2. The Perks of a Virus

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"Sorry boys, but you have to eat somewhere else today. Please~"
The Basu Brothers look at me with their dumb contacts. I just won their seat on the rooftop. Not to eat lunch, but to stalk Taeko.

The pink one, I forgot his name, nods. "Okay, you can sit there for today, (L/N)" His big brother nods too. "For today", the purple one repeats.
"Oh, thank you sooo much, boys! You are just too nice~" I give them a close eyed smile. "You can sit there again tomorrow, don't worry" I wave as they go to find another place to eat. Even if there are many rumors about them being a vampire and an incubus, my charm still works way better than theirs, if I may say so myself

I let out a long sigh. "Okay... Let's go" I decide that I can take my mask off for this mission. Nobody is going to bother me anyway, at least that's what I hope.
I take out my pen and notepad. I'll write everything I hear down.
"Ok. And now we wait."

As I say this, one of the many doors to the rooftop swings open. As expected, Taeko, Osano and Hanako come in. Raiden is also part of their little group.

Osano and Raiden rant about our new substitute teacher with very disgusted looks on their faces. Hanako looks innocently at them, he probably doesn't understand the problem. "Isn't that just being nice?", he asks.
"No, that's definitely not just 'being nice'", his sister responds. "That kind of behavior is completely unacceptable. You have to report him!" Wow, she sounds like a teacher. But she is right.

I see a dark figure walking right behind Taeko and a small smile creeps into my face. Ayato. He has been following the group around after our little conversation.

He spots me sitting there, ready to write down every single word they will say, and gives me a thumbs up. I give him a close eye smile as a response. Everything is going great. I also smile at the little friend group as they pass by and watch them sit down on the bench. Ayato also sits down right next to me and hands me his phone.

"I've been recording the conversation", he whispers.
"Wonderful", I say, "Operation matchmaking can begin"
"Operation matchmaking?"
"Yep! And it starts with phase one: Stalking our victims to get to know their interest"

Ayato opens the recorder app on his phone and lays it down next to me. "Then let's start.", he smirks.

"Raiden, are you sure you don't want to sit with us? You don't have to eat there all alone", Taeko asks.
"I'm fine, don't worry!", Raiden gives her a thumbs up.

"Senpai is always so caring~" "You met her today!"
Ayato glares at me. "So?"
I sigh. "Forget I said anything"

I still write the information down. Apparently, Taeko is very caring. Noted.
"She also has a strong sense of justice", Ayato says. "She has?" He nods. "Alright."

I hear a gasp from Taeko. "Osano, did you make that yourself?"
"Uh... you mean my lunch? Yeah"
Taeko gasps even louder. "That's so cute!"

"W-what?! What about that is cute?!"
"Those onigiris look like little cats! I don't really like cats, but the onigiris are soooo cute!"
"S-shut up!", Osano responds, clearly flustered. I can imagine his cheeks flushing bright red, putting his hair to shame.

"Let me see!", Hanako says.
"No!"
"Wow...!", he gasps. Looks like he did see Osanos lunch. Ignoring his protests, he leans over the bento. "This looks impressive!"
"It really does!", Taeko agrees.
"Really?"
"Yeah!", her eyes sparkle in amazement.
"Uhhh..." Osano thinks about what he says next. Then he basically punches the bento into Taekos stomach. "You can have it"

"What?! No, I mean..." Taeko stutters. "I really can't accept that! I mean, it's yours, and-"
"Just eat it, dummy!"
"If you don't want it, I'll eat it!", Hanako says and licks his lips hungrily.

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