Student Council President's Office
Manabu stared at the photo given by Ryunosuke with a headache.
"Tell me, what crazy plan are you running now?" Manabu asked while looking at Ryunosuke in front of him.
Ryunosuke just shrugged, then pulled Honami's hand and waved it in front of Manabu.
"You see for yourself, President? Ichinose is my girlfriend. But this Nagumo, even though he already knows, still dares to flirt with my woman. A man would rather die than be humiliated! President, you have to defend me!"
"If today he doesn't give me compensation of about one million personal points, I won't let him go."
Nagumo sneered, "You're blackmailing me, Akasaka. Besides, you two... are you really a couple?"
Nagumo looked at them with full suspicion. Just from holding hands, Honami was already "heated" and looked dazed there.
Ryunosuke complained internally: (Just holding hands and this girl already can't handle it.)
Right now, Honami's mind was completely blank, her hand held tightly by Ryunosuke. She understood, most likely this was a lesson Ryunosuke wanted to teach Nagumo, and she should cooperate. But, but...
The more Honami thought, the redder her face became. Her hand was still held by Ryunosuke. Although there were no other excessive actions, she had never held hands with a boy before!
(My first hand-holding with the opposite sex was taken just like that by Akasaka-kun. Oh, Akasaka-kun is so mean...)
Right now Honami was having wild fantasies in her head, truly not knowing what was happening in the outside world. Ryunosuke gently pulled her hand, and only then did she come to her senses.
"What were you thinking to space out like that?"
"Uwaa!" Honami, startled by the sudden stimulation, immediately stood up straight.
Everyone stared at her. Out of embarrassment, she quickly sat back down with steam rising from her head.
Ryunosuke, having no other choice, put his arm around her and whispered softly in her ear.
"Follow my lead. I promise after this Nagumo won't dare bother you again. You have to cooperate with me, understand?"
Honami nodded slightly in Ryunosuke's embrace as a sign she understood. However, her face was already maximally red and her heart was pounding like there were deer running around.
Ryunosuke didn't care about that; he just wanted to make money now. Women would only slow down his money-making speed. He looked at Nagumo and said: "There's photographic evidence that you bothered my girlfriend. Tell me, how will you resolve this matter?"
Nagumo instead leaned back casually on the sofa with a helpless expression. "Please stop being ridiculous, Akasaka. I only lightly put my hand on her shoulder, that can't be considered harassment. Don't slander my good name, or I'll sue you for defamation."
Manabu gave Ryunosuke a knowing look, indicating that Nagumo's words had some merit. However, Ryunosuke instead began to act shamelessly.
"In that case, if I also approach your girlfriend, can you still speak calmly like that?"
Nagumo's eyebrow raised, he answered very generously. "Please go ahead. I'll still calmly say it again. But I warn you, I have quite a few girlfriends, can you handle it?"
"I've dated almost all the second-year female students, you know. The number is around 20-something people. Should I make a list so you can approach them? Hahaha!"
Nagumo laughed heartily, not minding at all if his girls were approached by Ryunosuke.
To Nagumo, those girls were just decorations, there wasn't a single one he valued. If Ryunosuke wanted, just give them to him. However, Ryunosuke's next sentence made him unable to stay calm anymore.
"Oh? In that case, what if I approach Asahina Nazuna-senpai?"
Nagumo immediately stood up, his eyes reddening.
"You..."
Realizing he had lost control, Nagumo sat back down but his gaze became very sharp and vicious.
Ryunosuke laughed mockingly. "Why? Seeing such a strong reaction from you, didn't you say I could freely choose? Why can't you accept it when it's your turn?"
Facing Ryunosuke's mockery, Nagumo didn't respond with harsh words, but said flatly: "Nazuna... she once rejected my invitation to date. Choose someone else, she's not my girlfriend."
Ryunosuke spat in disgust. "You can bother my girlfriend, but I can't approach your childhood friend? Because you forbid me, I'll do it even more. I will definitely get Asahina-senpai!"
