I Saw My Female Friend, a Beautiful and Neat Girl, Holding a Romance Book Titled “How to Get Your Male Friend to Like You” and Decided to Give Advice on Love~ In Fact, the Guy She Likes Seems to Be Me!?~
“…… Eh?”
I was now, possibly more astonished than I’ve ever been in my life.
To briefly explain the current situation, I am in a bookstore buying a book, and reading a book enthusiastically in front of me is my high school sophomore and classmate, Hizakura Makoto, with whom I am close enough to talk every day at school, in case you were wondering.
Hizakura has long black hair, big breasts, long legs, a beautifully shaped face, impeccable looks, and a good personality, what we call a neat and tidy beauty.
She is also smart and athletic.
It is impossible for such a person not to be popular, and although she has been confessed to by smart and good-looking boys, she has turned them all down and is recognized at school as not being interested in love.
The book that Hizakura is holding in her hand right now is a ──── romance book.
I read the title of the book and it says, “How to get your male friends to like you.”
I was so shocked that I just froze in place, and then Hizakura said in a muttered voice
“Yes, I think this book will be fine.”
Saying that, she was about to head to the cash register with the book in her hand, when she turned around and ──── met my eyes.
“Kanzaki……-kun!?”
When Hizakura saw my face, she called out my last name and stiffened, her eyes widening just as I had done earlier.
Then, as if to grasp the current situation, she shifted her gaze to the surroundings, her current book, and my face, in that order.
Then, Hizakura looks distraught and says
“Eh,…… Ummm, Kanzaki-kun, do you often come to the bookstore after school?”
“Oh,…… yes, well, I don’t know if it’s as often as I’d like, but maybe three or four times a month.”
“I…see….”
The air in our place was very awkward.
…It literally felt awkward to stay in this awkward atmosphere for so long, so I said as I tried to leave
“Well, ummm…I’ll see you at that …… school.”
As I was about to walk away, she grabbed my arm as hard as she could and said
“Wait, wait, wait, if you leave me like this now, it’s going to be really awkward tomorrow! Let’s just calm down and talk about it, okay?”
“I won’t tell anyone! I won’t tell anyone, so please spare me!”
“N-No, no, no! Don’t worry, I’m not trying to make a scene like that!”
After a long battle, I decided to listen to Hizakura’s story for the time being. ……
“Do you want to talk here?”
“No, we’ll talk outside because it’s too much trouble for the store.”
“…… are you going to buy that book?”
I asked her that, and she said while trying to hide the lower half of her face with the book.
“….Yes.”
I could see that just the top half of Hizakura’s face was flushed when she said that, but I decided not to worry about it for the time being, and when Hizakura finished buying the book, we went out of the bookstore together and went to a cafe. So we decided to have tea together and talk.
“You know, since I had that book, …… I actually have someone I like.”
“I see.”
She had a book like that, so I knew to some extent, so now I’m not that surprised on the surface anymore, but I’m still very surprised on the inside.
I didn’t think there was someone she liked
“I thought about using the excuse that someone I know asked me to buy it for them instead though…….”
“That’s a bit of a stretch after reading it with such enthusiasm.”
“I knew you were watching me. ……”
Hizakura said
“Then, the reason you’ve turned down every confession up until now is because there was someone you liked?”
“Yes, I just couldn’t think of going out with anyone other than that person, but I couldn’t approach that person very well either. ……”
After a short pause, Hizakura said.
“You know!? I’d like to ask you for some love advice, if you don’t mind.”
“Love advice ……?”
“Y-yeah! I want to confess my love one day, so I want to spent a lot more time with Kanzki ──── No, I mean, um, …… I want to get a lot of boys’ opinions to help me prepare for my upcoming confession!”
“That’s good, but is it okay if it’s me?”
“It has to be Kanzaki-kun, definitely ……, please.”
There was something so genuine in her eyes that I couldn’t help but nod my head and say
“…… okay, if that’s the case, I’ll take you on as a friend.”
When I answered, Hizakura looked somewhat gloomy, but anyway,────, from this day forward, I am going to be Hizakura’s love adviser.
And ──── I didn’t yet know at this time that the person who was on the other end of that love counseling was me.
[TLN : Hehehehehe~ Pure romance~]