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While being pampered by the oneesamas, I found the opportunity to slip away and ran back to the classroom.
Returning to Miyu’s seat at the back, Ruka was nowhere to be found. Miyu was all alone, fiddling with her smartphone. So I asked Miyu,

「*Huh*, where’s Ruka?」
「She went outside with her phone, for some reason.」

I guess it was awkward being left alone with a friend of a friend.
Either that, or did something happen while I was away? No, Miyu’s camouflage is perfect. There’s no chance of her stirring up unwanted trouble.

「Here, have some. I got a lot of snacks.」

I placed the drinks and snacks in my arms on top of the table.
The snacks are chocolate, gummies, and candies given to me by the oneesama gang as compensation for the touching.
Miyu glances at the table.

「What’s this? How did you get these?」

I hesitate to say that it’s from me getting toyed with.
I’ll just leave it vague.

「Well, I was being pampered a bit by some oneesans, you see? They gave these away.」
「*Hmm,* aren’t you pretty popular?」

Her words were dripping with sarcasm.
Is something about this upsetting to Miyu-sama?

「I knew it…」

Miyu says under her breath before returning her gaze to her smartphone.
I wanted to ask, ‘What?’ but it’s not the right mood.
Where has Miyu-sama mode disappeared to? Well, in a sense, this is just her acting normal.

「Look, there’s even black tea. You can have it, Miyu.」　
「Don’t want it.」
「Why? Don’t you always drink these?」

I placed the plastic bottle in front of Miyu.
She picks it up but, in exchange, shoots me a glance.

「Who was it? That boy?」
「The one who came to our classroom? A few things happened yesterday.｣
「What do you mean ‘a few things?’」

She was quick to retort, making me panic.
I didn’t expect her to ask for more details.

Miyu is against me joining athletic clubs. It’s because I’d be overexerted, and it’d be worrying to see, apparently. I can’t really refute that.
If I tell the truth, I’m sure her mood will just get worse. If I ever mention swimming in my underwear, she might even faint. I’ll fudge the details.

「He was more stubborn, or I guess persistent, than I expected.」
「Don’t you usually just shoo off those kinds of advances easily?」
「Like, you said that you prefer cute girls, right? So I did it in a girly way.」
「That’s unnecessary.」

Those are some detailed orders.
So she wants me to treat the men the way I always do? Wouldn’t it make me look like some emotionally unstable person?
Still, her tone is awfully sharp. Let’s feed her something sweet to calm her down.

「Here, have some chocolate, okay?」
「Don’t want it.」
「Why～… I can’t finish all of these on my own.」
「Why don’t you give them to her when she comes back, then? Your Ruka-chan.」

She’s putting a weird emphasis on Ruka-chan.
Then, ‘*Ah,*’ I realized. The chaos completely chased it off my mind, but I was fanning her jealousy earlier. It seems to be working better than expected.

There’s this case in addition to Ruka’s.
Without me noticing it, I successfully fueled Miyu’s jealousy even more.
I didn’t really intend to do it, so isn’t it less of an instigation and more of just a terrible situation? Let’s leave the pedantics for later.

*Oh-ho? Is Miyutan mayhaps feeling jealous right nyow?*
I thought of directly teasing her, but it doesn’t seem to be the right mood to play around like that.

There’s so much tension in the air. It’s like there’s a balloon inflated to its limits just floating above us.
If I carelessly mess around, it’s not going to be funny, so I keep my lips shut for now.

「Ah, Misaki-n! Hey, how was it? What happened!?」

However, a woman with no capacity to read the room suddenly appeared beside me. The next moment, Rion’s eyes were drawn to the snacks on the table.

「What’s this? There are so many snacks. And drinks, too!」
「Feel free to eat and drink.」
「Really? Yay!」

Rion gleefully began eating snacks.
Then, after gulping on her choice of drink, she spoke.

「So, what happened?」
「W-what do you mean what happened?」
「With Takagi-senpai and Yoshioka-senpai?」

She’s talking about the two who came all the way to the classroom.

「*Eh*? Wait? Rion, you know them?」
「I don’t know them personally… But they’re apparently popular. Many like them, apparently.」

Is that so? They seem to garner a lot of hate too, though.
But, yeah, I guess they really can’t act the way they do if they’re not competent.

Thinking back, I did feel the eyes of girls at the hallway. Some glances and stares. I see; so that’s what those were.
Let’s just hope I haven’t won the ire of some Yandere girl secretly in love with them.

「For them to go out of their way to talk to you; what did you do, Misakin?」
「No, I really didn’t do anything much…」
「Well, they probably just got baited by your looks, *huh*.」
「Don’t say ‘baited.’」
「That’s exactly why you’re worthy as my partner.」

Rion took out her smartphone and held it up with the lens towards me.

「Now, look this way～ Smile～」
「Stop, stop it, you’re already recording this, aren’t you?」
「Don’t worry about it.」

With a smartphone on hand, Rion went all around me.
I tried taking the phone away from her, but she blocked it with her other hand. I continue to give chase, and another kung fu battle erupts.
While we were messing around, Miyu stood up from her seat behind me.

「Miyu? Where are you going?」
「Restroom.」
「*Ah*, then, I’l*r ham a-ong*…」

As I was about to follow Miyu, Rion pulled my cheek. I grip her fingers, peeling them off of my face.
Miyu has already turned around and left the classroom. Her back was emanating a ‘*Don’t stand behind me*’ aura, so I couldn’t chase after her.

「Are you two still fighting?」

Rion muttered.
We’re not really fighting at all, but I couldn’t help but flinch when she mentioned it.

「This is partly your fault, you know?」
「Why tho? Hurry and make up already.」
「Didn’t you just say that people fighting is entertaining?」
「This is completely different. Miyumiyu is scary.」

Miyumiyu’s silent pressure; enough to make even a psychopath shrink away.
However, I have confidence.

「Well, just hold on to your seat. This is just a sort of prelude. A preamble.」
「*Hah*?」
「Right now, I’m deliberately fanning her jealousy.」
「*Haah*??」

Rion exaggeratedly turns her head a sharp 90 degrees. Well, it’s not something a child like her can understand.

However, things occur in waves. Some degree of variation is necessary.
Piccolo and Vegeta¹ were enemies at first. It’s roughly the same principle as that.
With the release of this stress, the distance between us will shrink instantly.

「Stop doing that sort of nonsense; just go kiss and make up with her.」
「*Hmph*, no need to tell me, that’s the plan.」
「*Eh*? Are you really doing it? Will it go well?」

I’m intentionally making a rift. After that, it’s make it or break it.
I can win this. It’s possible. I’ll make her swoon in one blow.
… *Eh*? It’s still fine, right? Miyu isn’t *that* mad yet, is she?