I Was Reincarnated as a Mob, and After I Kept Listening to the Losing Childhood-Friend Heroine’s Complaints, I Somehow Maxed Out Her Affection Rating - 42

Chapter 42: The “Aah~” Attack Is Unfair

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Lunch break. The usual “peaceful noon” was supposed to begin.

“Yuuta-kun, I made a bento for you. Here.”

A homemade lunch was placed on my desk. That part was fine. The problem was—

“Let’s eat together?”

Kaede sat down next to me as if it were the most natural thing in the world. She was close enough that our shoulders touched—barely.

Hey wait…Today she’s close, like twice the usual distance!?

While I stayed frozen in place, the reactions around us exploded all at once.

“…huh?”

“Hey, hold up, Fujiwara.”

“No way, that’s not okay… Public displays of affection are banned…”

“Why are you the only one having youth!?”

“They’re totally dating, right?”

“Honestly at this point, saying they’re not dating feels like a lie.”

“That seating distance is like… More than lovers, less than married.”

…My peaceful lunch break came to an abrupt end. I whispered desperately to Kaede.

“Hey, seriously, this is bad. Everyone’s watching… Can we sit facing each other like we always do…?”

“It’s fiiine.”

Kaede smiled sweetly and brought her chopsticks to my mouth.

“Here, eat?”

“No no no, wait, wait!”

I could see the guys’ murder-intent meter rising. Their murder-intent meter was definitely in the red.

“Okay I’ll eat myself, so… Can you sit over there? Please?”

As I tried desperately to persuade her, Kaede made that face. She hit me with those “gently melting, moist eyes” from the other day.

“…You don’t want to?”

“N-no, that’s not…”

“Then let me change the question.”

Kaede pinched the sleeve of my shirt and leaned even closer.

“Is sticking together with me… Something you don’t want?”

In that moment, I could literally feel the killing intent of twenty guys behind me. The intensity was tangible.

“W-wait…! You can’t say it like that, that’s cheating!”

The classroom’s reactions accelerated all at once.

“Ahh nope. This is impossible. Definitely can’t win. Kaede-chan is too cute.”

“Show me a guy who could say no to that.”

“This is basically a premarital event at this point.”

“FUJIWARAAAAA!!!”

“I ain’t forgiving you!!!”

“Damn, hearing that just killed me inside…”

Why am I the one about to be murdered…!? But…

Kaede smiled, completely unconcerned with my confusion.

“Hey, Yuuta-kun. You don’t hate it…Right?”

We were only ten centimeters away from each other. Her voice tone was sweet, almost saccharinely so.

…Even a saint couldn’t refuse this, right? And so, losing to that voice, I—

“…I…I don’t hate it.”

“Yep, I know~ ♪”

Kaede smiled in satisfaction and pressed herself against my arm. The classroom exploded into choruses of “Gyaaaaaaaaaaa!!”

…I hope I don’t get stabbed before the day ends.

But seeing Kaede laughing happily right next to me, I accidentally thought to myself.

…Well, maybe this distance isn’t so bad…

Once I caved to Kaede’s advance, I couldn’t say anything anymore. Still pressed against me,  Kaede lightly tapped my lunch box.

“Okay, let’s eat. …Here, Yuuta-kun.”

Smiling brightly, she picked up a piece of fried chicken with her chopsticks and…

“Aaahn♡”

…Oh come on, seriously?

The classroom air froze for a second, then exploded.

“No way, FUJIWARAAA!?”

“I will kill you—no, kill me instead…!”

“The youth tax is too heavy today!”

“Wait, isn’t Kaede-chan like… I don’t know, switched on today?”

“They’re definitely dating now, right?”

“Doing ‘aaahn’ in public… The damage from it is way too strong…”

The gazes flying at us from every direction hurt. Physically.

“Uh, I’ll… I will eat them myself…”

When I resisted with a shaky voice, Kaede slowly gave me those same “cheat-code eyes.”

“…You don’t want to?”

Ugh…!

This level of cuteness was a weapon. It had to be regulated by law!

“N-not that I don’t but…!!”

“Then, here. Aaahn~♡”

There was no escape. This was the epitome of the perfect defeat. Resigned, I ate the fried chicken she held out—chomp.

“H-how is it…?”

“…It’s really delicious, as always.”

“I’m glad to hear that~♪”

Kaede smiled like a blooming flower and I could hear the guys’ HP draining even further.

“Fujiwara… You…”

“Meet me behind the gym later…”

Please have mercy on me…!

But, Kaede’s onslaught wasn’t over.

“Okay, next bite. Aaahn.”

“W-wait…!”

“Here. Aaahn♪”

“No, hold on…!”

“Yuuta-kun, your mouth isn’t open.”

“Gh…!”

Chomp.

Chomp.

Chomp.

Isn’t this torture? I mean, this is the “sweet kind of hell,” but still torture nonetheless.

The classroom’s voltage hit its peak.

“They’re too bold…!”

“These two are living in a different-colored world.”

“Kaede-chan is in full lover mode…”

“Fujiwara’s happy face pisses me off.”

“The air is thick from all the murder intent.”

“Haa… I wanted to live a life where someone fed me too…”

I sat next to Kaede on the verge of tears, enduring her relentless attacks.

…How many more turns is this going to last?

Fried chicken, tamagoyaki, sausages. Her chopsticks never stopped.

“Hey Yuuta-kun. Is it good?”

“Y-yeah… It’s good…!”

“I’m glad. …Okay, next is this.”

“W-We’re still going!?”

“Yep. Because Yuuta-kun said ‘I don’t hate it’ ♪”

That “Do you hate it?” question… It was a trap…! At the end, Kaede smiled softly and brushed my arm.

“…Hey, Yuuta-kun. Eat more, okay? I want you to eat a lot of what I made.”

Her voice sounded slightly sweeter, and even though it was lunch break, my heart was in overheat mode.

…I’m seriously… I’m seriously gonna die…

When the bell signaling the end of lunch break rang, I collapsed on my desk and of course, my HP was zero.

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