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“Phew ——-…….”
After the duo completely disappeared from sight, I let out a deep breath.
At the same time, the threads of tension that had been holding me up suddenly snapped.
To be honest, I was really scared !
He was staring at me with such scary eyes.
I’m not proud of it, but I’ve never been in a fight, and I have no history of violence.
But I was able to protect Yuuka because I pushed down my fear and stood up to them with strong feelings, even if it was just an act of pretense.
I was relieved from the bottom of my heart.
“Sota kun, thank you for saving me. I couldn’t escape because I had three bottles of drinks. You waited for me, didn’t you? I’m sorry I couldn’t get back to you.”
Yuuka expressed her gratitude and apology to me, who fought as hard as I could.
“What are you talking about, Yuuka is more of a victim.”
“But—“
“I’m sure you must’ve been scared when you got involved with a man you don’t know, right? I should’ve noticed it earlier and gone to help you, and now I’m really sorry.”
Considering Yuuka’s cuteness, this turn of events should have been predictable to some extent.
It was my definite mistake to let her go out alone to buy drinks.
“Sota kun doesn’t have to feel sorry—“
“I won’t leave Yuuka alone anymore from now on.”
I said that to her,
“Ah, yeah,…..I would be happy if you would do so,…….”
……No, no, no, wait a minute.
What an embarrassing line of dialogue from me !?
What’s with the [I won’t leave Yuuka alone anymore from now on]?
This is a completely inexcusable level of [misunderstood guy] !
Then, I remembered that I had declared myself her boyfriend earlier.
“Also, I’m sorry. I just selfishly called myself your boyfriend. But I thought that would be more effective in driving them away. So there’s no deeper meaning than that.”
“Y-yeah. I understand.”
“I really didn’t mean anything deeper than that. So I would appreciate it if you could forget what I said before.”
I don’t want Yuuka to misunderstand that I’m a pain in the ass who plays the boyfriend card, so I need to make sure to tell her this.
But what came back was an unexpected reply.
“No, I won’t forget it.”
“—-Eh?”
“Because back there, Sota kun, um….you look cool♪”
Yuuka’s cheeks were dyed as bright red as an apple as she shyly murmured.
“I-is that so? T–thanks…..”
“Y-yeah…….”
Although I said that while pretending to be calm.
[No, I won’t forget it.] [You look cool♪]
The phrase Yuuka said in a mumbled voice, the refrain over and over again in my head.
And when I understood the meaning of those words, I could not stop my heart from beating inexplicably faster in my chest.
I could feel my face heating up fiercely with embarrassment and happiness.
“Yuuka–”
“W-what is it……?”
Maybe Yuuka thinks I’m not all that bad?
I was about to tell Yuuka how I felt, when the urge of youth surged up inside me—
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