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Half an hour after the miraculous and worst encounter with the first group.
Everyone got together to have a barbecue
Amane and Kenmochi blend into the first army group as if they were used to it.
However, Amamiya and Karina looked uncomfortable.
A space where they can concentrate only on what they like to do.
A three-day, two-night training camp spent only with friends.
Fun memories that were supposed to make them forget about the things they didn’t like.
The appearance of the Takasaki and the others had ruined everything.
“But, I didn’t know you guys were also at the camp~”
Kumatani approaches Amamiya, who was sitting at a distance.
If it had been a long time ago, ‘a cheerful guy would have called out to me! I’m scared!’
But Amamiya, who has interacted with him many times, casually replied, ‘So do you, Kumatani-kun and the others.’
Kumatani sat down next to Amamiya and opened the pull-tab of his canned juice.
“Amamiya, let me guess what you’re thinking right now: …… ’Wow, it’s a cheerful group of people. That’s the worst!’ or something like that, right?”
“Well, well, …… I’ll be honest.”
“I know how you feel. If I were in the opposite situation, I wouldn’t like it. I’d hate it if I were in your shoes. I’d hate that awkward feeling when you go out with your friends and you run into people you don’t like. It’s nothing but the worst.”
Saying this, he ate the meat skewers.
He just looks like a man who uses meat as an accompaniment to his drinks.
“You got tangled up with Takasaki just now, and it looked like you were in trouble.”
“…… Um, maybe you didn’t stop and just watched silently?”
“Because it looked interesting. The actual fact is, that shady Amamiya rebelled against the queen of the classroom, Takasaki. I got to see something good.”
I thought about her, but stop it please
“But when school starts, you’ll be bullied for sure.’
Kumatani said with a slightly serious expression.
“Takasaki’s going to …… me?”
“That type of person has a deep-seated grudge. People who don’t do what they want. People who deny themselves. Do you really think you can get away with being cocky from someone who looks down on you and then there’s nothing more after that?”
‘I don’t think so,’ Amamiya was strangely convinced.
“What would happen if they let a cocky guy like you go unchecked and the row you just had reaches the ears of the high-status people at school? They might get the image that Takasaki Rinka is a weak person who got into an argument with a shady person and couldn’t talk back properly, and some people who don’t think well of Takasaki might use her as material for eliminating her from the first group.
Takasaki is afraid of that.”
Kumatani continues indifferently, turning his gaze to Takasaki, who is grilling meat with Hoshino in front of the net.
‘So, in order to prevent that from happening, she’ll bully you thoroughly, break your heart, and show those in the same position that she’s a strong person. That way, even if the row with that person becomes known, she won’t lose her position. That’s about it.’
When he finished speaking, Kumatani stood up and patted Amamiya on the shoulder.
“Well, ‘go for it’.”
After saying this, he was about to leave, but Amemiya hurriedly stopped him.
“Not, ‘Go for it,’ right? Then what, you’re saying that it’s already decided that I’m going to be bullied by Takasaki and that my future school life will be suffocating!”
“That’s up to you, isn’t it? You have to do something about it.”
“I can’t!”
Kumatani put his hands in his pockets and said with a grim expression.
“Amamiya, you have really changed in the past few months. You used to be a shy and gloomy person who didn’t have anyone to talk to, but now you’ve grown to the point where you can go out with other people. Your expressions have become brighter, and you’re able to say what you want to say. You’ve gotten better friends with girls, too. However, you are a bit of a celebrity at school. you’re spirit has become strong enough to even rebel against that Takasaki. Well, sometimes you get quiet and negative, but I think your will to change has changed you.”
Kumatani”s words had weight.
Amamiya is almost embarrassed by his always flirtatious words, which are more serious than he could have imagined, but his next words make his fall silent.
“—You thought it was impossible, didn’t you?”
He tells him this while looking into Amamiya’s eyes.
It was a word that hit the very heart of the matter.
Every time he made a mistake, there were many times when he felt like he was going to give up and think that he couldn’t do it.
But because he didn’t give up, he was on the verge of changing.
He became the ideal person he wanted to be.
“You’ve been able to achieve things you thought were impossible, you know. That’s why you should be able to do it this time too. So ‘go for it’, Amamiya.”
Kumatani lightly taps Amamiya on the shoulder with his fist and then goes off towards the first group.
Amamiya, left behind, looks down with his right hand on his shoulder and thinks back to his miserable self up until a few months ago.
Then he comes to one decision and slaps both cheeks harder.
“Get your gut… me.”
―――――
As the sun was setting, they went to the place where they planned to have the campfire, and when they had finished their individual preparations, the game studies club and the first army group gathered in a circle.
“We want to have a campfire when it’s a full night, so in the meantime it’s time to chat.”
“Nice to meet you! My name is Anna!”
Anna, the younger sister, greets the first class group in a disciplined manner.
Amamiya watched with concern, but Anna was better received by the army group than she had expected.
“Hee, Amamiya-kun has a cute little sister. Nice to meet you, my name is Hoshino Shizuka. This is my best friend, Takasaki Rinka.”
