CH 38

“Anyway, we should get going or we’ll be late, so let’s go.”

“Y-Yeah, I guess so.‘

Then we slowly started walking to school together.

The distance between us is clearly smaller than on the way home from the previous after-school cafe date.

If I moved my hand just a little bit more, it would have hit Sei-chan’s hand.

No… Both of them probably want to do so.

“Sei-chan, can I hold your hand?”

“Ahh.. Okay…”

She agreed to it, so I grasped Sei-chan’s left hand with my right.

“D-Don’t grab it so suddenly, you scared me.”

“Eh? You said it was okay though?”

“I was going to continue. It’s okay to hold hands but It’s embarrassing to be seen by people. So please let go when we reach a place full of students.”

“Hmm. Well, I guess I have about 5 minutes then.”

I will cherish these 5 minutes very much.

Sei-chan’s hands were very soft and warm. [TLN: I can only imagine. ;-;]

I really just want to hold her hand forever.

But then once my hand begins to sweat it would be really bad. No, what if it already began. 

I-Is it okay? I hope she’s okay with it.

“Sei-chan, are you fine with sweaty hands?”

“Eh? S-Sorry. M-My hands are probably sweaty.”

“Eh? Ah, no. I meant mine.”

I phrased it badly and gave her the wrong idea.

“N-No, it’s fine. I think my hands are a bit sweaty too.”

“Sei-chan’s sweat isn’t dirty, so it’s fine.”

“No, sweat is dirty no matter whose it is…”

Sei-chan’s sweat doesn’t bother me at all.

No, I’m rather curious about the opposite of it, though. Like what does it smell like? [TLN: Go to horni jail! Bonk!] [ED: I assume it would smell like sweat.]

But I’ll never tell her, She’ll think that I’m a pervert.

For a while we just walked together in silence, it was probably because we were both still a little embarrassed about this situation.

We held hands yesterday, but can we go a little further than that today?

“Sei-chan, can I hold your hand again?”

“A-Ahh, sure….”

I got her approval again, so we let go of each other’s hands at once, and then quickly joined hands together again.

This time, our fingers intertwined with each other, this is what we call a lover’s touch.

This one is much more intimate than normal hand holding. As the name suggests, it is more loverly-like.

We were both even more embarrassed than before, and we became even more silent after doing that.

The air was pretty awkward but I was really happy.

I hope that Sei-chan is feeling as happy as I am, but I doubt that was the case.

And after a few minutes, when there were quite a number of students around us, we stopped holding hands.

As for me, I wanted to hold hands with Sei-chan for just a little bit longer but I guess I can understand her feeling of embarrassment.

She doesn’t want to reveal the fact that we’re dating at school.

Well, it was a situation of a man and a woman going to school alone, but if they weren’t holding hands, they wouldn’t attract that much attention from others.

It’s not like others care about where we came from after all.

It’s not unusual for a man and a woman who are good friends to bump into each other on the street on their way to school.

“Oh, by the way, did you tell Fujise that we got together?”

“Yeah, I told Shiho when I called you last night.”

“As expected of your best friend.”

“Did you tell Shigemoto about it?”

“I wonder if he’s ready yet. He’s been nursed by Tojoin-san ever since he fainted yesterday.”

“Oh yeah.”

Yesterday, he was confessed by both Tojoin-san and Fujise, and so he fainted after he was so confused at that rapid development.

I heard that Tojoin-san, who overreacted when he fainted, nursed him through various medical examinations using the latest medical equipment in the country.

Well in my opinion, it was pretty overkill.

If steam came out of a person’s head and then they immediately faint afterwards, you’d be very worried about that person.

Well, this is the manga world I guess, so that sort of situation happens sometimes, but if this were the real world you would usually be dead almost immediately.

At any rate, they did a lot of tests and found that there was nothing wrong with him after all.

Well, it’s probably for the best that nothing happened to him.

Yuuichi will probably come to school as usual now onwards.

Yuuichi has already received confessions from both Tojoin-san and Fujise.

From now on, things will start to unfold in a direction that I don’t know about anymore. It’s in a direction that wasn’t part of the original story after all.

From now on, I’ll just keep an eye on Yuuichi and his love affairs with those two.

I’m his best friend so I guess I’ll have to help him out once in a while.

“Don’t talk about us dating at school, okay?”

“Yeah, I know.”

“That’s fine, but Shigemoto is going to be asking a lot of questions about it, that guy.”

“Ahh, well he’s just that kind of a person.”

He’s the kind of guy who will ask you about things you want to keep to yourself in public without any ill will.

Well, worst case scenario, I’ll just punch him and shut him up.

I savored the very happy moment of going to school alone with Sei-chan, and then we finally arrived at the school.

Sei-chan and I are in the same class, so we just walked straight into the same classroom.

“Good morning, Sei-chan. Good morning, Hisamura-kun.”

“Ah, Shiho, good morning.”

“Morning.”

Fujise, who was near the class door, saw us and greeted us.

“Fufu, you two came to school together?”

Fujise said that probably because we had both come into the classroom together.

“N-No, W-We just happened to meet there. Right? Hisamura?”

“Yeah, we just happened to meet.”

“Fufufu, I see.”

“O-Oi, come on, Shiho, you know the truth.”

Sei-chan started talking to Fujise in a very quiet voice.

I’m nearby though, so I could hear it just fine.

“I know. Because yesterday, Sei-chan was busy asking me for advice.”

“Don’t say that here! If anyone hears you…!”

“Don’t worry. No one here can hear you at this distance.”

Fujise said and glanced at me.

That woman… She knows I can hear her clearly, but she’s still talking to Sei-chan as if I can’t.

Sei-chan seems to think that I can’t hear her at all though.

“You were wondering if you should send a message to Hisamura-kun to meet up on RINE so that you could go to school together. No?”

“Y-Yeah…”

“You said that’s what you wanted to do when you start dating.”

W-Well that was…

I really want to go to school with you every day too. I’m so glad that you feel the same way.

I mean, she talked to Fujise about that just last night. She’s too cute for me, isn’t she?

“Shh, S-Shiho, you never know who’s listening.”

“Fufu. Okay, okay. I’ll keep it a secret that Sei-chan wants to wear matching clothing with her partner whenever she starts dating.”

“D-Don’t say it out here.”

When Sei-chan said that, her gaze locked with mine.

Sei-chan’s face was stained red. Her cheeks were turning red just like an apple.

“Hi-Hisamura… D-Did you hear what we just talked about?”

“N-No, I didn’t hear a thing.”

“R-Really? You’re really telling the truth, right?”

“Can we get matching rings on the way home?”

“SO YOU DID HEAR US!”

After that, I received an angry Sei-chan with a red face.

Why is she angry at me instead of Fujise…?

In the meantime, I need to prepare a ring with my three months’ salary quickly.