I Got Into a Secret Relationship With a Girl Who Was Out of My League
“Why didn’t you come yesterday? You didn’t have work, did you?”
As soon as I arrived at school, Shinji called out to me.
He was probably referring to the gathering that took place after school yesterday.
As I saw at the family restaurant, it seems that he was invited at a different time than me.
By the way, I live alone and need money, so I basically spend my time working part-time, but I’ll talk about that another time.
“Sorry. I had something to do.”
“Something to do? When I tried to talk to you after school, you weren’t there, so I wondered where you had gone.”
After school, I went home right away without talking to Shinji and the others.
It seems that they were looking for me, thinking that I was going to go with them.
“It’s a shame that the girls came too !”
“Hmph. If we end up getting girlfriends, don’t cry out of jealousy, okay?”
The one who interrupted was Akihiko. He pushed up his navy-framed glasses and gave a smug look.
It was an annoying expression.
“I’m not interested anyway.”
I coldly brushed off the two of them.
They don’t know that I don’t understand romantic feelings.
It’s too much trouble to explain the complicated family situation, so I just say that I have no intention of getting a girlfriend.
Despite my stance, the two of them keep trying to convince me of the merits of having a girlfriend and suggest that we get one together.
They’ve never had one themselves.
Still…why did I say it so casually to Nanamori?
Maybe it’s because of her magical charm.
“Yeah, yeah, people who say that end up getting a girlfriend before you know it. During long breaks when we haven’t seen each other for a while… You haven’t gotten one, have you?”
“If you did get a girlfriend, we’d have to get rid of you.”
“Don’t say those scary things. I haven’t gotten one.”
I did get a casual partner, though.
And since it’s the person it is, if it gets out, it won’t be a simple matter.
I almost ran into her yesterday, so I have to be careful.
“How many people from the class were there yesterday?”
“Oh, more than half of the class was there.”
“…Really?”
It was more than I thought.
“Itsuka san invited me. It was supposed to be a get-together to celebrate the sports festival that happened earlier.”
It sounded like an important gathering. I didn’t hear about that part.
By the way, the sports festival was held right after the second semester started.
“At first, it seems that Ichihara’s group invited Nanamori and the others to go out and have fun, but since it was such a good opportunity, it turned out that way. Well, it seems that it was because Nanamori couldn’t come.”
“I see…”
No one in the class knows that Nanamori and I were getting closer (meaningful).
“Did you have fun?”
“Yeah, it was pretty fun ! I think I got along pretty well with the girls !”
“Yeah. If you invite them to play again, they’ll definitely come. No doubt about it.”
…I’m sorry to be so confident, but I can’t help but worry that it’s not going well.
If they wanted to be friends, they would have become friends during the first semester.
Based on their usual behavior, it’s more likely that they’re not interested in him.
But if that’s how they feel, then it’s fine.
“Well, I’ll root for you.”
“Yeah, leave it to me !”
“Hmph. It seems that the time has come for my communication skills with girls, honed through gal games and eroge, to bloom.”
“……….”
I don’t think it’s going to work out at all.
“Oh, Yagami kun. Good morning.”
“……Ah, yeah. Good morning.”
It was Itsuka san who passed by and greeted us in the middle of our conversation.
“I-Itsuka san ! Good morning ! !”
“G-g-g-g-good morning.”
“Yeah, good morning, both of you.”
Why are you so flustered?
Shinji bowed with a disciplined and elegant posture, as if greeting a senior from his club.
As for Akihiko, I’m not even sure if it was a greeting. Where did you leave your honed communication skills?
However, Go wa responded with the same greeting to both of them.
As expected of Itsuka. She doesn’t change her attitude no matter who she’s talking to.
“It’s a nice day today !”
“Eh? Yeah. Yagami kun, I’m sorry about yesterday.”
Itsuka casually responded to Shinji’s unclear greeting and turned to me.
She apologized, but I have no idea what she’s apologizing for.
“Well, I talked to you even though you were with your friends. I thought it might have been awkward for them to come back. They didn’t come back for a while.”
“Oh, don’t worry about that. After that, my friends had something urgent to do, so they left first.”
“I see. Then we could have talked a little longer. That’s a bummer.”
“No, well, it was time for me to go home anyway.”
“Then maybe next time. Oh, isn’t Yagami kun on duty today?”
“….Oh yeah.”
I completely forgot.
The name of today’s duty student is written on the blackboard behind us.
The main tasks are erasing the blackboard during breaks, calling the roll during class, and writing a daily log at the end of the day to submit to the teacher. There are a lot of tedious tasks, so it’s a hassle.
We have to do it in pairs, but the other person is…
“Well, good luck. I’ll invite you to hang out again, so please come next time !”
Itsuka said that, waved lightly, and returned to her seat.
She just came to apologize for yesterday. She’s so polite.
“Hey. Hey, hey, hey. What’s going on here?”
“…What do you mean?”
“Why are you and Itsuka so friendly?”
“That’s right ! Even though we tried so hard to talk to her yesterday, we couldn’t keep the conversation going, but you’re having such a natural conversation with her…”
“…I think it’s normal.”
What kind of conversation did they have yesterday?
Didn’t they say they became friends? I’m worried that they might be scaring her off.
“And what about yesterday? You weren’t there yesterday ! When and where did you meet Itsuka !?”
“Calm down !”
Shinji grabbed my shoulders and shook me back and forth. He seemed to have lost his mind.
Did Itsuka not tell anyone that I was there?
“You guys went to the family restaurant yesterday, right? I was there too. You didn’t notice because we were sitting apart, right? At that time, Itsuka happened to walk past my seat.”
“You should’ve said something ! Or rather, if you were there, you should’ve joined us !”
“I was with other friends at the time.”
“Friends? That’s weird, Subaru. You have friends other than us?”
“…….”
Damn it. I dug my own grave. Shinji and the others know that I’ve left my parents’ house and am living alone. Moreover, since I’m away from my hometown, they know that I don’t have any other close friends besides them.
“…You weren’t with a girl, were you?”
Sharp.
“Don’t be ridiculous. There was someone from my hometown who came here on business. We were going to meet up, but I turned them down yesterday.”
“Oh, that’s what it was…”
“Of course. Subaru, you’re part of our unpopular alliance. You can’t just break away from us.”
Even if I’m not interested in romance, I don’t remember joining any alliance.
“Hey, Yagami kun, can I talk to you?”
“…Eh? Oh, is something wrong?”
A girl interrupted our stupid conversation. This time it was Roppou.
If she heard us, she’d probably think we were weird.
“We’re on duty today, right?”
“Yeah.”
“What should we do about the roll call?”
“Hmm, how about we split it between morning and afternoon?”
“Okay, let’s do that. Yagami kun, do you have a preference?”
“Either is fine. There are more classes in the morning, so I’ll do the morning shift.”
“Eh? Is that okay? Then I’ll do the afternoon shift. Thanks !”
After saying what she needed to say, Rokuhou went back to her seat. It seemed she went to where Itsuka had just sat down.
Speaking of which, Nanamori isn’t here yet, is she?
Just as I was thinking that, she arrived at school and joined Itsuka and the others.
“You’re talking to the girls again !”
“You should die.”
“No, it’s just a conversation between the class representatives.”
For some reason, Shinji and the others gave me a dirty look, so I sighed and started preparing for the class that was about to begin.
Maitoshi