chapter 96
94. Heroine Haiseki (2)
94. Heroine Haiseki (2)
I had nothing to say and just smiled awkwardly. After looking at me for a while, she went back to her seat.
After….
It was hard because I felt like I was betraying my trust as a friend.
***
It’s Wednesday after the weekend again.
After that day, Iggyrisko, who had been talking to me many times, stopped coming to me.
Now it looks like you want to completely give up on me. However, when I felt her gaze and looked for the source, there was often an angry look on her face, so I was worried.
Besides that, Sasaki Yuuna also used to come to me many times. But every time I said I had something to do, or pretended not to know he was coming and just ran away.
Shortly thereafter, the senior who had lunch with her expressed concern, saying that she, the same student council member, had lost her words.
“… ….”
It was so confusing.
***
Two days later.
The final exams that have been going on since Wednesday have finally come to an end.
Now, in the first year, there is only one final exam left for the third semester, so for a while, it could be said that it was a burdenless freedom.
“After….”
So it would be nice to relax a little.
As she was leaning against her back, her tension was relieved, and Sasaki Yuuna, who was reviewing her test, suddenly put her ballpoint pen down forcefully.
Tak-
“… ?”
It was such a strong sound that I could hear it all this way.
As soon as she was doing something with that sound, she got up and went outside. Even though the ceremony is not over because the teacher has not yet come.
“… ….”
It was an uncharacteristic behavior for her schoolboy character.
***
Three days later. Monday.
“Ha….”
The weekend has passed, but Sashiki Yuuna, who thought nothing happened today, suddenly sighed in her place and came to my seat.
And, of course, I tried to avoid it. It wasn’t the right time yet, and it was dangerous.
“…?”
But unlike before, when she just went away, she continued to follow me outside.
“… ….”
And it’s been a while.
Realizing that there is no way to avoid her today, I stopped her on her way and looked at her.
Then I saw her with a bloody expression, perhaps because she was very angry. And she looked at me and said.
“… Let’s talk for a minute.”
“… ….”
Let’s talk a little bit.
***
“….”
After that, I accepted her request and headed to the rooftop where there were no people with her.
“Why?”
That’s how we arrived at the rooftop.
When I finally met her face to face and asked her questions as if I knew but pretended not to know, she said in a trembling voice.
“Are you asking because you don’t know?”
“… ….”
Since I couldn’t answer that question, she immediately started to get angry with me.
“Why do you do that? Yes?! Are you trying to abandon me like my father did?! If that’s the case, why did you talk to me in the first place! Why did you make me believe it! Why!”
“… ….”
I was speechless for a moment at the story behind her, which did not appear in the original story.
“I believed. I believed that only you would be different and would not be abandoned….”
With that said, she turned around and started to leave her rooftop.
“… I’ll tell you honestly, so wait a minute.”
And I decided to tell her the truth after deciding that she couldn’t just avoid it anymore.
It seemed that she would become more depressed if she continued like this. It seemed like it was going to break even more, so it was unavoidable.
So I stopped her, stopped her, took a few deep breaths, and started talking to her.
“… Do you remember that Osana Najimi shouted in her classroom not too long ago..?”
“… ….”
It doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen… Well, originally, he was a guy who was very indifferent to those around him…
“Big! That… Anyway, actually he said he liked me, after that. But, I can’t like anyone. Really. Just… It’s been that way since the beginning. That’s why it came back as a burden rather than joy. In the end, the fact that I had no choice but to disappoint and make me sad must have strangled me…. But, the problem is that he wasn’t the only one like that. Well, it’s a bit much to mention your real name, but… There were several more cases where kids I was even a little close with told me they liked me. So… If I didn’t have that kind of heart, I’m really sorry if I didn’t even think about it, but I kept away from it just in case. hahahaha… It might seem a bit self-conscious…. I didn’t want to talk about this….”
“Ah….”
As I finished my explanation, she blankly nodded her head. I continued to tell her.
“Anyway, something like that… sorry. I didn’t know, but it must have hurt you a lot….”
“… No.”
“… ….”
And after she hesitated for a moment, I decided to ask her directly.
