You have some sleep in your eye
Mutsuki chuckled and pulled out a handkerchief
Without taking the handkerchief Ange sullenly wiped her eye with the back of her hand and turned away with a lopsided frown on her face
This was the usual for her so he returned to his seat
Okay time to eat time to eat We’re in the middle of the period of growth that has to support our futures so this is another way to enjoy our school life to its fullest
His childhood friend Sakae walked over with a ton of bread in his arms
Let’s push our desks together Outta the way Sakae Mutsuki over here over here
Sure
Deh heh heh heh heh Ange-chaan Let’s eat together
Th-that’s fine
Lucia moved his desk behind Mutsuki and Saya moved over to Ange’s desk
As usual Machina remained in the neighboring seat On her own she pulled a water bottle and a single apple from her bag
Mutsuki and Ange ate together Lucia Sakae and Saya wanted to eat with them and Machina sat nearby
Recently the six of them spent most of their lunch breaks together like this
They all pulled out their lunches
Saya’s was quite girly Sakae lined up the bread he had bought at the school store Lucia had a lot of portable foods like dried meats and seeds and Machina had her single apple
Mutsuki and Ange’s lunches were the same since they lived together
Once again it at least looks normal enough
Ange sighed when she opened the lunchbox she had been given
It contained sakura denbu on rice pickled cucumbers rolled omelets bacon soaked in chili oil and spinach salad The main dish was pork dumplings
The sakura denbu was shaped like the Lazy Bear character the girl liked and the pork dumplings were star-shaped so it had a real focus on presentation It did indeed look like a delicious lunch
Okay let’s get started
Mutsuki clapped his hands together
On that signal they all started eating Machina was not even looking in their direction but he had
a feeling she brought the apple to her mouth after he clapped
With six of them there they naturally split between boys and girls
Mutsuki Sakae and Lucia formed one group and Ange and Saya formed another Machina did not speak with anyone
The three boys discussed class which girl (or boy) the most recent love letter Lucia had gotten was from and generally wandered from topic to topic
As for the two girls
Ange Ange I have some fried chicken today too
Again
Say ‘ah’
Saya are you bringing this everyday just to feed it to me
Of course not It’s just a coincidence Or do you not want it
I didn’t say that
Say ‘ahh
’
Ange hesitated but gave in because she liked meat
This classmate seemed to have gotten quite clingy lately Ange had attacked her before after
mistaking her for an enemy so she had been worried about how to treat her afterwards However Saya did not seem to mind and did not seem to have realized who Ange really was In the end they were still just classmates Except that the girl was giving her a lot of heated looks that seemed to surpass the level of classmate
A-ahh
Here you go Heh heh heh You’re so cute with your mouth open Ange
Am I
Yeah Oh I just can’t stand it
For some reason Saya blushed and grinned
Ange was a little worried the girl had indeed realized she was an angel but there was nothing she could do if the girl did not bring it up first
Here This one’s ankake-style Say ‘ahh’
Deh heh heh heh heh
As a result she could only do as the girl asked
While the fried chicken flavor lingered in her mouth she gulped down the spinach salad she did not like She disguised the aftertaste with the rice and pickled vegetables before starting on the pork dumplings (Munch munch)
She had a bad feeling about them but they were normal pork dumplings After breathing a sigh of relief she washed them down with a sip of tea and ate the spicy bacon she liked with some rice
Finally she took a bite of the rolled omelets
Gwoh
She spat it back out
The other five and everyone else in the class turned her way
Ahh So it was these not the dumplings Saya Tea tea tea
She chugged down the 500 mL bottle of tea
The omelets had something sweet and yet bitter inside
After clenching her teeth she glared at the boy with tears in her eyes
Mutsuki
U-um to make sure you could stand the summer heat I added in some garlic chives grated ginger garlic and cacao beans that are full of polyphenols You like cocoa don’t you
Why would you put that in an omelet
She shouted in anger
Of the classmate’s watching them half were giving lukewarm looks and the other half had already cooled as if to say Oh it’s this again
But it’s highly nutritious
It may be good for you physically but it’s bad for you mentally Enough to stop my heart Oh honestly How many times do I have to tell you not to add in your original dishes
S-sorry And sorry to you too Ibekusa
The boy apologized to Ange whose anger was like a blazing fire and to Machina who was sitting in front of Ange and thus was hit in the back of the head when the angel girl spat out the food
Once she was done yelling the girl returned to her seat
How spoiled do you have to be to complain when someone makes food for you
She wrinkled her brow again when Lucia spoke up next to her
The demon boy looked cute but he could be truly malicious to people he did not like And as an angel Ange was his natural enemy
Beggars can’t be choosers Who does she think she is Right Mutsuki
I-I do the cooking because I like it
Mutsuki quickly intervened when he saw the frightening look on the already short-tempered girl’s face
Lucia generally never did anything that would cause him trouble and Ange did not bite at the obvious provocation so nothing came of it They both returned to their lunches
Speaking of that Mutsuki
Noticing the tense atmosphere Sakae immediately changed the subject
You’ve always loved cooking haven’t you
Yeah I’ve been doing it since before elementary school so it’s more of a habit than anything
Mutsuki narrowed his eyes as he easily ate the highly nutritious omelets And Ange might complain but she always eats everything but the one thing
The girl shoved the omelets to the side and gulped down the rest of the pork dumplings and rice
He laughed happily when he saw it
I do like making lunches for Ange
Ha ha You’re a total house-husband
His best friend Sakae laughed too but Lucia gave a sullen look next to him
The three boys naturally turned toward Ange
When their eyes gathered on her the girl blushed in surprise and faced the window with her usual lopsided frown
Mutsuki Lucia and Sakae had all realized that was just how she hid her embarrassment so they all burst out laughing
Ange ignored them and turned her back on them
And that was why none of them noticed the hint of loneliness on her face
That was delicious
A woman loudly clapped her hands together and set down her chopsticks
Mutsuki made a total of three lunches every day one for himself one for Ange and one for their other roommate Micha
Even though she lay around the apartment drinking all day she had a lunch prepared neatly inside a lunchbox instead of stuffed inside some tupperware She had already eaten it but the sakura denbu on the rice had spelled out No Alcohol She laughed as she walked to the fridge
She winked and said sorry to the sticky note that said Only two beers a day in Mutsuki’s
handwriting and pulled two cans out Incidentally there were already four empty cans in the trash from that morning alone
She opened one with a nice ksh sound
But before drinking any she set them down on the table
She looked out the window toward the balcony
This was the top floor of the apartment building and it was pouring rain thanks to the typhoon