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“The voice enchanted the nymphs, and if the rascals heard it, they turned into saints the next day.”
“Today it’s like an epic poem.”
“And the world was at peace.”
“It turned out to be a really epic story.”
It’s time for another day of fanboying.
This time is really divine. I can directly send words of love to my favorite idol. Is there anything better than this? ……There is. I’m not talking about the money.
No, it’s not money that my current idol needs, though.
Anyway, it’s a win-win relationship now.
–Or so I thought.
“–Can I talk to you for a minute?”
I was interrupted. As expected, I may have overdone it a bit today and made her feel uncomfortable.
I was a little anxious…..but the question came to me when I saw the expression on her face.
The expression on her face as she stared at me was serious, but at the same time it looked like she was worried about something.
Then she opened her mouth as if she had made up her mind. She moved her face closer to me.
“—-I’m grateful to you, Yukito kun. I really am.”
“……!”
T-too close. She has a really nice face. Crap ! Eh, eyelashes. Is it okay to have such cute eyes, mouth, and nose? Her hair is also smooth—
–N-not that. I have to listen to her.
“I’ve been complimented so much, and you have told me you love me…but I haven’t been able to give anything back to Yukito kun.”
“Eh? You’ve given me enough. I like Kusunoki’s smile……”
“T-that didn’t count.”
“I can eat three bowls of rice with your smile.”
“I don’t know about that.”
For me, that’s enough, or rather, I feel like she’s giving too much back.
“A-anyway ! ……I wanna thank you, Yukito kun.”
“Thank me?”
“Y-yeah. Thank you !”
Kusunoki nodding her head is so cute. I wanna take a picture of her and use it as my wallpaper. But I won’t do it.
“Thanks, huh.”
“Yes, thank you. I’ll do anything I can do.
“Don’t say that kind of thing to boys. Especially an idol.”
She is a little too defenseless.
And please don’t say that to me either.
I’m gonna ask for a lot of favors.
Like holding hands.
“…..Even if you say that.”
“It’s okay if there’s something you want me to do…or anything you want to hear. Even if it’s not expressed publicly.”
The stories that aren’t revealed to the public are fascinating.
But as a fan, I also wonder if that’s a good thing.
“I know that Yukito kun has nothing to say to anyone. If there’s anything you wanna ask, feel free to ask… If there’s anything you want me to do. I want you to tell me.”
“……swoosh.”
Very, very bad. I’m not even immune to girls for free. If my favorite idol said something like that to me, I would be shaken. I say I wanna hold your hand.
Overcome the limits, my reason.
“…For me, if I can see the smile on your face, that’s enough. If I want more than that, I’ll get punished.”
I put the words in my head directly into words.
“[Sunlight hope]…..or rather, the person named [Kusunoki Nanami] has saved me.”
“…..Saved you?”
I nodded my head and thought back to that time. I won’t put it into words. It’s just a little too heavy.
“A lot of things happened when I was in junior high school, and that’s when I found out about you. I was saved. So, I want you to think of me as repaying the favor I received back then.”
“……I didn’t know that.”
Kusunoki drops the topic, probably realizing I don’t want to talk that much.
“I understand.”
She even put it into words. I’m glad. I’m glad to hear that she understood.
“Then I’ll take it upon myself to thank you as well.”
“Yeah……eh?”
“Did you just nod?”
It’s rare for her to laugh like a child who has just come up with a prank.
“If Yukito kun says that he’s repaying the favor without permission, I’ll also do that. I wannathank you for helping me.”
“Eh, w-wait.”
“Fufu. That’s unusual. Yukto kun is troubled.”
She’s smiling happily and is really cute. I can forgive anything with this smile. After all, is it fair to be cute?
“So, please look forward to it.”
“I-I’ll look forward to it.”
I nodded my head in agreement. But it’s a good thing that my idol ook happy.
……Is it good?
It’s fine. My favorite idol looks happy.
