I Liked Her First, but My Brain Was Broken, Then for Some Reason, I Became Friends With Beautiful Girls, So I’m Done My With Childhood Friends
Night. I was visiting a park.
“I was waiting for you, Hiro kun.”
Matsuyuki san, dressed all in black, was waiting for me. Her long, black hair, which is one of her signature features, is pulled back and hidden by a hat, giving her a very different look.
“Where’s that thing?”
When you say it that way, it makes it sound like we’re making a strange deal.
“I bought some sweet chocolates.”
“Excellent. You are indeed a good man, Hiro kun. Please take a seat on this bench.”
“Thank you.”
I didn’t know what she was expecting, but at any rate, I sat down on the bench as he urged me to do.
Once a month. Matsuyuki san has a day when she eats sweets without telling her parents.
Today was the day, so I met up with her at the park where I had eaten sweets with her before. It is a mystery why she went to the trouble of calling me.
“I’ll have potato chips♪”
“That’s why I chose chocolate.”
We wanted to have a party by bringing sweets to each other.
In that case, I think the choice of location and time of the park at night is not good… No matter how much you want to keep it a secret from your parents, I want you to have a sense of crisis because you are a girl.
“As for Tsumugi san’s case…I think it’s best to leave it alone.”
Matsuyuki san said in a mysterious voice as she opened a bag of chips.
Kido san revealed her past to me.
From then on, we stayed by her side until she stopped crying. Because of the weight of the story, we were silent on the way home.
Matsuyuki san must have been thinking carefully. I, too, think that we will have to wait for time to resolve the issue of my relationship with her sister.
“But why is there a rumor going around the school that she nearly killed her father? Even if there were people from the same junior high school, Kido san didn’t seem to have told anyone.”
“You can’t put yourself in someone else’s shoes. If they are in the same junior high school, it could have been passed on to their children through their parents’ networks. The fact that the only part of the article that was cut out was the part about her father being beaten half to death is proof that they didn’t get the proper information.”
Even though I don’t even know him well… Anger wells up in me and I grit my teeth.
“Kido-san is staying away because he wants to improve her relationship with her sister, but if there are rumors like that, she won’t even be able to sort her mind out.”
“……Rumors are selfish things, you know. They may start out as fun or as jealousy. It is difficult to stop a rumor once it has started.”
“That’s irresponsible.”
How can you do such a terrible thing without knowing how people feel?
“Please calm down, Hiro-kun. Aahn ♪”
“Mugg !?”
Matsuyuki san shoves something into my mouth.
The sweetness in the mouth made me realize that it was a bite-sized chocolate I had bought. When did she open the sealed package?
“Even if you get angry, the situation won’t change. Let’s stay calm and sort things out one by one.”
“……Yeah.”
“All right. Let’s have a toast first.”
“What do you mean by toast?”
How could Matsuyuki san be so excited after hearing what Kido san had to say?
“Before you accomplish anything, you should drink to boost your fighting spirit.”
“Hmm?”
What is influencing Matsuyuki san? We are minors, so it’s not like we can drink alcohol.
I held up the bottle of Coke I had bought anyway, and Matsuyuki san bumped it with one of her own.
“Not so strong.”
“This is the strength of your feelings, Hiro kun.”
Saying this, Matsuyuki san opened the lid and poured the drink down her throat.
It’s a good drink. I also gulped down the Coke.
The carbonation in the drink made my head feel a little clearer.
“Let’s get this straight. Tsumugi san’s family problems can’t be helped, but Hiro kun wants to do something about the rumors circulating at school, right?”
“Yeah.”
Matsuyuki nodded her head.
“I think it would be difficult to erase the rumors themselves. It’s like grasping at the sky.”
“Then what should I do?”
“If you can convey Tsumugi san’s charm to the whole school so that the bad rumors will get overwhelmed, that would be enough.”
Matsuyuki san laughed as she threw a piece of chocolate into her mouth.
“In November, there will be a cultural festival, right?”
“Speaking of which.”
I had forgotten about the cultural and athletic festivals, which for me were nothing more than a time of hardship.
“I hope Tsumugi-san will do well at the school festival and become popular !”
“Yeah……”
I wonder if it will work out that well? I feel like it’s a bit childish to think that it’s okay to be popular.
“Being popular is important. At least it makes it harder to say bad things about someone like that. No one wants to be the one being blamed.”
Matsuyuki san’s words were accompanied by a real sense of reality. Or rather, they were filled with soul.
Perhaps she had her own experience. And it’s not like I have a good idea.
“Okay…. We just need to support Kido san so that she can play an active role, right?”
“Yes. I call it Operation Tsumugi san Produce !”
“Yes……”
It’s kind of like the name of the operation alone is going to reduce the success rate…….
Matsuyuki san alternates between chocolate and potato chips, enjoying the harmony of sweet and salty.
She is in a good mood with a smiling face. The sweets are delicious, but she must be very confident about her operation.
“Well, even if you don’t have to do this…..thanks to Hiro kun, I think Tsumugi san was saved for the most part.”
“Eh?”
Matsuyuki san giggles. The brim of her hat hid her eyes from view.
“Tsumugi san seemed relieved when Hiro kun hugged her. I didn’t know what to do after hearing her story, but…Hiro kun is really amazing.”
“No, I didn’t know what to do either. I just felt like I needed to tell her that I was definitely on her side…”
That’s right. I didn’t do much.
I may not be able to save her, but I want to make sure that Kido san doesn’t have to worry about just the rumors that disturb her. For that reason, I had to work out the strategy that Matsuyuki san had set up.
“How glad I would be if you were on my side at all times……”
“Eh, did you say something?”
“No, nothing. Come on, Hiro-kun, please eat a lot. You won’t be able to think of any good ideas unless you eat a lot of sweets.”
“Is there even such a sweet story?”
“….Is that a pun?”
The salty taste of the potato chips is melted by the sweetness of the chocolate, and the mixture is poured down with cola.
While I was living in the moment, I used my brain for Kido san.
Maigetsu