The Case of My Childhood Friend Who Became a Very Popular Model and Came Back to Fulfill a Promise We Made When We Were Children
Himeoka’s body was trembling, and her cheeks were slightly red.
The sight of Himeoka on the verge of tears makes me want to protect her
“Really, I don’t care at all, so you don’t have to worry, okay!?”
“O-ou…….”
Obviously, you do care, don’t you ……?
As I was thinking about this, our thighs suddenly touched each other.
“Hyaa!?”
“Oh, sorry. ……”
“N0no. I don’t mind at all!”
“No, it’s definitely not true, is it You’re all squishy and your eyes are going all over the place.”
T-This is …… the normal me!”
“I don’t know why anyone would be acting suspicious on a regular basis!”
“I’m the exception to the rule! Yes, I am!”
“Himeoka is not like that, right? You’re always quiet and polite, aren’t you?”
When I said this, Himeoka dropped her gaze and fell silent.
I wondered if I had said something I shouldn’t have.
I looked at Himeoka, not knowing what to say, and I saw that her little ears, which were slightly visible through her gray hair, were dyed bright red.
“I-if you say something like that, I’ll …… worry about it. ……”
“S-sorry …….”
I don’t really know what went wrong.
But I suddenly thought.
“Himeoka and Ayumu can talk normally.”
Masahiro speaks for me what I think.
Himi nodded and said, “Yeah, yeah.”
“That’s certainly …… so.”
“So …… it is. Fufu, I knew I didn’t worry.”
“That’s how it is.”
We both looked at each other and laughed.
Himeoka is one of my not so many friends. I was happy to be able to talk with her in such a friendly manner because she was someone I wanted to continue to be friends with.
“I confessed my feelings and was rejected, but it didn’t end there, you know?”
“Yeah. I want to be friends with Himeoka.”
“Thank you..”
She may be lowering her gaze to hide her embarrassed face, but her ears aren’t completely hidden, so it’s obvious.
Well, such a thing is typical of Himeoka.
“It would be nice if you would continue to be a good friend to me…… that, even if just as a friend.”
“Ou. Of course.”
The blurring in my heart cleared up at once.
I had thought that I would never be able to smile like this again after seeing the tears Himeoka showed when I refused her confession.
However, it seems that was not the case.
I reconfirmed that Himeoka is a necessary friend after all.
“Now that we’ve made up, let’s go back to the classroom.”
“We weren’t fighting.”
“Don’t be so nitpicky,…….”
Ignoring Masahiro’s tsk tsk, I stood up from the bench.
However, Himeoka remained seated.
“Himeoka is not going?”
“I’m going to rest here for a while longer. After you.”
“I see. See you later.”
“Yes!”
Waved by Himeoka, the three of us returned to the classroom.
“…a friend, huh”
Naturally, I couldn’t hear the maiden in love whispering that to herself.
Meanwhile, in the Hassaku family…
“When Ayumu was in junior high school, this is the video of Ayumu practicing what he was going to say when he met Akane chan again, Ara how cute♡.”
“Ayumu was doing that, huh~~? (I can tease him about this)”
“There are plenty of other hidden pictures, so if you feel embarrassed, just tell me, okay?”
“I’m fine! It is my destiny to endure this!”
“Then, let’s turn up the gears.”
“Puuuu! Ayumu is making a determined face!”
“This was taken by the hidden camera in the window.”
“What a pro!”
No doubt, Ayumu will die of embarrassment when he comes back. ……