After My Childhood Friend Rejected Me, I Cut My Bangs and Took off My Glasses in Shock, and I Became Popular With the Girls. And I Don’t Like It When She Wants to Be Friends With Me Again…..
Since that day, the blonde gal, Sakurayama-san, seems to have been taking a lot of time off.
The people who had been her friends up to that point had also taken no notice of her, and she had completely lost her position.
“Hey, hey, Inoshita.”
“What is it, Sumi kun?”
During a break between classes, I was talking with Sumi kun at the edge of the classroom.
“When Sakurayama-san of Class C was being made, was Mika there as well?”
“Yes, she was there. She was near Makoto, who was in the soccer team. Well, I think there were some other people there too.”
“Hmm….The old Mika was not the type to get involved in that kind of thing. She was quieter and more subdued.”
“I agree.”
“And this is a strange thing to ask, but why did Mika reject you?”
Sumi said in a voice that could not be heard by those around
“I don’t know the details,……, but Mika told me that my lame haircut, glasses, and short body were not compatible with hers.”
Huh? That's strange, isn't it? Inoshita grew his hair long because Mika said,Maybe I like long, unsophisticated hair because it looks more like Rikuto!” The mysterious feeling suits you!”
Sumi was astonished, with a backward tone in his voice. Is that an imitation of Mika?
“Well, yes.”
I could understand why Sumi was surprised.
In fact, Mika told me so, and I believed her and grew my hair long and put on glasses.
It was all to get Mika to like me.
I had been under the mistaken impression from that time that Mika liked plain guys.
If anything, Mika was also the plain type, and I thought that if I could hit it off with her there …….
Well, that was in the early elementary school years, and looking back, I think it was an easy love affair.
“You remember that story well, Sumi kun.”
“Well, I remember because we three were always together. That’s why I was surprised. Well, it’s true that Mika started avoiding us after she became a high school student, and even when we occasionally met, she pretended not to know us. But… still, we’ve been childhood friends for ten years, so there’s no need to act like that.”
“I think so too, but Mika has changed a lot since the old days.”
The old Mika was a taciturn and quiet type.
She was never the type to stand in the center of the class and make a fuss like she does now.
She was born with that brown hair, so it hasn’t changed, but the slightly curly haircut, earrings in her ears, and flashy makeup are unimaginable from the past.
“Is it our fault that we haven’t changed?”
Sumi said sincerely, but hhe was probably wrong.
“No one is to blame. It’s just the change of environment.”
It’s not my fault and Sumi’s fault. It’s not the fault of high school students, who are prone to change.
I don’t see Mika now …… so favorably.
“You’re an adult after all…It is Inoshita who is perfect? You train at home, so you’re muscular, right? Your real face is top-of-the-top, and your athleticism is really good. Even when it comes to studying, you’re always in the same grade–“
“I’m okay with the follow-through. I’m completely over it.”
“I-I see…? That’s fine. Anyway, I wish you were really healthy. Actually, I’ve been wondering about it for a long time. Ever since I heard that you’re spending time with Saionji-san, I’ve been feeling weird. I wonder if he’s planning to self-destruct because he’s worried about Mika.”
“Self-destructive? …… Did you think I was going to confess my feelings to Saionji-san? And then get dumped?”
“Yeah, no matter how good-looking he is, Saionji-san won’t fall that easily. I said it’s important to start a new relationship, but there’s no need to die.”
It seems that Sumi was concerned about me in his own way.
I don’t intend to do that to Saionji-san, but I guess it’s useless to say …….
Recess is almost over, and the teacher is calling Sumi-kun, who can’t even be described as smart.
“The teacher is calling on you, Sumi. Isn’t it a warning because you got a terrible score last time?”
“Oh no! The test has nothing to do with grades, so I hope he’ll take it a little easy on me. …… Well, I guess I’d better go now!”
Sumi-kun ran towards the teacher.
His frank and unflinchingly cheerful personality is always helpful.
But I’m still concerned about the girls who make a fuss when they see us.
-Maiban