After Being Called 'Brother with a -15 Likeability' by My Handsome Little Sister, I Seem to be Popular with Beautiful Girls - 18 - Perfect Together. Rather, +115
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Perfect Together. Rather, +115
“Um, isn’t the prince today… kind of scary?”
“…I’m sure she’s just in a bad mood today.”
“Yeah, that’s right. Even when the prince is acting all intimidating… it’s kind of… scary!”
As Iori passed through the school gate, her fans, who usually greeted her with excitement, didn’t come running towards her today. There were no cheerful cheers echoing around.
The familiar scene—was absent today.
No one approached Iori, they just timidly glanced at her from afar. Just her presence alone was enough to make them uneasy, indicating Iori was in a foul mood.
(Is it because onii-chan, who always cooks delicious meals for me, didn’t make anything today? And he didn’t pack my lunch either… That’s strange… He’s usually so reliable with these things. If he couldn’t make it because of something unexpected, he would have let me know in advance. But…)
Muttering to herself, Iori’s actions only served to heighten the unease around her. Ultimately, things remained like this until the end of the fourth period.
Noon.
Iori decided to distract herself by buying a drink from the vending machine.
“Sigh… So bored. I really don’t want to eat anything for lunch except for onii-chan’s homemade bento…”
Today, however, she didn’t have the luxury of savoring her brother’s cooking.
Her mind was occupied with thoughts of Shuugo. Was his behavior today just a coincidence? Or was it a sign of something else…
“Shuugo-kun, hurry up!”
“Wait, Katayama. The lunch won’t run away!”
“Onii…chan?”
Iori immediately reacted to Shuugo’s voice.
Turning her gaze towards the back, she saw Shuugo and Setsu quickly disappearing into the shadows of the school building.
“…Huh? Why…”
Iori immediately tried to follow after them, but she overheard a conversation between two passing female students.
“Those two were together again. Lately, it seems like Juugo-senpai from the second year and Setsu-senpai are often seen together. Could it be…?”
“What, that’s impossible. I mean, Juugo-senpai is rumored to have a negative likeability of 15, and there’s no way Setsu-senpai would…”
“But, Juugo-senpai doesn’t seem like a bad person, you know? Maybe it’s just a rumor.”
“But… you said they looked good together last time. If you think that, at least Juugo-senpai can’t be all that bad, right?”
“Well… I mean, I saw him picking up trash the other day, so he can’t be that bad…”
“If he’s dating Setsu-senpai, then that’s a +115!”
“But that just means Setsu-senpai is boosting his image!”
The conversation gradually faded away. Iori ended up overhearing most of it. Now it was too late to follow after Shuugo and Setsu; she had no idea where they had gone.
“……”
Iori nervously bit her finger, trying to distract herself.
The influence of Setsu Katayama seemed to be weakening the effect of the rumors. At this rate…
Iori became even more anxious. So, after school, she called upon a certain student… to confront them.
“…What’s going on? Why is Setsu Katayama getting even closer to onii-chan?”
“I-I don’t know…”
“Isn’t Senpai supposed to be onii-chan’s best friend?”
The questioned boy sighed. He had sensed Iori’s displeasure the moment she called him out.
“In fact, not letting me have lunch with him was a mistake, wasn’t it? That gave Setsu an opportunity to make her move, and now she’s—”
“What? Are you saying there was a mistake in my plan?”
“N-No, not at all… Ugh… This is such a pain…”
“Hmm?”
“N-No, nothing at all! Your Highness!”
The one who stuttered and recoiled under Iori’s glare was Shuugo’s friend—Takuto. (Tl: dem, didn’t expect that)