I Liked Her First, but My Brain Was Broken, Then for Some Reason, I Became Friends With Beautiful Girls, So I’m Done My With Childhood Friends
Kido Tsumugi. She is a junior girl, one grade below us.
Her short silver hair and clear blue eyes give me a feeling of foreign blood. She is probably half-Japanese. She is tall and glamorous, with a figure that would surprise even models and gravure idols.
She is usually found on the rooftop during lunch break. Her staple food is bread from the store. She is always earlier than me, so I guess she goes to the store as fast as possible after class.
She probably has the same negative characteristics as I do. She doesn’t use honorifics towards her senior, which suggests that she is not familiar with hierarchical relationships. It’s not that she doesn’t see me as a senior.
She is ranked second in the ranking of beautiful girls made by some boys. Although she gives off an unapproachable vibe, her appearance seems to have caught the attention of the boys.
And then there are the bad rumors about Kido san…….
“Is that all you know about Tsumugi san, Hiro?”
“Yeah. I just recently got to know her, and I don’t know if I can call her close friend.”
Matsuyuki san nods after hearing my story.
When I look at it this way, I realize that I really don’t know much about Kido san.
The only thing that comes to mind is that she cares about her seniors and is kind enough to help me. That seems vague.
“I’d like to do something about the bad rumors about Kido san if I can……”
She nearly killed her father…..that’s a ridiculously shocking and impactful rumor.
If it is something that was spread for fun, I would like to do something about it. There is nothing good about having a bad reputation.
Kido san is my junior and my friend. I can’t help but wish her a happy school life if at all possible.
……Though from other’s prespective I’m just an introvert.
“You’re worried about Tsumugi san, ain’tcha?”
“Well, we are friends.”
“Fufu, that’s right.”
Matsuyuki san smiled kindly. Whether she knew about my feelings or not, she seemed happy for some reason.
“However, if you try to stop it in a clumsily, rumors may spread and things may get weirdly complicated.I don’t know if the rumors are true or not, but as they say, a person’s rumors last forty-nine days. Tsumugi san herself might not want to make too much fuss about it.”
“Mm……you have a point.”
The worst thing that would happen if I took action would be to end up spreading the rumors even further instead of stopping them.
The most important thing is not to hurt Kido san. If doing nothing is the best way to calm down the rumors about her, I can only watch and wait.
“But you see, I have one thing to say to Matsuyuki san.”
“What is it?”
She didn’t seem to understand, but I told her clearly.
“They say it’s not 49 days, it’s actually 75 days.”
Forty-nine days would be the period of time between a person’s death and their destination in the next life.
Matsuyuki san returned with a hardened smile after a moment of silence.
“I just dared to say it. To reassure Hiro kun, I intentionally gave him a short period of time !”
“You just made a normal mistake, didn’t you?”
“I really did it on purpose ! I really did ! Are you listening to me, Hiro kun? Please listen to me, Hiro kun !”
So, we decided not to do anything about the rumor of Kido san.
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It was October, and we had successfully completed our mid-term examinations.
Kido san dropped to fifth place in this month’s ranking of the most beautiful girls. I guess the fact that she had nearly killed her father had an effect on her.
The bad rumors about Kido san had not yet disappeared.
I mean, why are you making a ranking of beautiful girls even though it was just a test period until recently? You’re a student, so concentrate on studying for the exam !
The honest retort in my heart was ignored, and the group of boys openly talked about the ranking of beautiful girls in the classroom.
“It’s amazing that a rather violent woman came in fifth.”
“She looks good on the outside, doesn’t she? She’s too erotic. I’m sure she’s a dirty girl on the inside too.”
“I heard that she gets pleasure from stepping on a man’s crotch. If she wasn’t such a slut, she might have a chance.”
There’s something wrong with the rumors !? There’s no way that stepping on a man’s crotch feels pleasurable…..
However, it’s useless to say anything to those who are just getting into a bad mood. I myself am just one boy with no influence.
“Can I really just leave them like this?”
Although I think so, I was the one who caused this rumor to spread. I was the one who caused Kido san to worry and gave people the wrong impression about her.
