CH 36

It’s now 6 pm.

The activities after lunch were really tedious.

I’ve been listening to the teacher’s talk and doing things I don’t understand.

There was hardly any time to spend with Kotoha. I’m not sure how many times I’ve almost died from the lack of “Kotoha elements” in my life.

But! From now on, it’s dinner with Kotoha, campfires, and ballroom dancing! After going through hell, there’s heaven. My spirits were lifted by the prospect of paradise.

First, there’s dinner. I’ll ask her out as soon as I can, I thought and went to talk to her.

But before I could ask her out, …….

“Shirayuki-san, do you have a minute?”

Ichijo was talking to Kotoha. I wonder if this is trouble again. It’s troublesome at this time.

I’m not sure if I should stop this, I’m a little worried.

“What is it? I don’t want to be alone with a thieving cat whose identity I don’t even know”

And. Kotoha, told by Ichijo, does not even try to hide her caution and says so. But don’t forget.

“Oh, if you won’t comply, I might as well start a ‘bad’ rumor about you and Sasaki-san. What should I do?”

She is a cunning woman. This time, too, she used a very dirty trick. Kotoha’s face twitched when she heard this.

“Are you trying to get me and Tsuzuri-kun in trouble?”

Oh, she’s probably mad. I thought. I don’t know what she’s going to do if he gets any more heated, and if the teacher comes, we’ll have a problem.

I tried to intervene to stop the girls, but …….

“No, we can avoid that situation if Shirayuki-san agrees to my suggestion, okay?”

But first, Ichijo was negotiating with her.

“Haah. …I understand”

Kotoha agrees with her suggestion, probably because she has no choice.

Oh no, I think. I think I’ve completely lost sight of the timing of my intervention.

I knew what I had to do. I decided to follow Kotoha so that I could help her immediately if she was in danger.

“I’ll get straight to the point. Get your hands off Sasaki-kun”

The location was near an unpopulated parking lot. As soon as we arrived, Ichijo immediately made a move on Kotoha. It’s the battle of love again.

“What? I’m not sure I understand what you’re talking about. You are the one who has no room to come between us. I would appreciate it if you would back off”

That’s what Ichijo said to Kotoha. Of course, she doesn’t seem to have the will to give up even a single step.

I’m sure that the usual hefty battle will begin again. I thought so, but…

My prediction was brilliantly wrong.

“…Why?”

In response to Kotoha’s reply, her appearance suddenly changed. Her usual reserve was nowhere to be seen.

It was the first time I had ever seen her so passionate.

“Why you! Why you! I’m as good-looking as you, and I’m the best student in this school! Why you!”

I’m just as good-looking as you!

Kotoha heard that, and—

“…….”

She remained silent. I’m sure she’s having trouble figuring out how to respond to Ichijo’s abrupt change.

She took it as silence and continued to speak.

“What … I’m the right person !? Why are you the one standing beside him? I love him, I love Sasaki-san just as much as you do, if not more! If that’s the case, Then you could have at least looked back at me a little!”

But as soon as she said that, the air froze. This was because the air surrounding Kotoha had clearly changed.

“So, what made you fall in love with Tsuzuri-kun, and why do you like him?”

Ichijo was slightly pressured by the atmosphere and continued to speak. But—

“Let’s see, It’s love at first sight! But some loves start there, and I still take this—seriously”

Her words didn’t last until the end.

“Don’t be silly”

This was because Kotoha had interrupted her. She had a clear look of anger on her face, and—

“Stop messing around!”

A moment later, her angry voice rang out.

“Don’t confuse your love for Tsuzuri-kun with my love for him! Don’t get in our way for such a flimsy reason! You don’t know anything about…! You don’t know anything about!”

Her sharp, angry voice clearly struck my eardrums. I was too timid, too stupid to take a small step.

Probably. No, this is a certainty. Kotoha thinks that I’m—

I think he likes me. As the opposite sex, as a love interest.

In this way, the doubts I had harbored for a long time turned into conviction, and at the same time. A determination was born in my heart.

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