"Um… excuse me…"
"Zzz…"
"Mr. Venus?"
"Eh! Yes! What's wrong?!"
"Are you okay?"
"What happened?"
"We were attacked by unknown people, then we fainted. When I woke up you were lying here."
"Thank you for waking me up, where is Mr. Sora?"
"I haven't seen him."
"Okay then, no problem. How about your son?"
"Yes, he is much better. Thank you very much."
"You're welcome, now you can go home. Next time be careful."
"Yes Mr. Venus, I'll be careful."
"Good, smart boy."
"See you, thank you very much."
"Yes, you're welcome."
***
Where is Mr. Sora? I haven't seen him before. Who is that strange man anyway? He suddenly attacked us and then ran away. Very strange.
When I was daydreaming and waiting for Mr. Sora's arrival, suddenly the shop phone rang.
"Hello."
"Ah! Hello Venus."
"Eh? Miss Yukarin, what's wrong miss? It's not usual to call using the shop number."
"Where's my husband?"
"Mr. Sora, I don't know where he is, I haven't seen him since earlier."
"Gosh my husband, where are you at a time like this…"
Miss sounds very agitated.
"Is there a problem miss?"
"Yes, this is a big problem."
She sounded really sad.
"If there's anything I can help with, I will help you."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes miss, I will help you."
"Okay then, so like this… Hima's lunch box was left behind."
"Huh?"
"Could you take it to her?"
I thought why, but it turned out that she was just delivering Hima's lunch box.
"Okay, miss I will deliver it."
"Thank you very much, it helped me a lot. The box is usually in my husband's car, if the car is there you can take it directly."
"Okay miss."
"Thank you, Venus. Will you join us for dinner later?"
"No need to bother miss."
"You have to come, or you're fired. Bye!"
Before I could answer, she had already hung up the phone.
"Humph… geez, I have to hurry."
***
After finding the lunch box, I rushed to Hima's school by bicycle. The distance is quite far from the workshop, but for this distance, it's close enough for me. Once there, I was shocked by a sight that hurts my eyes.
"Feel this new kid! Nerd!"
"Are you hungry? This is our leftover food! Eat!"
I saw Hima being bullied by her schoolmates in the bicycle parking lot.
"We also give her to drink, this is bathroom water! Come on, drink it!"
They are so outrageous, I have to stop them.
"Stop!"
I suddenly stood in front of Hima and blocked those who wanted to throw water to Hima.
"Venus…"
"Huh? Who are you?"
"Don't bully Hima!"
"Hey look, his face is quite handsome."
"Don't you guys think he's the new kid's boyfriend!"
"Wow, what great news!"
They even misunderstood me by saying that I was Hima's boyfriend, even though Hima was the daughter of my boss.
"Hey sweet handsome guy, just broke up with her, how about you dating me? I'm prettier and my body is nicer than hers, both her face and body are normal."
"And don't forget, she's a nerd!"
"Hahaha!"
They piss me off.
"I'm sorry, but I prefer Hima."
"Huh?! Why did you choose that disgusting woman?"
"Hima isn't very pretty and seems ordinary from the outside. However, she is a woman with the most beautiful heart I've ever known, unlike you who are only beautiful on the outside but your hearts are very bad, even worse than trash."
Hearing my insult they got very angry, they threw the bucket of water at me.
"You blind man! You chose the pig over us!"
I quickly protected Hima so that her body wouldn't get wet.
"Are you okay Hima?"
"I'm fine, but your jacket is soaked."
"It doesn't matter, it'll be dry too. By the way, your mother left your lunch box with me, do you want to eat in your school canteen?"
"Venus, my class is over. So I can go home now."
"Is that so, all right, let's go home. Let me take you by bicycle. We'll eat at a nearby restaurant, how about that? Is that a great idea?"
"Of course! Thank you!"
I took her away from this place.
"How dare you ignore us!"
They were so annoying, one of them threw a big rock at us. I quickly caught it, a rock like this could hurt Hima. My frustration has reached its peak.
"Hey you girls, don't ever bother Hima again."
"If we still do it what will you do with us?"
"I will make you like this rock."
I crushed this stone until it crumbled into dust.
"Wh... what?!"
"How can… that stone is hard."
"If you girls bother her again, I guarantee you will be like this rock. I never care about gender when angry"
They were scared and ran back into the school building.
***
"Excuse me, I would like to order."
"Okay sir, what would you like to order?"
"For me, one special soba noodle, and my friend gave him this restaurant's special omurice."
"Yes sir."
"Well… what about my mother's lunch?"
"You just eat it Hima, your stomach is like a black hole."
After saying that, I received a gift from Hima. She gave me a hard slap that landed on my right cheek, besides that she also gave me another gift in the form of a bright red slap mark.
"This is the order... an..."
"Ah, thank you."
I could see the waiter's face who was holding back her laughter, and now I was dealing with a girl who was eating food made by her mother while eating the food I ordered earlier.
She was so cute, her mouth full of food made her cheeks grow bigger. Seeing that 2 cute balls are moving to the rhythm while chewing makes me unable to resist playing pranks on them.
"What the hell are you doing?!"
I touched both of his cheeks with my index finger and managed to make her angry.
"Venus!"
"Hahaha, sorry, sorry. After all, you're so cute."
"You make me angry."
Even though she said that she was very happy when I bullied her.
"Hey, Hima."
"What's wrong Venus?"
"Who are they?"
"They are my classmates, at first they were kind to me but after…."
"After what?"
She paused for a moment, her face telling me that she was having trouble at school.
"My senior…"
"Your senior?"
"Yes, there was an upperclassman who approached me. And those who bullied me were a group of girls who liked my upperclassman, I didn't want that upperclassman because he was very arrogant and such a bad boy. He also often forced other girls to be his girlfriend."
I was silent for a moment, I was silent for a moment, I thought of various conditions so that she would avoid those bad children. I avoided the first possibility as much as I could, but it couldn't be helped… there was no other choice.
"Hima."
"Yes?"
"How about we become a couple now?"
"Huh? Are you crazy?"
She suddenly screamed and made her choke on her drink.
"I'm sorry Hima, I didn't mean to startle you."
"Then why did you suddenly ask me to be a couple with you?!"
"I mean just pretend boyfriend only."
"Pretend?"
"Yeah, so I'll act like a lover when I'm with you. I'm doing all of this to protect you from those bad children, after all, I've thought of many possibilities but this is only the best."
She looks very embarrassed, I know the secret behind that expression... but I prefer to be silent.
"Okay, I want to…. Protect me, Venus."
"Of course…."
***
"I will protect you"