It's a romantic comedy for everyone, so why am I the only one single?

But actually, this guy is just introverted, secretly passionate, and even a bit timid; he's actually quite easy to get along with.

Based on Iura Hide's understanding of him, Sengoku Sho's statement was either a joke or he had ulterior motives.

"Tell me, what favor do you want me to do this time?"

Exposed, Senshi Sho coughed lightly twice, feigning composure, and said, "It's nothing, it's just that this Saturday, the school arranged for the student council to visit a welfare home in Nerima Ward."

"Just a gesture of sympathy?" Iura Hide stared at his eyes suspiciously.

Sure enough, in less than two seconds, Senshi Xiang guiltily avoided his gaze.

"The main thing is to bring some gifts to visit and offer our condolences, and then play games with the children there, help with cleaning and such. You're not very good at these things, Iura."

"What do you mean I'm good at! Until the day before yesterday, my relationship with my sister wasn't good at all, okay?" Iura Hide said, rolling his eyes again.

Although he has the characteristics of a husky, he's really not very good at dealing with human babies.

"Besides, Nerima Ward is too far away, isn't it? It would take several hours by train."

"It's not that exaggerated. It only takes about an hour to get there from the school."

""

Iura Hide was immediately speechless.

"If it takes an hour to get there, and then you add the time to come back, wouldn't that take two hours?"

"It's the weekend! A precious weekend for us high school students!!!"

"You want me to waste two precious hours of my weekend on the tram? Is that something a human being would do?!"

"I said, if your student council is short-handed, can't you recruit a few more people? Every time there's something to do, you either ask me for help or you ask Hori-kun. I'm practically becoming your student council's handyman."

Faced with Iura Hide's crazy吐槽 (tu cao, meaning to roast or criticize), Sengoku Sho's aloof expression finally broke down, and he touched his nose and chuckled dryly.

"It's okay, Hori-san will be there too."

"What does it matter to me whether Hori-kun goes or not? I'm not that sycophant Ishikawa."

"???"

Not far away, Toru Ishikawa, who had been missing Hori-kun so much that he couldn't fall asleep until late last night, stood up with a yawn, ready to ask Hide Iura if he wanted to go to the vending machine to buy a can of coffee together, when he heard this guy's sarcastic remark.

Good grief, does this guy not want unlimited drinks anymore?

A row of black lines also appeared on Ishikawa Toru's forehead.

However, he then approached with a smile that, in Iura Hide's eyes, was that of a '100% purebred simp'.

"No problem, Saturday, right? I'm free!"

""

For a moment, not only Sengoku Sho and Iura Shu were speechless, but even Kono Sakura, who was watching the commotion from the sidelines, was silenced.

"OK then!"

Sho Sengoku chuckled dryly, secretly praying that Kyoko Hori wouldn't blame him, and agreed to Toru Ishikawa's request.

As for Hideaki Iura, he eventually agreed.

There was nothing he could do; it was all because of that shameless guy, Toru Ishikawa, who, in order to get back at him for his earlier sarcastic remarks, threatened him with the promise of two weeks' worth of lunch and drinks.

"Damn it, how come I never noticed before that this guy could be so shameless?"

The thought of this precious Saturday slipping away from him filled Hideki Iura with immense frustration.

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Chapter 39 The Husky Was Taken Away

"Hi, Ishikawa, Iura——"

"Huh? What's wrong with this husky? Why is it so listless again?"

At the classroom door of Class 1, Hori Kyoko and Yoshikawa Yuki, who were carrying lunch boxes, had just stepped out of the classroom after the fourth period in the morning when they saw Ishikawa Toru, who was all smiles and full of energy, and Iura Hide, who was still a little annoyed.

Of course, Mashiro, who was right next to Iura Hide and almost leaning against him, also came into their view.

Haha, that's how it is.

Ishikawa Toru enthusiastically explained to the two of them.

As expected, both Kyoko Hori and Yuki Yoshikawa couldn't help but smile after hearing this.

Yoshikawa Yuki, in particular, wore a gloating expression, covering her mouth with her long sleeves and laughing so hard she almost bent over.

However, both she and Hori Kyoko were secretly glancing at Mashiro while Ishikawa Toru was explaining, clearly showing their curiosity about her.

"Then who is this?"

"This is Shiina Mashiro, a new transfer student in our class. Because she comes from Japan, she is unfamiliar with and unaccustomed to many things, so the teacher specifically assigned me to take care of her."

"So this is ah!"

Both Hori Kyoko and the other woman showed expressions of sudden realization, and at the same time, they inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.

That's right, Iura Hide is usually so carefree and doesn't seem to have any ambitions, how could he suddenly find such a beautiful girlfriend?

If the transfer student is assigned to be cared for by the teacher, then it is perfectly normal and reasonable.

“These are Kyoko Hori and Yuki Yoshikawa. You can call them ‘Hori’ and ‘Yoshikawa’. They are both very nice people.”

