Lunchti.
Since he hadn't prepared a bento and was a bit tired of the bread from the school store, Asakura uncharacteristically decided to eat at the cafeteria today.
"Set A and Set B..."
Although most of the ti the sets were fixed, perhaps to prevent students from getting tired of them, the contents of the sets would rotate every so often.
However, most of the ti it was a combination of rice and noodle dishes.
For example, today's Set A was shrimp fried rice with dumplings, and Set B was Kumamoto ran, with a choice of salt or miso flavor.
"I've heard about it before, but there really are people who eat dumplings with rice..."
Asakura muttered to himself. For so reason, he recalled the scene where Yanami had earnestly bragged, "Set A Set B is the best."
Should I try that?
After calmly considering for half a second, Asakura decisively abandoned such an overly greedy ordering thod.
After all, his appetite was only that of a normal person, and the amount of two sets would be a bit too much. Wasting food was not a good habit.
So Asakura just bought a single al ticket for Set B and went to the counter to pick up his al.
"Oh, is it okay to eat just this much? There's still physical education class this afternoon, you know."
Suddenly, Yanami poked her head out from behind him, looking at the Kumamoto miso ran Asakura had ordered, and said.
"Even if you say that, Soubu High School's ran set is already equivalent to an 'extra serving of noodles' at a regular ran shop, you know?"
After all, teenagers in their growth spurt can eat a lot, so regardless of the taste of the school's sets, at least the quantity was reliable.
"That's just because ran shop noodles are too little, right?"
The girl said indifferently: "Besides, I've hardly ever been to a ran shop."
"Eh?"
Asakura looked at her in surprise: "Really? I thought you'd definitely be a regular at so ran shop."
"For a girl, going to a ran shop alone is too difficult."
Yanami mumbled.
"Speaking of which, why are you here?"
Asakura looked at her curiously: "I thought you always brought your bento?"
"Of course, it's because I saw Asakura-kun rarely coming to the cafeteria to eat, so I wanted to enjoy Soubu High School's delicious food with you."
Yanami said with quite a goddess-like deanor.
"The truth?"
"Mom overslept and didn't prepare my bento."
"I see."
"Asakura-kun doesn't co to the cafeteria to eat very often, does he?"
The girl asserted.
"Indeed, how did you figure that out?" Asakura asked, sowhat curious.
"Because usually, after getting food, people imdiately go to find a seat. Otherwise, they'd be stuck standing foolishly in the cafeteria with their tray for a long ti. It's rare to see soone like Asakura-kun still chatting leisurely with others."
"You must have been looking over here…" Asakura retorted.
The girl raised her chin towards him, signaling him to hurry up: "Asakura-kun, quickly go find a place to sit, and save a spot for too. I'm about to go get my food."
With that, the girl scurried off.
Asakura helplessly circled the cafeteria, but unfortunately, he couldn't find a seat.
Actually, Soubu High School's cafeteria was quite large, comparable to an auditorium in terms of area. However, with tables and chairs placed inside, the usable space was naturally reduced by more than half.
Adding to that, many students, even after finishing their als, still occupied their seats, ultimately leading to many latecors being unable to find a place.
Asakura looked around and chose a group of popular students who were clearly finished eating but still occupying seats and chattering. He blew an almost imperceptible whistle towards them.
The next mont.
"Snake! There's a Snake!"
The person who seed to be the leader of that group shrieked, instantly scaring the people around them, who also jumped up and frantically searched for the Snake.
The kitchen staff imdiately ran out to maintain order, but they couldn't find the Snake the other party ntioned. They only picked up a chopstick from the ground, concluding that the other party had probably mistaken a fallen chopstick for a Snake.
The students were speechless and could only leave dejectedly, while Asakura took the opportunity to sit in their spot.
"How lucky," Yanami Anna said, arriving with her tray at that mont. She sat down casually across from him, happily saying, "I thought I'd have to wait a long ti for a seat. What was that commotion just now? Was there really a Snake?"
"Just a hallucination caused by soone lacking manners and public decency." Asakura nonchalantly picked up a pair of disposable chopsticks and broke them apart.
They ended up being one long and one short.
"Pfft, it seems Asakura-kun's training still has a long way to go. Soone like , who often eats in the cafeteria, is already familiar with how to use disposable chopsticks. Watch closely!"
Snap.
"Didn't you break yours too?"
"…As long as they end up the sa length, it's fine!"
"You can't eat disposable chopsticks, don't gnaw on them! Why do you inexplicably get so competitive only in these strange situations?!"
"Asakura-kun, don't you know?"
"What?"
"As the saying goes, the dining hall is a battlefield! From the distant Ediacaran period until now, all living creatures have continuously honed themselves for the sake of eating! This is the inheritance and evolution of billions of years. As humans, how can we abandon our obsession with food?! To eat or be eaten, that is the question!"
"I don't think it's such a grand topic at all. Rather, you shouldn't twist famous quotes so wantonly. Shakespeare would cry."
"A thousand people have a thousand kinds of disposable chopsticks in their mouths!"
"No one eats disposable chopsticks except you!"
"Because they're made from fast-growing forest wood, they don't harm ordinary forests, so they're very environntally friendly."
"Is that sothing to be proud of?"
Asakura sighed: "So what exactly did you want to see for? Just to eat?"
"Actually, it's about Yakishio-san." The girl put down her gnawed and pitted chopsticks and looked at Asakura seriously: "I think, this is far enough."
"Huh?"
"I know Asakura-kun is a soft-hearted person, which is why you're concerned about Yakishio-san and Ayano. But sotis, I think letting two people who rely on each other face the unknown future together might be a better choice than planning out their future path for them from the start. Asakura-kun, if you get a girlfriend in the future, you definitely wouldn't like it if soone dictated your future, right?"
Perhaps feeling she had been too serious, the girl showed an embarrassed smile: "And you know, many people grow up hearing 'It's all for your own good' and end up following the future arranged by their parents. Even if that is objectively the safest path, they will ultimately feel a sense of regret, whether it's for their dreams, sweet love, or extra char siu ran."
She usually seed silly, but in reality, she was unexpectedly perceptive, quite delicate in so ways, yet very blunt in many others.
Facing such a girl's persuasion, Asakura returned a smile.
"Well said, so I'll take your char siu."
"Eh?! I was saving that for last!"
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