Kyoto: I just want to be a gentleman

"Rui is always very cold when talking to boys"

"indifferent?"

"It's like saying 'I'm not interested in what you're saying'"

"Is this like Yuria hating boys?"

"Well, it's not like Yuria hates boys, but she seems to look down on boys a little?"

Look down on boys...?

Indeed, Rui is a perfect superhero, smarter and more capable than boys...

Is it because she is a perfect superhero that she has twisted emotions towards boys who are worse than her?

"So, Rui doesn't hate boys, but she thinks they are 'lower creatures'?"

"Ah, that might be the case! Although Ai Li doesn't quite understand, but Yuria is different from her, this must be the reason!"

Ichinose Yuria simply doesn't like hanging out with boys and prefers to be with her girlfriend. Rui, on the other hand, thinks boys are inferior to her. Is this a prejudice?

Is this what Haishan wanted to say?

(If this is true, then Rui has a really bad personality)

"But Rui seemed very happy when she talked to you..."

"Y-really?"

"It was the same on the day of the seat exchange. When Rui introduced you, she was in a good mood."

Come to think of it, it was indeed bright when Rui introduced me and her as junior high school classmates.

"That's right! Rui must like you, Ryota!"

"what?"

What's going on in this guy's head?

"That's why Rui's expression softens when she talks to you! That must be it!"

"It's too simple... Rui and I had no contact before we exchanged seats."

"But aren't you in the same junior high school? Ryota, there must be something you don't know, Rui has already fallen in love with you!"

With her head full of flowers and plants, she covered her cheeks with her hands and let out a yellow scream.

This guy is really hopeless...

"Ah... Ellie came up with a good idea~"

No, I have a bad feeling...」

Chapter 205 Extra: Novels Read by Watanabe Hideyuki (6)

Watanabe Hideyuki has turned over a new leaf.

"That's all, Ryota. Ai Li will go back to the classroom first! Please return the key to the staff room~"

After Haishan finished lunch, his chest shook up and down and he immediately ran somewhere.

Haishan's chest was still shaking violently as usual, and I almost wanted to record it on video.

(Haishan said she had a "good idea", but what exactly was that good idea?)

Kaiyama seems to be more of a "fool" than I thought, I hope she won't cause trouble like Ichinose did.

Haishan mistakenly thought that Hei Mu liked me, which was a huge misunderstanding.

That Kuroki Rui likes me, this is as impossible as the world turning upside down.

If I were to make a metaphor for the relationship between Kuroki and I, Kuroki is the popular idol shining on TV, and I am an ordinary person sitting in front of the TV and eating oranges.

It is simply a fantasy that such an ordinary person is liked by Kuroki.

However, Kuroki's attitude towards me is indeed different, which I care about.

(Is it because we went to the same middle school?)

This high school is quite far away from my original junior high school, so the only people who graduated from the same junior high school were Kuroki, me, and my otaku friend Tanaka from the next class.

In addition, this high school is the top public school in the county. Many students applied for it, but almost all of them failed.

As for how someone like Kaishan with big breasts and no brains got into this school, let's put this question aside for now. I think the reason why Kuroki treats me differently is because there are very few people who come from the same middle school.

(So ​​what Haishan is thinking is absolutely impossible)

"Hmph... Don't underestimate my otaku experience. I'm not an ordinary otaku who is constantly misunderstood."

I locked the door to the empty classroom and headed straight to the staff room.

☆ ☆

I didn't even look at Ichinose's legs during the whole afternoon class today. I attended the boring class seriously and finally it was time to go home.

So, what should we do after school today?

I bought "Strange Absorption" in Tatsuya the day before yesterday, and went to the game center in the neighboring town yesterday. My life after school has been really busy recently...

(It’s raining today, so I might as well go home directly. I don’t have any money anyway)

I packed my bag and headed for the shoe closet.

Although I never understood what Haishan’s “good idea” was, but... forget it, it has no effect on me anyway.

Today is the day for the webtoon update.

Just watch this on the way home - huh?

I took out my shoes from the closet, and as soon as I looked up, my eyes suddenly widened.

(Huh? Why…)

In front of the entrance, there stood a beautiful black-haired girl, glancing at me in front of the shoe cabinet.

“…Ah, I’m finally here.”

Standing in front of the entrance was Kuroki Rui, holding a dark blue umbrella.

"Kuroki... Rui..."

(Why is she here... like she's waiting for me... huh?)

If you look closely at Kuroki's hand, you can see that the handle of the umbrella is wrapped with tape of a cute character.

"That's... my... my..."

Don't know the reason.

But there is no doubt that Kuroki Rui is waiting for me with my dark blue umbrella. ”

Watanabe Hideyuki turned another page.

"When I arrived at the entrance and prepared to go home, what was waiting for me was——

"...Kuroki?"

The most popular and perfect beautiful girl in high school - Rui Kuroki.

She has flowing, shiny black hair and well-maintained skin. Her delicate face and jewel-like eyes are accentuated by long eyelashes.

Even on rainy days, this perfect beauty still exudes a strong presence.

(Why is she standing there holding my umbrella?)

I couldn't comprehend the situation at all, so I put on my leather shoes first.

(Calm down, something must be wrong)

Kuroki must have mistaken me for—

"Izumitani-kun, I'm waiting for you, okay?"

"..."

It seems that I didn't recognize the wrong person.

This was obvious since she was holding my umbrella…

"Aili said she was going on a date with her boyfriend today, but she accidentally lost her folding umbrella. Time was tight, so she asked me to lend her the umbrella, so I lent her the umbrella."

Kuroki explained to himself, even though I hadn't asked anything yet.

(It turns out that it was all done by that big-breasted idiot... I really can't forgive that big-breasted... At least let me touch it)

"But after lending the umbrella to Airi, Rui-chan couldn't go home, so Airi asked Izumiya-kun for help. We went to the same junior high school, and our routes home are similar."

I am totally unaware of this request.

"I'm really sorry for dragging you into this, Izumitani-kun."

This is really getting involved.

Kaishan mistakenly thought that Kuroki liked me, so he deliberately created a (ridiculous) love incident in which we shared an umbrella and went home together.

Okay, I reluctantly accept that this is Haishan’s fault...but even so, there is still a problem that I can’t understand.

(How did Kuroki know that the dark blue umbrella was mine...?)

"Ellie is such a troubled child, being so enthusiastic about her boyfriend... I really want to see a picture of him."

I wrapped a circle of tape with my favorite cute anime character's design on the handle of my umbrella so that people can recognize it as my umbrella at a glance.

Only I know this.

(But Kuroki is holding my umbrella. How weird!)

"Okay, let's go?"

"……Oh."

There was no way to refuse in this situation.

If I refuse now... my relationship with Kuroki might become strained.

Even though she was a headache for me, I didn't want to have a bad relationship with her who would always sit on my right during the next six months of high school life.