Hideaki Iura then introduced Kyoko Hori and Yuki Yoshikawa to Mashiro.

Hori Kyoko was one thing, but when Yoshikawa Yuki heard Iura Hide 'praise' her like that, she was first stunned, then her eyes smiled happily into two cute crescent moons.

"Oh"

Mashiro first looked at him, then greeted the two women very seriously and made a note of their names.

"Mashiro is rather simple-minded, likes quiet, isn't very good at talking to people, and isn't very good at joking," Iura Hide explained for Mashiro again before skipping over the part.

"Alright, let's hurry to the cafeteria. It's that time of year again when Toru treats us! I can't wait to have a big meal!"

"Hey, hey, that's going a bit too far!" Ishikawa Toru complained loudly, feigning dissatisfaction.

"Exactly, what a shameless guy!" Yoshikawa Yuki chimed in, adding her own comment.

But since Iura Hide is already 'thick-skinned', why would he care about such weak criticism?

Putting everything else aside, even the classic quotes from those toxic players in the past life, when spoken by a pretty and cute girl like Yoshikawa Yuki, would naturally be completely harmless, with a hundred layers of defense.

"Come on, it was Toru who tricked me first, okay? Besides, I've already been trying to be frugal by only ordering ramen and gyoza. If I were really going to go too far, I would have been ordering eel rice every day!"

"Thank you!"

Ishikawa Toru, who had previously seemed indifferent, is now finally starting to worry about his wallet.

However, the thought that Iura Hide could help him get closer to Hori-kun made him feel indifferent. He could just take out the allowance he had saved up.

He would keep inviting Iura Hide to lunch with Hori-kun until graduation!

Amidst laughter and chatter, the group quickly arrived at the cafeteria.

Iura Hide ordered the ramen and gyoza combo again, but changed the flavor of the ramen.

To be fair, while Japanese breakfasts are a bit lacking, the ramen, beef bowls, curry rice, and pork cutlet rice are still quite good, and the variety is also quite extensive.

Even if it's just the food in the cafeteria, if you don't eat the same dishes every day, it would probably take more than a month to try them all.

Yoshikawa Yuki bought yakisoba bread again today, but she didn't ask Ishikawa Toru to treat her this time.

After all, in Japan, even couples who are dating usually split the bill when they eat out or go shopping.

So when she saw that Iura Hide actually paid for Kita Ramen, which had a relatively mild flavor, Mashiro's face immediately showed a surprised expression.

Hori Kyoko and Ishikawa Toru were the same.

Iura Hide noticed the strange expressions on the three people's faces and calmly explained, "Mashiro-san isn't quite used to our payment methods here, so Sengoku-sensei entrusted her living expenses to me for safekeeping for the time being."

Upon hearing this, Hori Kyoko and the other two exchanged bewildered glances.

Is their payment method very different from that in England?

"Who is Sengoku-sensei?" Yoshikawa Yuki blinked curiously.

"Ms. Chihiro Sengoku, who is in charge of the third-grade art class, is Mashiro's cousin."

After saying that, to avoid the others continuing to ask why he knew so much, Iura Hide quickly changed the subject.

"Even if you're going to buy fried noodles with bread, buy one more."

"I want you to take care of it!"

"If you don't have enough to eat later, don't try to steal my fried dumplings."

"Hmph, I'm going to steal it!"

Yoshikawa Yuki snorted softly, then made a face at him.

Completely unaware of the strange looks that flashed in the eyes of Toru Ishikawa and Kyoko Hori standing to the side.

Actually, it wasn't that Yoshikawa Yuki didn't want to buy another yakisoba bread.

Although her family wasn't poor and they lived in a high-end apartment building, because she had an older sister who was in college, her monthly lunch allowance plus pocket money was only 20,000 yen.

Excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays when I bring my own lunch, I have about 100 yen per day.

It may seem like a lot, but in reality, because I occasionally go out with other friends after school and on weekends, the amount I spend on lunch each day is actually reduced by about half.

Of course, she didn't steal Iura Hide's fried dumplings because she was really hungry or didn't have enough to eat; it was just a deliberate act of 'revenge' against Iura Hide.

Although she hasn't been to Ishikawa Toru's house yet and doesn't know that Ishikawa Toru's family is also very wealthy, she is very familiar with how wealthy Iura Hide is.

After all, Hideki Iura spends over 100,000 yen a month just on CDs.

So, as one of my best friends, it's not too much to retaliate by giving him two fried dumplings, right?

But not long after, the doubts and curiosities that she, Hori Kyoko, and Ishikawa Toru had previously put aside because of Iura Hide's change of topic resurfaced.

"What exactly is the relationship between this guy and Shiina-kun?"

Seeing Iura Hide casually take out a tissue to wipe the grease from Mashiro's mouth, all three of them couldn't help but have big question marks popping up on their foreheads.