Why Is the Prettiest Girl in School Trying to Talk to a Loner Like Me during Lunch Break?

Chapter 36: Cheating

“Class Rep! Wh-what do you mean touch your chest!”

“Oh, I guess I worded that poorly. Of course, you’ll just pretend to touch. If you actually touch me, I’ll kill you, got it?”

“O-oh… right, of course.”

(That was close! Just ‘pretend,’ huh. I was about to go for it immediately… I mean, Class Rep’s chest is bigger than Asakura-san’s.)

“But why would you do something like that?”

“To confirm your feelings, Andou-kun. Despite how I look, I actually have a pretty good chest, right? Hmm, I’d say about a ‘C’ cup. But Asakura-san’s chest is—’B’ cup at best, right?”

“Yeah.”

(That’s what I thought when I touched it.)

“So by having you pretend to touch my chest, you can recognize the ‘difference’ from when you touched Asakura-san’s chest. If you get excited trying to touch my chest just like yesterday, then you’re just a pervert. But if you don’t get as excited trying to touch my larger chest as you did yesterday, wouldn’t that mean you got more excited touching Asakura-san’s chest because you like her?”

“I see!”

(Class Rep is a genius!)

“Now that you understand, let’s begin.”

“O-okay… here I go.”

“Go ahead. But remember, if you actually touch me, I’ll murder you.”

“Got it!”

(Well, I might let Andou-kun get away with a little, but thinking about what would happen if Asakura-san found out later is scary, so pretending is safer.)

(Moving my hand toward Class Rep’s chest—) heart pounding

“…”

Heart pounding—

“…Andou-kun, what are you… doing?”

“”—!?””

(Wh-why at this timing!?)

(Asakura-san is heeeere!)

[Bonus Story] “Signed Book”

“A-Asakura-san… h-hey… look at this…”

“What’s wrong, Andou-kun? You’re even more nervous than usual today. Oh, this is Volume 1 of ‘My Youth Romantic Comedy is Homosexual, As Expected.’ They just released the long-awaited Volume 121 after two years, so why do you have Volume 1?”

“Well, actually… like you said, the new volume came out, and I wanted to reread from the beginning, but this series is really long, right? I’d already sold my early volumes, so I bought Volume 1 for 100 yen at the used bookstore ‘Circular.'”

“Oh, I see. With long-running series, they do take up shelf space, so people often sell them all at once…”

“So yesterday I was going to read it at home, but… look at this.” flip ← sound of removing the cover

“Hm? Why are you taking off the cover—WHAAAAT!? Under the cover, ‘Koukai’ is written in marker! A-Andou-kun! C-c-could this be author Koukai-sensei’s actual autograph!?”

“That’s what I thought… I checked the author’s signature online and the writing style and balance look really similar… And look.” flip ← sound of turning to the publication page

“Fi-first edition!? Andou-kun, a first edition with the author’s actual signature, are you serious! This really sold for 100 yen… Wait, if you sold this at auction, wouldn’t it go for an incredible price…?”

“That’s what I thought, so I checked the auction prices on my phone yesterday… look.” beep ← sound of taking out phone

‘My Youth Romantic Comedy is Homosexual, As Expected’ Volume 1, First Edition, Author’s Signature

Winning Bid:

‘100,000 yen’ 18 bids

“”One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand… One hundred thousand yen!””

“Hey, Andou-kun! What are you going to do with this!? This isn’t the kind of story for a ‘bonus’ section!”

“Asakura-san, wh-wh-what should I do!? I might become super rich!”

“Calm down… Andou-kun, first you need to calm down… Okay, first let’s check if this signed light novel can actually be sold. On the way home, let’s get it appraised at ‘Circular’ where they do used book buybacks…”

“R-r-right. Asakura-san!”

And so, after school…

“Since we can’t guarantee the signature is authentic, we can offer 10 yen ♪”

Appraisal:

’10 yen’ Whoosh

“…”

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