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After school.
“Tazuna-kun. Let’s go home together today.”
As soon as homeroom was over, Sumeragi called out to me. She must be worried about me after yesterday. But I shook my head and said there was no need for that.
“Sorry, but I have a date.”
“Eh?”
“So I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“Eh?”
I leave the surprised Sumeragi in the background and head for the school gate with a quick pace. Maybe I am in a bit of a hurry.
I feel like I’m on the day before a field trip. The day before the excursion, the feeling of excitement and elation may be similar to the feeling of not being able to fall asleep easily.
“I see……… I’m excited.”
That’s as it should be.
“Thank you for waiting. Did you wait for me?”
“No! I just got here too!”
Today was the first date of my life.
“I’m getting excited about our first date …….”
“Even if we go on a date, it’s just a fake, right? At that point… do you understand that?”
Himekane, who was waiting at the school gate, said this in a mocking tone. To that, I shrug my shoulders and reply, “Of course I understand”
“Thank you for pretending to be my girlfriend for me.”
“I-I told you it wasn’t just for your sake! I only suggested it because I thought it was in my best interest too!”
“Was it a push or pull strategy? You better not try that, because it’ll never work.”
“You won’t know until you try it!”
I say this because you don’t need to try it to know, …… anyway.
In order to convince that stalker, I have to show her that I and Himekane are a lovey-dovey couple.
So we decided to have a date after school today, and we met up in front of the school gate like this.
“Well, anyhow, I’m in your care”
“Y-yeah. …me too…”
“But how do I go on a date?”
“Eh?”
“I’ve never been with a girl before, let alone hung out with one. Have you ever been with the opposite gender?”
“……I’ve never gone out either. But I have played with boys?”
“That’s disgusting.”
“Why?”
“Have you done such-and-such?”
“Okay. now I know what you think of me.”
“I’m kidding. Himekane is a single-minded person.”
“……”
Oh? Himekane is making a subtle face at my words.
“What’s up?”
“A-Ah….. no. Nothing. …….”
“Yeah? So? What do you want me to do? You want me to give you a ride on my shoulders?”
“Why?”
“All the couples in the world seem to carry each other on their shoulders.”
“What do you think? Normally, they’d hold hands or something. ……?”
“But I have sweaty hands.”
“Then you wanna cross arms?”
“But I have sweaty armpits.”
“Why don’t you just plug up your sweat glands?”
“I’ll do that.”
“I mean, you know, Tazuna-kun. You keep saying that, but aren’t you really embarrassed?”
“……”
I looked away.
“Ah! You just looked away!”
“No, I didn’t. I saw a UFO over there.”
“Eh!? Where is it?!”
“Are you easily fooled……?”
“Ha!? You lied to me?! That’s terrible!”
“I’m starting to feel sorry for you.”
Back to the topic
“We’re just going to hold hands, so it shouldn’t be that nerve-wracking, should it?”
“……, that’s not it.”
“Then what?”
“I just felt bad.”
“Eh?”
“Because you love Sumeragi, don’t you? But you hold hands with a man you doesn’t care for, put your arms around him, and even …… do all kinds of nasty things.”
“No one said anything about going that far!”
“I see?”
“Of course not!”
“Well, I’m holding back. No matter how much you say you’ll cooperate, I’m not sure if it’s okay for you to go that far.”
“Haa,…….”
Himekane let out a sigh and held out her hand, “Here.”
“Are you saying you want me to take care of that?”
“No.”
“Then what?”
“I mean you don’t …… have to be reserved. I told you. Tazuna-kun has helped me a lot with Sumeragi-kun, so I want to repay him! Besides…”
“Besides?”
“I don’t mind …… about you, Tazuna-kun.”
“…… that mean you don’t mind if I hold your hand?”
“Well, yes.”
Himekane turned away, her cheeks flushed vermilion.
I see. I had thought that I was just a friend of Sumeragi and a mere collaborator for Himekane.
“You’re so loyal. You could have just used me and not cared about me at all.”
“Did you really think I was such an outrageous, heartless person?”
That’s not true, but even if she was hailed as the most beautiful girl in the school, I didn’t expect her to be so forgiving towards me, who was just a friend of Sumeragi after all.
I once said some pretty terrible things to Himekane, like ‘You would never date Sumeragi.’
“……Then let me take that hand without reservation.”
“…… Nn.”
I held hands with Himekane. As you can see, it was a small and thin …… girl’s hand.
“So, where are we going?”
“……”
“Himekane?”
“Eh? Ahh …… um, sorry. Umm …… Tazuna-kun’s hands are stronger than I thought they would be …… and I’m kind of nervous.”
“Ha?”
“IIII-I wonder what I just said! ? Ahahahahahahah… LL-let’s go quickly!?”
“O-ou?”
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