CH 3

Chapter 3 – Himeka, The Biggest Blunder of Her Life

I was walking home from school alone. It was already getting dark.

On days when there are student council meetings, I inevitably stay late and go home alone…

That’s why I always walk with caution in these situations, like people passing by, people walking in front of me and people walking behind me.

On this day, I felt a suspicious presence behind me.

I try to remain calm and check the person walking behind me in the curve mirror.

There was an adult male wearing a hat and all black.

It seemed very suspicious.

I was wary, but I imagined how I would fight him off if he attacked me.

For my own safety, I should knock him unconscious with a single blow.

This means that footwork, which is more powerful than handwork, is more effective.

And I’m good at footwork myself.

As I was walking, I kept imagining that I was going to kick him repeatedly in the left side of his head, and as I was doing so, we were approaching a park.

Then the footsteps behind me quickened and a presence approached.

Here he comes!

I timed it with the sound of approaching footsteps, turned around and unleashed a full-throated spinning kick, preparing to counterattack as soon as it landed.

However, the boy who took my kick and fell was a different boy from the prowler I had just identified in my mirror.

The prowler was sitting on his buttocks on the ground as if he had just fallen off his haunches.

Whoops! Not again!

The boy fell to his knees with white eyes.

It’s a common sight at fights, but this is not a dojo. Here is just a roadside, and my opponent is an amateur.

This is bad!

I’ve done it to an amateur!

When I tried to rush over, one beagle dog ran up to the boy before I did and started barking at me.

I was worried about the boy and wanted to check his consciousness immediately, but the dog wouldn’t let me.

The dog was very angry and seemed to be about to bite me.

The prowler, perhaps frightened by the anger of such a dog, ran away.

This is bad! This is bad! This is very bad!

I was panicking.

The dog was threatening me.

And there was a boy lying by the roadside drooling.

“Please, doggy! I won’t do anything, just be quiet!”

I was on the verge of tears and pleading desperately with the dog, but the dog’s anger did not abate at all.

What to do, what to do, what to do?

How long has it been since the boy fainted?

Must be two or three minutes.

It’s not good, it could be a real disaster.

As I began to get even more impatient, the boy raised his body.

I was so relieved that I let out a gasp.

“Don’t bark, Dozle. Come here, you’re too scary.”

The boy was not angry with me for kicking him, but first of all he quieted the dog.

The dog, which had refused to listen to any of my attempts to quiet him down, became docile at the boy’s words and ran to him to hug him.

“I’m sorry! I mistook you for a molester… I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”

“Did you see anyone suspicious? Did they do anything to you? Are you all right?”

As before, the boy did not direct his anger at me, on the contrary, he started to worry about me.

The boy’s attitude made me feel more guilty.

After exchanging a few words, the boy tried to stand up.

Sure enough, he wobbled and couldn’t get up.

“A-Are you alright! Don’t push yourself!”

Still, the boy stood up.

A-Amazing…

There have been many people in the past who have taken my kicks and passed out, but I’ve never seen anyone get up so quickly.

Does he also do any martial arts?

As I was thinking about such out-of-place thoughts and escaping reality, a boy called my name.

“Instead of me, it’s already dark, so you’d better go home soon. You are Urushibara-san, aren’t you? Is your house close to here?”

This person knows me… Perhaps he’s from the same school?

I stared again at the boy’s face…

“Eh? …Ah, if I’m not wrong…Moriyama-kun?”

“Yes, that’s right…”

Oh my God…

I can’t believe the person I made the biggest blunder of my life was a classmate…

Moriyama-kun offered to take me home, leaving me feeling even more depressed.

We walked side by side, but we didn’t speak to each other.

I managed to reach home, enduring so much shame that I wanted to run away.

“This is my home… I’m sorry for today… Thank you for sending me.”

“No, it was my fault for meddling… I’m sorry. Well then, good bye.”

Moriyama-kun, who had been so kind to me just a few minutes ago, turned his face away from me and quickly left, acting as if he was a different person.

As I was about to walk in the front door after seeing him off, I realized…

Why the h**l did I let him go home like that!? What’s wrong with me!?

I’ve hurt him, I need to get him up to the house and treat him!

I took out my phone in a panic and tried to send a message to Moriyama-kun in the class group chat, but his account was not in that group.

Yes, Moriyama-kun was always alone in the classroom and never interacted with anyone.

Ah~, what a day this is…

Everything’s just not going well.