I Went Back in Time to 10 Years Ago and Saved My Young Lady Childhood Friend and She Became My Fiancee ~She’s Honest and Cool and Looks at Me Like She Wants to Be Cared For~
After school.
The same café where Minamori had called me before.
Facing Minamori in the calm and elegant interior of the cafe, I was shrinking down.
“Enami-kun?”
“Y-Yes.”
“You know why I called you, don’t you?”
“U-umm……!”
Minamori is smiling and sitting on the table with her hands clasped. Her smile is by far scarier than Ayato’s or anyone else’s.
I wonder if idols can even use different types of smiles.
Minamori smiles at me.
“Hmm?”
“Yes! I apologize for taking aggressive measures in deciding the group!”
I bowed my head as if I was about to push the table. Momentum is important in this kind of thing. Forget about the fact that I apologized for being so aggressive when we decided on the group.
Minamori let out a sigh.
“…… Well, since you apologized, that’s good.”
“Thank you for your thoughtfulness.”
I looked up to see what was going on. Minamori looks a little stunned.
“But why did you do that?”
That’s something you’re probably wondering. I don’t usually do anything that would stand out in the classroom. She must have been surprised when I suddenly bowed my head with my palms in the air.
“… a lot of reasons.”
But it was hard to say why. because you might be attacked. Why all of a sudden? I’m sure she would say
Even if I told her the truth, she wouldn’t believe me, and I don’t want her to believe me.
I’d rather keep her in the dark about what really happened.
Minamori is looking at me with a stern stare.
“I’m asking you all that stuff.”
“How is the ………… live show going?”
“You’re so forceful in your diversion”
“Sorry to keep you waiting,” said the waiter as he brought our drinks. Ice coffee was lined up in front of us across the table, and Minamori took a sip of coffee and sighed.
“…Well, it’s alright. I was hesitating for some strange reason too. It’s helpful that we’re in the same group. It’ll be a lot easier if Enami-kun and Hina-chan are there.”
“Thanks…….”
“But next time, just ask me out.”
“I’ll do that.”
The two of them drank coffee together. I’ll do that.
Minamori clears her throat.
“‘……Then, let’s forget about what I just said, I’d like you to tell me about this one.”
“Hnn”
“……What kind of relationship does Enami-kun have with Hina-chan?”
……Oh.
So the time has finally come for me to be asked.
The relationship between us is, if I may say so, that of fiancee. But I haven’t told anyone about it.
So, I had a vague feeling that people might see us as two people stuck together.
(Even I didn’t tell her that I was engaged, after all. ……)
“‘You two seem kind of distant, don’t you? Are you two dating?”
“We’re not dating,…….”
“What do you mean by that”
I can only say very subtle things. Minamori’s reaction was also very subtle.
“But you are paying a lot of attention to her even though you are not in a relationship with her.”
“That’s true.”
I nodded my head in agreement. I am sure of it. I care about Yorumiya more than anyone else.
I’m always aware of what’s going on when I’m around her. But it would be depressing to care too much, so I keep my distance to some extent.
“I’ve been a childhood friend of Yorumiya’s since she was a little girl. Yoeumiya was in a very bad environment when she was little. Minamori can understand that, can’t you?”
“Yeah. she was totally immersed in studying even in middle school.”
Yorumiya used to have a blank look on her face.
That’s not the case anymore. I want it to stay that way.
“I want Yorumiya to be free to do various things. I want her to enjoy her school life and everything else. I want to support her as much as I can. And in the end, I want her to live happily.”
I want to make Yorumiya happy, which had an unhappy ending before the leap.
That’s what I’ve always wanted. Happiness is too vague, but for the time being, I hope that she is at peace.
Minamori was listening to me with a mysterious look on her face.
“I mean……”
“What do you mean?”
“You sound like a dad.”
a dad? ……
“I could see that Enami-kun cared about Hina-chan a lot.”
“I won’t deny it.”
“But you’re not dating,…….I see…….”
Minamori is mumbling to herself out of the corner of her eye.
For some reason, her cheeks were slightly red. What’s with that reaction? Is my behavior really that embarrassing? I don’t really have any intention of changing it, though.
“In that case, what are you going to do after you’ve made Hina-chan happy?”
“……eh?”
“What’s with that face?”
Minamori gives me a strange look.
I was taken aback when she suddenly started talking about a future I had no idea about.
“I wonder if there’s anything that you yourself want to do.”
I hadn’t really thought about that.
What do I want to do? After I’ve made Yorumiya happy?
“…Hmm.”
“I take it you don’t have any plans there.”
You are right, I don’t think about that kind of future.
“Then homework!”
“Homework?”
“Think about what Enami-kun wants to do in the future during the field trip!”
I’m the only one who has mysteriously more homework. For some reason, Minamori looks happy.
Minamori had seemed to be in low spirits since the concert was scheduled. It’s been a while since I’ve seen such a carefree smile on her face. I don’t know, but it’s good to see her having fun.
“Minamori, are you okay with going on a trip outside of the school?”
But before my homework, I wonder if Minamori will be okay with it.
I thought you said that two days and one night off-campus trip would be tough.
“I’ll be fine. I’ll bring my own medicine for my stomach.”
“That’s a lot of backward confidence. ……”
It seems to be only an insurance policy. The worst that can happen is that you might be prevented from vomiting.
“That’s my homework. Enami-kun, you should think about what you want to do.”
“I understand. ……”
We both had homework for the field trip.
As for me, I also have the mission of protecting her from harm in case of emergency.
I hope the field trip goes well. ……
Maiban