Chapter 9: Rooftop
“So the usual spot is… here?”
Going against the tide of students heading to the cafeteria or the lawn below, Su Jun arrived at the fourth floor of the teaching building.
Looking at the stairs leading to the rooftop from the hallway, Su Jun’s eyebrows twitched slightly. He wondered how Sato Shinichi got the key to the school’s rooftop, and according to the memories from the previous owner of this body, they had been eating lunch together for a few days now.
【Eating lunch alone in such an isolated place with a guy… Is this a woman’s love craze?】
Su Jun lowered his head in thought, but suddenly, a silly, sunny smiling face popped into his mind. He quickly waved away the strange bubble that appeared in front of him. Although his outward appearance was very cold, the previous owner, Kazumi Shimizu, seemed to have a high opinion of Sato Shinichi, her boyfriend!
“Never mind, let’s go up.”
Su Jun spread his hands in a gesture of helplessness. As if trying to persuade him, various deeds of Sato Shinichi kept appearing in his mind, which finally put Su Jun’s worried heart at ease.
After all, whether it was their interactions or his daily communication with classmates, this cheap boyfriend had always been a straightforward, energetic, and simple-minded guy! With that persistent and silly demeanor, there was no way he could do something like that… as if!
Perhaps influenced by the thoughts of the original body, Su Jun had such a naive idea. It was indeed the thoughts of a teenage girl in love. Only Su Jun, who was truly a man, knew that men could not be without lust. Either they had a higher level of self-control and were playing the long game for a bigger catch, or their time had not yet come for harvest.
Su Jun looked down at his flat chest and thought that Sato Shinichi was probably the latter.
Shaking his head to clear the strange thoughts from his mind, Su Jun looked up. After all, he was only here because he hadn’t prepared lunch and had left in a hurry without his wallet or anything, so he decided to see if he could get some help from his cheap boyfriend.
More deeply, Su Jun also needed to play the role of Kazumi Shimizu a little more seriously in his future life. After all, this was a fantasy world with psychics!
What if there was a sudden, drastic change, and he was caught by his homeroom teacher and sent to some research institute to be examined, only to be found not to be the original owner? Then, as a transmigrator, he would truly become a sliced experimental rat.
Even his previous plan to break up with Sato Shinichi was intended to be a slow, gradual cooling off. After all, a sudden, significant change would be too noticeable.
“Click—creak—”
Gently pushing open the iron door in the stairwell, a refreshing scent wafted over. A gentle breeze carrying hints of spring blew, making Su Jun instinctively squint his eyes.
“Kiyomizu-san!”
A childish, youthful voice came from not far away. The young man, wearing a gray and white student uniform, saw Su Jun and walked towards him with excitement, his voice filled with anticipation that could be heard from a distance.
“Mhm.”
Su Jun nodded faintly and looked at the blond young man who had already reached him, then impassively shifted his gaze to the side.
The young man had a head of fluffy, messy blond hair with two long bangs falling on either side, but it didn’t give a feminine impression. Instead, it gave him a unique aura. His deep blue eyes were as clear as gemstones, and the gaze he cast upon Su Jun seemed to contain light.
And that face that always seemed to be smiling, giving the impression of being like the sun at first glance, radiating endless light that illuminated others, naturally evoking good feelings. Except for his somewhat disappointing height, which was not much taller than Su Jun’s, he was overall someone who was hard to dislike.
“Why are you late today, Kiyomizu-san? Are you feeling sick?”
Sato Shinichi walked with Su Jun to the edge of the rooftop guardrail and sat down. He seemed accustomed to his girlfriend’s cold personality. He picked up the bento box he had prepared earlier, unfolded the cloth it was wrapped in, and placed it in front of Su Jun, chuckling twice as he asked.
“I felt a little unwell, but I’m fine now.”
Relying on the body’s memory, Su Jun knelt down directly, and the cold voice came from his mouth, responding faintly. Although he had imagined countless reunion scenes, in reality, perhaps due to the body’s condition, he felt very comfortable all over.
After all, a guy like this, who had clearly established a relationship but still foolishly called him Kiyomizu-san and always had a sunny smile on his face, it was hard for him to dislike him.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, if you don’t feel well, be sure to go to the infirmary! Did you forget your bento today, Kiyomizu-san?”
