Huh!”

A vein started to pop in Hashimoto’s face when I told him so. Then he stared at me with a look to kill.

“Oh, wait, Hashimoto, calm down a bit.”

“Kudo! You’re out of line! You’re a mob! So hurry up and apologize to Hashimoto!”

Hashimoto’s companion said coldly to me, defending him.

But all I did was laugh.

Then…

“Hey, Kudo! Why are you ignoring my Line messages? You’re being cheeky. I’m really hungry right now, let’s have lunch together.”

Yuna Hiragi, who is said to be the most beautiful gal in this school, suddenlycame to my class without a second thought and grabbed my arm.

Then she turned to Yuto and said,

“You’re Kudo’s friend, right?”

“Yes.”

“I’ll borrow Kudo for a while.”

“Coming up… boiled or grilled?”

Hey, Yuto, aren’t you treating me a bit too harshly?

“Let’s go, Kenichi.”

“Oh, hey…”

Hiragi suddenly called me by name and pulled me by the arm.

Strangely, my body started to move.

“… I’ll, also, eat with you.”

Rino, who had been quiet all this time, followed behind us.

“Hah…”

Hashimoto stared at the three of us with his mouth hanging open and a soul-starved look on his face. The reactions of his male friends were similar.

[Postscript]

You’re here, aren’t you?

Someone like Hashimoto in real life.