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“I think they usually didn’t tell her because Arisa was here. Today, since Arisa wasn’t here.”
Taking a chance, damn it.
“Otsuki san, please go back. It would be better if it was me who happened to run into them”
“But ……”
“Don’t worry. When it comes to people who want to hurt my friends, I’m not afraid”
“…..I understand. Be careful.”
Otsuki-san gave me the specific location and I headed to the scene
“Let’s make one more call to Reo-kun …… and get out”
She said she was eating dinner on a bench in the schoolyard,…… so it must have been behind the school building.
I sensed someone’s presence, so I approached slowly so as not to attract attention.
“You know,…… You really need to stop flirting with guys.”
“You’re getting too carried away. I’m not in a good mood when I see the guy I like flirtatiously flirt with you. Apologize”
“I have always liked him, so why should I let you, a random girl, steal him away from me?”
“……”
It went exactly as I had imagined.
The three girls were all on the verge of confronting Tsumugi.
“I-I didn’t steal him…….”
“Ha? It’s your fault, right? I was so close to getting him, and then you showed up.
How are you going to settle this?”
“Even if you say so. ……”
“You act like a pretty girl. It’s obvious that you only look good to boys. It really bugs me!”
“If you’re going to be like this…..”
“disgusting.”
“No.”
The tone of Tsumugi’s voice was very shaky and she sounded like she was about to cry at any moment.
The situation may be worse than I imagined. The other party is also very overbearing. I have experience in dealing with such people.
I immediately jumped into the space.
“Tsumugi……. There you are! I’ve been looking for you.”
“….. R-Ryoma.”
If I said that Otsuki-san called for help, it might harm her, so I pretend it was a coincidence.
Well, if I did that, Arisa and Reo wouldn’t forgive me.
Honestly, I was confused when I saw Tsumugi showing her weakness.
The Hiiragi Tsumugi I know is a strong girl who goes at her own pace, thinks she is the best, and challenges Reo head-on.
But now I don’t see a glimpse of her at all.
People change after ten years. Even I have changed a lot. But…..
I pulled on Tsumugi’s hand and tried to take her away.
“Hey, why are you trying to take her away without permission?”
“Who are you?”
“I’m a childhood friend of Tsumugi. I have something to do with her, so I’ll take her”
Tsumugi snuggled up to my back.
Tsumugi sticks tightly to my back. She looked like she was scared to the core.
The other person is a girl I don’t know. They don’t seem to be in the same class, but they seem flashy and strong-willed.
“She’s also got her hands on shady guys, huh? What a dirty girl. Don’t you know the rumor about her?”
“Rumor ……?”
“Rumor is that she’s been switching men. She’s a bad woman with a pretty face.”
I was getting very angry.
To be honest, I don’t like to be in this kind of situation either,…….
I have no intention of staying calm when my childhood friend is made fun of.
“Tsumugi is now staying at my parents’ house, a childhood friend of mine, and we go to and from school together. We are often together on holidays as well.”
“What about it?”
“Tsumugi should not have time to switch places. Is the rumor true?”
“Ha? Everyone is saying it.”
“You’re just saying it, but you haven’t seen her, have you?”
“It’s true that she talks to boys all the time!”
“Don’t you think it’s a bit shallow to treat her like a bad girl because of that?””
“What a pain in the ass! What is this guy?!”
Perhaps the rumors started to spread, and these girls got ahead of themselves and came to question her.
People who are swayed by rumors are really shallow. When I was in junior high school, I was swept away by rumors too, but nothing has changed.
The target has changed from Tsumugi to me. I’ll give it one more push to get on her nerves.
“And you purposely called out when Arisa wasn’t there. Isn’t that a little bit of an understatement?”
“You’ve got to be kidding me!”
“I’m not concerned about Asahina Arisa! She’s the same as any other high-flying woman!”
“You’re getting carried away, but if I told my boyfriend about you, he’d beat you to a pulp. If I tell him that you’ve made a false accusation against us…….”
“You turn to men when you’re in trouble, huh? You’re pathetic.”
“Haa!?”
“If it was Arisa, she would never back down and be intimidated by a man. She wouldn’t do stupid things like believe in rumors and get ahead of herself in the first place.”
The Arisa I know would cross her arms and stand fearlessly.
I know such a strong and beautiful girl that I’m not afraid of these unscrupulous women.
“You are more of a bad girl than her. Don’t talk nonsense!”
“!!?”
One of the women took out her phone and started taking pictures of me.
Hey, hey, what are you doing?
“I’m going to tell everyone that you attacked me.”
“What?!”
“That’ll be the end of you! You’re going to hell with her.”
“What are you doing?”
That’s when it happened. A voice came from an unexpected direction, and everyone turned to look in that direction.
There was a man who was better looking than anyone else, a hero of sorts.
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