CH 11

When I arrived at school, I headed for my class, 2nd grade, class 2. 2nd grade classrooms are all on the second floor, so I had to go up the stairs. I really don’t know what kind of harassment this is.

Then Hatsune and I climbed the stairs and went into our classroom.

「Good morning!」

「Good morning, Shirayuki-san」

「Good morning Hatsune!」

…Apparently, her influence is really strong. But while this may be a troubling fact, it may also be an opportunity. Before, Hatsune was too attached to me and didn’t try to get involved with the people around her, so I couldn’t have any hope for her, but there’s a chance she might fall in love with someone other than me.

I sat down in my seat with these thoughts running through my head. And then Hatsune sat down next to me. But, what kind of coincidence is this? Well, maybe there is such a thing as having an ex-girlfriend at your new school, although it’s not very common. But to be in the same class and sit next to each other?

It’s strange no matter what you think…

「What’s wrong? So-kun?」

「Ah, no, it’s nothing.」

Did Hatsune pull some strings? No, I’m thinking too much. What could Hatsune even do to the school?

「Hey Saioji-kun! Do you have any hobbies?」

「That’s a cool name!」

「Eh, u, um…」

Perhaps it was because I was a transfer student, but everyone in the class gathered around my seat. It may be a normal thing to be happy about, but I really wish they would stop.

I glanced that the person next to me, and sure enough, she was looking at me with a strange, or rather solemn face.

「A, ahahaha, u, um, my hobby is…」

「So-kun!」

Gyuu

「Eh?」

Suddenly, Hatsune attached herself to my right arm. The classmates who saw this were stunned.

「U, um… Hatsune and Saioji-kun are dating?」

「No, of course not, he just transferred to the new school yesterday.」

「That’s right, if Shirayuki is going out with you, the boys, including me will cry.」

「We’re dating?」

「「「「「Eh?」」」」」

She said ittttttttt! I was going to leave before she said those words. What should I do? That’s it! The chime! If only the chime would ring like before…

Five more minutes… Can I hold on?

「N, no, I mean, we’re not really dating…」

「We’re dating, right? So-kun♥」

「Eh, are you guys really going out?」

「What’s your relationship like?」

What kind of relationship? You can see that high school students are always interested in love stories. And since it’s Hatsune, there’s bound to be a storm of confessions. If Hatsune was in a relationship, it would be a disaster.

Wh, what kind of relationship? You can see that high school students are always interested in love stories. And since it’s Hatsune, there’s bound to be a storm of confessions. If Hatsune was in a relationship, it would end up in a disaster.

「Nee, nee, why haven’t you said something?」

「Maybe Saioji-kun is having an affair! Just kidding!」

「……」

No, please don’t make that joke, it’ll kill me.

「Cheating…?」

Look, she’s starting to stare at me out of her eyes.

「N, no, it’s not like we’re having an affair, we’re not even together—-」

Kin kon kan kon

No, the bell rang at the worst possible time.

「I’m not cheating on you!!」

I really wanted to deny that I was in love with Hatsune, but I decided that it was much better than having the title of “lousy transfer student who cheats on his girlfriend”.

I am reminded once again, that judgment is important.

And for the first time, my first class at this high school was over. And then lunch break came.

「Ah, So-kun, I made lunch for you, so eat it!」

「A, y, yes, that’s fine, but does this school have a rooftop?」

「Ah, we do, but should we eat on the roof?」

「Yes, that would be nice.」

If I had eaten lunch in the classroom, I would have ended up in the same kind of tentative situation as before. I don’t want to have to go through that again. If I had really cheated on her and it would have turned into an argument, I would have been the one who was at fault, and I could have just accepted it and apologized, but I don’t want to turn into an argument for something I didn’t do.

So for now, I want to go out on the roof and eat my lunch as quietly as possible.

「Then, let’s go.」

「Yes!」

Then we climbed the stairs two floors up and went to the roof. The rooftop was surrounded by iron bars, and as I expected, there were not many people on it.

「Let’s eat then!」

「Yes.」

Then we ate the lunch that Hatsune had made for us. And as we ate, Hatsune brought something up.

「So-kun, are you cheating on me?」

「Wh!?」

Oh yeah, I forgot about that.

「No, I’m not cheating on you, we’re not together anymore so…」

「How long are you going to say that?」

「Eh?」

Th, this is not good. I think she may have gotten the wrong idea.

「We live together, we eat breakfast together, we go to school together, we are in the same class, we eat lunch together… and I’m still not your girlfriend?」

「……」

「Then what am I to you, So-kun?」