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Maybe it’s not for me to say.
I’m undeniably a stranger, and I’m not qualified to get involved in family affairs.
All I had to do was say hello.
I should have just seen them off and gone back to the afternoon session myself.
But by all means.
I felt like I couldn’t let it leave here.
Unintentionally, I uttered rude words in a disrespectful tone.
“Eh, um, …… what’s wrong, Sakuma-kun?”
Was it because I suddenly changed my tone or because I spoke rudely?
The mother’s eyes widened and the father showed a puzzled look.
In response, I bowed my head in a small way.
“…… I’m sorry for the kid’s mouth.”
“Eh?”
“I know this is the wrong thing to say.”
But.
With my head bowed, I spoke to them.
“Could you please not go today?”
Then Ayase’s father hurriedly grabbed my shoulders,
“L-look up, okay? I can’t believe I’m being bowed down by Mikan’s friend ……!”
He looked flustered and woke me up.
But -…
“…… sorry, Sakuma-kun.”
Ayase’s mother tugged on her father’s arm
“I don’t know what you heard from Mikan, but things are different over here.”
“…………”
“I’m sorry for Mikan, but you are not a child either, so I hope you understand the adult situation.”
Sure, I understand the circumstances.
At my age, I can also understand to some extent that a job that involves money and responsibility is more important than a single child’s event.
If you look at it objectively, it’s obvious without saying which way will get more votes.
(…… still)
I bow my head towards them once more.
“Please,…… just for today, could you please hear Ayase’s request to the end?”
No words are uttered from the two of them.
Are they perplexed or dismayed?
I don’t even see their faces, so I don’t even know what kind of expressions the two of them have on their faces right now.
I don’t even know why …… Ayase asked the two of them to do something.
I don’t even know if she really wants me to do something.
I don’t even know if it’s right to keep them here.
I think it’s rude.
Even so…
“What I’m going to say now is just the ramblings of a stranger. …… I don’t know anything about the situation, I’m just a big kid.”
I held back the irritation that was rising, and just lowered my head and spoke.
“Ayase is a kind girl in everyone’s eyes.”
She goes out of her way to talk to everyone so that no one is left out, and she goes out of her way to offer a helping hand to anyone in need.
The other day, when she found a lost girl, she went with her to look for her mother. She takes the initiative.
She can be selfish and sometimes makes reckless gestures,…… but even so, Ayase is a kind girl.
She doesn’t want them to go home.
So much so that she can’t bear to say a single word about it.
“She has a bright, uninhibited side, but I think she’s a more sensitive girl than most.”
Because she is sensitive, she is easily hurt.
She doesn’t want to worry anyone, and because she is kind, she doesn’t say anything and keeps to herself.
Even now, when I see Ayase’s crying face that she showed me at that time, my heart still tightens.
What would have happened if she had remained alone? How worried I would have been.
“…… I am very aware that I have no right to tell you both what the situation is and what problems you have at the moment, whatever I know.”
Is the business that urgent?
Why did they decide to divorce?
Why did they decide to tell her at this point in time?
As a stranger, I don’t know, and I’m not qualified to know.
And yet…
“I am on Ayase’s side more than the two of you.”
Because when I see Ayase sad, it makes my heart ache.
I don’t want Ayase to be sad any more.
“Because if Ayase, who normally doesn’t say anything that would really bother someone, has asked the two of you to do this, …… I think there’s a good reason for it.”
The fact that Ayase asked the two of them at this time means that Ayase must have some feelings
I feel very at home when I spend time with …… Ayase.
I enjoy being with her and I want to fulfil her reckless requests.
She protects the important lines, and just being beside her makes me smile naturally.
She has a pretty face, and not just that.
The girl Ayase Mikan is that attractive.
“Really, you might think what a complete stranger is saying, but ……”
So…
“Please don’t do anything that will make my precious person sad.”
Again, firmly.
I mouthed it to both of them, keeping my head down.
Then, the mother showed a slightly surprised face and looked into my face.
“You, perhaps the story from Mikan ……”
“Sorry, I heard the story from her”
“…… I see“
The mother says nothing more and starts to think about something for a while.
Then…
“I’ll negotiate if I can leave it to my subordinate for a while.”
“Eh?”
“Hey, dear.”
“Well, I’m not a very good one, am I?”
I don’t know why the father put his hand on my shoulder and smiled at me.
“There’s a kid who’s willing to go so far for my daughter. Even with our circumstances, I feel like I’d be a lousy parent if I didn’t make it happen here.”
“…………”
“But we still need to talk about things before you can take care of my daughter, or whatever it is ……!”
I don’t know, I feel a little pain in the shoulder that was grabbed.
“Haa,…… if you say so, then I have to break down, don’t I?”
Saying that, the mother starts playing with her phone.
And after checking her phone with her watch,
“Go back, Sakuma-kun.”
“U-umm …….”
“Don’t worry, I’ll manage to stay until the end. If you told me that much, I would be a disqualified parent if I didn’t do something about it.”
The father poked me in the side a little harder.
“Ouch.”
“If it turns out that you were late because of us, Mikan will be angry with us. So, you know?’
Should I tell Ayase properly when we get back to the tent?
Like, I’m sorry for being unnecessary. Or that they’ll stay until the end?
But first…
“Thank you.”
It’s someone else’s house, and I’m being listened
I was frustrated …… but to be honest, I still am.
But they listened to me like this.
“Ayase will be delighted”
I bowed my head and hurriedly ran towards the ground.
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MC is a really good dude and totally loves Ayase. She thinks she’s up against two powerful rivals but the reality is, the other two girls have no shot with him as Ayase is taking up the space in his heart and mind.