Chapter 23 | Lunch With Gals
The next day, in the classroom during lunch break.
“Shin-chan, let’s have lunch♡”
Rika says as she puts the table together.
As a part of our revenge on everyone, we decided to have lunch together in the classroom.
“Hey!”
“Dahlia-san.”
Rika’s friend, Dahlia-san, who is in the next class, also comes to the classroom.
She immediately looks like she knows what’s going on.
“Oh, sorry. I guess I interrupted you.”
Dahlia-san was about to leave.
“No, it’s fine. Rika?”
Of course, there is the purpose of revenge.
But I thought it was not good to turn away Rika’s friend.
“Of course. Come on, Dahlia, sit down.”
Oh, Senkyu~♡”
Dahlia-san put another desk together and the three of us decided to have dinner together.
I’m so thrilled to be eating surrounded by two girls.
Rika and Dahlia-san each put out a lunch box on the table.
Rika has a cute little lunch box.
Dahlia-san has an onigiri wrapped in silver paper.
“Eh? Virgin-kun, where’s your lunch?”
“I usually go to the school cafeteria. But…I’m having lunch with Rika today, so I’m having a bento.”
Rika looked at the table and tilted her head.
“Where’s Shin-chan’s lunch?”
“It’s coming soon, I think.”
“Coming?”
And that’s when it happened.
“Hei omachii!”
With a bang, the classroom door opens! The classroom door opens.
“”Terminator!””
The man who entered the classroom was a macho man in black with sunglasses…
“Saburo-san!”
“Ya-ya-domo, Terminator-san.”
Saburo-san bows his head.
“What the hell is that?” “Oh, my God!” “A movie shoot?” “An assassin?”
The classroom is shaking violently.
Oh….
“Hey, hey Saburo-san! Why are you coming into my classroom?”
I shooed him into the hallway.
“Yeah, but it was Shinji who ordered the bento, right?”
“Yes, I did! Who asked you to bring it to the classroom?”
“No, you see, it’s pretty heavy, so I thought it was a good idea – sorry.”
Well, I didn’t mean to offend you…
“I’ll go get them next time, so wait at the school gate. And give my regards to your brother.”
“Understood.”
Saburo-san left quietly.
I returned to the classroom with the lunch box that was given to me.
“………”
The stares from the whole class….ouch…!
I went back to my desk, and Rika and Dahlia-san looked at me with puzzled looks.
“Oh, um…sorry I surprised you…”
Rika was acquainted with Saburo-san, so she didn’t seem that surprised.
Dahlia-san, on the other hand, looked puzzled.
“Virgin-kun! Are you okay?
Dahlia-san stepped forward.
“Debt? Did your parents borrow money from the wrong people? Was that a collector?”
“No, it wasn’t…”
“Who then? If it’s a debt, I’ll go talk to…”
“Dahlia…you need to calm down a little.”
Rika nudged me and Dahlia returned to our seat.
“Well, that was an acquaintance of mine. I can’t make my own lunch, so I asked him to make it for me.”
“Your acquaintance… that Terminator-looking guy?”
“Yes, I’ve known him since I was little.”
Dahlia-san breathed a big sigh of relief.
“Good…but… Virgin-kun, you have to borrow money systematically.”
“Uh, yeah… thanks.”
Well, I’m not in trouble enough to borrow money…
But I wonder what’s up with Dahlia-san.
Her reaction just now was a bit unusual.
Does she have any bad memories of debt…?
“Well, at any rate, I’m glad we can have lunch now.”
I put the bento that Saburo gave me on the table.
Don…!
“”Huh…!””
Rika and the others are looking at me.
I opened the furoshiki package.
There was a five-layered lunch box.
“No, hey…Shin-chan! What’s this?”
“It’s a bento. Saburo-san’s brother is a good cook. I asked him to make me a lunch box.”
I spread out the five stacks of bento on the table.
“Maybe he was a little too excited in making this… this is too much…”
Good grief
Jirota-san seems to have gotten over-excited when I told him I was going to have dinner with my friends…
“No…what? Shin-chan… what…”
“Virgin-kun…is there any lobster or something in there?”
The contents of the lunch box were quite ordinary.
There are lobster gratin, abalone, and, ah, foie gras in it.
“Yes. Oh, but it’s always like this on special occasions.”
“No, no, no…no, no, no! I don’t care if it’s a special occasion or not, I can’t eat something like this, normally!”
Oh, that…I don’t know.
But when I was little…they served this kind of thing at sports festivals and such, you know?
If it’s a special occasion, you can at least have this…right?
“Virgin-kun… are you rich?”
“Well, a little.”
“Not a little bit, but… wow… amazing. Can I take a picture?”
“Sure, go ahead.”
Dahlia-san took a picture.
“Can I put it on my Instagram?”
“Ah, yeah. If possible, please don’t put my name on it.”
“Ok…oh my gosh, that’s an amazing bento~♡.”
Rika, on the other hand, asks timidly.
