Vol 1 Chapter 2.1 (2/2)
”Wh -----------”
As Akeno is about to say something, I lost consciousness.
Next thing I knew, I was in my own bed. As I lay down with my heart throbbing and my eyes opened, my Siamese cat Mi was licking on my lips.
... ... somehow, it was strange.
”... ... ... ... ...”
Oh no, my heart will throb again if I remember her ... Even if it happened in the dream, it was a first kiss for me (kissing with parents don't count, of course); I'll never find out the reason for this, but there's no way a kiss from a pretty lady like her be unpleasant. It doesn't matter in this case! A innocent boy's heart is already beating furiously, stretching against my chest ---
*whack*
”owwwww !?”
Whacked at the back of my head, I suddenly came back to my senses. Jumping up and turning on my back, I saw Nazumu strangely smiling.
”Whaaat's with you grinning alone. So you've fallen in love, eh--♪”
”! Th, that's not it!?”
Even if I deny it right away, I've stammered. This could backfire on me, it would only confirm her suspicions. Well, she got it right anyway!
Anyhow, cla.s.ses ended without me noticing. With the teacher gone, my cla.s.smates have started eating their lunch at their desks. The cla.s.sroom is full of noise that could only occur during lunchtime. And that time, I was the fool on my desk with my opened game guidebook. ... ... I'm sure am crazy. As Nazumu faced a shocked me with her smile,
”Be happy, kiddo!! Your lover has arrived!”
The rear door of the cla.s.sroom slid open. Outside, a lone girl is leaning back on the corridor barrier. A twin-tailed la.s.s in a middle school uniform ... it was Akeno.
”Ya, what have you done? What trickery have you done? For you to catch Acchan!”
”Catch? ... you said what?”
Was it that again? The continuation to yesterday's misunderstanding!?
”Oh, you lady-killer♪ The young heartthrob!”
”I told you that was a misunderstanding!”
”Oh --- if it was a misunderstanding, what can you say about this! How will you explain these situations? Acchan came to me pleading to call you, Sakkun on love-mode is so absent-minded he didn't even notice cla.s.s has ended! If this is no mutual love, what do call it ... !?”
”Ah --- --- ---”
Okay, I got it. Can't be helped even with this explanation. From the sidelines, it would probably be ”Brave girl coming in front of a senior-year boyfriend” and ”Boyfriend impatiently waiting for his girlfriend”. But truth is, we probably talked in this ”dream”.
”You listening, Sakkun? There are many boys after Acchan, don't even think of neglecting this relations.h.i.+p. Do it even once, and someone will take her away from you. OK?”
It's no use denying it .... Like that, thanks to Nazumu's ”advice”, even my cla.s.smates uninvolved in this were taking notice (from the boys' evil glances, i'm probably not joking)
”Thanks for calling me, Nazumu. And for your information, it's not what you think.”
Leaving behind words not only for Nazumu, I went for the door. From behind, cheers of ”You're kidding ~♪” came, but I pretended not to hear.
Akeno's blunt face met me as I went out into the corridor. The girl looked cute in this sunny place.
”Thanks for waiting”
”You're late”
”... ... ... ... ...”
Correction. She's cute with her mouth shut.
Now, now, I'm not offended this time. I'm think I'm having an ominous feeling with her unreserved gaze drilling onto me for a while. I'm more or less resigned to receive her wrath.
”What are we loitering here for, shall we go somewhere else?”
I think it was unexpected, but I don't think she could calm down at this place, hence the proposal.
”Ah ... okay”
She unexpectedly and obediently nodded.
While we feel Nazumu's or my male cla.s.smates' eyes piercing our backs (no doubt they're probably sticking their heads out of the door or windows and following us), I go out into the corridor.
”Anywhere would be fine. How about the canteen?”
In this school there is a canteen that all students use (store included). Since I don't bring my lunch today, we'll talk there while I eat lunch but ...”
”I've ... brought my own lunch.”
She said that awkwardly. I see, there's a lunch box inside the bag she's holding.
”I see. Then, it means we won't be eating at the crowded canteen. I'll just buy some bread from the store. You just keep up with me for a bit longer.”
”... well, that won't be necessary ... ...”
Well, what will I say to this oddity? For some strange reason, she stood there embara.s.sed. She just stared into s.p.a.ce looking for words. And then,
”I have some boxed lunch”
”? uh, that's why I suggested getting my own lunch at the store ...”
”No need, I have some boxed lunch. ... ... apart from my own”
She said that with a downcast look. Somehow her face reddened ...
”In other words ... eh? 'For me too', you mean?”
As I point to myself, her head jerked upright.
”Wh ...”
In that instant, Nazumu's nonsensical words crossed my mind. Does this mean this girl is interested in me? Even as I thought ”No way!”, my face blushed by itself. She glared at my reddening face.
”Uh, excuse me, can you stop guessing wildly? This has no other meaning in particular. Only grat.i.tude for last night. A grat.i.tude for saving me in that dream”
”All right, I got it, I understand.”
The words 'grat.i.tude' chews inside my heart. Did you get it? So pipe down, my palpitating heart.
”I accept your grat.i.tude.”
OK, now I can smile normally. Well then, where to ...
”Where will we eat? In the quadrangle?”
If it's in the quadrangle, we'll be isolated from the school annoyances by a fence. A refres.h.i.+ng breeze would pa.s.s through there too. I think it's a good choice but,
”I've thought about the quadrangle too ... I can't stay calm there.”
She again shot it down clearly. Though I've thought of ”is that it?”, it's surely not a place to calm down if I think clearly about it. Not only is the place noisy, it was a place where couples ate together. At least, it's not a place for boys and girls not acquainted with each other.
”This is troubling. Cla.s.sroom's a no-go too, the canteen and quadrangle too ... ...”
The roof deck's too hot for this season ... . There must some other place where we can talk in peace ---
”Ah, got it! That's right, let's go there.”
”You thought of a good place?”
”That's right, the clubroom.”
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