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(Mikan point of view)
I ─ ─ ─ Ayase Mikan was once involved with a scary person.
“‘Hey, are you alone? Hey, do you want to play with us?”
When I was in the fifth grade of primary schools.
At that time, I was meeting a friend in the park, and a couple of guys in junior high school got involved with me.
Back then, I had never been picked up by anyone.
Because I was a kid. I didn’t think they would ever approach me because of my age.
I was aware that I was good looking, sure, but I wouldn’t normally think that someone would come up to me, even though I was in the wrong grade and the wrong age.
“I-I …… have plans to hang out with friends ……”
“Oh? That’s fine, just ignore them!”
“Yeah, yeah, it’s cooler to hang out with older people nowadays!”
—I was scared.
I told him I didn’t want to, but he wouldn’t leave. On the contrary, taller and taller people came closer and closer.
I was a child, so I was so scared that I could see tears in my eyes
But…
“Hey, she’s in trouble!”
Suddenly, he appeared.
A little boy, the same age, shorter than the men involved.
He broke in to protect me and opened his arms to me.
“Ah? Who are you?”
“She’s in trouble! Don’t do that to her!”
“I’m not trying to get you in trouble, ……, okay?”
The words sounded more like a threat than a question.
I’m so scared that I can’t help but tremble.
“No matter how I look at it, it just looks like she’s in trouble!”
“…… Shut up! You should be kicking a ball or something!”
But because of the size difference, …… one of the guys, who was about middle school age, pushed him and he fell down.
I don’t know if I was hit badly, but there was a lot of blood dripping from my head.
“Hiii…!”
An unfamiliar red colour.
The blood was so obvious that it was obvious that he was in pain,……, and I was unintentionally frightened.
But the boy was…
“I told you she’s in trouble…….”
He didn’t say he was in pain or scared.
He just stood in front of me with his arms outstretched to protect me.
“Don’t scare the girl, you …… are you a man?”
─ – I think it was inappropriate.
But even though I should have been scared, my heart couldn’t help racing.
I couldn’t take my eyes off his back when I should have wanted to turn away.
(…… this, perhaps)
My face was hot and I couldn’t take my eyes off him
I had never been in a kind of love where everyone in class was talking happily about it, but …… maybe, no. I’m absolutely sure of that.
“If you’re a man, you should be protecting girls, not scaring them!”
I’m sure this moment was the first time in my life that I fell in love…
“…… So, how am I supposed to react when I hear that story?’
Before morning homeroom begins. The classroom was filled with the sound of laughter.
The boy on his cheekbones in front of me heard my story and let out a small sigh.
“It’s fine, nothing to worry about. Even if you just hang out with me for a bit!”
“I hear it every time you get confessed”
“That’s all you’ve said!”
“At least, this is the fifth time this month.”
With that said, Ikkun──Sakuma Iori puts away the phone he was fiddling with in his pocket.
“Muu…… Ikkun jerk”
Ikkun is a boy in the same class as me and a friend.
We started talking when we were sitting next to each other at the beginning of the first year, I think? Anyway, he loves beautiful and cute things.
He often looks at idol types, both male and female
He’s face…… normal? He has the kind of face I like, but my friends say he’s about average.
He always get first place in studies. He’s always good at sports, always stands out in PE, and he’s a great cook. The other day I had a meal with him and it was really delicious. …… I think again, is he pretty high-spec?
But I think it’s a minus point that he doesn’t go along with me to talk about these things.
That’s why…
“He’s not popular.”
“What kind of monologue did you have in your head that resulted in the sudden and majestic remark about it?”’
A clear blue streak appears on Ikkun’s forehead. I want to touch it a little.
“Ahaha! I’m sorry, Ikkun♪”
“Wait, show me your smiling face one more time.
I’ll take a photo.”
“Why?”
“Eh? For my viewing pleasure.”
He said something quite nasty, depending on the angle, and he said it in a very straightforward way.
Well, I’ll let you take my picture.
“Ikkun really likes my face, doesn’t he?”
“Don’t worry, Ayase’s face is really cute.”
“…..y-you honest person.”
I’m usually embarrassed when people say honest things like this, but ……Ikkun has this kind of thing, doesn’t he? I don’t dislike it.
“But isn’t that what it’s all about? That’s why you’re not popular.”
“Well, compared to the beautiful girl at the top of the caste who has already received double-digit confessions of love even though it’s only been a month since she entered second year, I’m probably the one who’s not popular because I’m an ordinary
boy”
“I’m sure I’ve made it known that I like someone.”
“Should I make a leaflet and put it up?”
“I thought it was a normal thing to do.”
Definitely let me help you make them.
