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The next morning, when I went to high school as usual,
“Hey, Sota, I heard rumors. You broke up with Kuzugaya san.”
Hattori Kensuke, whom I met in front of the school gate–a mysterious fugitive who has been my classmate since the first year of junior high school–suddenly said such a thing to me without even greeting me.
“Who told you that?”
“A guy from the newspaper club messages me. Someone saw Kuzugaya san shopping arm-in-arm with a handsome college student at a department store.”
“….I see.”
That’s right.
Those two were on a date with no secrets whatsoever.
I wouldn’t be surprised if there were other people besides me who saw it.
“It was well-known that Sota and Kuzugaya san were dating. So it’s probably already a rumor at school. So, is it true that you broke up?”
Kensuke glanced at his surroundings and lowered his voice, as if he didn’t think it was a story to be told to others.
“It’s true.”
“It’s not like you,…..dumped her. You were all over her. Did she dump you?”
“Well,…..that’s right.”
I didn’t say that I saw her just coming out of the love hotel.
From the way Kensuke talks about it, it doesn’t seem like it’s a rumor.
……I wasn’t defending Kuzutani in any way.
I was just showing off a little.
I’m a boy and I have pride, so it was a shameful thing to say in front of my best friend that I had been cuckolded.
The way Kensuke was talking about it, he was probably assuming that Kuzugaya was dating another guy and that I should have inevitably been dumped.
“Geez, are you serious !?”
“I’m serious.”
“I see…….”
Kensuke, who mumbled quietly, cast down his eyes with a somber look on his face.
There wasn’t even the slightest hint of him laughing at me.
“Anyway, I guess everyone likes gossip.”
“Well, you know, all high school students, male or female, love to gossip about other people, don’t they?”
“I guess so.”
I couldn’t help but chuckle at Kensuke’s openness.
The truth is, I’m not really interested in other people’s love affairs.
However, even in everyday classrooms, I often hear such topics.
I heard that someone was dating someone else, or that someone had broken up with someone else.
Now it was just about my broken heart.
“Well, don’t worry about it too much, okay? I’m sure everyone will forget about it as soon as there’s something new to talk about. It’s like the old saying, Rumors last 75 days.”
“I’ve been thinking for a while now, isn’t seventy-five days a long time? Two and a half months, you know? By that time, the first semester will be almost over, right?”
“I guess that’s true if you ask me. In today’s information-rich society, a week is one-tenth of a year, right?”
“Well, that’s about right……I mean, how can a newspaper club even get this kind of personal information yesterday? The ability to gather information is honestly too scary…….”
“He said the foundation of journalism is to gather whatever information you can.”
“That’s a very ambitious attitude for the newspaper club of an average public high school.”
I swore to myself that I would never make enemies with the newspaper club while I was in school.
“There are alumni who have gone on to work for major media companies. Besides, you know, Kuzugaya san is a beautiful woman, right? That’s why her information value is much higher. I also wondered how you could be dating Kuzugaya san.”
“Hey, Kensuke, don’t say such cruel things. If I commit suicide out of sadness, it will be because of what you said, okay? I’ll write your name in my suicide note along with the reason, okay? Remember that, okay?”
“Hahaha, my bad. But if you have the energy to make such a light remark, does that mean you’re not that worked up about it?”
Kensuke’s voice was strangely gentle, the most gentle tone of voice he’d used all day.
“…What, Kensuke, were you trying to cheer me up?”
“Of course. If you are in despair about your life after being dumped by a beautiful girlfriend, and you throw yourself into the sea at night, it will be a big deal.”
“I thought you were a bad friend who would get into trouble, but you were actually a good guy who was worried. Are you a nosy person?”
“What do you mean by ‘nosy’? But I did worry. If my best friend had been dumped after dating for a year, I would be worried.”
What the heck, Kensuke, you’re a really good guy.
I’m about to have a complete breakdown in my tear gland, you know?
“Well, as you can see. I’m feeling relatively okay about it, so don’t worry about it. And thanks for worrying about me.”
“We have known each other for a long time, so I should do something that’s typical of a best friend once in a while.”
Kensuke winked and gave a thumbs up with a super sly wink on his face.
But unfortunately, it didn’t suit him at all since he is a mob whose appearance is not much different from mine.
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