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No no no no no no no no no no!?
How could that be? It can’t be, right? Because it’s me! Mizuno Shota! A pervert! Gross! Mizuno Shota! The guy who stole your bag a few hours ago! I bowed down to you!
“Hey? Why?”
Close close close close close close close close close close!
No, I could kiss you right now? If I wanted to, I could just kiss you?
“So why?”
“Ah, no, I wasn’t looking.”
“Liar. What do you think you’re doing, being nice to all those girls?”
“Even if you ask what I think I’m doing…”
I don’t think I’m being nice. I’m just desperately trying not to act like a virgin.
No, forget that! We’re too close! I can’t even hear what you’re saying!
“You were looking earlier too!”
“Wh-what was I looking at?”
Did I do something to deserve this? Me?
“You were talking to Fumizuki-senpai and Hisada-chan!”
“Well, of course I was talking.”
With so few people here, it’d be harder not to talk. Plus, I was talking to Saotome properly too.
“You were standing really close to Hisada-chan.”
“Haruka-chan’s voice is quiet, so it can’t be helped.”
Plus, with the fireworks going off, it was even harder to hear voices.
“Right?”
“Huh!?”
You’re getting even closer!? We’re at a distance where your breath could hit me any second now!
If I kiss her now, does that make me the bad guy? If she pushes in and I kiss her back, am I the one who gets blamed? Someone knowledgeable, tell me right now!
“Just look at me…”
Niiro closed her eyes softly.
Whoa, calm down, me! If I kiss her now, we’ll go down the NTR, BSS route! I absolutely have to stop that from happening!!
I absolutely hate NTR and BSS! Don’t make me the one doing the stealing!
But… this totally fits me as the flirty, perverted best friend type! I’m practically begging to be the one who steals her!
No way!! I don’t want to destroy Saotome’s brain!! School life just started! I’d have to spend my whole school life hated by Saotome!
“……”
She’s waiting. Niiro is waiting for me.
If Saotome falls into darkness now, she’ll be beyond saving!
Hang in there! Me! Calm down! Niiro doesn’t like me! She’s just saying whatever comes to mind, swept up in the moment!
Ah, but I’m drawn to Niiro’s charm.
Thud
The face of Niiro, which had been right in front of me, suddenly vanished from my field of vision.
“Are you okay!?”
Niiro had collapsed onto the ground, breathing heavily.
“Hot!”
I touched her forehead, and sure enough, it was burning up.
I hurriedly carried Niiro to a bed in the villa and laid her down. I touched her body while carrying her, but that’s not sexual harassment, right? It’s okay, right?
“Seems like she’s calmed down for now.”
“Ah, thank goodness~”
There were various clothes changes and such, so I left that to the two girls.
Hearing she’d calmed down, I finally relaxed and the tension left my shoulders.
I was shocked, you know? There’s no way that Niiro would act like that towards me. Hearing it was because she was feverish made me understand a little.
But seriously, would she act like that toward a guy she doesn’t even like? If she did that to a guy she doesn’t like, he’d get the wrong idea, right? It was lucky it happened to be me, but if it had been some other guy, he would’ve kissed her right then.
I think if I had kissed her back then, I would’ve regretted it, but right now, I’m super regretful that I didn’t get to kiss her.
I should’ve kissed her…
“Sorry, good night.”
“Yes, good night.”
“Bye-bye.”
Since Niiro had a fever, she slept alone. Hisada-chan and Fumi-senpai took the spot where a guy would normally sleep, so Saotome and I ended up sleeping in the living room.
“Had she been feeling rough for a while?”
“Who knows?”
I thought about it… Could it be my fault?
Maybe when she came to nurse me, my virus was lying dormant and just now activated? My virus seems like the creepy type that could do something like that.
If that’s the case, then it’s my fault. A sudden wave of guilt washed over me.
The guilt and the excitement from almost kissing her woke me up completely.
[Let me know if anything happens,]
I sent Niiro a message. She’ll probably see this right when she wakes up.
I’ll stay on standby, ready to move whenever her reply comes.
“Huh? Aren’t you sleeping?”
“I’ll sleep in a bit.”
“Oh? I’m going to sleep.”
“Good night.”
“Good night.”
This is normal, right? Today was eventful, so I’m tired and sleepy.
Man, my heart’s been racing the whole time. If someone had just given my back a little pat, I could’ve kissed her, right?
If it was force majeure, Saotome would forgive me, right? If I’d initiated it, it’d be NTR, heading down the BSS route, but if it was force majeure, he might’ve forgiven me with an “I’m sorry.”
It feels like someone’s telling me, “You’re not the protagonist because you don’t make mistakes here!” If I were the protagonist, I definitely could’ve kissed her.
Haaa… I wanna quit being the best friend…
Ping♪
[Want a drink]
No drinks? Gotta get this to her fast!
“Here you go.”
“Thanks.”
“You okay?”
Not okay, right? You’re struggling.
“I’m fine.”
“Let me know anytime if you need anything.”
“Are you okay without sleep, Mizuno?”
“We work shifts, so I’m fine.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. Rest up, then.”
“Okay.”
She’s a pain, but she’s cute when she’s weak.
“Oh, you’re awake?”
Fumi-senpai woke up. Even just out of bed, she’s got that huge hat on properly.
“Yeah. I couldn’t sleep.”
After that, she only called me once, but then she slept soundly. I stayed on standby the whole time, ready to be called at any moment.
“Was it for Sarasa-chan?”
“No, I just happened to not be able to sleep.”
“Hmm…”
What’s with that meaningful “hmm”? Mine was totally meaningless.
“Why don’t I take over? You should go get some sleep.”
“No, it’s fine. I can stay awake for a while longer.”
My brain’s wide awake now, I’m not sleepy at all. It’d be such a waste to sleep during a training camp like this, right?
“Then why don’t you go have some fun? Haruka-chan and I will look after Sarasa-chan.”
“…”
“Come on, I think Sarasa-chan would feel less guilty if you went out.”
If I put myself in Niiro’s shoes, wouldn’t going out to play make me feel less guilty? When your body’s weak, your mental state is weak too, so you end up feeling bad for everyone.
So I think going out and having a blast is probably the better choice here.
Once that’s decided, it’s best to act fast.
“Hey, wake up!”
“…Huh?”
I shook Saotome awake. What the hell is this guy sleeping for? It’s a training camp! Who needs sleep now?!
“How long are you gonna sleep?! Get up already!”
“Huh?”
This guy’s still half-asleep.
“Get ready. We’re going to the beach.”
“Oh~. Guess I can’t sleep forever then.”
Saotome jumped up and hurried off to wash his face.
Good. So he likes the sea too, after all.
But more importantly, I need to get ready too. If you underestimate the sea, you’ll get hurt. Not that I’m going to do anything dangerous, though.
I wasn’t really planning on doing it, but now that the conditions are right, I guess I have to.
“I’m ready!”
“Let’s go then! Oh, I’m off!”
“Have a good trip.”
We left Niiro to Fumi-senpai and Hisada-chan and headed for the sea.
“So, what are we doing? We’re doing the beach flag competition, right?”
Huh? Is this guy a kid? We came to the sea, just us two guys? Then what we’re doing is obvious, right?
“Tch tch tch tch. We ain’t playing some childish game like that.”
“Huh? Then what are we doing?”
I pulled my sunglasses out of my breast pocket and put them on, even though it wasn’t that bright.
“N~anpa⭐︎”
Of course it’s picking up girls!
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