Sato Shinichi nodded but still kindly reminded him, then looked at Su Jun’s empty hands and asked.
“Morning… I forgot…”
Su Jun paused for a moment before speaking. He thought it would be difficult to say this, but now he said it without any hindrance.
“!!! Then, Kiyomizu-san! You must eat my bento today. I prepared extra portions every day just for this!”
A blue light flashed in Sato Shinichi’s eyes, and his hands moved quickly. He separated his three-tiered bento and placed it in front of Su Jun. Strange flames seemed to be burning behind him, and he spoke to Su Jun excitedly, as if he had ignited.
“Oh…”
【Don’t prepare so much food every day for such a strange reason, hey!】
Mentally complaining about this inexplicable passionate act, he replied with a cold “oh” on the outside and then shifted his gaze to the bento in front of him.
“This is your favorite tempura, Kiyomizu-san! This is the takoyaki you ate on Tuesday! And this is special beef. I saw it in your bento last time and specifically found the same brand of beef!”
As if sensing Su Jun’s gaze on the bento, Sato Shinichi quickly began to introduce the food, enumerating the contents of the bento box one by one. All the food in it was actually food that Kazumi Shimizu preferred or had prepared in her bento.
“Well then, what does Sato-kun like to eat?”
Picking up his chopsticks and gently putting a piece of fried tempura into his mouth, the luxurious tender meat and crispy fried batter exploded simultaneously in his mouth. The texture brought about by such high-end ingredients caused a slight change in Su Jun’s expression.
Then, he slightly raised his chopsticks and pointed in Sato Shinichi’s direction, asking.
“For me… as long as Kiyomizu-san likes to eat it, that’s enough!”
As if being asked this way by Kazumi Shimizu for the first time, Sato Shinichi showed a hint of embarrassment on his face, and finally said with a blush.
Looking at the foolish boy in front of him, who seemed to be confessing his feelings, Su Jun’s eyes glistened with a touch of reminiscence. This kind of appearance, willing to give everything for the person they liked, really made him recall his past self.
“However, what Sato-kun likes is also important…”
His black chopsticks drew an arc in the air, then pointed at the blond young man in front of him again. Although this remark, which was almost like a simp’s confession, moved him, as a seasoned senior simp who had nothing, Su Jun felt it was necessary to educate his junior. In relationships, foolishly giving everything does not guarantee rewards…
“Kiyomizu-san!”
Sato Shinichi froze in place, not expecting Kazumi Shimizu to say something like that. His innermost soft spot felt as if it had been struck by something, and he felt lightheaded. Is this what being cared about feels like?
Overwhelmed with emotion, Sato Shinichi unconsciously reached out his hand, wanting to touch the girl who cared about him.
However, the girl subtly turned her head, avoiding his right hand, leaving Sato Shinichi standing there awkwardly.
“……..”
“Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!”
Sato Shinichi, coming back to his senses, bowed repeatedly and apologized profusely. After all, even though they had established a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, in the young man’s perception, after only a few days of interaction, making such a move was considered flirtatious behavior.
“It’s alright, but… what about you? Your lunch?”
Su Jun waved his hand holding the chopsticks. He couldn’t muster any desire to deceive this foolish, stunned, cheap boyfriend. He was just too pure.
“It is a man’s duty to ensure his girlfriend eats enough!”
As if a switch had been flipped, Sato Shinichi suddenly reignited, raising his thumb in a rather cool manner.
“…….”
Su Jun was unsure whether it was chuunibyou or passion, but unexpectedly, he didn’t dislike this behavior. Instead, he found it to have a childlike innocence and cuteness. He silently ate a few more pieces of beef before placing his chopsticks on the bento box.
Perhaps Su Jun was this kind of person. If someone was willing to treat him well, he was also happy to treat others with the utmost kindness. Although he definitely couldn’t accept such a man as his boyfriend, Sato Shinichi, whose actions did not seem like those of a bad person, was still worthy of Su Jun’s kindness.
“I’m done eating.”
Su Jun gently pushed the bento box towards Sato Shinichi with his small hands and said softly.
“Kiyomizu-san!”
“?”
“According to my previous observation records, you should still need to eat a portion to be full. At present, you are probably only fifty percent full!”
“…….”
【You’re a pervert!】
