In February, Senba Academy reopened, and Kiana officially enrolled.
But this guy...
She enrolled purely to sleep, didn't she!
Takatsuki shook his head, looking at Kiana sleeping on the table in the grand hall during the opening ceremony. He had forgotten that the first day of school required a morning-long opening ceremony.
He had no choice but to squat on the roof of the auditorium, waiting for today's opening ceremony to end.
...
For bad students, classes, reading, and meetings were all excellent lullabies.
Kiana basically slept through the entire opening ceremony.
When she woke up, it was just at the end of the opening ceremony, with people being dismissed in an orderly fashion.
It must be said that many people couldn't learn this skill.
Kiana followed the crowd out of the auditorium and suddenly heard some small commotion from ahead.
Listening closely, she seemed to hear words like "prince," "romance," and "queen."
When she looked over...
"Takatsuki!?"
Kiana saw a familiar figure leading a girl towards the teaching building.
"!!!!"
She even saw the girl holding a bouquet of roses.
"What's going on with them!? Isn't this an all-girls' school!? Why is there a guy?"
Kiana looked at a girl beside her who was staring blankly, and pulled her, waking her from her daze.
"Ah, that."
The girl was good-tempered and not angry, kindly explaining to Kiana.
"That's Queen Raiden's suitor; he's been pursuing her for an entire semester. He brings a bouquet of flowers to confess every day. The school's security guards tried to catch him, but they couldn't, so they just let him be now."
"She's still called Queen Raiden? I heard Raiden Mei is being cursed as a fraud every day now."
Another girl interjected, "But Prince Charming is still devoted to her, even like this."
"…"
Watching the two girls beside her act like lovesick fools, Kiana was silent for a moment, then quickly rushed out.
Meanwhile, Takatsuki had once again completed his daily confession and flower delivery. Although he no longer had this task, he still persisted.
It was almost noon when the opening ceremony ended, so the two went directly to the rooftop.
"I prepared lunch…"
Mei took out the bento she had prepared along the way. Because the people in her class always sabotaged her things when she wasn't around, she rarely prepared bentos. However, today was the first day of school, and everyone was not in the classroom, and Mei felt that a bento prepared by her own hands would be better.
The young lady who once never lifted a finger had begun to exude a full wife-like aura.
The two sat on the cushion Takatsuki had prepared and began to eat. It wasn't the first time he had tasted Mei's cooking, and the dishes were all common ones he had eaten before.
It was nothing much…
Bang!
The rooftop door was suddenly kicked open violently.
"Takatsuki!"
Kiana scanned the rooftop and immediately found the two hiding in the corner.
"Oh, you're hiding here!"
"Uh, Kiana…"
Although he knew Kiana was here, she and Mei were not in the same grade, so Takatsuki wasn't worried about being discovered by Kiana.
Was it really because of her strange good luck?
"Takatsuki, who is this?"
Mei was startled by Kiana, who suddenly walked over aggressively.
"She's my childhood friend, Kiana Kaslana. We haven't seen each other for over ten years. She just arrived in Changkong City and is now your junior."
"Takatsuki, have you changed your heart?!"
As Takatsuki was introducing her to Mei, Kiana grabbed Takatsuki and questioned him.
"Changed my heart about what?"
Kiana looked at Takatsuki's bewildered expression and said, "Didn't you say you were going to marry me!?"
"…"
Hearing Kiana's words, Takatsuki subconsciously glanced at Mei. Seeing that she hadn't reacted much, he quickly said, "What do you mean I said that? I already said there's no such thing. Wasn't that to test whether you really had amnesia? Besides, I said you said you wanted to marry me, not that I would marry you."
"Who knows? Anyway, I have amnesia."
Kiana didn't intend to delve into this matter and instead directly sprawled onto the table Takatsuki had set up: "And you ate without calling me! Are we even friends anymore?"
"Hah…"
Rubbing his forehead, feeling a bit weary, Takatsuki said to Mei, "As you can see, she's just like that, but she doesn't have any ill intentions."
Ignoring Kiana's complaints about "such a personality," Takatsuki directly said to Kiana, "This is Raiden Mei; she's your senpai."
"Then what's your relationship?"
Takatsuki hadn't expected Kiana to ask such a question, and Kiana had also asked it subconsciously without much thought.
Although Takatsuki's social interactions had nothing to do with her, when she saw Takatsuki bring this girl named Raiden Mei up, she didn't know why she felt a sense of discomfort.
So she came up to intentionally cause trouble.
"Friends."
"I see…"
Hearing that they were just friends, Kiana's first reaction was disbelief, but then she thought that being friends was normal. What kind of couple confesses every day?
"Hello, Mei, my name is Kiana."
The Kaslana Family's preference for beautiful girls is ingrained in their DNA. After the initial shock, Kiana quickly lost interest in Takatsuki.
Fortunately, Mei had a gentle and kind personality, and coupled with her family's misfortunes, it allowed her to see others more clearly.
Otherwise, if it were someone else, facing Kiana in this situation, they would probably at least give her some cold looks.
It must be said that Kiana's innocent and lively personality easily influenced others. In just a short while, she became familiar with Raiden Mei.
And because she didn't have lunch, Takatsuki had to take out a dish he had previously drawn from his backpack to give her for lunch.
Raiden Mei was already used to Takatsuki casually taking out things, but Kiana was still like a curious baby, circling Takatsuki and looking at him.
"Alright, can't food shut you up?"
What Takatsuki took out was a plate of Big Golden Finger-Licking Chicken, which was essentially a plate of fried chicken pieces. However, it was indeed very delicious. The item description said it could increase one's attack power. Takatsuki had tasted it once himself; the taste was good, and he felt full of energy after eating it, but it wasn't like an excitatory effect.
It was just a simple feeling of abundant vitality.
Takatsuki figured it was useless anyway, so he might as well eat it as a normal dish.
Lunch ended just like that. Following the choice of the Steins;Gate, Kiana and Raiden Mei successfully became friends. Takatsuki, mixing among them, reaped the crystals. Everything was on the right path.