Color of Love

Eat

I watched as Charlotte reached over and not-so-casually took Sayaka's cheese out of her lunch box when she wasn't looking. Once Sayaka turned and realized the situation, she bonked Charlotte on the head, causing an immediate tearing up reaction. Sayaka quickly waved her hands around, before piling all of her cheese into Charlotte's box. 

"Homura?"

I hadn't even realized I had been spacing off until her voice brought me back and I turned to look at the sweet pink-haired girl. 

"Yes, Madoka?" I asked. 

"You should eat something." Her eyes were filled with concern as she met my own, then she picked up a boiled sausage with her chopsticks, holding it up to my face. "Here, eat."

I felt a blush creep across my face as I accepted the offered bite, pulling it off her chopsticks with my teeth and chewing thoughtfully. She flashed that brilliant smile of hers in return, going back to her food. 

I couldn't help but watch the girl as she ate her food and joked with Sayaka, who was seated beside her. Once more, not eating my own lunch. 

Along with my recent transformation, I had lost my appetite. For some reason I've yet to pinpoint exactly why, but I haven't been able to eat more than a few bites in the past month. I haven't lost much weight though, which is also suspicious. 

"Homura, you're doing it again."

Blink blink. "Doing what."

"Staring off into space. We're gonna run out of lunch time if you're not careful."

I sigh, putting my bento back together. "It's fine, I'm not hungry."

She looked at me, eyebrows scrunched together and pink eyes watery. "Homura..."

"I'll eat when I get home, I promise."

"Alright..." she said, seemingly accepting that answer. 

"I'll excuse myself first." I said, and stood up, carrying my wrapped-up bento off, back to my classroom.