Chapter 69: A Declaration of Rivalry
Translator: Cryus
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I broke a good sweat playing card gas, so I’m heading off to buy so drinks.
「Yer Noda Sagiri-san, ain’t ya?」
A girl is calling out to .
And she’s speaking in an accent. I turn around to take a look, and sure enough, I don’t know her.
I can sense enmity from the girl. It’s our first eting, right? I study her with a serious face. she has slanted cat-like eyes, and her hair is curled and bleached. She’s also short and chubby.
She’s holding a third-year textbook for a mandatory class, so she’s probably one year younger.
「I wanna talk with ye. Mind if I borrow ye?」
She signals to follow her to an empty classroom nearby.
It was a request that sounded more like an order.
「………………………」
At this timing and situation.
I know what she’s here for. I sigh and follow her.
As we enter the classroom, she turns around and looks at sharply, pointing her finger at .
「I won’t beat around the bush. What is yer relationship with Mizuhara-cchi? Ye guys datin’?」
I knew it.
I give a wry smile and sigh, then look her in the eyes.
「We’re not dating. I’m in the sa club as Michel, and he’s just my junior…」
「………………」
「………………」
……Wait, what?
「Huh? ………Sorry, could you say that again? Who were you referring to?」
That’s weird. I don’t think I heard her say Michel or Arioka-senpai’s na….
「It’s aight. I asked what yer relationship with Mizuhara-cchi was.」
「Mizuhara?!」
I’m shocked. Mizuhara as in Mizuhara Eiichi? I ask her again and she answers with an upset expression.
「Well?」
「No no, we’re not dating. It’s nothing like that at all.」
The girl draws closer, and I shake my hand to make myself clear.
「Then, is it true yer makin’ snacks for Mizuhara-cchi?」
「W-wait a second. First…… Can I get your na?」
She knows about , but I know nothing about her.
She takes a step back and clears her throat.
「Sorry for bein’ impatient. I’m Nonomiya Sakura. But don’t be callin’ Sakura. I don’t like that na.」
「Really? I think it’s cute.」
It’s really Japanese and has a nice ring. There are too many flashy nas, so her traditional and elegant na is actually refreshing.
「It ain’t suit . People tell that I look stern.」
Nonomiya-san looks away. She looks obstinate, but not stern.
「Whatever, ye can call how ya like. …I wanna talk about Mizuhara-cchi. Ye can probably tell, but… I like Mizuhara-cchi.」
「…………………」
I’ve had experience when it cos to Michel and Arioka-senpai, but it’s the first ti with Mizuhara. He said that he doesn’t need romance in his life, so I never expected this case to happen.
Nonomiya-san is sitting in front of and telling about how she fell in love with Mizuhara.
He shows zero interest in romance, so I’m interested in her story.
「I’m in the sa lecture as Mizuhara-cchi, and so is my ex.」
Nonomiya-san used to devote herself to cleaning her ex-boyfriend’s room, cook for him, and even do his laundry.
He was never grateful for what she did for him, instead piling on cocky demands and even cheating on her.
Nonomiya-san reproached him for his disloyalty.
「Well, you’re a little too fat for a girl.」
He retorted without apologizing.
「He’s such a jerk. I feel like crushing him.」
How dare he.
I offer to deal with him.
「I thought about that too, ya know.」
She says calmly. It seems like she’s already forgotten about it.
There’s no reason for to get angry as an outsider, but I’m still pissed.
Nonomiya-san isn’t even fat anyway, and the guy should reevaluate his standards.
「There’s a rich and cute gal in our lecture. My ex seed interested in her, but she had her eyes on Mizuhara-cchi.」
「Hmm……」
Mizuhara seems pretty popular, but I don’t get what’s so charming about him.
Is it because of his personality that makes him a genius as well as an idiot? Or is it because he’s so relaxed and righteous?
