Faced with Shiina Mahiru's dissatisfied gaze, Lin Mu shook his head.
"I'm just a little incredulous, that's all. Yesterday, Shiina-san wouldn't even let me have a meal, and now the person I've been longing for has suddenly brought me the food I wanted most. I can't quite process it for a moment. Is this a dream?"
Hearing this, Shiina Mahiru's little face flushed with embarrassment.
"I just accidentally made an extra portion, that's all. I didn't want to waste it, so I brought it to you. If you can help me finish it, you'd be doing me a big favor."
Lin Mu stared at her intently. "But if Shiina-san is this nice to me, I might get the wrong idea."
Shiina Mahiru's heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously asked, "What wrong idea?"
"The wrong idea that you have feelings for a scoundrel like me. A person like me loves to push his luck. Once I'm shown a little gentleness, I'll want to possess it even more excessively."
Lin Mu spoke with a meaningful tone, his eyes slowly sweeping from her delicate and cute face down to her slender figure and her long legs wrapped in black stockings. At school, she usually dressed this way, making her legs look slim. Paired with her stunning beauty, it gave her a very youthful and eye-catching appeal.
There was another reason Lin Mu would stare. That night, and in the morning, he had unceremoniously touched her calves when they weren't wrapped in stockings. In short, it was extremely tempting, and super cute.
Hearing his teasing words, Shiina Mahiru couldn't help but frown and glare at him.
"Stop talking nonsense. If you're not going to eat it, give it back!"
"Don't! Of course, I'm going to eat it. A meal from Shiina-san is something all the boys in class look forward to, right? It's my honor to be able to taste it."
Lin Mu naturally wouldn't return the bento that had already landed in his hands. As he spoke, he extended an invitation to her.
"Want to come sit in my room and study together?"
This was a line where the intention was as clear as day. If she went into his room, what would she do if he tried to make a move on her?
Shiina Mahiru quickly took two steps back and looked at him warily. "No, thank you. You just enjoy your meal... I... I'm going back to rest."
After speaking, she turned and left, leaving him with a beautiful view of her back.
Looking at the bento in his hands, Lin Mu let out a soft sigh. Although he had intentionally acted pitiful at lunch to arouse Shiina Mahiru's sympathy, he was still very moved when she actually delivered the bento into his hands. He couldn't bear the thought of letting such a good girl leave him.
So, the strength I gain from eating this meal must be put to good use.
...
Back in her room, Shiina Mahiru clutched her beating heart and couldn't help but mutter to herself.
"Don't you get the wrong idea... I was just dumping my extra food on you to take care of. It doesn't mean anything else."
She said that, but when facing this scoundrel, her mood was still complicated, and she had no idea how to interact with him normally.
A dozen or so minutes later.
Shiina Mahiru's doorbell rang.
She subconsciously walked to the door and opened it. When she saw Lin Mu, her heart skipped a beat.
"Why are you here? What is it?"
Shiina Mahiru was a little nervous, instinctively wary of this person. He had a prior record. Just last night, he had forcefully held her and occupied her bed to sleep with her.
Lin Mu took in her wary posture and calmly handed her the bento box.
"I'm finished. I came to return it to you."
"By the way, Shiina-san's cooking is absolutely top-notch. It was so delicious!"
He gave her a thumbs-up without hesitation.
Being praised, Shiina Mahiru immediately became a little shy and lowered her guard.
"It's just home cooking, not as good as you say. But, you even washed the bento box. That's very nice of you."
If he had come over with a messy bento box covered in food scraps, she would have definitely deducted major points from her impression of him.
Lin Mu looked at her with a helpless expression. "Don't treat me like some useless bum. Since I ate your bento, of course I'm going to wash the box before returning it to you."
"So, what kind of image do I have in your eyes, Shiina-san?"
Faced with his question, Shiina Mahiru propped her chin on her small hand, feigning a thoughtful pose.
"Hmm, let me think... A perverted, opportunistic, shut-in otaku?"
"Uh... Opportunistic and perverted, I'll admit to those. But what's with the shut-in otaku part?" Lin Mu was very confused.
Shiina Mahiru lifted her chin and snorted. This guy actually admits he's a bad person!
"And you have the nerve to ask? You bring a laptop to school to play games. If you're not a shut-in otaku, what are you?"
"Please call me a 'consumer otaku' or a 'creator otaku'," Lin Mu requested with a straight face.
"Consumer otaku and creator otaku? What's the difference?" Shiina Mahiru muttered and waved her hand at him. "Since you've returned the bento box, you can go back now. I need to rest."
"Wait! There's one more important thing." Lin Mu quickly stopped her from closing the door, looking at her with a serious expression.
"What important thing?" Shiina Mahiru paused, a curious expression appearing on her face as she refrained from closing the door.
And then.
The next second, accompanied by her cry of surprise, Lin Mu swiftly picked her up, then closed the door and walked towards her bed.
"As repayment for the kindness of letting me eat my fill, I will use this replenished energy to repay you."
Shiina Mahiru's eyes widened as she looked at him in disbelief.
"What... what are you doing? Mmph!"
Is this guy even speaking human language? What does he mean, as repayment for her letting him eat his fill, he's going to use the energy on her?
Lin Mu directly lowered his head and kissed her small mouth, giving her no chance to protest. He needed to teach her a good lesson. Men are very dangerous. For her to be so unguarded and even bring a bento to a scoundrel like him, it would make him very moved, and then he wouldn't be able to resist holding her.
With this lesson from him, she should become more vigilant around boys, right?
Of course, all of the above was just an excuse.
The actual situation was that he wanted her.
And besides, he was genuinely warmed to the bottom of his heart by the delicious bento she had brought him, so he wanted to reward her a little.