Episode 20 – What does that even mean……?

Several days have passed since the day my textbooks were hidden, and as I had expected, Kuramoto’s harassment continues to this day.
The harassment varies from relatively light harassment, such as not turning in distributed handouts to me, to malicious harassment, such as pouring instant glue into my locker keyhole.
However, whenever I was harassed by Kuramoto, Reona and Riona helped me out in various ways, so I had no problems at all.
Kuramoto must have had no idea that his harassment would have led to a further strengthening of the bond between us.

“I can no longer help but think that he’s doing this on purpose.”

I was beginning to think that Kuramoto was helping to bring me, Reona, and Riona closer together. I was beginning to think that Kuramoto might actually be a very nice guy.
With this thought in mind, I went to the locker room to change out of my school uniform and into my gym clothes. I’m going to be playing soccer in gym class, and to be honest, I’m a bit depressed because I don’t have anyone to pair up with for practice.

“…… Well, I’ll probably end up pairing up with one of the extra guys anyway, like I usually do, so I’ll probably be able to handle it.”

After changing, I went to the field and waited for the chime to ring. After a while, the class starts, and after everyone does the exercises together, the PE teacher tells us to form pairs, which makes me cry because I am a small child.
The teacher asks us to form pairs, which is a crying shame for the “loners”.
So I thought it would be the same as usual, but it was not the case this time. Because there was a guy who wanted to pair up with me.

“Yagami, you’re paired with me. I’m sure you know that, but of course you don’t have the right of refusal.”

It was Kuramoto who approached me with a smirk on his face. I’m sure he’s up to something, but unfortunately I don’t think I’ll be able to refuse him.

“…… yeah.”

Then we started practicing passing the ball under the teacher’s direction, and Kuramoto suddenly started harassing me.

“Sorry, sorry, I kind of mishandled the control of the ball a little bit.”
“..no, no, you did that on purpose.”

Kuramoto intentionally kicked the ball in the wrong direction, making me run and run and run, and then he aimed it at my face.
And he was really bad because he was acting so cunningly that it looked like an accident to the people around him.
Well, it was only the first time we practiced as a pair, and soon we would be playing as a team, so it would be a little patience.

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“Ouch!”

A little after we had finished practicing in pairs and the game had begun, I was tackled with all my might by Kuramoto, who was on the other team, and fell to the ground, scraping my knee.

“Sorry Yagami, I didn’t do it on purpose, so please forgive me.”

Kuramoto apologized in his own words, but his words were not at all sincere, and he even seemed to be laughing at me, so I was sure he did it on purpose.
The game was suspended and I was ordered by the teacher to go to the infirmary. Then Kuramoto began to insist that he would accompany me to the infirmary. Naturally, I refused, but I was forced into it.
We started walking to the infirmary, but as soon as we were out of sight of the teacher, Kuramoto started swearing at me.

“You seem to be on a roll with the help of Reona and Riona, but don’t think you can keep this kind of happiness forever,”

After saying whatever he wants to me, Kuramoto starts walking in a direction that is clearly not the insurance office.

“…… Hey, where are you trying to go? The infirmary is not that way.”
“You didn’t really think I was going to chaperone you to the infirmary, did you? No way, you can go on your own.”

I wondered if he had forgotten that he was in the middle of class.
I was thinking about this, but my scraped knee hurt, so I went straight to the nurse’s office and received treatment from the school nurse inside.
By the time I returned to the field, there were only five minutes left in class, and my classmates were cleaning up.
Apparently a lot of time had passed while I was being treated. As I was taking part in the cleanup, the chime rang to announce the end of class.
As I walked slowly to the locker room, my knee still hurting, I was approached by a very happy-looking Kuramoto.

“Because this is the end of your high school life.”
“What does that even mean, ……?”
“You’ll find out in a little while anyway. Enjoy your last day of school at the very least.”

Kuramoto said this and ran away from me in a good mood. I had no idea what he was talking about, but I had a terrible feeling.
I wondered if it might have something to do with the fact that he had pretended to be accompanying me somewhere. I hope nothing happened, but Kuramoto went out of his way to say those words to me, so there must be something going on.

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