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“See, a great place, right?”

“Y-Yeah…that it is.”

Aren’t there like…any people like around, please? I spotted a summer house, located past the trees behind the school. I didn’t even know that the school had this kind of place. It looks like a comfortable place with the sun even reaching back here, but should you really come here as a boy and girl? How indecent.

“I-It is a great place. The sunlight filtering through the trees is…”

“Right right! I always eat here!”

Nobody knows about this place, oi. This is reaching levels of ‘Nobody knows what we’re doing here’. Why is she taking a boy she barely met here out of all places? No, calm down. This is a trap. A friend of hers is lurking around, taking pictures of this, right? You won’t deceive me with this!

“……”

“Hm? What’s wrong~?”

“Ah, no, it’s nothing.”

I observed our surroundings, but couldn’t spot any onlookers. If she really planned something, she would have looked into me more thoroughly, and found out that I’m the type to stand out in class. Making me her enemy would be too risky. So, why would she go this far…Ah, that reminds me.

“You always eat here? Not alone, right?”

“Ehh, are you jealous?”

“The hell are you talking about.”

It’s only been a few hours since we met. Who’d have that emotion towards that other person? Then again, boys are really quick to put on the boyfriend’s face when it comes to that…But, Aizawa should know about that, and as long as I’m aware of that, I won’t fall into some trap.

“We’re gonna talk about manga, right?”

“Ehhh? That sure was abrupt~”

“If you can’t talk about it whenever wherever, you’re not a true fan…!”

“W-What did you say…! Then, let’s go ahead! Who’s your favorite character!?”

“The master’s daughter!”

“Ehhh!? She’s just acting cute and helpless! I guess that’s what boys like after all?”

Aizawa Rena—She might look like a pleasant and energetic, a bit of an idiotic girl, but it feels like she knows how to make herself act cute in front of a boy. If I had to guess, she must have dated quite the amount of boys. Of course, I don’t expect her to act like this towards me because she’s interested in me in some way or another. After all, this isn’t some romcom where this kind of development happens, but rather: Cold and heartless reality.

On top of that, we’re deep behind the school, with a small house. This really isn’t the place for several girls to eat at, and enjoy it. If anything, the time she’s spent here was probably together with another boy like me. If it was a girl friend, Aizawa would cut her off after all. If Aizawa really took me here for a special goal, then I should probably look into her male relationships first. For now, I’ll see what lies in the shadow of this girl who’s acting cute and helpless.

“—Hey, let’s eat here tomorrow as well!”

“Basically, because she’s like that—Wait, tomorrow as well!?”

“Yup! Tomorrow too!”

I’m going to eat lunch together with a cute girl like her again? I don’t even care if she’s just acting…Maybe I should raise my friendship level with her either way…? Really, I can’t help but forgive her even if she’s deceiving me.