It Turns Out That I Have a Fiancee, but She Is the Famous “Villainess” of the School. What Should I

“Well, I totally forgot to bring lunch today. And when I was hungry, I got a ‘ping’! Then it hit me ‘Ah right! Hiroyuki-senpai is there!’ So, when I went to Senpai’s classroom, I heard that you went to the rooftop with Tomomi-senpai and Ryoko-senpai! I thought for sure there must be some of Ryoko-senpai’s home cooking! Well, I was right!”

The little kid starts rambling on even though we haven’t even asked anything. She then proceeded to sit on the leisure seat too. 

“And that’s why I wanted to ask if it’s okay if I join you, Ryoko-senpai!”

Ryoko gives a small nod with a wry smile at the sight of the little girl. Tomomi shook her head from side to side in dismay at Ryoko.

“Ryoko, don’t spoil her too much. She’s always getting carried away.”

“Boo. I don’t want Tomomi-senpai to tell me that. Besides, you’re also eating Ryoko-senpai’s lunch too, aren’t you?”

“I worked. I’m the one who brought this lunch here!”

“Even I can do that.”

“You really are a child with no charm.”

“You have no charm either, Tomomi-senpai.” 

“Well I –”

“Ano~~”

As they begin to argue, Kiryu timidly raises her hand.

“Kiryu-san, what’s wrong?”

“Well. What’s wrong is…”

Then Kiryu turned his gaze to the little child and showed a puzzled look. 

“Who are you?”

“Oh, I see. Sorry, sorry. This is the first time you’re meeting her. Hora! You, introduce yourself too!”

“Ah. I’m sorry. My name is Mizuho Kawakita. I’m a first year, and in the girl’s basketball team. I’m a junior of Tomomi-senpai! Please treat me well.”

The little girl, Mizuho, even does a salute. Smiling, Kiryu also greets her.

“Thank you for your courtesy. My name is Ayane Kiryu. I’m in the first class of the second year. Please treat me well from now on”

“Yes! Kiryu-senpai! From now on please treat—”

Ah, she froze.

“Eh. Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!”

Smiling, greeting, then screaming. 

She tugs at the sleeve of my shirt with a jerk, mouth agape.

“Huh? Oi, let go, you’re stretching it.”

“Ah, I’m sorry… Not that! Wh-why?? Why are you eating lunch with Kiryu-senpai?! Kiryu-senpai is that “Kiryu-senpai” right?!”

“I don’t know what “that” means, but you shouldn’t say such things in front of the person in question you know?”

“Yes! I’m willing to sacrifice my life instead!”

Right. Wise decision.

“That’s not the point! Why?!”

“What a nostalgic reaction. I don’t think I’ve seen a girl react like this in a long time.”

Kiryu looks kind of relieved seeing Mizuho’s reaction. Do you like being the “Villainess” after all? 

“Why..?”

“Well, I came here because I was invited. To answer why…”

“Yeah. That’s because I wanted to talk to Kiryu-san and see… you know? Right, Ryoko?”

“That’s right.”

“How am I supposed to know that?! Wh-what kind of relationship do you guys even have?”

“A relationship where we eat together.”

“No way!”

She’s so loud.

“As for me, I’m curious about the relationship between the three of you and Kawakita-san?”

“Ah, Mizuho Kawakita was a classmate of my sister Akane. You remember me saying that I had a younger sister, right?”

“Yes. She’s in Kyoto, right?”

“Right. She’s been hanging out with my sister since the junior basketball team. Not so much these days, but she used to come over to our house a lot when we were in elementary and middle school.”

“Childhood friends, you mean?”

“Well… something like that.”

Akane joined the junior basketball team from the first year of elementary school, and she and Mizuho have known each other since then, so there is a sense of ‘childhood friendship’ somehow. I mean, childhood friends mostly have known each other since nursery school or kindergarten. In fact, so are Tomomi and Ryoko. For Ryoko, even their houses are next door to each other.

“Well, that’s why the five of us used to play together when we were little. It was our meeting place.”

“Meeting place?”

‘We didn’t have anything at home to play with. So we mostly played outside.”

“Apart from your age, you were often alone among girls, weren’t you?”

“Well if you look at it that way, yeah.”

Now that I think about it, I had something like a harem, didn’t I? Though I didn’t feel that way at the time in the slightest. Ahh, I was in the most popular period of my life back then, wasn’t I? 

“Anyway, that’s how it was.”

“Hmmm. Well, am I interrupting anything?”

