Supporting High School Student on his way Home

If I start speaking I might spout something weird again so for the time being I will just shut up as Masato suggested.

Eihashi-san is also regaining her composure by talking to Ichinose-san. If I take a wrong step here, my comment earlier might be regarded as sexual harassment so I will have to tread carefully here.

Still, I wonder how I could have mistakenly replied that Eihashi-san would look good in yukata despite the question being whether I like yukata or not though.

“Well, anyway, let’s continue this talk on our way home.”

“Reika’s already calmed down so I guess it will be fine? You good? Reika?”

“Y, Yes. we can’t stay here forever so let’s go home.”

So, for the time being, we left our class and headed to the school entrance. A month ago I would have felt a lot of eyes focusing on me when I’m with this group but I don’t feel them anymore.

Recently, Eihashi-san’s image of a transcendental beauty started to change and more and more people are able to talk casually to her.

Well, Eihashi-san herself doesn’t want to be treated specially like that in the first place. Her surroundings simply decided to act that way with her on their own.

That’s why I thought that it was only a matter of time before this happened.

Well, it seems that after we exchanged our contact at the takoyaki party, Eihashi-san became more approachable to me as well. Rather, it’s more like that her unapproachable aura has disappeared.

“Alright! Let’s list all the things that we want to do during summer together! I want to go to the pool!”

“I want to reclaim my God Hand at the arcade……!”

“I, I, uhh……I want to visit the university’s open house…..maybe?”

“SO DILIGENT!”

With the pool and the festival already suggested, there’s nothing else left, right. I mean, there’s not really that much to do besides those anyway.

“Well, can you guys think of anything else besides the pool and the festival?”

“If you put it like that……then probably none?”

“Right! I mean, even Masato just suggested an arcade! My suggestion is way better right?”

“Yeah…….I can visit the arcade any time I want after all. Still, to think that you would actually suggest attending an open house, you really are in a different level huh……”

Masato still questions my suggestion but I soon found myself an ally.

“But we already spent like half of our high school life already, no? I think that it’s better to visit them so that we can decide what university we want to attend. In fact, it’s not even a year before we have to make our decision…..”

“R, Right!? See, Masato might not worry about that since you are always ridden with red marks but what about us diligent students over here? We started considering which place we want to attend already you know? Well, I guess we are on a different level after all!”

“Kuh…..I lost……..”

“Hmph…..make sure to reform yourself alright?”

Masato is hanging his head. A complete victory, I spun his words around and made a perfect retort. Well, our levels are too different after all.

“……uhh, what are we looking at?”

“……I don’t know……but it’s funny so we can let them be right?”

We started acting like this all of a sudden after all. I guess they are wondering whether they should stop us or not. But still, only Masato would be able to go along with me suddenly like this.

To let everyone know that the earlier conversation was a joke, Masato raised his head.

“Alright, back on the topic.”

“…..what were we talking about again……..? You put up that weird act all of a sudden so I already forgot…..”

“Don’t say it’s weird. We were talking about what we should do this summer right.”

Hearing so, Ichinose-san said ‘Ah, that’s it!’ and clapped her hands.

“So, summer vacation is finally here. Let’s do every suggestion together! Ah, fingers crossed on the pool okay.”

“That sounds great. But I will have to raincheck on the pool as well.”

“I have no problem with the pool! You’re welcome to invite me anytime! So, should we decide on the date?”

“Ah, sorry. I can’t yet. There’s Obon and there’s something I have to do during summer so I need to confirm that first.”

The shooting schedule for this summer still hasn’t been decided yet. There were a lot of special features last year so I had to attend a photoshoot literally every week.

Since my name has become more popular than last year, the amount of work I have this year should also increase.

The shooting schedule should come out next week but I can’t make any plans until I can confirm it first. Well, I have a shooting scheduled this weekend so I guess I can confirm it there.

“Alright, why don’t we decide it together when Seiya’s schedule is all settled? We have almost a month of vacation after all.”

“Hmm….I have club activities so I might not have that many free days……Ah, the club will leave the festival days open so you don’t have to worry about that okay!”

“Come to think of it, Ichinose-san is in track and field right. ……..ah? Don’t you have club activities during summer too? Masato.”

I and Eihashi-san were not in any clubs but Masato is in one so he should have to attend their activities. It’s common that these clubs have their activities during summer vacation too…….

“Nope. No way I’m gonna do any club activities in a room with no air conditioner……!”

“Y, yours don’t have any…….?”

“I will have you know that running in the sun is way better than sitting idly in my clubroom!”

“Well, I guess so…..ah, I’m going this way.”

Masato lives in the neighborhood behind the school so we parted ways. Ichinose-san should be going her way soon as well. Still, since we are already used to walking such a distance, I and Eihashi-san don’t feel like we have to walk that far to our places at all.

“OK! I’m going this way! Let me know once you settled your schedule okay, Hiura-kun! I will put my club schedule on the group chat as well!”

“YEAH!…..well, shall we head home?”

“Yes.”