CH 18

Active Girl Devises a Plan

Side: Ichinose Akari

“Umm, I am not planning to do anything weird to Hiura-san, I am just trying to thank him because I was saved by Kamishiro Kousei!”

Hmm…..she casually said it but she did meet Kousei-sama in person. Moreover, she was saved by him too. Hee…….I have to get more details…

“What kind of situation did he help you from I wonder? It would be great if you share it with me, you know?”

“Uhh……please don’t tell anyone okay?”

“I won’t, I won’t!”

“This is really really a secret okay?”

“Of course I will keep it a secret! I’m your best friend after all, you can tell me anything!”

This is bad. Reika is fidgeting while telling me to keep a secret you know? Her destructive power is too high…..I have never seen Reika act like this before…….what in the world did you do to her, Kousei-sama…….

“So, what happened?”

“Three days ago, I went out to buy some ink in the evening.”

“Hm Hm, nothing strange so far.”

“Nothing particularly happened when I bought the ink but on my way back I got entangled with 3 flashily dressed men you see…….”

“Uwaaa…..Reika is cute after all. But wouldn’t it be okay if you just call for help?”

“I was fine because it happened from time to time but it might be because it was getting dark, they were being persistent and the people ignored us too…….”

So she’s fine with it because it often happened to her huh……..she’s absolutely panicking and that slipped for sure. Yup, yup, so those delinquents ended up being persistent?

Maybe Reika was talking politely and didn’t firmly reject them so they didn’t stop I guess?

But, I can see now where this is going!

“Then you were saved by Kousei-sama right! That is so envious, Reika!”

“Y, Yes. He gave me what he had on hand and pretended to be my acquaintance to help me.”

“Hee, that was your first experience with him so you want to know more about him right! As I thought, he really is cool isn’t he! Did you fall for him? You fell for him right?”

“No…….I don’t think that is the case……but…..maybe I’ve become his fan……..”

RIGHT! Being saved by such a person, anyone would start to like him…..eh, eh? Did she say that she became a fan?

“Reika, when did you have your first love?”

“I don’t have any yet though……”

Hmm. so that’s it huh……this is……really? So it’s like that after all! Reika has finally–!? But….hmm?”

“Hmm? How is Hiura-kun related to all this?”

“YES! PLEASE HEAR ME OUT AKARI-CHAN!”

“Yes! I’m listening!”

“Kousei-san knew my name!”

Did that happen after he helped her from being hit on?

“You never introduce yourself to him right?”

“Yes! He called me Reika-san on our first meeting and when we parted ways, he called me Eihashi-san you know. As I thought, that person knows my full name!”

He called her by first name to show their familiarity when he helped her and he used her surname afterward huh! What a gentleman! No, he’s a God!

“FumuFumu…….so, how is he connected to this?”

Even if he knew her full name, she would only think that he might be someone she knows right? There should be no clues to go on from that, isn’t it?

“Umm, it was the same!”

“The same? What is?”

“The bag he was carrying, his voice,……and the bento he bought…..”

“…..Eh?”

“When I walked home with him the day before yesterday, I felt that I wanted to talk more with him too. That’s why I think that Hiura-kun is actually Kousei-san!”

Ahh, so I didn’t hear it wrong. Reika really did invite Hiura-kun to walk home with her 2 days ago………EHHHHHHH!?

Hiura-kun is Kousei-sama? That’s impossible, right? I mean, he looks like that after all? Certainly, I know that Kousei-sama is the same age as us, and the school he is attending is unknown but……..EHHHH?

“No no no no, maybe you remember it wrong or something?!”

“You think so after all? But I think that even if Hiura-san is not Kousei-san, I would still be interested in him…..”

“Nn? You approached him because you thought that he is Kousei-sama but even if that is not the case, you would still be interested in him?”

“Yes…..I felt that Hiura-san didn’t have any ulterior motive at all so it was very easy to speak with him. ……just like when I am with Akari-chan……”

Eh? Even though he isn’t Kousei-sama? Does this mean that she actually likes Hiura-kun? Don’t get on my level, Hiura!

But, Reika perhaps still doesn’t notice her feelings yet right?

If Hiura-kun is really Kousei-sama, should I support her…….Yup! That’s right! This is Reika’s first love after all! I have to support her!

“For the time being, you made a point of contact by borrowing books from him right! Now you have a common ground, NIce!”

“That’s right!”

“If you have any problems you can tell me any time okay! If he dares causing trouble for Reika then I will tell him off for you!”

“I’m glad that I have someone to consult with but I think it will be fine…..but, maybe it was me who will be troubling Hiura-san instead right…..?”

“Hmm, I don’t think it would be good if you keep asking if he is actually Kamishiro Kousei like how you did the day before yesterday but I don’t think that anyone would be troubled by talking with you, you know, Reika!”

“The day before yesterday……I thought that I finally found him so I was a little too excited. I think that he is actually Kousei-san but I really wanted to confirm it so I kept asking him……”

“For the time being, I don’t know if Hiura-kun is actually Kousei-sama or not but he might have some personal circumstances too. I think it would be better if you treat him as Hiura-kun instead of Kousei-sama you know.”

The worried Reika is cute after all…..it seems that she prefers Hiura-kun rather than Kousei-sama right now but if Hiura-kun really is Kousei-sama then I can’t let her think that she likes Kousei-sama but doesn’t like Hiura-kun at the same time.

That’s why I can’t give up being involved in this. I have to make Reika get conscious of Hiura-kun first.

If I let Reika act on her own, she will just only spiral out again after all……still, isn’t this the time as me acting as her cupid!

“For now, I will lend you my Kousei-sama magazine, you have to read it okay!”

“I already bought it yesterday.”

“SO FAST!”