I don’t wanna see her sad. I wanna see her cry with happiness.
“Then I’ll ask for a little more before I go home.”
“That was just before the world—“
“H-hey, isn’t that a little too much !? Also, you switched too soon !?”
“To sum it up, I love it so much that I want to make a derivative work like this.”
So today, I told her I loved her again.
◆◆◆
Holiday. I was still killing time at my part-time job.
“Kanna kun, I need you to do one job for me.”
While I was taking out the merchandise, the manager called out to me.
“What is it? Is it a [Suh] POP? I’ll make it a great one, one that will get a lot of buzz on social media.”
“You really like [Suh], huh……and it’s actually been a real hit a few times.”
“They’re my favorite after all.”
It’s called an anime store…..but the products vary. There are anime and games, voice actors to idols, doujinshi to actors’ photo books. ……Well, I guess every anime store is like this nowadays.
“Haa. We’re really making POP for [Suh], and it’s a direct request from the office over there.”
“Eh !?”
This is another surprise. Is that really the case? Or rather, [Suh]…[Sunlight hope]’s office?
No, but that’s definitely it. The one I made was a hot topic a couple of times.
I remember people started tweeting things like, [This Otaku POP that knows too much about [Suh] is crazy lol] and even tweets from people who went to see it like [Really crazy Otaku POP lol] and became a buzz.
It was a good advertisement.
“Okay, I’ll put my best foot forward and make it. How much of the aisle do you want me to block?”
“No, don’t block it. If you can’t walk through it, you can’t call it a passage anymore.”
Guh, that’s not good enough. I was secretly thinking of expanding the [Suh] corner.
“Then, please do me a favor.”
“I’ll go tell them my [love].”
“Okay, okay, good luck.”
The manager is the same as ever. Well, first I have to check out the [Suh] corner.
In the past, I displayed a messy, cute picture of [Suh] (as per the license agreement) and talked about my love for them, but what should I do next?
……Ah, maybe that one.
I think they said something like, [We’re going to release a new song for the two of us soon]. [Suh] itself has not suspended its activities.
By the way, when Nanami chan announced her hiatus, the members said, [It doesn’t matter when she comes back. Until she comes back, we will protect [Sunlight hope] ! !]
Oh, crap, I’m gonna cry. Can I cry? I’m working part-time, is that bad?
Well, here I am at the [Suh] corner. What shall I do?
When I was about to start staring at them. I was spoken to from behind.
“Um.”
“Yes, welcome. How can I….help you with?”
There was a person who looked like a high school girl.
She wore her black hair in a braided bun and red glasses. She was wearing a mask until a few minutes ago, or perhaps a mask was placed over her chin.
And a really beautiful girl…or rather.
“Kusunoki?”
“….Eh.”
The girl sounded surprised because she couldn’t believe my voice.
“……H-how did you know?”
“Eh, no,……I wonder how. But Kusunoki is Kusunoki.”
The more I look at her, the more she doesn’t look like Kusunoki. The aura of the idol is almost gone. The way her skin feels is different than usual…maybe she changed the way she apply her makeup?
Right now, she doesn’t seem like an idol, but a library committee member who is secretly popular. But– it’s Kusunoki. There’s no Kusunoki element at all. How did I know?
“H-hmm. I see.”
“Erm. So, what’s the matter?”
Kusunoki also comes to places like this. So when I was convinced that she was wearing a disguise, she grabbed my sleeve a little. Would I die of this cuteness?
“What time does your part-time job end today?”
“Eh? Around 8 o’clock.”
“Eight o’clock….yeah, we can. Lend me your ear for a second.”
“My…ear?”
Eh? Most recommended raw ASMR? Am I dying?
No, but it seems like something serious. Hang in there, me, hang in there.
I told myself that and pulled my ear close and….
“When you’re done, come to my house with me.”
“Ahhhh.”
……..It seems that my ears couldn’t stand her whispering voice and broke down.
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