Chapter 18: What a terrible start to the day!
It was Monday morning, the day after Kaede’s mother opened a new door for me.
The time was now 7:50 am and the place was the classroom of class 1, year 4.
I was faced with a big problem.
As soon as I walked into the classroom, I was met with stares of interest, jealousy, and hatred, my heart had already been racing even before that.
“Good morning, Yuya. How does it feel to be the star of today’s show?”
As soon as I got to my seat, my best friend Higure Shinji called out to me.
Shinji was on the same soccer team as me and my best friend on the pitch. At 165 centimeters tall, he was a bit small for a soccer player, but the creative passes he made with his feet were just perfect for me.
His soft and cute appearance, combined with his friendly personality, made him popular with girls as a dog boy, and when he first entered high school, he was approached by many girls, both classmates and seniors, but he turned them all down. This was because there was a girl, he fell in love with at first sight, and was already in a relationship with her.
“Good morning, Shinji. Well, if I had to describe my situation in one word, it would be ‘h**l’.”
“Well, it can’t be helped. What else did you expect, coming to the school arm in arm with that Hitotsuba Kaede. Shouldn’t you have prepared yourself for such a situation to happen?”
“… Shut up. I’ve said it many times. I told her it would be pretty bad to do this. But Kaede didn’t listen to me. If I didn’t give in, she would have started to cry…”
Oh no. I was unconsciously remembering the agony I went through when I left home, and I said it out loud. My blood began draining from my face.
“Ah, I see. You really should have expected that, Yuya.”
Shinji’s dumbfounded voice pierced me. The only saving grace was that everyone was interested but hesitant to listen. This would get me through without any further questioning until the morning assembly chime. Just when I thought that…
“Hey, hey, Yoshi! Is it true that you and Kaede-chan have started going out!?”
The appearance of another person ruined my peace of mind and destroyed my hopes.
“… From whom did you hear that from, Otsuki-san?”
“Of course, it was Kaede-chan herself, right? After school last Friday, she said ‘I’m going to confess my feelings to Yoshizumi-kun’, but I hadn’t heard the result since then. But this morning’s commotion brought it back to my attention! Well, I’m sure you didn’t refuse Kaede-chan’s confession!”
The girl who looked like a ball of energy while laughing was Kaede’s classmate, Otsuki Akiho. She was a small girl with a bobbed haircut making her look like a legal loli. But despite her size, her b*****s might be as big as Kaede’s, if not even bigger.
“Akiho. It’s almost time for homeroom to start, you know. You shouldn’t be in our class now. Hurry up and go back.”
“Bwah… Shin-kun’s a jerk. Don’t you want to be with me, Shin-kun? Don’t you?”
“Ah, come on. Of course, I want to be with you. But if you don’t go back, the teacher will get mad at you.”
I sighed at the sudden pink exchange between Shinji and Otsuki-san, with more heart marks than usual. Yes, the person Shinji fell in love with at first sight was this Otsuki Akiho, and she also fell in love with Shinji at first sight. Now they were a famous silly couple when they were together.
“If you’re going to do it, do it somewhere else, you stupid couple. I can’t stand the sight of you both in the morning.”
“I can’t hear you! I don’t want this to be told by some couple who just came to school this morning happily arm-in-arm!”
“That’s right, Yuya. You talk about yourself like you’re different, but you’re the most delightful person I’ve ever seen, okay? You’re more of a couple than we are.”
Shinji and Otsuki-san have declared Kaede and me to be a couple! No, that’s not possible. I wasn’t delightful at all and ignored them.
“– For all your talk of getting away from me back then, you didn’t actually want to peel me off, did you?”
I was embarrassed to admit, but more than that, I was smelling Kaede’s scent. This made me remember how soft and heavenly her body had been when we had linked arm in arm. Yes, I didn’t really want to peel her off.
“If this is what you really think… then please say it earlier. I’m ready to give it all up for you, Yuya-kun. If you want, you can enjoy my body tonight?”
“… Kaede. You can’t say such a thing in school. And I won’t even enjoy it, will I? I mean, what are you saying… in the morning…?”
I was absentmindedly resting on my elbow when suddenly I heard a voice behind me. I wanted to respond appropriately, but halfway through I realized that it was the lustrous, devilish voice I’d been hearing for the past two days, and when I turned around fearfully, I saw Kaede standing there. No way! Why are you here, Kaede!
“I just came to see you because I felt lonely thinking that I won’t be able see my beloved boyfriend until noon, you know? Is that bad?”
“Okay, let’s calm down a bit. I’m not your boyfriend because I haven’t responded to your confession yet. And I don’t enjoy being teased either. I prefer shy women. I’d rather not be tempted by someone who is so open about it. If you understand, come back later.”
“… I understand. If you say so much, then please be prepared for tonight then, okay? I’m going to go back to the classroom because HR is about to start, Akiho-chan.”
Turning on her heel, Kaede went back to her class with Otsuki-san. Oh dear. Just getting to school was so intense, at least she didn’t come all the way to the classroom to declare war.
“… Hey, Yuya. Can I ask you one question?”
“What is it, Shinji? Just say it.”
“No, I know it’s surely impossible, but I’m really curious about that… Do you, Yuya and Hitotsuba-san live together?”
I remembered our earlier conversation and plopped down with a thud, hitting my head on the desk. Anyone who listened to that conversation would have thought of that possibility! How stupid of me!
“Yeah… I get it. I’m sure there’s something going on, so for now, I just feel… sorry for your troubles.”
The words of sympathy that my best friend uttered in a dumbfounded voice shattered my heart into a million pieces.
How terrible this day starts! I shouted as hard as possible in my mind.
