Mygo, are you all yanderes?

Although he has made more friends, he also sighs more and more often, and he will age very quickly if this continues.

"No, no, no, Kusano-kun, you still don't understand. If a student doesn't experience anything related to romance during high school, then his student life will be meaningless!"

Kusano Akira thought that statement was really too much, and the boys in the corner of the classroom started crying while hugging their desks.

"You should be studying properly..."

"Kusano-kun is the only one who has no right to say that about us."

"..."

indeed.

"Sigh, I'm leaving now."

Kusano Akira clutched his somewhat injured heart and walked out of the classroom.

"Kusano-kun, didn't you just get back? Why are you going out again?"

"I'm going to find Feng... the girl who just gave me the doll, and thank her."

Kusano Akira waved and walked away into the distance.

Watching Kusano Akira walk away, Koko glanced at Kotori.

"Eri, I remember that classmate just told you not to tell Kusano-kun?"

"Oh, I forgot, hehe~"

"Aren't you just creating another rival for Ai-yin and Xiao-deng?"

"Probably not."

"If I don't get to eat Xiaodeng's wedding candy, I'll fight you to the death."

"Hey, no, fighting and killing is no good..."

........................

草≈◇哵肆叁∷￡物sOUso: Ye Ming searched around for Toyokawa Shoko, but couldn't find her, so he gave up for the time being.

Anyway, there will be plenty of opportunities to see Toyokawa Shoko in the future, so let's fill our stomachs first.

With that in mind, Kusano Akira set off for the cafeteria.

He usually makes a bento box first and then brings it to school to eat with Chihaya Aine and the others on the rooftop.

But I woke up too late this morning and didn't have time to cook, so I had to make do with what I had at the cafeteria.

Kusano Akira had just finished getting his food and was looking for a seat when a bright blue color appeared in his field of vision.

Toyokawa Shoko sat alone at the dining table, eating her meal in small bites.

What a coincidence, to run into Toyokawa Shoko here.

Kusano Akira, carrying a plate, sat down directly opposite Toyokawa Shoko.

"Hi, Toyokawa-kun."

Shoko Toyokawa sensed that a new person had arrived across from her. Curious, she looked up and discovered that it was Akira Kusano, whom she had been trying to avoid contacting as much as possible.

Startled by the sudden change in her posture, she couldn't catch her breath, and the food that should have gone down became stuck in her esophagus.

"Ugh...cough...cough..."

Toyokawa Shoko's face turned bright red. She pounded her chest, trying to swallow the food, but nothing she did worked.

"Toyokawa-kun, here's some water."

Kusano Akira unscrewed the cap of the mineral water bottle he had just bought and handed it to Toyokawa Shoko.

As if seeing a savior, Toyokawa Shoko took the water and drank it down in large gulps. (Three...6' $↓)

"Gulp... gulp... haa."

Finally managing to swallow the food that had been stuck in her throat, Toyokawa Shoko breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you so much, Kusano-kun."

"It's okay, it's okay. I scared Toyokawa-kun, that's why he choked. I should be the one apologizing."

"How could that be? This is clearly my own problem."

Toyokawa Shoko shook her head, took out her wallet from her pocket, and counted the money.

"Kusano-kun, how much does that bottle of water cost?"

"Oh? No need, no need, consider that bottle on my behalf."

Kusano Akira quickly waved his hand and said with a smile.

"That won't do...!"

Seeing that Toyokawa Shoko was still frowning and looked like she was about to pay, Kusano Akira simply picked up the water and took a sip.

"Then we don't need to."

As Kusano Akira spoke, he crossed his hands to support his face, secretly observing Toyokawa Shoko's actions.

After what happened with Chihaya Aine this morning, Kusano Akira believes he has now become desensitized to a certain degree of overstepping boundaries.

Therefore, feeling that he has grown up, he is now very eager to see others struggling to cope with such situations, in order to gain a sense of superiority.

Toyokawa Shoko undoubtedly became his first target.

She has such an innocent look; I wonder how interesting her reaction will be to indirect kissing, which is a piece of cake for Kusano Akira.

Kusano Akira secretly observed the actions of Toyokawa Shoko with a sly smile.

A second passed...

Two seconds passed...

Three seconds passed...

"Uh, Kusano-kun, what's going on here?"

Toyokawa Shoko looked at Kusano Akira's enigmatic smile with a puzzled expression and asked with some curiosity.

"..."

