Lunch and Story

Finally the maths lesson is over, body aches, brain aches, sitting here for 3 hours watching the teacher write maths problems that seem simple but are deadly. It's time to go to the canteen. Damn, I forgot, I don't have any pocket money this week because I spent it on food at the restaurant where Ayame works.

Ouch, no money, what to do, borrow more money? Or not eat at all? Can't concentrate if it's like this.

Konohana came up to me and said, "Valdo, you didn't go to the canteen during the first break, you're usually the quickest to leave.”

“No money,” I said.

"Huh, I mean, shouldn't your pocket money be enough to eat for this week?"

"I don't have any money, I already bought it."

"What! You're buying manga again, don't you already have a large collection of manga, why buy new ones?"

"That's normal, this is my hobby, and then my favourite manga published its latest volume yesterday, the previous volume had a cliffhanger ending, so I can't wait to read the next one"

"Hah, seriously, do you want to eat my lunch?"

"No, Konohana, I appreciate it but I don't want to owe you either, my debt is already long."

"It's okay, I'm just sharing the food."

"No, it's okay, I'm fine."

"All right then, don't faint in class during the lesson," Konohana laughed.

"No, I'm not that weak, I'm a man." I said while

Konohana left after that, I thought it was the wrong decision, but I didn't want to burden my old friend with my actions. It seemed like I would just drink water to stave off hunger until school end.

I opened my water bottle and drank the water inside. I drank a lot of water during the break, but now there's only a quarter of the bottle left. I don't know if I can last until I get home from school.

"Hey, why are you doing?" Kazuki said while unwrapping the food.

"Drink some water, why are you bothering me now?" I said as I took a sip of water from my water bottle.

"Not going to the cafeteria today?"

“No, I am not hungry.”

"You didn't go to the cafeteria, is it because you bought that comic that you didn't go today?"

"You know the answer, why do you ask?"

"You're in a bad mood right now, what happened yesterday?"

"It's normal, there are unexpected things"

"Oho, unexpected things, does that mean something interesting happened yesterday?"

"No, I just met an old friend on the road."

"Eh who's who?"

"Never mind, I don't have the energy to talk"

"Come on, talk, I want to know"

I waved my hand to ask Kazuki to leave. Since I couldn't speak anymore, my stomach kept crying.

After that, lunch was over and it was back to studying, studying on an empty stomach, which is a difficult thing to do.

All I could do was hold it together for a few more hours until school ended today. Even though school ended today, I still have after school activities.

Few hours later, school ended and the club activities.

"School's finally over, time to go to the club room and flex the new story I wrote, hehe, I can't wait to see Ayame's face," I said while holding my laptop.

I stood up from my desk and went to the club room after that. I opened the club room and saw that Senior Takumi was absent from the club today. I wondered where he went today.

I sat down at the table I usually sat at whenever I was at the club, opened my laptop and continued writing the club's visual novel project.

"I can't wait to tell this story to Ayame, I can't imagine how Ayame's face will look when she sees my masterpiece, hehe" I said with a small laugh.

"Let's see, the main character meets a woman on the first day of school, they fall in love and they go on a date the same day, and then they flirt with each other," I said as I quipped.

"Hey, how long are you going to be like that, I can hear you laughing over there, can you stop it? It disgusts me," Ayame looked at me with cold eyes.

"Aah! Since when have you been here? I thought this room was empty."

"Since you started telling stories that you made up yourself that are so bad, other people think that they are fairy tales for children who have no life."

"No, don't say that, I'm also a human being who wants to feel love."

"Ew, really? You'd better go home and look in the mirror before saying things like that, you're no different from the people I've met."

"Ah really, have you ever been in a relationship?"

"Of course, I'm a model student, smart, and pretty, unlike you who likes to sleep in class and not pay attention to the lessons. What's more, I can't comment on that."

"Enough, I'm crying because of this."

"You better stop joking around, I hope your story doesn't sound like what you said earlier? Give it to me now," Ayame said while looking at me angrily.

"Alright alright, I sent this to you via direct message, I don't want to share it with Takumi senior, I don't want him to laugh for a whole week because of my story"

"I know it's bad, but I try not to laugh at it"

I opened my laptop and sent the entire 10-page story to Ayame, and asked for her opinion on it. I really hoped she wouldn't hit me with a tsunami of criticism.