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“Do you want some …… tea ……?”
Sumeragi said awkwardly to us as she invited us into her room.
After that, we decided to hurry up and talk to Sumeragi. However, I don’t think she will respond even if I call her, and of course she will run away if I meet her at school tomorrow.
As Himekane was wondering what to do, I suggested, “Well, why don’t we just barge into her house? Himekinen was dumbfounded, “You know where her house is?” When I told her that we lived next door, she was surprised.
Shigenawa, perhaps knowing from her stalking, looked smug, “Fufuun” But anyway.
Anyway, we are now barging into her room to make sure she can’t escape.
“I-I’m sorry, okay? Sumeragi chan. I didn’t mean to barge in on you all of a sudden. ……”
“No, it was Tazuna-kun’s plan anyway, right?”
I wonder why she found out.
“Tazuna-kun is the only one who would do something so outrageous.”
That’s rude. I wouldn’t do something that crazy. If you want, there is one girl here who is the most insane of all.
“Come to think of it, why did Shigenawa follow us?”
“No?”
“No, but this is our problem. It doesn’t make any sense for you to come along.”
“Is that really so?”
“Hmm? What do you mean?”
“I don’t know how this story will end, but I think it would be better for me to be here, at least.”
“???”
I don’t understand, but I decided to go through with it, as I always do when I don’t understand her
“So what’s the story ……….?”
Sumeragi discreetly interjected, causing Himekane to tense up. After a few seconds of silence, Himekane turned a serious gaze on Sumeragi
“…. first of all, I want you to let me clear up the misunderstanding!”
“Eh? Misunderstanding?”
“Me and Tazuna-kun are not dating!”
“Eh?”
Himekane explained that we were pretending to be together and the reason why. Sumeragi was stunned, “eh, really ……?”
“So, what happened last time wasn’t about checking you or anything! I…I wanted to fight Sumeragi-chan fairly and squarely.”
“With me?”
“You like …… him too, don’t you? Tazuna kun”
“…..”
Suddenly, Sumeragi’s eyes turned to me. I had heard from Himekane and Shigenawa that she seemed to like me. However, I had never heard that from her own mouth.
I wonder what would happen if she told me, “That can’t be true.” Or, what if she affirmed with “Yes”
“I …… about Tazuna kun.”
Expectations, anxiety, and fear. An unpleasant mixture of these things dominates me.
I wonder how she will answer.
“I like him …….”
Her cheeks flushed red, her wet eyes shot through me, and she did indeed say “I like you.”
I see–Did she like me
“I’ve been stuck in the past. I can’t wear skirts forever. I can’t live as a woman. I thought so,……, but you stepped into my heart like that with your feet.”
Sumeragi places her hand on her chest, as if to savor each memory, or to prevent it from falling out of her chest.
“You’re naughty, you’re a sexual harasser, you’re a pervert.”
“Huuuhh~? If you tell me that much, don’t you hate me?”
“I like you, in that way too, for some reason.”
Somehow, huh?
“I like your thoughtfulness, your coolness, and your height. I like it all.”
“So what if I’m short?”
“I’m sorry about that. ……”
“I think you like me too much because of my height, don’t you?”
She laughed heartily and said in a gentle voice, “I like this kind of interaction, too.” Next to me, Himekane was looking at me with a grin, and Shigenawa was also hiding her mouth with her hand, saying “Fufu”.
I put my hands up in the air in the face of warm and friendly stares from three different directions.
“It seems that everyone knows that you have a habit of messing around with your embarrassment,”
“Stop it,…… because I’m starting to feel kind of miserable.”
It can’t be helped. I’m embarrassed to be complimented, and I don’t know what to do about it. It’s a cute thing for high school boys
So, please don’t look at me with a smirk on your face.
“Himekane-san. I like Tazuna-kun.”
“I like him too.”
“Then we’re rivals, aren’t we?”
“Yes. I’m …… not going to lose to you! I may look like this, but I hate to lose!”
“I’m not going to lose either. I will definitely win Tazuna kun for myself.”
Oh, no. so cool.
Apparently, the prince is still alive and well.
And so the matter was settled—
“May I join you in this contest?”
And here comes the dark horse. Shigenawa Tsukasa intervened with her hand in the air.
“Eeeh!?? Tsukasa-chan, too?!”
“I-I knew it! I knew something was fishy!”
She leaves Sumeragi and Himekane elsewhere, and Shigenawa sits straight in front of me and stretches her back.
“I like Tazuna-senpai too.”
“Eh?”
“No, I can’t say for sure that I like you yet. There’s a part of me that still wants to grind on you, Tazuna-senpai.”
“That’s scary”
“But at the same time, there is a part of me that admires Tazuna-senpai. There have been times when Tazuna-senpai has helped me, and there have been times when he has been sincere and listened to me. He understands me. He is also one of the few.”
“……I honestly don’t think I understand you that well.”
“Of course not. It is not so easy for people to understand others. Isn’t that why we spend so much time in dialogue?”
“Stop saying things that are suddenly sane.”
“In fact, we came here to have a dialogue in order to clear up misunderstandings. So, if you could just take your time to understand me, that would be fine.”
“No matter how long it takes, I don’t think I’ll ever understand you.”
“That’s why I’m one of their rivals, and I’m …… looking forward meeting with you, okay? Senpais?”
Shigenawa then confronts Himekane and Sumeragi
“I-I didn’t expect the ambush to be Shigenawa-chan,……! But I won’t lose!”
“I’m not going to give up either, no matter who the opponent is.”
“I’m not going to hold back just because I’m your junior, either.”
I can see the sparks flying between the three of them.
Huhh~~?
That’s funny. I became friends with the prince who moved in next door, and as the prince’s friend, I consulted with Himekane, and as the prince’s friend, I solved the Shigenawa thing
That’s all there is to it–.
“I understand senpai the best.”
“I’ve known Tazuna kun the longest!”
“I-I’m! Umm…that….I love him the most!”
She was very powerful until just now. It seems like there’s still a little bit of Takumi’s weakness left. Well, anyway.
“No, I’m only in the position of the prince’s friend though ……”
Somehow, a harem was created before I knew it.
(TL/N : It ends here guys. Bummed up because I think that the story will be more interesting after this chapter, Haaaa……but it is what it is, thank you for reading this far!)
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Im kinda sad to see this story end so early. I felt like it had such a solid start and an interesting idea going on. But it is what it is and I think I enjoyed this novel quiet a bit
Sad day
Thanks for your work. The novel was pretty good
Umm Novelupdates says 45 chapters. Are we missing 1? Or is NU incorrect?
Chapter 45 is just author’s afterword so I decided to not translate it