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Girlfriend ……?
The person Nanahoshi is interested in is me ……, or rather, Toiro
How come Toiro has a girlfriend before I know it?
No, is it possible that the person Nanahoshi is interested in was never Toiro in the first place all along ……?
However, the fact that she brought the person she was interested in to her house on Sunday would certainly indicate that the person she was interested in was definitely Toiro
Or did someone else get the second person after I left ……?
I thought about ……, but I wondered if it was possible for Nanahoshi to be that bold in bringing someone of the opposite gender up to her home for the first time.
The sudden comment by Nanahoshi had my mind in turmoil, but it was obvious that even if I kept thinking about it in my head, my thoughts would go in circles, so I decided to ask Nanahoshi about the details.
“How did you come up with the idea of ‘girlfriend’ all of a sudden? Didn’t you say before that you were enjoying having this person you were interested in over at your house, and that you were talking about going out a lot in the summer?”
“I did say that but! I was messaging with this guy on Saturday and he said he went to the pool with a girl …….”
Saturday…… I remember that I messaged her after I got back from the pool with senpai on Saturday, quite some time after I got back from the pool.
The message was ────
[Toiro san! We were talking about going to the beach in the summer, but I was thinking of going somewhere with you at the beginning of the summer vacation, maybe at the end of July, so I contacted you because I wanted to decide on a date, but today… Are you busy?]
[In the morning, I went to the swimming pool with my senior at school, but I’m not busy anymore, so I’m fine.]
[Toiro san, you were at the swimming meet as a helper, weren’t you? Was your partner a member of the swim team?]
[Yes, she was a member of the swim team and one of the senior female swimmers.]
Then there was a short pause.
[Oh, I see! Did you have fun?]
[Yeah, it was fun.]
After another short pause, Nanahoshi and I messaged each other to decide when we would go out together after the summer break. ……
“You think that just because he went to the pool with a woman, that the other person might be the girlfriend of that person Nanahoshi is interested in?”
“Because! If you’re going to the pool, it’s suspicious that you’re going with two people when you could be going with three or four or even more! Besides ……”
“Besides?”
The next thing Nanahoshi said in a somewhat weak voice was,
“Someone who doesn’t usually talk about having fun said he had fun at the pool with that person,…… and of course, I’m glad he’s having fun, but I’m jealous,…….”
Jealous……?
“Why would you be jealous?”
“Why? If he spends time alone with a girl other than me and says he’s having fun with her, of course I’d be jealous……! How can you not understand that?!”
“I understand that, but that’s not what I’m saying, I’m saying, where’s the reason for Nanahoshi to be jealous of that, if you’re going to be going out a lot in the summer, that means the person Nanahoshi is interested in thinks it’s fun to be with Nanahoshi.”
“But maybe there’s another reason other than fun for him to ask me out!
“That’s not true, I ────
I was about to say that I thought it was fun to be with her, but I shut my mouth.
“Magiri? What’s wrong?”
“…..It’s nothing.”
…… now I am a Magiri Iroto, not Toiro
So, it is unnatural for me to say what I was going to say now as a Magiri
I can’t even convey my own feelings, I ──── was thinking that, Nanahoshi said in a loud voice.
“But! It’s true that Magiri is right, since he went to the trouble of asking me out, I don’t have time to be jealous of that woman! I mean, he said he didn’t have a girlfriend before! So for now, I just have to think about having a good time with that guy this summer!”
“……, yeah, do that.”
“Yeah! Thanks for listening to me, Magiri!”
So after we settled down to talk, Nanahoshi and I left the rooftop and started walking together toward the classroom.
Contrary to Nanahoshi, who was walking in front of me and exuding a motivated atmosphere, I was attacked by a sense of helplessness.
“….I have to tell her properly.”
These words included the words of my own feelings, but ultimately also the identity of Toiro────
“…..”
I decided to prepare myself now for the day that would one day come.
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