The atmosphere became very harmonious.
Shinichi silently nodded to the plan he came up with on the spur of the moment and achieved the desired effect, and directed admiring glances at Yotsuba who made the perfect assist.
Yotsuba tilted her head and after thinking for four seconds she smiled and gave a thumbs up.
——Hahaha, this guy really doesn't understand anything.
However, the rather odd lunch meeting ended up going harmoniously. Although there seemed to be one person who was extremely dissatisfied with her limited edition set meal and was glaring at someone angrily while poking the expensive ingredients with a fork. All in all, everyone had a great time eating.
Since Ichika was there, there was no need to worry that Shinichi and the quintuplets didn't say anything. Ichika is the big sister type who can talk about everything from the lunch box at the beginning, to the whole school environment, and even the new movie. From that talk, even Nino, who was sulking at first, gradually joined in.
And Shinichi only responded to a few words as he dropped the topic, not allowing himself to stand out, nor being too quiet.
In the middle of eating, he went to the toilet under the guise of washing his hands, and sighed secretly in front of the mirror.
"Why do I have nothing to eat with their quintuplets..."
He obviously wanted to persuade Itsuki to join the gang, but for some reason, it developed into this situation. To ease the bad mood, he took out a bento and swapped it for high-end, tasteless ingredients.
Although thanks to this gift, he also saw something new.
It is said that there are three women in one play, but the quintuplets don't make too much noise when chatting – Ichika opens up the topic, Nino expresses her opinion, Miku occasionally responds curtly, and Yotsuba uses an inexplicable high-spirited manner, and Itsuki concentrates on eating and seldom speak.
If you say that, the five people have different personalities and suit each other, even sitting in a noisy cafeteria, they can create an atmosphere of chatting at home.
Wherever they are, they can adapt to any environment overall.
This is the feeling that the quintuplets bring to Shinichi. The bond between them made him slightly jealous of an only child, but he didn't want to get too close to them.
(I need to finish my work quickly and go...)
Shinichi thought so, and as he was leaving the toilet, he took out his cell phone and sent a message while walking back.
...
Miku's coat pocket vibrated.
She lowered her head, and quietly took out her cell phone to swipe. Nino really doesn't like people swiping on their phones while eating.
The screen flashed, and she found that someone had sent her a Line message. When the name came into view, she revealed a small smile.
It's Shinichi.
After more than ten hours, he finally sent a message to herself.
It contained: "Sorry, I haven't checked messages recently because I've been busy with various things. You didn't wait too long, did you? For a limited edition set meal, I don't think it tastes good."
Miku with a smile on her lips, and typed lightly with her fingers.
"It doesn't matter. I guess so too. Ramen or unagi rice is fine."
Sitting next to her, Ichika noticed that her behavior was a bit strange, so she glanced at the cellphone screen, and when she saw the name on the chat interface, she immediately showed a smile.
"Ah, you're chatting~ the relationship is so good~" She whispered beside Miku's ear.
Miku's face turned red, she quickly turned off the cellphone screen and stared at Ichika intensely.
"Even sisters can't violate privacy!"
"Sorry, I saw it by accident~" Ichika apologized, noticing the phone vibrating again, she suggested kindly "He texted again? Why don't you check it out?"
Miku hesitated and ended up blocking Ichika's view with one hand, and turning on the screen again with the other.
Ichika covered her mouth and smiled very happily— A girl in love is really cute!
At this time, Shinichi's figure came from afar and sat back in his chair.
(Location map:
Ichika, Miku, Nino
☆There is lunch on it☆
Yotsuba, Itsuki, Shinichi)
As soon as he sat down, Nino said to Itsuki.
"By the way, Itsuki, you haven't told me why you let this person have lunch with us. Could this be the part where you introduce your boyfriend to your family?"
As soon as these words came out, Ichika felt bad, and quickly stretched out her hand, and firmly caught the phone that Miku dropped.
"Huh… Miku, be careful." Ichika smiled and handed the phone to Miku who lowered her head.
"...Thank You." There was no emotion in her voice, but Ichika seemed to sense something bad was happening.
Luckily, Itsuki who had finished eating waved her hands frantically to explain.
"Not that! Asada-kun and I were just normal classmates, but he helped me a lot before… Didn't I print out a copy of the "Shuchi'in Academy Handbook of Survival" for each of you? That's what Asada-kun told me!"
"Ah, there he is!" Yotsuba, who had just gone to the canteen to order extra food for the children, suddenly nodded, then smiled at Shinichi, "Thank you very much, Asada-san! That's very helpful! "
"It is nothing." Shinichi said, "After all, I'm a member of the Student Council."
"Humph, you are talking about your status as the Student Council again. One day I will join the Student Council to see you…" Nino scoffed.
"Indeed, that information was very useful to us... Thank you for your help. Also, my previous attitude..." Nino looked away and said in a low voice, "…I'm really sorry. "
Shinichi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head in relief: "I'm not narrow-minded yet, since I've already taken revenge, I won't continue to care about it."
"I guess that's enough to be careful..." Nino smacked her lips lightly, but her expression softened.
Miku raised her head, and Shinichi happened to meet her eyes.
She didn't say anything, just looked at him, and her cheeks blushed slightly.
Shinichi looked away silently, and started counting the prime numbers in his heart, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11...
"By the way, Asada-kun, don't you have something to say to me? I remember you asking if I was free…"
As soon as Itsuki's words came out, several people's expressions changed slightly.
Ichika alert!
Nino glared!
Stiff Miku!
Yotsuba are still laughing!
Shinichi nodded with a normal face. Even though the timing and occasion were slightly wrong, it was just right to ask their opinion directly at this time.
"Yeah, since I'm the chief executive of the forest school this time, and we're a bit understaffed, so I wanted to ask you—"
"Wait a moment!"
Nino slapped the table and stood up, interrupting his words.
Her attitude which had not softened for a long time became hard again, she immediately grabbed Shinichi's hand, and pulled him away from the seat with a cold face.
"Come with me, there is something I want to tell you first."
Under the astonished stares of the other four people, Shinichi didn't resist, was dragged away by Nino and walked out of the cafeteria.