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(*Mikan viewpoint)
The last event I would be in …… was the scavenger hunt.
When it was my turn and everyone had scattered and run off in unison, I looked at the card for the subject that had been drawn first and smiled bitterly.
(Hahaha …… I knew there was this theme again this year…)
It’s a classic, or what can I say? It’s the most exciting and the one that seems to cause the most trouble for the person who picks it up.
If someone unexpectedly picked up this theme, they would definitely freeze for a few seconds, wouldn’t they? it was so mean-spirited that you thought, ‘Oh no, I’m going to have to give it away.’
(Somehow, I managed to get the subject given to me, but I wonder what I would have done if it hadn’t been my turn to get this…… )
In fact, I think the girl who got this was in terrible trouble.
If you are going to do this subject, you have to be prepared to some extent, otherwise it will be difficult.
I would have been quite confused too if this subject had been given to me out of the blue.
(But now it doesn’t matter to me…)
I looked around and looked for that person.
Then, I quickly found him — he should have been about two runners ahead of me, but he was still in front of the tent without having cut the finishing tape.
I smile bitterly and run straight to him.
“Please, come with me. It’s time to say, ‘Finish line now?’ situation.”
“I said no…..”
“Or perhaps it’s too late for that?”
When I went near him, he was talking to Hiiya chan and Raika chan
Apparently, he asked the two for a subject and they refused.
……What kind of subject did he draw?
I mean, it’s not like that…
“Ikkun Ikkun! you’re here”
I approached Ikkun, grabbed his arm and made him stand up.
Then he showed a surprised expression and …… somehow started to look away.
But I ignored him, gave him a mischievous smile and looked into his face.
“Hey, you know, I want you to go out with me,…… like borrowing♪”
My subject can only be Ikkun.
That’s why I strengthened my grip on him, trying not to let him escape.
“…… Really?”
The moment I pulled my arm away and started walking, he started leaking words like that.
don’t like it? I was going to say something, but …… I kept my mouth shut right away.
After all, the look on Ikkun’s face doesn’t give the impression of reluctance. Instead, he looked awkward…embarrassed.
I’m sure, maybe…
“Ikkun, are you worried about Chuu incident earlier?”
“!?”
“Mufufufu~, pure-hearted Ikkun-san is cute♪”
It makes me happy when something I do gets such a reaction.
Well, it’s true that I’m a little embarrassed, but beyond that, I’m feeling euphoric and have too much feelings for him right now.
That’s all thanks to Ikkun who said that to me.
“Shall I do it to you one more time?”
“……I know I’m pathetic, but let me raise the white flag.”
“Fufu, okay!”
“You’re so bad with beginners in relationships, this girl …….”
Because I can’t help it.
The reason why I became belligerent and the reason why I felt like I couldn’t give in was all because of Ikkun.
I can say it to his face, but I think that will get him in trouble, so I’ll leave it at that.
(Rather than ask for his cooperation. I already apologized first, and he forgave me♪)
I pull my arm back and walk towards the non goal tape.
Then Ikkun lined up alongside me and asked suspiciously.
“H-hey …… this way, not the finish line?”
“I know, I know!”
“…… if you wanted to go pick flowers, why didn’t you just go there at the beginning?”
“No that though !?”
Really, you don’t have delicacy.
If I really wanted to go to the restroom and you said something like that, I’d give you three fists
“Then what?”
“Well, well, all you have to do is shut up and follow me.”
“I don’t mind that, but …… I’m getting a premonition that I am going to be taken by a black market trader.”
“No, no, you worry too much♪”
I don’t really have anything to say about Ikkun.
However, I just want to introduce Ikkun as I originally thought.
(…… Hey, what does Ikkun think about me?)
I think, without seeking an answer, as I walk along.
I think he probably thinks of me as more than a friend. That’s how far away I feel from Ikkun.
That is comfortable and …… frustrating for me right now.
If I tried to ask for more, Ikkun would immediately shake his head.
Because Ikkun is sincere.
Because he sees me as me and faces me properly,……, now that we are more than friends, he must think that an ambiguous answer will embarrass me and he will refuse.
(but I’m not looking for that position)
I’m comfortable, but I don’t want to end up just being comfortable.
— I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, my first love.
I couldn’t forget, I kept longing for him, I couldn’t find a change, and all I could think about was the boy I was with at that time.
When I became a high school student, I finally found the person I had feelings for, who I thought I knew but didn’t realise was kinder to me than anyone else.
He sees me as me. He is my closest male friend who cares about a girl called Ayase Mikan, not just her looks.
When I found out that he was my first love, I was really happy.
I wanted him to like me and I tried my best to approach him so that he would like me.
And then I thought again — this is the person I love.
The reason why I fell in love for the first time and the reason why I fell in love again. I have thought…… ah, this is the only person I’m in love with.
(Because, you know, I can’t help it)
He reached out to me when I was in trouble.
When I’m down, he’s there for me.
Regardless of ulterior motives or likeability, he bowed his head and said he didn’t want to make me cry when I wasn’t looking.
I feel calm, happy, safe and nervous when I’m with him.
I can’t help it …… I can’t help it.
I’ve found such a wonderful person.
“Oh, hey! Ayase, this is the guardian’s seat──”
When Ikkun was about to say that, I stopped in my tracks.
In front of me, under the tent where the parents gather.
There ─ ─ ─ in the crowd, my father and mother were there.
“Ikkun”
“Ah?”
“Sorry?”
Ikkun tilted his head.
But before I could do that, I showed them a piece of paper with a theme on it.
What was written on the paper was – – ‘the person you like’.
“!?”
I saw Ikkun’s surprised face from the side
“…… I don’t know how Dad and Mom met and ended up in the relationship they’re in now.”
But.
I took Ikkun in my arms and challenged Dad and mom, sticking my tongue out at them as if to show them off.
“But I’ve found someone wonderful! He’ll make me happy, he’s the most important person in the world to me!”
As originally planned, I would say to them
Divorce or no divorce, I don’t know which side—
“Suck it up! I’m going to be happier than you!”
I don’t care if this love is rewarded or not.
I will definitely be happier than both of you.
With him, I will be happy from now on.
That’s why I’ll never give Ikkun to …… anyone.
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