Episode 20

I Kept Silently Supporting the Lowest-Ranked Idol in the Popularity Rankings, Before I Knew It, I Was in a Shuraba

I managed to get today over with.

I talked to Mashiro during lunch break, and she said that tomorrow I can go on as usual.

That’s good. I can enjoy school life with them again. Today was really hard. Time seemed to fly by so fast, like it was endless. But all I can say now is that I’m glad today is over.

I don’t feel like pushing my oshi today. I’ll just go to bed and wait for tomorrow.

When I woke up in the morning, I saw the ceiling of my usual room in front of me…not that My brain is not awake yet, so I am not sure if there is someone there…is it my mother? Is it my mother? No, my mother would never wake me up like this.

Then, Ichiha? Ichiha is my younger sister, the one who hates me so much for some reason. She was cute when she was little, always following me around, but somehow she’s lost her cuteness.

Come to think of it, we haven’t seen each other recently. Whenever I come home, she always retreats to her room and doesn’t come out. I don’t know if she likes her room or she doesn’t want to see me, but it’s probably the latter.

I think the reason I got into idols was because my sister started treating me coldly. In order to replace that painful feeling with something else, I got into idols and before I knew it, I had become a crazy fan.

I am even thankful for the opposite now.

Oh, my brain has awakened. My vision is becoming clearer and clearer…what had been a blurry picture is becoming clearer and clearer.

“Good morning, Akito.”

“Nagisa!?”

It was Nagisa who was looking into my face right in front of me.

“Why are you in my room? I mean, you don’t know where I live, do you?”

I’m good friends with Nagisa at school, but I’ve never met her outside of school. Of course, I have never told her about my house, and I am sure she doesn’t have any connections to my house.

“Not about that. Let’s talk about yesterday first.”

“….Not about that”

It was Mashiro’s promise. Breaking a promise is against my motto. Even if the person is Nagisa, someone I trust, I can’t tell her.
　

“Then, I’m going to attack you.”

“Attack? What do you mean you’re going to attack me?”

“I mean I’m going to attack Akito as a girl.”

“Ha?”

“Eh, you don’t get it? Akito is so new to this? That’s a little unexpected.”

Attack? Nagisa attacked me as a girl? You mean she’s going to assault me? No, Nagisa has a bad mouth, but she’s not the kind of girl who would be violent.

“Well, that’s okay. Anyway, you have to answer my question. Roll your body over on the bed”

“No, I’ll get up because it’s time to go and I have to change into my uniform.”

“Don’t worry about that. My father is going to take me to school.”

“Hee? Your father?”

“Yeah, I heard the strategy is to fill the moat first. Now, go on and lie down.”

Maiasa