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“W….why are you here, Yuu kun…..”
“I mean it’s a library. I also come here to study. After all, I’m in a school that’s on a completely different level than Hinayo.”
I think he’s a genius at annoying people as always. Misawa’s tone is at the maximum level of provocation right from the start.
While Hinayo was frightened by the unexpected encounter, Riria, who was watching the encounter, poked me with her elbow and asked me.
“Who’s this guy, Hirakawa kun?”
“He’s Nishimeya san’s childhood friend. He’s smart and went to an advanced school.”
“I see I don’t really understand, but he talks to Nishimeya san in a very aggressive tone. Of course, Nishimeya san looked very annoyed.”
“If you don’t like it, you shouldn’t ask.”
“You know she’s not that good at talking.”
“I know, but……doesn’t it piss you off when someone like that says whatever they want to you? They’re really looking down on you, and they just want to feel good by getting the upper hand, right?”
Unusually, Riria showed her dislike for other people.
The reason for this is that she is not talking to a woman but a man.
“I’m surprised to hear you say that, Sotogahama san.”
“I have people I don’t like either. I try to be as friendly as possible, but not everyone can get along with everyone. And…”
“And?”
“That guy doesn’t fit my taste.”
Ah…..that’s what you mean.
Riria’s tastes in men are easy to understand.
Tall and thin macho. She seems to like physicality more than intellectuality. In any case, Haruto is her target.
Given that, the reason why Riria keeps me around is a bit of a mystery, but let’s not think about it right now.
Compared to her preferences, Misawa’s qualifications are the exact opposite.
He is shorter and slenderer than I am, and although he has brains, he has a bad mouth.
Even Riria, as expected, would probably turn down a guy if he had all these qualities in place.
She’s easy to understand.
“Hinayo, are you playing with your so-called friends?”
“T-they’re not so-called ! And we’re all studying for the test today….”
“Heh, even though you’re less clever than me, you can teach others like you’re good at it. Ah, I see, at the level of Hinayo’s high school you can show off your academic ability. You’re the only one who’s a little smarter than the others, so you use the excuse of teaching them to pretend to be friends. Honestly, you’ve always been like that–“
“Can you cut the crap already?”
Misawa’s sarcasm was so strong that you could almost hear it creeping. It was Riria’s one word that broke it up.
Unusually for her, this was 100% pure anger with absolutely no attempt to be funny.
It was the first time I had seen Rinriya get angry like this.
“S-Sotogahama san !?”
“What is it with you? I’m talking to Hinayo right now, don’t you think it’s rude to interrupt in the middle of my conversation?”
“I don’t think so. At the very least, you have to protect your friend, because they’re constantly being criticized for things that’s not even true. It’s you who’s being rude, don’t you think?”
“Oh, well, that’s why high schools with a low deviation are…….”
“Oh, so if you have a high deviation score, you can say offensive things and assert your dominance?”
“I’m not asserting anything. I’m just stating facts about Hinayo.”
“Facts? There is not a single fact in what you said.”
“That’s disappointing. You’re only using Hinayo because you’re likely to get a bad score on the upcoming test, right? Hinayo was just taking advantage of your weakness to give you the excuse to be your friend even though she doesn’t have any. It’s just a mutual vested interest.”
“It’s not like that. It’s true that I’m an idiot, but I have no intention of taking advantage of Nishimeya san, nor does she. I’d rather think that there are only two people here who would go along with such a helpless fool to the end. And yet, I absolutely cannot allow an outsider, who knows nothing about it, to speak ill of Nishimeya san.”
With a resolute attitude, Riria confronts Misawa.
The fact that she can express her feelings without being scared is something that only Riria can do.
“An outsider……uh-huh.”
“No matter how you look at it, you’re an outsider. Even if you were her childhood friend, our ties with Nishimeya are stronger now.”
“Hahaha, that’s laughable. There’s no way Hinayo could make connections with people, right? She can’t do anything without me. Those who can’t build relationships will never be able to do it, even if they become high school students. Isn’t that how it is?”
“I told you you’re wrong ! !”
Riria says so with a strong tone of voice as she leans forward.
I thought she was about to make a move, so I stood in front of Riria and calmed her down.
“Sotogahama san, let’s stop. I don’t think what he’s saying is right, but we shouldn’t lay hands on him.”
“You’re….right, but still……”
“I don’t agree with him. I understand. I don’t like it when Nishimeya san gets insulted. But, the more you react, the more he gets cocky.”
“Then what do I do?”
“It’s easy, just ignore him. Let’s put away our study materials and go somewhere else.”
Riria’s eyes widened in surprise at my unexpected suggestion. However, she soon came to her senses and began to clean up the mess without saying a word.
Hinayo was cleaning up as well. She was moving her hands silently, trying to keep Misawa out of her mind as much as possible.
“Hey, you have some nerve not listening to what people say. People with low education also do low level things !”
“……” “……” “……”
“How childish… you guys have no intelligence whatsoever.”
Ignore him.
As soon as we finish cleaning up, we walk away from our seats. Of course, we didn’t even glance at Misawa.
“Hey Hinayo, you know what happens when you do this to me, don’t you? Remember that, okay?”
Hinayo was scared for a moment when she heard me say that as we were leaving.
But I looked her in the eye and made eye contact with her, saying that it’s okay.
“… Someone who would say such things to the people I care about is not even a friend ! Please don’t get involved with me any more…!”
Hinayo said this in the loudest voice ever.
At that moment, it seemed as if tears were coming out of her eyes.
In her own way, I think she made a desperate resistance.
At a glance, she fled from the library.
Hinayo’s beautiful tear-stained eyes. I felt a little embarrassed to look into her eyes because I felt that the brightness of her eyes had increased a little.
Well, the priority now is to get rid of Misawa.
For now, it would be nice if Misawa would stop bothering her.
Hinayo, you said it well. That’s great.
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