Chapter 3: I Don't Like You Guys!

I Don't Like You Guys!

I somehow managed to get through my morning classes during lunch break.

After wandering around the school building, I finally found a deserted backyard.

"Hmm... Eating alone..."

In my previous life, I often spent my lunch break in a harmonious atmosphere with friends from club activities and classmates, so this is the first time I've eaten alone in a long time.

Just because I was reincarnated as a girl, my communication skills were not high enough to suddenly allow me to join a group of girls only.

The sunlight filtering through the trees is dazzling.

The wind is a little chilly, giving the feeling of spring.

I sat down at the base of a relatively clean tree and spread out my lunch.

"Meow~"

I heard a cry from somewhere that didn't seem appropriate for school, and when I looked around, I saw a kitten slowly coming out from the shade of a tree.

It was a calico cat with round eyes.

"There's a cat in school..."

I never encountered it during my three years of high school in my previous life.

"Meow~"

It didn't seem to be afraid of people, as it came right up to me and lay down on its stomach facing the sky.

"C-cute...!"

Who taught you that being friendly like this will get you food?

Becauss that's exactly right.

"Do you want something to eat?"

I checked the contents of the lunch box to see if there was any food that would be harmless for a cat to eat.

It was a parade of frozen foods, a lineup that would definitely give a cat an upset stomach.

Frozen food is delicious, but feeding it to animals is a different story.

"Sorry, I don't have anything you could eat..."

"Meow!"

As if understanding what I was saying, the cat meowed in dissatisfaction.

"Even if you complained like that, you don't want to get an upset stomach either, right...?"

"Meow!"

"Yeah..."

I tried my best to explain to the cat, but its cries only get louder.

...What should I do?

I'm racking my brains.

They don't sell cat food in the school store.

Should I dash to the convenience store now and buy some cat food...?

Do I have to let the teacher know?

"Meow meow!"

"I-I get it! Hold on a second, I'm going to the convenience store."

Just as I was giving in to the cat's pressure and about to dash to a convenience store I saw on my way to school, that's when it happened.

"Get out of the way!!"

──And so Onizuka falls from the sky and we're back to the beginning.

……huh, wait?

And here I sensed something strange.

A delinquent who doesn't get along with the student council president...?

Shoujo manga...

Taking a nap on a tree...

──Ah!

The feeling of the dots connecting into a line hit me right in the head.

"Aaaaaaaahhhh!!"

I suddenly shouted, and the two tall people looked at me with surprised expressions.

"Wh, what's with this all of a sudden..."

"That scared me..."

The two of them looked at me as if to say, "Are you crazy?"

However, this was not the time for that.

...I remembered!

These are characters that appeared in a shojo manga I borrowed from my sister a long time ago!

"The Bad boy, Onizuka!"

I pointed at Onizuka, who jumped in shock.

"The student council president, Ijuin!"

Next, I pointed at Ijuin, who also flinched.

"While I am Saotome Otome!"

The main character and heroine of a shoujo manga!

In other words, I──!

So I've been reincarnated as the heroine of a shoujo manga!!

Remember the story of a shoujo manga that I read partway through when I was in elementary school a long time ago?

I'm sure...I'm sure...!

It was supposed to be a story about two bitter enemies fighting over me...!

I don't remember who I ended up with in the end!

Damn, that's the main point!

In other words, if I just go with the flow like this...!

"So these guys are going to force me...?!"

The words that came out of my mouth reminded me of the gravity of the situation and I held my head in my hands.

I absolutely hate being approached by a man!!

I haven't had a girlfriend yet, nor have I confessed my feelings to anyone or been confessed to.

I've never even held hands with a girl!

And yet, in a place like this, I'm being asked to choose between handsome guys...!

"O-oi, you okay.....?"

"What is wrong with you...?"

Suddenly, I started to scream and clutch my head, and the two large men, genuinely worried about me, timidly reached out to me.

Bang!

I brushed their hand away.

Then I pointed my index finger at them again.

"Listen! Listen carefully!"

Ijuin and Onizuka were pressured by me and just kept quiet.

"I! Absolutely! I will never fall in love with you guys!!"

"…………"

"…………"

After shouting, I realized that I had said something outrageous.

If I really make these guys angry, I'll get punched in the face with at least one punch...!

"Well, then, that's it!"

Saying that, I ran as fast as I could.

"Huh...?"

"What does that even mean...?"

Taking advantage of the fact that the two were still stunned by the sudden turn of events, I picked up my half-eaten lunch and quickly left the scene.

There's no way a heroine in a shoujo manga would declare that she won't fall in love...!

I don't know anything!

★★★

Ijuin and Onizuka could only watched as Saotome ran away.

Both of them had lived such a life that, with their good looks, they have been approached by girls more times than they could count on two hands and two feet, and Valentine's Day was nothing but a depressing event.

Although they had had countless experiences of being liked, this was the first time someone had gone out of their way to tell them face to face that they "didn't like them."

"Who is that girl..."

Onizuka muttered.

Perhaps it was just his lips that were smiling.

"What an interesting woman..."

Ijuin nodded slightly at Onizuka's words.

"...Hmph. For once, I agree with you."

The two were at odds with each other, but on this occasion they were on the same page.