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“So, what are you going to do, Renka? Confess to Akito?”
“Well, about that…”
And then I told everyone about Suzukita-san.
That she had confessed to Akito. But he’d put her answer on hold.
That Suzukita-san had declared war on me.
…She was the one who called it a war. Considering her privacy, maybe I should have kept it secret. But I don’t want to lose either. So I decided to tell everything to the three of them.
“—I see. Suzukita…”
Suddenly, Hideki’s voice grew heavy.
Sena, who had been smiling until then, also looked somewhat gloomy. Yuri… seemed unfazed, just solving a math problem.
“Hmm. Suzukita-chan is quite the schemer, huh…”
Sena hummed softly, then said,
“See? Akito-kun is super, super kind-hearted, right? So once he finds out how Suzukita-chan feels, I bet he’ll start thinking about her all the time.”
“…Oh. Yeah, you’re right…”
“But then! Before Suzukita-chan gets him, let’s get Renka to confess quickly too! Renka would totally be able to pull it off!”
“Nah, Sena. Personally, I think that’s a bad move.”
Hideki, who had his hands clasped behind his head, looked up at the ceiling with a serious expression.
“Sena’s right. Akito is like that. So even if Renka confesses now, he’ll probably just picture Suzukita. That’ll drop Renka’s odds big time. Plus, Renka is not the type to make a second or third move on Akito, is she?”
“W-well…”
Hideki’s words made me imagine it.
I gather my courage and confess my feelings to Akito. I tell him I want us to date… But his expression clouds over.
[――Sorry. I can’t date Renka.]
Saying that, Akito walks away from me. …He’s trying to push me away like before.
And surely, I’ll never be able to talk to him again――,
“――Renka, STOP! Enough with the daydreaming, come back!!”
Suddenly, Sena shakes my shoulders vigorously.
Huh… I snap back to reality. Somehow, I managed to pull myself out of that fantasy world where Akito hated me and return to the real world.
“…S-sorry. I just… imagined it…”
“Ugh, there, there. It’s okay, it’s okay, Renka.”
“Good girl, good girl,” Sena said, stroking my hair as she spoke.
“Hideki. You shouldn’t say weird things either. You know Renka’s pure, right?”
“…My bad. But you get what I meant by calling it a bad move, right? What Renka needs isn’t a quick strike strategy like Suzukita’s. I think she needs a sure win.”
“But what if Suzukita-chan gets taken first then?!”
“Suzukita told Akito she’d hold off on her answer. That means she figured she couldn’t get his OK right now either, right? So that should mean Renka has some breathing room too.”
Sena and Hideki continued their heated conversation. …I didn’t quite catch the latter part of their conversation. What rules are they talking about…?
But anyway. I could tell they were both discussing things very seriously for my sake. Thinking about that, I felt renewed determination to do my best.
I clenched my fist tightly.
Then—suddenly, Yuri stopped studying and asked,
“Hey, Renka. What do you think I’m doing right now?”
“…Huh? Studying… not that?”
“No, it is studying. But strictly speaking, it’s studying for the final exams. I’m working right now to increase my probability of getting first place on the final exams.”
Um… Could it be that Yuri means…
“You mean love is like studying, and boosting your win rate is key… is that what you’re saying?”
“Yeah, that’s it.”
“Yuri, man. You could at least say that normally…”
Haa. Hideki sighed in exasperation.
He finished the iced coffee in his glass as he continued,
“Still, I agree with Yuri. All we need is for Renka to make Akito head over heels for her before Suzukita does. Like, so much that he forgets all about Suzukita.”
Saying that, Hideki glanced at Yuri.
“So, Yuri—hey, your time to shine is here, right?”
“Hm? What do you mean?”
“Summer break’s coming up soon, right? And guess what? We’ve got this childhood friend named Yuri. The son of the Hasegawa Hotel Group chairman, no less.”
“Ah! Could it be… we get to go for the first time in ages!?”
Sena’s eyes sparkled with excitement.
Yuri, unusually, sighed.
“…Well, this is for Akito and Renka too. Guess I’ll have to ask my dad. But summer break is peak season—one night’s the absolute limit.”
“Alright! That’s our man Yuri for you! So, Renka, you’re in?”
…Yuri’s dad runs a nationally famous spa hotel chain.
I’m not that dense—I get where this is going.
“Let’s do this, Renka! Our operation name is—‘Heart-Pounding! Operation: Shoot Through Akito-kun’s Heart in One Night and Two Days!’”
Sena and Hideki beamed happily, getting excited. Despite his complaints, Yuri also smiled cheerfully.
Oh… So I might get to go on an overnight trip with Akito.
I imagined it—time spent playing together with Akito, eating the same things.
It wasn’t decided yet. But my heart was racing wildly.
I slurped down the orange juice from the drink bar through my straw.
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