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https://kakuyomu.jp/works/16818093089220129356/episodes/16818093089392486493
A girl named Ayase Mikan is a popular person by all accounts.
She is good looking, hardworking, and has a talent for attracting others.
Ayase is always at the center of the class circle, and because of her kind nature, everyone relies on her, and she has a gentle personality that never shows any displeasure.
Well, that is why she is so popular.
The number of times someone has confessed their love to her has exceeded double digits since she just entered her second year of high school.
However, she does not have a boyfriend.
She says it’s because she still loves her first love who helped her when she was a child…
“What are the odds of that being me? ……”
After school, while everyone else is rushing out of the classroom.
One person sees his reflection in the bathroom mirror and sighs uncontrollably.
—I was in the fifth grade when I saved a girl’s life.
Back then, I had a childlike sense of justice and would go out of my way to help anyone in need, no matter who they were.
I once saved a girl from a pick-up, searched with a girl who had lost her mother’s memento until the sun went down, and cooked a home-cooked meal for a stranger to help her get over her weakness.
I remember that girl in particular because I was injured to the point of creating a scar that would remain on my head.
A frightened girl surrounded by older men. I’m sure they saw how pretty she looked even then.
I was trying to protect her when I broke in and …… was pushed down, and I hit my head and hurt myself.
There’s a lot of blood, and the guys got scared and ran away— “Are you okay, this blood? I was calm and rushed to the hospital. Rather, on the way to the hospital, a concerned old man called an ambulance.
—I was surprised when I heard Ayase’s story.
The more I heard, the more it matched my own memories.
I had no idea that the girl at the time was Ayase.
(But even if I told you honestly…)
Let’s be honest.
I’m embarrassed to talk about myself now …….
After all, Ayase’s first love is now too much of a beautiful person.
It’s not that I despise myself, but I can’t talk about it if I’m so much admired and overestimated. I am also afraid of being discouraged.
I don’t dislike our current relationship, and I’m sorry to Ayase, but …… I probably won’t be able to say anything about it in the future.
(If possible, I hope she gets a boyfriend soon and forgets about it. ……)
While I was thinking that, a boy from another class suddenly came into the bathroom before going home.
And the voices of them chatting and laughing happily reached my ears.
“Hey, Ayase is really nice. I like her in general.”
“Todo from Class C is also a cool beauty, but Ayase is easy to talk to and makes me think, “Isn’t there something I can do?”
“I definitely prefer Saijoin. She is beautiful and her family is rich.”
…… Well, what can I say? It was a very boyish conversation.
The names that come up are all popular people at school that even I have heard of. I understand how they feel.
(I envy you, you’re so popular. …… I’m sure Ayase and the others won’t be pleased though.)
I leave the restroom for the time being because people are coming in.
The sun was shining in the color of madder, and I walked down the hallway where students were strolling home, and I returned to my classroom.
Then —-.
“Heeee, I didn’t know there was such a manga!”
A girl with shining eyes and lustrous golden hair.
She has a beautiful face that is both elegant and innocent, round eyes, long eyelashes, and a well-defined bridge of the nose.
Her slender physique, which is reflected in her worn-out school uniform, attracts the eyes of not only the opposite gender but also those of the same gender as well. It is as if she were a goddess created by God.
As soon as she entered the classroom, Ayase Mikan, a girl who was always in my sight, was in the middle of a group of otaku in the class, with a manga in her hand and her eyes shining.
“I-If you want, I’ll lend you a copy…… to read.”
“Eh, can I!? Yay! Thanks, Sato kun!”
“I-It’s okay, …… this much.”
The man was embarrassed, but Ayase was happy to hold the manga in her hands.
And then our gazes meet…
“aaah you’re late! Where have you been, Ikkun?!”
Ayase suddenly comes up to me, with rush …….
It’s strange, I feel pressure. I’m not doing anything.
“I’ve been looking for Ikkun since a while ago!?”
I’m really curious about where and when she got the manga she was holding though.
“I’m sorry, I was just out picking flowers.”
“Doubt! you don’t have any flowers!”
“It’s a secret word, you idiot.”
S-secret word…stop saying such perverted things all of a sudden.”
“What did you think I was hiding, ……?”
I’m afraid that this girl sometimes makes statements that go beyond my imagination.
“Well, okay,…… hurry up and let’s go home, Ikkun. If you don’t, I’m going to have to eat your food again today.”
Ayase returns to her seat once and brings my bag and hers together.
The slightly busy look on her face makes it clear that she wants to go home as soon as possible.
Indeed, looking at the situation now, I can tell that a sufficiently weak delay is not very good…
“Hmm? Just watching anime, right?”
“Eh? There are 120 episodes, you know.”
If you plan to watch that many episodes, it’s probably within the margin of error if you’re already late enough.
“By the way, I got scouted out the other day, you know?”
Here you go. Ayase hands me my bag.
I thanked her lightly and we walked out of the classroom together.
“Hee What kind of scout?”
“I’ve been told I’m supposed to be a model for a magazine,……, and honestly, I was wondering if I could try it out. You see, when I buy cosmetics, manga, and merikensack, my allowance is going to be reduced.
Merikensack.
“What do you think?”
“I can’t help but feel that there was one very un-girlish word mixed in there,……, but you wouldn’t mind if I ask you separately, would you?”
“Hm,…… by the way, I have some idea of what to expect, but I’m going to ask you just in case. Why?”
“I’d like to see Ayase’s photos in print.”
“You never waver, do you, Ikkun?”
Let’s buy both the electronic and the magazine and keep them on hand so we can look back at them anytime.
Check the bookstores near while I still can.
“Ikkun, ikkun.”
As I am checking the location of a bookstore on my phone, I am suddenly tapped on the shoulder from the side.
I look up to see Ayase posing with a cute little peace on her chin…
“Eei♪”
Pasha.
“Thank you so much.”
“What’s really going on with Ikkun’s reflexes?”
Now my photo folder is enriched again today, I’m happy.
“Beautiful and cute is no sin. …… Ah, too good. Speaking of which I remember the other day I heard on the news that a new group had formed.”
I must research that one carefully too.
It’s a label that’s being sold by my favorite idol group, so it’s bound to be a hit.
“Muu I let you take …… pictures of me, but your eyes were on another girl, you know.”
Dos and don’ts. A gentle punch from Ayase is driven into the side of the head.
“I’m kind of jealous though.”
“Jealous?”
As I tilted my head involuntarily after hearing a word I rarely hear, Ayase puffed out her cheeks and started walking ahead.
“…It’s okay, I just want my first love to fall in love with me.”
I heard the words whispered in my head.
I overheard this and, feeling embarrassed, followed Ayase.
“…Well, I can keep thinking about what happened when I was in fifth grade.”
If it were Ayase, she would literally have to pull a lot of men.
Well, I guess that is Ayase’s virtue.
As I thought about this, I sat beside Ayase and….
“Hey.”
—-The moment I was about to stand in line with her, Ayase’s foot suddenly stopped.
“What’s the matter, Ayase?”
“What’s wrong is my line.”
And then, her face comes closer…
“Why did you call that time in the fifth grade, Ikkun? I only referred to him as a child, didn’t I?”
───Those words made me involuntarily freeze.
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