Classroom of the Elite: Crimson Usurper (Volume 1)

Chapter 2.1

JUST AFTER peaking through the door of the cafeteria, me and Ayanokouji agreed to just go to the convenience store.

"Nope, nope, nope. I'm not going in the cafeteria. Not with my life!" Ayanokouji slightly raises his voice/

"Yeah, yeah, I see your point. Let's just go to the convenience store." I responded.

While walking to the convenience store, once Ayanokouji was near the door, I saw a petite, short girl with shore white hair and a cane. She was walking with a boy with yellow hair and a boy who really needs to visit South Korea for plastic surgery with dark, long hair.

'Is she looking at our direction?' was all I thought before entering the store while Ayanokouji holds the door for me.

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After Ayanokouji buys some bread and I buy a honeybun with lemonade iced tea, we both walked back to our classroom.

"Seems like there are various students quietly eating alone while there's a group of friends eating together. The only thing common is that nearly everyone has a bento from either the convenience store or the cafeteria."  Ayanokouji states,

"I guess we're part of the group that got food from the convenience store." I said.

Strangely, me and Ayanokouji have gotten close as friends, although not to the point of saying each other's first names. I know he doesn't think of me as a friend.

I don't either.

But even having a conversation with a person that has at least a 'preferable wavelength' is nice. I don't really enjoy having seemingly useless talks or just things that aren't really important or interesting to delve into.

We went to our seats, basically my seat is behind Ayanokouji. We both were going to eat, until a certain queen was already at her seat.

Not tempted to say anything, me and Ayanokouji stayed quiet.

Horikita glances at me, then Ayanokouji, and then back to eating. I suppose she doesn't want to talk.

I took my first bite into my honeybun. 

'Delicious.'

I swallowed my honeybun and was going to make my second bite while Ayanokouji was going to make his first bite until something interesting happened.

Music started to play out of the speakers, which I am assuming, it's time for the...

Club fair?

"Today, at 5pm in gymnasium number 1, there will be a club fair. For those of you with an interest in clubs, please come to gymnasium number 1. I repeat, today──"

──I realized Tachibana has a cute voice. Very cute.

Instead of Ayanokouji asking the question, I made the question myself to Horikita─

"Hey, Horikita───"

"I have no interest in clubs."

"I'm scared how you were able to anticipate something like that..."

"It's something a competent person could do, unfortunately for you, you don't have such talent."

"Why? Ice Queen, why?"

"Don't call me that." Horikita retorts,

"Ice girl?" I recommended,

"No." 

"Bitch-girl?"

At this point, she doesn't even respond, well at least verbally, she responds with a death glare before looking at Ayanokouji.