NOVEL NEXT chapter 24
24. Decided to be a bit cruel.
24. I decided to be a bit cruel.
I think about it again, but I wonder where the proud and confident girl of yesterday has gone.
***
Lunch time was almost over.
“Goodbye, hi..Seki-kun.”
“Okay, see you tomorrow. Senior Akari.”
After her lunch with her, I parted ways with her and walked towards her class.
As we walk like that, the stinging eyes pouring from around us.
But unlike before, which contained hatred, what was contained in their eyes was jealousy and envy.
“It’s burdensome, really…”
Should I call this a relief or a new nuisance, oh…
***
Arrived in Van.
As I opened the door and went in, Iinazuke, who found me, approached me.
She then smiles and starts talking to me.
“Shujinko-kun! Did you have a good meal with your girlfriend?”
“Uh, what…”
“Hey, was the rice cooked by your girlfriend delicious?”
“Uh… It was delicious..?”
“It looked so big.”
“What?”
What do you want?
“Then the rice I cooked must have been tasteless and too shabby, right?”
She looks at the ground and makes an apologetic expression.
…Why did you do that?
In short, he must be asking for his lunch to be more delicious.
That guy, when he often made food since he was young, he would bring it to me and say that it was delicious quickly.
However, if it’s a little different from then….
Because that guy has that kind of expression and apologetic tone.
If I answered something like “No, it was fine,” Or “Um… it wasn’t bad,” They would say that I would be finished from that day.
The traps are also various, that guy. Let’s try to answer in the best possible way.
“No, no. It wasn’t shabby at all. It was delicious as always. Thank you very much.”
“Hey-.”
With those words, she erased that apologetic expression from earlier in an instant, fearing that someone might not be a trap.
And at the same time, she seems to be starting to worry about something in her.
No, what else do we need here?
“Um~.”
After a short while, it seemed that she had finally finished her worries.
“Well, then that’s good, Shujinkoo-kun!”
She smiled at her me and spoke in her sweet voice, then went back to her place just as she was.
…You passed it right, right?
***
It’s time to go home.
As scheduled, I ended up leaving school with Iinazuke, not with my seniors. As I looked at her, who had been unusual since the morning.
“It’s okay to go home together, right?”
“Is there any reason not to? Shujinkoo-kun!”
She tilts her head, emphasizing the end of her words.
“…”
That’s a 100% craving.
Oh, I don’t know. Just ignore it It’s hard to even notice him now.
“Okay, then we can go together.”
“Um~.”
As soon as I looked like I didn’t care anymore, Ii Nazuke put her palms together and said.
“Ah~ That’s right Shujinko-kun, you’ve got a girlfriend! Then why don’t you go out with me?”
…If I leave you alone for a moment without craving for me, what’s the big deal?
No, wait. Come to think of it.
“Hey, but you.”
“Huh? Why, Shujinkou-kun? Have you finally felt sorry for your girlfriend? Boyfriend disqualification~.”
“…When you had a boyfriend before. Didn’t you go to school with me?”
“Eh? What if I had a boyfriend… Oh, I did….”
She paused her words for a moment. A look of bewilderment was evident on her face.
Looking closely, my eyes trembled.
…Was there anything to be embarrassed about like that..?
And when I saw that, I was just curious.
“Hey… Are you okay..?”
“Oh, yes! Are you okay!”
She came to her senses at my words and smiled again.
What…?
And then she said, putting her index finger and her finger to her mouth.
“Um~, but isn’t that a slightly different problem, Shujinkoo-kun?”
“Something else.”
This is me, Nambul child.
“Well~?”
“…”
While I was being so dumbfounded, she said as if she was showing her kindness.
“Well, specially, I’ll take care of you after school!”
“Ha… Yes, thank you thank you.”
Still, she must have had a bit of conscience left, and she was the one who said nothing more about this part.
***
As I walked toward the front gate of the academy with her, I was able to spot her familiar person standing in front of the gate.
The true identity of that figure is Morish*ta Sakura. She seemed to be looking for someone.
I wonder who you’re looking for, staring at me for a while as I pass by.
As she looked around her, her eyes met mine and she started to come towards me.
…Were you looking for me?
Jerbug-
“After…”
And when she arrived in front of me, after taking a deep breath, she started talking to me.
“Hey… Shujinko-kun.”
“Why?”
