I Saw My Female Friend, a Beautiful and Neat Girl, Holding a Romance Book Titled “How to Get Your Male Friend to Like You” and Decided to Give Advice on Love~ In Fact, the Guy She Likes Seems to Be Me!?~
“Kanzaki-kun! First time since yesterday, right?”
Hizakura said this with a slight blush on her cheeks.
Probably, when she saw my face, she remembered that she had fallen asleep while hugging me yesterday.
“Yeah, it’s been a while since yesterday.”
I replied only calmly.
When I think about it calmly again ……, it’s an amazing story that I stayed at that Hizakura’s house, it’s hard to believe it ever happened.
But the fact that it actually happened…… probably means that the relationship between me and Hizakura is progressing.
Is ────it really that good?
If Hizakura ends up going out with someone she likes, no matter how I think about it, my presence will get in the way of that romance.
If that happens, there will be no more relationship between me and Hizakura. …… Even if our relationship continues to progress and our friendship deepens, what lies ahead is ────
“Sorry to interrupt after yesterday, but is it okay if I ask you for some relationship advice earlier today too?”
As I was thinking, Hizakura said, looking a little fidgety.
“…… Ah, okay, you can talk to me about anything.”
Yes, I don’t need to think about the future…I just need to help Hizakura go out with someone Hizakura likes.
I decided to forget everything I was thinking about earlier, and at lunchtime we both headed to the rooftop together as usual, each of us with our own lunch in hand.
When we sat down on the bench, I was told what Hizakura wanted to talk to me about.
“The thing I want to talk to you about today is, after I have a sleepover with someone I like, if we get closer than we have been, how can I get even closer …!”
“After a sleepover ……? Have you already had a sleepover with that person you like?”
“Eh ……? Umm….. or I haven’t done it with anyone other than Kanzaki-kun.”
Hizakura said in an exquisite tone, as if she was telling the truth but hiding something.
But if the part about not doing it with anyone other than me is true, then ────
‘Then maybe you should be thinking about how to ask him to stay over, not about what happens after he stays over?”
“That …… yeah, yeah! I thought it would be easier to invite him for a sleepover if I knew what the outlook was going to be!”
“I see,…… if that’s what you mean, then maybe you’re right.”
But I think it’s okay to confess at that stage if the person is still friendly to you after staying over …… honestly, but I also know that the fear of possibly being rejected is not something that can be easily shaken off with that kind of logic I understand that.
Just in case, what you could do after staying over…..
“After the sleepover, if the other person doesn’t behave in a friendly manner and the relationship becomes more estranged than before, then you can talk to me again and together we can think about the cause… After you’re done, if the other person stays the same as before, and if worst, he treats you more friendly than ever, then all you have to do is go out together, invite him over, and just spend more time with him”
“Spend more time …… but what if that person I like still sees me as just a friend after the sleepover?”
It is unclear whether there is a man who would even be invited to stay overnight by Hizakura and still see Hizakura as just a friend after that, but to answer that question.
“The only way to prevent that from happening is to make him aware of you as the opposite gender during the overnight stay stage.”
“How do I get him to be aware of me as the opposite gender?”
‘I think there’s a lot of things you can do in a situation where it’s a sleepover, but if the guy’s a partner you can trust, then ……”
I swallowed the words I was about to say once in the back of my throat.
If I think about it logically, my role is to tell Hizakura about this, but my emotions deny that.
“…… Kanzaki-kun?”
Seeing that I suddenly choked on my words, Hizakura called my name in confusion……. I am Hizakura’s male friend, and my role is to give Hizakura relationship advice.
I reaffirmed my role and told her what I didn’t want to tell her emotionally.
“If the person you’re talking to is someone you trust, then you should do exactly what Hizakura did to me during our sleepover, or even better.”
I felt a little sick when I imagined her doing that to someone other than me, but I ignored my feelings and told her that I was only thinking about her happiness.
“Even so, he might not even be aware of me as the opposite gender, you know?”
‘I can’t think, at least not in my mind, that he would still not be conscious of Hizakura as the opposite gender after having Hizakura teach him how to cook, having a good time with Hizakura, sleeping with Hizakura …… and so on.”
“But Kanzaki-kun actually doesn’t think of me as someone of the opposite gen—”
“That is …… my actual experience.”
“…… Eh?”
I’ve said unnecessary things because my …… emotions got in the way.
I got up from the bench, turned my back to Hizakura and said.
“I’m sorry for saying something weird,…… but I’m going to eat alone today.”
“Wait! Kanzak────.”
I ignored Hizakura’s voice, opened the rooftop door and went down the stairs alone.
“Kanzaki-kun is aware of me as the opposite gen,……? But if …… that’s the case, then why does ──── Kanzaki-kun look so distressed?”