I don’t want to do anything unnecessary and hurt Kido san.
However, if the bad rumors are not going away, then….. I still think we need to do something about it.
“So, just for a bit. I’ll just have to watch for a little bit.”
After school. I was heading towards the floor where the first-year classrooms were lined up.
I knew her class thanks to Matsuyuki san who had been asking Kido san a lot of questions during lunch break. It might be creepy to go out of my way to check on her, but as long as she doesn’t find out, I should be fine. This thought is already grossing me out.
How many bad rumors have spread about Kido san? How much trouble is she in because of it?
I couldn’t help but want to know. If it was nothing serious, I could safely maintain my silence.
It was right after school and the hallways were crowded with people.
Some were going to club activities, others were going home.
Among them, I did not see Kido san. She was a tall girl with silver hair. It was hard to believe that such a conspicuous figure would be overlooked.
Is she still in the classroom? I watched the flow of people in the hallway for a while.
“……”
As I absentmindedly watched the flow of people, I felt a buzz of impatience well up in my chest.
…..No, no, no, no ! I’m too creepy ! Crap, crap, crap, crap ! !
I should have known that this behavior was creepy, but actually looking for Kido san was crushing me with my own creepiness.
My bad part is that even though I think I know it in my head, I don’t realize how stupid I am until I actually act on it……
Fortunately, there was no one who seemed to be suspicious of my existence during the year that I passed through the corridor.
Strangers are more indifferent to my existence than I imagined. I told myself that, and like a wooden character in a play, I made my presence as invisible as possible.
“Hm, Hiro? What are you doing here?”
I seriously thought I was going to vomit my heart out when I was suddenly approached by a voice.
[Calm down !]I told my heart, which was pounding violently in my chest, as I turned my head towards the voice.
“Hm, M-Mitsuki?”
There she was, the familiar figure of a childhood friend. Mitsuki was fiddling with her chestnut-colored hair and tilting her head.
My heart was pounding in my chest with emotions other than surprise.
“M-Mitsuki, what are you doing here?”
“I have some business with a junior of the badminton club.”
Mitsuki belongs to the badminton club. It’s a loose athletic club that only practices two or three times a week, but…is it presumptuous of me, a member of the go-home club, to think that way?
“Mitsuki, you don’t have to come all the way here, if it’s a junior, shouldn’t they just call for you?”
“We absolutely do what our seniors say ! We’re not that kind of club. It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s just a small errand.”
“I see, so that’s how it is.”
I was hoping she would go straight to her errands and such, when I noticed Mitsuki staring at me.
“So, why are you here, Hiro? You don’t know anyone in the first year, do you?”
“I-I have things to do, too, you know. And…don’t assume that I don’t know anyone in the first year.”
“Ho? With the way you talk…..it sounds like you’re here to meet a friend. Your sister is happy that Hiro has a friend ! Hey, what kind of person are they? Please introduce me.”
Hey, don’t act like a big sister. That’s the kind of thing that hurts.
Mitsuki was so happy that she poked me on the side of my stomach.
Stop it, I’m starting to feel weird…
“I-it’s nnothing. Just leave me alone!”
“Ah, Hiro–“
Soon, Mitsuki’s voice was no longer audible.
Because I ran away from the scene.
My calm mind asks me if I’m okay with the rumors about Kido sam, and if I run away there, people will think it’s strange.
I know. I know, but… I couldn’t bear to be around Mitsuki any longer.
I always run away…..
“I can’t run away forever.”
I can’t run away from Mitsuki forever.
Because of this stupid feeling, I even tried to put off thinking about my precious friends.
…Let’s go back. I’ll go back and check on Kido san.
“Buh !?”
“Oops?”
Before I could stop, I bumped into someone coming out of a corner.
I almost fell down, but he held me up.
“Are you okay? Yazawa kun !?”
“Eh?”
I looked to see who it was, but it was Izumi kun who bumped into me.
“Finally….I got to meet you.”
“Eh?”
Izumi kun’s eyes become moist with joy.
The hand holding me became stronger. Maybe because I ran away from Mitsuki, I was captured by someone I shouldn’t have encountered even more than her.
Maigetsu