Volume 1 - CH 10

There is a little bit of Ena’s point of view at first.

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[Ena’s POV]

There’s no particular reason to the fact that I chose Kouyou as the subject of the false confession.

Of course I know it’s a rude thing to do but, if I don’t do it like this I might not be able to cure Koyomi’s dislike of boyfriends.

Naturally I have some worries too.

No matter how obedient he looks, I don’t really know anything about him.

It’s just that I might have held some expectations.

He always seems to be living at his own pace, but somehow I feel like he has a heart. Even during the gym festival, he made a legend by actually not appearing during the day in question just as what he said he’ll do. He looks like he don’t usually think but it turns out that he’s pretty thoughtful.

It’s a shame that it’s only in the negative direction, though.

Maybe he could be the one to save Koyomi? I wonder if Koyomi will fall in love with Kouyou in that way? That’s what I thought.

Apparently it looks like my expectations was right on target.

He pleasantly chased off the weird guy who came to the class.

How about this? I thought, so I forced her to go on a date with him.

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[Kouyou’s POV]

Right now, I am immensely irritated.

The cause is this guy. The one who had spoken for a very long time without shutting up.

A person called Sakai Shou.

Every time this guy speaks, the things I love, the things I greatly love, the things I’m in love with are getting further and further away from me.

Apparently the talking had reached its climax, and he was talking even faster. I no longer had time to even make a gesture to show I was listening.

It seems like he is talking about what happened to Tachibana after they broke up.

At that moment, I felt like I heard the voice of something snapping within me. I have reached the limit of my endurance. I’ll let him have it.

“Um, I’m sorry. I don’t think I get what you are talking about.”

First I’ll talk calmly to stop him.

“Haa!?”

It was obvious that he looks pissed off when I intervene in his speaking.

Be patient…..

If I get angry, I lose…….

“No, it’s not like I’m trying to pick a fight, and I’m not imitating Sandwich Man either, please don’t be mean.”

“I’m not trying to be a jerk⁉︎What? Why do  you suddenly stop me talking?”

“Um, don’t you think it’s enough now? You keep talking about Tachibana when she was in middle school, I don’t have any interest in that.”

“Heeー, it doesn’t matter what her past is! Something like that?”

It is as clear as day that he is smiling despite being angry. What a dexterous guy.

“Yes, I honestly don’t really care.”

“Do you think you are cool if you speak that way?”

“…..?…No, I don’t know about being cool or whatever, but I’m already tired. Listening to you speak without stopping makes me feel irritated.”

“It’s so sweet of you to be angry for her.”

“I’m not really the type of person to get angry for someone though? I am angry for myself. What’s important is not the past but the present, right?”

“Stop saying anything cool. You will understand later? You should stop now!”

“To each their own, right? At least I’ve never felt bad about it, though, have I? ”

This man. Of all things, he denied it in front of me. I can’t do this anymore. I’m tired. I don’t want to talk to this person anymore.

“Haahh……is it enough now? We are going on a date today. We don’t have time to deal with you.”

“Oioi, wait!”

Boom!

“Hey you, can you stop it already! I told you I’m on a date right? I don’t have time to listen to your bullcrap. I don’t even have a slight bit of interest in her past, you know. Don’t get excited all by yourself!?”

“What the hell!”

“In the first place, don’t ask me to agree with you every time. It was just too boring that I was about to play with my phone, you know? Right? Isn’t it funny? Just shut up! I’m not even listening to 10% of what you are saying! I’ve lost interest with the first word! You’ve been talking about it for a long time by yourself. Tachibana doesn’t even seem happy at all. If you want to reminisce so badly, just go home and look at your album while talking to yourself! It’s too damn long! We’re running out of time! We only have until 5:30 p.m.!”

Yes, this is the reason why I’m frustrated.

When I was walking, I found out through my smartphone that the cafe that just started last week has only a limited time on Thursday every week.

I didn’t know about it because I was too busy working last week to come.

If we miss this chance this week, it will be postponed to the week after the next since I had a shift next week. Every time this guy talks, the time is ticking further away.

The time is now 5:25p.m. If I hurry now, I’ll probably be able to only get one. Don’t joke with me.

He wanted to ruin that precious time by reminiscing about the past. You can’t help but be angry. Memories are only fun for the people involved. For those who don’t know, it’s just a painful time.

The present time is more important to me than the past.

He said that I would have regretted it so I had better stop. What the hell do you know about parfait?

“Huh? Limited time? Don’t say something complicated, damn glasses!”

“Shut up, you fucking naked eye. I wear contacts when I exercise. Don’t mount me just because you have good eyesight. You’re that kind of guy, right? You can’t be the only one to join in the conversation while your friends are talking about glasses and contacts, so you try to brag about how pathetic it is that you guys have bad eyesight. When you put on your contacts, everyone else is so used to putting them on that they’re done in no time, but you’re the only one who slows down and says, “Huh? What’s wrong? You’re the only one who slows down and tries hard to cover up the fact that you can’t put them on, right?”

“Hey, ……! ………, shut the fuck up!”

“So I was right…..”

“No! What about ……! Apparently, freaks deserve freaky boyfriends!”

“Eh?……Wait, wait just a minute………….setting me aside, how is Tachibana a freak?”

“Ha, Haa!? I said it just now right!!?”

“Sorry, I wasn’t listening. Didn’t I mentioned that?”

“Oh, oh⁉︎………? ……… No…so this person knew she was being cheated on and even changed her character to get people to look at her! How about that! It’s interesting, right? It’s funny, right?.”

“Eh? Not really though? ……..E…..Eh? And that’s why you were talking so happily? What a happy person. …… I think it’s good.”

“Huh!? She used to be a sh#tty communicator and now she’s like this?”

“I mean, I may look like a jerk, but when I was in kindergarten I was a very naughty kid, and all I see in my photo albums are pictures of me running around the house naked. But then, one day, I saw a cool character in a manga that I liked, and I admired him so much that I started copying him, and that’s how I became the person I am today. Well, that cool character was such a scumbag that I hate him now. Normally, when you love something, you want to change for it, don’t you? It’s natural and I don’t think it’s strange at all. Everyone has an embarrassing story. I think it’s old-fashioned to dig them out and make fun of them. Besides, I think it’s much weirder and more interesting for you to be cheating on your girlfriend without hesitation and telling people about it.

“Tch……….!”

“If you don’t have any more business why don’t you just go home? I don’t have any more time to spend on you.”

“Uh…..Damn it!”

He said that and left.

Damn it! What kind of small fry character is that?

Anyhow, now I can have a parfait….!

Or so I thought and looked at my phone,

32 minutes.

Aah…..this is the worst, I didn’t make it in time.

Uh….Damn!

……………… Hahh, I guess I’ll give up.

When I looked to my side, I saw Tachibana shaking. Was it so hard for him to miss the parfait? Or was it because that guy made fun of her?

I don’t really understand but for now I’ll try to ask.

“Ehh….Um……..are you alright?”

“I’m sorry, I might not be alright…….”

Then she suddenly leaned her face to my chest and started to cry.

I don’t know what I should do in this situation, so for now I decided to just pat her head until she calms down.