Episode 40 – Yamazaki Shin

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★side: Yamazaki Shin

“Hey, hey, Shin ! Are you dating any of those three?”

“Indeed, I understand that Sasauchi san is your childhood friend, but you can also talk to Minamikawa san normally…..what do you think !”

My friends Goto and Saito asked me about this.

By the way, Goto has been friends with me since middle school, and Saito with me since high school.

“What do you mean…..we’re not dating, but……”

“Is that so? I understand Hiroshiki san, but how did you become friends with Minamikawa san? She looks incredibly beautiful, but isn’t she really cold?”

“That’s true. I only had the chance to talk to her once, and she was extremely unapproachable. I was a little scared.”

I certainly had that impression, too.

I had more chances to talk to her through Kaoru, but when I talked to her, she was totally normal and not at all scary.

While I was thinking that, Goto said to me.

“But it’s amazing…..those three are often together now, so they stand out like crazy, but Shin is among them sometimes…..there is a great sense of jealousy from the boys.”

“That’s right. Sasauchi san doesn’t really try to talk to boys, and neither does Minamikawa san, but she does talk to Shin…”

I know that the boys are jealous of me too.

To be honest, I’m quite happy because I feel quite superior when I hear this.

There aren’t that many opportunities to get into the relationship between the three of them, but I’m still the only man who can do it.

Kaoru, of course, but Hirose san and Minamikawa sab probably talk to me the most out of all the boys.

What was also surprising was that Hiroshiki san has never had a boyfriend.

I was super happy to hear that.

I thought it wouldn’t be strange for someone on Hiroshiki san’s level to have many boyfriends, but to find out that she doesn’t have one…..maybe she’s surprisingly naive when it comes to love…it’s really surprising.

Unlike Kaoru and Minamikawa san, she was used to boys, so she probably had a lot of friends, which is natural.

Or rather, I’ve been thinking about it recently, but isn’t it okay to think that all three of them have a connection after all?

Needless to say, Kaoru has never been friends with any boys other than me since she was little, so I guess that’s true.

As for Hiroshiki san, she has been on good terms with Kaoru and the others lately, so she doesn’t go home alone, but I’ve never heard of her going home with a boy. I’m probably the only guy she went home with.

As for Minamikawa san, she is said to be cold toward boys, but not toward me. Maybe it’s because I’ve gotten used to her, but like Kaoru, I’ve never seen her talking to any boys other than me. She is famous among the boys for being beautiful but scary.

That’s why I’m starting to think that all three of them might be…

I mean, I’m pretty sure Kaoru is.

“Hey? Are you okay? What are you so lost in thought about?”

That’s what he said to me when I was deep in thought.

“Ah ! Sorry, sorry. So what was it?”

“No, that’s why. Do you like any of those three? I guess it’s your childhood friend Sasauchi san?”

“I’d definitely go for Hiroshiki san. She’s got a lot of energy.”

“No….I didn’t ask you, Saito.”

Which one of the three do I like?

I’ve liked Kaoru since I was in elementary school, and of course I still like her now.

However, I was able to become friends with Hiroshiki san and Minamikawa san, and I like both of them.

In other words, all three of them are too cute…I’ve thought about it before, but I’d like to date all three of them if possible, and that’s only natural.

After all, those three have a connection, so anyone would think so…if they were that cute.

Well, but let’s just let it slide here.

I don’t want to complicate things by saying unnecessary things. 

“I wonder…..I don’t know.” 

“Is that so? I thought you liked Sasauchi san. Or rather, when we were in middle school, I thought you guys had mutual feelings.”

“Is that so !?”

“Saito has been with me since high school, so he might not know, but we were together all the time when we were in middle school, and Sasauchi san was much more introverted than she is now. It’s not like she didn’t have friends.”

“Oh, I see. I didn’t know that. She has a lot of female friends now.”

I’ve never heard of this before, but I guess it’s the way other people see it.

I guess Kaoru likes me after all…I kind of knew that, but if Goto said so, I’m sure of it.

“Well, it’s true that we’ve been together for a long time,……and now that Kaoru is doing her best to communicate, she has more friends, but as for me, I’m happy.”

“But is it okay? The fact that Sasauchi has more friends means that she will gradually get along with the boys as well. Maybe she’ll be taken by another boy? I’m sure you’ve heard this too, but Sasauchi san is becoming even more popular these days. She’s become brighter, smiles more, and prettier. I’ve even heard people say that she might’ve found a boyfriend.

That’s certainly true. But that’s probably not the case with Kaoru.

