I Got Into a Secret Relationship With a Girl Who Was Out of My League
“Hey, Subaru. Hey.”
“No response. Just like a corpse.”
The day after Nanamori said goodbye.
I thought about skipping school, but when I was alone, I couldn’t stop thinking about unpleasant things, so I went to school to distract myself.
However, Nanamori wasn’t in her usual place.
That made me fall into despair again.
“Subaru~? Will you marry me~? You will, right~?”
“No, Subaru will marry me. I won’t give him to you.”
I couldn’t think of anything. I couldn’t do anything.
What did I do wrong? What should I have done?
Those regrets kept swirling around in my head, appearing and disappearing.
“What !? I’m the one who’s getting married ! !”
“Shinji. You foolish man. Subaru will definitely choose me.”
“Then let’s settle this by a contest to see who is more suitable to be Subaru’s wife !”
“Alright. I accept the challenge.”
My neighbor is unusually noisy. With this commotion, I can’t even dwell on my sorrows.
“Shut up ! Be quiet !”
“Oh no, Subaru kun is angry !”
“Domestic violence ! I’m going back to my parents’ house !”
The ones making the noise were Shinji and the others. They were saying completely nonsensical things, which only made me more irritated.
“You guys…”
“Calm down.”
“That’s right, Subaru. We were just trying to cheer you up because you seemed down.”
“……”
I couldn’t get angry after being told that. I did feel like they had been talking to me since earlier, but I wasn’t in the mood to respond.
That was definitely wrong.
“I’m sorry.”
“If you understand, that’s fine.”
“Are you feeling better?”
“…..I wish you had thought of a better way to do it.”
Looking around, I saw people staring at us with strange expressions. Who would want to watch their cheap act?
Still, it did distract me a little.
“Hey.”
Someone called out to me as I was having this conversation.
I looked up at the shadow and saw a black-haired male student.
“Ichihara. Is something wrong?”
“Do you know anything about Nanamori?”
“…Why are you asking me?”
“Don’t play dumb. You’ve been acting strange since you heard about Nanamori’s transfer yesterday. Even just now, you were staring blankly at Nanamori’s seat.”
“So what? I was just looking at the seat.”
“That’s right, Ichihara. This guy has a fetish for looking at empty seats and getting excited.”
“Shut up! ! ”
“Shin…”
No, it’s Shinji’s fault. Actually, I almost yelled at him too.
After being yelled at by Ichihara, Shinji lost his energy, and Akihiko was comforting him.
“That’s not all. Lately, you’ve been picking on Nanamori a lot, haven’t you?”
“…Picking on her?”
I understand what he’s trying to say.
Until six months ago, we were just classmates with no connection, but now we’re spending more time together.
The other day at lunch and on the way home was the same.
So it’s no wonder he thinks that.
But now, it’s strangely annoying. I’m irritated.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t know. Even if I did, I wouldn’t say anything.”
“Huh? What did you say?”
Ichihara seemed to get angry at my words and slammed his fist on the desk.
The sound startled everyone around us, and all eyes turned to us.
“Isn’t it because of something you did? Nanamori’s been acting strange lately. She started turning down our invitations…and that was after she started talking to you. That’s definitely weird, don’t you think?”
It was as if he was saying that someone like me…doesn’t belong with her.
It was a transparent attempt to show that he understood Nanamori better than me.
“Hah. What a happy way of thinking. What do you even know about Nanamori?”
“You ! !”
Ichihara, who was worked up, grabbed my collar. Screams rose from the crowd.
It was a tit-for-tat exchange, but I couldn’t hold back.
The sadness of being told goodbye by Nanamori.
The frustration of not being able to do anything about it, even though it was my fault.
I reacted instinctively to the words spoken to me, spitting them out half in anger.
I know that.
If I hadn’t made a contract with her that day…if I hadn’t become her lover, maybe things wouldn’t have turned out this way.
I am the one who changed Nanamori’s fate.
“Hey, Ichihara kun. Stop it !”
“Yeah, stop it, Ichihara.”
“There’s no need to go that far.”
“Tch.”
Roppou, Shinji, and Akihiko came up from behind and scolded him, and feeling embarrassed, Ichihara let go of my collar and returned to his seat.
Itsuka also came over, looking concerned.
“Yagami kun. Are you okay?”
“Yeah.”
“Man, this is rare. You provoking someone like that.”
“……”
“Your hand is bleeding !?”
When Roppou pointed it out, I looked at my hand and saw that it was bleeding from somewhere.
“You should go to the infirmary. It looks pretty bad…”
“It’s fine, it’s just a little.”
“No, you should get it checked out like Kyoka said.”
“…Alright.”
After Roppou and the others told me to go to the infirmary, for some reason, Shinji and the others followed.
I didn’t feel much pain, but the cut was deeper than I thought, and the bleeding wouldn’t stop. The teacher asked me how I got the injury, but Shinji and the others covered for me.
After the treatment on my hand was finished, the teacher stepped out of the room.
At that moment, Shinji and the others spoke up.
“So, do you know anything about Nanamori?”
“…Why are you asking me?”
“It’s obvious, isn’t it? We ate together the other day.”
“…Did you guys really care that much about Nanamori?”
“Hmph, that’s a silly question.”
“Yeah, exactly. Subaru doesn’t know anything.”
Shinji and Akihiko sighed in exasperation.
This was different from what Ichihara had said earlier, but it was still annoying…
“Of course we’re concerned ! Nanamori is transferring schools !”
“Yeah. The decrease in the number of beautiful girls in the classroom is a loss for us.”
“……”
What are these guys talking about?
Now I’m the one who’s fed up with them, and I feel like sighing.
“Don’t you care, Subaru?”
“Of course…”
Of course I do. There’s no way I don’t. But there’s nothing I can do about it. I don’t even know what to do.
“So, I’m giving you a mission !”
“The Roppou group might know something, so you should go and ask them for more details.”
“…..!”
Shinji and Akihiko smiled slyly.
…It seemed that Shinji and the others knew that I was worried about Nanamori.
And that I was confused about what to do.
“Ah. Thank you.”
“This is a favor, so don’t forget.”
“I’ll be waiting for your report on the results.”
I thanked the two of them for pushing me forward and left the infirmary.
“Hmph. Finally, Subaru seems willing to contribute to increasing the density of beautiful girls.”
“Ah. I’m glad we managed to guide him well.”
…I heard something from the infirmary, but I decided it was just my imagination.
Maitoshi