v01_c25_Want_Some?_-_2

GJ-Bu

Volume 01

Chapter 25

Want Some? - 2

Kirara’s meal of the day was manga meat.

“(Hey, look at that...)”

Mao drew her face close and whispered in Kyouya’s ear.

“(You always see meat shaped like that in manga.)”

“(Actually, I always see it in games. The ones that increase your stamina.)”

“(No, that’s not it. It’s the kind that people love to eat in TV and manga.)”

“(Well, maybe. I think we’re talking about the same thing though.)”

Kyouya looked towards the interior of the room.

As usual, Kirara was sitting by herself at the wore out antique sofa.

On the table lied a silver platter, and on top of it, a pile of the “manga meat” Mao was talking about.

Big, round pieces of meat with a bone piercing through them.

Kirara bit down on the meat while holding the two ends of the bone with her hands and pulled on it until it ripped off.

She looked delighted as she chewed it down.

“M-makes... makes you want to try eating it like that, doesn’t it? Doesn’t it?”

They were supposed to be talking quietly, but all of a sudden Mao stopped keeping her voice down. With her cheeks flushed pink, she sought everybody’s agreement, particularly Kyouya’s.

“That’s impossible.”

Shion whispered, joining in.

“Everyone knows this already, but Kirara-san has never shared her meat with anybody. Apparently, it violates some manner of self-enforced set of codes she maintains.”

“What? Say it in Japanese.”

Kyouya had somehow understood Shion’s difficult words, but another question popped in his mind. He tilted his head.

“Huh? She gave some meat to me the other day.”

“What?! Alright then, go get ourselves some!”

At Mao’s orders, Kyouya stood up.

He approached Kirara up to about one meter and called her.

“Er... Kirara-san?”

There was no reply.

Just like a kitten who’s been shown a golden can, Kirara’s attention was completely focused on eating the meat.

She looked kinda cute... No, that was not the time.

“Er, then... Kirara?”

The girl’s ears twitched. Not her real ears, but her ear-like hair.

“What’s wrong? Kyoro?”

As if she’d just noticed him there, the girl looked at him in puzzlement.

Kyouya stared intently at the manga meat on the girl’s hand. Without the need for words, his body language conveyed his request.

“Want some?”

Kirara gave a bright smile handing him the piece that still had about 70% of the meat left in it.

“Hooray! Well, don’t mind if I do too.”

All of a sudden, Mao was standing by their side. She motioned to take one piece of manga meat from the platter.

Smack! Her hand was struck.

Mao stubbornly tried it with her other hand, but that was shot down too.

“Why?!”

Mao screamed. Kirara didn’t answer, she just silently started eating a new piece of meat.

“Among mammals that move in packs, there are some species with established rules for dividing food. For example, animals like the wolf. The higher ranked individuals will share their food with the lower ranked ones. In other words, Kirara sees Kyoro-kun as if being under her care.”

“Eh? Well, I’m her underclassman after all.”

That made Kyouya kind of happy.

“Well, I’m the president! I’m on top of the rank! That means I’m the one who decides how to divide the meat! Hand me a piece!”

Mao extended her hand, but she was struck again.

It made a loud, painful sound. Mao held the back of her hand.

Having that done to her three times, she finally lost her temper.

“Gah!”

Her teeth brought out, she advanced with her biting technique towards Kirara’s calf. However, Kirara wasn’t one to let herself lose like that.

She bit her! Kirara bit her!

It was the first time Kyouya saw someone biting Mao!

“Let’s leave them alone.”

Giving up on the two, Shion returned to her paperback.

Kyouya followed her lead.

The meat he’d received from Kirara was incredibly delicious. It was the stuff of legends.