The Case of My Childhood Friend Who Became a Very Popular Model and Came Back to Fulfill a Promise We Made When We Were Children
“When we grow up, let’s get married!”
“Yes! Promise!”
A promise I made to my childhood friend about four years ago.
A promise I thought we could definitely fulfill.
But in the four years since we made that promise—
I have not seen my childhood friend even once.
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“You really need to forget about your childhood friend, don’t you?”
“I’ve already forgotten. Long time ago.”
“Then why did you reject Himeoka’s confession? She’s famous for being pretty.”
“Shut up……”
I, Hassaku Ayumu, dismissed it appropriately and plopped down on the desk again.
I wanted to end this conversation, but the guy sitting in front of me kept going on and on.
“If it were me, I would definitely go out with her.”
“I’m fine”
“Is it because you have promised your childhood friend?”
“That’s not why….”
In fact, that’s why.
I’m a high school student and I still haven’t forgotten the promise I made to my childhood friend a few years ago.
So my friend Shibuya Masahiro sighs at me.
“And, you should probably stop being so delusional that your childhood friend is that Akarigawa Akane,”
“I keep saying it, but this is not my painful and crazy delusion because I’ve never had a girlfriend in my entire life…….”
“Yes, yes, you’re delusional.”
I am no longer being taken seriously these days.
But I certainly don’t have any proof, just the fact that their names and appearances are exactly the same, and I have no way of proving it to this guy.
In other words, I’m just a pain in the ass at this point.
“Ayumu, are you talking about your childhood friend again?”
The one who interrupted me with this comment was Himi Reona, a member of the class committee of this class.
Like Masahiro, she has been a good friend of mine since we started high school.
Her short bob of blue hair is perfect for Himi, and she has a well-defined face that many of our classmates have a secret crush on.
What again. I didn’t say that, did I?”
“You’re saying it. Every time you say it, you just sit on your desk.”
“That’s your usual style.”
“You’re usually more relaxed.”
“How can you tell the level of laziness? You guys are my fans?”
“Anyway, forget about your childhood friend. Even though you’re smart and otherwise average, you’re popular for some reason, so why not enjoy your once-in-a-lifetime high school life? right?”
“…haaa, I’ll do my best.”
Sure, if you ask me if I want a girlfriend, I will say I do.
But I have a strange feeling about my childhood friend.
Because she never lied to me.
And at that time, I had a certainty that it would come true.
They sigh at my response and mutter, “This is no good.”
“I mean, for some reason he’s popular. And he’s just smart but everything else is mediocre…is that a bad thing?”
Masahiro only chuckled.
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The three of us, who were not in any club activities, decided to talk about some trivial matters at a family restaurant after school.
Our school has a policy of both literary and athletic activities, and the percentage of students joining club activities is over ninety percent.
That’s why the streets were more empty than in the morning.
“Hmm? There’s a lot of people over there, isn’t there?”
“It’s true. What is it?”
When I looked in the direction they were pointing, I saw that people had stopped and were gathered near the gate.
It’s like surrounding something.
I went closer, there was a woman there, leaning against the gate and whistling.
“She’s so beautiful. ……”
“She looks like a model. ……”
She had a beautiful face like a doll, so well-developed that the two of them could not help but admire it.
Her hair is brown and reaches down to her waist, and the sunglasses she wears give her a cool look with a hint of cuteness.
Her red beret also suited her, and she looked so beautiful that one wishes to capture and preserve this moment.
“…..”
“♪～”
This humming. It sounds familiar.
It is a song I probably heard often when I was a child.
A moment later, my eyes meet a woman’s.
“Ayumu?”
She calls my name.
It is definitely my name.
But since I don’t know anyone this beautiful woman, it doesn’t seem real.
“Ayumuuuuuuu~!”
A woman with tears in her eyes runs toward me.
That’s when her sunglasses almost came off and I could see her eyes.
…… Akane?
The moment I thought that, the woman jumps into my arms.
I caught her as quickly as I could and ended up hugging the woman.
“””Eeeeeeehhhhh!!!!”””
While everyone around me was screaming, I was certain of one thing.
“Long time no see, Ayumu. I missed you!”
She was the person I knew best, as she said so from below, looking up at me.
My eyes weren’t so rotten that I could recognize her from this distance.
“Long time no see, Akane.”
Akarigawa Akane
The most popular model of the moment and my childhood friend.
Oh, is that?
It seems that my childhood friend who became a very popular model has returned after a few years.
[TLN : Here comes another sweet diabetic story~]