Vol 7 Chapter 2 (1/2)
Chapter 2: Breaking up Leads to mayhem
After the disratulatory party
Seven o’ clock in the evening, I went to the usual café to meet up with Masuzu
The waitress walked towardsin her step
“Welcoht for you?”
“……Yes”
“Please go to that seat right over there! Your partner is already waiting for you—!”
She is fa us Has it finally reached this state after five months?
Masuzu sat beside theas usual
She looked bored, looking at an art albu her silver hair upwards with her white hands The small café in this sn country just with her sitting there The fact that she was looking at the “Jojoveller” art book is a flaw that can be disregarded
Masuzu saw me, and smiled
“Take a seat?”
“Alright”
I hardenedthe whispers of “I wish for your fortune in the battle[1]” from the waitress behind me
“Eita-kun, have you slimmed down?”
“Hmm? Really……”
I touched o to the public bath, I am not too sure about it
“Maybe it’s because the midterm exams and school festival kept me busy”
“How did you place in the midterms?”
“…second”
The first place was taken by ain
I wasn’t feeling well to begin with, and coupled with a few careless retted the e in the finals Now that the school festival is over, I shall start working like a fool again now
“Oh, and, why are you talking this way?”
“This way?”
“Isn’t this how you talked to me e first went out?”
Not long before the su me “Eita” without honorifics, but under the condition that she would only use it e are alone together
But, the way she is talking right now is just like Chiwa and the girls are around us
“Because we are no longer lovers, so I added the honorific “kun” just like before”
Just because of this
“You said you wanted to remove the fake relationshi+p, are you serious about this? Is this really alright?”
Masuzu looked surprised
“You were the one who said that we can’t continue doing this, right? Didn’t you say that to Akishi+no-san?”
“Weren’t you against that at the time?”
“That should be because I was surprised, I’ my head”
Ad her anymore
I adjusted my posture, and sipped at my coke A note was stuck on the saucer, with a circular handwriting, saying “Haste makes waste♥[2]” What is this, are you a professor of proverbs?
“I left the notebook at your house, do you understand what I meant by that?”
“Ah, I did received that”
The chuuni-notebook within a locked safe above
Originally I wanted to burn it, but I can’t get myself to do it no matter what
It’s not that I still miss my past self
It’s just that I feel like if I burn it, Masuzu will never return
“If the word of us breaking up gets out, the storain, do you have any plans?”
“No, but I will think of one”
“What is with that……”
Didn’t you want me to become your fake boyfriend because you can’t think of any?
“I don’t want to stir up any h I am not so, I still know the limits”
“……really?”
Although it sounds fairly logical, this line just doesn’t seem to fit this selfish woman
“LetWhen you ca room?”
“……”
Masuzu has beeneye contact, but she looked down for a little
Just by this little gesture, I understood everything There’s no doubt Masuzu sahat happened that day
“Because I don’t want you to misunderstand, I will say it first, that is just an accident”
“Accident?”
“We were arguing whether we should take me to the hospital, and it turned out that way, there is nobehind it”
“So, you didn’t go out with Harusaki-san?”
Masuzu’s blue eyes locked onto ain
“This is—rather disappointing”
“Disappointing?”
“I think it would be nice if you can become real lovers with Harusaki-san”
She’s saying weird stuff again
Hoping that others’ love life would blosso from someone like Natsukawa Masuzu
“We are anti-love, we hate, dislike and look down upon lovers Probably from now, till forever, I will maintain this stance However, Eita-kun still has a chance”
“What chance?”
“A chance to become happy[4]”
Masuzu answered, full of passion
“As soirlfriend”, only me, who read the notebook understand the bond between you and Harusaki-san ht say, or however Fuyuumi-san disturbs you, you would definitely end up with her”
She probably is talking about the “I must become a doctor to cure Chiwa” part
But—
“Sorry for ive such a passionate speech, but I’m afraid that is impossible We are not in the type of relationshi+p you are talking about
“Why? Both of you clearly like each other”
“I spoke about this with Chiwa before, I will only treat her as a family member, not a love interest”
“Even if this is the case, it e”
I was starting to get annoyed
“Whyme up with Chiwa?”
“There is”
I was surprised to see Masuzu tear up
“Even for so and despicable asthat there are people as beautiful as you two I can live on just by knowing this”
“……”
“So, please, become happy with Harusaki-san”
I turned ulp
This girl……
Such a kind request, it is hard to iine that she is “Natsukawa Masuzu”
The waitress caive ain, but ed herself back What proverb was it supposed to be?
“We were drea all this time huh”
Masuzu said while folding the wet napkin on the table
“Both of us are anti-love, we fabricated the daydreas happened, both happy and sad, but a dream will always end”
“By that, do you mean now?”
“When we break up……do it cleanly”
Masuzu raised her head and smiled
“I a to use my oay to help the both of you This is the ai Out Your Maiden Self”
“I can’t make do with that”
I frowned at the seely happy Masuzu
“Is this really for the best? I don’t mind it if you had always treatedreal between us But, from now on, will you—“
“But”
Masuzu cut me off halfway
“Your aiht?”
“That’s right”
Even if it is just me ants this, I won’t compromise