Chapter 18: What a terrible start to the day!
It was Monday morning, the day after Kaede’s mother opened a new door for me.
The time was now 7:50 am and the place was the classroom of class 1, year 4.
I was faced with a big problem.
As soon as I walked into the classroom, I was met with stares of interest, jealousy, and hatred, my heart had already been racing even before that.
“Good morning, Yuya. How does it feel to be the star of today’s show?”
As soon as I got to my seat, my best friend Higure Shinji called out to me.
Shinji was on the same soccer team as me and my best friend on the pitch. At 165 centimeters tall, he was a bit small for a soccer player, but the creative passes he made with his feet were just perfect for me.
His soft and cute appearance, combined with his friendly personality, made him popular with girls as a dog boy, and when he first entered high school, he was approached by many girls, both classmates and seniors, but he turned them all down. This was because there was a girl, he fell in love with at first sight, and was already in a relationship with her.
“Good morning, Shinji. Well, if I had to describe my situation in one word, it would be ‘h**l’.”
“Well, it can’t be helped. What else did you expect, coming to the school arm in arm with that Hitotsuba Kaede. Shouldn’t you have prepared yourself for such a situation to happen?”
“… Shut up. I’ve said it many times. I told her it would be pretty bad to do this. But Kaede didn’t listen to me. If I didn’t give in, she would have started to cry…”
Oh no. I was unconsciously remembering the agony I went through when I left home, and I said it out loud. My blood began draining from my face.
“Ah, I see. You really should have expected that, Yuya.”
Shinji’s dumbfounded voice pierced me. The only saving grace was that everyone was interested but hesitant to listen. This would get me through without any further questioning until the morning assembly chime. Just when I thought that…
“Hey, hey, Yoshi! Is it true that you and Kaede-chan have started going out!?”
The appearance of another person ruined my peace of mind and destroyed my hopes.
“… From whom did you hear that from, Otsuki-san?”
“Of course, it was Kaede-chan herself, right? After school last Friday, she said ‘I’m going to confess my feelings to Yoshizumi-kun’, but I hadn’t heard the result since then. But this morning’s commotion brought it back to my attention! Well, I’m sure you didn’t refuse Kaede-chan’s confession!”
The girl who looked like a ball of energy while laughing was Kaede’s classmate, Otsuki Akiho. She was a small girl with a bobbed haircut making her look like a legal loli. But despite her size, her b*****s might be as big as Kaede’s, if not even bigger.
“Akiho. It’s almost time for homeroom to start, you know. You shouldn’t be in our class now. Hurry up and go back.”
“Bwah… Shin-kun’s a jerk. Don’t you want to be with me, Shin-kun? Don’t you?”
“Ah, come on. Of course, I want to be with you. But if you don’t go back, the teacher will get mad at you.”
I sighed at the sudden pink exchange between Shinji and Otsuki-san, with more heart marks than usual. Yes, the person Shinji fell in love with at first sight was this Otsuki Akiho, and she also fell in love with Shinji at first sight. Now they were a famous silly couple when they were together.
“If you’re going to do it, do it somewhere else, you stupid couple. I can’t stand the sight of you both in the morning.”
“I can’t hear you! I don’t want this to be told by some couple who just came to school this morning happily arm-in-arm!”
“That’s right, Yuya. You talk about yourself like you’re different, but you’re the most delightful person I’ve ever seen, okay? You’re more of a couple than we are.”
Shinji and Otsuki-san have declared Kaede and me to be a couple! No, that’s not possible. I wasn’t delightful at all and ignored them.
“– For all your talk of getting away from me back then, you didn’t actually want to peel me off, did you?”
I was embarrassed to admit, but more than that, I was smelling Kaede’s scent. This made me remember how soft and heavenly her body had been when we had linked arm in arm. Yes, I didn’t really want to peel her off.
“If this is what you really think… then please say it earlier. I’m ready to give it all up for you, Yuya-kun. If you want, you can enjoy my body tonight?”
“… Kaede. You can’t say such a thing in school. And I won’t even enjoy it, will I? I mean, what are you saying… in the morning…?”
I was absentmindedly resting on my elbow when suddenly I heard a voice behind me. I wanted to respond appropriately, but halfway through I realized that it was the lustrous, devilish voice I’d been hearing for the past two days, and when I turned around fearfully, I saw Kaede standing there. No way! Why are you here, Kaede!
“I just came to see you because I felt lonely thinking that I won’t be able see my beloved boyfriend until noon, you know? Is that bad?”
“Okay, let’s calm down a bit. I’m not your boyfriend because I haven’t responded to your confession yet. And I don’t enjoy being teased either. I prefer shy women. I’d rather not be tempted by someone who is so open about it. If you understand, come back later.”
“… I understand. If you say so much, then please be prepared for tonight then, okay? I’m going to go back to the classroom because HR is about to start, Akiho-chan.”
Turning on her heel, Kaede went back to her class with Otsuki-san. Oh dear. Just getting to school was so intense, at least she didn’t come all the way to the classroom to declare war.
“… Hey, Yuya. Can I ask you one question?”
“What is it, Shinji? Just say it.”
“No, I know it’s surely impossible, but I’m really curious about that… Do you, Yuya and Hitotsuba-san live together?”
I remembered our earlier conversation and plopped down with a thud, hitting my head on the desk. Anyone who listened to that conversation would have thought of that possibility! How stupid of me!
“Yeah… I get it. I’m sure there’s something going on, so for now, I just feel… sorry for your troubles.”
The words of sympathy that my best friend uttered in a dumbfounded voice shattered my heart into a million pieces.
How terrible this day starts! I shouted as hard as possible in my mind.
