The Day After My Girlfriend Cheated on Me, My Female Friend Suddenly Started Seducing Me. ~The Protagonist’s Struggle Begins With a Revenge Drama~
“Oh no〜, your nose is bleeding. Look down and stop for a minute.
I had no idea. The ball had hit me directly in the face and that my nose would, of course, start bleeding. Rather than feeling sorry for having been hit, I was frustrated that I had fallen into such a common situation. How ordinary am I?
“Here, tissue. …Please be patient for a bit. I have some business to take care of so I’ll have to leave.”
I stuffed a tissue up my nose and leaned back against the backrest. I was so preoccupied with the girl that I couldn’t avoid the ball and my nose started to bleed. I don’t know who is more foolish, me or Shinmon. It was a total blunder.
The infirmary was quiet. If that’s the case, I would have gone back to the gymnasium, but I didn’t feel like going back. I was staring at the space in a daze.
I heard a small sound. The sound gradually approached me and stopped in front of the door.
“Excuse me…Rei kun, are you okay?”
It was Kaori who entered the infirmary. She looked a little out of breath and was sweating.
“It’s just a nosebleed, nothing serious.”
“Thank goodness…everyone was worried…”
Kaori sat down on the chair next to me. She was a worrisome person, even though I said I just had a nosebleed. The fact that she can express such feelings towards others is probably one of the reasons why people like her
“Rei kun, please bear with me for a moment.”
“Eh, wha, Kaori, what are you….”
Kaori’s hands reached out to both my cheeks. She touched my cheeks as if to gently embrace me, then her face came closer.
Kaori looked at me intently and began to touch my forehead and cheeks. The sensation of her slender fingers crawling over my face made me itchy.
“….K-Kaori? Um, that tickles…..”
“Ah, s-sorry ! I was wondering if you had any other injuries…”
Kaori seemed to realize that she had done something embarrassing when I pointed it out, and she blushed and moved her face away.
The air between the two of us began to become more delicate. I know that a bad conversation at a time like this could lead to even worse things. So I decided to wait for Kaori to make a move.
‘”…Uh, you know. How is practice for the ball game…?”
“You mean?”
“I was wondering if everything was going well. Dodgeball a popular sport, right?”
“Well, it’s going well. I don’t know how the other classes are doing, so I can’t say for sure, but I think we have a good chance of winning.”
“I see. If Rei kun is there, you can win.”
I tilted my head at Kaori’s words. Could my presence bring them closer to winning? If there was a possibility, then surely one of my worries would disappear.
Kaori seemed to have sensed something from my appearance, and gave me a slight smile as if to wipe away my doubts.
“Rei kun, you should be more confident. You have a power that ordinary people don’t have.”
“If I had such power, I wouldn’t be in trouble. You overestimated me.”
“I don’t think so. Rei kun, you have lost sight of yourself. The self you see is not the real you. It is the self that you yourself have created.”
“The self I….created?”
“That’s right. Rei kun, think of it as the one that you have created. The person who evaluates himself is formed as Hiori Rei.”
At that moment, I remembered the words of President Hiro. The president had said at that time, [You should not decide your own evaluation on your own.]
“You will surely realize your true self someday. That time will surely be when you have taken a step forward. I wish I could be next to you at that time.”
“….I see. I wonder when that will be. When will I realize that.”
“I’m sure it will be in the not-so-distant future. Rei kun, you have a lot of dependable people around you.”
“I hope so,” I said, dropping my gaze to the floor. I briefly remembered the nostalgic wooden floor.
“You’ll be fine. You’ll definitely win the ball game first ! Do your best, so I hope you show how cool you are.”
“O-oh. I’ll do my best.”
We smiled at each other, both of us blushing.
“…..”
Maitoshi