Volume 6 - CH 2

(…Yuzuru-san, I would forgive you in a heartbeat if you apologized)

Yukishiro Arisa was dissatisfied with her own fiancé, Takasegawa Yuzuru.

It was a few days ago that they had a quarrel over something.

Since then, there has not been any proper conversation between Yuzuru and Arisa.

(Geez, so stubborn…)

Arisa thought it wasn’t her fault.

It is Yuzuru who is at fault, who said terrible things, and who wanted her to do something terrible.

Believing this, Arisa did not want to apologize, at least not from herself.

However, she was willing to forgive him if he apologized.

She thought that Yuzuru would apologize immediately, that he would understand.

(No, but, as I thought, it would have to be from me…)

However, it was unexpected for Arisa that Yuzuru did not “apologize” to her.

She was already getting quite impatient.

Although it was only for a few days, she missed Yuzuru very much.

On top of that, she was also driven by an inexpressible sense of anxiety and frustration.

…She was worried that Yuzuru might fall for another girl while they were in the middle of all this.

(B-but…)

But for this one time, it was tough for Arisa to admit that she was wrong.

Because it would lead to admitting the correctness of Yuzuru’s claim.

She would have to do something she absolutely hated to do, something she did not want to do.

That was the one thing she wanted to avoid.

Even if she weighed it against making up with Yuzuru, it would still be so unpleasant and painful for Arisa that she would be unsure about it.

(Even if he didn’t apologize, at least we could have lunch together…)

Arisa, who had actually made a lunch box for Yuzuru, finally made up her mind and stood up.

Just as she was about to call out to Yuzuru…　

“A-ri-sa-chan!”

“Let’s hang out!”

Suddenly, someone was rubbing her breasts.

“K-kya!”

A scream escaped Arisa’s lips unintentionally.

Turning around, two of Arisa’s friends were there…, Tachibana Ayaka and Uenishi Chiharu.

“Wh-what’s going on!?”

Arisa blushed and asked, and another girl answered,

“We thought we’d have lunch together.”

Tenka suggested as she pulled Ayaka and Chiharu away from Arisa.

Arisa thought for a moment about their suggestion…

“…I understand, let’s do it.”

And nodded.

“Well, even though I’m confident in my cooking… Arisa-chan, you’re not bad yourself, huh?”

“You can’t win against her when it comes to Japanese food, huh?”

“This taro stew is delicious.”

The three of them, including Ayaka, said this as they ate the bento that Arisa had prepared.

She thought it would go to waste if left as it was, so she served it to the three of them.

“Well, not so much…”

It was nice to be praised for one’s cooking.

Arisa’s face relaxed…

“Yuzurun is lucky to be able to eat such a delicious bento every day.”

“…”

Arisa’s expression turned cloudy at Ayaka’s words.

The three of them looked at each other at her too-easy-to-understand attitude.

“Arisa-san… why did you have a fight.?”

“Eh..!　W-what are you talking about?　Y-yuzuru-san and I never had a fight though!?”

Arisa was blatantly flustered by Chiharu’s straightforward question.

Tenka smiled wryly at Arisa…

“… I don’t think anyone said that you and Yuzuru-kn had a fight, though?”

And she pointed out.

After noticing that she can’t deceive them, Arisa lowered her small shoulders.

“…What happened, Arisa-chan?”

Ayaka spoke to Arisa in a gentle tone.

Arisa looked a little lost…

“…Can you please give me some advice?”

She asked with an upturned eye.

And the three of them…

” ” “Of course.” ” “

They all answered in unison.

Arisa felt her heart lighten a little.

“It’s a small thing, but…”

“Right, right.”

“That’s how fights start.”

“That’s right.”

Arisa was a bit hesitant before continuing.

“Um, what should I say, Yuzuru-san seems to want me to do something that I don’t want to do…”　

At Arisa’s words, the three of them all put their hands to their foreheads and looked up to the heavens.

–That virgin, he screwed up…–

They had that look on their faces.

“About Yuzuru-kun… I had an image of a gentleman, but…”

“Well, in the end, he’s just a man, a man.”

“Maybe he’s lost his discretion in a bad way.”

Tenka, Ayaka, and Chiharu all pondered together.

Arisa nodded at their words.

“Right, and then… I said no, but Yuzuru-san really wanted me to do it… he made fun of me a little bit… and we got into a fight…”

Arisa talked about the circumstances of the incident.

Perhaps she remembered it as she spoke, but her expression was painful.

“Sniff… Even though I hated it…”

“…what did Yuzurun ask you to do?”

With a slightly angry expression, Ayaka asked Arisa.

How dare you make such a pretty girl sad!　She seemed to be driven by righteous indignation.

“T-that’s….”

Arisa opened her mouth.

And coincidentally…

Yuzuru, who was just having lunch with his friends, said at the exact same time.

“He wants me to get the flu vaccine before the epidemic hits…”

“She doesn’t want to take the flu vaccine.”

“ ” ” ” ”…Wha?” ” ” ” ”

“As I said, it’s an injection! An Injection!”

“She’s scared of injections! At this age!”