Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess!

It’s so quiet—

No one in school is bothering her; it’s a world of difference from before.

They’re probably all eating in the cafeteria. Besides an unsociable person like herself, who else would eat alone in such a deserted place?

Whether in her previous life or this one, Yvonne disliked overly crowded places; too many people only made her feel suffocated.

Moreover, after being exiled, she gradually realized a fact,

That is—without her noble status, she, as the villainous young lady, was truly just an intimidating-looking, unlikeable, awkward person.

That’s right… exactly the opposite of that girl.

The image of the popular protagonist Elsa floated in her mind, and her heart was filled with an inexplicable sense of depression.

So she deserved to be alone.

Regardless, she still had to eat.

It was now lunchtime. Yvonne sat under her favorite blue fruit tree, spread a stain-resistant tablecloth on her lap, and opened her wooden lunchbox,

Inside were portions for two people,

All seasoned according to that girl’s preferences.

What should have been fresh, nutritious, delicious vegetables tasted bland when forcibly stuffed into her mouth.

How could she have made so much on a whim? There’s no way she could finish it all now!

Was she an idiot…

There was no choice; she could only desperately stuff her mouth, trying to swallow it all at once, but nearly choked, coughing dryly several times,

Doesn’t this just make her look even more pitiful?

For some reason, this sorry state made Yvonne feel like crying.

She quietly wiped away the tears that welled up in the corners of her eyes and sniffled her sour nose.

…This wasn’t like her at all.

Because she was eating alone, her mood became complicated.

Come to think of it, since that girl transferred, she hadn’t eaten alone in a long time.

Until now, no matter what she did, Elsa had followed her closely, reminding Yvonne of the puppy she once had.

Now that it suddenly became so quiet around her, she felt unaccustomed to it.

Was she afraid of loneliness?

Was she worried that someone would take her away?

It wasn’t entirely that either.

Although girls’ thoughts are generally more sensitive and complex, if she truly only saw her as a friend, wouldn’t it be strange to have such strong feelings of jealousy and possessiveness…

With her mind in chaos, Yvonne completely failed to notice the danger quietly approaching from above.

Although eating under a tree in summer provides shade, it also has a significant hidden danger—

That is, if you’re not careful, insects might fall down.

Uwaaaaaaah—!!

A green, wriggling caterpillar hanging from a transparent thread suddenly dangled in front of Yvonne’s face, nearly causing her to fling the entire lunchbox away.

W-what should she do?

With danger so close, less than a centimeter from her nose, Yvonne didn’t dare to breathe,

She felt that if she moved even slightly or exhaled a tiny bit of air, according to Newton’s First Law, that tiny force would make the caterpillar fly up and then bounce back onto her face due to inertia.

No… no—

She absolutely didn’t want that!!

But if she remained frozen like this, the insect hanging by the thread might fall into her food at any moment.

Uwah~~~ What should I do now~~!!

Holding her lunchbox, Yvonne was completely caught in a dilemma,

Seeing something she feared, even her ability to think became diminished,

Yvonne had been most helpless against such multi-legged creatures in her previous life. In elementary school, when boys scared her with large cicada pupae after molting, she cried on the spot. She couldn’t help it; she was just that afraid of insects.

No good…

But this time, somehow, a sense of determination made her overcome her fear.

—After all… I still wanted to save it for her to eat.

At the very least… at least protect the food!!

Almost crying from fear, Yvonne felt a sense of heroic sacrifice,

Although it was disgusting, to protect the meal she had worked hard to make, she didn’t mind if it fell on her face—

Just as Yvonne was about to cry from the impending intimate contact with the wriggling green caterpillar, a familiar hand appeared in front of her, picking off the caterpillar,

“…Dorothy?”

“Don’t be afraid, it’s alright now.”

As if talking to the little insect, she smiled and placed the caterpillar back on the tree trunk,

“Be careful next time, don’t fall down again, you’ll scare Evie to death.”

She said playfully to the little caterpillar on the trunk, then turned to look at Yvonne, blinking.

“…I wouldn’t be scared to death!”

Yvonne felt somewhat embarrassed and annoyed, while also feeling deflated. Her embarrassing state had been seen by her again,

But… inevitably, she was also a bit happy.

Simply because she appeared in front of her when she needed her.

So she did make a portion for me after all.

Seeing the extra portion…

Elsa finally sighed in relief and sat down beside Yvonne.

“…Weren’t you going to eat with your friends? Why did you come here again?”

Yvonne felt her question carried a sour tone, but she couldn’t help asking,

Although they hadn’t made any special arrangements, since they started living together, they had always eaten lunch together, so when she saw her agree to have lunch with others, Yvonne felt a conflicted feeling of ‘being betrayed’.

“I thought you were angry, and I just received an invitation, so I was planning to eat with Clover and the others…”

Elsa guiltily played with the ends of her hair,

“But after I went, I found that the cafeteria food wasn’t as delicious as Evie’s!! And they didn’t have the dishes I wanted to eat, so I left halfway.”

“Hmph… so you’re just being picky?”

Yvonne almost spoke through her nose

Although she was quite happy to see her again, this kind of excuse made her feel like she was being treated as a backup for meals, which still made her a bit angry.

So… why was she so angry?

She began to feel unclear herself.

“…Actually, those are all excuses.”

“After seeing Evie leave the classroom alone, I felt uneasy, so I made excuses and stood them up…”

So… her appearance here wasn’t due to any coincidence, but simply because… she cared about her??

Possessiveness began to take over; Yvonne just felt very happy hearing such words.

“Evie… you’re not angry with me, that’s great.”

“Why would I be angry with you?”

“Because… didn’t I do something inappropriate to you before?”

As she spoke, her eyelids lowered, looking timid like a child who had done something wrong.

“…I’m not angry.”

Although embarrassed to admit it, unknowingly, her importance in Yvonne’s heart had already grown significantly.

She could no longer imagine days without her presence.

“Ah, is this… corn? It looks so delicious! Evie, can I have a piece?”

“…You’re really helpless.”

She couldn’t possibly let her take food from her lunchbox with hands that had just touched insects, so Yvonne had no choice but to pick up a piece of her proud creation and feed it to her mouth, watching her chew and swallow, unable to stop the corners of her mouth from turning upward.

After all… she still wanted to eat with her.