“Oh, um…Shin-chan. I’m sorry…it’s just a normal bento…”
Rika looks very apologetic.
“What are you talking about? I was really looking forward to Rika’s bento!”
“Oh, really?”
“Yeah Let’s eat it together.”
Dahlia-san, who had finished posting on Instagram, smiled and patted Rika on the shoulder.
‘Rika-tan, let’s eat ♡.”
“Yes, that’s right…itadakimasu.”
We eat our lunches, exchanging side dishes.
I chose fried chicken from Rika’s lunch box.
Crunch!
“Yum! Rika’s fried chicken…so good!”
“Really?”
“Yes!”
It’s crispy and juicy even though it’s been sitting for a long time.
“I’ve been working hard since this morning to make this… ♡ I’m so proud of it… ♡ I want Shin-chan to eat it.”
Rika blushes and fidgets.
Dahlia-san smiles at her.
“Waking up early to make a bento for the man she loves~♡ Rikatan is a legitimate heroine despite her appearance~♡”
“Don’t make fun of me! …ehehe~♡”
Rika is looking so happy and fluffy.
“But Rikatan, Virgin-kun’s lunch is pretty good too, really. It’s cooked by a chef.”
Dahlia-san says excitedly as she eats her lobster gratin.
“What are you, Virgin-kun, that you know someone who cooks such delicious food?”
“I’m just an ordinary high school student.”
Then…a notification comes into Dahlia’s cell phone.
“What? What’s with all the notifications?”
“What’s wrong?”
Rika asks as Dahlia-san rolls her eyes.
“I just posted the photos on Instagram…and there are tons of comments on the photo…wow, the reactions are crazy!”
Dahlia-san’s phone is filled with comments.
“[Is this Rojita-san’s lunch?] Do you know why they’re asking that?”
I ask both of them.
“What? You don’t know!”
The gals surprised me.
What? Am I the only one who doesn’t know?
“Isn’t Rojita-sam a famous Instagrammer?”
“She’s very famous for her cooking videos and photos! Wow, it was Rojita-san’s bento! That’s amazing…”
Who is Rojita-san anyway…?
“Well, I think you’ve got the wrong guy. The person who made it was Saburo’s brother, Jirota.”
He’s a professional cook, but I don’t think he’s a famous Instagrammer. I don’t think he’s that famous.
“But there have been so many comments…maybe it’s him?”
“Hmm… I should ask him.”
I send Jirota a message thanking him for the lunch box.
He sent me a stamp with a pom pom poo shaking his head and saying, “No problem.”
Next, I asked him if he knew Rojita-san.
And then…
“Oh, it looks like him.”
“”See…!””
Rihana and the others look astonished.
“Wow…Virgin-kun, I can’t believe you know Rojita-san…”
“Shin-chan…you really have an amazing family…”
I had no idea that Jirota-san was famous on the Internet.
I had the impression that he was just a kind older brother.
“Well, well… let’s eat anyway.”
“That’s right, Rikatan. Come on, come on. Since you have a boyfriend, you should do ahhh ♡”
What? Oh, no, that’s not possible!
“That’s right, Rikatan. Come on, come on. Since you have a boyfriend, you should do ahhh ♡”
What? Oh, no, that’s not possible!
“Y-yeah, yeah…!”
Rika’s face turns red and she nods. She’s willing to do it!
Eh, but it’s such a…publicity stunt…
“It’s just a fake relationship, remember?”
“Ah, I see.”
It’s also our revenge to show them this.
Yes, for revenge…yes…but it’s embarrassing.
“Ho, ho…ah, ah…”
Rika takes an omelet in her hand and points it at me.
“Ah, ah…”
I took a bite, feeling embarrassed. I took a bite.
It’s a little salty and just right.
“How is it?”
“Yes! It’s very delicious! Rika will make a good wife!”
“Mo, moo~♡ Ba, baka~♡ You’re skipping steps~♡”
Rika is embarrassed while giggling.
“Oh, it’s so hot, you two!”
We ate in a relaxed manner.
“Who was that amazing guy in black?” “And he even let two gals sit with him for lunch?” “That Ueda guy, what the hell, wasn’t that a punishment game?”
…with results that caused a ripple effect throughout the class.
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Yorsh
April 29, 2023 at 1:52 pmThank you for the chapter.
Yorsh
April 29, 2023 at 7:52 pmThank you for the chapter.
Julian Robert
April 30, 2023 at 12:14 pmThanks 💯💯💯💯
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April 30, 2023 at 6:14 pmThanks 💯💯💯💯
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May 1, 2023 at 1:39 pmwhat an evil translator and author for making me hungry when i just had my meal.
Exfernal
May 14, 2023 at 7:02 am“That’s right, Rikatan. Come on, come on. Since you have a boyfriend, you should do ahhh ♡”
What? Oh, no, that’s not possible!
“That’s right, Rikatan. Come on, come on. Since you have a boyfriend, you should do ahhh ♡”
What? Oh, no, that’s not possible!
Another duplicated passage, huh?