Chapter 28 - News

Yesterday was really surprising. The love letter, the class president election, the hair band, they were all surprising in their own way. But, the most surprising of all was last night. He got a new message coming from Juutaro, the owner of the love letter. And guess what? He received the girl's confession!

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Ehem... Well, his confession didn't really matter. He was already expecting it, whether he accepted it or rejected it. But the problem here was... The identity of the girl who confessed to him. Of all people, it turned out that the girl who confessed to Juutaro was someone he knew. Whether in class or in the club, the two of them were friends who could be considered quite close.

Asuka Joozu, or as he often called Joozu-san. She was a girl with a full body (fat), hair tied in a ponytail, and an bad face (Ryousuke's standard of common sense). Her innocent and kind demeanor made it easy for her to make new friends. That was how he saw her. A classmate and clubmate who easily gets along with others.

But it turns out, oh turns out. Behind that attitude, the girl was hiding the truth that she liked his close friend, Juutaro. He had no idea that she liked him and even moved very quickly to give Juutaro a love letter. What a surprise coming from her. Bravo Joozu-san.

That alone was enough to surprise him, and what surprised him even more was the fact that Juutaro received a confession from Joozu-san. It turned out that his friend, whom he saw as a spirited guy who was almost muscle-brained, also liked Joozu-san. Truly, the truth is sometimes very strange.

Walking towards his classroom, Ryousuke thought of the commotion that would arise if the whole class found out that in the two weeks that they had been attending this school, their class already had one couple who had recently started dating.

Guess-no, his prediction turned out to be correct. Before he had even entered the classroom, he had already heard various commotions in his class with something like "Juutaro really?" or "congratulations you two".

When he entered, what he saw was a crowd swarming the table where Juutaro and Joozu-san were. They, with the interrogation from many people, looked both embarrassed and tired.

'Ah... My seat...'

Even the seat didn't survive. The bench was currently being occupied by girls screaming 'kyaa, kyaa! ' while holding their cheeks. Damn...

"Toru! Oi, sheesh! Over here!", someone called out to him.

Looking around, he found that it was Ame. With his aura that looked both depressed and admitting defeat, he was currently standing and playing with his cell phone in the corner of the classroom.

'ahh, so he didn't survive either'. Indeed, looking again, it seemed like Ame's seat was also currently being taken over by some muscular-looking male students. Maybe they were members of the sports club? No wonder Ame didn't dare to stop them.

"yo, good morning Ame. I see we're in the same boat" he greeted Ame who was standing alone in the corner. What a poor human being.

"Morning. Yes, damn it. It seems like the news about Juutaro and Joozu-san officially dating has been heard by the whole class. They've been swarming the two since I haven't even arrived yet. And now there are even more of them. Haaaahh... I can't even focus on playing my game if I keep standing like this... "

"Um, yeah... Patience, my friend. I know how you feel, maybe? Just be patient. In five minutes the lesson will start, so let's just wait for now." Ryousuke sympathetically encouraged him.

"hahh, you're right. Wanna play?"

"Sure, one game?"

"Ok, let's get started"

In the end, while waiting for the class bell to ring, the two played a game together while standing in the corner of the classroom. At least they could see the scenery outside the window, so it wasn't too bad.

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Finally, he and Ame regained their seats from those excited people. Of course, not before Takashi sensei came and told them to sit in their seats to start their morning homeroom.

The crowd that had previously gathered around Juutaro and Joozu-san, was now seriously paying attention to the lesson in front of them. Needless to say, smart students must be serious in their studies.

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*ding dong deng deng!

Finally, the lunch break arrived. Supposedly, at this time, he, Juutaro and Ame would immediately join our tables together to eat lunch together. But, with Juutaro's current status of having a girlfriend, they didn't know what to do now. They couldn't just behave as if nothing had happened, right? After all...

Ryosuke and Ame also hadn't spoken directly about this matter since this morning he was surrounded by many people.

Thinking about this, Ryousuke decided to ask this matter directly to the person, so he called out to him. "Juutaro!"

"Toru-kun, let's eat", as if nothing had happened, Juutaro turned around with the lunch box in his hand. In fact, he also started to bring their table together.

"Wait, you're not going to have lunch with Joozu-san, Juutaro?"

"Yeah, why aren't you having lunch with her? You Riajuu."

Ame, joining our conversation, said. While not forgetting to merge his table with ours.

It seemed like Juutaro had finally realized the problem. He scratched his slightly red cheeks and smiled. "A-ahh... Haha, you know the point. It seems like somehow now the whole class knows that the two of us are dating right? So, we both decided to do things like that after things calmed down a bit. I was also surprised when I came to class and they started crowding me, you know."

It seems like a reasonable explanation. Yes, they obviously didn't want their precious lunch time to be interrupted by others who were just curious about their relationship. So, Ryosuke took it for granted. Although,

"I see, okay. So I guess you'll be eating lunch with us less often huh? Pity me... Having to eat alone together with this chuunibyou... "

"hey hey hey, I'm not a chuunibyou! I just know a lot more things about this world than you guys. Seriously. Beside, you should call me a sage" Ame retorted. Not forgetting to pose as if he was some kind of elder from a Chinese action movie. With both hands behind his back and eyes staring into the distance as if he could see everything.

"See? I just said... "

"Ame-kun is still Ame-kun, he's just like that. It can't be saved anymore."

"...You two, was that whole brotherly bond thing just a delusion? How cruel" The pose he made was instantly replaced with a look of disbelief, the kind you see when someone doesn't believe what the person closest to them says. Although this one was more exaggerated.

Ryousuke, who saw his acting like that, was convinced that his friend was indeed beyond saving. He might even be more suitable in the drama club than him.

Oops, looks like Ame managed to pull them off their supposed topic. Anyway, now that he knew that they would still be having lunch together for a while, that was enough. "Enough Ame, my ears are itching. But yeah, anyway congratulations Juutaro. I know I mentioned this in the chat yesterday, but I wanted to say it in person"

"Thank you, Toru-kun."

There's nothing that needs to be said anymore. The men's priorities had always been elsewhere from the start, namely their food. Immediately afterwards, without further ado they rushed to the thing they were looking forward to the most, and ate heartily.