Episode 76 – Childhood Friends

Source https://kakuyomu.jp/works/1177354054894733613/episodes/1177354054895488658 I have two childhood friends. They are Aika and Yukki. They were the only ones who never left me and kept encouraging me after that incident. Even so….. Even so, I couldn’t brush away my sense of loss and kept the door to my heart tightly closed. It was Aika who’s taking care … Read more

Episode 5 – What Are The Benefits?

Source https://kakuyomu.jp/works/16816927860973666477/episodes/16816927861058929619 “Will you make me your fake girlfriend?” ————————————————– Rina suddenly made such a proposal. This is the first time we’ve talked about this, I mean, what’s a fake girlfriend? “Erm. What do you mean?” “Pretending to be your girlfriend. Just like that.” “No wait. So what does that mean?” I don’t understand. What … Read more

Episode 75 – Naru’s Frustration

Source https://kakuyomu.jp/works/1177354054894733613/episodes/1177354054895461221 “Naru, i think you know what I mean, but as long as you keep playing guitar, you can’t avoid her, you know?” “Yeah, I know.” —She’s the guitarist who made me frustrated with guitar. I’m talking about Anne Meyer. She was the perfect guitar heroine with an outstanding technique and a great sense … Read more

Staying at childhood friend’s house (2)

Source https://kakuyomu.jp/works/1177354054894733613/episodes/1177354054895190660 The night was getting late as we watched TV and chatted.It’s time to get ready for bed.Runa lives alone, so she will have an extra room. I will be allowed to use uncle’s room as well. Of course, I was going to sleep in the bed alone. …… “Um, ……Runa san? Really, what’s … Read more

Episode 4 – Why?

Source https://kakuyomu.jp/works/16816927860973666477/episodes/16816927861057151433 When me and Rina, the girl who sits next to me talking about going to McDonald’s, Saori was angry with me for a long time after that, but I don’t know why. Can I not make new friend? You’re the one who turned down my confession. Could it be that she was being … Read more

Episode 74 – Otonashi Parent And Child

Source https://kakuyomu.jp/works/1177354054894733613/episodes/1177354054895450339 Kaori san rushed out of the room without telling us what she was doing, so Iori went to check on her. Kaori san said that she had come to tell us that my father was leaving. My father was planning to go home alone, but at Iori’s urging I left the Kubota house … Read more

Episode 3 – I Befriended The Gyaru Who Sits Next To Me

Source https://kakuyomu.jp/works/16816927860973666477/episodes/16816927861055479219 A few days after I confessed my feelings to Saori and was rejected. I was experiencing emptiness. No. I didn’t expect that she would say it’s not possible. I thought there was a higher chance that she would say OK. Or sorry. ….What was not possible. Am I physiologically impossible? And on top … Read more

Staying at childhood friend’s house (1)

Source https://kakuyomu.jp/works/1177354054894733613/episodes/1177354054895190660 “You’re always asking me to stay over because it’s awkward.”“Well yeah” I went home once to get a change of clothes and now I was visiting Runa’s house. There are three of us living in that house, me and my sisters.Dad is in a neighboring prefecture on a solo assignment starting this school … Read more

Episode 73 – An Awkward Expression of Love

Source https://kakuyomu.jp/works/1177354054894733613/episodes/1177354054895443718 Right now, I’m being hugged by Iori in her room. And with my face buried in her chest. I know that Iori felt something during my session earlier. However, this is a little bit…..well, I’m happy, but for a growing man like me,  it’s a very stimulating healing. Iori’s body is slightly trembling. … Read more

Episode 2- I Confessed To Her But I Got Rejected

Source https://kakuyomu.jp/works/16816927860973666477/episodes/16816927861053977129 It’s been a few days since I turned down Saori’s invitation to karaoke. During that time, I asked myself why I was so stressed out about my childhood friend. And I came to the conclusion that it’s because my relationship with Saori was half-baked. What I mean is…… It’s not that our current … Read more