I Reincarnated as the Villain of an NTR Game, But I Don't Want to Make the Main Heroine Unhappy so I'll Live Earnestly - Chapter 126-127

Chapter 126: Telling Saeki About the New Rumor of the Delinquent Boy (Hiro’s Perspective)

“Well, if you ask me why I stopped inviting Hiro… it’s just that I usually eat lunch at my seat. You know, at my seat, I can start studying right after finishing lunch.”

“Oh, I see. That makes sense.”

Saeki said this with a somewhat indifferent expression.

“Well, yeah, you always work hard on your studies. By the way, didn’t you get a good score on the last mock test at the cram school?”

“Yes, that’s right. I haven’t decided on a specific career path yet, but I want to get into a good university, so I’ll keep working hard every day.”

“Yeah, I get it. Haha, you haven’t changed since the old days, Saeki. I remember you were always serious and studying all the time, even when we were in elementary school.”

“Being serious is a good thing, right? I plan to keep living this way until I get into university.”

As I joked with her, Saeki smiled and responded like this. Seeing her expression return to normal, I felt relieved.

(But from what Saeki just said… it seems like she always eats lunch alone?)

Summarizing what she said, it seems that Saeki usually sits at her seat and quietly eats her lunch alone. After finishing her meal, she goes back to studying.

(So, it seems like the rumor about her dating that delinquent guy is totally false!)

I mean, it’s obvious that if she were dating a guy in the same class, they’d be eating lunch together every day. Ugh, I feel so embarrassed for believing such an obvious lie…

“Haha, yeah, being serious is really a good thing. But Saeki, you haven’t changed at all since we were kids, and that’s reassuring.”

“Well, people don’t change that much in just a few years. But what do you mean by ‘reassuring’?”

“Huh? Oh, well, you know… there’s a pretty notorious delinquent guy in your class, right?”

“A notorious delinquent guy…? Ah, are you talking about Kuzuhara?”

“Yeah, yeah, Kuzuhara. Haha, and there have always been bad rumors about him, right?”

“What? Yeah, that’s true. Oh, don’t tell me… has another bad rumor about Kuzuhara started spreading?”

“Uh?”

When I said this with a laugh, Saeki suddenly frowned.

(Wait, why is she making that face?)

I didn’t understand why Saeki was suddenly upset, but I decided to answer her question for now.

“Well, um… yeah, it’s a bad rumor, I guess.”

“Of course.”

When I confirmed it, Saeki furrowed her brows even more and began eating her lunch quickly. As a childhood friend, I could tell—she was really angry right now…

(Why is she so mad just because I mentioned a rumor about that delinquent guy…?)

I couldn’t understand why Saeki suddenly got so upset. But for now, I decided to talk to her, even though she was angry.

“Um… well…”

But I wasn’t sure what to say to her, so I hesitated for a moment.

Seeing me like that, Saeki continued eating her lunch and said to me,

“Hmph! Listen, Hiro, that bad rumor is definitely a lie! So you better not believe it!”

“Huh? Oh, of course! I’d never believe something like that! Haha, I mean, the rumor is that you’re dating that delinquent guy, so—”

“Pfft!”

“Whoa! You scared me!”

As I started talking about the rumor while laughing, Saeki suddenly spat out the rice she was eating.

“Cough, cough!”

“Hey, are you okay?”

Saeki started coughing heavily, so I asked her out of concern.

“Cough, cough… No, I’m not okay! W-What’s with that rumor!?”

“Huh? Oh, well, this morning, some girls in my class were talking about that weird rumor. But, um, just to make sure… the rumor is…?”

“What!? Of course it’s a lie! I mean, I’ve never even dated anyone before!”

Saeki denied the rumor with her face turning bright red. As expected, it was just a false rumor spread by some silly girls.

“Haha, I’m glad it’s just a rumor. But why is your face so red? And your behavior has been really strange since earlier.”

“What… my face is red!? No, that’s just because the rumor was so different from what I expected, and it surprised me a little!”

“Oh, really? Well, as long as that’s all it is, that’s fine.”

Saeki, still with a red face, vigorously shook her head and insisted.

I was really curious about Saeki’s strange behavior, but I was relieved to hear her say that the rumor was completely false.

(And she said she hasn’t dated anyone yet, so I’m really glad I got to talk to her today.)

