Episode 22 – Minase Akina poses the question

I Was Reincarnated as a Mob Character in a Galge, and It Seems That I Had Conquered the Heroines Before I Noticed~the Hero Make the Heroines Unhappy, so I’m Going to Make Them Happy Instead~

[Sato Yuto, point of view]

After school the next day.

“Hey, Natsumi.”

“…… sorry. I have somewhere to go after this.”

Saying that, Natsumi left the classroom.

Yesterday after school, on the way to play, Natsumi somehow started acting strange.

I thought she would be in a better mood the next day and would talk to me as usual, but Natsumi didn’t talk to me and even when I tried to talk to her, she just took a curt attitude.

Because of that, I haven’t even had a proper conversation with Natsumi today.

What’s with that attitude? ……

Natsumi, don’t you like me? ……

……Nothing, let’s think about Natsumi later for now.

And even at worst, Natsumi will probably be in a better mood in a few days.

More than that, now is the time to ……

“Yuto-kun. Shall we go now?”

The priority is to go see a film with Akina.

“that’s right”

And then we went down together and headed to the cinema.

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[Minase Akina’s point of view.]

“Akina. I’m sorry we couldn’t go to the movies on Saturday.”

On the way to the cinema, around the time the shopping mall came into view, Yuto kun told me that.

“No, it’s only natural for you to prioritise your health over the film. Besides, we can go see the film today, so you don’t have to worry about it.”

“Umm …… so, I’ll pay for Akina’s share of today’s film.”

“Eh?”

I was very surprised as I had never expected such a proposal to be made to me.

“No, no, I’ll pay for my share by myself. ……”

“Don’t be shy. It was my fault we couldn’t go to the movies on Saturday, and I want to apologise for that.”

“B-but ……”
　
You said that you apologized, but since it was because you weren’t feeling well, it’s not Yuto-kun’s fault.

So, I politely declined, but Yuto showed no signs of backing down, so in the end I relented and had to accept his words this time.

Then, soon after, we arrive at the cinema.

Because it was a weekday evening time, there were a few students in school uniforms here and there.

I then head towards the ticket machine to buy a ticket.

I could hardly contain my excitement at finally being able to see the film I had always wanted to see.

“Is it okay if our seats are a little further back than the middle?”

“Yes, that’s fine.”

When I looked at the …… screen, I saw that Yuto was about to select a film.

Soon after, the work of Ayakoji-sensei appears on the screen.

Yuto then selects the film…

“………… Eh’”

—–He didn’t do it.

Yuto chose a completely different film.

I was watching the whole thing and unintentionally overflowed with surprise and upset.

W-Why……

If I had come here to see that film from the beginning, there would be no reason for me to be surprised.

But I thought the reason I came here today was because I came to …… see Ayakoji’s work, which I couldn’t see last Saturday, so I couldn’t hide my confusion and upset because I didn’t understand the true meaning of Yuto’s behaviour.

“Yu, Yuto-kun, …… are you going to watch your film today?”

“That’s my intention, though”

“T-Today, we will be watching a film by Ayakoji-sensei, isn’t it? I couldn’t see it on the previous Saturday, so I came to see it today. …… And I’ve been looking forward to seeing it. ……”

“No, but …… it’s my money and I’m going to watch it, so why not the film I want to see?”

“…….”

In fact, last Saturday

Sato Yuto felt guilty towards Akina.

[As expected, it was too much to lie,…….]

As an apology, he decided that he would pay for Akina’s share of the movie.

But then ……

[No, but it’s a waste not to see the film you want to see when you’re paying …… for two people. ……]

And Sato Yuto finally came to this conclusion.

[Okay, I’ll buy Akina the film I want to watch. Then I can watch the film I want to watch and apologise to Akina. And Akina gets to see the film for free too, so it can only be a benefit.]

This was the true meaning of Sato Yuto’s series of actions.

He tries to buy the ticket as it is.

However, ……

“…… Yuto kun. May I …… ask you one question before you buy the ticket?”

Akina waited for him.

“Well, what?”

“Do you remember …… that book?”

“That book? The book that you recommended to me at the library before? Sorry, I haven’t read that book yet. ……”

“No, I’m not talking about that book.”

“Eh ……”

　
Akina knew that Yuto had no intention of reading that book in the first place, so there was no reason to ask about it.

Seeing Akina’s most serious expression ever, Yuuto gasped.

And in fact, Akina at this time, like Natsumi, was convinced that the Yuto now was a different person from the Yuto she had fallen in love with.

That’s because the words and actions that Yuto took now were the kind of actions and words that …… he would never say from the man she fell in love with.

However, in order to further solidify that conviction,…… and to make it more unshakable,……

Minase Akina threw a question to Sato Yuto.

“It’s about that book that I first recommended …… to Yuto-kun on the first day of his duty as a book committee member.”

-Maiasa