CH 90

Chapter 90 – Those Who Are Chosen and Those Who Aren’t

“Is that so?”

Arina replied curtly.

Whenever she did this, she was either annoyed or uninterested but, in this case, it was probably the latter. She didn’t care about Toma’s sexuality.

Me neither, of course. The thing that mattered to me the most was the fact that she was standing next to me. It reminded me of that moment.

‘Here’s a good news for you. I’ll make you some.’

Did she do it? Was she approaching me because she wanted to give me the chocolates? C’mon, Arina-san, tell me the answer!

I glanced at her.

Let alone telling me the answer, she didn’t even react, instead, she turned away and disappeared into her classroom.

Eh?

Did that mean now wasn’t the time? Well, to be fair, her hands were empty, she probably left it inside her bag or something. She probably went back to the classroom to fetch it for me, right?

I decided to wait for her here. A large, well-built man standing tall while staring at a poster with Asakura Toma’s ‘I GIVE YOU MY CHOCOLATE’ might seem weird in other people’s eyes. Maybe they thought that I awakened to something because I didn’t get any chocolates from girls. (T/N: That was written in English, word by word)

But I’ll assure you all. I was not interested in Toma at all. Normal was my middle name, as I loved girls.

In the end, she didn’t come.

The sound of the bell echoed through the school, announcing the beginning of class. What the hell was I doing? I wasted my time staring at Toma’s posters. I shoulda dug up some bell marks from the trash cans instead. (T/N: What he meant by bell marks are quite literally bell marks that you could find in sweets packages. You usually collect them for prizes.)

During the recess.

I didn’t dare to leave the classroom as there were zombies wandering around the hallway looking for chocolates. They disgusted me.

Well, not really, actually I just didn’t want to run into Arina. I suppressed my urge to pee and put my faith in my bladder.

By the end of the fourth period, my bladder was screaming. The pressure felt so intense. If someone were to poke my lower half, it would definitely burst out, creating a supernova, turning our school into history.

The bell rang, lunch break had finally arrived. After bowing to the teacher, I made my way to the door.

“Sui, let’s eat toge–”

“Wait a bit.”

I didn’t turn around to face him, just kept tiptoeing toward the door. If I lift my foot, everything would burst out and my social life would be over.

The short distance felt like an eternity. I tightened my a*shole and concentrated. Dear lemon juice, please don’t come out yet…

“Ah!”

Someone made a voice that startled me. I almost leaked there.

It was the pony-tailed girl, Mugiyama Kaya, who did that.

“Hey, Sakaki-kun~ Hm? What’s wrong?”

“I’ll tell you later. Bye.”

I started walking again, this time, my feet didn’t leave the ground.

“Ah, you’re holding your pee.”

Why were you following me?!

“Finally, you’ve awakened, Sakaki-kun. How is it? Great isn’t it?”

“Great my a*s! I’m dying over here!”

“Try to concentrate and savor that feeling!”

“Go to hell!”

“Jeez, so mean…”

Just a few more meters!

Suddenly, half of my vision was enshrouded by the flames of purgatory. Was this what happened if you were to hold your pee for a long time? TIL.

“Ugh… Ngh…”

Almost there, almost there!

“Try to hold on for a little longer.”

I wouldn’t give in to the devil’s temptation! I would never be awakened to such a strange fetish!

I swear on my name!

I put a hand on the door and my crotch. I didn’t know why, but it made me feel better.

I leaned toward the cold wall with my right hand while my left hand was grabbing my little brother. It felt like I was a movie protagonist with a gunshot wound, struggling with the last ounce of my strength. If this was a movie, the BGM would be a tense one.

I unzipped my pants.

Then, a sense of freedom engulfed me.

*   *   *

When I went out of the toilet, I saw Kaya standing there, waiting for me.

This girl was grinning for some reason.

“Hello, perverted cheerleader.”

“I’m not a pervert.”

“Try looking up your name on Kojien, it literally means ‘pervert’.” (T/N: Kojien is a Japanese dictionary. It’s the equivalent of the Oxford Dictionary for English.)

