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!?~
“Thank you for today, Kanzaki kun! I had a lot of fun.”
“I had fun too, thank you.”
After leaving the store and walking on the way home, Hizakura and I thanked each other for today.
“t was my first time going out with a boy, so I was nervous at first, but when I saw Kanzaki-kun eating the cake so deliciously, I became less nervous.”
“I have a lot to say about that last sentence, but was it okay that I was the one you went out with a boy with for the first time?”
“Yeah, I’m glad it’s Kanzaki-kun.”
Hizakura’s cheeks seemed to turn red as she said that, but it was just after school and the sun was setting.
Therefore, I couldn’t tell whether Hizakura’s cheeks were dyed red or whether it was just the color of the sunset reflected there.
And while I was gazing at the sunset in a daze, a couple, a man and a woman, probably a couple, walked past me and Hizakura, holding hands.
“Well, if they’re heading in the direction we walked, then maybe those people are going to the cake shop we went to.”
“Yes,…… maybe.──── hey, Kanzaki-kun, how did those people become lovers?”
“How… depends on the person, but generally people who become lovers do so after spending a lot of time together, don’t they?”
“…… they all start out as friends, don’t they?”
“I guess so, but ──── ah, so that’s how it is.”
Hizakura is probably worried about whether her love life is going to come to fruition.
Then there’s only one thing I can say, as the one who’s being asked for love advice.
“Hizakura’s love will definitely come to fruition… I may not be able to be reliable when I have no experience in love, but as long as Hizakura comes to me for love advice, I will definitely face it seriously, so for now, Don’t worry about it, just think about expressing your feelings to the person you love.”
“…!…Yeah, then I’ll talk to you a lot from now on, so please help me become a lover with the person I like.”
“Yeah, I promise.”
When I replied that, Hizakura gave me a very nice smile.
That smile was illuminated by the sunset and looked very beautiful.
“…… Kanzaki-kun, is there perhaps something on my face?”
“Eh?”
Because Hizakura suddenly said such a thing, I unintentionally let out a bewildered voice.
Is there something on her face, ……?
I looked at Hizakura’s face again, but nothing in particular was attached to it, so I told her about it.
“Nothing’s on.”
“No? Good.”
“…… Why did you ask me that all of a sudden?”
“Because you kept staring at my face for about ten seconds.”
I was looking at Hizakura’s face for ten seconds. ……?
──── I see.
I was unintentionally looking at the beauty of that smile.
“Kanzaki-kun?”
When I was a little silent, she called my name, perhaps wondering why I was silent.
“Nothing, let’s go.”
“Yes.”
After I replied, Hizakura and I came to the station together.
But it seems that the way home for me and Hizakura is different.
“This is where we say goodbye for today, right?”
“Yeah, be careful on the way back.”
“Wait!”
I was about to pass through the ticket gate, but Hizakura called out to me, so I stopped.
Then, when I turned to face Hizakura, Hizakura said in a slightly nervous manner, her cheeks turning red.
“If you like, I’d like you to come over to my house next time so you can try the food I’ve made.”
The food that Hizakura made, …… it looks very delicious, doesn’t it?
“Yeah, I’m looking forward to the food that Hizakura made.”
“…..!
Yeah! look forward to it!”
She smiled at me as she said that.
And then we parted, promising to go to Hizakura’s house next time to eat the food Hizakura had made.
“Hizakura’s smile was really beautiful. …… It’s the first time in my life that I’ve ever fawned over someone.”
As I interacted with Hizakura, something inside me was changing… I realized this, and I walked home alone, reminiscing about Hizakura’s smile from earlier.