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
I saw Matsuyuki san off in a daze, and before I knew it, I was back near my house.
“Hiro? What are you grinning at?”
“Oh, Mitsuki? Why are you here….?”
“I mean, this is in front of my house.”
Upon closer inspection, I noticed that it was the familiar Mitsuki house. Even though it was now dark, there was something wrong with me that made it difficult to even recognize it.
“Y-you’re back at this time? This late.”
“Hm, I’m doing club activities. Isn’t this like usual?”
Indeed. I asked something I already knew.
“Plus, Izumi kun dropped me off nearby, so I felt safe and secure.”
Mitsuki smiled happily.
The relationship between Mitsuki and Izumi kun seems to be good. I’m happy for her.
“By the way, where did you go, Hiro? You were smiling so much. You must’ve gone somewhere really nice.”
“Somewhere nice…I just went to Kido san’s house to play.”
“Kido san’s house !?”
Mizuki’s eyes widened in shock. …Is it really that surprising?
“You mean that first-year Kido san?”
“That Kido san.”
“Wow….you’ve already progressed that far…..”
“What do you mean, ‘progressed’?”
Mitsuki blinks her eyes, her face saying, [How insensitive are you?]
“Eh, but…Kido san likes Hiro, doesn’t she?”
“Huh……?”
It feels like…a huge bombshell has been dropped on me.
Kido san likes me? Really? Not just as a friend……?
[Please go out with me, Hiro san.]
I just remembered Yuika chan’s straight confession.
My face suddenly gets hot. Does Kido san have such honest feelings too?
“O-of course not. Don’t tease me about that sort of thing……”
“Well, Kido san’s attitude is obvious to anyone who sees it. I only had a quick glance, but it was clear to see that she likes Hiro.”
Mitsuki said that it is a rumor among the girls.
I wonder if Kido Tsumugi is in love with a boy in the second year.
It’s true that I’ve been spending more time talking to Kido san at school, but…that doesn’t mean we’ve that close.
So, isn’t it just a misconception?
“I thought maybe she was confessing her feelings to you since she invited you to her house…oh no, was I wrong?”
Mizuki finally says and covers her mouth.
“A confession was…..made.”
“Eh !? R=really !? S-so it did happen……?”
*Gulp* I heard Mitsuki swallow her saliva. Try and hide your curiosity a little.
“…..The one who confessed to me was her little sister.”
“Eh? L-little sister?”
Mitsuki’s eyes go black and white.
Kido san has a younger sister named Yuika chan. She wanted to meet me, so she invited me over to her house.
I then talked about how I was confused when Yuika chan confessed her honest feelings to me.
I left out the fact that she kissed me on the cheek because I didn’t think I needed to tell her that much.
“Hmm…so you were excited when Yuika chan confessed to you? But she’s only a third-grader?”
“I-I know, I know. I also tried to turn her down gently.”
“But you were nervous, weren’t you?”
“Uh……y-yes.”
The other person is still a child.
It probably wasn’t a proper “love.” It must be the kind of “love” you feel for your father or a male teacher.
That’s why I can’t respond to her. I can’t give a half-hearted answer to her feelings that haven’t fully developed yet.
But still.
She was the first girl to confess her love to me, and I couldn’t stop the feeling of happiness from overflowing in my heart.
“…Yuika chan said that what I did at the school festival was cool.”
“By ‘festival’ do you mean the beauty contest?”
I nodded.
“I still think I’m crazy and that I’d exposed myself in a pathetic way. But Yuika chan told me that I had worked hard and gathered up my courage.”
To be honest, I was so happy that I almost cried uncontrollably.
I think I certainly could have helped Kido san with that action.
But my voice and body were trembling…… I also thought it was uncool to remain anxious and fearful.
But Yuika chan understood that I had been courageous. She told me that my courage had given her courage, too.
Seeing Yuika chan smile at me like that, I knew that what I had done had paid off. I could really feel it.
“I see. This Yuika chan saw the good things about Hiro, didn’t she?”
“……”
I was too embarrassed to reply, so I remained silent.
“But then wouldn’t it be natural for the person who was saved by Hiro to like him even more?”
“Eh?”
For some reason, Mitsuki strokes her own hair in embarrassment.
“I never thought that Hiro, who has been hiding behind my back all this time, would protect a girl in front of so many people like that…… Is that what you called a gap? It’s Hiro, but it doesn’t feel like Hiro…and it was really cool.”
“T-thanks?”
Mitsuki doesn’t seem like her usual self somehow. Feeling a bit confused, I end up thanking her.
“Erm, that’s why…I don’t think it’s strange that Kido san likes Hiro. I mean, she was the one who saw it up close, right? It’s not strange that she’d be blown away by Hiro’s gap !”
“Y-you really think so?”
Mitsuki fanned her own face with her hand. It looked like she was straining her face so she must have been hot.
“Um, what am I saying? I’ll be going inside now.”
“Yeah. I’m sorry for holding you. And thanks for the compliment. It gave me confidence.”
“Hiiro, you really are……. Bye, good night !”
“G-good night …….”
Before I could finish my sentence, Mitsuki had gone inside the house.
I took a breath and looked up at the night sky.
“…….”
There’s no way someone like me could be cool.
There’s no way anyone could like me like this.
I’ve given up on the idea of romance ever since Mitsuki got a boyfriend.
I was so oblivious to the fact that Kido san liked me.
“Kido san might like me…….”
I was even more thrilled than when Yuika chan confessed her love to me.
Maigetsu