Chapter 3 (2/2)

‘Troubling’ she says! Many cute girls are a wonderful thing!

“There’s no way you’ll be a bother. So how about it? Let’s work hard together?”

“In that case, I think I would love to do music. Please take care of me.”

“Ue~hehehe. Now I’m with Kaede too~! Fun~”

Says Kiho while smiling and looking like she’s enjoying herself.

When I look at her face, I start to have fun too. She’s truly a good gal.

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Afterwards, we talk about going home together, and we descend down to the entrance gate.

‘From now on, let’s go home together everyday yo!’…. My excitement keeps rising with no sign of stopping.

“He-Hey! Katagiri-san!”

Once we descend down to the entrance, I’m ambushed by a single guy who starts a conversation with me.

Who is this guy? I don’t think he’s in my cla.s.s. Wait, how does he know my name?

“Ca-Ca-Ca-Can I, talk to you a little bit!?”

“Hah…… What.”

He’s so nervous that he’s shaking.

Well, as long as he doesn’t waste my time I don’t mind, and I’m not in a hurry or anything. I wonder what business he has with me.

“Umm…Uhh…… I fell in love with you at first sight! Please go out with me!”

… … Hahhh. So it was something like this.

“I’m sorry.”

It’s the first time we’ve met, and I don’t even know your name. How did you think that was OK?

And ughhh, there is no worse feeling than going out with a guy.

“So…you can’t.”

“Yeah, sorry.”

When I give him my rejection, his shoulders slump, and he trudges away.

My tension from earlier fades away as if it never existed.

My middle school days were like this too. How can people do things like confessing on their first meeting?!

It’s the inside that counts, and despite not knowing mine, they tell me their affection. Isn’t it obvious that it doesn’t make me happy?

“Oh~OH~! Even though that kid was pretty cool, he was rejected~”

Kiho says while teasing me. She’s not smiling. She’s mischievously grinning.

Kiho. I kinda don’t like that grin. Your usual smile is better.

“I mean, it was our first meeting, you know? I’m not happy that I was confessed to by a person who knows nothing about me.”

“I agree. I also would like to be like by a person who appreciates much about me.”

Kaede-chan is of the same opinion. Indeed, it feels weird to have a random guy confess to you.

Well in my case, I just don’t want to go out with another guy, so it’s probably slightly different.

“Hm~ph. Your words are the words of popular people! Being picky, that’s a luxury!”

Kiho says sullenly. Her sullen face is also quite cute, though, it’s Kiho, she must be quitepopular.

“What are you saying? Aren’t you quite popular Kiho?”

“Indeed she is. She makes friends with boys so easily, so there are many instances of them falling for her. Because of that, they all become awkward around her and are afraid to confess.”

When I ask my question, Kaede-chan responds to me.

I see so that’s the situation. If they get rejected by a someone they’re on good terms with and they like, then it’s unpleasant. If that’s the case, then the guys on good terms with her can’t confess due to their fear of their relations.h.i.+p becoming awkward.

“What are you guys secretly talking about~! Let me in on it~!”

Kaede-chan and I are walking slightly ahead of Kiho until she jumps in between us.

Most likely, she gets close to guys by acting like this in front of them too. Then, there are probably a lot of guys who realize they’ve come to like her.

“I was just saying how cute Kiho is. Right? Kaede-chan.”

“Fufu, that is true. Kiho-chan sure is cute.”

“E-Even if you say those things about me…I kind of, not happy, you know~!”

Your words have no persuasive power if you say that with a bright red face. But it doesn’t matter to me since I think that appearance of her’s is also cute.

Afterwards, we head home while teasing Kiho whose face became bright red.

My friends increased to two. Not only that, they’re really nice people. I’m glad I entered this school.

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