CH 36

Prologue

“Hello everyone. It’s been a long time.”

“It has, Kousei-kun. You really saved us by coming today!”

I came to the same studio I did my photoshoot last time for my first job in a month. Eihashi-san and Masato were suspicious of me when I refused to walk home with them today but I managed to getaway.

Or rather, Masato said that he will do something about me himself. Honestly, I’m worried. When I thought about getting myself ready for the time being, I saw Suzuka entered from the front entrance.

“Seiya-kun, long tim～e……..Eh? Don’t you look a little tired?”

“Long time no see, Suzuka…….do I look tired? Well, a lot has been happening at school so it might be because of that.”

“Don’t tell me, the people at your school finally realized that you are Kamishiro Kousei?”

Suzuka said so with a grin but unfortunately, it almost hit home. Well, she probably meant it as a joke.

“I got caught by one person. Well, I have been insisting that I’m not Kamishiro Kousei but that person is absolutely convinced now.”

“……seriously?”

“Yep, serious.”

“I’d lo～ve to hear what happened.”

Her expression turned serious for a moment when she heard my reply but now her face looked like she just found something interesting. I originally wanted to talk to her about it but it would be a waste to just tell her immediately now.

“Kyah, Suzuka-tan wants to know too nyahh! If you say it like that I might tell you, you know.”

Hmm, something like that should be too painful to act out even at a maid cafe……”

“Kyah☆, Suzuka-tan wants to know what happened to Seiya-kun nyah! Suzuka is very curious nyah!”

She said it without any shame…..? What’s more, since she did it so confidently, she looked so cute……

If Eihashi-san did this, she should be half-embarrassed while at it. Rather than feeling how painful it is, she will probably be relieved that it’s finally over though……wait, why did Eihashi-san come out here?

“I asked properly nyah! Since I did it, you have to spill out everything nyah!”

“Ah, yeah. My bad, it was so cute but I didn’t think that you would actually do it so I was a little surprised. I was planning to talk to you about it in the first place too……I mean, you don’t have to add Nyah anymore you know……”

“…then why did you make me do it in the first place……..for the time being, just tell me everything～！”

She will get angry if I tell her that I made her do it because it would be a waste if I tell her normally so I didn’t.

“I walked you home after the last shooting right? After I parted ways with Suzuka on the main street, I went to the mall to buy my dinner and ingredients you see.”

“Fumu Fumu……come to think of it, you can cook huh, Seiya-kun……”

“Nn? Well, let’s continue okay? After I was done shopping, I saw a girl being picked up by a group of persistent playboys. The girl I ended up helping was someone from the same class at my school you see.”

“HEEEE! Well, it couldn’t be helped to get found out since you helped her huh!……Eh? But Seiya-kun’s eyes are hidden behind your bang at school and you were acting out your super mob roleplay, right? How did you get caught?”

She hit where it’s painful huh. It’s like she just slashed at my Achilles heel or my reverse scale.

“I messed up a lot you see.”

“What? What kind of mess up got you caught?”

“First, I used her full name when I helped her, and she remembered my voice. Also, she remembered my special bag I think? Ah, I brought the same bento I bought that night to school the next day too.”

“Eh, you did all that in one incident……?”

“That’s right……she was amazing right?”

“You are just saying that just to make yourself look better right? There’s nothing redeeming about any of that okay!?”

Aren’t you stupid?, she ended with that but it was not stupid of me at all. Masato told me that I am only a natural airhead okay. If you call it stupid then it’s only rude but if it was just me being an airhead then it will just be chalked up as a mistake okay? How strange…..

“So, what kind of girl is she? Since she was being picked up, she should be cute right?”

“Right……I guess she is the cutest girl in my grade huh? Well, to put it simply, she is very like you, Suzuka.”

“H, Heee…….so I am cute huh?”

“Nn? That’s a matter of course right?”

She’s a model like me so there’s no way that she’s not cute so I don’t know why she is so surprised to hear that. Still, since she’s in a good mood now, that may have been good for me.

“Hmm, so you helped her and ended up getting found out, right? Why do you look so tired then?”

“Well, you see……when I told her that she had the wrong person, it seemed she was already convinced and somehow I ended up lending her a book, having a study session together, and even a takoyaki party too.”

“Wha, eh, what did you do with that girl again? Like, uh, you are not dating her right…..?”

Masato said the same thing today too. Is that line of thinking popular these days? I mean, what else did I do…….

“For the time being, we did exchange our contacts and she asked to be friends with me after the takoyaki party I think?”

“So fast! It’s only been a month since we saw each other but aren’t things moving too quickly on your side!”

“We started walking home together and she told me that I am the first male friend she can trust so I don’t think that things have changed that much though……”

“…….as I thought, that’s too fast…..that girl supposed to like Kousei not Seiya-kun right…..? No, but, if that’s the case, she wouldn’t invite you to walk home with her. Thinking about it now, wasn’t she just falling in love with Seiya-kun……?”

I don’t know what Suzuka is muttering to herself about but is he okay…..?

“O, Oi, Suzuka…..?”

“Alright! I decided! Eh? What’s wrong?”

“Whoa! You surprised me……well, I was just worried since you suddenly started talking to yourself.”

“Oh, just that. Ah, right, right, Seiya-kun, let’s hang out together this Saturday!”

“…….why?”