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I stood at the sink and cautiously checked to see what my face looked like.
This face looks familiar.
This face belongs to Mizuno Shota , the best friend of Saotome Ryusei, the main character of Tokidoki Love School, or Tokidoki for short.
“Huh?”
I couldn’t help but speak out loud.
Why am I the best friend of the protagonist instead of the protagonist himself? That damn goddess kept this a secret until the very end.
She hid the inconvenient truth and cleverly conveyed it to me because I wasn’t reincarnating, so I was completely deceived.
She’s really annoying.
Now that I think about it, I should have been more skeptical about such a convenient story where I could meet my grandmother and become the protagonist of a gal game and be popular with girls. Still, would the goddess do such a thing?
Even though I touched my face repeatedly, I remained Mizuno Shota, the best friend character, but still…
“He’s so cool.”
He has no intention of following the school rules, with his brown hair tied back with a headband, his forehead exposed, and piercings. He’s dressed in a typical style.
On the game screen, he’s just a slacker, but seeing him in person, he’s cool. But the protagonist, is dozens of times cooler, so you shouldn’t compare them.
There’s a huge difference between this and my previous life, and the gap is so great that I start to doubt if this is really my face.
When I move my body a little, it moves so smoothly that I can’t believe it’s my own body, making me doubt even more if this is really my body.
I have to clear this gal game with this face and body. The game’s clearance condition is that all the heroines’ affection for the protagonist must be over 80%.
If the affection rating is over 80%, it’s the threshold for whether the protagonist will get a yes or no when they confess their feelings.
Players aim for this 80% mark when playing the game.
If you reach 100%, you can watch the heroine’s special ending, but that’s irrelevant now.
Well, my goal is to proceed exactly as in the original work. For now, I will focus on becoming Mizuno Shota without doing anything unusual.
Since he’s the best friend character, he appears quite frequently, so I can’t let my guard down at all.
I have decided to become Shota from now on.
I turn on the phone in my pocket.
The smartphone screen displays May 7th.
This is a significant day for Tokidoki, the world I’ve been reincarnated into.
On May 7th, there’s an important event where the heroine of Tokidoki, Niiro Sarasa, transfers to our school.
We’re currently first-year students, but Sarasa transferred to our school right after Golden Week, which is understandable given the game’s circumstances.
We might be at the mercy of the game’s circumstances from now on, so we need to be prepared.
“…Wait a moment.”
Today is the day Niiro Sarasa transfers to the school, which means that event will occur.
I check my smartphone again to confirm the time… 7:14 a.m.
I hurriedly get ready and rush out of the house.
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There’s a good reason why I rushed out like this.
It’s because the Doki event happens right away at this point.
On her first day of school, Niiro Sarasa sees a crying child on her way to school, runs over to comfort them, but can’t do it well, so the protagonist, Saotome Ryusei, helps her out in the first event.
It’s no exaggeration to say that Tokidoki wouldn’t start without this event.
If everything proceeds according to the original story, the protagonist’s affection will naturally increase, so I need to check if the event is happening smoothly.
…I absolutely have to see my grandmother again.
Plus, I’ve played Tokidoki multiple times before my reincarnation, so I also want to see Sarasa with my own eyes, even if it’s a bit premature.
During my hikikomori days, I stayed locked in my room playing this game all the time, and thanks to this game, I could forget that I was a virgin without a girlfriend.
I was so into the heroines of Tokidoki that it wasn’t an exaggeration to say we were in love through the screen.
She’s really cute, and the new Sarasa has long black hair, but even through the screen, you can tell her hair is silky smooth, and it must smell nice…
I walked quickly to find the school and looked for the park along the way.
It was good that I rushed out, but the best friend, Shota, had no idea how to get to school.
In the game, I could just press the school command and go there, so it was easy. It was easy, which is why I’m having a hard time now.
Hmm, the distance to the school is… about 30 minutes on foot. Damn, Shota was riding a bike to school. It’s too late to turn back now.
Sigh… I should have thought more carefully before acting.
Still, a 15-year-old body is so agile. In my previous life, even a little brisk walking would leave me out of breath, but now I’m almost jogging.
At this rate, I’ll be there soon.
Ah, this is where Saotome and Niiro were walking home together!
I remember how cute it was when she mustered the courage to ask me to walk home together after my likability went up a bit.
Thinking about seeing Niiro again soon makes me a little nervous.
“Alright, we’re here.”
Wow! This is it! This is the park where the first event took place!
I’m so happy to be able to visit this sacred place. What should I do? Maybe I should take a photo as a souvenir?
“Waaah!! Waaah!! Mama!!”
Oh, it’s a child who got separated from their mother.
Thanks to this child, Saotome and Niiro had their fateful encounter. Maybe I should tell them, “Thank you for crying”? But if I did that, it would deviate too much from the original story, so I just watched the crying child from a distance.
If this event doesn’t happen, there’s a chance that Tokidoki won’t start, so I can’t talk to them by mistake.
“Mom! Where are you~?”
The passersby pretended not to hear the child’s voice and walked by with indifferent expressions.
Seeing that scene, I felt a tightening in my heart and my breathing quickened.
I think, “Someone should comfort them,” but if someone were to speak to them here, it wouldn’t follow the original story, so it’s better for them to stay crying…
Looking at the time on my smartphone, it seems like it will still take a while.
Why do I feel such an indescribable emotion…?
It inevitably overlaps with the me from before reincarnation, when I was alone at home, crying and screaming, but no one reached out to help me.
That’s why I get frustrated—with the adults walking by in this situation, and with myself.
What are you doing? There’s a little kid crying! Someone should say something! No, no, don’t say anything. If you do, it won’t follow the original story.
Hold on, Niiro is coming soon.
“Mom…”
…Dash!
Before I knew it, I was running toward the child.
“Are you okay?”
I spoke to the child with the biggest smile I could muster, trying not to make them feel anxious.
Without realizing how much this would affect the future.
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