"Sit here?"
Takashi glanced toward the audience seats of Shuchiin.
Maki ignored him outright. Nagisa smiled with harmless innocence.
Kaguya's gaze was icy. Tsuba kept sneaking glances at him.
Kei looked indifferent. Chika wore a friendly smile, while Miko looked at him thoughtfully.
As for the boys led by Shirogane Miyuki—well, no need to even ntion them.
After scanning the crowd, Takashi had only one thought: "I absolutely cannot stay here."
If there were tiers to love triangles, then Shuchiin would be at least SS-rank.
It was a danger zone Takashi absolutely did not want to enter.
"This doesn't seem appropriate… Aoba and Shuchiin are rivals after all. And my schoolmates are all watching."
He gave an awkward laugh and pointed toward the Aoba audience section.
At so point, the Aoba cheer squad had stopped performing.
Led by Furumaki Ayami, the Aoba students were glaring daggers at him. Their eyes were far from friendly—more like burning with fury.
Their silent stares pierced through the air, almost screaming: "We are ready to fight to the death—why has our king surrendered before the battle even begins?!"
"So what?" said Ryuju Momo indifferently, then smiled sweetly.
"Besides, weren't you the one giving those pitiful eyes just now? Weren't you trying to sit next to ?"
Takashi: "?"
He had to admit, he had winked at Ryuju Momo just now.
But… Did that really an he wanted to sit next to her?
That's one hell of a misunderstanding.
"Shaless. He was clearly winking at ."
Nagisa scoffed in her heart.
"Senpai was obviously saying hi to ."
Thanks to so nonsense from Moeha, Kei was now convinced Takashi had co for her.
"What a narcissist. That wink was clearly ant for ."
Kaguya was suddenly annoyed by Momo.
"Huh? So it wasn't ant for ?"
Tsuba felt a wave of relief—and an unexpected pang of disappointnt.
"Um… The guys from your school don't look too happy with . If I sit here, I'm probably getting beat up."
Takashi wasn't sure what others thought of him.
But Shirogane Miyuki definitely wanted to beat him up.
Well, can you bla the guy? After all, his sweet little sister whom he raised with care had been snatched away by Takashi.
If Takashi had a cute little sister like Kei, he wouldn't let a single blonde within a hundred ters of her. He'd shark them all on sight.
"Don't be afraid. I'll protect you."
Momo cast a casual glance toward the boys—instantly, all of them except Shirogane Miyuki averted their gazes.
On the list of "People You Absolutely Must Not ss With" at Shuchiin, Momo was near the very top—probably top three.
Because her dad was basically a gangster, and he even owned a summoning device for his great-grandma.
You try reasoning with her, she just whips out the truth—right against your temple—and asks, "What did you say?"
"Um…" Takashi tried to say sothing, but Momo's expression turned cold in an instant.
"My leg's been up this whole ti. It's getting tiring. How much longer do you expect to hold it?"
Ignoring the furious glares from his fellow Aoba students, Takashi imdiately sat down next to Momo.
Seeing him sit down, she gave a smug smile, like, "See? You're no match for ."
She lowered her long, shapely leg clad in black thigh-high socks, rested her elbow on her thigh, leaned her face on her palm, and smiled at the visibly uncomfortable Takashi without saying a word.
Takashi sat up straight, hands properly placed on his knees, the picture of a well-behaved elentary schooler, textbook posture and all.
He looked totally obedient on the outside, but in reality, his mind was racing: What the hell happened to Momo?
Last ti they t, she hadn't acted anything like this.
"Wondering why I decided to keep you around?"
It was like Momo could read his mind, asking him with a smile.
"Uh, yeah."
"After we talked on the phone last ti, I had soone look into you."
Takashi's face contorted with all sorts of expressions.
Seriously? Do all rich girls like snooping into people's backgrounds?
First Nagisa, and now you?
Figures—a school only produces one kind of person.
Can't people just trust each other a little more?
Did he look like so trashy guy?
He was just trying to make so quick cash while giving every lovely girl a warm and cozy ho!
Takashi believed that a real man's duty was to let more girls feel love and warmth.
Every girl deserves to be loved.
And if no one else would love them, he could be the placeholder—until they found their true prince. Then, he'd quietly fade away.
What was wrong with that?
Shouldn't the ones at fault be guys like Aki Tomoya and Ito Makoto?
If they weren't so indecisive and greedy, trying to have it all, would he even have a chance to step in?
"I was originally thinking maybe you'd offended one of them. I thought I could diate, help smooth things over."
Momo could clearly read every expression on Takashi's face.
She usually wasn't the type to explain herself.
She did whatever she pleased, never caring what others thought of her.
But with Takashi… it was different.
She didn't know why, but she cared what he thought.
Just like how she didn't understand why she agreed to let Takashi tour the school with her that day—when he shyly and nervously asked her—it was the sa now.
Was Momo a warm-hearted person?
Answer: No.
Her father was an internationally wanted criminal, her mother the head of a dostic violent gang—growing up in that kind of family, how could Momo possibly be so saint?
If she really were that kind of person, she wouldn't have lived this long.
Momo had seen blood, had seen people die in front of her, had seen soone thrown into a steel barrel at a construction site, cent poured in, and the body sunk to the bottom of Tokyo Bay.
Soone like her should've told Takashi to get lost the mont he got close.
But she didn't. She even gave him a tour of the school.
The second ti they t, she even lent him money.
So friends know each other for years—ten, maybe more—and still wouldn't lend you money if you asked.
But she t Takashi twice, and she lent him money.
Even Momo herself found it hard to believe afterward.
She felt like she'd been hexed. She even went to consult a spiritual master to check if Takashi had done sothing to her.
Of course, that was sothing she would absolutely never tell Takashi.
That secret—she planned to take it to the grave.
"And guess what I found out in the end?"
The warmth in Momo's smile vanished instantly, and her gaze turned terrifying.
Takashi shuddered.
He definitely knew what Momo had found out.
Takashi sat ramrod straight, his back drenched in sweat.
His spine was like a ruler right now!
"I found out you were the one who made the first move on them."
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