CH 57

Until lunchtime, neither Ren nor Wakaba had a chance to talk because they were surrounded by everyone else.

In Ren’s mind, things were going according to his intentions at the moment.

He knew that under the current circumstances, she would not be able to say no right away.

He did not want to be disliked by Wakaba.

He wants her to like him no matter what.

That is why there is not enough time.

He had always wanted to go out with Wakaba.

Finally, he thought that he would be able to go out with her soon.

If she takes a little more time, he is sure that she will fall in love with him.

She will forget about Daiki, too.

“It’s just a little more time.”

It was a decision for Ren as well.

Ren is just being honest about his feelings.

He is smart enough to manipulate everyone.

No matter what was said, he would use any available strategy, and he wanted time to get Wakaba to like him.

After lunchtime, Wakaba was being asked a lot of questions by everyone, but she couldn’t answer any of them.

She could not lie, and was simply at the mercy of everyone’s momentum.

Instead, Chika responded.

“Wakaba is in trouble right now”

Chika was able to deceive them, and she was able to explain to them as much as she knew.

She took her time and talked slowly.

The chime sounded in the middle of the conversation, and Wakaba was relieved that she didn’t have to say anything.

She felt she had to thank Chika, and when she looked at Chika, she looked exhausted.

She decided to also tell her how sorry she was.

“If I had done my part, I wouldn’t have caused Chika so much trouble…”

Feeling depressed, Chika tapped her shoulder and said

“It’s the other way around. If I hadn’t done something unnecessary, this wouldn’t have happened…”

She said in a small voice.

She was really sorry, but decided to be lenient for now.

After school ended that day, Wakaba went ahead to the meeting place with Ren before everyone caught up with her.

They were supposed to meet at a park near the school, so she sat on a bench and waited for Ren to arrive.

Chika seemed to be nearby, which reassured Wakaba, but she didn’t feel she could tell him how she felt after seeing everyone’s reactions today.

A message came in from Ren that he would be arriving soon.

Wakaba started to get nervous at once.

“Wakaba, sorry to keep you waiting.”

Ren came running to the bench.

“Don’t worry, I’m not waiting for long”

She replied, but could not find the words to say after that.

“What do you want to talk about?”

Ren couldn’t wait to ask.

Wakaba also made up her mind.

“I’d like to talk to you about that…

…

I was thinking of replying to your confession…”

Wakaba thought about it and decided to reject it properly.

But Ren said

“I want you to think about it for the rest of the year.

I know this is selfish of me, but I don’t think your feelings are clear yet.

I know everyone is supporting us, so I want you to take your time and think about it before giving me an answer.

Is that okay?”

Ren said, emphasizing that he had set a time frame on his own so that Wakaba wouldn’t have to reject him and that everyone was supporting them.

“But I feel bad that I’m making you wait”.

Wakaba still tried to refuse, but

But Ren said

“I want you to think about it at least for the rest of this year.

I will become a man more suitable for Wakaba than I am now.

I want you to wait until you see that before you give me your answer!”

He tried to make me postpone her answer.

Wakaba, too, thought it would be better to

“I will give it some more thought and get back to you.”

Decide it later.

Ren was glad she didn’t answer right away.

This was why he said he would give her until the end of this year.

He thought that if he told them that their friends were supporting them, she would compromise on the time frame.

Ren was not confident.

But a little more time would make it more likely.

That is why he wanted to take as much time as possible.

There is a winter break at the end of the year, there is Christmas, and if they can spend New Year’s Eve together and go to Hatsumode, then the possibilities will increase.

There was no way he could take it easy like he had been doing.

During the school year, he decided to actively ask her out on dates and appeal to everyone at school, and first of all, he wanted to close the outer moat.

“Don’t worry. I will make you like me so that I can get a good answer!”

Wakaba could only nod.

“I’m sorry I told everyone first.

I should have asked Wakaba first, but some of my friends were asking me for advice, so they asked me, and I had to tell everyone immediately, is everything okay?”

Wakaba could only say that she was fine.

After that, Ren was talking so much that Wakaba didn’t even have a chance to talk to him.

Chika, who had been watching the two of them from her hiding place, felt a sense of discomfort.

She saw that Ren did not seem to have the same composure as before.

He seemed to be in a hurry.

It seemed somehow dangerous.