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That was when I went to school with Yuuka.
These days, I generally leave the house 15 minutes early about once every two days and take the bus with Yuuka (I just can’t get up early every day).
As soon as we enter the school gate,
“You must be Konno Sota and Himemiya Yuuka from 2nd grade, class 1, right?”
We were suddenly approached by a strange female student.
The line of her tie was green, so I could tell that she was a senior in the third grade.
When it’s a female senior, it’s confirmed that she’s not an acquaintance of mine.
So, does that mean she knows Yuuka?
“Yes, right.”
“Hey, hey, is she Sota kun’s acquaintance? Do you want me to go first?”
“Eh? She’s not Yuuka’s acquaintance?”
“I don’t know either of you…….”
When we found out that neither of us knew her, Yuuka and I looked at each other involuntarily.
“Well, I’m sorry for the suddenness. I’m from the school newspaper club. I was wondering if I could conduct a brief interview with you two today.”
“The school’s newspaper club…..?”
Is that what this is about !
The same newspaper club that spread the misinformation about me being dumped the very next day !
“If there is no problem, I would like to start the interview right away. It seems that you two are getting along very well these days?”
It was an unexpected question right from the beginning of our encounter.
When she asked me if we were dating, I felt a little nervous for a moment, thinking that she could see through my love for Yuuka.
Kensuke later told me that this is a very bad interview technique, where the interviewer gets to the heart of the matter at once to upset the interviewer and make them spill their true feelings without giving them time to think.
Well, I heard that the word “bad” is not correct, but etymologically speaking, it’s “crooked”.
I don’t really care about that.
“No, we’re not dating. We’re just classmates who get along a little.”
But I answered smoothly, without showing the slightest sign of inner tension or agitation.
Of course.
Since I had become friends with Yuuka, I had already expected that the newspaper club would ask questions like this.
In fact, it’s probably too late for the newspaper club that published the story about me getting dumped the next day. (I still have some deep roots in this devil’s deeds.)
And it was obvious that if I got upset or told a bad lie here, I would be further scrutinized.
It was also not a good idea to keep my mouth shut.
Since I had nothing to hide, there was no need to be silent.
In fact, it was better to take this as an opportunity to calmly and unobtrusively build up the facts and completely eliminate any room for suspicion.
I didn’t want to cause trouble for Yuuka by spreading rumors that had no basis in reality.
“I see～. But in spite of that, you seem to call each other by your first names in a very friendly way, don’t you?”
“I call all my close friends by their first names, and Yuuka is just one of them.”
This is also not a lie.
Unfortunately, the only other close friend I have besides Yuuka is Kensuke, but I can say with confidence that this is not a lie.
“Was it just that you were close enough to have dinner together after school?”
“It’s just an extension of normal friendships, like going out to eat after school, right? Is that so strange?”
“There is also information that you went to visit Himemiya san’s house?”
……You’ve done a lot of research.
Are you stalking me?
Well, I guess she took the time to research it carefully until today, and then came to attack directly.
I had no choice.
The senior student of the newspaper club kept asking me questions one after another, and I decided to play my best trump card to shut them down.
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