Vol 2 Chapter 4 (1/2)
4: When es into a Swimsuit, it's Mayhem
The next day during lunch
Like always I planned to spend the short break with my best friend
”Eita, did you and Natsukawa-san have a fight?”
Kaoru asked while drinking a strawberry milk box
While putting away the e, I replied:
”You’re really perceptive about these things”
”It's because the two of you haven’t said anything to each other since ”
”That ht be true”
Even though eren't deliberately ignoring each other, it was definitely very difficult to start a conversation After we said 'good ' to each other e arrived at our seats, I hadn’t heard Masuzu’s voice Since Masuzu always disappeared during lunch break, she usually wouldn't be here
It’s not like I'!
”What’s the cause?”
”How should I put it? Because we both have secrets we keep from each other, eventually we ended up with this aard atmosphere”
”Secrets?”
”You could call it the so-called 'sense of distance'”
”Why is that?”
”Ahh, it’s just like”
I scratched my head
”Since I also have a secret, I shouldn’t pry about the other's secrets If I’ to talk about mine, I can’t ask her to talk about hers As a result, it feels like we are unusually distant”
Ugh——
I always found it hard to express myself
However, I was only clear about one thing, and that was Masuzu and me have felt between each other this 'distance'
”I see”
Kaoru tilted his head, puzzled
”Having secrets is bad?”
”Of course, regardless if one’s relationshi+p is friend or lover”
As soon as I finished speaking, Kaoru suddenly replied with a serious face:
”By the way, Eita”
”Yes?”
Kaoru only hesitated a moment and spoke with lowered eyelashes:
”Actually, I'irl”
”Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahhhhhahahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?!”
I cried froth
Kaoru lifted my hand with teary eyes and said:
”I have always kept this hidden froive me”
”Wait a minute, wait a minute!”
”In fact, I[1]'ve always liked Eita, so let's kiss”
”No, wait a minute!”
Kaoru, whose face was extraordinarily beautiful for a boy, quickly l-l-l-leaned f-f-forward
W-W-Wh-What kind of situation is this?!
In any case, this story was too excessive! This was also not how one should act in a classroo lunch break!
As the tip of our noses almost collided, Kaoru chuckled and said:
”As if, it's just a l•i•e♪”
”[]”
Because I was reassured so suddenly, I alh school first-year
”Did that surprise you?”
”Of course I would be surprised!”
Aaahh, I' cold sweat
Kaoru could easily befor jokes that devastated the heart
”Do you understand now? Secrets are for this end, for soree”
”No, I don’t understand at all Where is there a relationshi+p in this?”
”What I' a secret does not necessarily improve the relationshi+p between two people' When you heard that I was a girl, how did you feel, Eita?”
”Surprised”
”You were troubled, right?”
”I was troubled”
”There”
Kaoru gave a little wink
”It’s fine if confessing a secret solves the dispute, but if it doesn’t, it ht just disturb the other person Don’t you think that keeping secrets is a for 'considerate'?”
”I see”
If you say it like that, it's quite possible
That love letter wasthat Masuzu could solve The task of 'deter whether Chirote it' was my own responsibility
The matter of Masuzu’s relationshi+p with her sister was the sa I could do about it
”I hate feeling that 'concealing a secret leads to a bad relationshi+p' This would make anyone feel suffocated Does Eita also think like that now?”
Thanks to Kaoru, I swept away the haze in my heart
Even though my relationshi+p with Masuzu is fake, we undoubtedly have a relationshi+p as classmates and we are members of the same club
After all, it's not like we started going out because I wanted to find out about the secret of that person whose name is Mana
”I’ll try talking about it with Masuzu”
”That would be good”
Kaoru smiled and nodded
At this time the school bell sounded, so there were five irls left the classroos The next class, fifth period, ie in another room
I looked at Masuzu’s seat and there was no sports bag, so shelunch I would probably have to wait until after school before I could talk to her
”See you later, Eita”
Kaoru left empty-handed
”Huh? You’re not changing clothes?”
”My skin is poor, so I can’t exposepool nor stay in the sun Thus I'll have to sit out Last year was the saht?”
”Ah, now that you mention it, I remember”
When ere in the same class as third-years in middle school, Kaoru had to sit out almost all of the physical education classes, and never attended the fei
”Thank you for hearing my worries”
”Don't mention it”
My best friend smiled shyly, and walked out of the classroom
Ah
If he was a girl for real, 'she' would be incredibly popular with the students
♦
The midsummer sun shi+ned on the pool surface
After war up to all sorts of radio exercises, the physical education teacher announced: 'Today's swi cheer
This was also quite favorable for e of this opportunity, I'd talk with Masuzu a little
In theinto the pool, I looked for Masuzu everywhere
——Found her
Masuzu was holding her knees, sitting by the shadow of the of the school fence, with a rather large towel covering her hand and everything above her knees It was probably to protect herself froreedy look of boys ould otherwise continuously and perversely look at her
”H-Hey”
”Hai”
Masuzu responded softly, with an absent- with ht at the swi pool surface
”You’re not going to swim?”
”Yeah, I don’t like to get wet”
”It’s a pity, since we finally have a swi class”
”…That's how it is”
”I-I rather like swi or co breaststroke and floating on the water while playing around—”
”[]”
Wuh! This conversation didn't go anywhere
As expected, it has to be because she was still angry atthe love letter…?
A temporary retreat
I kept e of the pool
Just as I was thinking about how to start up a conversation, I heard the sounds of girls whispering to each other in groups while in the swi pool
”What's with that? She feels like being all prim and proper by herself”
”She’s an Ojou-sama, so she probably thinks the school pool is dirty and doesn't want to swim?”
”Isn't she just doing that to attract the attention of the boys?”
”Even though she already has a boyfriend, what is she thinking——?”
That's the good old enviousness as always
Apart froh having a boyfriend could protect her froainst the ill feelings of all the girls
At this distance, Masuzu could probably hear them
If it was the usual Masuzu, she wouldn’t even blink from the malicious talk of the 'jealous club', but——
”H-Hey, Masuzu”
”What is it? You have been at it for a while”
”Nothing —I actually don’t feel like swi today”
As I received Masuzu’s cold glare, I sat down next to her
So, what should we talk about…?
It was probably too risky to have another conversation about 'Maguke'
At a time like this, as expected, we should talk about that —Bizarre Adventures
”If we could use the Ripple like Joseph and Caesar to walk on water, I think it would be pretty fun I rather like the Ripple battle from the first and second parts, because the Stands are easy to use and have a lot of variation, which suits well to a weekly publication But to use ripple, one h practice is probably the best part about battle as and I especially like the scene fro on the pillar covered in oil—”
At this moment, Masuzu suddenly stood up
”Wh-What is it?”
”I’ to swim a little”
”E-Eh? Didn’t you say you hate getting wet?”
”I changed my mind”
Masuzu left me and quickly walked away
damn, I didn’t expect that even the JoJo topic would be unable to go through
She was rather angry and the situation was perhaps getting worse
When Masuzu stood at the edge of the pool, the voices from the noisy classmates suddenly weakened Everyone’s eyes were on Masuzu and I could tell that they were all looking forward to her re the towel
Masuzu pulled off her white colored towel, and hung it on the wall… everyone siasp of admiration
I also could not help but be enchanted
With her silver hair fluttering in the suht; the white of her naked shoulders dazzled the eyes and it ht was a pity; Her navy blue school swiainst her shi+ny and elastic skin, showing all kinds of miraculous curves and tone combinations on her body lines
The boys were, of course, speechless and even those girls ere saying bad things a few o had a stunned look