「My ex saw Mizuhara-cchi as an enemy since then… but Mizuhara-cchi just ignored the guy. That is, until my ex took away his snacks.」
「Oh… Yeah, I know roughly what happens then.」
Mizuhara doesn’t care about most things, except when it cos to snacks. Nonomiya-san tells that her ex-boyfriend ate all the snacks he took from Mizuhara.
That’s theft…. Obviously, Mizuhara saw her ex-boyfriend as an enemy from that point too.
「Mizuhara-cchi don’t talk much during lecture, but he kept going against my ex during his presentations by asking him tough questions. It may only have been revenge for the snacks, but I felt great when he done it.」
Nice job, Mizuhara. Well done!
「Since then, I’ve been looking real good at Mizuhara-cchi…」
Apparently, the rich girl said:
「I think you look cooler without glasses. Why don’t you try wearing contacts? I wanna see how you look.」
She asked him cutely, but Mizuhara wore 3 glasses to the next lecture (apparently it pissed her off, but I think he’s an idiot for trying).
Nonomiya’s pissed off ex-boyfriend said:
「Oi, Mizuhara. Which do you prefer? Long? Short? I guess you prefer hair to be soft either way.」
He said that to Nonomiya-san indirectly.
「I think it’s fine as long as you have hair at all.」
He didn’t care at all.
「Then I guess you prefer girls with wide eyes. I wouldn’t want a girl with stern and slanted eyes. Right, Mizuhara?」
Again, he was trying to target Nonomiya-san.
「I only care that they can use their eyes.」
Mizuhara added that he prefers 2.5 vision (you’re not one to talk with vision lower than 0.5).
Mizuhara doesn’t care about appearances, so Nonomiya-san began to fall for him.
「I’ve confessed to him twice already, and he done turned down both tis.」
When she made her first confession, it took less than a second for him to reject her. She didn’t give up, and asked him again. The second ti, she used her knowledge about Mizuhara being a part of the Underground Sweets as leverage to talk to him.
「He responded when I talked to him about a snacks store. My mama teaches cooking. I’m good at it too. I thought I could win him over with so good pastries, but it didn’t work.」
She brought so snacks she had made during her spare ti, and confessed again. This ti, it took less than a second for him to crush her hopes.
She asked him to at least take the snacks, and he did.
「I was sure he’d be interested after eating it once.」
Nonomiya-san sighs and takes out a sweet potato from her backpack.
My stomach is rumbling from the sll of butter. Nonomiya-san hears that and offers it to .
I thank her and take a bite.
「Whoa! It’s really delicious!」
The sweet potato and butter are moist, and lt in my mouth. It really feels like she made each one in earnest.
「I never thought butter would go well with sweet potato.」
I swallow it whole.
「…There’s still more. Ye can have all of it.」
「Huh? Really?」
She hands the whole bag of sweet potatoes. There are 3 or 4 of them inside.
I think eating just 1 or 2 is fine, but she insists that I finish it because she’s on a diet.
She’s really not that fat though. But I’m taking her up on her offer.
They’re perfectly baked, and I can’t get tired of the sweetness and taste of the butter.
「There’s a richness to it.」
「I mixed so whipped cream and milk in it.」
「Wow! Sotis whipped cream alone is too rich, and milk is too subtle. I didn’t know you could mix it.」
「For every 200 grams of potato, I put in 10 grams each of whipped cream and milk.」
「I see.」
I finish everything and see Nonomiya-san with a complicated expression.
「Sorry, should I have left so for you?」
「That’s fine… but ye sure eat a lot, Noda-san. How are you so slim? I’m just a bit envious.」
I know my food doesn’t exactly stay in my body.
I wish they helped make my breasts a little larger. Nonomiya-san sighs at .
「I ca to talk about Mizuhara-cchi in the first place. Why did I end up talkin’ about makin’ sweet potatoes?」
I thank her again for her delicious food.
「Once Mizuhara-cchi cos back from Arica, I’m gonna confess to him one more ti. I just wanted to make sure ye guys weren’t datin’.」
She leaves while expressing her relief.
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