Nagumo's words really struck Honami's weak point, making her hesitate.
Seeing Honami seemingly about to sacrifice herself for the class's benefit by accepting Nagumo's invitation, Ryunosuke suddenly grabbed Nagumo's wrist, yanked him back, and stared at him with a cold gaze.
"Vice President Nagumo, if you want to pursue my woman, you should know the etiquette of who came first."
"Or... do you really want to become my enemy?"
Ryunosuke showed a firm attitude he had never shown before, clearly he wasn't joking.
If Nagumo insisted on taking Honami, Ryunosuke was truly ready to become his enemy.
Meanwhile, Honami still stood frozen witnessing all this. Her mind kept echoing Ryunosuke's words calling her "my woman." Her face instantly turned bright red, and steam seemed to come out of her head.
Ryunosuke didn't have time to pay attention to that; his eyes remained locked on Nagumo.
Nagumo was silent for quite a while before finally chuckling.
"You should have said from the start that she's your woman, I wouldn't have touched her. After all, we're coworkers, right?"
Nagumo gave up. Not because he was afraid, but because at this time he had to focus on dealing with Manabu and didn't want to needlessly add enemies. Especially an enemy no less formidable than the President, possibly even stronger. Based on circulating rumors, this Ryunosuke before him was the main mastermind behind the position swap between Class A and Class B.
Nagumo didn't want to antagonize such a strong opponent yet, at least not now. Finally, he abandoned his intention to pursue Honami and left casually.
Ryunosuke watched him leave without uttering a single word.
Honami tugged at the edge of Ryunosuke's collar and bowed in thanks.
"Thank you for helping me, Akasaka-kun. But using me as an excuse is a bit much."
Honami puffed out her cheeks. She just realized now that Ryunosuke was only using her as an excuse.
The touched feeling that had briefly appeared immediately vanished, replaced with a bit of annoyance. Facing such a cute Honami, Ryunosuke remained calm and gave good advice.
"Stay away from Nagumo Miyabi from now on. This time I could help you because I happened to be passing by, next time your luck might not be this good."
Honami nodded seriously. "I understand, thank you for the warning."
Seeing Honami's problem resolved, Ryunosuke prepared to leave. "If there's no other business, I'll go first, Ichinose."
Honami first nodded then quickly shook her head.
Ryunosuke looked at her strangely. With a flushed face, Honami said shyly, "That! Akasaka-kun, let me treat you to a meal. Since you helped me, let me show my gratitude."
After thinking for a moment, Ryunosuke agreed. After all, this was a free meal, there was no harm in enjoying good food.
Cheerfully, Honami escorted him to the school cafeteria and ordered the most luxurious student package worth 3,800 personal points.
Ryunosuke ate heartily. It was a super luxurious package; not only adorned with Australian lobster, but also had 6 pieces of large tempura shrimp. The dessert consisted of chocolate cake and strawberry pudding, with drinks of milkshake and milk tea.
Ryunosuke ate very contentedly; usually he couldn't bear to spend points on such luxurious food.
Honami just watched from the side, remembering the times before entering school when she was also a big eater. At that time she was still in her growth phase, her body was a bit plump and her face round. But during her third year of middle school, she began to "bloom" until becoming as she is now. If her middle school friends saw her now, they definitely wouldn't recognize her.
Her hair used to be light brown (linen), but now for some reason it changed on its own to reddish blonde (pink gold). Honami played with the ends of her hair with a confused expression.
(Very strange, I didn't dye my hair, but my hair changed on its own to reddish blonde...)
Ryunosuke quickly finished his meal, burped softly, then took a toothpick with a satisfied face.
"Wow! It's been a long time since I've eaten this full." He patted his stomach, indicating he was satisfied.
Honami happily paid their bill. Their total expenses, including hers, were 4,030 personal points.
Honami herself was very frugal; she only ordered the "value package" for 230 points. Although her classmates entrusted most of their points to her, she didn't dare touch them carelessly, even being extremely stingy with her own points.
