In the end, Kuroki only approached me in the morning, and after that, she didn't speak to me at all during break time or while moving between classrooms.
However — this only made it even more eerie.
Despite spending three years in middle school and one year in high school together without a conversation, Kuroki suddenly started talking to me, only to stop afterwards abruptly. I felt strange about it.
(Why did Kuroki bother telling me about Lime?)
If she was simply curious because Lime recommended me, that's fine.
But if she had noticed something about me and those two…
Of course, the changes in the relationship between Miyama and Ichinose had only occurred the day before yesterday and yesterday, so there was no way it could have been discovered. However, Kuroki Rui's IQ far surpassed that of ordinary people. I had heard rumors before that she could predict everything that would come up on the regular tests by reading the teacher's thoughts.
Furthermore, Kuroki Rui was considered a peerless beauty who excelled in academics and athletics. During junior high school, she won every event she participated in at the Junior Olympics. During her first year of high school, she received an A in Section III of the mock exams for the University of Tokyo, demonstrating her intelligence and beauty.
Those two, who have that kind of absolute individuality, think they can talk to Kuroki Rui on an equal footing.
In the case of Airi Miyama, she has a high school-level bust that slender Kuroki does not have, and her face is not beautiful but cute.
Regarding Ichinose Yuria, she has the fashion that does not exist in Kuroki, a typical female gal, and she has a weapon that is more powerful than Kuroki and that men seem to like.
The two of them have such absolute personalities, so they think that the three of them are good friends simply because they can confidently speak to Kuroki Rui.
That is why she will question me to protect the two important friends if Kuroki finds out that I have been holding Miyama and Ichinose's secrets to such a geek.
(If the morning was an attempt to find out…I have a bad feeling.)
Also, if I think of another possibility, it's possible that Ichinose or Miyama talked to Kuroki about having me keep a secret.
Because of that, there is also a possibility that Kuroki was targeted… No, if that happened, my secret might be leaked normally, and I don't want to think that the two of them would do that in the first place.
(If so, why did Kuroki…?)
The mystery only deepened.
"Hey, Ryota."
"Hmm?"
When I was absorbed in thinking at my desk after the fourth period ended, a voice called me quietly from the front seat.
Airi, who was in the front, beckoned me half-bodily in my direction.
Perhaps because it was lunch break, Ichinose and Kuroki, who were on both sides, were not there.
"Hurry up and look at Lime. Meet me there."
"???"
I tilted my head and took out my smartphone.
While I took out my smartphone, Miyama got up from her seat and went somewhere.
(Look at Lime… I wonder what that means… Did Miyama have something to do with me?)
There was a notification on my smartphone, and when I opened Lime, it said this:
"Miyama: Let's have lunch in the vacant classroom on the third floor. Yuria is busy with the cultural festival executive committee, and Rui-chan is at the club meeting, so Airi is free~"
Furthermore, a stamp of an angry octopus with "Punpun" was sent.
Is it another lunch invitation? But this time, they chose a place where no one would see us, so maybe they're surprisingly considerate.
(But a vacant classroom… That means we'll be completely alone, right?)
Could it be that Miyama… is fascinated with the "charm as a man" hidden within me?
(...No, there's no way something like that would happen.)
Thinking as calmly as a wise man, there's no hidden charm in me.
If I had to say, maybe I have about three chest hairs… but nobody knows that kind of thing.
(Lunch alone with Miyama… Ah, I want something erotic to happen and squeeze those breasts…)
I thought about vulgar things while buying onigiri at the cafeteria.
(No, no, now it's about Kuroki.)
The problem with Ichinose was solved yesterday after consulting with Miyama. Should I consult with Miyama this time too?
(That's right. Miyama might know something about Kuroki that I don't.)
With a rice ball in one hand, I headed to the vacant classroom on the third floor.