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"…You want to eat with your hands?"
Kitahara Makoto looked at her in surprise.
"That's right!" Kita Ikuyo clenched her small fists, "So, the chopsticks are for Kitahara-kun, and I'll eat my bento with my hands."
Fortunately, the Beast Eared Girl isn't here, otherwise she'd definitely be shouting about a Good samaritan!
Kitahara Makoto looked at her speechlessly, "…When you came over, what places did your hands touch?"
"Hmm…" Kita Ikuyo looked up and thought for a moment, then said, "When I went downstairs, I touched the stair railing."
Kitahara Makoto said expressionlessly:
"Excellent, a million bacteria have already arrived on the battlefield."
"Eh? Eh? Eh?" Kita Ikuyo recoiled in shock, "A million bacteria is way too many, isn't it?"
Where is it a lot?
If it were those dirty fingernails, the number of bacteria in one nail crevice would be in the billions!
"Keep going." Kitahara Makoto nodded, "What else did you touch?"
"Um… I touched my backpack."
"And?"
"I pushed open the sports storage room door with my hands… Oh, I remember now, when I passed the playground, I found my shoelace was untied, and I squatted down to tie it."
"Shoelace?"
Kitahara Makoto took a deep breath and looked down at Kita Ikuyo's black round-toed leather shoes.
"That's enough, no need to say more, absolutely no hands!"
"Wahhh—"
Kita Ikuyo puffed up her dumpling-like face, like an angry pufferfish: "Kitahara-kun's reaction was too strong when he heard I tied my shoelaces, wasn't it?"
It wasn't strong at all!
You're someone who carries athlete's foot cream with you, who knows what's on your shoes!
"You're overthinking it." Kitahara Makoto changed the subject, "Because I thought of a win-win solution."
"Eh?" Kita Ikuyo tilted her head and looked at him, "What solution?"
Kitahara Makoto suggested:
"Chopsticks have two ends, you use one end, and I use the other end of the chopsticks. This way, we can solve the eating problem without an indirect kiss."
"…"
After two seconds of being stunned, Kita Ikuyo's eyes suddenly widened, and she exclaimed:
"Kitahara-kun is so smart!!"
Kitahara Makoto: "…"
It's a solution that only requires a slight turn of the mind, your expression is too exaggerated! Someone who didn't know would think I had solved a world-class math problem!
"Kitahara-kun is simply a genius!" Kita Ikuyo looked up at him, her eyes filled with adoration, "I never thought there was such a method, how amazing!"
"Stop praising, stop praising." Kitahara Makoto's mouth twitched slightly, "Now that the chopstick problem is solved, hurry up and eat your bento, then give me the chopsticks."
This Kita loves to praise others too much; if this continues, she'll soon lose herself.
"Here, the chopsticks are for you."
Who knew Kita Ikuyo would shake her head and hand over the chopsticks: "Kitahara-kun, you eat first."
Kitahara Makoto was puzzled: "Why?"
"I eat very slowly, and if I can't finish, I can take it back to the classroom and eat it slowly." Kita Ikuyo looked at him seriously, "And it was my fault for forgetting to bring chopsticks, so of course I have to take responsibility."
"And, and, I'll use the butt of the chopsticks!" Kita Ikuyo quickly added, "Let today's memory be deeper, so I won't make the same mistake again in the future!"
"Okay…"
Kitahara Makoto reached out and took the chopsticks, not declining: "Then I'll eat first."
"…"
Lunchtime officially began.
While eating his bento, Kitahara Makoto opened the System. The status of his daily tasks had quietly refreshed.
Clearly, this was indeed a bento handmade by Kita; she hadn't just put something together.
[Daily Quest Three: This Love Can Be a Memory, But It Was Already Lost at the Time]
[Quest Description: Not having eaten a love bento handmade by a girl during high school will leave a lifelong regret. Please eat a love bento handmade by a girl.]
[Current Progress: Completed]
[Quest Reward: Successfully eating a love bento handmade by a beautiful girl, your Charisma attribute has permanently increased.]
"Eating a bento can also increase my Charisma attribute?"
Kitahara Makoto just glanced at the reward and then paid no more attention.
This thing doesn't have specific values; God knows how much it increased… But then again, recently, whether walking or riding the train, little girls often secretly look at him, and some even actively asked for his contact information, though unfortunately, they were junior high school girls.
"Kitahara-kun is so amazing, quickly have a drink."
Kita Ikuyo unscrewed the cap and handed him a bottle of iced fruit juice.
Kitahara Makoto was speechless: "How am I amazing just by eating?"
"You eat so fast, and you haven't even choked yet, that's really amazing." Kita Ikuyo said enviously, "Unlike me, my throat has been very small since I was little. Even now, I can't swallow cold medicine tablets whole; I have to crush them before eating."
"A high school student can't swallow cold medicine tablets?" Kitahara Makoto looked at her suspiciously, "Impossible, right?"
"I really can't swallow them, if you don't believe me, look."
To prove herself, Kita Ikuyo tilted her small face slightly and opened her mouth towards Kitahara Makoto.
Kitahara Makoto subconsciously looked over, and what met his eyes were two rows of pearly white teeth, like cowrie shells, and the small, pointed canine tooth at the corner of her mouth was especially cute.
Further inside, her pink little tongue was slightly upturned because her mouth was open.
Even deeper was…
Kitahara Makoto felt a surge of impulse in his heart, and a certain part of his body quickly became incredibly spirited.
He couldn't help it.
He absolutely couldn't help it.
This impulse was completely beyond human will.
Kitahara Makoto could only avert his gaze, while silently reciting "Namu Amida Butsu" in his mind to calm himself down.
"Kitahara-kun, did you see?" Kita Ikuyo closed her mouth, finally realizing that her previous action seemed a bit inappropriate. Her small face quickly flushed red, and her voice lowered, "My mouth is indeed very small, isn't it?"
Kitahara Makoto subconsciously replied:
"Very pink."
"Eh?"
"…"
As they spoke, footsteps suddenly came from outside, growing closer, and soon arrived outside the sports storage room door. Then, the door was pushed open.
"Quick, quick, hide!" Kita Ikuyo immediately panicked, quickly pulled Kitahara Makoto's sleeve, and said nervously, "Let's quickly go behind that storage shelf!"
Kitahara Makoto asked in confusion: "Why do we have to hide?"
"If others saw us, they'd definitely misunderstand, and gossip might spread throughout the entire school even before dismissal… I won't let Bocchi-chan be sad!"
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