Rock Girl Descends Beside Me!

"Isn't this an easy way to solve it?" Riki said.

"Huh?"

Riki pulled Shiina Riki's hand and ran back to the takoyaki stall they were just at. He said to the girl there, "Riki just ate the takoyaki you made, but she's too embarrassed to say it. Could you make us another one?"

"Hey, I didn't say anything like that..." Shiina Riki quickly said.

"Is that true, Riki-san?" the girl said in surprise. "I thought Riki-san didn't like this kind of thing, and your expression is always so scary. I didn't expect you liked this. This is the takoyaki I accidentally broke earlier. It doesn't look good, but it still tastes great. You can have it."

Shiina Riki hesitated for a moment and said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Riki ate another takoyaki, and it tasted really good.

It was good enough to stomp your feet over.

But it was still a bit short of the "devour it like a storm" level.

"Why did you say something like that? I never said that," Shiina Riki complained after they walked away from the stall.

However... it didn't feel bad at all.

"The best way to solve interpersonal problems is to speak your mind," Riki said with a smile.

"You seem very good at getting along with people?" Shiina Riki suddenly said.

"I guess so, just average."

Not at all.

An ordinary person wouldn't pay attention to someone like her, let alone the pressure she often put on people.

She was probably just one of the friends he had helped. Shiina Riki thought as she looked at Riki.

Although Riki was as good at composing as Sakiko and her sister, she didn't feel inferior to him. Perhaps it was because he was a boy, or perhaps it was because he was approachable. Instead... she admired him.

Could she be like him in the future?

"Why are you smiling so happily?" Riki looked back and saw Shiina Riki suddenly smiling brightly, asking strangely.

Riki, are you secretly laughing at me?

Being a good person these days and still being mocked.

Don't sleep too soundly tonight.

"What is it?" Shiina Riki asked with a mysterious smile.

Okay, okay, you want to play like this?

I can only escalate.

Let's make Tomoe not sleep too soundly tonight.

Riki and Shiina Riki walked into the teaching building. There were also class activities inside. Riki asked curiously, "What activity is your class doing?"

"Hmm, it's a haunted house," Shiina Riki thought for a moment.

A common option in anime, similar to a maid cafe.

Riki's expression changed as soon as he reached the third floor.

There's a Kayako on the third floor, I'm not kidding.

"That's our class's makeup. Do you want to go in?" Shiina Riki said with a smile. "People who go through the haunted house can draw for couple rings, even though they're just made of copper."

That's normal. If high school students could afford gold rings, I'd suspect the principal was up to something shady.

Something like a Magical Girl.

"Rings, huh? That's quite interesting," Riki said. Although he couldn't use them now, he could use them with Sakiko in the future.

Riki also saw two students with pale faces coming out of the haunted house. After drawing and not winning, they wailed in agony.

Hmph, you draw and still expect to win? Do you think all the good things are yours?

Riki walked into the haunted house and suddenly realized something.

He had always been a little uncomfortable with horror movies...

Should I make a swift retreat and just leave?

But seeing Shiina Riki walking forward in the dark haunted house, Riki didn't want to lose face. He gritted his teeth and followed her. Suddenly, he felt something under his foot.

A bloody hand.

What a relief, the props the students bought aren't very realistic... Riki sighed in relief, then suddenly felt someone tightly gripping his hand.

Riki turned his head and saw Shiina Riki clutching his hand tightly, her face pale, tears welling up in her eyes from fright.

"Wait, wait for me. My legs are a little weak," Shiina Riki said, her voice trembling.

Team Riki, I didn't expect you to be afraid of this kind of thing.

Shiina Riki suddenly felt a cold wind blowing on her neck from behind. She screamed and hugged Riki tightly.

Riki: "?"

Chapter 42: Nagasaki Sose Sent a Message

Riki and the other Riki moved slowly through the haunted house, which was dark and filled with low groans.

"Isn't this your class's haunted house? How are you getting scared?"

"...Because I wasn't assigned any tasks."

Riki was shocked.

Miss Riki was kind-hearted and couldn't stand seeing someone work too hard.

So you went out shopping instead, right?

Riki walked ahead, while Shiina Riki held his hand and walked slowly behind, looking left and right, worried something might suddenly jump out.

"Pat."

Another bloody hand fell from the ceiling, and Shiina Riki froze in fear.

Riki also stiffened. Shiina Riki was gripping his wrist so tightly that he thought she was going to crush it.

"This is so scary. Why would they make something like this?" Shiina Riki said in disbelief.

Riki looked thoughtfully at the curtain next to the haunted house. He pulled the curtain aside with Shiina Riki and they hid inside. It was pitch black, and all they could hear was their own breathing.

