Vol 1 Chapter 21 (1/2)

Youkoso v1c21

Eventually, after peeking through the cafeteria door, I decided to go to the convenience store, bought some bread, and returned to the classroom

A group of friends were eating with their desks next to each other, while there were various students quietly eating alone The only thing common was that nearly everyone had a bento from either the convenience store or the cafeteria

I was going to start eating when I saw that Horikita had already returned to her seat

She had on her desk a sandwich that looked delicious

I returned to

When I was about to take my first bite of my bread, music started to play out of the speakers

“Today, at 5pymnasium number 1, there will be a club fair For those of you with an interest in clubs, please coymnasium number 1 I repeat, today──”

A girl with a cute voice made an announcement over the PA

Clubs, huh I’ve never been in a club before

“Hey, Horikita───”

“I have no interest in clubs”

“… I didn’t even ask anything yet”

“Ok, then what?”

“Are you going to participate in any clubs?”

“Ayanokouji-kun Do you have deinning that I have no interest in clubs?”

“Just because you don’t have any interest doesn’t mean you won’t participate”

“That’s a frivolous argument Don’t make that kind of pointless talk”

“Ok…”

Horikita has no interest in clubs orfriends Whenever I talk to her, she looks annoyed I wonder if she cah employment rate

It wouldn’t be surprising if that was her only reason, but it seems unnatural

“You really don’t have any friends, I see”

“That’s wrong Now I can talk to you pretty well”

“You say that, but don’t count me as one of your friends”

“R-right, sure…”

“Since you want to go see the clubs, do you intend to enter any clubs?

“No, I’h”

“If you’re not going to join a club, why are you going to the club fair? Strange Are you using clubs as a pretext to make friends?”

How is she so smart? No, it’s probably that I’m too easy to understand

“Because I failed on the first day, clubs are my last chance to make any friends”

“Isn’t it fine to invite anyone other than me?”

“It’s because I have no one else to invite that I’ trouble!”

“That’s true However, I don’t think that Ayanokouji-kun seriously s you say If you really wanted a friend, you’d probably talk more earnestly”

“Because that’s not possible for me, I tread the path of loneliness”

Horikita quietly resu her sandwich

“I can’t really understand that kind of contradictory thinking”