Mob Character Reincarnation Loner: As a Result of Supporting the Heroine Who Had Been Rejected, I Ended up Being the Recipient of Her Heavy Emotions…
Saturday afternoon.
Yayyyy! Yayyyy!
My heart was racing. That’s because I was going to see a movie with Nanase.
Going to the movies with my favorite heroine on my day off… Of course I’m going to be excited!
To be honest, I’ve been so excited since yesterday that I haven’t been able to sleep a wink.
…This relationship started because I couldn’t leave Nanase alone after she has been rejected. I never thought we’d become so close.
Well, well… We’ve come a long way.
But don’t get the wrong idea.
This isn’t a date, it’s just hanging out with a friend…
Fifteen minutes until the meeting time.
Haha. I’m so excited and nervous I feel like I’m going to throw up!!
“Oh, Bunkun! Sorry! Did I keep you waiting?”
“It’s okay! I just got here!”
That’s a lie. I was so excited that I was ready at 7 a.m.
No, this isn’t the time to be excited. How to start the conversation is the turning point for a popular guy.
First, I have to compliment her outfit.
“Nanase, that outfit. I think it’s nice. Yeah… really nice. Somehow…”
My vocabulary is crap, isn’t it?
“Bunkun, you should study compliments a little more. But thanks. You look really sharp too.”
Nanase smiled, showing her white teeth.
“Come on, let’s go?”
Nanase grabbed my wrist and started pulling me along.
…Could this be a date?
I snapped back to reality and gently wiped the sweat from my forehead with a handkerchief.
…This is bad.
She’s smiling at me, touching me, complimenting me… If this keeps up, I’m going to fall for Nanase.
Ugh, no, now that I’m aware of it, I’m suddenly feeling nervous. I feel like I’m going to throw up.
“…Um, Nanase-san. Thank you very much for inviting me today.”
“Eh, what’s wrong? Why are you using honorifics?”　
I wonder why… I wonder why.
“Why did you invite me?”
“It’s a romantic movie… I’ve been wanting to see it for a while. I invited Hanachan, but… it seems she’s going with Tenma.”
…Oh. I get it.
“I invited Hoshino and the others too, but they flatly refused, saying they weren’t interested… I don’t want to go with some guy… I thought Bunkun might come.”
“……………………………… Let’s enjoy the movie.”
“Yeah!! Hehe… I was really looking forward to today!”
Somehow, all my excitement vanished. Nanase is feeling a bit down right now.
Well, it’s my job to take care of her mental health.
I snapped out of it and arrived at the movie theater, using the reserved tickets to enter the theater.
The movie Nanase wanted to see was a live-action adaptation of a shĹŤjo manga.
We ate popcorn while watching the movie.
[I’m Taniguchi Misaki, the new transfer student… Please take care of me.]
[…She’s a beautiful girl.]
“…………”
As I watched, it seemed like the plot involved the transfer student heroine, Taniguchi Misaki, becoming close with the popular boy in class, Ichinose Masato , and eventually getting together with him.
[Masato!!]
[Oh, it’s Koharu…]
Somehow, a girl who clearly seems like the losing heroine appears…
The heroine’s name is Sakurai Koharu. It seems that she has been in the same class as Masato for three years since middle school and has been secretly in love with him all along.
This setting feels familiar…
With a sense of unease, I continue watching as Misaki, who has just transferred and has no place to belong, deepens her relationship with Masato and Koharu, and the three become very close.
And within that, Misaki and Masato’s feelings for each other begin to grow. Koharu notices this and her mood starts to cloud over.
Why is that? When I see the main characters’ heart-fluttering scenes, my stomach twists in knots.
…Are you okay? Nanase, aren’t you projecting yourself onto the story?
“…Yeah, I get it. Koharu-chan. It’s scary, isn’t it…”
She’s really getting into this…
Seeing Nanase’s reaction next to me, I find myself empathizing more with the losing heroine, Koharu, than with the main heroine, Misaki.
The story progresses, and the two are happily united, while Koharu cries alone behind the gym.
I glance at Nanase next to me.
“Guh… u, uwaa… Koharu…-chan…”
Wow… she’s crying so hard. She’s really crying.
“It’s tough, isn’t it…! Ugh, ugh… I tried… I tried my best.”
What is this? It’s painful to watch.
[Koharu-chan. Are you okay?~]
Hey, you… You’re that mob guy!
The one who reached out to the crying Koharu was the playboy guy (no name) who had been teasing Koharu throughout the movie.
To be honest, I didn’t like him very much because he was such an annoying character. Of all people, it was him who reached out to my Koharu…
[‘ve been watching how hard you’ve been working, Koharu-chan.]
He said with a gentle smile, then fell silent… just staying by Koharu’s side.
Huh? You… you’re actually a really nice guy!!
[Cha… Chara-kun…]
Nanase was moved, as if she had completely changed her opinion of Char-kun’s actions. It was probably the moment in the movie when Nanase and I were most excited.
　
The movie ended safely, and we left the theater, still immersed in the afterglow.
“…Koharu-chan, that was great, wasn’t it?”
“…Yeah.”
Nanase and I discussed our impressions.
To be honest, we were way more excited about the conversation between Koharu-chan and the playboy than the story of the heroines.
“Chara kun was a good guy, wasn’t he? Even though he was an annoying character.”
“Yeah, to be honest, I completely changed my opinion of him at the end. That Chara kun will definitely be a big emotional support for Koharu-chan in the future!”
Chara kun. Unexpectedly, at the very end, Nanase’s impression of him skyrocketed.
“…Maybe Koharu-chan’s new love is closer than she thinks.”
“…Huh?”
“If she comes to terms with her feelings for Masato-kun, and Chara-kun is by her side at that time… then it wouldn’t be strange for her feelings to gradually shift toward Chara-kun.”
Could it be that Koharu might end up liking Chara-kun?
“Speaking of that guy, he kind of reminded me of Bun-kun.”
Nanase teased me with a chuckle.
“No, I’m not that kind of guy.”
I immediately denied it, and Nanase pouted and turned away, looking displeased.
“…That’s not what I meant.”