“Are you free for lunch? Do you want to eat together?”
Matsushita:Are you going on a date Horikita-san?
Kei glared at me hearing that
I look at her and say through eye contact that she is a neighbor
Horikita:I was just asking a favor that's all
Ayanokouji to Kei:See?
During our break, Horikita came up and invited me out.
“It’s unusual to get an invitation from you. I feel nervous.”
“There’s no reason to be. I can treat you to the vegetable meal set, if that’s okay with you.”
Wait, wasn’t that the free meal?
Ike: Hahahahaha
“I’m joking. Seriously, whatever you want to eat is on me.”
“Now I’m definitely scared. Is there some kind of catch?”
Sudo:What do you mean by that Ayanokouji?
Ayanokouji:Just watch the video Sudo.
An invitation from Horikita was suspicious enough. The suddenness of the request also gave me pause.
Kanzaki:It certainly is suspicious.
“If people can’t honestly accept kindness, then mankind will meet its end, won’t it?” she asked.
“Well, I suppose so, but…”
With no other plans, I decided to follow Horikita to the cafeteria, where I chose one of the most expensive special meal sets. Together, we sat down.
“Well then, shall we eat?” she asked.
Horikita started at me intently, as if she were waiting for me to begin.
Katsuragi: There definitely is a catch.
Ryueen: Kukukukukukukukukukuku
Sakayanagi: Fufufufufufufufufufufufu
Kamuro/Ibuki:'creepy'
“What’s the matter, Ayanokouji-kun? Aren’t you going to eat?”
“Oh.”
There was definitely a catch, no doubt about it. Nevertheless, I couldn’t just sit here and not eat. Letting the food get cold would be a waste. I hesitantly bit into my croquette.
“I know this is rather sudden, but I want to talk to you about something.”
“I have a bad feeling about this…”
Keisei: You're not the only one
Just as I was preparing to flee, she grabbed my hand.
“Ayanokouji-kun, I’ll ask once again. Will you listen to me?”
“Ugh…”
“Ever since Chiyabashira-sensei’s warning, fewer people have arrived late or talked in class. When I say we eliminated more than half of the reasons our class got into trouble, I’m not exaggerating.”
“Yeah, that’s true. It wasn’t really a difficult issue to begin with, though.”
There was no guarantee things would continue in this vein, but at least these last few days had been considerably better than before.
