CH 33

Previously…

Yuu Isshiki is told by Touko that in order to attract Karen’s feelings, he should increase his popularity with the other girls.

Touko comes up with a plan: “I’m going to create an opportunity for the girls to get together, and you”re going to get into the conversation by pretending to be a coincidence in order to get more points from them.

Yuu goes to the place where the four main girls of the circle gather and gets a chance to meet them there.

Yu went to the place where the four main girls of the circle were gathering and got a chance to meet them. You know a lot about these things.”

Ayaka said admiringly.

Kazumi continued.

“Isshiki, as expected from the department of information engineering, knows a lot about applications and programs. He always helps me with my programming assignments.”

“Well, why don’t you teach me, too? I’m also having a hard time with my programming assignment.”

Then it was Mina who leaned in further.

“Well then, me too! I have programming in my class next semester, and I’ve been anxious about it. Isshiki-kun, could you do me a favor?”

“I’d like to do the same,” said Yuri, a freshman in the School of Commerce.

“I’d like to do it, too. I’ve never programmed before, so I wasn’t sure what to do.”

It was Ayaka, a first year economics student, who said that.

Then, for the first time, Touko-senpai opened her mouth.

“If you can help us with our program assignments, I’d be very grateful. I’m quite busy with my classes this semester, and I have a lot of assignments of my own.”

That’s what she said without hesitation.

Since I took this seat, Touko-senpai has hardly looked at me.

It’s like she’s not interested in me at all.

“I’m sorry to have put you through so much trouble when you were busy. I’m sorry for making you take time out of your busy schedule.”

Mina said.

“But if we can ask Isshiki-kun to do it too, then it will be less of a burden on Touko.”

Manami said.

I answered amiably.

“If it’s okay with you, you can always ask me. It”s not too much of a burden for me to teach you the liberal arts program.”

I appeal to her with my only selling point.

“Yay! Thank you, Isshiki-kun.”

“You know a lot about camera apps, Isshiki-kun. I should have gotten to know you sooner.”

“I thought so too. I felt the same way. I should have told you all about it from the beginning.”

“It would have been a shame to let Karen monopolize you.”

“You can’t say that!”

I sighed with relief.

It seemed that my “strategy to increase my sensitivity at the girls’ party” had succeeded.

Then Touko senpai looked at her watch with her left hand and made a gesture of stroking it twice.

It was a signal for me to leave.

According to Touko-senpai, “the key to talking with girls is to know when to stop.

It’s best to leave when the girl says she might want to talk a little more.

If you stay too long, the girls will think you’re annoying.

“Well, I’ll be going now.

I said and got up from my seat.

“Oh, you’re leaving already?”

“Why don’t you take your time?”

I replied regretfully to the girls who said so.

“I have an appointment with a friend, and I want to buy some books for class before I go.”

I replied.

Of course, this was also a lie.

“I see. That’s too bad.”

“Let’s talk some other time.”

“See you at the club.”

“Bye! I’ll see you for the programming project.”

I lightly bowed to the girls and left the place.

Now I’m sure I’ve done everything right, just like Touko-senpai told me to do.

I’ll call her later and ask her about the results.

“I felt good today.”

At night, I called Touko-senpai and that was the first thing that came out of her mouth.

“We stayed behind to talk afterwards, and everyone had a pretty favorable opinion of you.”

“Thank you very much. But this is all thanks to you, right?”

It’s nice to be praised, but I can’t be proud of it in front of the person who set it up for me.

“No, it’s not. The fact that you were able to do what I told you to do, and the fact that you were able to carry on a conversation with me and smile naturally. That’s what led to the high evaluation from all the girls there. You can be confident enough.”

Well, I feel quite embarrassed when Touko-senpai says it like this.

“And your follow-up to Karen-san was also appropriate. I’m sure you’ll be able to find something that will help you out. Cover for her without sympathizing with those around her, and Not pushy about it either, just keeping your words to a reasonable level.”

Hmmm… That’s also because Touko-senpai told me to focus on answering when talking with girls and not to talk too much on my own.

I’m not very good at talking to strangers, especially women.

“The women are almost all on Isshiki’s side now. If they find out that Karen is having an affair, they’ re going to be very upset. If they find out that Karen is having an affair, she’s going to get a huge kick out of it, saying, “I can’t believe she betrayed her boyfriend who was so kind and protective of her.”

“I appreciate that. Because it’s pretty big if the ladies are on my side psychologically.”

I was actually worried about that too.

When you’ve made someone fall in love with you the most, shake them in the cruelest way possible” is the best way to get revenge, but people around you say, “That’s terrible! You don’t have to go that far, do you? He was afraid that the people around him might become sympathetic to the person.

Kamokura had slept with the girlfriend of one of his juniors, so no one would feel much sympathy for him.

But the girls were unsure.

I don’t think any of them would agree with Karen, but I’ve heard that women are highly empathetic creatures.

If they saw Karen crying, they would say, “You don’t have to go that far, don’t you? Some girls might feel sorry for Karen.

If there are girls who defend Karen, the damage of revenge will be reduced by half.

If possible, I want to give Karen and Kamokura a thorough lesson.

“I guess so. I think most of the girls will be on our side. I have some ideas about that too. Let’s talk about it next time.”

You’re thinking about that too?

Well, if you leave it to Touko-senpai, you can’t go wrong.

“Okay, then.”

“Oh, wait a minute.”

I hurriedly called out to Touko-senpai who was about to hang up the phone.

“What?”

“No, it’s about my homework from earlier at ……, and I was wondering if you could do me a favor.”

“Homework?”

“Yes. It’s about the ‘Conditions of a Pretty Girl’ report that was reissued.”

“Have you come to any conclusions?”

She sounds a little hopeful.

“I have the answer in my mind. I have my answers, but I can’t really put them into words. ……”

She was silent.

“So, Touko-senpai, would you mind hanging out with me for a day?”

“What, me?”

Touko-senpai asked back with a voice that sounded unusually surprised.

“Yes. I think “cuteness” differs from person to person. That’s why I only said general things last time. Next time, I’d like to give an answer to the homework about the ‘cuteness’ that suits Touko-senpai properly.”

I was pretty serious.

I’ve been thinking about this for a while now, and this is the result.

“Please do. If you think that I’ve missed the point, then you can give up on me.”

Toko-senpai was silent for a while.

But eventually

“…… Okay, …….”

A voice answered from the other end of the phone.

“Thank you very much!”

My voice unexpectedly perked up.

“So, when do I go out with you?”

“I’ll be fine anytime. As long as it’s okay with Touko-senpai.”

“Okay. Okay, how about next Sunday? I have a free day on that day.”

“Okay! I’ll see you next Sunday. I’ll let you know the time later, and I’ll figure out where we’re going and what we’re doing!”

“Yeah, okay. See you next Sunday at …….”

“Okay! Then, next Sunday, please come. I’ll let you know the time later. I’ll let you know the time later, and I’ll plan where we’ll go and what we’ll do!

“Yeah, okay. Okay, see you next Sunday at …….”

With that, the phone hung up.

Okay, I’m all set now.

All that was left was to implement the plan I had in mind.

I have to convince Touko-senpai with this plan, and I have to be the one who can be with her at the end!

I thought with renewed determination.