#8
“… … want to eat together? Me and you?”
“Yes… … Just in case you’re alone.”
“It is, but… … ”
It wasn’t just Yuri who was surprised by the sudden offer.
Rubia, who has a good personality, can invite a classmate to have dinner with her. It could be enough. It wasn’t very strange.
But my opponent was me.
… … I feel like I’m the only one who cares. Even though such a thing happened during the day, I did not know that Rubia would make such an invitation first.
is this okay
I don’t know if it’ll go well with a face-to-face meal.
Of course, Rubia wasn’t the only one here. In a one-on-one and awkward atmosphere, there will be no situation where you don’t know whether the rice goes through your nose or your mouth. maybe.
nonetheless.
To be honest… Uncomfortable.
That’s not natural. It’s not easy to eat together with a childhood friend who held me in front of me until a few hours ago and cried.
In fact, Rubia is also watching me carefully.
It is only then that when I enter the dining room, I see myself and take another bite. I’m sure I’ll watch it once, then take another bite and repeat. No matter what happened, I would never have expected such a friendly atmosphere at the dining table… …
I don’t think we need to eat together.
Even just looking at the glass couldn’t stop Rubia from drying out, it just seemed like she was hoping with all her body that I would reject Rubia’s invitation.
More glass than that, he’s real.
Maybe someday, we should have an honest conversation and instill proper etiquette education for our classmates.
You seem to hate being treated like a child, but isn’t it you who acts like a child more than anyone else? really. They say they don’t like people, and they say they don’t like it.
Rubia made a request like this, so it was difficult to say no at once, so she used Yuri as an excuse to speak up.
“Are you okay? He must be a little uncomfortable.”
“yes?”
Rubia looked at the glass next to her.
It certainly wasn’t a good look.
“… what happened? two people?”
When Rubia asked that question with a worried look, I shrugged lightly.
“I don’t know. I think he hates me.”
Rubia blinked a couple of times.
“… uh? really? Really, Yuri?”
“… … ”
Perhaps she thinks I’m saying something useless, Yuri stares at me for a while, then turns her eyes away from Rubia and me, and opens her mouth slightly.
“… … I don’t like it. Not bad. I don’t like it. Even touching someone’s hair for the first time, it’s annoying.”
“Um, hair… … ?”
Rubia said with a little surprise.
Yuri thinks that Rubia’s reaction gives strength to her words, and continues with a more confident tone.
“okay! I’m completely ignoring you, kid? Aren’t you one-sidedly friendly, saying that I’m like your own little sister? Even when I ask him not to talk to me, he keeps touching me. Aren’t you angry and tired of meddling all the time?”
At that point, I objected.
“No, yum. First of all, aren’t you the one who was harsh? what did i do wrong Am I the only one who makes such a strange person?”
“What? did i say something wrong? From my point of view, you are a strange person, right?”
“Hey… others say As you said, who was the one who even used his abilities on the first person he met? What would you do if you did that wrong and got hurt? Also, if you tell me the reason why I don’t like the person I love, I don’t know. Just what is this, just this?”
Yuri wags the tail of her golden hair tied with a black ribbon and speaks like a whimper.
“I don’t like her skinny face and her voice. done? I hate men too, but especially with your type… … ”
“glass.”
“… … yes?”
By the time our quarrel, not our quarrel, fills the dining hall hallway with faint echoes.
Rubia cut Yuri’s words.
There was an eerie chill.
I looked back there.
There was Rubia, who looked down at the glass with a hard voice with a slightly frown on her fine brow while keeping her mouth shut and making a complicated expression.
“Is Ezio true?”
“Well, what… … ?”
“You used your powers on Ezio.”
In other words, there was an angry Rubia. It was quite refreshing because it was something I had not seen in a very long time.
Yuri responded as if she was making an excuse while stuttering with her small body shriveled up even more.
“Ah, um… Boy, he’s really pissing me off. … And it was as if the ability suddenly disappeared in the middle, so I ended up not using it… … ”
“You mean you wrote it anyway?”
Yuri quietly nodded her head at Rubia’s cold, oppressive tone.
“… … Yes… ”
Rubia’s tone grew stronger.
“Under any circumstance, that would be the wrong thing to do. You almost put your classmates in danger. As Ezio said, what would he do if something bad happened to Ezio?”
“… … ”
“From the first day of school, there was a risk of a dangerous accident. No matter how angry Ezio made you, it was something you should never do. It’s a little disappointing for you, Yuri.”
what.
He seemed a lot more angry than I thought.
I didn’t know that the cautious Rubia would use a strong wording to say that she was directly disappointed in her opponent… …
Perhaps Yuri was also quite shocked, and his parents were so angry that he was caught making a joke, and he bowed his head like a dead child.