“Ah, is there Yoji Iinazuke-chan next to you…?”
The rest of the nervousness, it seems that I finally noticed Iinazuke next to me.
“Hey, you know me~ Who are you? Sorry, but I don’t think I’ve seen you.”
To Nazuke Ii’s question, Morish*ta Sakura stuttered her words.
“I don’t know how… It’s Morish*ta Sakura… Do you remember a little bit? We were in the same class once.”
“…Huh? You’re Morish*ta Sakura…?”
“Uh…”
“…”
Bewildered by her unexpected true identity, Iinazuke is temporarily frozen.
I recognized it right away, but it is a special case. Here.
When Ii Nazuke was speechless at her speechless words, Morish*ta Sakura turned her gaze back to me.
“Hey, Shujinko-kun.”
“Yes, why?”
“I wonder if you have a girlfriend…”
Her voice gets quieter the further you go.
“Ah…”
She must have heard rumors that I was dating her senior.
And I, in response to her question.
“…”
I fell into trouble for a while.
Should I tell the truth or not?
I wasn’t worried about rumors spreading.
Considering how much she’s helped me with my non-existent girl problem, it wouldn’t be too much of a problem if I told her.
Just….
Somehow, it bothered me a little that she used to like me when she was in middle school. And that heart may still be in the present.
Looking at her actions so far, the probability of that is by no means small. …No, it would have been quite high.
So that was the problem.
Because I had neither the thought nor the ability to like someone.
Because of that, I couldn’t repay her feelings.
…At this point.
At this point, opening one’s heart would be a way if that’s the way.
Because in the end.
I am.
“Well, that’s it.”
I decided to be a bit cruel.
“Ah…”
Her eyes are starting to turn red.
But she, on the contrary, smiled broadly and said nothing.
“I see… congratulations! Having a girlfriend I, I, I’ll go first!”
“Uh, yes…”
She turns around and runs to her front door.
“…”
Maybe it’s fortunate that it ended at this point….
But a little… I can’t help but feel bad.
“Let’s go! Shujinko-kun!”
“Uh, yes…”
Iinazuke has an exceptionally bright voice.
She didn’t crave me for a whole day, as if she had thought of my complicated mind.
And after that day, Morish*ta Sakura stopped talking to me.
If Gaiden) If I had told Sakura Morish*ta the truth about her.
After going through countless thoughts in my head, I finally got it.
I decided to tell her the truth.
Because I thought that I shouldn’t deceive her because she is working hard for me.
Also, in a way, the fact that she liked me could have been excessive self-consciousness.
“Shall we move for a moment, Morish*ta-san?”
“Oh, yes!”
After going to a quiet place like that, I explained to Sakura Morish*ta the general circumstances of her situation.
And, actually, my senior and I had a fake relationship.
So, let’s tell them that they’re only pretending to be in a relationship, but it’s not real.
“Ah…That was it… I’m glad…”
“Fortunately..? What?”
“Ah! Nothing! Really! B, I remembered something urgent! I’ll go first!”
She blushes while vehemently denying my question.
In that state, she ran to her front door.
“…?”
Why?
That’s why I’m so bewildered.
“…Shujinko-kun.”
“Huh?”
Iinazuke kept silent the whole time she and I were talking. She said in her unusually dark voice.
“Is Sakura Morish*ta still your ideal type?”
“Huh?”
“I voted when I was in middle school. They said Morish*ta Sakura was the prettiest. Morish*ta Sakura-chan is much prettier now, so she must have completely fallen for her..?”
“Ah, that. But I don’t really know what’s different between then and now.”
“…A lie.”
“Huh? What did you say?”
He muttered something, but he spoke so softly that I couldn’t hear him.
And.
“It’s nothing! Shujinko-kun!”
She became serious for a while, but after that, she returned to the concept she saw again.
She said it was nothing and put her hands behind her back and smiled.
“Huh? Uh…Yes.”
…I got a little goosebumps when it suddenly became bright like that.
To put it a little exaggeratedly, whenever he does that, it feels like he’s dealing with a psychopath….
Ha… These days, I keep missing the old days….
Iinazuke, who cursed at me and hit me….
Inazuke Iinazuke, who always boasted about his self-love….
I miss you so much.
…It sounds a bit perverted when you say it like this.
***
After that incident with Sakura Morish*ta, we walked towards home together as usual.
And that day. Iinazuke did not come out of the room.