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“It’s a homemade lunch by Ibuki-san.”
“...Ibuki’s homemade lunch?”
I was forced to handle the situation calmly as my thoughts froze for a
moment.
“She’s making one lunchbox for me, Kushida-san, and you today, so we’re
going to divide it into three equal parts and share it. Didn’t I tell you that?”
“You never intended to mention it, did you...?”
If I’d heard that explanation in the beginning, I would’ve run away like a
frightened hare.
First of all, there was no way she made it for me. It was too unexpected.
“If my memory serves me right, Ibuki wasn’t good at cooking, was she?”
I dared not to call it bad and tried to suppress my fear as I phrased my
words.
“She’s the type who never did any home cooking before. So she usually only
had imbalanced meals. That’s probably new to your vague memory, isn’t it?”
I had been on winter break until recently, but I ran into Horikita and Ibuki
just after the new year.
And I do remember hearing about the current topic there by chance.
“Because imbalanced nutrition is unhealthy, I recently invited her to my
room a few times and let her eat the food I made. She came without fail, albeit
begrudgingly, because it saved her money on her food expenses.”
“It’s kinda annoyingly cute how she comes even while complaining, isn’t
it?”
Normally, one would describe that as ‘annoyingly cute,’ right?
“You seem to know a lot about Horikita’s situation, considering you say you
hate her.”
“I’ve been dropping by often, hoping maybe a fight would break out. That’s
how I’m in the know.”
That was a very nasty expectation; it was just like Kushida.
“However, it was a bit of a hassle having to cook for three people, myself
included.”
Despite her complaints, Horikita didn’t seem to mind much.
Perhaps she was already used to it.
“So how did that lead to us eating Ibuki’s homemade lunch box?”
“It was a tit for tat. When Horikita taunted her, saying she should at least
learn how to cook, she loudly boasted, ‘Even I can cook if I put my mind to it!’
‘Then show me you can.’
‘Prepare yourself and wait, I’ll do it.’
‘If you can’t even do that, go die.’
‘If I pull it off, I’ll kill you.’
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