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I had said that to a former celebrity, albeit now a classmate. I didn’t want to see the person I admired so much give up everything.
“Re-nurture? What do you mean?”
“I’ll think about that later!””
“Hmmm……”
Asahina’s listless eyes widen just a little. With a look on her face that looks like she wants to say something, she starts fiddling with her bangs.
“Tomorrow! I’ll have something thought up by tomorrow!”
“…Well, I’ll just wait and not get my hopes up.”
Asahina smiled a little shyly. What’s wrong with that, she’s so cute when she smiles.
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I, Kuga Ryo, consider myself a very patient person. I never miss school unless I’m really sick, and I’ve never once been defeated by the principal’s hypnotic attack (as a whole) during a school assembly.
….. but even I have cried only once in front of everyone.
It was during the last tournament of my junior high school club.
I cried not because I was disappointed that I couldn’t participate in the tournament due to injury, not because I could only finish my activities as a manager,…….
“Thank you, Ryo”
“Thanks to your support, I made it this far.”
“We lost the match, but it was fun to be with you!”
“Your support really helped me. Thank you.”
Although I was not the star of the show, I was really happy to hear such words from someone else. For the first time, I felt it was nice to support someone other than myself. For the first time, I learned the value of “cheering”.
I also learned how great Asahina Touka is. She gives dreams and power to everyone indiscriminately from the other side of TV.
(I want to support someone in the future.)
Even if I don’t go as far as …… like Asahina Touka, I vaguely thought that.
And now, I have decided to support her with all my might. I’m going to raise her up again and make her look up to everyone else!
“First of all, she must improve her appearance. And then, I think I need to improve her lifestyle.”
I summarized my thoughts in a notebook. I’ll have Asahina take a look at this and make improvements where she can.
I don’t think you need to worry too much about your appearance. After all, she’s a former beautiful child actress. Her natural beauty is top-notch. I think it would be completely different if she just fixed her bedhead and sloppy clothes.
The problem is improving her lifestyle. She always sleeps at school. It’s no wonder they say he failed to nurture her because of the gap between her and the way she used to be.
–I want to help her, just like she helped me in the past.
I thought
The next day, the first chime of school rings in the classroom.
Today, I did not hear her sleeping breath coming from next door.
“Oh, that girl…..!”
I can’t hear her breathing in her sleep? That’s right! Because there is no one sitting next to me!
That girl took the day off like a normal person. I came to school pretty excited, but this is a letdown. I wonder what this feeling is. It’s like going to the batting center and not getting a single pitch.
(I hope it’s not too bad. ……)
Despite my worries, I had given up on meeting Asahina today, but during the break after the second period, I saw someone staggering behind me, gait like a zombie.
“Yoishotto”
As if nothing had happened, Asahina Touka sat down in the seat next to me. The only thing that’s missing is a necktie hanging from her neck. sh took out a sandwich from her bag, which s ehad probably bought at a convenience store, and began to eat it silently. She is too free.
“Hey.”
“Hnnn.”
“You are late.”
“I was going to come, you know? But I got summoned by the futon”.
“You’re a brave warrior from another world!? Your excuses are too original!”
He shows absolutely no remorse. Everyone is paying attention to Asahina’s arrival at school, but no one seems able to say anything.
“Is Asahina-san weak in the morning?”
“I’m not so bad.”
“I’ll take that as a yes.”
The more I talk about it, the more I feel like I’m going to catch a cold because of the gap between her childhood and her high school days. If she was a light in her childhood, she was completely dark in her high school years.
“…..So, about what I was saying yesterday…”
Pulling myself together, I called out to Asahina again.
“Yesterday? What were we talking about?”
“We were talking about re-nurturing someone.”
“Ah.”
I’m embarrassed to say it myself!
Look, look! Asahina is also looking a little embarrassed!
“You were serious, weren’t you?”
“I never say things like that in jest.”
“Do you want to be my father, Kuga?”
“No.”
I’m glad you remembered my name at least for the time being. I know what you mean. When you use the word “nurture,” you can’t help but think of parents and owners.
“I don’t know why you’re talking so much about me.”
“I told you yesterday, it’s not me. I know how great you are.”
“……”
As I said that, Asahina started fiddling with her bangs. Just like yesterday, we couldn’t meet eye contact at all.
“Kuga-kun is a strange man.”
“I don’t want to be told by someone who gets summoned to the futon. ……”
“……”
Asahina’s eyes widen at my response. What on earth, did I say something that would shock her so much?
“This might be the first time someone outside of the internet has said this to me so openly.”
“Who would be so reserved with a girl who can be heard breathing in h rsleep from next door every day?”
“Haha, that’s true.”
Asahina said, smiling hesitantly. Damn, what’s with that lonely look on her face?
“I really don’t know why you bother with a girl like me …….”
Asahina said this in a very heartfelt voice. Despite her brilliant career, she had been acting in commercials ever since.
“Hey, do you remember the catchphrase for the commercial you were in a long time ago?”
“Hmm, I can’t remember because there were so many.”
“I think it was a commercial for drinking water. Do you remember the catchphrase, ‘First Love’? The one where you look over and smiles at the end.”
“I saidthat, but I don’t remember it. ……”
“At the time I watched it, I had a huge crush on Asahina. But when I think about it later on, I wonder if it was similar to my first love as well.”
“Eeeh?!”
“Can’t it be because I want to support a girl like that?”
“Fueeee. ……?”
A really strange voice was coming from Asahina.
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