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~ - Chapter 86: The Villain Doesn't Eat Alone

When lunch break came, I headed to the rooftop. Usually I would eat with Yuito, but… today Yuito was absent from school with a fever.

So under the blue sky, on the rooftop with a pleasant breeze blowing, I was spreading out my lunch alone.

“Haah… Eating alone really is lonely after all~”

Though I said that, actually Tajima and Satoshima had invited me saying “Let’s eat together!”. Today, however, I somehow wasn’t in the mood, so I declined by saying “Maybe next time”.

Besides, when eating with those guys, it would probably be more lively if Yuito was there too.

So I was eating alone… but as soon as I took a bite of the side dish in my bento, that feeling of loneliness somehow disappeared.

“Delicious~”

The well-seasoned pork belly and daikon radish spread juicily in my mouth.

“Hibari’s cooking really is the best~”

Next I ate the minced cutlet and immediately bit into a large rice ball.

“Munch munch… delicious~”

I couldn’t stop eating.

Today’s bento had stir-fried pork belly and daikon, two minced cutlets, fluffy tamagoyaki, spinach with sesame dressing, and kinpira gobo. Two rice balls with bonito flakes… Perfect volume and nutritional balance, and excellent taste.

Eating under the blue sky was also enhancing the deliciousness.

“Hibari will make a good wife in the future~”

I was envious of the man who’d be able to eat Hibari’s cooking every day forever.

I was eating heartily, and when about half the contents of my bento remained…

“Ah, there you are.”

The rooftop door opened with a creaking sound and I heard a voice. The owner of that voice was…

“Eh… R-Riina!?”

I couldn’t help but let out a surprised voice.

If Yuito were here it would be one thing, but why would Riina come when I was alone… I wondered.

“Hah! Could it be…”

I immediately realized… and started packing up my bento.

“Hey, why are you packing up?”

“Well, because this rooftop is about to become a confession scene, right?”

With a beautiful girl, lunch break, and the rooftop—a confession would be the standard development.

And since it was Riina, it must be that.

Even I didn’t have the hobby of wolfing down food while watching a confession scene.

“If an intimidating guy like me is here, the other person will get scared and run away, so don’t worry, I’ll leave right away!”

I gave a thumbs up and stood up. However, perhaps my prediction was wrong, as Riina’s face became stern.

“…What are you talking about. I’m not going to be confessed to.”

“No way! Even if you’re not being confessed to today, a beautiful girl like Riina must have been confessed to by guys before!”

“…Haah”

Riina let out a huge sigh.

And… for some reason, Riina sat down next to me with a little distance between us.

“Sit down.”

“No, but if it’s about to become a confession scene… Could it be you like being watched?”

“…”

“…I’m sorry.”

When Riina gave me a stern look and silent pressure, I obediently decided to sit down.

Then, after she sighed, she opened her mouth.

“That’s why I said I don’t get confessed to. I get persistent pickup attempts more than confessions… Generally speaking, it’s my big sis who gets confessed to. A girl who seems easy like me gets hit on a lot, while someone like her who’s like an unattainable flower gets properly confessed to.”

Riina said this while looking a bit sulky.

Certainly, Mahiro with her handsome looks and somewhat pretentious but gentle tone was a respected presence at school despite being a first-year, constantly receiving confessions, and I heard her fan club was expanding as well.

So as a prince-type who was popular but somehow like an unattainable flower, Mahiro was often called out specifically for confessions.

On the other hand, Riina with her little devil-type friendly atmosphere tended to be the target of on-the-spot pickup attempts.

I see~ Even the beautiful sisters who constantly attracted attention had different ways of being popular due to their different personalities.

This meant the rooftop really wouldn’t become a confession scene.

“Then I’ll continue eating my meal here.”

“Go ahead.”

I spread out my bento with relief.

Wait, huh…?

“Then why is Riina here?”

Riina was sitting and didn’t seem to have the intention of leaving… But she was apparently not being confessed to either… What exactly was her business?

“It’s lunch break, so of course I’m going to eat my bento.”

“Where?”

“On the rooftop, obviously. That’s why I came here specially… What, is it bad if I’m here?”

“N-no… it’s not bad, but…”

I believed Riina was free to eat her bento wherever she wanted… but it was too surprising for me.

Because even if she didn’t get confessed to, Riina who frequently got hit on must definitely be popular with the boys.

Yet those guys who would hit on her wouldn’t miss the precious time of lunch break. I thought she would never be alone…

“Don’t you eat with other people? Like, don’t boys invite you for lunch?”

“Of course I don’t eat with them. If I ate with someone even once, then it would continue with ‘me too, me too’… It would be endless and troublesome.”

“I see.”

From Riina’s bitter expression, these must be words that came from actually experiencing such things. Being popular was tough too~

Looking closely, there was a cooler bag next to Riina, and she took out a bento from it. She really was going to eat her bento here.

“Then I’ll eat here too.”

“Go ahead.”

Come to think of it, this might be the first time Riina and I had such a continuous conversation about something other than Yuito.

The last time we talked… That is, when I had gone to her house to be served home-cooked food as thanks for the forest school incident…

“For example, what parts are cool?” 

“First, not judging people by their appearance.” 

“Thank you for politely saying ‘first’. And, certainly, that would make anyone fall for him.” 

“Kasajima is also aiming for Yui-kun after all…” 

“It’s more like respect as a man!!”

We’d had that kind of conversation.

I really agreed with the talk about Yuito’s charm.

I had the image that Riina only talked to me because I happened to be next to Yuito.

But now…

“That’s right. From now on, I’ll call you Yuji.”

Suddenly, Riina stopped her chopsticks and told me.

“When I call Riina by her name like this, but Riina calls me by my surname Kasajima… This makes it seem like…” 

“Makes it seem like…?” 

“Like I’m some pathetic guy who’s calling Riina by her name one-sidedly! Eventually, I’ll definitely be told things like ‘don’t come near me’ or ‘don’t threaten me’ or ‘don’t cling to me’! I hate that!”

Ah, that’s right, during summer break I had asked to be called by some other name, didn’t I? And it was my own request.

My nickname seemed to have been decided.

“O-oh. That is my name after all. Then please do that.” 

“…” 

“…?”

What’s with this silence? Riina has dissatisfied eyes.

“No, you should react more dramatically.”

“Why should I!?”

How was I supposed to react dramatically just from being called by my own name like norma?

“Hmph. It seems like you and I really don’t get along after all.”

“Eh… is this my fault…?”

Riina silently continued eating her bento, and I slowly continued with mine as well.