I’m Tired of My Childhood Friend Playing Pranks on Me, so I Want to Date a Female Friend Who Loves Me Sincerely
I’m having lunch with Rika.
When I was in junior high school, it was something I did every day as a matter of course, but this is the first time we’ve eaten together since we started high school.
To be precise, we did eat together at the beginning of our first year, but it’s been so long that it feels like the first time in high school.
I was alone for so long during my first year…
“By the way, do you know about that thing?”
“That thing?”
“Yes, I heard that the people who tried to trick me were expelled.”
“Expelled?!”
Wait, did Nagiri do something to get expelled? But we just talked about the plan this morning, so there’s no way she would have acted on her own.
“Apparently, the person they tried to extort money from was the son of a teacher at this high school. I mean, they were extorting money? Why were I hanging out with people like that?”
“Rika wasn’t involved, was she?”
“Of course not. I visited house a few times with a group of people, but other than that, I never interacted with them outside of school. Well, maybe a little.”
As Nagiri said, Rika wasn’t involved in their misdeeds.
Even if she had been involved, she would have refused to participate.
Does Nagiri know about this? If not, I’ll let her know later.
I didn’t want to get involved in such things, and I’m really grateful that those slick guys blew themselves up with their own actions.
After school, Nagiri stopped me and said she had something urgent to talk about.
This is a good opportunity, so I’ll tell her what I heard from Rika at lunch.
“What’s wrong?”
“I was planning to take action today, but they’re not at school. I wonder why. It’s not like they all caught a cold at the same time.”
She conveniently brought up the topic of the plan.
“Well, I heard they were expelled.”
“Huh? Expelled? …What? I haven’t heard anything about that yet.”
“It was announced this morning that they won’t be coming to school anymore.”
Nagiri looked dejected and shook her head.
“Why are you so disappointed? That’s a good thing.”
“Yes, but that’s not it…”
“…?”
“Yes, but that’s not it?” That’s too contradictory.
Nagiri wouldn’t say something so stupid, so there must be some meaning behind it.
“I don’t really want to say this to you, but you’re really insensitive.”
“Insensitive… That’s not true. I’m actually quite sensitive. I don’t think I should say this myself, but people often tell me that I’m thoughtful.”
“That’s not what I mean. I’m saying that you’re insensitive, including that.”
“…?”
What I said earlier wasn’t a lie. I hate lying, and it’s true that people say I’m thoughtful.
I think it’s one of my good qualities, and I want to keep it up, but… what’s insensitive about it?
I’m a little clueless when it comes to romance, but I’m not so stupid that I don’t notice someone’s feelings.
After all, I can sense it from Rika.
“Haa, it was such a good opportunity…”
“Opportunity?”
“Yes, it was a great opportunity… That’s right, Ayato. Come to my house now. I’ll do something nice for you.”
Maiasa