The Kansai Villain’s Rebirth: I Accidentally Ended Up With a Harem.

The Protagonist Wanders, Lost.

Imamiya Toshiya’s POV.

Ever since Mio cut me off completely, nothing has gone right. Not a single damn thing.

I got benched from the starting lineup for the Winter Cup. Failed math on the finals and got stuck in remedial classes… which screwed over my club activities even more. The whole basketball team started looking at me like I was trash.

“Ehh— So someone from the basketball club has to take remedial lessons, huh? No big deal, the Winter Cup won’t be affected, so the regulars are gonna keep practicing hard~!”

“““Yessir!”””

Damn it all! Because of those remedial classes, I can’t even go to the Winter Cup now! Sure, I’d only be in the cheering section anyway… but getting kicked from the starting lineup still pisses me off to no end!! I never should’ve opened my big mouth about that stuff… Shina, Rinko… and Mio… every single one of them has left me behind…

“What you do to regain the trust you lost…”

Advisor Morinomiya-sensei’s words echo in my head. What the hell am I even supposed to do to earn it back? I still haven’t managed to take the “right action” he talked about. Why did things turn out like this…? I want to apologize to Mio for throwing away her bento… but POINE has definitely blocked me. None of my messages even get read.

I Am the Strongest! Shunya desu ⭐︎: I did something unforgivable. But I swear it wasn’t because Mio’s bento tasted bad. It was actually insanely delicious. I don’t know what possessed me; I wasn’t tired of it or anything. I’m truly sorry for what I did back then. If you can ever find it in your heart to forgive me, I want to eat your amazing bento again. The tamagoyaki, the kinpira, that god-tier fried chicken… I miss them all so much now. Please… give me one more chance. Please make your unforgettable, delicious bento for me again.

I sent that long apology, but it never even showed as read.

The only thing left is to confront her directly… but Tennouji is always glued to her side. I can’t get anywhere near her… What the hell am I supposed to do…? I miss Mio’s bento so much… You never realize how good something is until you can’t have it anymore.

***

I was aimlessly browsing the net when I ended up on that secret school forum Takii once showed me. The kind of place where only the “in-the-know” students and teachers post the juiciest rumors and trash-talk. I was just scrolling through it absentmindedly when—

265 Anonymous Student

【Breaking Sad News】

2nd-year basketball club member I-kun’s claim of dating all three S-tier beauties from class 2-C turns out to be pure delusion www

Meanwhile two of those S-tier beauties are officially dating someone else. Thanks to his delusional sex fantasies about A-san and N-san, I-kun’s little friend is standing at full attention again today wwww

…Huh!? What the actual FUCK!? What is this shit!? Who the hell leaked everything!?

267 Anonymous Student

Who the hell ratted everything out!?

268 Anonymous Student

267 The man himself has descended wwww

269 Anonymous Student

267 First time posting on the board? Chill out, dude.

270 Anonymous Student

267 Confirmed it’s actually him lmao

You gotta be kidding me!! Who did this!? It’s definitely Takii!! I gripped my phone so hard I nearly crushed it.

The next day after school, I stormed into Class A.

“Takii! Doi! Get over here!!”

The entire classroom fell dead silent. Takii and Doi walked over with sour looks on their faces. No way in hell am I letting this slide after they exposed me like that!!

“The hell’s your problem? Why do you look like you’re about to murder someone?”

“Yeah, seriously. What do you want?”

“Just come with me. We need to talk.”

I dragged them behind the gym and shoved my phone screen in their faces—the thread in question.

“One of you two wrote this, didn’t you!? Stop screwing around! Who the hell leaks something like that!?”

I roared. They stared at the screen… and then said:

“Hah? No clue what you’re talking about. You seriously think it was us?”

“What is this anyway? Oh, the underground forum. Haven’t looked at that thing in months.”

“Stop lying! You two are literally the only ones who knew about that board!!”

“We told you, we don’t know! I’d completely forgotten that place even existed. Huh, so you’re suspecting us.”

“I’m telling you, only you two could’ve done it! Just admit it!”

“Okay then—if it turns out it wasn’t us, how are you gonna take responsibility?”

“Takii…”

“Doi, you didn’t do it either, right? We both forgot that board even existed. Yeah, we knew about it. So what? Got any proof we posted that?”

“Because! If you know about it, you could post!”

“Sure, maybe we could’ve. But can you prove that me or Doi actually did it? You came here already knowing we’d say we didn’t, right? So—what are you gonna do if it really wasn’t us? That’s what I’m asking.”

These guys are just gonna play dumb to the end, huh!? Just admit it already!

“I’m telling you, only you two could possibly know that information!!”

“I said show me proof!! Stop deciding it was us and screaming like a lunatic!!!”

“Wha…”

“How many times do I have to say it!? We don’t know anything!! Me! Doi! We’re telling you we didn’t do it! Yeah, sure, I’m the one who showed you the board! I showed Doi too! But that doesn’t mean you get to pin this on us and play the victim, you asshole!! Doi! You didn’t do it either, right!?”

“Y-yeah… I’ve got no idea why we’re even suspects… seriously, what the hell…”

“This! Is our! Answer!! Don’t fuck with us!! You decided we were guilty all on your own, strutted over here with that smug face, and wouldn’t even listen to a word we said!! Because of you, Tennouji’s got his eye on us now—if he finds out we posted something like this, we’re screwed!! Who do you think made our lives hell!? I feel bad for taking those pictures! But it’s your fault for stupidly showing them to Natsume!!”

“Ah… u…”

“I was even thinking once things cooled down we could grab food together again, but screw that. We’re done. I never want to speak to you again. You pissed me off that much. Don’t ever talk to me again, asshole.”

“Takii! Wait—”

“Shut the hell up! I see exactly what kind of person you are now! Spend the rest of your life suspecting us! And never talk to me again!”

“You’re the worst… seriously the worst… I’m done with you too. Bye.”

“Wait, even you, Doi!? It’s not—! Fine! I’m sorry!”

“Sorry for what!? That half-assed apology can shove it! You’re disgusting! Doi, let’s go!”

“Y-yeah…”

Takii exploded and declared our friendship over!? I apologized, damn it! I… can’t prove they’re innocent. Yeah, I went way too far accusing them. By the time I realized how bad I’d screwed up, it was too late. Takii and Doi were already walking away. They said we were through and left me standing there like an idiot.

Am I… an idiot? If I’d just kept quiet… I got heated over that forum post and kept suspecting my friends… and made them hate me…

“H-hey, Takii!”

“What now!”

“Look at this… there’s something written about Fuyuki…”

“Huh? Fuyuki…? Which one? Whoa, someone wrote “I want to kill her”… this is bad…”

“Hey… wasn’t Fuyuki on bad terms with Tennouji or something?”

“Yeah… you’re right… We can’t just ignore this… Guess I’ll talk to Tennouji…”

“Takii! I’m counting on you!”

“Hah!? Why do I have to go!? He scares the shit out of me! Doi, you come too!”

“No way! I almost pissed myself last time—hard pass!”

“Damn it! I’m scared too!”

“Please! I’ll treat you to extra-large katsu curry!”