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

—Time passed and all the students were waiting for the long awaited lunch break.

(I wonder if they have yakisoba bread today. ……. That bread is so popular.)

Riku was heading to purchase lunch. He moved down the stairs to a separate building where the school cafeteria was located. A few seconds after entering it,…… Riku’s gaze was drawn to a certain person. Also, the students who stopped by here were also looking at that person.

“Oh, that’s… Mimi, isn’t it? T-that aura again…”

Mimi, who he saw once at the supermarket, radiating an aura of despair.

—-This time, looking at her own wallet….

Everyone was affected by her aura, and no one was trying to approach Mimi.

During the lunch break, while emitting an aura of despair as she looked at her wallet in this spot, it was almost certain what had happened with Mimi. Riku approached Mimi and greeted her, while also starting a conversation.

“Long time no see, Mimi. Thanks for the drink the other day.”

“Ri-Riku senpai ……. H-Hello. ……”

Riku raised one hand and spoke to Mimi.

“Hey, wait a minute! Did that delinquent just talk to the girl who was emitting a dangerous aura?”

“That pair looks dangerous… I’m getting out of here…”

“Y-you guys don’t provoke them too much… You don’t know what they’ll do…”

“Uh oh, is a fight about to break out…?”

Suddenly, their surroundings became noisy. Now that Mimi, who radiated that aura of despair, and Riku, a famous delinquent, have come face to face, it was inevitable that there will be a lot of commotion around them.

“What happened? Why are you here in this place?”

“Ah, yah… it’s nothing!”

Mimi looked flustered and anxious as she hid the small wallet she had been staring at behind her back. Riku couldn’t help but think to himself that she must not be very good at lying.

“How can it be nothing after emitting an aura like that?”

“….. you won’t tell anyone?”

“I promise.”

Hearing these words, Mimi began to speak after a short pause.

“Eh, um… Oh, I forgot that the contents of my wallet were eaten by melon bread…”

“… melon bread, as in that whipped cream melon bread?”

As Mimi slowly nodded her head, her expression seemed to be filled with sadness… Her cream-colored twintails drooped down, as if revealing her emotions.

Mimi’s way of communicating was peculiar, but Riku got the message right.

“You bought so many that they ate your money.”

“Three per day…”

“If you buy that many, of course they’ll eat the contents of your wallet. …. Those melon breads cost 150 yen each.”

“It’s delicious, but it’s expensive… It’s not priced at equilibrium,”

“Equilibrium price… You know some difficult words,”

Simply put, equilibrium price was a situation where the price at which producers want to sell and the price at which consumers want to buy match. It was not easy for anyone to utter this word. ……

“More importantly, are you eating dinner after buying three melon breads?”

“I eat one melon bread right after buying it, have a little dinner, and then eat another one… And I have one for breakfast too,”

“Even for breakfast…. You like it that much?”

“Yes.”

Mimi nodded and looked happy, perhaps remembering that whipped cream melon pan. She never gets tired of eating the same thing over and over again, probably because it was her favorite food.

“So …… you went on a buying spree for that melon bread and ran out of money to buy lunch today.”

“…Th-that’s not true!”

“Well then, may I see what’s in your melon-bread-eaten wallet?”

“N-No, you can’t do that!”

Mimi shook her head so vigorously that the wind blowed. Her twin-tailed hair swayed regularly, and the sweet smell wafted up to Riku.

“You don’t have to shake your head so much ……. I know you don’t have any money because you said it got eaten by melon bread.”

“………… yes.”

Despite having told him why the contents of her wallet were missing, she tried to deceive him, probably because she was embarrassed. Mimi was a middle school student. She was old enough to manage her own money.

“Then, shall we go to the school store together? You can buy whatever you like”

“That, Mimi will refrain…”

“That’s being too reserved, Mimi….. If you don’t have money to buy lunch, it will be tough for you in the afternoon classes, and it would be embarrassing if your stomach growls. So, it’s better to buy something to eat.”

“Well, that’s embarrassing…but”

In teasing, the degree was doubled when a girl’s stomach growled compared to when a boy’s stomach growled.

Given Mimi’s mentality, she was unlikely to be able to withstand the teasing. Riku had witnessed Mimi’s aura of despair twice in a short period of time.

“Then why don’t you take advantage of your senpai’s good will, Mimi? I don’t treat people I don’t want to treat.”

“……?”

“I want to help because Mimi is in trouble. ….Well, I can’t afford any extravagance with my own money, though.”

“Riku senpai ……”

To Mimi, who looked at him enthusiastically, Riku gave a small smile and continued.

“I’ve said this much, so can’t you help me out to save face as a senior?”

“T-Tthat’s an unfair way of putting it,….”

“You are not going to agree unless I say it like this, right?”

“……”

Silence was affirmation. Riku, reading this, realized Mimi’s feelings and uttered these words.

“Oh, just to be clear, I’m not expecting anything in return or anything like that. I just want to help out someone in need. Please understand that.”

“I-I understand.”