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
“Actually, me too……I have been getting confessions lately.”
I recall Matsuyuki san saying something like that in a troubled tone just the other day.
She is reputed to be the prettiest girl in school, but she hasn’t had many confessions in high school.
But that is because Matsuyuki san herself acted as if she didn’t want to be confessed to.
“I don’t know what love is……”
This is what Matsuyuki san cut me off from.
She suffers from the differences with everyone else, gets hurt a lot, and blames herself…….
Even if you were sincere, you will inevitably be portrayed as an “evil woman.”
“Actually, I have……an important thing to tell you, Matsuyuki san.”
The boy in front of me looked at Matsuyuki san with shy but expectant eyes.
“……”
Matsuyuki san’s face became tense.
She was frozen with tension, as if she knew what was going to happen next.
Without noticing her reaction, he leaned forward and opened his mouth.
“Matsuyuki san, I—–“
“I’m standing right next to her, and you suddenly start talking to Matsuyuki san about something important. What are you thinking?”
“……Huh?”
Surely he really hadn’t even noticed me? The boy who was probably about to confess his feelings to Matsuyuki san opened his eyes wide.
Surely he couldn’t have ignored me? He was probably too nervous and narrowed his field of vision. Probably because it put a stop to his confession. He looked at me with a sullen look on his face
“……You know what, shouldn’t you read the atmosphere?”
“I don’t read the atmosphere. You say the strangest things.
With a snap. A streak of green appeared on his temple.
All I know about the man in front of me is his appearance.
He wasn’t as good-looking as Izumi kun, but he was pretty good-looking. He wasn’t as tall as Izumi kun, but he was still pretty tall.
If you think about it, Izumi kun is on a very high level. If there was a ranking of the best looking men, he would probably have the potential to be one of the best.
“I have something important to talk about. It’s none of your business, so could you please go away?”
He smiles at me and tries to get rid of me, while a green streak forms on his temple.
I guess he couldn’t yell at me because of Matsuyuki san.
Still, I could really feel the nuance of [Get away, you nuisance !]
“I’m sorry, but I’m in the middle of something important, too.”
“Hah?”
I grabbed Matsuyuki san’s hand before she could say anything else.
“Come on, hurry up Matsuyuki san.”
“Eh? Ah, H-Hiro ku…….”
The confused voice of Matsuyuki san fades away.
No, maybe she was just too busy trying to keep up with me when I suddenly took off running, and didn’t have time for that.
I thought I heard a boy’s voice behind me, but I couldn’t hear it clearly so I didn’t stop.
“H-Hiro kun……why…….”
I let go of her hand as we came to a busy hallway.
Matsuyuki san took a breath and asked me about my earlier actions.
“I don’t agree with Matsuyuki san being called a bad girl.”
“Eh?”
The reason I decided to take up boxing was to be able to protect Matsuyuki san if her ex-boyfriend got angry.
But I don’t want that to happen in the first place.
When someone confesses their love to you, whether you accept or reject them you’re met with resentment. People around you are jealous…
I don’t know what to do. I couldn’t even find an answer.
But I couldn’t ask for help. I don’t want to see her expression of pain as she is in pain, just pent up in her own heart……
“I may not be reliable, but I’m absolutely on your side, Matsuyuki san. I want you to believe that.”
“……Yes.”
The chime that signals the end of the lunch break rings.
I felt relieved that I would be able to escape the boy who was trying to confess his feelings to Matsuyuki san.
What if that boy came after me? It looked like Matsuyuki san wouldn’t know how scared I was.
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“Is that why Matsuyuki san started getting confessions again……”
“Do you have any idea what it is, Hiro kun?”
After school. As I was getting ready to go home and thinking deeply, Matsuyuki san came trotted over to my seat.
“Indeed, Matsuyuki san has become much easier to talk to than before.”
“Have I changed that much?”
If you ask me if it’s a huge change, it doesn’t seem like it.
Matsuyuki san has always been the type to talk to her classmates equally, and she knows a lot of people, boys and girls, in other classes too.
From Matsuyuki san’s point of view, she would probably say that she just knows a lot of people and doesn’t have many friends.
“Well…..I guess you’ve become easier to talk to, or more comfortable to be with.”
Yes. I feel comfortable with her.
I enjoy talking about unimportant things and being teased, but it doesn’t bother me if I keep quiet.
Perhaps that kind of atmosphere is the borderline between acquaintance and friend.
“~~…….”
When I told her this, Matsuyuki san’s ears turned red and she turned her head down.
Feeling a bit worried, I tried to look into her face, but she put her hand on my face and took away my vision.
“Um, I won’t be able to see what’s in front of me.”
“Y-you don’t need to see.”
“I can’t go home if I can’t see…….”
“I’ll take responsibility and see Hiro kun off.”
What is she panicking for?
More importantly, I need to do something about Matsuyuki san being an evil woman. As I was wracking my brains for a good idea, my smartphone started ringing/
[Can you pay me back after school today?]
It was a message from Kido san. You’re asking for repayment too early…
Maigetsu