Kusano Akira's lips twitched uncontrollably, but he still tried his best to maintain a smile.

Isn't something wrong here?

Why is it different from what he expected?

So, what happened to Toyokawa Shoko's plan to feign girlish shyness and not insist on paying, thus allowing him to project a reliable image?

Why did Toyokawa Shoko seem completely unsurprised, as if it were nothing out of the ordinary?

Calm down, Kusano Akira.

Shoko Toyokawa might be the kind of person who's very oblivious; she just hasn't realized it yet.

After hypnotizing himself in this way, Kusano Akira then casually said it out loud.

"Since I drank the water that you drank, you don't have to pay, right? Anyway, I drank the water that you drank, right?"

"..."

Toyokawa Shoko's expression became hesitant, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.

She almost forgot that the person in front of her was someone whose brain had been dulled by watching the internet.

Although he can occasionally say something very touching, most of the time his behavior is rather abstract due to his online presence.

Toyokawa Shoko felt that she should give in to him a little.

"Ah, Kusano-kun is so mean, making Shiori say something like that, I'm so embarrassed."

Toyokawa Shoko spoke each word clearly and deliberately, her tone flat and stiff, like a robot.

Kusano Akira, frustrated, completely covered his face with his hands.

Oh no, my intentions were too obvious and Toyokawa Shoko saw through them.

She even gently pretended to be shy—although her acting was terrible.

Kusano Akira felt he was too ashamed to stay on Earth.

"Sigh... Kusano-kun, I've finished eating, so I'll be going now."

Shoko Toyokawa sighed, picked up her plate, and walked towards the recycling area.

"Ah, wait a minute, Toyokawa-kun."

Seeing that Toyokawa Shoko was about to leave, Kusano Akira suppressed his embarrassment and quickly called her back.

"Is there anything else, Kusano-kun?"

Toyokawa Shoko stopped and turned to look at Kusano Akira.

"Well... thank you for bringing my doll back... that's all."

Kusano Akira said somewhat awkwardly.

What should have been a perfectly normal thing turned into something I can't even look at Shoko Toyokawa with the same eye because of my own stupid actions.

"It's ok."

Toyokawa Shoko wasn't too surprised by Kusano Akira's words.

She hadn't originally intended for Kusano Akira to be unaware of this; she had only casually mentioned it when she reminded Midori.

"Then I'll be going, good day."

Toyokawa Shoko nodded and left.

"Gui'an."

Kusano Akira replied.

Suddenly, Toyokawa Shoko came back. She looked at Kusano Akira's face and said something somewhat reluctantly.

"Kusano-kun, it's probably best to... watch fewer online videos in the future, as they are not in line with real-world logic."

"……OK."

Volume 1: Chapter 27 (Twenty-Sixth Chapter) - Wakaba Mutsumi's Plea for Help

Kusano Akira had some respect for Toyokawa Shoko.

Even Wakaba Mutsu could tell that he was acting, but he didn't know what he was acting out.

Although he and Wakaba Mutsu didn't meet much in real life, they had chatted on social media for a long time, so it's normal that his acting flaws were discovered.

She might discover the slip-up in my words during one of our conversations.

However, he and Toyokawa Shoko had only known each other for less than 20 hours.

In such a short period of contact, they not only discovered that he was acting, but also figured out his acting principles—absorbing fragmented information from the internet and then imitating his current behavior.

That's terrifying, Toyokawa-kun, your observation skills are almost frightening.

Within a single day, two people pointed out that he was acting, and Kusano Akira felt that he needed to study the videos of different bloggers on the internet more thoroughly.

2. Or we could just broaden our learning scope further and even watch some variety shows.

Kusano Akira didn't heed a word of Toyokawa Shoko's advice.

Kusano Akira suddenly had another good idea.

Lin: "Wait a minute, Toyokawa-kun."

Akira Kusano felt that he was being really annoying. All the other person wanted to go back to the classroom, but he had to call him back so many times.

Fortunately, Toyokawa Shoko didn't seem angry at all.

"What happened again, Kusano-kun?"

"Nothing, I just wanted to ask you, do you know what Mu likes? I'm planning to give her a gift in a couple of days."

That's right, Kusano Akira planned to take this opportunity to find out what Wakaba Mutsu liked, so that he could make her happy when he asked her out in a few days.

He learned the trick of giving gifts online.

Although he had guessed by chance that Wakaba Mutsu liked cucumbers, he couldn't really give a cucumber as a gift since he had already invited the girl out.