“If you think about it calmly, double digits is amazing. …… It’s the top of the caste in the school year.”
“Muu…., you’ve been talking about top caste, top caste for a while now, even though it’s not true.”
“No, no, normally, she has lots of friends regardless of class, and has been confessed to by various men. Also, Ayase is usually at the center of events, and is highly rated by everyone.Why don’t I call this a top caste?”
It’s true that I think I have quite a lot of friends, and I’m aware that I’m a good-looking girl, too.
But…
“…… I don’t like it when people say that.”
“…… sorry, that was my fault.”
When I pouted my lips, Ikkun raised his hands and apologized.
It seems like he realized that what he just did was different from teasing.
“But I can understand why Ayase is so popular.”
“Are you still going to say that?”
“I mean, you’re good with others, you’re kind, and you don’t even look bad when someone asks you for help .Also, the other day, when someone in class asked you to teach study, you stayed after school to teach study the part right?”
I-I was watched. …… I’m a little embarrassed.
I mean, you’ve been giving me too many compliments…
“That’s right, everyone is attracted to you. I can understand why a man would confess.”
…… Come to think of it, I think this is the reason why I hang out with Ikkun more often than other boys.
The part where he looks at me not on the outside, but on the inside.
He honestly admits his wrongdoings and apologises, and he also looks at the parts of me that I think aren’t being looked at.
Sakuma Iori is that kind of boy.
Compared to other boys, he is fun to talk to and makes me feel at ease.
“I like that about you♪”
“Whaa!?”
“Fufu, did you get a thrill~?”
Iori’s face turned bright red, and I couldn’t help but grin.
Maybe that’s why I got so excited and poked Ikkun’s cheek with my finger as I pulled my face closer to him.
“For a self-proclaimed mediocre and positive boy, hearing a beautiful girl say “I love you” was a bit stimulating.”
“No, don’t …… come close to me, don’t poke me in the face ……!”
“But it was disappointing! My number one is definitely my first love.”
Well, to be honest, Ikkun is more attractive than a boy who confesses his desire for my appearance or status. Most of the boys who confess their feelings for me are all like that.
It’s rare to find someone who looks at the inside of you as carefully as Ikkun does.
That’s the kind of person I like. …… That’s exactly the kind of person who will help you even if you’re a stranger, without giving you anything in return.
“Oh, I can’t wait to see him. …… In the end, after that, he said, ’I’m going to the hospital! Have fun with your friends!’ and went away.”
I remember my first love and plop down at my desk.
“I couldn’t even ask him his name, I couldn’t find him when I looked for him, and somehow I ended up being a sophomore in high school. ……”
“W-well, …… he might have moved out.”
“I know it’s hard to find him, because I think he’s pretty badly scarred, he’s probably got a head injury and he’s about the same age as me.”
But I still want to see him again.
Thank her for him help and…
“I want to tell him that I really like him!”
I want to tell him how I’ve been feeling for a long time.
Thank you for saving me and I want to tell him that I’ve always loved him
“I-If you actually …… find him, what if he doesn’t fit Ayase’s glasses?”
“Haa? I don’t think so, but! My first love is, …… when I was a kid, he’s the kind of cool guy who can put his body on the line for a total stranger girl.
I bet he’s going to be super cool like that when he grows up!”
“M-maybe he’ll even have a girlfriend ……”
“I’ll give up if that’s the case! But if she’s not there, I’ll really give it my all and appeal for him to like me!”
That first love at the time is not something that can be easily forgotten or given up on.
It may be a trivial thing to others, but to me it was enough to move my heart.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have continued to hold on to the same feelings even in my second year of high school.
“I mean, I’ve been thinking about it for a while now,……, why is it that Ikkun is acting a bit suspicious when we talk about this…”
“Mikan, can you come over here for a minute? I want to wear my hair this way, but I can’t do it with everyone else.”
When I was about to say this, I was approached by a friend at the entrance to the classroom.
“Okay! Wait a minute!”
I get up and try to walk over
“Oh, yeah! Can I go to Ikkun’s house today too? I found a really funny anime the other day, let’s watch it together!”
“Oh, oh …… okay.’
“I see, I’m looking forward to it.”
I’m also a good friend of Ikkun’s and we can talk casually.
Maybe that’s why I somehow felt better about having made plans.
Well, I went to Ikkun’s house yesterday too.
(Fufu I’m looking forward to after school.)
Thinking of this, I headed to my friend’s place with lightened steps.
——–Unlike me, who was alone, Ayase happily joined the group of girls.
Looking at her back—.
(Seriously, what am I going to do? ……)
I unintentionally scratched the wound left on my head and somehow tried to suppress my quickened heartbeat.
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