The next day, during lunch break, in the psychological counseling room.
Madoka and her two friends gathered again at Adam's place to have lunch.
"Huh?"
The blue-haired suddenly noticed something amiss.
"Why is the food in Teacher Adam's bento box exactly the same as yours?"
She asked her friend, her blue eyes moving between the two identical bento boxes.
"Well…" The pink-haired girl hesitated. "Actually, I asked my dad to make an extra bento box."
Though she was a little embarrassed, she had no intention of hiding it.
Yesterday, Adam ate the bento box and praised the food when returning it. So today, Madoka also asked her father to make another one.
"Oh?"
Upon hearing her words, Sayaka and Hitomi's eyes instantly sharpened.
The blue-haired girl pretended not to care, and took the initiative to probe the pinkette:
"How did you come up with the idea of giving lunchboxes to the Teacher?"
She thought of a really bad possibility, and she hoped Madoka wouldn't do this because of that.
"Teacher Adam saved us before, right?" Madoka nervously twirled her two index fingers together. "I was thinking of repaying his kindness..."
Her face flushed at the end, and she looked downwards, avoiding eye contact.
"Oh... to repay him…"
Sayaka's mouth turned into an 'o' shape.
"I just remembered that I haven't repaid Teach Adam yet." With sudden enlightenment, she facepalmed. "In that case, I'll bring Adam lunch tomorrow."
"And I'll take care of the day after tomorrow." Hitomi interjected with a calm smile. "I'll have my chef cook something delicious."
Then both of them turned to look at Madoka simultaneously.
The pink-haired girl's hands trembled under those two's intense gazes.
"I...I understand."
She nodded weakly, swallowing nervously.
"Alright, stop bullying Madoka."
Adam finally interjected to support Madoka. He put the last bite of food from the bento in his mouth with the chopsticks, chewing it with relish.
Watching girl drama while eating, what could be better than this?
The silver-haired boy freely admits that watching girls fight is interesting! Especially when they are fighting because of himself!
"Suspicious..."
The blue-haired girl squinted at the boy pretending to be a man, but she couldn't discern anything from his face.
"I'm not too picky about food, so you can cook whatever you like."
He cleverly avoided her pointed suspicion with this.
And he isn't lying. Adam has Gluttony for a reason. As for cuisines? Whether it's Japanese, Chinese, Mediterranean, Mexican, Italian, Indian, etc etc- as long as they are clean, and cooked well, he can eat them all.
Most people are like this. After all, who can resist the allure of delicious food from different varieties?
"Let's talk about something else."
The silver haired man deftly closed the bento box and slid it forward.
"Something else?"
Sayaka tilted her head in confusion.
"You know Homura Akemi, right?"
Adam supported his face with his knuckle as he opened up this topic.
Since they were all in the same class, they obviously know her.
"Oh, the new transfer student, I know her!" The blue haired girl's eyes lit up in recognition. "She is good at both academics and sports. But... she seems to always be alone."
Despite being beautiful and very good at seemingly almost everything, this black haired cold girl is a loner. She has no friends, and she doesn't even bother socializing.
"I hope you can talk to her and maybe become friends."
The silver-haired boy nodded.
That's right: He's becoming a wingman….for friendship! After all, with Homura's loner personality, she'll probably never make friends.
She'll only focus on her single-minded pursuit (obsession) of saving Madoka.
And this is the real world. Adam can't be the only one for her. If he does this, no- she won't become a yandere for him. She'll just become even sadder and more depressed
"Mr. Adam, do you know her too?"
Hitomi politely asked the question that was on the three's minds.
A teacher specifically asking them to befriend a certain student….It's weird no matter how one looks at it, right?
"That's right, I'm currently living with her." The man from another world nodded, casually revealing a jaw-dropping fact. "She's too withdrawn, and I'm a little worried about her."
Actually, Adam had another objective by telling them this.
He hopes they'll start interacting with Homura more instead of him.
"Living together?!"
