Chapter 31Yamazaki's Fault
Sasaki raised the surrender flag, and during the lunch break, Big Sis' event flag was raised (unconditionally).
Natsukawa and Ashida went somewhere, and just as I got up for today's duty, a message arrived on my smartphone.
[There's no need today.]
Is it true? I wonder if Big Sis mean that I don't have to go to the Student Council Office, or if she's happy about today... ...It's really the first time, huh.
But, come to think of it, I haven't talked to Big Sis much from the weekend until today.
To be honest, we have never interfered in each other's personal lives... ...Yeah, it seems that Big Sis has gone to the cram school? By the way, the fact is that Big Sis rarely stay at home. It's not uncommon for us not to talk much like...
"Hey, Sajou! We haven't talked much since we changed seats, have we!?"
"Yamazaki."
The wild Yamazaki has appeared!
(TL Note: Pokemon game reference here!)
Yeah, Yamazaki is still as energetic as ever. Before I became quiet, my personality and his personality were the same and for some reason, he heated up in a mysterious rivalry with me.
What I didn't understand was that for some reason he kept heating up the rivalry. However, I've noticed for some time that it's probably just because he doesn't like to lose.
Sasaki is a good-looking boy, and actually Yamazaki is also a good-looking boy if you just look at his face.
However, Yamazaki proved that being popular had a lot to do with your normal demeanor, but mysteriously, I felt my IQ gradually decrease just by talking to him.
"Yeah, you're sitting in the corner after allー. As I expected, if you don't have any good friends nearby, you have no choice but to keep your mouth shut, rightー?"
"Who is the person you're on good terms with?"
"Hey, don't underestimate me! If it were me, the girls around me would approach me. Recently, I talked to Koga about a lot of things..."
"Huh? You, with Koga-san..."
Koga-san... ...she's a girl you can't compete with in this class. She's a petite girl, but with tanned skin and she's in Tennis Club. She's the type of girl who threatens her surroundings with her outrageous behavior like a weapon. She can't read the situation around her.
Perhaps Yamazaki started chatting with her after she was introduced by Murata who was in the Girls' Basketball Club.
It wasn't limited to my class, but in any integrated high school, there were always not only wayward boys, but also wayward girls. A girl who says out loud, 'I'm going to do that with a boy from XX High School this time too.'. I don't think a girl like that can stop talking out loud about 'what she usually does when she has something' to the person sitting next to her.
Even high school boys who always have perverted thoughts in their brains tend to avoid this type of girl. To get close to a girl like that, you need to be the same type of boy as her or at least good at sports. And Yamazaki, besides being a boy who likes sports, he always looks energetic, so it's no wonder that he can get close to girls like that.
Come to think of it, isn't his appearance and physical specifications much higher than mine... ...What should I do?
"─Hmm? I see Murata is there. How about you join us for lunch too, Sajou?"
"Huh?"
Yamazaki put his hand on my shoulder while I was holding the plastic bag containing the sweet bread I bought this morning. Then he turned in the opposite direction while laughing and said, 'This way'. He led me to the window in the opposite direction of my seat.
I was pulled towards Koga-san and her friend who were sitting together.
Wow, she was sitting cross-legged. Moreover, her legs are wide open to the extent that anyone can see them... ...However, I don't feel that what she's doing is erotic for some reason.
"Yoー, this boy is going to join us."
"Hohoー?! You're Sajou, aren't you!? What, are you going to join us?"
"Lately, you've been quietー. What, you might want to be a side character?"
Hey, hey, didn't you guys just skip this conversation in the first place?!
Just looking at these girls destroys the image of the ideal girl rather than the one I had in mind. And if I think about whether Natsukawa and Ashida also have parts like this, I don't know, but something is cooling down from the bottom of my heart.
Yeah, that's the truth, I guess? 'Yamato Nadeshiko'? What is that, something you can eat?
(TL Note: 'Yamato Nadeshiko' is a Japanese term for the ideal Japanese woman, that is, the epitome of pure feminine beauty.)
"Y-Yeah, I'm just a side character, just look at my seat."
"Hahaha! At the very front, huh! Especially in the corner! So funny!"
Have you ever had the mysterious thought that you have a certain right to say what you want to people who are in the same caste as you?
Seriously, I don't get it, they're really silly.
Yeah, Yamazaki has his own ways, and I have my own ways when dealing with these kinds of people.
"But, seriously, aren't you really quiet these days? What about Natsukawa-chan later?"
"I haven't seen you guys together recentlyー, was there a couple fight?!"
"Yamazaki, how dare you snatch her from me."
"Hey, I didn't snatch her from you?!"
The content of this conversation was corrected to a safe line with a mid-joke.
However, when I can change the atmosphere with a few words like this, I can't help but feel that I'm a good conversationalist.
Maybe, that's just the baseline that makes them laugh is low, I mean, these people can laugh at almost anything.
"So, how far has your relationship gone?"
"Oh, that's right, didn't you guys have that kind of relationship since middle school?"
It hasn't even been a minute!
What the heck are these people? Aren't they just too into dirty jokes?
Even a boy can't keep thinking about that kind of thing for a short period of time, you know... ...It's bad, I can't even see them as girls anymore.
"Are you guys stupid? I don't even know where her house is."
"What? You don't know where Natsukawa's house is?! Aren't you a failure as a husband?!"
"Hey, aren't you guys not progressing at all? What's wrong? Maybe you're not attractive at all?"
These people... ...they really say whatever they want... What? Do you think you're attractive...?