"I'm getting revenge for you," Riki whispered. "It would be too much if they scared you so much that your legs went weak."

"My legs aren't weak!" Shiina Riki said angrily.

They just weren't strong enough to use.

Shiina Riki could feel Riki's breath near her ear, tickling her.

"Wait," Riki said. After a while, he finally saw two people in monster costumes walk past the gap in the curtain, whispering.

"Senpai, are we really going to scare them badly? I don't want to scare my classmates."

"Natsuko, the student council's funding that was given to us was taken by our class committee to the shopping district for a lottery to surprise our classmates. We can't let anyone know that we lost everything, so we absolutely cannot let anyone pass through the haunted house."

"But Senpai, we only ate two cookies. We didn't spend too much money."

"Idiot! I'm not talking about the cookies. The realistic props for the haunted house were too expensive, that's why we have no prizes! Listen carefully, you absolutely cannot let anyone know."

Okay, I won't say anything.

Riki nodded. Everyone knew he was the most tight-lipped.

These two Sakura Girls were quite humorous. Their intentions were good; they wanted to provide more benefits for their classmates, but the class committee messed it up.

They originally wanted to surprise their classmates, but they were cruelly deceived by hateful members of society outside through a lottery. With the mentality of "those who have been rained on must also tear down others' umbrellas," they decided to degenerate into evil future members of society.

No wonder the person at the entrance earlier didn't win anything in the lottery.

Are you guys running a lottery here?

Shiina Riki was also confused. She just wanted to hide and surprise her classmates, but she accidentally stumbled upon her classmates' degenerate activities.

But after all, they were high school students. The limit of their degeneration was spending too much money on props. No wonder these things looked a bit too realistic.

"But how come we couldn't find Riki and her boyfriend?"

"Do you think they're hiding and kissing?"

Sakura Girls, worry about yourselves!

Riki's face darkened. Shiina Riki next to him widened her eyes in shock. When did Riki become my boyfriend?!

Riki couldn't take it anymore. Otherwise, the rumor at Hanasakigawa would soon become that Miss Riki wanted me to confess, so he acted, now, right here!

With the speed of a lightning bolt, like a fellow foodie, he reached out and grabbed the feet of the two people outside.

The air fell silent for a moment, then two screams that pierced the heavens erupted.

Riki walked out from behind the curtain and looked at the two pale Sakura Girls. "I'll pretend I didn't hear what you just said. Don't be deceived by members of society next time. Lotteries are all lies. Things like 16666 cookies are just legends."

Shiina Riki also walked over and quickly clarified, "He's really not my boyfriend!"

Miss Riki, you're so eager to clarify, it makes me feel a little sad.

The two Sakura Girls nodded repeatedly. They were so scared just now that tears were welling up in their eyes.

Riki and Shiina Riki continued to walk forward. There were fewer scare props behind them. Riki guessed that they had run out of funds. The two of them successfully walked out of the haunted house.

"Congratulations to the two of you for clearing the haunted house..." The student outside the door looked at Riki and the other Riki and suddenly froze. Why were everyone else coming out with pale faces, but these two, one looked normal and the other was blushing?

"Please come over here for the lottery," the student Sakura Girl instructed.

Riki looked into her eyes. "Are there really prizes inside?"

"Yes," the student Sakura Girl said firmly.

"Really?"

"...Yes," the student Sakura Girl's voice was a little weak.

"Really?"

"...Maybe?" The student Sakura Girl started to sweat, her voice filled with guilt.

Those rings were our front, if you take them, there's no prize!

Under Riki's gaze, the student Sakura Girl obediently brought over the prize, sighing, "Since you saw through us, there's nothing I can do, e-he!"

The student Sakura Girl winked and stuck out her tongue with a smile.

This little brat is trying to act cute, huh?

If I hadn't seen through you, you would have only gotten a booby prize later.

"Here, this is your prize. We engraved both your names on it, so you can be together forever!" the student Sakura Girl said with a smile.

"What if you're not a couple?" Riki asked.

The student Sakura Girl paused for a moment, then hesitantly said, "Then it's a blood oath relationship?"

She realized, "You're not a couple?"

"Of course not!" Shiina Riki quickly explained.

"Then why did you come to challenge the haunted house?" the student Sakura Girl asked in surprise.

Riki also asked, "Then why did you go to the shopping street and lose all your money on the lottery?"

What... are you this aggressive?

The student Sakura Girl felt a little guilty and chuckled awkwardly, "Take care, Onii-chan, have fun on the school festival."

Calling me Onii-chan, huh.

Fine, I forgive you.

One of my life goals: To be called Onii-chan by a pretty Sakura Girl (Complete).