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“I’ll have this! I’ll have the chocolate banana special pancake set and an iced cafe latte drink, please!”
“Oh, I’ll have that, too.”
“Sure thing.”
Fujibayashi-san, with her loud voice, and I both order the same thing, and the waitress replies
“What would you like, Arase and others?”
“Ah, I’ll have an iced coffee.”
“Oh, um, well, Suika will have that, too. ……”
“Okay, I’ll repeat. Two sets of chocolate banana special pancakes and two iced coffees, is that correct?”
“Yes—
“Eh? You don’t want anything to eat, Suisui? Look, this and that look delicious.
Strawberry and soufflé pancakes! You should try this!”
“That’s right, Suika likes sweets!”
“Eh? Yeah. ……”
Suika’s order was decided as recommended by Fujibayashi-san and me.
I mean, when did Suika and Fujibayashi become so close ……?
There were various things that I wanted to tweak,…….
“……”
“……”
“……?”
“..?”
A strange space was created in front of me.
Fujibayashi-san in front of me, Ito-kun beside her. And Suika was next to me.
No, it’s not so much a mystery, but I have a vague idea.
“…..!”
When I look at Suika, her eyes meet Ito-kun’s in the front, and then she quickly looks away. Such things continue to happen.
Now we were at a café. This place seems to be where Suika and Ito-kun came before.
It all started when I met Ito-kun at that clothing store and I invited them to the café
It is funny to remember the look on Ito-kun’s face at that time. Seeing him and Fujibayashi-san together, I thought it was a date.
I felt like I shouldn’t intrude, but I had something on my mind, so I asked him out.
I had never talked to Fujibayashi san before, but she was surprisingly easy to talk to, and she and Suika had become good friends recently, so this arrangement was made possible.
But still,……, it’s a poison to see so many couples around you. But the table with three women against one man is more conspicuous than that.
It seemed that Ito-kun’s shoulders were narrowed as he was stared at by the people around him.
But still, both of them looked awkward.
My intuition told me.
…There was definitely something going on between the two of them.
When I started thinking about it, I couldn’t stop grinning. That was also the reason I invited them.
It all started with that ball game. I kind of knew it, but …… Suika definitely likes Ito-kun, doesn’t she?
It seems like they went home together on the day of the previous tournament,…… and maybe at that time,…….
If so, this atmosphere makes sense.
But as for me, I was worried that Suika might have been dumped, but seeing as how she’s been fine the past few days, that doesn’t seem to be the case either.
I guess I’d say it’s on hold. ……? I guess Suika confessed her feelings on the spur of the moment and didn’t receive a reply.
“What’s wrong with you two? You guys are acting kind of shifty, aren’t you?”
“Yes”
Fujibayashi-san is suspicious of the subtle atmosphere between Suika and him. Apparently, Fujibayashi-san is unaware of the change in their relationship.
This is getting interesting.
“I don’t think so. Right, Suika?”
“Y-Yes. That’s not true.”
“…………”
“….”
“Hmm?”
“Grin.”
Oh, no. I can’t stop myself from grinning even though I’m trying to suppress it!
Ito-kun, you look so frustrated.
“S-Speaking of which, did Suika and the others have club activities today?”
Ito-kun changed the subject, trying to somehow divert the conversation.
“Y-yeah! That’s right! We had a joint practice game with the boys at another high school.
On the way home.”
“Yes, yes. It was the first game with the new team. Suika was really fired up.”
“I see. Did you win the match?”
“Of course!”
Suika answered cheerfully. After all, when it comes to basketball, the ease with which they talk seems to change. She can talk to Ito-kun normally like before.
“Then, on the way home, we talked about hanging out for a while. Suika said she wanted new clothes. She wasn’t interested in clothes, so she hadn’t said anything like that before. Is it because of that?”
I looked at Ito-kun. Ito-kun’s face was twitching.
He probably thinks I know something about what happened between him and Suika.
Oh no. I’m grinning.
But too bad! I really don’t know! I do have a vague idea, though.
But still, if you and Fujibayashi san were together, that means….
“By the way What were Ito-kun and Fujibayashi san doing? I guess you were looking at Fujibayashi-san’s clothes…but since it’s just the two of you, maybe a date?”
“Ah, found out?”
Fujibayashi-san admits too easily. But this is probably not the case. I’m just teasing Ito-kun.
“D-Date…”
Suika clearly loses her energy. Like a withered sunflower.
Seeing this, Ito-kun seems to have panicked and makes an excuse
“It’s not like that, Suika. I’m just helping her buy clothes for various reasons.”
“I-I see!”
Suika’s expression lit up. It is really easy to understand ……. Suika is so cute.
“Isn’t that what people call a date?”
“─ ─ ……”
But in an instant, Fujibayashi-san hit Suika at rock bottom again. Suika looked like she was about to cry in plain sight.
Maybe she didn’t mean to offend…….
“Fujibayashi. If you joke around too much, even I’ll get angry.”
“Bu-…… I understand.”
Ito kun’s words finally made Fujibayashi shut her mouth. Fujibayashi looked dissatisfied. I guess she was just teasing after all.
“Suika, as I’m saying, there are various reasons. I am going with her out of necessity. I have no choice.”
“You don’t have to emphasize so much.”
“It’s because you say confusing things.”
“I-I see. ……”
Perhaps relieved by Ito-kun’s words, Suika lets out a sigh of relief.
After all, Ito-kun has the qualities of a womanizer, right?
“So. What happened with all that stuff? Oh, it’s fine if you don’t want to say it.”
I was a little curious to see Ito-kun like that, and I wanted to tease him a little.
I’m also curious as to why the two of them are alone in the first place.
