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“Let’s introduce ourselves then. I’m Sasagawa san. I’m Miyu’s best friend.”
“I’m Wado Kinako, also her best friend !”
“I’m Karasawa Makoto. Miyu and I have been together since middle school. Nice to meet you. Sasagawa, Wado.”
“I’m Tominaga Rikuto ! I am a friend of Makoto and Ken ! Nice to meet you !”
As each of them introduced themselves.
I was thinking about how I could fool Sasakawa.
Fortunately, she doesn’t know it’s me yet.
Would I use an alias? No, not with Hananoi there.
“Ken? Ken, you mean that boy over there?”
“That’s right. You should introduce yourself, too.”
While I was still unable to think straight, Rikuto’s urging made me run out of time.
“….I’m Mitsui Kenshiro.
In the end, I had no choice but to tell them my name honestly.
The moment I said my name, Sasagawa’s face changed.
“Erm, are you from class 3, Mitsui kun?”
“No, no, he’s from class 1. He’s in the same class as me.”
Rikuto, who knew nothing about it, answered honestly.
I eat the fries on the table, trying not to look at Sasagawa’s face as much as possible.
“…I see. Your name is Mitsui Kenshiro kun. Actually, there’s a boy with the same last name at my part-time job.”
Sasagawa says with a smile.
There seems to be a dark aura behind her.
“H-heh〜, coincidences do happen, don’t they〜”
“And that boy is also in Koushin, too, and I heard he was in class 3~.”
Sasagawa’s face was smiling, but her eyes were not.
I just eat my fries.
People around me didn’t really understand the situation.
“Have you finished introducing yourself? Then let’s start studying.”
Then Hananoi gave me an unwitting helping hand.
Makoto responded to her words, and from there the six of us began our study session.
Sasagawa stared at me from beginning to end.
“So? Why did you deceive me?”
The next day at lunchtime, when I was in the classroom, I moved to an empty classroom with Sasagawa, who came to Class 1’s classroom with a glare, saying, [Kenchi, let’s eat lunch together~.]
There was no way I could say no, so I did as I was told.
“No, I don’t know what you’re talking–“”
“Cut it out.”
I stopped playing dumb when she said that a little too harshly.
“I didn’t mean to deceive you. I just didn’t want Hananoi to know where I worked. So…”
“Did you think I would tell Miyu?”
“Well, yes.”
When I told her honestly, Sasagawa let out a long sigh.
“What the heck~ Is that what this is about～?”
Then, as if deeply relieved, she said.
“It’s a pretty big deal to me.”
“It doesn’t matter, that’s all. She’s not that interested in her classmate’s part-time job.”
If we were just classmates, that would be true, but Hananoi is my ex-sister.
It would be embarrassing to show someone like that where I work.
Well, it can’t be helped that Sasagawa doesn’t seem to know.
“I thought you didn’t want to be friends with me~.”
“No, that was a misunderstanding. I’m sorry if I made you feel bad.”
Certainly, it was a mistake that could have been taken that way.
I did not intend to do so, but Sasagawa may have been feeling uneasy.
“It’s fine. I forgive you. In exchange, we’ll be friends from today on.”
Saying this, Sasagawa stuck out her pinky finger.
I don’t know what she meant, but I stuck my pinky out anyway, and Sasagawa’s pinky crossed mine.
“No more lies.”
Sasagawa’s smile at that moment was as cute as a child’s, in contrast to her mature appearance.
“Good morning. Kenchi.”
The next morning, when I got on the train, Sasagawa was right in front of me.
“Why are you here?”
“Well, because the station next to the one where Kenchi gets on the train is the closest to my house.
Come to think of it, I think there was a time when she was going to school with Hananoi.
Besides, I wouldn’t be weird if it was close when she had the same part-time job as me.
“Look, I warmed up your seat.”
She said that and patted the seat next to me.
I took her at her word and sat down next to Sasagawa.
“Oh, by the way, let’s exchange RINE. As a memorial to our friendship.”
“Well, fine.”
I exchanged RINE with Sasagawa.
“Oh yeah ! Did you see the TV show last night? It was really interesting.”
After that, Sasagawa and I had a casual conversation as we headed off to school.
I don’t want to mention that I was a little nervous about going to school with a female friend for the first time.
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