The Gloomy Me in Class is Actually the Vocalist of a Very Popular Band

Chapter 27

When a delinquent shows their kind side, it makes one’s heart throb

Translated by HamletJr
Edited by Spynine01

Rinka took Asamiya-san to the audiovisual room.

She must have thought that no one would come there so as to allow the both of them to be alone.

With tears in her eyes and her body shaking in fear, Asamiya timidly looked at Rinka, who was currently standing in a daunting pose with her arms folded together.

“―U-Uhh… I’m sorry. Going around and talking about my idol status was conceited of me… I-If you would like to beat me up, please do so somewhere other than my face. Also, please do not harm any of the other members of my group…”

―Hey, isn’t Asamiya-san totally terrified of you right now?!

That was definitely the wrong way to ask her, wasn’t it?!

Your words sounded like you were out to kill her, you know?!

We hid ourselves next to the door of the audiovisual room, shivering as we watched the two of them.

The original plan was for Rinka to find out what was going on with Asamiya-san by herself.

But there was something strange about the way Rinka asked her out, so we got worried and ended up tailing them.

“S-Suda-kun… We have to go and stop her before she kills Asamiya-sa―Actually, maybe we’d just be adding onto the number of dead corpses…”

“No, wait, I believe in her! I know she’s a kind, fierce predator! Maybe she’s the type who kills her prey slowly and gently even when hunting!”

“That would actually be even more brutal…”

As I shivered along with Hasumi, Shiina suddenly stood up.

Shiina… are you perhaps going in to sto―

“Suda-kun, Hasumi-san… Sorry. My friends are calling me…”

Leaving those few words behind, we watched dumbfounded as she sprinted off and ran away at full speed.

Wait, there’s no way she could possibly have any friends.

“Ugh, dammit! That damn Shiina got scared and ran! Darn that insensitive girl! That insensitive, mysterious, beautiful girl!”

“S-Suda-kun! Rinka-san is approaching Asamiya-san!”

At Hasumi’s warning, I turned to look inside and saw that Rinka was indeed closing in on Asamiya-san.

“―Hah! Obviously I ain’t beatin’ you up, ya hear me? I don’t give a crap whether you’re an idol or whatever, but to think you got the nerve to casually smile here! That might’ve worked on other people, but that won’t work on me, you hear me?”

“Hiiih?!”

With that, Rinka drove Asamiya-san to the wall and violently slammed her hand against the wall right beside Asamiya-san’s face.

She was clearly trying to intimidate the hell out of Asamiya-san.

I had no idea why Rinka was acting so recklessly, but things were going to get ugly at this rate!

“Alright, Hasumi! When Rinka starts beating me up, you take Asamiya-san and run away!”

“O-Okay!”

Instructing Hasumi in a commanding tone, I prepared to rush in, when suddenly…

Rinka put her hand on Asamiya-san’s chin, gently raising it as she brought her face close to Asamiya-san’s.

“There’s something troubling you, right? That forced smile of yours may have worked on others, but it won’t work on me (because Ritsuki told me about it). This classroom is deserted and isolated from the rest of the school, so everything that you say in this room will stay between the two of us… Tell me what’s troubling you.”

“…Heh?”

―Huh?

Things are going in a different direction now…

I applied the emergency brakes on my foot, opting to instead watch what will happen next.

Also, isn’t that…

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“Suda-kun, that’s―”

“The so-called ‘kabedon’ (wall slam) and ‘agokui’ (chin lifting)… Rinka doesn’t seem to have noticed though…”

“Wow… This is the first time I’ve seen it outside of a manga… It’s so beautiful and exciting… I think I’m about to have a nosebleed.”

Rinka put her hand on Asamiya-san’s head and gently smiled.

“Seeing an ingenuine smile on your face makes me feel troubled too (because it’s making Ritsuki worried about you), you know? I will do my best to help you so that you can smile genuinely once more, if that’s okay with you (because I don’t want Ritsuki to be interested in you).”

Where did that hot ikemen come from?

Wait, am I watching some kind of shoujo-themed theatrical performance?

Utterly entranced by Rinka’s smile, Asamiya-san’s face flushed bright red.

Then, little by little, tears began welling up in her eyes.

“Uuuh… Uuuuuuh… Rinka-sama…! Waaaaaah!”

Asamiya-san cried into Rinka’s chest.

Rinka accepted Asamiya-san with a slightly confused look on her face.

Seriously, is she some kind of character from an otome game?

Anyone would fall for her if she did that to them.

If she just normally interacts with girls without saying creepy, weird stuff to them, then can’t she get all the girls that she wants…?

Right beside me, Hasumi was worshipping and kneeling at the two of them, muttering, “All hail yuri…”