“… … yes… I’m sorry, Rubia… ”
what do you mean
It was sad, but it was trivially cute.
If the present Yuri had animal ears, it would have drooped down.
Rubia firmly shook her head.
“No, I am not sorry. You should be sorry for Ezio. Apologize directly to Ezio, Yuri.”
“… … ”
At that point, the glass was completely sunk.
I’m thankful that Rubia is on my side, but Yuri’s face is unusual. I don’t think this will only diminish your affinity for me.
Even if it’s the second one.
Seeing that Yuri, who was always tickled by my words and actions, couldn’t move because of Rubia’s sincerity, a rather happy feeling began to rise from within.
Soon, Yuri’s rattled voice crawls up.
“… … mi… ”
“… … ?”
Plump pink lips are dazzling.
Yuri seemed very conflicted.
Will he break his high self-esteem and obey Rubia’s words and apologize to me, or will he cut down on Rubia’s favorable feelings, whom he barely made friends with, saying that he will never bow his head to me?
You wouldn’t want to do both.
It is truly a dire situation.
That’s why I didn’t treat my friend well. All of this is more than your business. Take it sweetly, boy.
Next to Rubia watching, Yuri bit her chapped lips and barely vomited out pieces of words.
“mi… … mi… ”
“I can’t hear you in small words, Yuri. Raise your head.”
“… … ”
Rubia sternly swears by her side.
I didn’t expect that the situation would turn out like this, and Yuri’s soft cheeks and ears were burning red. By now, intense shame must have run rampant inside the glass.
Whether it was unfair or resentful at all, the water droplets on the tip of the eyelashes. Only then did it become like crying a child.
Well… …
I’m kind of sorry because I can even see tears.
If this is enough, I would have seen all the reactions.
Why, well.
I honestly don’t really care.
As a result, there was no damage whatsoever. Rather, he chewed on Yuri’s ability and gave him a small amount of revenge, so there was nothing to accumulate from my point of view.
It’s something I always think of, but when he gets angry, it’s actually rather pitiful.
Most of all, if Yuri’s stubborn cat-like attitude became obedient, it wouldn’t be as much fun as it is… …
I kept watching the situation with my arms crossed.
I took a deep breath first.
“Okay, Rubia. People may make some mistakes. In the end, nothing happened, so it’s okay, isn’t it? At first, I wasn’t even mad.”
“… … !”
Yuri stopped talking on my shield and gently raised her head.
He seemed to be a bit perplexed, perhaps because he thought that if it were me, he would chuckle and accept his shameful apology to the end.
Rubia raised her eyebrows and looked at me.
“No, Ezio. This is the part where Yuri has to properly apologize to you… … ”
“Rubia.”
“… … ”
quietly called her name.
“I am fine. because nothing happened And Yuri’s words aren’t wrong at all. You might be hated because you keep sagging after grabbing a kid who doesn’t want to talk to me.”
“… … ”
“You were more excited than necessary. Calm down. There is no need for you to go so far as to solve problems that we can solve through dialogue.”
Rubia’s eyes widened slightly at my words.
“… … I’m on my way… I just… ”
Then he bowed his head with a complicated face.
… … Why does the atmosphere become somber again?
driving me crazy. that’s true
understand it The point that made Rubia angry was probably the situation itself that I was almost in danger.
If it were someone other than me, I would have only mentioned that it was the wrong thing to do.
There was no need to push the glass so far. It wasn’t like the usual Rubia.
It wasn’t a happy thing for me either. Thank you for taking special care of me, but I didn’t feel very happy.
As the air current between the three of us became strange, Stella was restless.
Without being able to do this or that, only eyes that are as pretty as starlight are rolling around.
I must have been grinning at the thought of going out to eat with my new friends, but I’m sorry.
It seems like I’m going to have dinner in an atmosphere that’s become gloomy because of me… …
Guess how to tie the knot first.
It’s impossible for Yuri to stay like this all the time, and at this point, I decided to bend over first.
In my experience, for a type like Yuri, this approach is probably more accessible.
“Hey, Yuri.”
“… … ”
Yuri turned her gaze and avoided my eyes.
I soften my voice and open my mouth.
“I’m sorry if I offended you a lot. I don’t think I’ve done much to be hated, but I’ve had some heartaches because of my very sharp attitude. I didn’t know you would like it so much.”
“… … ”
“… But dude, I understand your personality, but you have to tell me something to fix it. Of course, if you say you don’t like my face and voice, there’s no way to fix it… … There’s really nothing I can do if you say you don’t even want to make eye contact with me. Do you really hate me that much?”
“… … ”
The depressed Yuri didn’t respond for a while.
dory dory.
