[MHCISQD] Chapter 116: Just a Little Bit Away From Being Single

Because they were going to have a barbecue in the evening, Renault did not prepare too much time and had already prepared the vegetables and meat. He brought out plate after plate of food and placed them on the table.

At this time, Mikoto had already put away the pendant that Renault had given her and put it in her bag. When she saw Renault come out, she immediately went over to help.

Picking up a plate of sliced beef tongue, Mikoto looked at Renault and said in a lower voice, "Senpai, thank you for the pendant..."

"Well, as long as you like it, let's start eating. I'm sure you're hungry too."

Although Renault had given the gift, he didn't really know how to follow up on it, so he had to change the subject. Mikoto was also the same, although she was at the age where she should be familiar with romantic relationships, her knowledge in that area was still limited, and her behavior was mostly characterized by blushing and being tsundere.

After a satisfying meal of barbecue and because Misuzu wouldn't be back until tomorrow, Mikoto would still be staying at Renault's house today. However, unlike last night, a guest room had been prepared for her.

After cleaning up the table and putting the dishes in the dishwasher, Renault went to take a shower, leaving Mikoto in the living room watching TV.

Fifteen minutes later, Renault finished his shower and came out to the living room, where he saw the news about the afternoon shopping center incident on TV.

Seeing Renault come out, Mikoto immediately asked, "Senpai, isn't this the place you told me we went to this afternoon? Did you run into a villain again?"

"Well, only one, but it wasn't me who got into trouble, it was my schoolmate Midoriya Izuku."

Putting the towel on the nearby table, Renault sat down next to Mikoto and watched the news on TV. The leader of the League of Villains had appeared in the crowded shopping center, but the media did not release any information about U.A. students because of negotiations with the police.

However, just because it didn't appear on TV doesn't mean it won't be on the internet.

After all, there were so many people at the scene, and as long as a few people spread the news, it would spread completely in less than half a day.

But fortunately, the U.A. students didn't engage in a battle outside, so even if there was more publicity, it wouldn't be anything that the school couldn't handle.

It was like just going out to buy something, and they ran into this kind of thing. Who could they blame?

Looking at the still image of Joker and Shigaraki facing off on the shopping center's surveillance camera on the news, Mikoto said regretfully, "How come they couldn't catch that guy from League of Villains? And the police came really slowly too."

"Forget about the police's speed for now. There's someone in the League of Villains who can transfer people. If they fought there, they might transfer a bunch of tough guys over, and then the civilians around would be the unlucky ones."

It's okay if it was just League of Villains members. Renault was worried that if they anger Shigaraki, that guy will cause a big commotion and transfer Nomu over. If that happens, it would really be uncontrollable. Otherwise, even if Kurogiri was there, he could still make Shigaraki back down.

Of course, it was all hindsight now, but Renault wasn't worried. There will be plenty of opportunities to deal with him in the future.

After the news, there were some boring entertainment shows that neither Renault nor Mikoto was interested in. So she pulled him upstairs again to play games.

However, after last night's situation, Renault wasn't as enthusiastic about playing games anymore. He lay on the bed holding the manga magazine he bought for Mikoto.

"You can play games slowly. I'll just read manga."

Mikoto saw last night that Renault wasn't very interested in games, only playing occasionally, so she didn't force it. As long as the two of them were together, it was okay. So they happily played games together.

Time passed bit by bit, and Renault quickly finished reading one manga magazine and then picked up the light novel he bought a while ago. Because they had eaten barbecue for dinner, the main dishes were only a little bit of sushi and fried dumplings, so Mikoto put down her controller before ten o'clock and turned to look at Renault.

"Senpai..."

Renault reluctantly looked at the girl, setting aside his light novel.

"Are you hungry?"

"Mm-hmm,"

"We don't have any udon noodles."

"I wasn't really planning on eating them, I was just joking last night!"

"Haha, I know. You can keep playing, I'll go make some dumplings."

Renault took out some leftover dumplings from the fridge and fried them up in a hot pan. He couldn't help but wonder if eating like this would make him gain weight.

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It was midnight.

Mikoto took off her headphones and put down the game controller, slowly turning around.

Renault was lying on his back in bed with an open light novel on his chest, breathing steadily, obviously asleep.

"Really, he didn't even tell me he was going to sleep," she muttered.

Isn't it because you were too absorbed in your game?

She turned off the game console, and the TV screen immediately turned blue with no signal. Mikoto gently took the book off Renault's chest and pulled the blanket up to cover him.

Originally planning to leave for the guest room, Mikoto suddenly remembered the shojo manga plots that other girls at school used to read, and her gaze fell on Renault's lips.

"Umm..."

Covering her flushed cheeks with her hand, Mikoto tried to leave, but her feet felt like they were glued to the spot, and she couldn't move.

After staying like that for almost five minutes, Mikoto slowly lowered her hands and leaned in. "Just like that, he won't wake up, right? Hopefully, those kinds of things in manga are all not lies..."

One meter... half a meter... ten centimeters...

The distance got closer and closer...

Finally, hers touched his.

The moment that happened, Mikoto quickly recoiled as if she had been shocked. She observed Renault with her watery eyes and immediately covered her mouth and ran out of the room.

Meanwhile, Renault continued to sleep soundly, turning over and continuing to sleep.

It's a pity, if he had woken up just now, maybe he could have gotten a girlfriend tonight.

It could be said that Renault was too familiar with Mikoto's breath, so he could sleep peacefully with her around. If it were someone else, even if he fell asleep, he would immediately wake up at any movement or sound.

Habits are really dangerous...