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
–Midterm Tests.
Just a few days ago, I finished a long five-day battle.
At my high school, they take two days to return the tests from the day after they are over.
And today was the last day.
“Woohoo, I just barely avoided a red mark!~”
“Wow, 31 points …… you studied?”
“……, there’s more to do than study, isn’t there?”
“…… Masahiro is probably playing video games or napping anyway.”
Himi said so as if she was stunned.
Honestly, I thought so too, but Masahiro had a relaxed expression on his face.
“… Huh, that’s–”
Masahiro is quite the hoarder.
I thought that this acting ability would be better demonstrated in the drama club, but we both thought that it would probably be as shabby as usual anyway.
Sure enough,
“No mistake!”
The usual one-track trick flew.
After going through with it as usual, Himi and I left the classroom, leaving Masahiro immersed in something.
“Hey, hey! Where are you going? I mean, don’t ignore my supreme gag!”
Masahiro said as he hurriedly lined up with me and Himi.
Masahiro’s tone was very characteristic when he called himself the supreme gag.
Himi and I looked at each other and said in unison under our breath
“That gag, 31 points. A red mark.”
“Eeh~, that’s not true! Hey you two!”
I glanced at Masahiro, whose shoulders slumped to the ground behind me, and went on ahead of him.
This time is really the most enjoyable time of the day.
“Himi-san, Himi-san. Are you sure that’s the man you like?”
“Regrettably, yes, I’m sure.”
“You’re in a lot of trouble, aren’t you?”
“It’s tough, yes.”
Himi seems to be enjoying every day even more these days.
I, by the way, was at the peak of my happiness, playing silly games with the three of us at school and flirting with Akane at home.
Every day was just too much fun.
I even wondered if it was okay to be so happy. Maybe even a little scary.
Please let these days continue, I hope. ……
“Again, Hassaku is No. 1. I mean, 496 points out of a perfect score of 500 is …… monstrous, right?”
“As expected of a national mock exam ranker, he is a child prodigy.”
The rankings for the five subjects of this test were posted on the bulletin board in front of the shoe box.
I heard such a conversation before I came, so it seems like I was able to defend my first place this time as well.
I felt a sense of relief before happiness.
“This school has the highest deviation score in the prefecture. …… Is this guy just crazy?”
“just crazy. But Masahiro, let’s try a little harder, okay?”
“O-ou……”
I got to the board and checked the rankings.
The first place is certainly my name.
Next to it, in the second place, there was–
“Oh, Hassaku-san. It’s been a while.”
“Ah, Himeoka. It’s been a while.”
A beautiful little girl, as pretty as a doll, stood in front of me.
The closer I got to her, the more I realized how small she was.
But that is one of Himeoka’s charms.
“Congratulations on winning first place again! That’s what I’m talking about!”
“No, no, no, no, Congratulations on your second place, Himeoka.”
Yes, this time, the usual second-place finisher had dropped to third place, and Himeoka had surged to second place.
As expected, I was surprised. But Himeoka’s performance had been good for some time, so it was no surprise.
“Damn ……, I lost”
“Don’t worry, don’t worry. No, never mind.”
“……”
And the person who is frustrated, Himi, is the one who has fallen to third place.
I’m kind of happy …… that the top three are filled with my members
“Thank you very much. But I didn’t expect to be 20 points behind Hassaku san. It’s really frustrating.”
“This time, well, I was really fired up.”
“Fired up?”
“Well, …… there is an amazing person close to me.”
That amazing person is, of course, Akane.
Compared to her, who is on TV a lot and on the cover of many magazines, I’m not even close to her yet.
This thought made me study even harder than usual this time.
“I see. Well, I also had someone close to me whom I admired. ……”
Himeoka glanced at me.
When our eyes meet, Himeoka turns away as if to run away.
…… could it be me?
But in case it is not, I probably want to die, so I decided not to ask.
“I-Next time, I’ll definitely do my best to catch up better!”
……she chewed as hard as she could now.
But she looked really embarrassed, so I didn’t dare to say anything here.