“I really am not! I just have unique hobbies…”

“Elaborate.”

“You know, endurance training, going no-pantsu, taking selfies when I’m at my limit, drool play–

The rest of her words fell on deaf ears. But that was enough for me to reach the conclusion that this person was bad news.

I had to keep her away from Ugin, no matter what.

The state should keep an eye on her, she had enough power to destroy the country! Why weren’t they detaining her?

“Okay, okay, I get it, you’re unique.”

“Hey, why do you boys jump if someone were to kick you in the nuts?”

“The hell?? I don’t know! Ask someone, ask Isaac Newton, he probably knows. Why are you even asking me this? You’re a girl, for f*ck sake!”

“Can I try? Who knows, maybe you’ll awaken to something.”

“You might as well kill me! Listen, only people who have received special training can gain pleasure from that. If you do that to anyone else, they’ll die!”

“You’re lying~”

“I really should erase you from this world…”

I knew it was bad to have this kind of prejudice, but was the cheerleading club full of this kind of nutjob? Seriously, this girl scared me in more than one way. I hoped that she wouldn’t get caught by some nasty people out there.

Anyway, I couldn’t save her from depravity even if I wanted to, so I stopped thinking about it and went back to the classroom. She still muttered something like ‘I want to kick them…’ when I left. Luckily, she didn’t actually do it.

*   *   *

I was eating with Makoto and something came to my mind.

There were no plans to meet Arina today.

Normally, we would help around at school as part of Arina’s rehabilitation program, but we got nothing planned for today. In other words, there was a chance that I wouldn’t receive her chocolate today.

No, no, I was being too self-conscious. She was probably just teasing me about it. There should be a hidden meaning behind her actions. Her words were too straightforward for me to interpret it in any other way… Would she really give the thing to me?

“C’mon, Sui, you gotta finish your lunch even if it doesn’t taste good.”

“What are you on about? My mom made this exclusively for me, it’s the best food in the world.”

“My bad, but you’ve been looking so grim all day…”

“I’m born with this face, dude.”

“Are you thinking about chocolates?”

“No, I’m thinking about the truth behind humanity’s actions.”

“So you didn’t get anything from Hiwa?”

“Why are you so sharp when talking about something like this?”

He folded his hands and nodded his head.

“She told me that she’s going to give me some, but I don’t know when exactly am I going to get it.”

“Wait, seriously?”

“What?”

“Hiwa is actually going to give you some? No way!”

“If it’s so unbelievable, then why the hell did you ask?”

“I was kidding when I asked that! I mean, do you know what happened last year?”

“Last year?”

“Everyone was excited about the possibility that Hiwa would give them some last year, to the point that some of the guys changed their hairstyle to woo her. Some brought flowers for her. Some said ‘I talked with her before, she’ll definitely give me some!’ Well, the point is that everyone thought that she’ll give them chocolates.”

“Crazy.”

“In the end, she didn’t give anything to anyone. The guy who brought flowers managed to find the perfect timing to give them to her, but she just told him to eat bricks.”

“I’m amazed that he managed to do it.”

“This year is quite amazing too. The boys in her class got their hair straightened and their perfumes are even stronger than the girl’s…”

Was it really something that amazing?

In any case, hearing about the situation of her class made me worried, was that class okay? It didn’t turn into a host club or anything, right?

“Do you wanna go there?”

“After we’re done eating, sure.”

We quickly finished our lunches. There were about thirty minutes left until the lunch break was over, so they were probably still trying to court Arina. Watching them while sipping my tomato juice didn’t seem to be a bad idea.

I left the classroom afterwards to see how our dear hosts were doing.

Woah, wait, the class’ entrance was crowded with hosts as well.

“Who the hell are they?”

“The guys who didn’t get to be in the same class as Hiwa.”

“Ah, the NPCs?” (T/N: He didn’t say it in the modern slang context btw.)

Those guys would start to whisper sweet things when Arina came out of the classroom.

Since they were from other classes, they didn’t have the guts to barge into the classroom, that was why they were standing around here.

I passed them by with Makoto and peeked into Arina’s class.