“We invited you. It’s Mizuho who’s in the way.”

“You’re terrible, Hiroyuki-senpai!  What do you mean by “in the way”?!”

“You are lured by the smell of food and join people without being invited, it’s no wonder you are treated like a hindrance. If you don’t like it, stop being afraid of Kiryu, just shut up and eat.”

She choked on my words and then glanced at Kiryu’s face. Kiryu noticed her gaze and smiled at her, then Mizuho quickly looked away

“Hiroyuki-senpai, Hiroyuki-senpai.”

“What is it?”

“That smile, it’s too much. That usual “sullen look” is gone. Andt when the cool Kiryu-senpai shows a smile that cute.”

“Yeah?”

“I feel like the door for something dangerous will open.”

“Then open it, go to the other side and don’t come back here.”

What is this girl even saying? 

“Stop staying stupid things and eat already.”

“Wah! Wait a minute! Eating too fast is bad for your digestion! It makes you fat!”

“You run around like a dog in the basketball club. So put on some calories.”

“”The Devil’s Temptation for High School Girls” And not today! I’m off from club activities today, so I can’t burn all those calories.”

“So the dog doesn’t deny it. Besides, weren’t you off the other day too?”

I think it was Monday. I feel like she said she was off that day too. 

“We had a bit of an outing on the weekend, for club activities. Since we have an upcoming tournament. She has been practicing pretty hard for that, more than normal, so they decided to change her schedule for club activities.”

Tomomi’s explanation makes sense. Well, if you’ve been working so hard, it’s also part of the practice to take a rest.

“That’s right, which is why I’m so energetic.”

“Don’t you feel tired?”

“Of course, I am tired. But if I don’t practice, I feel like my body is going to get dull. Besides, I am sure Akane is practicing.”

“Is Akane the standard?”

“That’s right! We are friends and rivals! We will do our best in different high schools to meet in the final of the national tournament!”

Mizuho clenched her fist and declared so. 

While looking at Mizuho with a sideways glance, Kiryu tugged on my sleeve. 

“What’s wrong?”

“Is our basketball team that strong?”

“They’re weak.”

“…”

“I know what you’re trying to say, but it’s good to have high goals. Besides, Mizuho is usually good and so is Tomomi. Not this year, but next year, they may go to a good place. Tomomi is tall too.”

Of course, it doesn’t mean she can compete with  the world, but if she’s at least as tall as me, you’re on the high side for a high school girl. Well, some say I’m short, but that’s normal, right? One hundred and seventy centimeters.

“How about Kawakita-san? As far as I can see, she’s not big by any means.”

“Mizuho practices a lot. Even to the point of overdoing it.”

“Exactly! You should have told her too Hiro. Tell her to also practice resting! She won’t listen to me.”

“Alright.”

“Uuu.. I understand… But I’ll have a one-on-one with Hiroyuki-senpai today.”

“Wait, why do I have to go along with your practice?”

“It’s not for practice. Just for fun.”

“No, Mizuho. You always end up getting serious even though you say things like that.”

“It won’t happen today. You in, Hiroyuki-senpai?”

“I’ve never been okay with anything you say.”

She always makes me stay with her  until I’m exhausted. But unlike her, I don’t get enough exercise.

“Ne~”

“What?”

“I know Suzuki-san and Kawakita-san are in the women’s basketball team, but are you also in the basketball team?”

“No, I’m in the go-home club.”

“Right? Then why does Kawakita-san want to practice with you?”

“Well…”

“Eh? You’re asking why I want to practice with Hiroyuki-senpai?”

“That’s right. Isn’t it better to practice with Suzuki-san? Well… Suzuki-san doesn’t seem to like it though.”

I glanced at Tomomi, who made a X with her fingers in front of me, then I glanced at Mizuho. And there she was with a blank look on her face.

“I’m sure that practicing with Tomomi-senpai is also beneficial… but I think practicing with Hiroyuki-senpai is more useful. We play the same position.”

“There is a position in the going home department?”

“If that’s supposed to be a joke, it deserves 0 points.”

“No, I’m not joking… I’m just having a little trouble understanding.”

Kiryu looks at her with deep curiosity. Mizuho then opens her mouth with a big grin plastered on her face.

“Because Hiroyuki-senpai was selected for the National Athletic Meet, you know? There’s a lot to learn from him!”

 (T/N: The National Athletic Meet (国民体育大会, Kokumin Taiiku Taikai) is the national premier sports event of Japan. )