“Nice to meet you, Anna-chan.”
Hoshino is as gentle as ever.
Surprisingly, Takasaki didn’t treat Anna coldly because she was Amamiya’s younger sister, and even greeted Anna while fiddling with her smartphone.
“I’m Tokimori Taiyo. I’m in the same class as your brother, and although we haven’t spoken much, I’d like to get to know you.”
Tokimori, a fresh, gymnastic student from the first group, also greets her in a voice that is not malicious.
Although Amamiya had no contact with Tokimori, his impression of her was a good one.
He is a sportsman who is fussy when it comes to sports, but otherwise treats everyone kindly.
“Nice to meet you, Anna-chan. Junior high school student? You’re so cute.
I’m Atsushi Nishihara. We can exchange contact details if you like.”
Then, Nishihara, one of the most important people to watch out for, approaches Anna and pulls out his mobile phone.
Anna looks troubled and, ‘Eh? Um,’ Amamiya was so flustered that he stood up and tried to stop him, but instead Kenmochi intervened and stopped Nishihara.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t authorise that.”
“……, that’s fine right.”
Nishihara, who had been warned, was unable to say anything back because of Kenmochi’s sheer forcefulness, and returned to his place with a petulant complaint.
“Thank you, Kenmochi-senpai …….”
“No problem, don’t worry about it.”
(It’s cool. ……)
Amamiya almost shed tears at the overly manly Kenmochi.
A man named Nishihara has a bad habit of dating women at random if they’re cute, and then abandons them when he gets tired of them.
Even if the partner is a junior high school student like Anna, he doesn’t care.
It seems like giving up isn’t a good idea either, so he has to be on guard at all times to make sure he doesn’t get close to Anna.
“Ah, chief. There goes the enemy.”
“Fufu leave it to me☆’”
Amane and Karina were happily playing a smartphone game instead of joining in the conversation with the group.
It’s a heartwarming sight of a beautiful girl and a small animal.
“Hee, you’re playing a game I don’t understand, aren’t you?”
The two of them were peeping at each other from behind, and there was Takasaki, who was making a bored look on her face.
I wonder if this woman doesn’t feel some kind of awkwardness when she approaches her without incident even though she had been fighting with Karina a while ago.
“Oh, that’s right! This is an RPG that has become popular recently, and it’s a popular title that achieved 1 million downloads in just one day~ ☆ Is it possible that Takasaki-chan is also playing it?”
“No, I don’t know anything about it.”
Amane asked while looking up at Takasaki with a friendly face, but Takasaki answered in a displeased manner.
“Hehe, Takasaki-chan is missing out if she doesn’t know this.”
“Ha?”
“Because, in order to have the best life, you have to play the best game, right? No game, no life.”
“No, I’m not interested in games. You’re like an otaku.”
In contrast to Amane’s tense voice, Takasaki’s voice had a thorn in it.
Amamiya knew this, she looked down on Amane.
Regardless of whether she was a senior or not, she identified Amane as the bottom of the hierarchy at this very moment.
“What’s with the way you’ve been talking since a while ago? Are you making up a character?”
“No, no, this is my true nature. If I were to worry about it all the time, there would be no end to it~☆”
“Do you really think that’s cute? To be honest, it hurts a lot, could you please talk to me normally?”
The air in the room is gradually getting worse because of Takasaki’s every word.
Perhaps sensing this, Tokimori and Hoshino from the first group try to stop her
Karina, too, may have been disgusted by Takasaki’s continued disrespectful attitude towards her respected seniors, and turned a cold gaze towards her.
“It’s none of your business, Rinka-chan, isn’t it?”
“It’s certainly none of my business, but it bothers me. You act needlessly cheerful and it hurts my ears to listen to you. That’s why I’m telling you to fix it.”
“It doesn’t matter. It’s up to the individual.”
“I don’t like it. Do you usually do things that other people don’t like?”
Takasaki’s onslaught doesn’t stop.
“I mean, games seem lame and seem like something that otakus do. When you say club activities, they’re just a group of people, aren’t they? The seniors create their characters because they’re at the center of it, right? They look like otaku princesses, which is popular.”
Takasaki tried to get the first group to agree, but no one responded, sensing the atmosphere getting worse.
Takasaki became even more unhappy at the poor mood and turned to Amane.
Amane did not say anything back, but remained staring at Takasaki in amazement.
“You know, Takasaki, ……”
“Senpai …… it would be troublesome if Takasaki senpai is contradicted, so please be patient here, okay?”
Asumi whispers in Amamiya’s ear, keeping her body tightly attached to Amamiya’s arm as he tries to stop Takasaki from being rude.
Her voice lacked the usual sweetness, and she seemed to be afraid of Takasaki.
“No. I can’t …… watch.”
Amamiya shook off Asumi’s arm and stood in front of Takasaki.
Takasaki glared at him irritably, ‘You again?’ Amamiya glared back at her as much as she did.
Amamiya, a dull man, and Takasaki, the queen of the classroom, clash.
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