Boku No Toraburu

He tried to bury his negative emotions deep inside as he enjoyed this kind of importance and unknowingly his expression turned even more kind and gentle.

But even though he felt that he looked more gentle, many would disagree.

Especially Mikan.

When she saw such a "foolish" look on his face, she couldn"t help but feel stunned.

"Hey, Rito."

"Hm?"

Rito ate from the chopstick and looked at her with an inquisitive expression.

"You didn"t damage your brain, did you?"

Rito"s expression immediately stiffened and he felt that no matter how cute Mikan was, she also gave off a slightly dangerous vibe. Looking at her serious and worried expression while she expressed that he may have brain damage in such a natural manner stunned him, too.

"Where did that come from?"

Even as they spoke, Mikan did not stop feeding and Rito did not stop eating.

"You had a foolish expression just now!"

Another strike at heart!

Rito"s lips couldn"t help but twitch slightly and he tried to laugh off the matter. After all, he understood that he was feeling very emotional at that moment and couldn"t keep his facial expression in check.

"Ahaha, no, it"s nothing like that! I was just very happy that you are feeding me."

He laughed awkwardly and scratched the back of his head with his left hand.

"Tch, fine!"

Mikan snorted and kept on feeding him, but he did not notice the slight blush spreading on her cheeks once again. Even though she kept on pouting and did not look him in the eye, her hands continued in a practiced motion.

At this moment, the door to his ward was opened once again and a brown-haired girl entered the room with a carefree smile and a packet of chocolate b.a.l.l.s in her hands.

"Rito-kun, I brought something—"

Her words got stuck in her mouth as she looked at Mikan feeding Rito. It could be said that Uraraka"s mood changed very quickly. After knowing that Rito would definitely get better, she immediately turned into her cheerful personality. Now, looking at Mikan, her eyes brightened and a cheerful smile emerged on her face.

"Mikan-chan~!"

Uraraka immediately rushed to Mikan and brought her into a tight hug as she selfishly rubbed her face all over her head, causing Mikan to feel no small amount of distress.

"Hnnnggg, let me gooo!"

Mikan tried to protest, but her face was suddenly covered by Uraraka"s growing upper body and her voice started to m.u.f.fle down.

"Haaa~ You are so soft, Mikan-chan, I am all recharged after hugging you!"

Uraraka let go of Mikan and let out a refreshed sigh, her mouth was smiling widely as Mikan had a red face and she tried to get closer to Rito to avoid Uraraka.

"Don"t do that, Uraraksan!"

Mikan exclaimed as she clung onto Rito"s left arm.

Her expression was fierce as she glared at the cheerful Uraraka.

"Now that you think of it, she is soft!"

Rito muttered thoughtfully, then turned his attention to Uraraka.

"Uraraksan, didn"t you bring me something?"

He smiled and brought Uraraka out of her reverie.

"Oh! Yeah, this!"

She was fl.u.s.tered for a moment before showing the packet of choco b.a.l.l.s in her hands!

Looking at her antics, Rito could only smile lightly and showed a look of appreciation. After all, Uraraka was the only one from his school who had come to visit him.

"Oh, I forgot!"

Uraraka immediately patted her head and rushed out of the room and immediately returned as she held the hand of another girl.

She was a cute girl with short blue hair and purple eyes. Rito also noticed that her blue hair had a tinge of purple in it, making her hair look dual colored during the daytime.

Her bangs in front of her forehead were brought up by a red clip towards the left side of her head.

Seeing Uraraka and the girl wearing the same uniform, and her distinct beauty, Rito already felt that he knew this newcomer"s ident.i.ty.

"Rito-kun, Sairenji-chan wanted to visit you, too!"

Uraraka kept holding Sairenji"s hand and smiled widely. She felt that if there are more friends visiting Rito, then he would feel happy and might recover even more quickly.

But she also felt that there was something off about Sairenji, after all, Rito barely chatted with her save for the times when he only wished her morning.

"He-h.e.l.lo, Yuuki-san, I-I-I came to check up on you!"

Sairenji Haruna!

Rito had a stunned expression when he finally saw her in reality. Her cute face and blushing cheeks struck his heart and her slightly glazed purple eyes when she looked at his injuries produced even more critical damage.

"h.e.l.lo, thank you for visiting me, Harunsan."

Rito nodded appreciatively and smiled, causing the three girls to feel slightly stunned in their hearts.

