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
In order to get Tsumugi san to win the beauty contest, I asked Masataka kun and Chinatsu san to add her to the band members.
That aim worked out well. As I had felt from the time we were practicing, Tsumugi san’s presence looked great on stage.
“Now, Tsumugi san ! Please give the excited audience a word of encouragement !”
“E-encouragement ?”
“Hey Matsuyuki. Don’t put pressure on Kido.”
After the band’s performance was over, I was talking to Tsumugi san to send her off to the beauty pageant, when I got scolded by Masataka kun.
However, at that time, no one doubted that Tsumugi san was the winner. The excitement in the gymnasium was so great that no one doubted Tsumugi san’s victory.
“Tsumugi Kido is the girl who nearly killed her father, isn’t she? Is it okay for someone like that to compete in the beauty contest?”
—Until this moment, when she was hurled with malicious intent.
As she stood on stage and was about to speak her last words, one of the boys raised his voice at Tsumugi san.
It became a ripple that spread throughout the gymnasium.
A single word can change a person’s mind. A bad word can change it more easily than a good word…..
I knew this air well.
It’s the air I hate most in this world…and that’s why it’s so incredibly frightening…….
“……”
I must do something about it. I thought so, but even when I opened my mouth, my voice wouldn’t come out.
I find that my throat is cramped and my body is shaking…… I couldn’t take any action.
“Hey Matsuyuki. Are you sure you wanna leave her alone like this?”
I looked over and saw Masataka kun with a grim look on his face. Chinatsu san also looked worried.
There was no way I could do that. But my body, atrophied with fear, couldn’t even tell him that……
“Y-you’ve got it all wrong yo !”
It was then that Hiro kun’s voice echoed through the gymnasium.
He was standing on stage wearing a racoon mask and shaking his body from side to side as if he was trying to get a rhythm.
I could tell.
Hiro kun must have been deliberately pretending to be in rhythm to cover up his nervousness.
His hands, knees, and even his voice were shaking…..
Even so, he was putting himself on the line with the sole intention of saving Tsumugi san.
“Don’t be fooled by rumors yo ! See her as she is yo ! Has anyone actually seen Kido san committing senseless violence yo !”
Hiro kun’s desperate voice made my heart tremble.
I know what it’s like to be afraid.
I know that Hiro kun is almost crushed by anxiety and fear.
And there is no such thing as a guarantee that it will absolutely work out…… I know that he was prepared to be laughed at and stood in front of many people.
“That guy……he has a lot of guts.”
No, Masataka kun, he doesn’t.
If he really had guts, his voice wouldn’t tremble and his knees wouldn’t shake.
He was desperately appealing to the people he cared about for the sake of them, using what little courage he had.
Such a figure of Hiro kun is too dazzling for me……. I had to hold back my tears.
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After the festival was over, I went home and went to my room, didn’t even take off my uniform, and lay on my bed, staring up at the ceiling in a daze.
It was over without a hitch, I can’t say, but if you just look at the results, it went well…….
“What a strange feeling…..”
This was the first time something like this had happened.
Hiro kun protected Tsumugi san, and inspired by that, her younger sister appeared, and Tsumugi san went on to win the beauty contest.
Even though the atmosphere was leaning toward a bad impression. It was because Hiro kun raised his voice that this was the result.
It is not unusual for a good impression to be reversed into a bad one.
But the opposite is difficult. At least, it was the first time I witnessed it.
“Ayano? Is that you sleeping?”
“Onii chan, you should at least knock.”
It was my brother who suddenly opened the door and entered. He was so insensitive even though we are siblings.
“Today was the school festival. I’m sure you’re tired, but if you sleep in your uniform, it’ll get wrinkled.”
“I was just lying down for a bit. I’ll be up in a minute.”
“Were you playing Snow White, by any chance? Would you wake up if you got kissed?”
“No one wants that.”
It’s hard to tell if he’s joking or not because my brother has no ups and downs in his facial expression and tone of voice.
He says such things lightly, which gives them the wrong impression. But it is strange because he is still popular among girls.
……No, if that’s all you have to say, we may be very similar siblings.
“Did something sad happen at the cultural festival?”
When I got up from bed, my brother asked me that.
The words were so abrupt that I was at a loss for a moment, but I made sure he didn’t have that kind of expression on his face before opening my mouth.
“Nothing. But good things happened.”
“…..Got it.”
I wonder what he meant.
The result is full of good things. I can only see the future where Tsumugi san and Hiro kun got together.
It’s good. It should be what I wanted…….
“What business did you have in your sister’s room anyway?”
“I finished reading the manga, so I brought it here. Do you want it?”
“Please don’t say it like I’m giving it to you. You just came to return something I had lent you.”
He put the manga back on the bookshelf in my room and picked up the next volume. It was an interesting ending, so I can’t help it. I lend it to him without saying a word.
“And also, Mom is coming home today.”
“Oh, I see.”
I get up and put my hand on the closet.
“If you’ve finished your business, please leave. I’m gonna go get changed now.”
“My cute little sister is getting changed. Let me help.”
“Get out.”
If you are joking, please use more facial expressions and tone of voice.
I take a deep breath after confirming that my brother has left the room.
“Good.”
This time I take off my uniform and start to change.
I must do it properly.
I have to be as proper as Hiro kun. That was my resolution, having admired his appearance.
Maigetsu