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★ Kamiya, Suguru (side)
Today is the gymnastics festival, but I’m not in the mood for it at all.
When I was in junior high school, I used to have fun at the P.E. festival with my childhood friends.
But that’s not going to happen this year.
Haruka has been stuck with Sano for a long time now, and Ai has been very quiet lately, even getting into an argument with me.
The only person I can trust right now is Sara.
I’m trying my best to figure out how to get them back together.
Then Haruka heads off to the bread-eating contest.
Until last year, I was in that position, not even looking and flirting without worrying about what others might think.
The bread-eating contest began.
“As expected of Haruka”
Haruka, who took first place as a matter of course, hugged Sano.
“Haaa! Why, you never hugged me when we were in junior high school.”
“We were together for years, but 2 3 months with Sano is bigger for Haruka? ……”
I don’t know when this started, I knew it was when I abandoned her that time… no, but she said not to worry about that.
I don’t know, I don’t know.
No, let’s not think about Haruka right now.
My first priority is Sara and Ai.
Ai is concerned about Sano, but the relationship hasn’t progressed that far, so it’s still okay.
I haven’t even seen Sara talking to Sano.
I have to concentrate on keeping the two of them together.
Ai came first in the 100-meter run.
I was watching her and Sano secretly exchanging words.
“Damn, she’s so obviously conscious of him, too.”
But I knew that Ai and Sano were not making much progress in their relationship.
I went to her.
“Ai! Good job, you’re a natural!”
“Yes, thank you.”
I was glad to see that she didn’t mind that we had an argument.
Still, it’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to look at her with a calm mind, and she really has style.
Oops, I shouldn’t get into my own world! Let’s praise her more.
“Well, you’re too good at both studying and exercising, you’re just too good!”
“What’s wrong all of a sudden? You haven’t given me any compliments since high school.”
Eh? Was I? I’m sure that’s what it feels like now that I think back on it.
“No, no, I’m just thinking again, I’ve been a little shy since high school, haha.”
“Yeah, well, I don’t feel bad about the compliment, thanks.”
“Yeah, that was really cool.”
Alright! It was a handful, Ai still looks okay.
Suguru was too happy to notice that Ai was giving a small sigh ……
“Oh, Sara’s next.”
It was time for Sara’s scavenger hunt.
Sara was scurrying around taking a piece of paper.
“What’s going on? What’s the subject?”
“And she’s looking alternately at me and somewhere else.”
I followed Sara’s gaze.
“Haa!? Why Sano?!”
Aren’t you two supposed to be strangers?
Could they be related without my knowledge? No, I don’t even know what the subject is yet, so let’s not get any crazy ideas.
While I was thinking about that, Sara ran toward Sano.
“You’re going that way after all. ……”
Sara sprained her leg and Sano held her.
“Haa! What the hell is that guy doing? Sara doesn’t like to stand out!”
She went on to finish first.
The people in the hall were getting excited as if they were chilling with the couple.
“Damn, you people don’t know what you’re talking about!”
Sara was very flustered when the MC was about to announce the theme.
I wondered what was wrong
“The title is—Prince.”
The audience got excited.
But I froze for a few seconds.
“P-Prince?”
What’s a prince? What was Sara thinking when she chose Sano? Why Sano compared to me?
It’s true that Sano looks more like a prince than me, I admit that.
But other than his looks, he’s a bad guy, or rather, rather than a prince, Sano is more of a villain.
No, maybe Sara chose the good-looking Sano on purpose to liven up the event? I can only think so.
Suguru did not think about the fact that Sara, who is not good at showing off, would never do such a thing, or rather, he did not want to think about it and it naturally disappeared from his mind.
While Suguru was thinking about this, Sara and Akuru were gone, but he was too busy thinking about it to notice.
I asked Ai and Haruka, who were with me, if Sara was gone at lunch time, and for some reason I had a bad feeling about it.
“H-Hey, what’s up with Sara?”
“I don’t know.”
“Me neither.”
They answered without changing their expressions at all.
Well, if they are not worried, it must be all right, I thought.
A little later, Sara came back, but somewhat dazed.
Ai looked at her quizzically, while Haruka seemed happy for some reason.
“Sara chi—“
Haruka said, and Sara came back to herself.
“Oh? Haruka-chan?”
“Let’s eat dinner.”
“Ah, uh yeah”
Is Sara the same as usual after that?
But for some reason, I felt something was wrong, but I didn’t know what it was.
Then LIME rang.
Who is it at a time like this? I looked at my phone and saw it was my friend Sato.
[Come to the home economics room right now!]
I thought to myself, What is this guy talking about?
[Why, I’m busy right now.]
[You’ll regret it if you don’t come!]
[No, I mean, why in the home economics room?]
[Because I’m going to tell you something that no one is allowed to hear!]
Sato is usually a random guy, but when he’s serious, he’s a decent guy, at least this time it seems to be a real emergency.
I decided to head to the home economics room, pretending that I had something to do with the three of them.
The suddenness of the matter made Ai a little suspicious, but she couldn’t care less right now.
“Hey, how are things going with your childhood friends these days?”
Sato said to me as soon as we arrived at the home economics room.
“W-What do you mean? It’s normal!”
“Really? Then why is Nanase-san with Sano all the time?
“That’s none of your business!”
I snapped at the mention of Haruka and Sano’s relationship.
“Haa, well, if that’s what you want to say, then fine, but look at this.”
Sato then showed me a picture
I was speechless and angry.
The picture was of Sara being pushed down by Sano in the infirmary.
I couldn’t see their faces, but I was sure it was Sara and Sano.
“W-What is this?”
“I happened to pass by the infirmary a while ago, and I heard something fall over, and when I peeked in, this is what I saw, so I took this picture.”
“W-What brought this on?”
“I don’t know. All I saw was Aizawa-san being pushed down and then rushing out.”
“A-Anyway, give me this picture, and erase it.”
“Yeah, that’s fine, but what are you going to do about it? You’re not going to spread the word, are you?”
“Sara would be shocked if I did that! Sano must have forced her to do it!”
“Is that so?”
“Of course! I’ll talk to Sara and see when the time is right, and I’ll help her out!”
“O-ou.”
With that, Suguru left the home economics room.
Then Sato muttered
“Hmm? Aizawa-san didn’t seem to dislike it, and as for Nanase-san, it’s clear…… well, love is free, so I’m not going to speculate.”
After listening to Sato’s story, I was thinking by myself.
Well, I’m satisfied with this.
Sara was clearly acting strange just now, probably because Sano had misunderstood the topic of being a prince and was pressuring her. Maybe she was worried about Sara because she was afraid of Sano and couldn’t tell anyone.
I was sure she was afraid of Sano, and was worried because she couldn’t talk about it with anyone.
～That night~
Suguru spoke in the group chat of the four
“Hey, is my birthday party at my place as usual?”
“Yeah, it’s fine.”
“Yeah, I’m fine.”
“Um, okay.”
Hmmm? Haruka was the only one who was slow to respond, but that’s okay.
“Okay, then.”
“Haaaa…”
Suguru was calmly making contact with them, but inwardly he was quite irritated.
The three of them were gradually moving away from him, and things were not going the way he wanted them to.
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