Chihaya Rei: I've Always Been a Hanami Fan

Ichinose Honami did not pick up her chopsticks to eat immediately; instead, she took out her phone and asked Chihaya Rei and Kamuro Masumi if she could add them as friends, looking a bit embarrassed.

Neither of them refused, and after successfully adding each other's contact information.

Only then did Ichinose Honami begin her meal.

So she's here to collect contacts, Chihaya Rei thought to himself.

It wasn't that he hadn't considered earlier whether Hoshinomiya Chie had mentioned him to Ichinose Honami, encouraging Ichinose to approach him.

However, even if Hoshinomiya had encouraged Ichinose, Ichinose Honami was someone who could be trusted; she wasn't the type to make friends with ulterior motives.

But unfortunately, gentle people don't last long on the grand stage of Classroom of the Elite.

"Ichinose-san is just as gentle as the rumors say." Chihaya Rei said casually.

Almost simultaneously, Ichinose Honami also took the initiative to start a conversation: "Do you and Kamuro-san often have dinner together, Chihaya-kun?"

After a brief pause, Ichinose said with some embarrassment: "That's just everyone's praise, it's a bit exaggerated. Hearing you say that, Chihaya-kun, makes me a little shy..."

Kamuro Masumi remained silent.

In her heart, she couldn't help but think that just over ten minutes ago, Chihaya Rei had called her gentle, and now he was praising someone else for being gentle right in front of her.

Although Kamuro Masumi admitted that Ichinose Honami did indeed feel very gentle, and was in fact gentler than her, she just felt that Chihaya Rei was too good at coaxing naive girls!

Thus, Kamuro Masumi silently increased the force with which she chewed her food.

Shiranami Chihiro was shy, so she didn't say much.

Kamuro Masumi was clearly not good at dealing with a social butterfly like Ichinose Honami.

So, the two of them tacitly buried their heads in their food.

This led to the scene quickly evolving into a conversation between Chihaya Rei and Ichinose Honami.

"Chihaya-kun, I heard from friends in Class D that you used to be in a band."

"Yes, more than one, actually."

"A band... that must be quite time-consuming, wouldn't you be too busy?"

"That's why I didn't attend school for a while."

"Eh?!" Ichinose Honami's lips parted in surprise, and she let out an exclamation.

Chihaya-kun had actually skipped school too?

Even Kamuro Masumi and Shiranami Chihiro, who were sitting nearby, looked over in surprise.

"Maybe that's why I was assigned to Class D." Chihaya Rei said with a smile.

Ichinose quickly shook her head to comfort him: "We are all just ordinary students; I don't think this way of sorting by the school is very good."

"I don't care about that." Chihaya Rei shook his head.

Only then did Ichinose feel relieved and continue to ask: "Is performing in a live show very tiring?"

"It's fine once you get used to it. Besides, don't look at how glamorous the people on stage look; in reality, by the time they get off stage, their backs are almost soaked through. Even girls can't avoid it."

Ichinose Honami showed an expression of realization, saying: "My younger sister also loves bands. She often uses Mom's phone to watch live performances."

"It's a pity I hadn't been able to take her to see one in person before coming to this school."

As she spoke, she sighed with a hint of helplessness.

Chihaya Rei raised an eyebrow in surprise.

It truly was the era of great girl bands; the topic of bands was everywhere.

He sincerely invited her: "Then after graduation, I'll invite you and your sister to come see our band's live show."

"That would be great, thank you, Chihaya-kun." Ichinose Honami accepted with a surprised expression, but the next second, she couldn't help but laugh and say: "School has only just started, and here we are talking about things after graduation. That's so strange."

"It's also quite interesting." Chihaya Rei nodded, "And these three years will pass very quickly, especially in this school full of competition."

Ichinose Honami nodded in agreement, then glanced sideways at Chihaya Rei, flashing a sweet smile as she said:

"I feel like Chihaya-kun and I really hit it off."

"Same here."

Chihaya Rei also smiled, expressing his agreement.

So he had been a fan of Honami all along!

Stare—

Just then, Chihaya Rei noticed Shiranami Chihiro across from him stealing glances at him from time to time, her eyes filled with wariness.

Whenever he looked up, she would quickly lower her head and pretend to be eating.

In less than 0.1 seconds, Chihaya Rei recalled the relevant information on Shiranami Chihiro and immediately understood the reason for her wariness toward him.

Tsk tsk, he hadn't expected that even after leaving the girl band, he would still be dealing with lesbian drama.

The answer was that Shiranami Chihiro was a lesbian, and she liked Ichinose Honami.

She was lusting after Ichinose Honami's body!

And so, seeing him and Ichinose Honami chatting enthusiastically without any barriers, she had panicked.

With a calm gaze, he looked at Shiranami Chihiro, and Chihaya Rei's mind suddenly became active.

It seemed that he, who carried the Interrogation System, had just gained another arduous task.

He would not watch Ichinose Honami get turned by Shiranami Chihiro, although even without him, Shiranami Chihiro was destined to fail.

After all, Ichinose was undoubtedly straight, and her sexual orientation was perfectly normal.

But he could turn Shiranami Chihiro straight!

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In the end, this simple interaction concluded with Chihaya Rei and Kamuro Masumi finishing their dinner first and rising to leave.