Volume 1 Chapter 1 Part4 (2/2)

[Hm? Ah, it seems like there won’t be anyone there today. I’ll pop in sometimes if I feel like it]

There was a time when Yuuto and Mikage were in the theater club. She was mainly in the scenario group.

[… I see. Too bad though. Your acting, I kind of liked it]

I was pretty good at role playing. From the beginning, for that person, no matter what talent, how it lived, how it felt, all of it was written within the script. Ad-libbing was definitely a no-go, there’s a duty of acting it out to a T and to have it all done perfectly without any strangeness, to Yuuto, it was not difficult at all.

[It’s somewhat surprising]

The first time I talked to Mikage was about the role of the librarian.

[… No. It was just my imagination]

I was then stared at with a piercing glare.

[… Hahaha]

[… Even so, how very unexpected. For you to say OK to a date with her. I. Thought. You. Would. Have. Refused.]

[What with that? I usually go out with Touma and the others, you know?]

[… No. It’s fine if you don’t get it]

I didn’t get the meaning behind her words. No, it may just not be meant to get it.

[I see. I’ll be going now. Later]

[… I’ll give you one piece of advice. From now on, think of what will be useful in this relations.h.i.+p with her]

Mikage slowly muttered.

[… It’s a smile]

Mikage, with her expressionless face, pushed up the corners of her lips, thus making a smile.

[You don’t have to worry about it, it’s just the usual]

[… No. I’m saying this for her sake]

Her fingers leaving her face, a pair of eyes looked at me.

[Because,]

[You. Don’t. Even. See. Her. As. Your. Girlfriend. At. All.]

*Pikin*. A sound like something within me got cut.

Like a robot that can’t move because it’s oil got cut off.

It felt like a sudden loss of a humans’ function.

I don’t even know what kind of expression I have on right now. Definitely.

[… That’s why, smile. If you don’t know what kind of expression to show, it’s fine to just smile. Here, ni~~~]

[Fugo, … Stop, Mikage…]

Mikage used all her fingers  to stab at Yuuto’s face.

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