Although She's a Beautiful Student Council President Who Maintains Her Coolness Towards Everyone, She Wants to Act Spoiled and Lovesick Around Him, Who is Misunderstood by Everyone as a Delinquent - Chapter 10: "Please be prepared." "Wha...?"

“W-Why is the person who helped Mimi….D-Delinquent-san…W-Why….”

“… that rumor really spread to the middle school.”

A girl he met at the supermarket. Mimi looked upset, as if she was not keeping up with the current situation. There was only one reason why Riku was called ” Delinquent-san,…”. It is a jinx-like belief that if you don’t pay attention to him, he won’t bother you. But from Riku’s point of view, simply being called a “delinquent” is already being disrespectful…

“It’s okay to be surprised… Didn’t you notice that time?”

“……  you were in plain clothes …… that’s why …….”

Mimi replied while stepping back as soon as she was addressed. Her reaction was nothing like when they met at the supermarket.

So strong were the rumors.

“I just came here to buy some drinks, so you don’t have to be so wary…..”

“Well, even if you try to reassure me like that,…… it won’t work on Mimi!”

Mimi, who was on maximum alert, shouts threateningly, and at that moment—

“…… Mimi, calm down a little. Riku-san is not that kind of person.”

A third person’s voice was heard from behind her,……. Mimi, who was backing away, stopped.

“T-That voice…”

Riku recognized the voice he heard suddenly.  …… The next moment, the owner of that voice came out of the corner of his eye.

“I knew it was you, Rinka! It’s been a long time.”

“Eh… Wh, why is Rinka-chan acquainted with a delinquent…?”

When one of her friends creates such a friendly atmosphere with a delinquent, the question naturally arised.

“Riku-san is a friend of Shizuku Nee-san, so he is related to me too.”

“R-Right….D-Delinquent-san…”

“First, is it okay if I clear up this misunderstanding with Mimi-chan? I heard the situation from Shizuku Nee-san.”

“I’d appreciate it if you could do that… Wait, how do you know about the situation?”

“Let’s just say that you shouldn’t underestimate our information network. Anyway, before we get sidetracked, let’s clear up the misunderstanding…”

Rinka, who was a friend of Mimi’s, was twice or three times more persuasive than Riku’s explanation. Rinka understood this and explained in simple terms why he had come to be called a delinquent.

Thanks to her explanation, Mimi’s misunderstanding was cleared upーー

“I-I’m really sorry! I’m really sorry!!”

“Mimi-chan. For Riku-san’s sake, you shouldn’t bow your head, okay? This will spread strange rumors again.”

Rinka gently warned Mimi, who repeatedly lowered her head while twirling her cream-colored twin-tails.

“Haha. …”

“It’s really troublesome ……. This rumor.”

A third party who witnesses this scene would come to the interpretation that ‘a delinquent is forcing her to bow her head.’

(I wish they would at least overhear the conversation before making a decision. ……) Riku’s true intentions have never been fulfilled.

“But this completely clears up the misunderstanding, Right Mimi-chan?”

“I-I see… You’re right. If he was a delinquent, he wouldn’t bother checking the stock of melon bread, right…?”

“Well, we don’t know that, do we? It’s possible that I did it to dispel rumors that I was a delinquent.”

“What the ……!?”

Seeing Mimi’s similar and different surprises, Riku burst out laughing.

“It’s too cruel to tease Mimi-chan, Riku-san. As long as I’m around, I won’t let that kind of thing happen.”

Rinka’s lavender eyes narrowed and she smiled seductively, her expression a mirror image of Shizuku’s. I guess this was what sisters are all about.

“I don’t know why you trust me so much.”

“Fufufu, Do you think I don’t know about Shizuku Nee-san’s situation?”

“I-I see…”

As expected, Rinka knows about it as well. The incident where Riku rescued Shizuku from bullying. Rinka had heard about it countless times from Shizuku and there was no way she would forget it.

“Well, let’s leave that aside for now… From now on, let’s get along well, Mimi…san?”

Riku was not good at receiving compliments, so he quickly changed the subject.

“Please call me Mimi, Riku-senpai …..”

“I understand. Nice to meet you again, Mimi.”

“Y-yes….N-Nice to meet you…”

Mimi responded to Riku’s hand and they shook hands lightly. This would have completely cut off the topic of conversation earlier.

“To shake hands with only Mimi-chan… I am almost jealous”

“Don’t say things you don’t mean, Rinka.”

“Ara…Those words mean punishment”

“P-Punishment?”

Upon seeing Rinka’s smile, a bad premonition began to bubble up inside him,…and that premonition came true.

“I heard about the melon bread incident from Mimi-chan. …As expected of you, Riku-san,”

“I wouldn’t say that. I also wanted to eat the melon bread, after all,”

“Is that so? If I remember correctly, Riku-san doesn’t like sweets.”

“Wha!?”

It was years ago when he told Rinka that he didn’t like sweet things….. He didn’t expect that she would remember that statement.

At Rinka’s comment, Mimi stared at Riku in amazement.

“Y-yes…… now I like them…….”

“Mimi-chan. This is the true form of a delinquent who isn’t good at lying. Ufufu. Is it to keep her from worrying?”

“To go that far for a stranger like me…… Riku-senpai, you are so kind. ……”

As Rinka proudly showed off her achievement, saying “I did it,” Mimi sends her a gem-like beautiful gaze.

“Don’t tease your senpai, you two.”

“It’s your punishment for making me jealous, okay? Fufu”

“Riku-senpai… can we shake hands one more time…?”

“Hey… don’t corner me like this anymore…”

If he shakes Mimi’s hand again, Rinka will probably use the opportunity to bring up some topic of conversation and toy with Riku. Since such a move was obvious, the decision to refuse the handshake was the right one.

So …… the three of them continued their conversation for a while before parting ways.

“Oh, Riku-san. Could you lend me your ear for a moment?”

“I hope you won’t yell or anything.”

“Don’t worry, I’m only whispering.”

Rinka approached Riku, who bent down to lend an ear, and murmured in his ear …

“Please be prepared, Riku-san. Shizuku-nee-san is not someone to be taken lightly,”

“Wha….?”

“See you later.”

“See you later, Riku-senpai. …”

Rinka left with Mimi after saying these lines.

In Riku’s hands, standing there, not knowing what it all meant, were his own tea and the orange soda he had bought for Kenta, as well as a lightly sweetened coffee that Mimi had given him as a thank-you gift for the melon bread….