Touching the stomach
Evening, library.
Ren casually opened the book "A Collection of Anecdotes of the Warring States Period" to pass the time, waiting for Fumino to finish her homework so he could provide tutoring.
Since Itsuki and Rizu had gone home today, he just needed to give Fumino private lessons.
That way, he can have time to read extracurricular books without always having to be a tutor.
"Very hungry..."
At this time, Fumino was lying on the table helplessly, her eyes were blurred, and her pen was scribbling on the draft paper.
Even though she knew that what she should be doing now was studying rather than daydreaming, she couldn't focus on the book at all.
Mainly because she was too hungry.
In order to lose weight, she hasn't eaten for almost 24 hours, which makes her now think about food and she can't study at all.
"Take this."
At this time, Ren, who was sitting next to her, took out a piece of bread from his schoolbag and handed it to her.
"Bread?!"
Fumino's eyes lit up, and she subconsciously wanted to take it.
But as soon as she stretched out her hand, she reacted and withdrew her hand. Turning to look at Ren, she found that he was looking at her expressionlessly, with no intention of taking back the bread in his hand.
"Um... Kamikawa-san, why are you giving me bread?"
Touching her stomach, Fumino looked away in embarrassment.
She was a little confused how Ren knew that she was hungry. Could it be that her stomach made a sound and was heard?
If that was the case, she needed to consider whether to find a hole to bury herself.
"You said you were hungry."
Ren answered matter-of-factly.
Just now Fumino said personally that she was hungry, so he took out bread and tried to help her.
"I see."
Fumino smiled awkwardly.
Luckily, she didn't accidentally reveal her inner thoughts, so there was still a way to save face.
"Kamikawa-san, you heard wrong earlier, I never said I was hungry."
In order not to reveal the fact that she was hungry, Fumino chose to lie and tried to trick Ren.
"…"
Ren just looked at Fumino, waiting for her to continue speaking.
As a person with superpowers, he was sure he heard it right, Fumino must have said it.
But why did Fumino lie?
Ren couldn't understand her.
Could hunger be something serious?
Seeing that he didn't believe her excuse, Fumino planned to say something more to increase her persuasiveness.
*Gululu...*
But before the words were spoken, a slightly embarrassed cry sounded in the silent library.
"…"
Ren looked at the source of the sound – Fumino's stomach.
If he remembered correctly, that sound should be the sound that humans make when they are hungry.
"I'm sorry."
Fumino blushed and covered her face with her hands.
"No problem."
Even though he didn't know why Fumino wanted to apologize, Ren subconsciously answered and handed back the bread in his hand.
"No, no, I can't eat it." Fumino opened her eyes slightly with her fingers, revealing his eyes, "Please, Kamikawa-san, quickly put away the bread."
"?"
Ren looked at her confusedly.
According to his understanding, humans should want to eat when they are hungry, but Fumino's stomach was growling, and he clearly showed that she wanted to eat, but why did she still refuse bread?
"Why?" Ren asked curiously.
"Because I've lost weight and can't eat," Fumino answered sadly.
Logically, she doesn't need to eat anything to lose weight because she runs every morning. But the problem was that she accidentally ate more at Gabriel's birthday party the day before yesterday, and then her efforts were in vain.
Not only did she not lose weight, she actually gained quite a bit.
If she think about it carefully, it wasn't just the reason for eating more that day, but it was also related to the snacks they usually shared with her.
So, in order to lose weight, she decided not to eat anything, trying to lose weight quickly in this way and achieve the appropriate weight in her mind.
"Not eating is bad for your health," Ren reminded.
He still knew that Fumino wanted to lose weight, but he didn't expect that she would actually stop eating in order to lose weight.
"That kind of thing doesn't matter anymore..."
Fumino doesn't really care about that anymore, as long as she manages to lose weight, everything will be fine.
After thinking about it, Ren used a detection technique on her.
[Target person's physical condition: hungry, weak]
"You won't get fat if you eat a piece of bread."
After seeing the specific physical condition, Ren persuaded.
If she didn't eat, something might happen.
Although with him here, something like that was impossible to happen, but the problem was, he couldn't always pay attention to Fumino.
He didn't want to invade her privacy.
"No, I'll get fat if I eat," Fumino refused without hesitation, "I can't let my efforts go to waste any longer!"
"Actually, you are not fat and don't need to lose weight."
He quickly used his superpowers to search for persuasion methods on his phone, and Ren followed it instructions.
"How could it be? My stomach is getting heavy," Fumino said with tears in her eyes, "If you don't believe it, just touch it yourself and you'll know!"
As if to prove that she wasn't lying, she straightened her body, closed her eyes, and looked like she was letting Ren take whatever he wanted.
Initially, Fumino planned to show her stomach to Ren, but the girls' uniform at Shuchi'in Academy was a dress. If she wants to show her stomach, she has to show more than just her stomach.
Therefore, she had to give up the idea and chose to let Ren touch her stomach.
"?"
Ren was a little surprised by Fumino's answer.
According to the guide on the Internet, shouldn't Fumino admit that she is not fat at the moment and then eat the bread honestly?
What would happen to letting himself touch her stomach?
"Okay."
However, since Fumino said so, Ren didn't need to refuse.
After all, it was just a belly rub.
With this in mind, Ren stretched out his hand and gently pressed it against Fumino's flat stomach.
Soft and feels comfortable in the hand.
At the moment of contact, Ren made an evaluation in his heart.