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Then we looked at each other in silence. My face was hot, almost feverish, and Arisa was blushing as well,
Perhaps we were both waiting for each other’s next words.
“Gohon. By the way, Arisa ……, what’s wrong? It’s unusual for you to come to see me outside of after-school hours, isn’t it?”
“I wanted to talk to Ryoma about something. The fact that Tsumugi isn’t here at the moment is a good thing.”
When both of our hot flashes had calmed down, we returned to the topic without daring to talk about what we had just talked about.
Something in the air that was about to get sweet wasn’t going to hold me back anymore.
Arisa was on board, too, so we decided to continue.
“Ryoma, you never talk to me at all. I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.”
“I have never seen Arisa alone, though.”
We rarely talk at school.
To begin with, there are always people around Arisa on the premise of being a man and a woman. Not only those close to her like Otsuki san, but also other classmates are envious of her.”
Some people think it’s presumptuous for me to talk to her, I can’t talk to her
“But the number of boys who talk to me has decreased considerably. They go for the more charming ones.”
“Charming? Ah, Tsumugi.
Lately, all the boys are crazy about Tsumugi.”
“Although they used to talk to me so much.”
“Arisa, you’re so merciless to boys that they’re shrinking away from you.”
With a strong and relentless tone, she condemns all boys who have faint feelings for her.
That is the tsuntsun Asahina Arisa at school.
But.
“I’m not that scary you know? I’m not intimidating towards Ryoma right?… If it’s unpleasant”
My best friend, Asahina Arisa, sometimes throws words at me in a confident manner.
I find that gap irresistible to me…or rather, I find it fascinating.
She’s only kind to me. Is that a sense of superiority?
“It’s all right. Arisa is very kind to me.”
“Really! That’s great!”
The conversation would not go anywhere if I felt she was cute.
I tried my best to calm down my face that seemed to be on fire.
“The thing you want to talk about is Tsumugi, isn’t it? Is there something wrong? When I look at her, she seems to be at peace,…….
I think Tsumugi has a good reputation because she can easily talk with boys.
“That’s …… the problem.”
“Eh?”
I didn’t understand what it meant. What’s the problem with that?
“I was wondering if I should tell you, Tsumugi’s childhood friend,…….”
Arisa stuttered a little and continued.
“The girls hate Tsumugi a lot.”
“Why?! She’s not the kind of girl who says hurtful things, and as Arisa said, she’s very charming.”
“Yes, but only towards boys.”
I stopped when she said that.
“She’s very friendly to me and to Shizuku. I think it’s probably because she has experience being friends with people with similar personalities, so she’s easy to get along with. But not at all with other girls. She’s shrinking away from them. I can see it when I see her talking with Eri and Mariya.”
I remember those girls are two of the gals in Arisa’s group.
I don’t see Tsumugi talking to those two very often.
“And yet, she gets along well with the boys. …… they think she’s just a pretentious girl who flirts with the boys. She’s very close to them.”
“….”
It’s true that Tsumugi is the type of girl who comes on too strong.
She’s the type who naturally does things that attract boys. There are many places where I agree with what you say.
Many girls are upset because the boy they liked is taken away by Tsumugi. So, Tsumugi rejects the confession of boys, right? She’s not even interested in going out with them, she’s just trying to flirt with them.”
“I didn’t know that was happening.”
“I don’t have any doubts about Tsumugi, I’m not going to stop being friends with her. I’m used to dealing with that kind of girl.”
“Arisa ……”
“Well, I don’t like how she’s clingy to Ryoma even though she said she was going to mediate between me and Ryoma. Even if it’s a hug…I’d like too.”
The last word was too low a whisper to be heard.
But I never expected… Tsumugi to have such a problem.
“Tsumugi, do you know the story of how she used to be a cheerleader at her old school?”
“Yeah. I couldn’t ask her too hard because she wanted to hide it, but…”
“In the end, I think she still wants to do cheerleading. But she can no longer …… do it.”
Arisa takes out her phone and shows it to me.
It was a video playing on youtube, a video of a game of the high school cheerleading team “FRY”.
Tsumugi was in the center of the team.
The performance was of such a high quality that my eyes naturally went to Tsumugi.
She looked light, happy, …… and above all, beautiful. It was a performance to behold.
“It’s amazing. I knew Tsumugi was an experienced dancer. What’s wrong with this video?”
“Please watch it to the end.”
After the performance, the cheerleaders leave the venue.
They were warmly welcomed by other members of the club and …… huh? No one rushed to
Tsumugi
While everyone was happily celebrating the success, Tsumugi was alone wiping her sweat with no expression on her face.
“I think Tsumugi might have been disliked by the same gender at her old school. That’s just a guess.”
That’s why she transferred and came to this school.
She came to this school …… with me and Reo, who are her childhood friends.
It’s just a guess. I can’t make a determination.
In the comment section of youtube, there were comments here and there about the good looks of the center Tsumugi as much as the goodness of the team.
Then there was a hidden word in it.
“The top girl is a slut who flirts with men.”
“Worst personality and hated.”
“I hope she quits club activities as soon as possible.”
It was obvious that they were referring to Tsumugi.
Honestly, this was a shock. Honestly, I can tolerate whatever is said to me, but it hurts to see my childhood friend being illed like that
Seeing the look on my face,……, Arisa put on an apologetic expression.
“I’m sorry. I’m not sure if I should tell Ryoma or not. But…”
“In fact, thank you. I don’t think Reo or I would have noticed.”
“Maybe it can’t be helped since you and Hirasawa-kun are her childhood friends, but it seems like Tsumugi only knows how to interact with boys. In that sense, she might be worse”
But what do we actually do?
If I were to tell Tsumugi about this ……. The fact that she has never asked me for advice before must mean that she doesn’t want me or Reo to know about it.
“If Tsumugi asks me for advice, I’ll take action too. Until then, I think it’s best to wait and see. Ryoma should support Tsumugi.”
“I understand. Thank you, Arisa.”
“But!”
Arisa approaches me with a suspicious look on her face.
“You mustn’t be too supportive and serious about it.”
“What are you talking about?!”
“You have a job to support me in housekeeping, Ryoma!”
I wondered if that was the job of pampering her, but I could only say that I understood.
Tsumugi’s behavior is no different from usual in after-school club activities and after going home.
Is she talking well with the girls? I couldn’t ask her how she was doing, and with Arisa and Otsuki by her side, I was sure she would be fine.
That’s what I thought.
The day came suddenly.
It was lunch time at school.
After lunch, I was sitting alone in the classroom.
“Kogure-kun!”
Then Otsuki-san appeared with a pale expression on her face.
She pulled me by the arm and led me out of the classroom.
“What’s wrong?”
“I was having dinner with Tsumugi-san since Arisa wasn’t here today.”
Speaking of which, Arisa was absent from school today.
She doesn’t seem to be sick though……
“Then a girl from another class came to me and said she had something to do with Tsumugi and took her away,”
“What?!”
“I was going to go with her, but Tsumugi-san said I didn’t have to come, and Reo-kun said he had club activities to attend to,……so Kogure kun.”
Could it be that the girl’s dissatisfaction that Arisa mentioned the other day has exploded?
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