So, knowing that there’s no other guy in Saeki’s life right now, I felt a huge sense of relief, since I’ve liked her since we were kids. Well, Saeki is always studying and is so serious that she probably doesn’t have any qualities that would make her popular with guys!

(And besides, I’m the guy who’s closest to Saeki! So obviously, I’m the one who’s going to be with her!)

With that, I was sure that Saeki wouldn’t be dating anyone else, and I continued enjoying lunch while chatting with her.

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Chapter 127: I Ask Yukimura for a Favor Once Again

One day during lunch break.

“Ah, welcome back.”

“What!? Oh, um, yeah! I-I’m back…!”

“…?”

As I sat at my desk in the classroom, looking over my English vocabulary book, Yukimura came back into the room.

Recently, Yukimura had always eaten lunch in the classroom, but today she seemed to have eaten somewhere else.

(…Hmm? What’s up with her?)

When Yukimura returned to the classroom, she seemed unusually nervous. I started to worry a bit, so I asked her.

“What’s wrong? Did something happen?”

“What!? W-What do you mean!?”

“No, I mean… you’re acting really suspicious. Did something bad happen?”

“Something bad!? N-No, nothing at all!! I-I’m completely normal as always!! So, don’t worry about it!”

“I-Is that so? Well, if you say so, then I guess it’s fine.”

Yukimura turned bright red and shook her head vigorously. No matter how you look at it, she didn’t seem normal… I wonder what happened?

“…Well, okay. So, where were you earlier?”

Even though Yukimura’s odd behavior still bothered me, I decided to change the topic and asked her that.

Since Yukimura usually ate lunch in the classroom every day, I was curious why she suddenly ate somewhere else today.

“Huh? Oh, um, well… Today, I just ate lunch with my childhood friend.”

“Oh? I see. That makes sense.”

Yukimura calmed down a bit and told me that. Her childhood friend must be Hiroki Sakagami, the main character.

(Hmm, I’m kind of curious about what they talked about…)

As a guy who likes Yukimura, I naturally wonder what kind of conversation she had with my rival, Hiroki.

But prying into someone’s private conversations isn’t a good thing to do, so I decided not to ask Yukimura for any details.

“…Oh, right. By the way, I’m sorry about today.”

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

As I was lost in thought with my arms crossed, Yukimura suddenly apologized. Not understanding why, I asked her right away.

“N-No, it’s just… I suddenly realized while I was eating lunch that I hadn’t told you I’d be eating somewhere else today…”

“Oh, that’s what you meant. Haha, don’t worry about it. I mean, we didn’t exactly plan to always eat lunch together or anything… Oh, wait…”

(That’s right, now that I think about it… we never actually planned to eat lunch together every day…)

It only just occurred to me that this obvious fact had slipped my mind.

Sure, we had been eating lunch together in the classroom recently, but that was never something we had formally agreed upon.

So I decided to…

“Hey, I know this might be sudden, but… would you like to start having lunch with me every day from now on?”

“Huh?”

So I asked Yukimura, with a serious expression, if she would make it a regular thing. Yukimura looked at me with a blank expression, surprised by my words.

“Um… Well, we’ve been eating lunch together, right? So why ask this all of a sudden?”

“Yeah, we have been, but… we only did that because we just happened to be sitting near each other, right? We never made any formal arrangements to do it.”

“Well, yeah, that’s true.”

“Exactly. So, instead of just casually eating lunch together, I thought it’d be nice to make it a promise. I want to keep having lunch with you, Yukimura, and if I feel that way, it’s only right to say it out loud.”

“W-What…?”

As I conveyed my honest feelings to Yukimura with a serious face, she turned red and stared at me.

So, I smiled gently and looked back at Yukimura, and asked her one last favor.

“So, would you mind continuing to have lunch with me from now on?”

I clearly expressed my true feelings to Yukimura.

She looked down, blushing, but then quickly raised her head and looked at me with determination.

“O-Okay… S-Sure, let’s have lunch together from now on. Haha, it’s a promise, right?”

Yukimura replied, smiling shyly. It was a very cute smile.

“Ah, I’m glad. Looking forward to it, Yukimura.”

“Yeah, me too.”

And so, we officially made a promise to continue having lunch together.