11 Please become my friend! (1/2)

The tomboyish beauty that loved to wear male clothing, Chiaki Wakaba, was the ace member of the drama club. Therefore, she was quite famous in certain circles.

With pressure coming from her, the chattering girls reluctantly left until only Chiaki, Mika, and Seiji remained.

”Seigo Harano… not bad for a fake name, but I still think your original name sounds better.” Chiaki said in a low voice and smiled at him. She knew about Seiji’s real name and situation through her best friend, Mika Uehara.

Seiji scratched his face.

After personally meeting this best friend of hers that Mika had told him about beforehand, he finally understood some of the things that Mika had previously said.

Why did blondie have his eyes on Mika? Other than her outstanding appearance and attractiveness, there was also the fact that blondie had seemed to have heard some rumors and had come to a misunderstanding.

Then the next problem was the origin of these rumors. And why did they spread in the first place?

Mika believed that it was because she had an excellent friend with high charisma. As this friend of hers was quite popular with certain female student cliques, it caused Mika to become the target of jealousy as she was quite close to Chiaki.

”It just can’t be helped. As Chiaki’s truly beautiful and has her own unique charm, many girls are secretly in love with her…” That was what Mika told him at the time with a wry smile.

As one of the best friends of this famous, charismatic tomboy prince, Mika became the target of vicious rumors fueled by jealousy.

School was a bit simpler than adult society, but some nastiness was still unavoidable.

”Harano-kun, can you drink alcohol?”

”Huh?” Seiji blinked. ”I’m still underage, and I believe you are as well.”

”Don’t be such a drag—as Mika’s best friend, I’d really like to have a drink with the hero that saved her!” Chiaki smiled and licked her lips: ”There’s plenty of alcohol at my place—you should come on over!”

Her tiny action in tandem with her words made her seem quite devilish.

Seiji raised his eyebrows and was just about to retort, when he was suddenly interrupted.

”No! Sei… Er, Seigo can’t drink alcohol!” Mika interrupted the conversation, ”You as well, Chiaki. I’ve said it many times—you should stop secretly drinking!”

”Alcohol is one of the greatest joys in life. You won’t miss out if you try it a bit earlier!” Chiaki smiled seductively, ”And if you get drunk, you can do some even more interesting things…”

”What interesting things are you talking about!?” Mika forcefully denied her. ”No is no. Alcohol is something that’s not good for you.”

”Drinking juice will be fine.” Seiji smiled, ”If you have free time, you can come to the shop I work at—the sweets there taste delicious.”

With him leading the conversation skillfully, they began talking about everything.

The pigtailed beauty, the tomboyish prince, and the idol-like handsome boy… the three of them chatting happily seemed like it was a scene out of an idol drama.

However, such a beautiful scene was unappreciated, even hurtful, to certain people.

Such as Kazufuru Ooike.

Witnessing this scene, the clogged feeling in his heart increased even further. Mika Uehara wasn’t anyone special, but Chiaki Wakaba was a well-renowned and popular girl at school, and even Natsuya Yoruhana appreciated her talent.

He had tried his best to make friends with Chiaki Wakaba before as well, but she used skillful methods to reject him politely.

And now, that Seigo Harano was having a conversation with her as if they were old buddies.

He absolutely couldn’t stand it!

But what could he possibly do?

Although some dark ideas popped into Kazufuru Ooike’s mind, he firmly pushed them away.

In every instance, he always defeated his opponents directly from the front. Regardless of whether it was looks, elegance, grades, or sports, he would always defeat them fairly, and he never cheated or used any dirty tricks whatsoever.

He believed in his own excellence—apart from his family background, every quality of his was upper-class!

Judging by his appearance, Seigo Harano seemed like a strong opponent.

But so what? He, Kazufuru Ooike, could defeat him as well, just like all the others!

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During all the classes in the morning, other than chatting with Mika and Chiaki, Seiji had become acquainted with some other classmates.

But he could only smile wryly at the fact that the only ones who treated him warmly were the girls. In fact, none of the boys proactively came to talk to him, and if he tried talking to any boy, any response he received was either indifferent or clearly distant.

It seemed that there were downsides to having such a good appearance as well.

What should he do about this?

It was already time for the lunch break, and as Seiji considered his problem and stood up from his seat, he noticed a male student with short brown hair, glasses, and a delicate face walking over.

”Hello, Harano-san.”

”Hello.”

”I’m the student council secretary, Kazufuru Ooike, and President Yoruhana specially ordered me to take good care of you after you transferred here.” Kazufuru nudged his glasses upwards, ”After a morning of classes, do you feel like you are having any troubles? If you feel like you can’t understand the classes or if there’s some other problems, I would be glad to assist you.”

Seiji took a good look at this above-average handsome guy who embodied the very image of an excellent student.

”W… what is it?” Kazufuru felt uncomfortable being stared at like this.

”Can you help me with any trouble?” Seiji’s mouth arced upward.

”Er… yes, if I’m able to be of help.” Kazufuru nodded. Since the president had made a request, he had to at least look good on the surface.

Seiji suddenly stepped forward and suddenly grabbed his hand.

”Please become my friend!”

This one sentence resounded clearly throughout the whole classroom.