CH 6

Chapter-6

Childhood friend and Another Challenge

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Time passed by, and it was the next morning.

As I was getting ready for school, the intercom suddenly rang. There is only one person who comes to my house at this time of the day. Of course, that person is...

"Tsuzuri-kun, are you awake? If you say you're still asleep, I'll just leave you here!"

Yes, it's my beloved Kotoba! I can hear her, lovely sound, echoing from the outside. What a happy person I am. But I'm sure many of you are wondering here. "Aren't you, as a man, supposed to pick up Kotoba from her place instead?"

To tell you the truth, Kotoba and I have been doing this since middle school, picking each other up from each other's houses on different days. It's not an exaggeration to say that we're practically dating.

Once again, I found myself in my own world. It's my usual bad habit. But, Kotoba is waiting for me outside, so I can't be absent-minded forever.

In a hurry, I finished getting ready and ran to the front door. When I opened the door with great force, I found━

━an angel was there. No, she's always an angel, but today she looks even more adorable. A girl who keeps improving her cuteness rank every day, that's Kotoha. Whenever I saw her, I forgot about the time and fell in love with her all over again.

I wondered how much time had passed. Before I knew it, she was glaring at me, her complexion like a ripe apple.

"? What's the matter, Kotoba?"

"Tsu, Tsuzuri-kun, would you mind not looking at me as I'm uncomfortable?"

"Ouch, you're still as harsh as ever."

The sweet atmosphere of yesterday was gone, and suddenly a sharp tongue came flying out. Yes, atmosphere is important. In order not to be attacked by Kotoba any more, and to ask about the "thing", I changed the subject.

"By the way, Kotoba-san, where is the thing?"

On our way home yesterday, I brought up a "certain promise" that I had made to Kotoba. Hearing this, Kotoba's complexion turned increasingly red.

"A, a, ara, umm, that's! I'll give it to you during lunch break! So stop talking about it!"

"Alright, I'm looking forward to it."

Yes! I'm sure many of you have noticed by now! That' right! This is the " Event where the Girl Makes Me a Bento!" I can't believe I'm going to be able to eat Kotoba's homemade bento, filled with love, at the high school where my youth takes place!

Aha, I feel so happy that my vision is blurred....

"Eh, why are you crying? We have a creepy pervert here, someone call the police."

"No, please return my excitement!"

"Isn't Tsuzuri-kun too crazy to be moved to tears by a single bento?"

"No, no, no, I'm not moved by a bento from a convenience store or one made by my mother! It's only because my beloved Kotoba made it━"

"Ah mou~ I understand! Please stop!"

As we continued talking as usual, I looked up at the sky. Wishing that this ordinary but happy life would continue forever. That is what I prayed to God for.

But after one difficulty, there was another. Apparently, God doesn't want us to live in peace. It seems that the request I made just a moment ago was rejected.

I remove my gaze from the azure sky.

Then he shifted his gaze to the person walking in front of him. Normally, I don't pay attention to the people I pass, but this time I had no choice. Long black hair, a crisp expression, and a figure that can be described as━

━Yamato Nadeshiko. The girl standing in front of us is the new student representative, Asuka Ichijo.

"Good morning, Sasaki-san. What an odd coincidence to meet you here, no?"

For some reason, she smiled at me in a friendly way and started to talk to me. Like yesterday, I didn't know how to react, so I fell silent.

But she just kept smiling and didn't appear to be looking for a response from me.

An indescribable air takes over the place. The new student representative smiled, I was confused, and Kotoba glared at her sullenly...

The first person to break this very uncomfortable silence was... Kotoba

"Is there something you want from me, Tsukuri-kun? Freshman Representative-san."

As she said this, Asuka Ichijo turned to face Kotoba. She has a very different smile on her face than the one she had for me.

"Oh, Shirayuki-san, you're here. I was wondering what kind of oversized trash that was attached to Sasaki-san, but I didn't realize it was a human. Sorry."

"What?!"

There were sparks flying between them. I wanted to hold my head in my hands as one ordeal after another came at me.