"You!"
Nagumo stood up again, his fists cracking.
Nazuna was his sacred boundary. He didn't allow anyone to touch her. Even though the girl rejected him, in his heart he already considered Nazuna as his and she must not be defiled by anyone.
Seeing the two of them already at each other's throats and about to fight, Manabu slammed the desk hard to stop the argument.
"Enough! What are you two becoming? Remember your positions as Student Council members! Rewrite the school rules 300 times. I want the report tomorrow."
Because of the Student Council President's intervention, their argument was forced to stop. Nagumo looked at Ryunosuke with a displeased face and gave a warning once more.
"If you dare touch Nazuna, I won't let you go!"
This time it was Ryunosuke's turn to wave his hand casually. "Yes, yes, I understand. As long as you don't touch my Honami, I also won't touch your childhood friend. How's that?"
"You!"
Nagumo was left speechless. He knew very well this man was deliberately provoking his emotions, but he didn't dare gamble.
His relationship with Nazuna was indeed a bit bad because of his behavior with other girls. It was possible that Nazuna would really date this kid just out of annoyance. Nagumo really didn't dare gamble because he truly cared for Nazuna, not just wanting to play around.
Ryunosuke understood this was a tacit agreement; from now on Nagumo wouldn't bother Honami anymore. Although his method was a bit underhanded, the important thing was it worked.
Before leaving, Nagumo glanced at Ryunosuke.
"We'll see about this later!"
After throwing out a threat, he just left.
Ryunosuke watched him leave expressionlessly. His mind was instead thinking about what delicious food to eat tonight. He didn't care at all about Nagumo's threat. For him who had knowledge of the "scenario," aside from Ayanokouji who was an unpredictable variable, he didn't consider others as a significant threat.
While Ryunosuke was thinking about the dinner menu, Honami approached and tugged at the edge of his clothes, asking worriedly: "Akasaka-kun, aren't you worried about Nagumo-senpai's threat earlier?"
Ryunosuke waved his hand. "No need to worry. In front of me, he won't be able to do anything. If he dares attack me, I'd actually be happy, because I'm indeed short on a lot of points."
Honami was curious. "Akasaka-kun needs personal points badly? Seeing you being so frugal every day, do you have a problem? If you need points, I can lend them to you."
Honami took out her phone, intending to lend her personal points.
(Really has no sense of caution at all...) Ryunosuke thought to himself.
Honami looked at her balance of only 180,000 points and said somewhat confused, "These are all my personal points, I don't know if it's enough for you. As thanks for helping me this time, I can lend you everything. Just return it whenever."
Honami showed her phone screen. Ryunosuke saw her balance actually reached more than 2 million points. As if understanding what he was thinking, Honami hurriedly explained to avoid misunderstanding.
"Akasaka-kun, that's not mine. Those are points collected by classmates for emergency funds. Because it's not my personal property, I can't lend it to you."
Ryunosuke took the documents beside him and lightly hit Honami's head.
"Ow, that hurts!" Honami held her head with both hands, looking a bit petulant. "What are you doing, Akasaka-kun? That hurt..."
"Who told you to think unnecessary things. Do I look like someone who would extort you?"
"Eh? Isn't that exactly it, Akasaka-kun?"
"Damn you!" Ryunosuke was almost annoyed by Honami.
The girl instead stuck out her tongue mischievously, looking very adorable.
"Haaah..." Manabu who was beside them finally couldn't take it anymore and cut off their flirting. "This is the Student Council office. If you want to show affection, do it outside. Don't disturb my work."
Manabu shooed them both away. The two immediately stopped joking and put on embarrassed expressions.
Ryunosuke signaled for Honami to go home first because he still had business with the Student Council President. Although she still wanted to talk, Honami understood the situation and said goodbye before leaving.
As soon as Honami left, the warm expression on Ryunosuke's face immediately vanished, turning flat and emotionless, exactly like Ayanokouji. All of it was just an act.