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While Himekane and I were twisting our heads together, we realized that it was after school.
“Nuuuun”
“Mmm.”
Himekane asked me if I wanted to go home with her. I didn’t have to ask why, so I agreed. Now, walking home together, we were lost in each other’s thoughts, as if we were going through a maze with no way out.
“Nuuun”
“Hey, Tazuna-kun. What is this “Nun”? I can’t concentrate on my thoughts.”
“I thought “Nuun” would be better than “ummm” for characterization.”
“You’re not thinking straight.”
Himekane was furious with me, saying, “Don’t think about stupid things, think about why Sumeragi chan is avoiding us”. I cowered my shoulders and looked up at the curve mirror in a natural movement that could be described as routine.
Sure enough, there I see Shigenawa hidden by a telephone pole – and suddenly I stop and put my hand to my chin. Himekane stopped, too, and asked, turning around, “What’s wrong?” I turned around
“No, I was just wondering. If Shigenawa might know something.”
“Eh? Shigenawa chan?”
I beckoned to Shigenawa, putting aside Himekane’ doubt. For a moment, Shigenawa turned on her heel and was about to walk away. I quickly called out, “Come here, I need to talk to you,” and she came running over.
“What can I help you? Tazuna senpai”
What is it? This feeling, it’s as if I’m dealing with a small animal. Even though the other party is an extremely dangerous stalker woman. Well, let’s put that aside for the moment.
“I’d like to ask you a few questions about Sumeragi”.
“I see. I understand.”
Shigenawa is confident. Himekane asked her, “Are you sure it’s okay?”. Before I could answer, Shigenawa opened her mouth.
“It’ll be fine. Leave it to me, Himekane-senpai.”
“I’m afraid of your confidence~”
I told Shigenawa about the situation.
Apparently, Sumeragi is avoiding me and Himekane. What seems to have triggered this was when Himekane said to Sumeragi, “I like Tazuna-kun!”
Himekane said, “I didn’t say I love you, though, did I?” She interrupted in mid-sentence – anyway.
While Shigenawa was listening to the conversation, she was putting on her glasses and saying, “Hmmm,” and putting on her glasses to this effect. Eventually, after she finished listening, she made a pretense of thinking for a few seconds, and then prefaced her story with, “I can think of one,” before continuing.
“I think she’s probably just as reserved as I am.”
“Reserved?”
“Because you two are dating, right?”
At Shigenawa’s comment, Himekane and I both said, “Eh?” at the same time
Come to think of it, there was such a setting …….
“Ta, Tezuna-kun,…… did you tell Sumeragi chan about that?”
“No, I’m sure I didn’t”
Because this setup was a measure proposed by Himekane in order to get out of Shigenawa Tsukasa’s target. Besides, we weren’t really dating, and I didn’t tell Sumeragi because I thought it wouldn’t be necessary once the Shigenawa incident was resolved.
No, I had no intention of telling Sumeragi in the first place, so I had already forgotten about it.
When Himekane and I were wondering like that, Shigenawa interrupted, “Well then”
“I told Sumeragi-senpai about it. During the date in Forest Town.”
So it’s you who’s the culprit.
Himekane and I let out a sigh at the same time and decided to continue our conversation.
“So why would Sumeragi avoid us if Himekane and I were dating?”
“Himekane-senpai told Sumeragi-senpai that she likes Tazuna-senpai, didn’t she? That, from the standpoint of Sumeragi-senpai, I think it is normal to think that she was checking on her.”
Oh, I see. So that’s why Sumeragi mentioned the word “check” at that time. Himekane also seemed to be convinced and held her head, “Uwaaa. ……”
“From Sumeragi chan’s point of view, I’m scary ……?”
“Yeah. In short, you told her to stay away from your boyfriend. Depending on how you look at it, I think it could be taken as a threat.”
“T-threat. ……”
“I don’t think she is the kind of person who would carelessly approach a man who has a girlfriend, even if that is not the case in the first place. If Sumeragi senpai’s personality is such, she would not think of going further than friends without being checked, and she would be reserved, not mixing herself in the presence of two people. In fact, I was stalking the two of you together, and I was very reserved about it.”
“What kind of stalking …… is that?”
While Himekane is making a comment about something unimportant, I am thinking about it.
I understood why both Himekane and I were being avoided. Thanks to that, I could see a way to solve the problem.
“We’re not actually dating, so if I tell this to Sumeragi, everything will be fine?”
“Eh?”
“Ah, Tazuna kun, you idiot!”
“Ah”
Oh, no!
I accidentally told the truth in front of Shigenawa!
“Hmm? You’re not dating?”
For a moment, I thought she might get angry, but her reaction was, surprisingly, only a little surprised. No, on second thought, now that Shigenawa knows the truth, there is no reason for her to be angry. ……?
Then I decided to answer honestly.
“Yeah …… I’m sorry for deceiving you. It’s just that if I hadn’t done that, you could have hit me in the backside that time. ……”
“Fufu, you’re absolutely right.”
“It’s not funny, is it?”
“Fufu. …… I see. You’re not dating.”
Oh? Shigenawa is twirling one of her twintails with her fingers while glancing at me for some reason?”
What? What is it?
As I tilted my head, Himekane was next to me, muttering something like, “Could this mean that Shigenawa-chan is also ……?” I tilted my head.
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