Sayaka's eyes widened in shock. And the other two girls covered their mouths in surprise.
Is this a real-life romantic comedy about a cool, aloof, top-performing female student and a young male teacher?!
'Could it be that my guess yesterday was wrong?'
Does Teacher Adam not like her, but rather that transfer student, Akemi Homura?
She clenched her fists.
Thinking about how she tossed and turned under the covers after getting home last night, Sayaka felt like a clown.
She had even made up her mind to stop caring about their teacher-student identities and-
'Gah…'
The blue-haired girl slumped in defeat.
"...."
Hitomi, who was standing to the side, also thought the same. Her expression turned a little ugly.
Madoka lowered her head; however, she kept glancing at her two friends' reactions.
'What's up with them?'
Though she is feeling off too, mostly, she's confused at her classmates' reactions.
"Eh, not exactly."
Adam's voice snapped the three out of their reveries.
"The girl's mental state is…Well, it's not good, so she asked me for help."
The silver-haired councilor scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
He hadn't prepared a good excuse beforehand, so he was winging it right now.
As for using thought acceleration to think of an excuse, or asking Great Sage for one? Come on, that's like activating all his sex skills on a random normal human woman.
How can one enjoy life like this?
"I came to this city because of her invitation." He interlocked his fingers together nonchalantly. "However, since I have nowhere to stay, I live in her house."
Not a lie. He's from another world, basically a fugitive? Well, his situation isn't as bad as some certain trailblazers, but he doesn't have an identity or money here.
Of course, he can easily hack the internet and give himself money, but since Homura offered to be his sugar mommy, why would he refuse?
"So that's how it is."
Hitomi, Sayaka, and Madoka all breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
"Then you can rest assured and leave this matter to us!"
Sayaka patted her chest, confidently agreeing to his request.
After all, making friends is just a matter of making friends! How difficult can it be?
…
..
.
After some more casual chatting, lunch had almost come to an end. But before the bell rang, they wanted to chat a bit more.
Knock…Knock….
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door of the counseling room.
Already knowing who was coming, Adam waved his hand, and the door opened by telekinesis.
"Good morning Mr. Adam."
As soon as the door opened seemingly on its own, the voice of a familiar blond haired girl in school uniform echoed throughout the counseling room.
The elegant blond girl that gave off a completely different vibe from her yesterday's self stepped forward and noticed the three girls.
"Ah, Madoka, Sayaka, and Hitomi are here too."
Mami nodded at them as a gentle smile arose on her beautiful face.
"Senpai!"
All three girls greeted her - even Madoka, who hadn't met her yesterday.
Though she wasn't there when it happened, the pinkette's friends filled her in vaguely about what happened.
"Student Mami, what brings you here today?"
The silver haired boy smiled back at her and waved his hand again to close the door.
"Well... it's like this, I'm quite curious about your abilities." Mami crossed her arms behind her back, and as Adam motioned her, she moved closer to them. "I've never met a superpowered person before, so I'm curious."
The blond girl finished as she sat down on the seat Adam pulled over for her.
Actually, Mami Tomoe is lying. She wasn't very curious in knowing about the silver-haired boy's abilities.
She is more interested in figuring out why Adam gives her such a strange feeling.
After seeing him the day before yesterday, she felt a pang of loss upon returning home to an empty house. It is as if something is missing- even though she is used to it.
After ruminating over and over again, she finally decided to pay the cause of her distress a visit.
No matter how she wracks her brains, she can't find an answer for her disturbed heart on her own.
"My abilities?" The silver haired foreigner raised an eyebrow in suspicion, but he still answered honestly: "It's normal that you haven't heard of anything like them. After all, I come from another world."
There was a brief silence, and then-
"Other worlds?!"
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A/N:
I'm trying my hand at slice of life. How has it looked so far? (Don't judge the Hitomi/Sayaka thing; I'm experimenting with the MC not saying yes to every girl that throws herself at him)
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