Since learning that everything in this school could be bought with points, Honami realized how important those points were. Usually she only spent around 10,000 points in a month. Currently her point balance still had around 180,000 points remaining—you could imagine how frugal she was, equivalent to Ryunosuke. But even so, that didn't hinder her body's growth...
Truly confusing, despite being very frugal, Honami still grew very abundantly, making many other female students envious—especially the "flat board" group like Sakayanagi Arisu.
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In another place, Arisu suddenly sneezed. "Achoo! Who's talking about me?"
Arisu furrowed her brow deeply, but still looked adorable. Meanwhile, the members of former Class A (now B) were already captivated by her cuteness, with half of them willing to kneel beneath her feet wearing white socks (white silk).
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Back to Ryunosuke's side, after saying goodbye to Honami, he prepared to return. He still had important business to discuss with Manabu Horikita.
Under Honami's reluctant gaze, Ryunosuke finally disappeared from her view.
Not far along, Ryunosuke met Nagumo who had been waiting for him for quite a while.
Ryunosuke looked at him with an unfriendly gaze. "More business?"
Nagumo put his hands in his pockets, his face showing a faint smile as he approached and asked curiously. "You... are you really dating Honami-chan? Why does it not seem like it?"
Nagumo pointed toward Honami in the distance. "A normal couple wouldn't just leave their girlfriend alone like that. You're just pretending, right?"
Ryunosuke stared at him coldly. "Why? You want to take her from me?"
Nagumo shrugged. "Don't speak so harshly, this is about mutual affection. If you hadn't appeared earlier, I might have already gotten her."
Nagumo patted Ryunosuke's shoulder.
"Ichinose will sooner or later become mine. A woman I've set my sights on will never escape. Let's just see later."
Nagumo walked back toward Honami's direction, clearly he hadn't given up while also wanting to test the truth of their relationship. Someone sitting in his position didn't just think using the "lower" part of his body.
Ryunosuke let out a long sigh. He knew this was a trap, but he was forced to step into it.
Seeing Nagumo approaching her again, Honami became nervous. Now there was no Ryunosuke to help her.
Trembling, she took out her phone, preparing to call her classmate, Kanzaki Ryuji, to ask for help. But Ryuji would definitely need time to arrive, it wouldn't be as fast as Nagumo who was already right in front of her.
Nagumo soon arrived in front of Honami, his hand about to wrap around her shoulder while glancing toward Ryunosuke in the distance.
Seeing Ryunosuke not moving closer, he felt strange.
(Strange, did I guess wrong?)
Just as Nagumo thought he was right, the sound of a camera shutter was heard—the characteristic sound of Japanese phones when taking photos.
In Japan, to prevent voyeurism, all phones are set so the camera sound cannot be turned off.
Nagumo was startled, realizing he had been photographed, his feeling immediately turned bad.
After photographing Nagumo bothering Honami, Ryunosuke ran quickly, brushed away the "dirty hand" that was about to touch Honami, and gallantly pulled the girl back into his embrace.
"Oh~" Honami let out a small cute groan, her face turning bright red when her slender waist was tightly embraced by Ryunosuke.
She hid her face in Ryunosuke's chest, feeling too embarrassed to look at anyone.
Ryunosuke immediately called the Student Council President to report, completely unaware that Honami in his embrace was already almost "cooked" from embarrassment.
Before long the call was answered, and Ryunosuke immediately complained without preamble.
"Hello? President Horikita! Nagumo is bothering my girlfriend, he's trying to take my woman! I have photo evidence! You have to defend me, President!!!"
Ryunosuke pretended to wipe crocodile tears, continuing to tell of non-existent suffering. "If Nagumo doesn't give me compensation of millions of points for this emotional damage, I won't let him go!"
Nagumo: "..."
Manabu: "..."
And Honami could only display an extremely adorable dumbfounded expression.