The Guy Who Messed Up Is Gradually Doing His Best - Chapter 26

Wow, I’m at my wit’s end. I should have returned the empty lunch boxes to everyone right after homeroom, but somehow there are 15 new lunches. I’m grateful, but there’s no way I can eat all of this.

“Hmm.”

Kimishima-san. Thanks to Makino-san, we should be getting along a bit better.

By the way, the fact that Makino-san is a netTuber is a secret to everyone. I kind of knew it from the moment she didn’t show her face, though.

——Shall we discuss it a bit?

“Kimishima-san~”

Oops. When I called Kimishima-san, everyone suddenly looked at me. Sorry. I have something to discuss with Kimishima-san, the chairperson.

Kimishima-san is looking around nervously, with a face that seems to say, “Me?”

That’s right. I nod back, but her face turns bright red and she starts to fluster. She doesn’t seem to be okay, so Fukata-san, please help me out.

Fukata-san responds with a small thumbs-up. For some reason, Fukata-san seems to understand eye contact. It’s mysterious.

“I’m sorry. Actually, it’s about the bento. I’m really happy that everyone made it for me, but I just can’t eat this much…”

Besides Kimishima-san and Fukata-san, I was surrounded by Kirishima-san on both sides, Makino-san, and a few classmates, but I tried not to worry about it.

“Ah.”

Everyone seems to understand something when they see the mountain of bento boxes.

“Since you went through the trouble of making it, it would be rude to leave it uneaten, and it would be such a waste…”

So when I get tongue-tied,

“Gouda-kun, we’re going to discuss it with everyone for a bit.”

Unexpectedly, Fukata-san responds. As expected, when speaking normally, Fukata-san’s tone is polite.

Since the break between classes was short, everyone returned to their seats.

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During lunch break, I’m unpacking a bento. It’s a bento made by Kumiyaji Miko-san. She has long bangs, wears glasses, and seems a bit gloomy. But the bento is delicious.

“Thank you, Kumiyaji-san. The bento is delicious.”

“Hehe.”

Kumiyaji-san tilts her head slightly and smiles. The way she eats her bento is also elegant. She gives off a bit of a lady-like vibe, but she might just be a quiet girl.

“Gouda-kun, thank you for having lunch with everyone.”

Fukata-san was reliable. She properly organized the discussion. She said we would take turns making lunch boxes.

But if everyone asks me to make it all at once because they want it, I can’t really refuse. Plus, it actually helps me out since I won’t have to buy lunch bread, so I honestly thanked them for that.

So, now we’re all having lunch together to foster camaraderie and have arranged the desks.

This feeling is somehow nostalgic, I remember eating with a few male friends back then…

“I also miss it… no, I wanted to eat it with everyone.”

When I eat alone, I can’t help but feel like I’m being watched. So I realized that it would be mentally easier to just face it and eat together.

The teacher’s lunch? It somehow feels wrong to serve it here, so I’m secretly taking it home to my fridge. I should apologize to the teacher later.

However, even though we’re eating together, everyone is so quiet. It’s probably because I’m here.

“What does Gouda-san do on his days off?”

While I was thinking about such things, Kumiyaji-san, who sits to my right (decided by the girls), started a conversation with me. Not “Gouda-kun,” but “Gouda-san.” Is she really a lady after all?

“Um, I wonder if I’m currently interrupting netTubers video…”

When I said that, I was a bit surprised to hear that several other girls besides Kumiyaji-san had seen it. I had never heard anything like that at school, so I thought for sure no one had seen it.

“Gouda-san’s apron look was really cute.”

“Y-yeah, thank you.”

Even if a guy is called cute, it’s hard to know how to react. By the way, Kumiyaji-san talks quite a lot, doesn’t she?

“Gouda-kun, did you go to the Makeup Yuu Channel too? There’s a video uploaded.”

“I went, but it’s early, it’s already been uploaded.”

When Makino-san, who sits to my left, said that while looking at her phone screen, everyone else also simultaneously took out their phones and started searching for the video.

“Oh, this is.”

“Wow.”

The classroom erupts in cheers upon finding the video, but it quickly falls silent. I want to believe it’s because everyone has started watching it. I’m also curious about something and turn my attention to the video.

I wonder if they edited it properly…

Wow, Yuu is amazing. At this level, even if she can’t be an idol anymore, she could probably make a living as a stylist.

My eyebrows are being shaped, and my face is gradually changing as more and more makeup is applied. It’s my own face, but it feels strange.

Yeah! Morita-san, there are perfect shots of me rowing the boat and looking at my reflection in the mirror, shocked and dazed.

Moreover, in the edits, they put things like “Gouda-kun fell asleep♡” and “Even when he’s dazed, Gouda-kun is cool♪,” which is a bit embarrassing.

Everyone is not giggling… and the sound of camera shutters can be heard from all around.

Click click?

If I look at the side, Makino-san and Kumiyaji-san, pause the video and then take a screenshot.

Could it be that everyone else is like that too?