Vol 1 Chapter 4 (1/2)
4: Newly Formed Club is Mayhem
Chapter
Three days after all the commotion
Ever since that day, Chiwa had never come over to my house for dinner Hoould she solve her own food problems? Eat bentos from the convenience store? Or cooked food fro for her favorite kinds of meat
I was a little
Because I was… a little bit worried, I sent dinner to her
Since I figured she would not accept it if I brought it to her in person, I left the lunch box on the front porch bench of her house
The next :
There was a e returned to me, attached to: The empty lunch box
'Not enough meat'
Even though she traenerous (?) heart…
But it seemed like she had cooled down
I had started to think that there weren’t any problems anymore Yet unexpectedly at lunch break—
”Does Eita know? The new rumors about Chihuahua-chan?”
As I was eating in the classrooan
”What? Has she been called to the staff rooain?”
”No According to the students in class five, they said she was acting very strange”
She was usually kind of weird
”Specifically how strange?”
”She ran in late for school with a slice of bread in her mouth”
”Ah?”
What's with that?
”Also, when she speaks, she adds 'nya'[1] to the end of all her sentences”
”To high school students, this was too shocking”
No, even tobehavior
Even in anih personality 'do not exist'— Saeko-san, certainly said say that
”And she also ca that an heroine from a kiddy anime would use, and ultra-thick makeup like those worn by kabuki actors She ry”
Disregard the ribbon she put on makeup?
These acts were nothing like the things the old Chiould do
”Does Eita have any idea why she’s acting like this?”
”…I have”
Of course
She probably wanted to becoained froa
Yet, regardless of how you thought about it, it e fuss
”You should quickly think of soht?”
”Eh, hy me?”
”Because Eita was the one who caused it?”
”It's not”
I couldn’t deny it
Kaoru looked calmly around the classroom, then whispered:
”I never thought Eita and the fa out I was also very surprised”
Masuzu was not in the classroom
Every lunch break, I never knehere she always ran off to
”In any case, I think it’s even more important that you deal with Chihuahua-chan properly”
”You talk as if there’s so between Chiwa and me”
Even in middle school, there had been people who suspected there was some relationshi+p between the two of us
However, I thought Kaoru had always understood
Chiwa and I were not in that kind of relationshi+p
”Regardless of whether the two of you have a relationshi+p or not, in short—”
Kaoru had a serious expression and said:
”Chihuahua-chan is, for the current Eita, just like real faht?”
”Well, that's true”
Right now my only family was Saeko-san
But— I guess Chiwa can also be considered
We eat together every day
If you compared her to Saeko-san, as never at ho, perhaps Chias even more like 'family'
”If that’s the case, at least you can't say that you are not related to this, right?”
”Ah, uh”
To be frank, I had wanted to forget about this ain
Because if I cared, wouldn’t thatpopular?
Moreover, this was fundamentally the route to mayhem!
On the surface, everything ht indeed look like that but that isn't simply how it is
The relationshi+p between Masuzu andrashly because of nothing
”Well, good luck , Ei-kun”
After eating lunch, Kaoru patted me on the shoulder and left He seemed to be busy with some work as the student council secretary
Three other secretary girls careet him, and the boys in the class even whistled to tease them
Despite this, Kaoru still looked 'indifferent', yet the three girls were as red as apples
I heard that girls liked Kaoru
Even though he wasn’t at the level of Masuzu, Kaoru was still very popular
Ever since
For so out with anyone…
Does he like anyone?
”It can’t be Chiwa, right?”
I suddenly blurted out what I was thinking in my heart
Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong
No, no, no, no
How could Kaoru possibly like Chiwa?
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After that, it soon came to that time of the day
It was that wonderfully happy tiether
Wow—
I am, so, overjoyed—
Ah
In short, please take a look at this first:
”Hey, Masuzu—”
”I refuse”
She answered immediately
I haven’t even said anything yet
”'Hey, Masuzu, can I just at least tell Chiwa that we’re 'Fake'? ' Soht?”
”Ah… Right”
This person was very frightening
Could she read my mind?
”Kind-hearted Eita-kun was thinking such things, right? I understand Because Harusaki-san was acting strangely today, you feel responsible?”
”Sort of”
It seemed that Chiwa’s behavior had even reached the ears of Masuzu
”What would you do if Harusaki-san revealed it to everyone? If the fake aspect is revealed, the 'wall'[2] will be no use”
”I'll tell her she has to keep the secret”
”No 'Listen, this is a secret, but' or 'While this is a secret, in fact, ah' like this one becoer a secret This is the enemy of all secrets”
”[]”
I had nothing to say She ument
”Sorry, I rong”
”Such a sincere way to apologize, I like that”
niko[3], Masuzu's face smiled
With this illegally wonderful sed to hell…?
”Then I'll have to think of soet her back on track”
”Ah, although we’re liladly help”
Since school ended, many students stared at us from the side of their eyes Like always, ere very conspicuous
Although I was inexplicably restless, Masuzu calht of many people
The worlds we lived in were entirely different
”In any event thelike this because she 'wants to be popular', right?”
”Probably”
”Then, does Harusaki-san has someone she likes?”
”No, I don't think so”
I never heard her ht was handsome
”Really?”
Masuzu examined my face carefully
Her eyes were filled with skepticism
”To lie on that, ould that bring me any type of benefit? Chiwa and me have known each other since ere little, yet I’ve never heard her talk about any boy in that way”
”No, I don't mean it in that way”
”Then what do you mean?”
”Nothing?”
Masuzu shrugged:
”For Eita-kun to be so clueless about it, that's actually pretty fortunate”
”What, what?”
She was deliberatelyit complicated
”So: 'Even though she doesn’t have anyone she likes, yet still wanting to be popular'”
Masuzu nodded and said:
”That is, in other words, to be a bitch[4]”
”Don't say 'bitch'!”
This woman
How could she call someone else's childhood friend that!
”Basically, as long as Harusaki-san gets a boyfriend, she'll naturally settle down Shouldn't that be a sure thing?”
”It should be”
Let her find a boyfriend
It was really hard to iine the scene
”We‘ll help her find one”
”What, 'help her find', do you mean? Ah”
She didn’t mean 'prepare' instant ramen[5]
”I’ll co by to Harusaki-san and look for me”
Masuzu looked pretty confident
”Hey, what are you plotting?”
”I’ht now You’ll just have to wait for tomorrow Fufufufufu”
Masuzu replied while laughing giggling
What are you going to do?
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