Chapter 1 (1/2)

「――was the dream I saw」

The one who said thus with a serious face was Ouguro Hiro

Turning 17 this year, he was a second year high schooler you could find just about anywhere

「I-I see……good for you」

Hearing Hiro’s story, although feeling slightly withdraas his childhood friend Seijou fukutarou

Although he was also a sophoreater the size of Hiro

「You don’t believe me?」

「I believe you It’s good that it was a dream If you said it was reality, I wouldn’t knohat kind of face to make」

「But it was such a realistic drea Ikemen Even idols would be put to shame」

Hearing Hiro’s words, fukutarou backed away as his cheeks twitched

In the face of the atust, Hiro tilted his head to the side

「What’s wrong?」

fukutarou opened his mouth

「I’ll just say this……I don’t have those kind of hobbies, ok?」

「Just what kind ofdid you have!? I don’t have those hobbies either!」

「Y-Yeah, you’re right It’llme weird stories」

「I only said that he was an Ikemen, didn’t I……」

Infairls during school

As their houses are right next to each other, they go to and froether on their days off

However, what spurred the ruether with a slender man

Perhaps it aroused their iinations

As a result, all the girls sent gazes filled with interest towards their BL-like relationshi+p

「They’ll probably think that I’ve got an interest in men, but I really do believe what I said from the bottom of my heart He was a true Ikemen」

「Aren’t you ju to conclusions?」

「Shaddup The reason why I’m not popular is because of the existence of Ike that I’ like that?」

「It’s cause you’re a gorilla」 – Hiro murmured within his heart

A height of 180 c

Even though he had a soft name like fukutarou(1), the physique that he was blessed as completely different from that of a normal person

A warether with steel-like abs

His h school student, was one that, to high school girls, could only be seen as an object of fear

If he wore his unifor in for questioning by the police, and told things like, “What about your family?” “Your parents would cry if they knew”

He was quite the unfortunate[T-1] man

While it ood to be honest about it, Hiro quickly decided to forget about it

「Who knows……maybe it’s cause of your biceps――Pu-san?(2)」

「Are you looking for a fight!?」

Although Hiro thought that the name was cute, it seemed to have irritated fukutarou somehow

But, he kne kind fukutarou really was He wouldn’t needlessly swing his fists around

Well, if he did swing the

「Gorilla! Right now, in orilla!」

Though Hiro wanted to say that fukutarou was joking around again about his aged face, his words had already been proven by an old album

Intending to coently pat fukutarou’s back

「Lots of nicknames like that exist I’h school gorilla in the world, that is」

「Huh, so you are picking a fight after all!?」

fukutarou’s biceps swelled to the point where it seemed they would rip his uniform

He was probably born in the wrong era

It was likely that, if he were born in the Sengoku Era, then his life would be very different

He would have been a peasant who’d rise through the ranks to beco worth no less than a chief retainer(3)

「Calm down We’re already quite close to school after all You’ll end up spawning more weird rumors」

If you surveyed the surroundings, the figures ofwhile looking their way

As their ti to head to school overlapped, there were plenty of students the closer they got to the school grounds

「……guu, don’t you dare forget this」

「I’ll remember it properly Cause with this, it’s the 874th tiry[T-2]」

「Aren’t you angering me way too much!?」

Even so, because he had never resorted to violence, fukutarou really was a good-natured friend

Even though he was this kind, he wasn’t popular The world truly was a strange place

While they conversed happily, they arrived in front of the school gates

Hiro then circled in front of fukutarou and placed a knee on the ground as he bowed his head

Seeing fukutarou’s dubious expression as he looked down at hirin

「Now, shi+bata Katsuie-dono, let us depart」

「I’h!?」

He fell for it way too easily This hy Hiro couldn’t stop teasing fukutarou

After Hiro finished laughing and had brushed the dirt off his knees, he and fukutarou passed through the school gates together

「You’ve got club activities today?」

「Yeah, since the tourna up soon」

「You’re the Hope of the Judo Club, after all You’ve already got a recoht? I heard it from Oba-san」

「I guess so……」

「Wait, aren’t you happy?」

「I’ve only just becoh school sophomore, you know? I’m too busy to be happy, and even if you talk about uni, it’s not like tionna fly by Besides, now’s the ti about our courses」

「Is that how it is?」

「That’s how it is But enough about me What about you? Have you still not joined a club yet?」

「You already know that the doctor told me to not do strenuous exercises」

In the face of Hiro’s words, fukutaro displayed a slightly hesitant practice swing before opening his mouth

「Yeah, but it’s been 3 years since then Don’t you think it’s fine now? Yesterday was the anniversary of that diagnosis, right?」

3 years ago, Hiro was involved in a strange incident

The day before the incident occurred, everything appeared nor out-of-the-ordinary

Yet, the very next day, Hiro’s mother apparently screamed when she came to wake him up

The reason for this being that her skinny son was lying down, completely naked

If this was all, there ht not have been any real problem

However, his entire body was covered in mud and wounds His previously short hair also appeared to have becoht,Hiro’s mother immediately called an ambulance

Fortunately, the wounds had already been treated Due to the sloppy way in which they had been stitched, however, they were told that he would remain scarred for life

Muscles were ruptured in several places A couple of ribs were cracked and broken Verifying that various infectious diseases were riddled within his body, Hiro was urgently admitted and hospitalized

As those at the hospital grew skeptical, the police were called and Hiro was see subject to maltreatment

Furtheruilty had, unfortunately, lost his memories of the time when he had sustained those injuries

Their son’s abnor It was apparent that the parents’ anxiety was quite tremendous

「Hood」

Although his memory had yet to return, truthfully, the boy was healed

Currently, his body was the picture of health Hiro even received an approval fro that his body could withstand strenuous physical activity