Chapter 202
After ten of those messages, I finally replied .
Strange .
Even though his test messages were all blank, somehow I could feel the anger .
I think I even hallucinated the word .
Scary .
I chickened out and told him I didn’t notice because I was walking .
He complained, so I replied that patience was a virtue when it came to romance .
I was simply testing him .
I wonder what he’d say if I actually told him that .
It’s going to be a huge problem if you only ever think about yourself, stupid Kaburagi!
Bleh .
Going back to the original topic, getting messaged all the time like this was going to be a pain .
If it got to be too much, would it be better to drop my phone into some water, or have a car run over it…?
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My plans to make the locker look like a frame job from Tsuruhana-san’s crowd went surprisingly well .
It wouldn’t work with the girls in my group since they seem like they would stand up for me no matter what .
Diligent-looking girls like Miharu-chan and Nonose-san, or the girls from my Handicrafts Club on the other hand…
“I feel so bad for Reika-sama . She’s been made out to be the culprit…”
“I’ve never seen Reika-sama harass anybody . ”
“She just happened to be there . How can people be blaming her like that…?”
“Why does Reika-sama have to be suspected like this?”
It didn’t take them long at all to net me a bunch of sympathy votes .
My group followed up on it afterwards of course .
“Reika-sama has been framed . ”
“By whom?”
“Wasn’t there some group that told everybody that they were going to replace her?”
“Ehh? They said that?!”
“Takamichi-san said that it wasn’t Reika-sama who was responsible, but she never said a certain somebody wasn’t . That says it all, don’t you think?”
How you behave in everyday life is pretty important, Tsuruhana-san .
Anyhow, pretty much everybody was convinced that it was some plot by Tsuruhana-san to frame me .
And somehow there seemed to be more solidarity in my group now .
I guess it’s true what they say about making up an enemy to bring a group together .
In the end nobody ever found out who had done it, but the harassment had cooled off since that day, for now at least .
But hopefully the peace would continue until I was a 3rd year at least .
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“Hm hm hm~”
I was happily enjoying tea in the salon until Enjou came along .
“Kisshouin-san, given that tomorrow is White Day, apparently Yukino wants to hand you some sweets in person . Do you think you could find some time tomorrow?”
“Gosh, Yukino-kun does!? Gladly!”
And it was almost spring break so I wanted to visit the other kids before that .
“But spring break is already so close . The kids in primary school are already having half-days . ”
“Don’t worry about that . Lately he’s been bringing the boardgames you showed him at his birthday party to the petit salon . Apparently the kids there have all been playing . ”
“My . ”
The Petit salon, previously filled with children gracefully talking as they sipped tea, was now basically a playhouse?
“I suspect he wants to play them with you, but if you have plans then don’t feel bad about refusing . ”
“Plans?”
My plans were the same as always .
Oh, was he worried that I’d be busy because of White Day?
No need to worry, I’m completely free .
“Speaking of which, are you also going on a date tomorrow, Enjou-sama?”
“Basically . ”
I was just making conversation, but surprisingly got an answer .
I was a little surprised .
And kind of felt like a loser .
Hmmmm, a date on White Day huh?
…Tsk!
Well how awfully nice for you .
A dateless woman like me will just go and play cards with the Petit Pivoine then!
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“Welcome, Reika-oneesan!”
This place was a soothing paradise .
I entered to Yukino-kun and the other children’s adorable smiles .
Haaah, so warm and fluffy .
“Over here, Reika-oneesan . ”
“Why thank you, Yukino-kun . ”
My White Day present from him was rusk in a cute little jar .
Rusk is great, isn’t it .
I love it too!
It’s crunchy and light, and you can’t stop eating it!
I decided to just open it now and try a piece .
Mm, yummy!
“How delicious . Thank you for the lovely gift . ”
Yukino-kun laughed shyly next to me .
An angel!
Still, despite the lightness in your mouth, rusk was heavy on the calories .
I made a note not to overeat .
After that I talked with him and Mao-chan and stuff about what we were going to be doing during the spring break .
For me, I was going to be taking some cram courses, as well as lessons from Akimi-san on cooking .
She had already taught me a few times before .
Akimi-san was kind and never mocked me, even when she had to teach me things as basic as chopping vegetables or making stock .
With her, it was easy to admit what I didn’t know, so I was glad I had come to her .
For now we were just following the recipes and practising different dishes .
Maybe once I had mastered the basics I could start looking for my own flavour .
And then I could start getting popular on the internet with them .
‘Give a boost to your romance with Reika’s cupid recipes!’
Maybe nikujaga for appealing to the male instinct…
“That sounds so nice, Reika-oneesama . Do you think I could come too?” Mao-chan asked entreatingly .
Come to think of it, she said something similar a while back .
“Hmmm, I shall have to ask Akimi-san for her permission, but how about coming to my house to have a look?”
Mao-chan gave a happy cheer .
How could anyone refuse a cute girl like this!
I sure couldn’t!
Yes, it was going to be a bit rough revealing just how bad at cooking I was, but I could always use a vegetable peeler, and to be honest Akimi-san was praising me more these days .
“You’ve gotten really good at cutting vegetables, Reika-san . ”
“You’re really fun to teach since you’re so enthusiastic . ”
“You’ve got really good taste in food presentation . ”
I was the type of person who reacted really well to compliments .
Hearing them made me happy, and want to try harder, so Akimi-san was the perfect teacher for me .
“Reika-oneesan, wanna play a game?” said Yukino-kun as he pulled me by the arm .
Ohh! I’d forgotten about that!
Come to think of it, kids were already playing jenga, cards, and other things here and there around the room .
It was like some high society nursery .
At first I was peacefully playing games like Bozu Mekuri or Concentration, but at some point we started playing Speed instead .
Somehow my memories as the Speed Queen in my old life flared up, and I ended up playing seriously against small children .
I know, I know, it was childish of me .
I’m reflecting on it, but just so you know, I beat them all .
Some of the older boys seemed pretty frustrated about it .
Train harder, boys .
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My wish to get to spring break without any further troubles was of no avail .
My propaganda campaign against Tsuruhana-san had pushed her so far that she apparently decided that confronting us in the cafeteria was the answer .
“You’re a scary girl, Reika-sama,” said Tsuruhana-san . “Pinning the blame for your own crimes on us without batting an eye . ”
“What are you talking about? The one who tried to frame Reika-sama was you!” yelled my group .
Ehhh~?
Come on, not out here, girls…
Just as the two groups were starting to really yell, another group of girls came along .
“Please be quiet . ”
They were from the Student Council .
“Haah? Externals like you lot don’t have the right to tell us what to do,” Tsuruhana-san glared venomously .
“What does this have to do with being an Internal or External Student? We’re the Student Council,” the girl replied .
“And I’m saying that your Student Council doesn’t amount to anything,” she sneered, causing the girl to flush with anger .
Things got even more heated, except now it was a three-way fight .
Come onnn guys, let’s just stop!
Look, everyone’s looking at us, so let’s just calm down!
They’re seriously all staring!
“Who’s causing problems, Reika-san!?”
Of course that was when Ririna decided to swagger in with her own underlings .
Why did an even bigger troublemaker show up!?
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