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As the sun began to set, we finally decided to have a barbecue.
We decided to split into two teams,
As in the water balloon war, me, Kumagai san, Matsuo, and Kanno san,
Sudo, Kioka, Ogasawara, and Otsuka san.
Ogasawara, an experienced man, skillfully lit two pieces of charcoal.
“Kya~, Makocchan, you’re so cool !”
Otsuka san, who is good at giving compliments, exaggeratedly praised Ogasawara,
Ogasawara’s nose twitched happily.
We laid out the meat we had brought with us to save money, instead of buying it at the front desk.
A loud laugh came from Sudo and the others.
The four talkative people were all here, and they seemed to have no trouble finding something to talk about,
Everyone seemed to be having a great time.
In contrast, I was feeling a bit nervous and couldn’t get into a conversation,
I couldn’t help but extend my chopsticks to the meat.
“It’s too early !”
“Eh……I prefer it rare, so that’s enough, right?”
“It’s too early !”
Matsuo, the barbecue expert, was very strict !
Everyone was paying attention to how well the meat and vegetables were cooked.
“Here, it’s ready !”
Matsuo grilled the meat, starting with the tastiest looking ones,
Matsuo then passed out the cooked meats in the order of Kumagai san, Kanno san, Matsuo himself, and me.
He has always stubbornly followed this rotation.
…..Isn’t it strange?
But if I said it out loud, I would be called narrow-minded again !
That’s traumatic.
“Thank you.”
I glanced at Matsuo to thank him for distributing the meat,
He was staring at Kumagai san.
Oops.
There was an additional quest at the barbecue for Ogasawara and Otsuka san to become a couple, wasn’t there?
Kumagai san seemed pleased with Matsuo’s action.
Hmmm.
The quartet with Sudo, Kioka, and Kumagai san is comfortable and a lot of fun.
Especially, Kumagai san and I had a final exam and I lost,
She bought me a Hagen.
That was our only relationship, but it was fun too.
What would happen if Matsuo confessed to Kumagai san?
Would they become lovers?
Matsuo is a class representative which means he was one of the top students in the entrance exam.
As for his figure, he’s a bespectacled tall man who doesn’t seem to excel in any particular way…
He is good at teaching, and he is a good moderator in homerooms and so on.
But I wouldn’t like it if Kumagai san had a boyfriend～.
That said, even the beautiful and friendly Kumagai san would never run for a boyfriend.
Right now, I definitely don’t want a girlfriend…
“Hey, what’s wrong?”
Kanno Haruko peered at me worriedly.
“Oh, I was just admiring the charcoal fire.”
“Hehehe. I thought we were back to the beginning of April.
You didn’t even look up when I tried to talk to you back then.”
“Oh, really? Was I that rude?”
“That’s right ! Samejima kun was staring at my stomach.”
“You have an attractive waist…”
“That’s a sexual harassment～”
Kanno san smirked, then brought her face close to my ear while looking meaningfully at Kumagai san.
“Matsuo kun will take her away from you.”
“…..I’m not interested in having a girlfriend.
“Even though you two seem to be in a good relationship?”
“You think so?”
“I do.”
I was whispering to Kanno san,
“Oh my, why are you acting so weird～?”
Kumagai san leaned in close to me, smiling.
Matsuo was staring at me !
“……We were talking about whether or not Ogasawara and Otsuka san would work out.”
I made eye contact with Kanno san in an attempt to deceive her.
“When I said things would go well, Kingo said it won’t.”
I was so startled by the sudden name-calling that I looked twice at Kanno san.
Kanno san was grinning, while Kumagai san’s eyes were kind of scary.
“…Is Samejima kun narrow-minded～?
By the way, have you been calling him Kingo for a while now, Kanno san? Were you close?”
Kumagai san and Kanno san’s gazes are bouncing around !
Ouch ! A spark of fire flew out !
“No, today is the first time we’ve talked a lot.
Kingo is so pushy, he called me by my first name and told me to call him that way !”
I could see the devil in Kanno san’s smirking face.
“Hey ! I didn’t say that !
I can’t call you by name ! No way, no way !”
“….He called Sudo and Kioka without honorifics, but I’m the only one he called Kumagai san…
Hey, are you putting up a wall?”
Kumagai san, sulking, tugged at my sleeve.
“No !”
“Then, Kingo kun, call me this from now on.
Yuri.”
“No, isn’t that too hard?”
“Come on. Repeat after me.” “Haruko.”
Kanno san bumped into Kumagai san while she was talking, and they are glaring at each other again !
Kanno san’s evil smile is spreading all over the place !
“Ah, yes. Well then, Yuri. Haruko. Nice to meet you.”
I gave up, and one by one, I looked them in the eye and called out their names clearly.
[ [Nice to meet you, Kingo.] ]
I was relieved to see Yuri and Haruko smile normally.
“Then please call me ‘Susumu’, Yuri, Haruko.”
Matsuo interrupted with a loud voice.
“……Hey, did you overcook the meat?”
“Oh, shoot～!”
After cleaning up the barbecue, we all enjoyed the fireworks.
Ogasawara, who was in a good mood, had ignited a firework and pointed it at us guys.
The guys ran for cover, planning to return the fireworks…
“Hey !”
Everyone was having fun, but only one person, Otsuka san, was really pissed off.
Ogasawara, which lit the fireworks, quickly extinguished them.
“You know, those fireworks sometimes erupt from below !
One of my relatives was almost burned to death !”
“Seriously? I didn’t know that. I won’t do it again.”
“Yeah. Let’s see whose sparkler can last longer.”
“Oh, I won’t lose !”
Everyone watched the exchange between Ogasawara and Otsuka san, who instantly created a world of their own, with a smile on their faces.
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