“That’s why I’m asking… Do you like me?”
Yes. Directly.
Although I don’t know what will happen in the future…. Realizing that she was having such a hard time right now, and that I would only make her, her only friend, suffer more, I decided to look at her answer and find a compromise in her own way. If you like it… You have no choice but to treat it like other heroines. If you don’t like it, then we’ll just be friends like before.
After…
Everything depended on her forthcoming answer.
“No?”
“…?”
However, contrary to my nervousness, she speaks as if asking for something very obvious. I was taken aback by her appearance, and then I asked her.
“Ah… that, right? So, the feeling? Do you have any feelings for the opposite s*x or anything like that?”
“Yes, not at all.”
“… ….”
But fortunately, she didn’t seem to have any of that in mind. Yeah, it seemed like she wasn’t there.
hahahaha…
Yes, that’s fortunate, but… f*ck. It’s embarrassing. That’s great too. What did you think when you saw me saying this….
Ha…
…But, sorry for myself, I still have one more thing to say.
Because of that, I decided to take that embarrassment one more time.
“Big! That… Then, if you have a heart that likes me or a crush as a member of the opposite s*x, tell me honestly. Got it?”
It was a must. That’s why I couldn’t help it. I couldn’t help it… f*ck…
To be honest, I don’t like it either, and I know it’s sophistry, but there’s no other way. It was my best.
“… Your confidence skyrockets. Do you think all other women can fall for you?”
“… ….”
I have nothing to say….
Ha…
I feel ashamed to die.
…Well, seeing her sincere reaction made me feel relieved. Even in her original work, she was famous for being honest and outspoken, so it was trustworthy for her.
I, who brushed her heart like that, apologized to her and then left her rooftop. She had just rang the bell, so she would have to hurry in.
“I’m sorry. Sincerely. Come to think of it, um… I have my own circumstances, but anyway, I think it was too self-centered. It must have seemed very strange to you. And it would have made you angry. Sorry again. Sincerely.”
“… ….”
“Shall we go..?”
“… Yes.”
And I thought while walking down the street. Perhaps, my assumption that solving the case would be a catalyst might be a little wrong.
***
Sasaki Yuna.
She thought to herself as she looked at Shujin Koo Haiseki leaving the rooftop ahead of her.
She said that he was… Sorry.
***
“Um….”
Looking at the noisy children and the empty classrooms, fortunately the teacher hadn’t come yet.
After….
It was fortunate that I didn’t have to get tired for nothing.
Feeling so lucky, I went into my class and went to my seat when Riko Igiris, who was in the seat in front of me, found me and left.
“Hey!”
Heh, he said. …I’d like to, but… I’ve done something, so I’m just sorry.
And then I sat down with her behind her.
Then, I spoke to Osana Najimi, who quickly turned her head the other way when she spotted me.
“Hey, are you free during the break for the next period?”
It was because there was something I wanted to ask the woman who caused the family.
But she seemed to have interpreted my question differently. Her face and ears blushed.
“… Okay.”
“… ….”
It was obvious that he likes me like this, so I wondered why he didn’t know…. Maybe she just wasn’t that interested.
***
Break time for 3rd period.
So, only her opponent was different, and I arrived at her rooftop again and asked her who was fidgeting with her.
“Hey. Why do you like me?”
Why do you like me? This was to find out quickly if she really liked me because of that incident.
If she really liked me without grounds to the extent that I assumed that she fell in love with me because of the intervention of the incident, then I would have to be wary of Sasaki Yuuna again. Of course, it would be reduced to some extent. However, if she had a rational basis that was incomparably incomparable to her own dislike of her original work, I would maintain the direction as I thought before, only in the case of Sasaki Yuna.
Even if there was a reasonable reason, I can’t be sure that the incident didn’t affect it, but it was a little less certain that the incident was the catalyst. In other words, it was to give her a reason to believe in her.
Yes, this is a time to check the truth a little, not whether we really need to be careful, which is unknown right now.
Anyway, with that in mind, I asked her, and she seemed quite taken aback by my question, and she opened her mouth.