Surprise, surprise, the class was filled with hosts and reeked of perfume.

The center of the attention herself, Arina, was sitting while eating her lunch with Shirona and the others. She didn’t seem to be in a bad mood, probably because Shirona was with her.

“This is the truth of this world, Sui.”

Muttered Makoto. I see, so this was the truth of the world.

There were more students than usual here. Normally, they would run off somewhere during this period, either the cafeteria or their clubrooms, who knows, but today, every single guy stayed inside the classroom.

“Is this really the truth of the world?…”

Men driven mad by Arina.

Men fascinated by Arina.

Men who wanted to be noticed by Arina.

Men who wanted Arina to talk to them.

Men who wanted Arina to like them.

They came from different backgrounds with the same objectives.

It was terrifying how they were fully controlled by their desires. As the object of their desires, it must be stressful for Arina.

Shirona noticed us and I raised my hand in reflex. After that, she took out two small bags and approached us.

“Here’s your share, Sui, Makoto-kun.”

“Ah, thank you.”

“Thank you, Shirona-chan!”

She bent her waist a little before pointing her finger at us.

“Those are obligatories, okay?”

The same line as the previous years.

I had been hearing that same line without understanding the hidden meaning behind them. This was the reason why my reaction was more lackluster than usual.

“Thank you.”

“You already got one from Ruka-chan, right, Makoto-kun? And this is your first one, right, Sui?”

“Hahaha, no! I already got some from Ugin and the Beautiful Crane earlier!”

“Beau… What?”

“Tsuru. I got one from Tsuru-sama.”

“Eh? Really?”

Shirona’s eyes fluttered in surprise. To be fair, I was too.

I sent a glance at Arina. She was chatting with Yuri and Ran.

“Anyway, I’ll look forward to White Day!”

“Sure! You can count on me!”

“I’ll make some for you.”

We then returned to our classroom. I let out a sigh as I sat down on my seat, hoping that it could erase the perfume scent that invaded my lungs.

“Their perfume was worse than I imagined.”

“Ugh, my nose…”

Then, I went to the toilet before entering the bread war at the cafeteria. I didn’t find Arina during this period of time. Instead, I found Asakura Toma’s posters everywhere to the point that I was sick of seeing them. Some of those posters had been torn down though.

I couldn’t find Big Sis Arina anywhere.

Eventually, the lunch break was over. Oh well, I should calm down first. I mean, there was no guarantee that she would give me her chocolates. Who was I kidding? I was a mere tomato addict, I didn’t deserve such things.

Fifth period ended.

Recess. I ran into Kaya again. I flew away.

Sixth period ended.

Recess. I found more torn up posters. I ignored them.

Class ended.

Homeroom began.

Homeroom ended.

After school.

Cleaning.

Done.

Time to go home.

Wait, wait, didn’t I miss something? I knew that I was a globetrotting going-home pro, but there was something off!

What was it?

Did Arina send me a hidden message?

We talked a little in front of Toma’s poster, but did we do something other than that?

Nope, we didn’t. We didn’t make any plans to meet up after school either.

I slung my bag over my shoulders and left the classroom. Along the way, I passed by Arina’s class and peeked inside, but her bag wasn’t there.

Shirona came out of the classroom at that moment and our eyes met.

“Hm? Arina-san went home already.”

Huh? That was strange.

No, wait, it wasn’t strange. There was nothing absolute in this world, including human’s behavior.

With the voices of the sport club members in the background, I decided to go home. Seriously, how could those people be so energetic in this cold weather? Wait for next month, it would be warmer.

Anyway, I looked forward to eating Tsuru-san and Shirona-san’s chocolates. I should probably give my thanks to the children in Africa too. (T/N: Child labor in Africa reference)

I took a big step forward toward the school gate, like the main character of a shounen manga before a tough fight.

My fight would only just begun!

“My…”

While my heart was burning with a sense of determination, a familiar voice came into my ear.

I turned my head in that direction awkwardly like a robot.

“I’ve been waiting for you.”

Hiwa Arina was there.

TL: Iyo

ED: Dodo