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I knew you were going to say so,……Bad thing, if I don’t do anything, I’ll really be forced to raise my bangs,──── and in a few seconds, my true identity will be revealed to Nanahoshi.
And if that happens, the secrets I’ve been hiding for my ordinary school life and relationship with Nanahoshi will come crashing down and everything will ──── come to an end.
I say, trying to pass off Mizushiro-senpai’s words in order to prevent that from happening.
“…That’s an exaggeration. If the bar gets raised that much, I won’t be willing to raise it.”
“Eh~? I think you’re cool enough that it’s okay to have such a hurdle. Look, it’s definitely okay, so just try to raise it!”
senpai is not doing this out of mischievousness or malice towards me, just as she praised my appearance at the pool before ……, she is saying this because she sincerely believes that my appearance is excellent by her standards.
I don’t often feel negative feelings when someone says I have good looks, at least not if it’s not in a public place such as a classroom full of people, but …… now it’s very annoying.
“Even if you can lift things that much, it will be difficult to lift things that are difficult to lift.”
“Mouu~! If that’s the case, then onee san will help you!”
When I said that, senpai rapidly closed the distance to me.
I tried to avoid it as usual, but there was a wall directly behind me and to my right, a desk in front of me, and from the opposite left, senpai was approaching me with her arms outstretched.
And then, senpai’s hand reaches out to touch my hair────I can’t avoid it.
“…..!”
Although I may say so myself, I used my slightly confident reflexes to lightly grab Mizushiro-senpai’s right wrist, which was reaching toward my hair, and stop her
“You’re really stubborn~! Even if you show it, it won’t make you any less, right~?”
No…it’s fine because we’re still in a playful mood right now, but if senpai gets a little annoyed and starts to tighten her grip, I’ll have to tighten up my grip on senpai’s wrist considerably, or use martial arts techniques.
────However, if I think only about myself and do something like that and cause pain to senpai. I’m even more concerned about myself…But if things continue like this, I’m really worried about my daily life. Everything will be destroyed.
Then, even if I cause senpai a little pain, no.. If that’s the case, then I’m putting the cart before the horse, considering the original reason why I’m pretending to be normal… So, am Ijust going to accept it as is?
I can’t believe I’m being faced with such a choice between the peace of my own life and the pain that others literally feel…… by my own hand.
As I feel the bitterness of remembering my current situation in front of me, and who I am today, and everything that has happened in the past, I feel ──── senpai, who is touching my hand right now.
[────If you ever have a hard time, or if it gets so hard that you can’t take it anymore, just tell onee san]
These words passed through my mind and I said these words in a voice that only senpai could hear.
“Mizushiro-senpai, please let go of me. …… It might be just a little bit too hard for me.”
“!!”
When I told her that, senpai immediately let go of me and distanced herself from me.
“Aoi-senpai? What’s wrong?”
From Nanahoshi’s point of view, senpai, who had been trying to lift my hair until just now, suddenly moved away from me, so when Nanahoshi posed this to senpai as a genuine question, senpai answered.
“N-no! However, if you think about it, I think it’s a different story if you ask me if it’s easy to make it look like it won’t decrease”
“Ah~! That might be true! I mean, the person I’m interested in are cooler than the average model or actor!”
When Nanahoshi said so, Senpai returned to talk with Nanahoshi next to her……Senpai regularly looked at me to see how I was doing, but right now she seems to be working on the top priority of not destroying the atmosphere of the place.
I was grateful for that, so for the time being I decided to behave the same way as before.
Then, in the evening, the first semester closing ceremony was over, and we all decided to go home, but Nanahoshi apparently had something to do at the shopping mall, so she left first, leaving just me and senpai in front of the restaurant.
“Mizushiro-senpai, I’m ──── “
When I was about to suggest to Mizushiro-senpai, who had been watching me and probably wanted to talk to me during the first semester ceremony, that we should walk together for a while, senpai was very surprised. She bowed her head to me with a serious expression and said in a serious voice.
“Iroto-kun,…… sorry.”
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