The Story Of How I, A Gloomy Guy, Ended Up Surrounded By the Top-Tier Beautiful Girls In Class After A Seat Change - Chapter 123

No matter what, you can’t start the day without filling your stomach with breakfast.

However, I still don’t understand why Kuroki Rui has gotten so close to my family that she’s making breakfast. I mean, sneaking into my room while I’m sleeping is already a mystery in itself, so let’s not think too much about it.

Besides, breakfast usually gets eaten by my older sister, but if Rui’s the one who made it, I don’t have to worry about that, which is great.

“Now, Ryota-kun, you need to get ready quickly. I left your clothes on the desk, so wash your face and get dressed, okay?”

Rui, acting like a maid, urged me to get ready for the morning.

Having a beautiful girl like her serve me like this is a kind of reward, in a way…but with Rui, there’s always some hidden agenda or scheme, and that’s the catch.

“Oh, and I moved your favorite naughty books and the related toys from the gap in your bookshelf to the closet so no one would find them.”

“W-Whoa! You! What the hell are you doing?! Don’t touch my precious…!”

“Also, I confiscated some of the indecent gyaru stuff and the long-milk-pumping items because they’re bad for your education. I’ll transfer the money for them to your bank account later, okay?”

“Get out! You demon!”

She’s more than just a trespassing classmate; she’s also the chairman of the confiscated materials committee…If I don’t ban Rui, she might even manage the rest of my stuff, too.

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By the time I went downstairs for breakfast, it was already past 8 a.m., and no one else was in the house but me and Rui.

Dad was at work, Mom was off for her weekly 8 days of Sepak Takraw, and my sister was mysteriously absent.

Mornings during summer vacation were always like this, with just a note left on the dining table. The note probably detailed today’s family plans…but—

“Make sure to use protection. – Sis.”

“For real. As if that’s gonna happen, you idiot.”

“Ryota-kun, no raw stuff, okay?”

“That’s not it! I’m saying I won’t do it!”

“Just kidding, just kidding. I’ll get breakfast ready.”

Rui giggled as she headed to the kitchen.

When she says things like that, none of it sounds like a joke at all.

“I’ve thought this before, but…Rui, you’re pretty resistant to dirty jokes, and you even say them yourself sometimes.”

“Hmm? I don’t think so?”

Yeah, you definitely are.

“But if I had to say…I’m always a model student, so maybe I relax a bit and get looser around you. I guess I feel comfortable making dirty jokes when I’m with you, Ryota-kun.”

“W-What’s that supposed to mean?”

“It means I can show you the imperfect side of me, Ryota-kun.”

With a wink, Rui carried the warmed breakfast over to the table.

So, basically…what does that mean?

“After all, I’m a girl too…sometimes I want to talk about those things, you know?”

Now that she mentioned it, Yuria once told me that girls actually have stronger desires than guys…Could that really be true?

Maybe because of that conversation, even the combination of sausages and cherry tomatoes in today’s breakfast started looking like a dirty joke to me…No, stop thinking like that.

“Airi and the others are coming at 9, so make sure you finish your breakfast soon, okay?”

“O-Okay…”

I followed her instructions and started eating the breakfast Rui had prepared.

The meal was simple—rice, miso soup, sausage, scrambled eggs, and a salad of cherry tomatoes and lettuce.

When Rui’s cooking, I expected something more extravagant, like fancy ingredients, but it turned out to be pretty simple. Maybe she follows the “simple is best” philosophy…No, that’s not it. Our fridge is just that poorly stocked.

“If there’s anything you don’t like, I can eat it for you, okay?”

Eat it for me, huh?

I almost blurted out “the sausage,” but I’d like to smack myself for even thinking that.

“By the way, did you have fun catching bugs yesterday?”

Rui suddenly asked about the bug-catching from the other day, and I accidentally dropped the sausage I was holding with my chopsticks.

“R-Rui…you’re not mad about it?”

“Mad? Why would I be?”

“Well, judging from your tone on Lime the other day, I thought you were angry.”

“Why would I be?”

“No, I mean—”

“Ryota-kun, did you do something inappropriate with Airi that would make me mad?”

“N-No! Absolutely not!”

“Then it’s fine, isn’t it? Or do you…want me to get mad at you, Ryota-kun?”

Rui kept smiling as she spoke, but it didn’t seem like she was entirely calm.

Oh man, I’m starting to sweat nervously.

“Fufu…Ryota-kun, you’re so cute when you’re scared.”

“You sadist…”

“Well, Ryota-kun, you’re kind of a masochist, right? I found plenty of that kind of stuff in your collection.”

“D-Don’t go through my things!”

“Fufu, but that means we’re a perfect match, right?”

She’s so skillfully toying with me, the virgin…I’m totally dancing in the palm of Rui’s hand, but as someone who isn’t popular and doesn’t interact with girls much, I can’t help but feel this is also a reward.

Honestly, to have such a ridiculously beautiful classmate teasing me and all I can say is, “Well, well,” like a light novel protagonist.

S-So, how does Rui actually feel about me?

“Um…hey, Rui—”

“I’m coming in!! Ah! Rui’s shoes are already here!”

I heard an energetic, childlike voice from the entrance. When I turned around, there was Airi, holding a pool float and a pool bag, walking in noisily.

“Good morning, Ryota! Oh, you’re eating breakfast! Lucky you!”

“Morning, Airi. Where are the others?”

“They’re here! See?”

As Airi said that, Yuria and Tanaka entered more quietly behind her.

“Good morning, Ryota, Rui.”

“Good morning, Yuria. And Tanaka-san, too.”

“Th-Thank you for inviting me today!”

Tanaka is so stiff…

Well, it makes sense. This is probably her first time going out to have fun with friends like this.

“Ryota, hurry up and finish your breakfast! We’re going to the pool!”

“I-I get it, don’t rush me!”