He shook his head very slowly.
I smiled softly and said.
“Is that so? i don’t hate you I said that she looks like a cute little sister because she looks really pretty and cute, so I said it to show her affection. I apologize if that sounds like a derogatory word to you. It’s my fault for not understanding your position. Sorry.”
“… … ”
Was my sincere apology delivered well?
This time he nodded his head slowly.
Are you really the same age as me, are you?
Why do you keep wanting to stroke my hair?
He looked at Rubia for a moment and said.
“If you’ve talked to Rubia, you’d know, but she’s a friend who worries a lot. Don’t get too upset just because you got angry for a while. As long as you apologize properly, I will never hate you or do anything like this.”
“… … ”
“In that sense, I want to be as close to you as possible. If I don’t like you, and you don’t like me either, shall we shake hands to reconcile? I don’t have to say it, so if you feel sorry for me, you can shake my hand with me coolly. Is it easy?”
“… … ”
after speaking.
He slid his hand out to Yuri, who was still avoiding my eyes.
How did it get to this point when we stopped by the restaurant for dinner? If you’re lucky that no one is in the hallway, you’re lucky. It might have been a bit embarrassing if someone other than the party had seen it.
I still held out my right hand.
Meanwhile.
Yuri’s red eyes used to look to the side as if my hand pushed in front of him was burdensome, but as I stood still without saying a word, they gradually began to return to their original position.
don’t rehearse
Just waiting patiently.
“… … ”
“… … ”
How long did the silence last?
Whoops.
finally.
The white, white hands of the glass, which are about half the size of my hands, rise up little by little, eventually tangled in my hands, giving me that warm warmth.
By the way.
It didn’t end there.
Yuri carefully speaks out.
“… … sorry.”
“… … !”
For a moment, I thought I heard it wrong.
But it wasn’t.
Yuri’s reddish face was proof of that.
It had ripened red with shame before, but now it was better than that, but not at a better level.
I was embarrassed to say it too, so I just kept my mouth shut and didn’t open my mouth anymore.
That was satisfactory enough.
I gently wrapped Yuri’s hand and waved it briefly.
“Thank you, Yuri. Let’s do well in the future.”
“… … I don’t know.”
In the end, he quickly pulled out the hand he had shaken with me, put it in his uniform pocket, and began to stare at something other than me as before.
I said so to Yuri.
I can’t seem to shake the feeling of being like a cute little sister. Where do you see this cuteness of a girl of the same age as me?
“Rubia.”
I said to Rubia with a somewhat complicated face.
“… … Ah, yes.”
Rubia came to her senses and raised her head.
“Thanks for the suggestion, you can eat together today. I don’t think I’m interfering here. stellar… Right? Stella seems to be shy too, but suddenly eating with a guy you don’t know can be inconvenient. … … uh? No?”
While speaking, Stella quickly shook her head.
do you mean okay?
It was a rather violent denial, so I was a little embarrassed.
While contemplating how to say no.
Stella, who was blushing because of her shyness, placed her hand on her chest and opened her mouth quietly.
“… Me and Ezio-san… I want to be friendly. … Let’s eat together… ”
The first time I heard Stella’s voice, it had a calm tone that was perfect for sleeping at night.
Neither Rubia nor Yuri seemed to be able to see what Stella was talking about, and their eyes widened in surprise.
Ruby, though.
Even Stella is saying the same thing.
All that’s left is glass.
“… … ”
As she is looking down at Yuri, Yuri slowly turns her head to the side as if you are telling her to do it on her own.
this is true
I nodded my head tremblingly.
“… OK got it. What are you going to eat together?”
It took about ten minutes to decide to have a meal together. It must be a bit like the picture to fall for eating alone again here. Can not help it.
So things are settled.
“Well then, shall we go now… Guys?”
Rubia, who smiled vaguely at my nod, took the lead and led us into the dining room.
… … after a while.
As I picked out the buffet-style array of food with them and placed them on a bowl, I resolved the doubts I had previously harbored in my mind.
“Oh, hey. glass. What is this? It looks like black beans, but it smells completely different. I think it’s a bit fishy… Is this too expensive?”
“Don’t make a fuss, you idiot. Have you never eaten caviar?”
“yes? Caviar?”
“It’s beluga caviar. I don’t even know if it’s expensive. don’t ask me But if you look at what you don’t know, it doesn’t seem that common.”
“Hey, are you still a precious princess of a country? I have a deep knowledge of fine food.”
“… shut up.”
The other kids didn’t know, but I knew.
It’s been a while, but I think it’s right.
“… … ”
Rubia, who had invited me to join her first, didn’t seem to be in a good mood right now.
Princess check ✔️