Episode 6 – The Melancholy of Oishi Karen (2)

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Seiji and I hide the fact that we are dating at school, so we basically don’t interact much there.

We can talk when we are doing library committee activities, but we can’t interact the same way we do when we are alone together.

When we first started dating, I asked, “Should we tell everyone?” but Seiji said, “No, let’s not.”

Seiji himself probably doesn’t want to interact with me much at school.

It’s a bit heartbreaking, but when we’re alone, I can be completely affectionate. It feels like a secret romance, which isn’t so bad.  

However, recently, my friends have been inviting me out to play more often, and I’ve had fewer opportunities to go on dates with Seiji.  

“I already made plans to hang out with my friends next week…”

“Oh, well, it’s okay to prioritize your friends over me. You have to value your relationships at school…or you’ll end up like me.”

“Haha, what are you talking about? You have Hanzo kun.”

“Oh, I forgot.”

“That’s mean !” 

“I’m just kidding. He’s the only one who’s still my friend.” 

“I see. You should treasure that. Introduce him to me someday.”

“Hmm, I guess I could talk to Hanzo about it.” 

Seiji and I often talk about our friends, but I feel uneasy about not being able to tell our friends anything about us.

I think Seiji is doing this because he cares about me, but I don’t feel embarrassed about Seiji as my boyfriend, and I’m ready to introduce him to my friends with pride.  

But I hate myself for worrying that people might say bad things about Seiji.  

However, there are people who would accept me even if I bragged about Seiji.  

“Ahaha, your boyfriend is interesting.”

“Seriously ! I wanna introduce Seiji to Ayame and other friends too…but I can only talk about him casually with Itsuki kun.”  

“Oh, I see…so I guess I’m the lucky one? I get to talk with a cute girl like Karen chan like this.”  

“Wait…Itsuki kun, don’t say things like that so casually…”

Lately, I feel like Itsuki kun is getting closer to me, and I can’t help but pull away a little.

I even suspect that he’s using the excuse of listening to my conversation with Seiji to get closer to me.  

The reason I end up talking with Itsuki kun alone is because Ayame keeps inviting me out to play and brings Itsuki kun along without even telling me.  

Ayame is always leaving the table, and this time she even said she had something to do and left me alone with Itsuki kun.

I think Ayame probably thinks I don’t have a boyfriend, so she’s trying to set me up with Itsuki kun…

Plus, I haven’t heard from Seiji at all lately.

Even when I send him a message on LINE, he just ignores it.

What’s going on?

Even if I want to go see him on a school day, it’s hard to meet up because I’m often with Ayame and the others.

Seiji also goes straight home after school.  

Why?  

“Speaking of which, how’s your phone, Karen chan? Ayame fixed it for you, right?”

“…Oh, yeah. It’s fine now. I kept getting weird emails…but Ayame fixed everything when I asked her.” 

“Oh, I see. That’s good. Ayame is the daughter of the president of a mobile phone company. In this day and age, all your information can leak through your phone.”

“It’s really scary. I’ve locked all my social media accounts.”

“That’s quite a strong security measure…”

The password for my phone is Seiji’s birthday.  

It’s not very secure, but no one would think that I’m using Seiji’s birthday as my password.  

I wish I could blame the phone for Seiji not contacting me…

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Aeka
Aeka
11 months ago

Nope. it’s all your fault.