6, Confession?
And
lunch break.
I was
about to head to the back of the gym, just like the letter said...
"Yuuji!"
Ike,
called out to me.
What's
wrong, I thought, and stopped.
Ike
walked up to me and gave me a somewhat apologetic look before,
"I think
it will be all right, but just in case. If you get into trouble... you'll have
to contact me right away."
He
said.
"Oh, yes,
I will "
I
think he is worried about me.
I'm
happy with that consideration.
"Well, I'll
go then "
I said
that and then turned away,
"Yeah"
Ike's
powerful words reached my ears.
☆
"I'm
sorry I called you suddenly."
When I
arrived at the back of the gymnasium, Hasaki Kana was waiting for me.
She
said this with a more serious expression on her face than ever before, and I
nodded silently, urging her on.
......
But.
She
never said anything more.
The
thoughtful expression on her face made me wonder for a moment if she might
confess to me ...... but I quickly dismissed it as a foolish fantasy.
The
silence that lasted for a while was broken by――
☆
"I'm
sorry! ...Please start out as a friend!"
☆
With a
determined look on her face, Hasaki said.
I was
so surprised that I couldn't hide my agitation.
I was
surprised that the person who called me was Hasaki.
And
the reason for the call was to say no to me, which I hadn't even confessed,
because it was unexpected or ...... in a word, it didn't make sense.
"……Ha?"
I was
stunned and said a word.
Then,
as if frightened, Hasaki's eyelids went down.
"...Hasaki"
"Y-Yes..."
I call
out to her, and she responds without energy.
I ask
her directly.
"Why did
I get dumped by Hasaki just now?"
Hasaki
heard my words,
"Eh?"
She
muttered and tilted her head.
"Ha?"
I
didn't know what that response meant, and I grunted low, too.
As we
were both tilting our heads, looking at each other in a state of mutual lack of
explanation...... Hasaki began to mumble in a whisper.
"Dumped?
... Eh? He means me to Tomoki-kun? I just wanted to apologize for all that I
have done and ask you to start over again as a friend...."
Then,
as if realizing something, she had a surprised expression, and then,
"...Eh, are?
Maybe I'm, just now... Eh, EEH!? Lie!?"
She
was more flustered than I had ever seen her before.
"Uhm...
Hasaki?"
"It's
wrong, you get wrong idea! I didn't mean it in that way when I apologized, but
I've been treating Tomoki-kun badly, haven't I? So, I tried to apologize for
that, and... And! Anyway, I'm not the kind of self-conscious person who would
dump a boy without a confession!"
The
half-crying Hasaki sobbed.
Not
that I was dumped?
No, even
so...
"Did
Hasaki have anything to apologize to me for?"
Why
she was apologizing to me at this point in time was confusing to me.
"N-No. Etto...
I was pretty rude to pry into your relationship with Touka-chan, prodding you,
and then running away right away, right?"
"Oh,
that's what you mean."
She
glared at me and made unreasonable demands on me and Touka, and I guess she
felt bad about it.
"So what
does it mean when you say "Please start out as a friend"?"
"Uh, etto...
It's, as the words says"
As if
terribly frightened, Hasaki said.
"Why would
you want to be friends with me? I don't understand that either."
When I
asked, Hasaki made her gaze swim unnaturally.
This
reaction, maybe she is thinking of some excuse for.
"I really
have always wanted to be your friend..."
"No,
that's a lie, right. You often glare at me with a red face, and I have noticed
it. Hasaki doesn't think well of me, right?"
When I
pointed out that, her face turned bright red.
Perhaps
being hit on the bull's-eye, she was embarrassed.
"Eh, e~eh!?
You notice!? ... I mean! I wasn't glaring! ...Maybe I had a bright red face,
though."
Hasaki
said it bashfully.
"Then why
were you looking at me?"
"That
is... that"
Hasaki
is at a loss.
However,
after thinking for a few seconds, Hasaki tells me, as if in desperation.
"I wasn't
glaring at you! When I was looking at a handsome boy like Tomoki-kun... I was
just getting embarrassed!"
... I
couldn't hide my surprise in those words.
......
She is a bad liar, or rather.
It's
too messy!
There
is no way that Hasaki, who usually enjoys spending time with Ike, the pinnacle
of the handsome world, would be embarrassed to see a villainous face like mine.
Why is
this girl suddenly trying to flatter me...?
After
thinking about it, one possibility came to mind.
What
are the benefits for Hasaki to get involved with me?
......
Probably that's the value of using me as "Touka's lover".
I look
at Hasaki, who is glancing at me.
Perhaps
she is now wondering if her lie has been exposed or not.
......
I ask her without bothering to retort.
"Hey,
Hasaki. Did you apologize to Touka before you apologized to me?"
In my
words, Hasaki had an awkward expression on her face.
And
with her gaze downcast...
"Touka-chan
has been avoiding me a lot. I can't talk to her at all..."
She
laughed weakly, as if to mock herself.
――I
see, I knew it.
The
reason why Hasaki came in contact with me.
I felt
like I understood that.
That
she apologized for everything she had done and asked me to be her friend.
She
even told a lame lie to forcefully flatter me, which she didn't like very much.
I
guess these are all just a way for her to use me to achieve a certain goal.
"Does
Hasaki want to apologize to Touka as well?"
To my
question, she slowly and silently nodded her head.
As I
thought.
The
purpose of her contact with me.
That ――
must be to make up with Ike Touka, I guess.
"Ah!
That's right!"
There,
Hasaki clapped her hands as if she had just had an idea.
Then she
continues her words.
"If only
Tomoki-kun is okay with it, though――"
The
school idol and childhood friend of Ike Haruma, the protagonist of this world,
is Hasaki Kana.
With
an innocent and cute front face.
She
has a strong and calculating side――.
"If you
become my friend and help me make things right with Touka-chan....... I would
be very happy."
She
put on a cheerful expression and told me with a upward glance.
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