The Villain Who Got Pinned Down Until He Ran Out Of Stamina ~ This Time I Raised The Protagonist's Affection Too Much And Everyone Fell For Me~

After explaining the plan to everyone, I was alone at the vending machine located in the hallway that served as the boundary between the boys’ and girls’ rooms.

I took out my smartphone from my pocket and sent a message to Tajima, with whom I had just exchanged contact information.

Yuji: [Tajima. Are you ready to send that message to your girlfriend?]

Tajima: [I’m ready]

He replied immediately.

“Well then, I’ll get myself pumped up too…”

As I was about to close my smartphone while psyching myself up, the notification sound rang again.

Tajima: [Are you sure this plan is okay? If it goes wrong, you might become even more…]

It seemed he was worried about me. At first, he was judging me entirely based on my appearance. But I was glad he now understood that I was not a bad person.

Yuji: [Instead of worrying about me, worry about yourself. This plan must be difficult for you too, Tajima. After all, we’re dealing with your girlfriend who you broke up with because you fell for Riina.]

Tajima: [W-we don’t need to talk about that right now!!]

Yuji: [Sorry, sorry. No need for extra worries. Just act as I instructed. What happens afterward is something I’ll do on my own, so whatever the result, don’t worry about it, Tajima.]

…………… …………………

“Since Kasajima is saying this… I-I have no choice but to do it!”

Tajima nervously pressed the send button to send the message he had prepared in advance to his girlfriend, Risa.

“Ah, I sent it…”

Tajima put his smartphone on the table and held his head in his hands.

—Ping!

“Eek!?”

A reply from Risa came immediately.

Tajima looked at the smartphone screen… and gulped.

He took a screenshot of the message and sent it to Yuji right away.

“I’m nervous too, but… Kasajima… will this really be okay…?”

Perhaps feeling unsettled, Tajima looked at the messages again.

Tajima: [I need to talk to you… Could you come to my room? Riina-chan will be here too.]

Risa: [Okay]

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Risa visited Tajima’s room with a dissatisfied expression.

“I don’t have anything to talk about with you. You’re a jerk who tried to dump me by saying he fell for another girl.”

“…S-sorry.”

“So? Sumino Riina isn’t here? What? Was that a lie?”

“Riina-chan is coming soon… Ah, I got a call, so I’ll step out for a bit.”

“Hmm. See you.”

Tajima put his smartphone to his ear and left the room. After confirming this, Risa took out… the envelope containing the present money from her jersey pocket.

“That Kasajima guy… he’s ruining my plan! Getting in my way…”

She clicked her tongue in frustration.

As Yuji had thought, Risa was the one who’d stolen the present money.

And the reason was…

“He should have suspected that bitch first… It didn’t work this time, but I won’t be satisfied until I do something to Sumino Riina… Making eyes at someone else’s boyfriend…”

It was because she held a grudge against Riina.

While muttering complaints, she was about to put the envelope containing the present money—which now had no meaning for her to keep—into Tajima’s Boston bag, but… Risa had an idea.

“If it’s under the bed… it can be settled as Tajima’s mistake. I’m a genius~”

If she casually said during their conversation, “The present money… maybe it’s under the bed?”, then the commotion would be resolved as if nothing had happened, as it would seem like they hadn’t searched thoroughly enough.

Risa bent down to place the envelope under the bed—not knowing that the door to the room was slightly open.

“Hmm, here we go…”

Just as she inserted the envelope into the gap under the bed.

—Click. Click click.

“!? Who’s there!?”

The sudden shutter sound. Frantically looking up, Risa was even more surprised to see the person in front of her.

“Hey, Tajima’s… girlfriend, right? What are you doing under someone else’s bed?”

Standing before her was not her boyfriend Tajima… but Kasajima Yuji, who had interfered with her plan.