Lunch with an angel

"Zhou~, from today onwards, we will eat together too!"

　Chitose, who came with midday with a smile on her face, remembered Zhou's remark at midday the other day, ``I have an idea,'' and twitched her cheeks.

　Indeed, if Chitose was under the pretense of eating with Itsuki, even if she accompanied Mahiru, she could fool herself into thinking that she was simply bringing a friend. Even if the people around her are a little jealous, she won't be suspicious.

　Mahiru, who is being led by Chitose, is smiling and behaving like the angel she always is.

　However, it looked like he had done it out of spite, and Shuu wanted to hold his head in his hands.

"Ah, shouldn't I leave my seat?"

"That's not true. I'll be with you from now on."

　I strongly feel the determination not to let him escape.

　I can't help but feel that Chitose was the brainchild of Chitose. Even when I sharpened my eyes at Chitose, who was smiling and grinning, she was a wind blowing somewhere.

　Whether Itsuki is rooting for him, or whether he is happy to have a meal with Chitose, he says with his usual smile, "It's okay, let's go together."

　As for Shuu, even though he said it was good the other day, he still flinches from the envious looks from those around him.

"So, Shirakawa-san and Shiina-san are going to eat it too?"

　I suddenly peeked into Kadowaki, who seemed to be going to eat with me today, so Zhou's stomach felt a slight pain.

"Yes, I would like to join you."

"I see, it's going to be lively."

　Kadowaki is smiling a lot, but I have a feeling it won't be as lively.

　Kadowaki didn't have any objections; at most, he was surprised that Mahiru had arrived.

　It was already packed.

"...Give up, Zhou, a siege has been formed."

　Itsuki muttered quietly so that the Kadowaki couldn't hear, and Shu let out a loud sigh as if he was tired.

"It's Shiina-san's lunch."

　Shu and Itsuki always eat in the cafeteria, so Mahiru and the others who usually eat in the classroom also follow suit.

　When the men each take their seats with their ordered lunches, Kadowaki notices the bento that Mahiru has spread out.

　By the way, Mahiru is sitting right in front of Shu. Since Chitose urged her there, she had no chance to escape.

"Yes, I usually pack leftovers from dinner."

　I keep the leftovers from dinner for Zhou's breakfast and sometimes set aside for lunch, so I guess that's what I packed today. In fact, it was packed with the teriyaki chicken meatballs that I had for dinner last night.

"Hmm, maybe it's handmade?"

"Yes, but I can't make anything big."

"Mahirun, it's not good to lie, even though you're a really good cook."

"How about Chii become Shiina-san's apprentice?"

"It's just terrible."

"Chi, all you need to do is teach me how to season the food. I can actually cook...I'll make the seasoning unique."

　It's not that Chitose can't cook, but when his mischievous spirit tingles, he deviates from the norm in search of new flavors. Itsuki often murmurs, ``I wish I didn't have that bad habit.''

"Then I'll ask Mahirun to hold a one-on-one cooking class next time. Call me to be the poison taster."

"Hey, don't say such poisonous things. Also, stop saying things like that all of a sudden because it will cause trouble for Shiina."

"No, I don't think it's a nuisance. It looks like you'll have fun cooking with Chitose-san."

"Wow, I love Mahirun. I'm looking forward to it! Please make sure to leave time in your schedule as well!"

　Chitose is sitting next to Mahiru, clinging to him with a big smile on her face.

　Mahiru accepts this with a smile, and just when I feel deeply moved that we've become good friends, I realize...

(You just made me promise to play naturally in front of everyone.)

　When I look at Chitose, I see that she and Mahiru are having a friendly laugh together. I don't know if it was intentional or a coincidence.

　However, my cheeks twitched as I made eye contact with my classmates, who were standing around me and subtly listening, and a silent jealousy came over me.

"... hey tree"

"yeah?"

"This won't kill me? Are you okay?"

"I guess it's okay."

　I get a lot of stares from Mahiru's fans, or rather, boys who have feelings for Mahiru, so I'm not worried.

　It's still led by Chitose, so I haven't been targeted with murderous intent, but I'm afraid when Midday starts saying something after this gets along with the table. First of all, some of them will say, ``Why did he do that?''

"Isn't it great, Fujimiya?"

"...If I were you, I wouldn't be so jealous."

　If she were as beautiful and versatile as Kadowaki, she would have given up on Mahiru and thought that it was inevitable that she would be jealous of him.

"I'm jealous of Fujimiya though."

"Where?"

"various"

　Kadowaki smiled wryly when he said something implying, so I had no choice but to tilt my head.

"Well, it's not like I don't understand Yuta's feelings."

"Seriously?"

"It's hard to notice what people have. They ask for the best things. They ask for the worst things."

"What do you mean?"

"It's something unique to Shiina-san..."

"Ikkun, you just thought of something strange, didn't you?"

　Chitose, who had apparently been listening to the story, smiled broadly. But her eyes aren't smiling.

　I sensed that they had stepped on a landmine, so I watched the two of them start talking to each other and glanced at midday.

　In the middle of the day, Chitose was confused when he started playing with Itsuki, but when his eyes met with Zhou, his expression changed to a smile.

　It wasn't the smile of an angel, but something closer to the shyness he always showed at home, and Shu felt embarrassed and ended up averting his gaze.