Look, when a pretty-looking girl walks with crooked legs, she's already failed as a girl. How can these girls go out with a nice boy as long as the boy knows who they really are.
Let me tell you something 'interesting', do you think any boy would like a girl who is 'dark in many ways' like you guys...? Sorry, yeah, seriously, forgive me if I hurt your feelings.
(TL Note: This is a kind of dirty talk... ...for people who understand this... ...Yeah, this does sound like gossip or myths, so yeah, this is not entirely true.)
"Of course, Sajou's face is a bit... ...Huh..."
"That's trueー, I just... I can'tー"
Huh? Yamazaki, you... what are you saying? We haven't talked in a long time, but you're already getting carried away, aren't you!?
I please do that after someone confesses their love to you─ ...Wait, it seems that it might have happened already, it's just that he never told me about it.
I mean, he's in the Basketball Club, and with his handsome face, that's enough to have a status that attracts girls. Regardless of whether a boy is popular or not, isn't it natural for girls to want to date a guy like that?
"Then what about you, Yamazaki?"
"Of course~ I'm popular! Some people have confessed to me several times!"
"Yeah, by the way... ...For example, who? Tell me this time, hey!"
"Sajou is getting angry! Hah, this is funny!"
"But, who exactly is it? I'm really curious."
Hey, you heard that, right? Come on, just tell me.
You're talking to girls like this, right? Don't think you can run away from here quietly!
Hey, Yamazaki! Depending on your answer, Koga-san and her friend will treat you as a 'petite and midget' boy from today on. They're really going to do that, aren't they? Me? I'll just wet my pillow with tears...
"Don't be surprised when you hear it. It's Okumura from Class 1-A."
"Okumura... ...Hey, Murata, what kind of girl is that?"
"What? ****."
"Yeah, I'm sure it was a joke, right?"
Even for me, I would have refrained from saying it out loud, but... ...seriously, aren't you guys really a bunch of brats?! This is an integrated high school, right??
Hey, Shinomiya-senpai?! Are you really doing a good job of maintaining the morale of this high school? You see, even my Class Rep ignores this... ...Iihoshi-san, please don't give up!
"..."
Hey guys, see? Yamazaki became silent. Hey, Yamazaki, please speak up. I really don't like the fact that I have to keep dealing with these two.
I mean, I can't do anything else besides the Natsukawa thing... ...Oh, wait, there's more... But, I don't want to spread it to these people...
"Yeah, I guess so. By the way, what about you (Sajou)? What happened to that last one?"
"What?"
"That last one. You know what I mean, that brunette girl."
...Oh, you mean Aizawa-san? If you think about it normally... ...of course you would know that nothing happened! She has nothing to do with me. On the contrary, at first, I thought Aizawa was a girl like Koga.
But right now it's different, in my heart right now, she's just my friend...! By the way, those are delicious eclairs, Aizawa! Natsukawa was happy too!
After all, I can't betray my partner. As far as I can see from the faces of these people, they must think that Aizawa is someone like them. But in reality, she was indeed a good girl who listened to my 'belief' (*in religion meaning) to Natsukawa seriously.
"Look, Aizawa is─."
"Wataru!"
Hey, wait, I haven't finished my conversation about Aizawa...! Hey, what should I do at this point?! I'm trying to say something good about her, but I can't do it right now!
You see, Aizawa has been with Arimura-senpai since they enrolled this school! Walking down the corridor while hugging (based on what Ashida said)... I don't know why, but I feel that Aizawa's reputation will deteriorate from today.
But, who's the one who interrupted my conversation? What if bad rumors about Aizawa spread because of this? I mean, it's not good to disturb that couple.
"Hey, Wataru...!!!"
"What's wrong...─eh?"
I'll punish you!.... Looking back enthusiastically, the demon-like Natsukawa was standing there. I had never thought that there was someone angrier than me standing there... ...So, a hoarse voice came from the back of my throat. It was an unbelievable voice coming from a boy.
Hmm, hey, why are you so angry like that...?
"Come here!!!"
"Oh, Hey?! Hey, wait, why are you suddenly pulling me like that...!?"
The scene in front of me and the inside of my head were disrupted by a strong force. I was pulled strongly, and my hips lightly hit the table, but I felt like it wasn't the time to care about that. Natsukawa's loud voice was still echoing in my head.
What the heck...?
"Wa─it, Oh?!"
I was led into the corridor, and just as I thought I had passed in front of the stairs leading upstairs, I was pushed into the front of the closed music room.
I panicked at the door approaching in my sights, so I tried to regain my balance, but I was unable to do so in time, and with great surprise, I heard an anime-like sound... 'BANG!'.
What the...? What the heck is going on?
Slowly falling from my waist to the floor with the soundproof door firmly on my back. Natsukawa who was standing in front of me looked very angry for some reason.
Oh?! What's wrong?!! Why?! Why? Why?!!!
"Huh... ...huh..."
She was out of breath and her shoulders were shaking....
What? Am I going to die here? From now on, will something ridiculous happen to me? Seriously? Please do it slowly ─No, no, it's not the time to do that, I'm really in a serious situation right now.
C-Calm down...! Right now, I need to think about what I should do! The reason why Natsukawa is angry... ...I'm sure it's because of my actions that I've done so far...!
─Excuse me! I've done a lot of things in the past few months, so... ...I don't know which one it is!
Author's Note: A bit too realistic....
TL: Reeze27
ED: Reeze27
PR: Reeze27
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