There is no way she would have a boyfriend. I know Kaoru better than anyone else since I have been with her since she was little, so I don’t care what the outsiders say.

“She doesn’t have a boyfriend. Besides, Kaoru and I have known each other since childhood.”

“Well, if you say so.”

“I mean, do you know? This rumor is not as widespread as you might think……recently there was someone who tried to talk to Sasauchi san to confess his feelings to her, but apparently Hiroshiki san stopped him. Not Kaoru chan ! She said. That’s why there are rumors that the two of them might be going out even though they’re girls  !”

“Gohoho, goho !”

I almost spewed out the water I was drinking when I heard that.

“What’s with that rumor…..when was that?”

“Before the test?”

“You’re being vague…..well, that’s never gonna happen.”

Generally speaking, Kaoru definitely doesn’t have a love interest in a girl. We’ve been together for a long time.If that was the case, there would have been a hint.

Regarding Hiroshiki san, when we talked about her favorite celebrities earlier, she said that she likes male idols because they are cool.

“Is that so? Well, that’s fine. I’m gonna go to the bathroom !”

“I’ll go with you.”

With that, the two of them left the classroom in a rush.

Now that those two told me to make a move, maybe I should make a move too.

But I can’t honestly tell them I want to go out with all three of them……

I guess I’ll try sneaking up on them one by one.

No, but if I explicitly ask them out, everyone might find out…….

If we were to go out with each other, they would eventually find out, but they wouldn’t want to show obvious ulterior motives, so I would have to go slowly.

But well, I haven’t had a chance to hang out with Kaoru alone recently, so I think I’ll just ask her to hang out with me after school today.

So I decided to ask Kaoru after school.

–After school.

(Ding dong.)

A little after the chime rang, I went to Kaoru.

“Kaoru, after a while, do you wanna go home together?”

“Together?”

“Yeah, we haven’t been home together lately, right?”

“I’m sorry, but I have other plans, so I don’t think I can.”

When I said that, Kaoru said so.

I was a little annoyed because Kaoru answered immediately without time to think.

It’s fine to think a little……

“Hiroshiki san or Minamikawa san? It’s fine once in a while, isn’t it? I congratulate you on having more friends, but that doesn’t mean you’re not getting along too well with me, does it? You turned me down the other day, didn’t you?”

“But before, even if I asked you to go home, you refused because you were gonna play a game with your friends. It’s the same thing.”

“That’s not the same thing, is it? And that time, I also asked Kaoru. Isn’t it wrong to bring that up?”

I was even more annoyed when I saw that Kaoru didn’t seem to be apologizing in the slightest.

It was at that time.

“Kaoru chan ! Let’s go home !”

“Let’s go.”

Hirokage san and Minamikawa san came.

I thought it would be these two anyway, but I guess it’s true.

Well, why don’t the four of us just go home together?

So I said to the three of them.

“Are the three of you going home together?”

“Yeah ! That’s right. So we’ll take Kaoru with us.”

“In that case, can I go home with you?”

When I said so, Hiroshiki san and Minamikawa san said.

”Hmm, we promised to go out with just the girls today……”

“That’s right. I’m sorry Yamazaki kun.”

“Where is it that you’re gonna play?”

“I can’t tell you that. Girls have their secrets !”

I thought it would be okay to just tell me the secret…where they go to play, but they kept that thought to themselves.

“Then today is fine. Instead, why don’t we four go out together sometime?”

“Right…I guess if my schedule goes well, I’ll be quite busy starting next week.”

“Well, I’m also busy, so I don’t have a lot of time to play. If Kaoru chan and Kirara chan’s schedule coincides when they go, I’ll think about it.”

“That’s what it is, so I’m sorry, Shin. We’re leaving now, so Shin can go hang out with your friends.”

Kaoru said this in a hurry for some reason.

Do you want to go out that much?

“Okay…….”

“See you later.”

And so the three of them left the classroom.

“Hey Shin ! What’s the matter with you standing in such a place?”

“Yeah. Aren’t you going home?”

Shortly thereafter, Goto and Saito spoke to me.

“Ah ! No, it’s nothing. Let’s go home.”

“Yeah.”

“Let’s go home. I wanna watch the rest of the anime.”

“All right, all right. I’ll be ready in a minute.”

Well, if it’s just the girls going out, then there’s nothing to worry about.

On the other hand, if you think about it the other way around, if the three of them are always together, there’s no need to worry about a boy interrupting in.

If you think about it that way, there’s no need to rush.

Just by being able to talk to the three of them properly, I was far ahead of the other guys, and I didn’t have to worry about other boys coming in.

I finished my preparations and went home with Goto and Saito.

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