The three of them knew that Rito was an extremely shy person and even if he was a kind and considerate boy, only a few could acknowledge his gentleness.

This was especially clear to Uraraka!

They both had been friends for almost a year and only now was he able to chat with him normally. She had also seen him getting red-faced and stuttering when he talked to other girls, especially Sairenji Haruna, but now, she felt that she was meeting a completely different Rito.

Seeing his gentle smile and the expression of his eyes, Uraraka couldn"t help but blush.

Meanwhile, Sairenji felt even more stunned and heart fl.u.s.tered. This was the first time Rito had talked to her normally.

She thought back to their chats and it was only a simple "good morning" with a lot of stutters and a lot of blushing.

Even if she wanted to get to know Rito, she couldn"t because he would usually run away after making some excuses.

This caused her to feel that Rito was trying to avoid her. This was also why she was only waiting outside the room and didn"t enter. After all, Rito wouldn"t want to meet someone who he has been trying to avoid for a while in such a condition, right?

This kind of situation brought an extremely uncomfortable feeling in her chest as she did not even know why she was being ignored and what she did wrong. Just as she was going to break into tears, she saw Uraraka walking... no, skipping towards the room where Rito is resting and had a cheerful smile on her face.

Before Uraraka entered, she saw Sairenji and Sairenji saw Uraraka.

And now, looking at his gentle smile and warm words, she couldn"t help but tremble slightly.

Even though she was only thirteen years old, she had a mature way of thinking and this caused her to feel a lot of misunderstanding behind Rito"s shyness.

But she didn"t want to cry in front of others, especially Rito.

It would give a very bad impression. After all, as a visitor, she is supposed to comfort Rito. If she broke down into tears and had Rito comfort her, she would feel extremely guilty.

Meanwhile, Mikan was stunned because her Stupid Onii-Chan actually knew another girl, and a beautiful one at that.

Seeing the tense situation he had unknowingly created, Rito cleared his throat and pointed at Uraraka"s other hand.

"Uraraksan, you will be feeding me, right? After all, I have many serious injuries!"

Even though he tried to make himself sound pitiful, he couldn"t help but have a foolish grin when he thought of Uraraka feeding him, too.

His words immediately destroyed the previous mood and Uraraka had a fl.u.s.tered expression once again.

"Me? Is that alright?"

She asked with an unnatural blush as she looked at Mikan, who gave her a sidelong gaze, and Sairenji, who had a stunned expression.

Rito immediately showed his sad look and shook his head.

"It"s fine, I understand."

He didn"t elaborate and let it all on Uraraka"s imagination.

"Understand? What did he understand?"

Uraraka immediately felt uncomfortable and immediately brought her chair closer to Rito and opened the packet of choco b.a.l.l.s while Mikan was still sitting near Rito.

"Rito-kun, we are friends. I will help you at all cost!"

She had a serious expression as she picked up one of the b.a.l.l.s inside the packet and looked towards Rito.

"Hehe, aren"t you going to say "aaahhhh" ?"

The moment Rito spoke out, Mikan"s expression darkened. She felt that the scene was all too familiar.

Mikan looked at Uraraka with an expectant expression to deny Rito"s demands, but Uraraka couldn"t help but blush as she heard Rito"s words.

"Rito-kun.... say aaaaaa...."

With a deep blush on her cheeks, she hung her head low and brought the piece of choco ball near his mouth.

Rito grinned at his victory and opened his mouth wide while saying "aaaaa" and ate the choco ball fed by Uraraka.

By the way, did Rito mention that this chocolate tasted exceptionally sweet?

Because it did!

Meanwhile, Sairenji looked at the current situation with a strange expression.

Rito chewed and gulped the chocolate as he looked at Sairenji with a smile, causing her to feel fl.u.s.tered once again.

After all, she wasn"t used to Rito acting kindly towards her. If she could, she would want him to "ignore" her once again.

"Um... Harunsan, can you help me with studies after I am discharged?"

He looked towards her with an expectant expression.

"Ah, yes! Of course!"

She immediately nodded with a red face and stood up.

"I will visit you again, Yuuki-san!"

With that, she practically ran out of the room.

Uraraka had a strange confused expression as she looked at Sairenji"s back, but was brought back to reality by Rito"s teasing voice.

"Urarakchan~ aren"t you going to feed me anymore?!"

Hearing that Rito had called her Urarakchan, instead of Uraraksan, her expression brightened slightly and she started to feed him under Mikan"s dark expression while repeating "say aaaaa".