Tied Together [Book 2]

Chapter 43: Addition

Nagisa's POV

Our school days progressed as usual.

Except now, we have Iyo-chan tailing behind us. The blonde girl sighed as she closed her eyes, the wind blowing her hair.

"It's too bad Karma-senpai isn't in this school..." She said.

Arisa-chan looked at the girl as she rested her head on her hand. "Geez, Iyo-chan... And wait, why are you eating with us?"

Iyo-chan opened her bento and took out her chopsticks. "Iyo must observe her rival!" She looked at me.

"Hahaha..." I sweat dropped.

Iyo has been appearing here and there ever since we met in the first day of the school year. Especially when Karma's around.

I noticed Chiyuki-chan looking at Iyo-chan's bento with her eyes sparkling. Iyo-chan's bento had high-class food in it, which can make anyone drool.

"I-Iyo-chan..." Chiyuki-chan stuttered. "That's quite a bento you got there..."

"Hm? Iyo's bento?" Iyo-chan looked at Chiyuki-chan. "The chef at Iyo's house made this."

"Chef?!" Arisa-chan put her arms up. "As expected of the Yamaguchi family..."

"But doesn't that just mean she can't cook?" Sasahara-kun laughed.

"I-Iyo can cook! Don't underestimate her!" Iyo-chan shouted back. "Now that you mention it, Iyo will make a bento for Karma-senpai one day!"

"Oh, no need to do that, Nagisa-chan already makes it for him," Arisa-chan said.

"Nagisa-senpai does?!"

"Yeah. Well, not all the time."

Iyo-chan smiled, "Then Iyo will make a bento for him when Nagisa-senpai doesn't!" She smiled proudly.

"How positive, Iyo-chan," I looked at her with a smile.

"Of course! Iyo needs to give her all to compete with her rival."

"Wait, Nagisa-chan! You're not supposed to root for her!" Arisa-chan sweat dropped as Chiyuki-chan and Sasahara-kun nodded.

Iyo-chan looked at me with a smile. "Is Karma-senpai coming here today?"

I replied, "Hm, I don't know. It depends on him."

"So he just felt like coming here the other day?"

"Yeah, I guess so."

She crossed her arms. "Ahh, Karma-senpai... When will you do that for Iyo?" She blushed.

She pointed her finger at me with a confident smile. "Iyo makes a better girlfriend for Karma-senpai!"

"How can you be so sure?" Sasahara-kun questioned her.

"Because Iyo is cuter than Nagisa-senpai!" She put a hand on her chest.

I sweat dropped.

Arisa-chan narrowed her eyes. "If you're cute, then Nagisa-chan is beautiful!"

"Yeah, that's right!" Chiyuki-chan agreed.

The blondie smiled, "No one can resist Iyo's cuteness."

"Yeah, yeah," Arisa-chan deadpanned as she continued to eat.

"Iyo definitely won't give up!" Iyo-chan stood up. "Not when she's found her perfect prince!"

"...Akabane-kun as a prince? It's kinda hard to imagine..." Arisa-chan sweat dropped.

I smiled at Iyo-chan. "I like her spirit."