CH 17

What should one do if the girlfriend he is dating is being picked on?

Well, without thinking about it this much, normally there is only one action to take.

There is no way you can just stand by and watch silently.

So, what should I do if my girlfriend, whom I am supposedly dating, is being hit on?

My thoughts were all focused on that right now.

Well, I tried to come up with three options.

But in the end, there is only one choice to take, too.

If we pretend we didn’t see it or call someone else to help us, it would destroy the relationship to its core.

If they were on really good terms and madly in love with each other, then there is no means to take it other than help on their own.

When it was 9 o’clock in the night when I went to the meeting place, Sakuramiya-sensei had already arrived there. However, it seems she had not yet noticed me and was desperately trying to get away from being picked up by a stranger.

“Ah… well, I have a boyfriend.”

“It’s okay. Leave your boyfriend alone, why don’t you play with us? I know some good places as well. I have lots of money, too.”

“Oh, really? Then let me see.”

Just what is she trying to do? Going to compete on who has more money?

Seeing her antics, with a small sigh, I hurried to the scene.

And pulling the hand of the one who was picking her up, I said,

“Can you leave and not interfere with someone’s girlfriend?”

If the conversation was still being heard by Kiyoka-san through Sensei’s phone, then I guess I have to put on a bit of a show.

“Minato-kun!”

Sakuramiya-sensei’s eyes lit up seeing me and she moved behind me.

“Tsk, so you really had a boyfriend.”

“No, he doesn’t look like her boyfriend, though.”

While one of them clicked his tongue in annoyance, the other one raised his suspicions.

“He is my boyfriend.”

As if to make them believe Sakuramiya-sensei entangled her arms around mine as if to show them the proof that we were dating.

But those boys didn’t seem to believe us.

“Surely, you ain’t old enough to be his boyfriend.”

“You did your best for your sister, little brother.”

Well, it looks like it can’t be helped because of our age difference, but the sibling act is more persuasive in this case than others.

“…..”

Sensei tightened her hold around my arms, and she was slightly trembling.

I had guessed that as she is beautiful, she might be accustomed to getting picked up by strange boys like this, but the reality seems to be the opposite of what I thought. It also seems that a bit of fear is also accumulated because of many encounters like this.

I looked at the flirtatious men without getting intimidated and spoke in an irritated tone. 

“Then, out of respect for this little brother who worked so hard, could you please leave now? My sister is scared.”

“Yes, yes, we will.”

“You don’t mind, do you? She was very beautiful.”

“What can I do? She’s not interested.”

“Argh, what a waste of time!”

The two guys were complaining about it, but they eventually left the place. I’m glad it didn’t turn out to be a big deal.

I was relieved but suddenly Sakuramiya-sensei suddenly hugged me.

“Eh, hey, what are you doing?”

“I was so scared.”

Flickering and gathering the surrounding gazes, even though it was getting late at night, there were still quite a number of people.

While blushing, I let out a sigh. I really can’t keep up with this development.

Oh, wait. Is this what I think it is? Is this also part of the acting?

However, in spite of that, her voice was still trembling and her strength on hug was strong.

“It’s okay, I am here”

I gently rubbed her back and consoled her.

I’ve never encountered someone on a pick-up, so I don’t know what all is going on in Sensei’s mind.

Two tall men with intimidating appearance suddenly attacked me at once with force, then there is no way I would have gotten out of that situation easily. It’s rather scary.

Perhaps the reason why Sakuramiya has not been able to find a fiancé is because she is so beautiful that there were many cases when men wanted to court her.

It seems that her wariness of men became stronger and she cannot fall in love with anyone.

“I’m sorry, Segawa-kun, wait what am I doing…….⁉︎︎”

After a while, Sakuramiya-sensei, who has regained her composure, left my side which she was clutching and her face turned to a shade of red because of embarrassment.

“Please don’t worry, Yumi-san.”

I called out her name with exaggeration, including the intention of making Sakuramiya-sensei aware that I was calling her on a first name basis.

And suddenly when she understood the whole situation.

“Ah… yeah Minato-kun.”

“They weren’t good people at all. They even dare to go after my Yumi-san.”

“Don’t worry. I belong to you, Minato-kun.”

“Well, I’m glad nothing happened to you.”

We looked at each other and the silence continued, so as to break it I decided to whisper some sweet words. 

“I love you, Yumi-san.”

“I love you too, Minato-kun.”

“—–Huh?”

It was at that time when we were whispering our superficial love to each other

With a thump, I heard the sound of a shopping bag hitting the floor.

When I turned around to the source, there he was, the man I had left about 20 minutes before…

“Hello, Hanamura…….sensei.”

It was the worst possible reunion imaginable.