“T-That’s the thing. ……”
“Oh, I ran away from home. So I came here to buy some clothes.”
“R-ran away from home!? Are you okay?!”
“Well, it’s no big deal. I didn’t have anywhere to go yesterday, so I stayed over at Arase’s place.”
Arase-kun’s mouth is gaping open. His face said he didn’t expect her to say that.
Staying over….?
Did they already have that kind of relationship?
“I see! Sleepover, I like it…sounds fun. ……”
However, contrary to my inner feelings, Suika’s reaction was surprisingly weak. Maybe you don’t understand the meaning of this, right?
“Suika, do you think it’s just a sleepover or something?”
“Eh? It’s not?”
“…………”
After all, this girl’s purity is her strength.
“No, it’s not, Suisui. When a man and a woman are alone under one roof, there’s only one thing to do!”
“…..? Games?”
“No. It’s…”
“aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
“Shut up. Arase, you’re bothering the store, okay?”
“Whose fault is it, whose!”
Ito-kun interrupted Fujibayashi-san as she was about to let out a dangerous word from her mouth.
Suika tilted her head as if she didn’t understand it.
“(Hey, Sana-chan, what was she going to say just now?)”
As Ito-kun and Fujibayashi-san continue to argue, Suika asks me in my ear.
I sighed.
And I felt bad for Ito-kun, who desperately interrupted her, but I wondered if I should tell her what she was about to say earlier.
Suika likes Ito-kun. That is why it is Suika herself who loses out by not knowing such things.
Normally, she would have been more impatient to find out that her crush was alone with another woman.
It is obvious that she will feel sad if she continues to spend her life in a carefree manner without knowing anything about it. I don’t want that to happen to my best friend Suika.
…… Well, I think the problem is that today’s high school students don’t know what that means. …… It’s very Suika-like, though.
“(It’s hard to say, so I’m going to say it in a roundabout way, but can you say it’s a relationship between a man and a woman?)”
“(A man and a woman ……?)”
“(…… body relationship)”
.”–..!”
When I delivered the one word that got to the heart of the matter, Suika’s face turned bright red as if it had just boiled over.
It seems that she finally realized. I am glad that I was able to get the message across, even if it was far-fetched.
I remember that Suika reads a lot of shounen manga, but she also likes shoujo manga a lot. I’m sure there are some depictions of such things in shoujo manga as well.
“umm….. perhaps the two?”
Suika’s face is bright red and she looks like she is about to cry.
Ito-kun noticed this and felt more and more agitated.
Depending on the answer, he would have to comfort Suika today. Ah, I was enjoying it earlier, but I’m starting to want to run away from it myself.
“N-no!!! I’m definitely not—“
“Oh, it wasn’t anything. I mean, he didn’t even do anything particularly nasty to me.”
“Not even a little bit!”
“I-I see. ……”
Suika and I both looked relieved when we heard that. For now…it looks like I don’t need to console her today.
“(Nene, is Suisui likes Arasei?)”
Here Fujibayashi-san finally noticed Suika’s reaction and turned to me over the table
”(It seems so.)”
“(I see)”
Neither Ito-kun nor Suika seemed to know what we were talking about and had a question mark on their heads.
Ito-kun asked that quizzically.
“you’re not saying something weird again, are you?”
“Arase Pervert”
“No!”
“Well, don’t worry about it! I don’t think anything of Arase!”
Again, clearly. Fujibayashi-san ended her conversation and declared to Suika. Ito-kun had an indescribable expression on his face.
“Don’t worry, don’t worry! Suisui can do it!”
“Eh? Y-yeah?”
Suika remained with an unsure look on her face.
“Thank you for waiting. Here are your chocolate banana special pancakes and cafe latte.”
Then the waiter came and interrupted the conversation.
For now, I decided to eat what I ordered.
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“Haa~ I ate, I ate~”
“That’s right! I’m pretty full.”
“I’m satisfied~”
“Really where was all the food?”
After that, everyone had finished eating everything they could order.
I had wanted to do something about the awkward atmosphere, but the pancakes shattered it.
Sweet things are amazing.
I was sipping my coffee and watching the three of them engrossed in their sweet treats.
Suika is small in size, Okai-san is slender. Fujibayashi is as slender as a model. And yet, that amount of pancakes was disappearing in the blink of an eye.
“Hey, Sana chan. If you don’t have anywhere to go, you can come over to my place if you want. Natsu is also staying over today. ……”
“Eh? Is it okay?”
Once her stomach was full, Suika made an unexpected suggestion.
“I’m totally fine with it!”
“See, Natsu says it’s okay too! Oh, but I have club activities during lunchtime, so I’ll have to ask you to kill some time somewhere. …… If you don’t mind going home, that’s fine too.”
“Yes Rogerr~! I wouldn’t mind going to Arase’s house
too”
“No, I don’t.”
“T-That’s right. No matter how much you want to stay at a boy’s house, you can’t stay…..”
“You’re such a worrier Suisui! Even if you don’t worry, nothing will happen. Arase is a slacker.”
Why are you taking this to the point of dissing me?
“Anyway, I’ve got to tell you something.”
“Eh?”
“How to seduce Arase”
“S-Seduction……”
“Hey, don’t ever teach her anything weird, okay? Suika is different from you.”
“Yes, yes. boys go that way. The rest will be a girls’ night out.”
Even Okai-san shushed me.
Damn …… is it okay with this?
In the end, it was decided that she would stay at Suika’s house for the day and I would be able to get a good night’s sleep.
However, there was a possibility that I would not be able to sleep with anxiety attached to me in a different way.
I prayed that she would not say anything strange to Suika, and we parted ways for the day.
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This chapter really made me hate MC