The Salty Princess Told Me That I Was a ‘Convenient Keep’, so I Tested What Would Happen if I Introduced the Most Beautiful Girl at Another School as My Girlfriend
“No, what am I …… doing?”
When I woke up in the morning, I felt terribly heavy. I took my temperature and found it to be 37.8 degrees Celsius, which was enough to get me through school. I was so tired that I couldn’t even go to school if I pushed myself a little too hard, but I didn’t want to get sick.
“….. I’m going to sleep quietly.”
I feel like I’ve been missing school quite a bit lately, but I guess this time it can’t be helped. Being healthy was one of the few things I was proud of, but I can’t push myself and make it worse. I think it’s just a cold, but it’s better to be safe than sorry.
I called the school, some of my close friends, and, just in case, Sakaki san and Koga san, and went back to bed.
“…..I hope it will be better by the time of the gymnastics festival.”
I closed my eyes, muttering something like that.
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Sakaki Saori was happy.
“Fufu”
Saori came to school almost 30 minutes earlier than the start of class as usual, sat down in her seat, and looked at the pictures of her last date on her phone.
Ochiha holding a cake and looking a little stiff and peaceful. Ochiha when they were shopping together. Ochiha with a gentle smile on his face when taking a picture of the two of them together as a final souvenir when he dropped her off at home.
When she looks at these photos, her heart flutters and her cheeks relax.
“I can look at them forever. ……”
If she keeps looking at these things in the classroom too much, she might start up some strange rumors again. ……No, nobody would go out of their way to peek at the contents of other people’s phones, but it’s still a good idea to be careful.
She knew that, but from that date until today, Saori found herself staring at this photo all the time.
“…… hmm? Sakashima-kun…….”
Then, Ochiha sends him a message saying, “I’ve got a fever today so I’ll be absent from school, but it’s nothing serious, so don’t worry,” along with a cute dog stamp that Ochiha sometimes uses.
“………..”
Saori hesitates for a moment and then sends, “Are you sure you’re okay?”
The message is immediately read and replied, “I’m fine”. …… Considering Ochiha’s personality, he might force himself to say he’s okay even when he’s having a hard time, but that would be annoying if she pursued it too persistently.
Ochiha’s classmates also seem to have received a message from him, and there is a bit of a commotion again.
“Should I go to visit him or something ……?”
It might be annoying to barge in on them out of the blue, but it’s not like they don’t know each other anymore. The last time she went on a date, she was able to be much more aggressive with him than usual. When she held my hand, Ochiha didn’t mind at all.
Even Saori understood that she was not disliked.
“I might at least …… bring him something to express my sympathy.”
After school, I’ll send another message. It is unthinkably positive and proactive thinking from the Saori of a short time ago.
“………”
Saori was aware that she was changing little by little. Even now, she still couldn’t say that she was good at interacting with people. If anything, she was still not very good at it. But she no longer tried to reject everyone like she used to. Saori had become strong enough that she no longer needed to protect her heart in such a way.
“Sakashima-kun, I hope you get well soon. ……”
Saori muttered quietly and put her phone in her pocket to get ready for class.
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Kotone Koga was in a good mood.
“Woo hoo! Isn’t this nice? Ochiha-kun gave it to me as a present!”
In the morning, after finishing breakfast and before going to school. Kotone was bragging to her younger sister Mimiko about the key chain that Ochiha had bought for her.
“No, hey. I’m getting tired of it. I’ve heard that about 10,000 times since yesterday.”
Unlike Kotone, who was in a good mood, Mimiko looked somewhat fed up and exhaled with a tired expression on her face.
“Well, I haven’t said it 10,000 times. I’ve only said it ten times, right?”
“If you’re aware that you’ve said it ten times, can you please refrain from saying it a little, hey? Even though I am your adorable little sister, if I have to listen to the same story ten times, I am fed up with it.”
“Eeh, Mimiko has been asking me to tell you about my love life.”
“Even if I was the one who ordered ramen because I wanted to eat it, if ten servings were brought out, I would give up halfway through. It was my mistake to forget that when you talk about Ochiha-san, you get three times more excited than usual. I apologize, so please forgive me”
Mimiko lies down on the sofa disheveledly, as if a bone had been removed from her body. Seeing this, Kotone puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction.
“I have so much more to tell you. If it comes to this, I’ll tell Amaneiko-senpai later …….”
Then, her phone rings to alert her of an incoming message. Kotone hurriedly turned her attention to the phone.
“….. now.”
Mimiko takes the opportunity to run out of the room, but Kotone, unaware of this, lets out a surprised sound.
“Oh, Ochiba-kun has a fever. I wonder if he’s okay… Is it because I pushed him too hard… Or is it because he got soaked twice…?”
Kotone regrets her careless actions a little, but there’s no point in regretting them now. Thinking that, Kotone quickly changes her thinking.
“I should go visit him.”
She really wanted to go to Ochiha even if it meant skipping school, but she knew that Ochiha wouldn’t be happy if she did that. If she did go, it would be better to do it after school.
“…I have to make something warm for him. Then I’ll wipe his body and then…”
For a while, Kotone was daydreaming strangely, but she quickly shook her head to drive away the evil thoughts.
“What strange things am I thinking about when Ochiba-kun is feeling down?! More importantly, I should tell him I’m going to visit him after school.”
As she hurriedly went to send the message, she suddenly realized that she had been home for a long time. The time when she usually leave the house has already passed before she knew it.
“I had to get going!…. or rather Mimiko left by herself without talking to me …….”
Kotone hurriedly finished her preparations and left the house as she was.
“Ochiha kun, I hope you get well soon. ……”
Kotone muttered those words at last and ran off to the station.
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And after school. Ochiha, who had finished a light instant meal around noon, was so tired that he slept all afternoon. …… so he was completely unaware that he had received a message from two girls telling him that they were going to visit him.
“…………”
“…………”
Then, at an inopportune moment, Sakaki Saori and Koga Kotone meet in front of Ochiha’s house. Ochiha, who is still …… asleep, is still unaware of it.
Maiban