King of Highschool Vol 1

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Lunch. Arguably, the most important meal of the day. Now, I know people usually say that breakfast is the most important one, but hear me out. Lunch actually has a good case. If you just think about it, a lot of people have their first meal around noon. And for students like me that need to be awake at the crack of dawn to get to school, we have no time to shove an egg sandwich down our gullet. Lunch really is... this generation's version of breakfast.

"You know that's why we have brunch, right?"

"How dare you interrupt my interior monologuing, you mindreading foreigner! I'll make sure to use every ounce of my protagonist's powers to make you suffer in the most agonizing way possible!"

"C-Calm your rage, sir. I just wanted to talk to you about something."

"Hmph. Commoners-."

"Suck."

"Kings-."

"Rule."

"Nyam-!"

"With all due respect, sir. Do we need to do this every time?"

"Why, of course. You can be somebody else wearing the same face as Shawn. Only by completing this sacred ritual, can I truly confirm that it's you."

"*Sigh...* Can't you tell just by my good looks?"

I'll give you a very generous six out of ten.

*Pomf.*

Despite not completing the ritual, Shawn sat in the seat across from me. Grr. I'll let it slide just this once.

*Ssh. Ssh.*

For lunch, Shawn was eating a classic burger from the school menu. What a bliss that must be. Compared to my rice with a side of takuan. And with the dessert takuan I had yesterday, I may actually collapse from takuan overdose.

"Hmm? What is it, sir?"

"N-Nothing."

Gotta keep my eyes off the burger. Anymore, and I might lash out and eat that juicy thing in one gulp!

"So sir. There are three things I wanted to talk to you about."

"Right, right. What is it? Just so you know, I'm not helping you with any of your studies."

"Damn it. Then I have two things I wanted to talk to you about. A-Ahem. Earlier today, when I walked in. I saw you briefly talking to the shining beauty."

"..."

"Can you tell me what that was all about?"

"Oh, that? We exchanged phone lines."

"Ohhh. Gotc-."

*Ka-boom!*

"...H-Huh?"

*Splat!*

Ahhh! The burger!

"Y-Y-... Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-You have the-?!"

Almost immediately, Shawn lowered his voice and pulled me close to whisper in my ear.

"Y-You... You got the shining beauty's number?"

"Umm, yeah."

"Umm, yeah? What kind of answer is that?! I'm clearly asking for a fully detailed answer accompanied with a flashback scene!"

"W-Where the heck are we going to get a flashback scene?"

"Life finds a way, sir! Que the flashback scene!"