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I used to offer to duel in the name of confrontation.
There were many reasons.
Because I lost a game, because I was frustrated, because I lost a test, because the girl I liked started dating.
I thought to myself that I was a depressing guy.
Since I thought so myself, others must have thought so even more.
That’s why no one took me seriously.
It was always my own thing.
Even if I won, it didn’t change the fact that I lost the game, and it didn’t improve my test scores.
And it doesn’t make the girl I like fall in love with me.
It’s just self-satisfaction, and it’s only natural that no one would take me seriously.
And yet, what’s with that guy?
I had the advantage by a landslide, and yet he was still coming at me, even shouting those embarrassing words.
He was no mere womanizer.
I can understand now that I’ve come this far.
It’s not like Fuyusaki san is being toyed with.
That’s why I’m going to have the last match regardless of her.
With my pride and gratitude to Mitsui for answering me.
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I decided to take a break on the bench in front of the cafeteria instead of going back to my class seat because the boys were going to ask me a lot of questions when I got back to my class seat.
I wanted to clear my head, so this shady spot was perfect.
I drink some water from the vending machine and take a deep breath.
(Something has been strange since the duel……)
Since that day when I had the duel, when I met Tokumatsu and he said a lot of things to me, I felt a feeling that had never arisen inside me.
It’s not love either, it’s a much uglier emotion.
“What is it? What’s troubling you?”
“Hmm? Uwoo !?”
I hear a voice and look up to find Hananoi there.
I hadn’t talked to her since the day of the interview, and I was so surprised that I almost fell off the bench.
“…….What are you doing?”
“Don’t startle me,….it’s not like it’s bothering me.”
“I see. …You said something amazing just earlier.”
“……Did you hear what I said?”
Things I didn’t want to hear if possible were being asked by the person I least wanted to hear.
It was not something I would have said in such a quiet place.
“It’s amazing how you screamed like that…is that what you really meant?”
“I honestly don’t know why I said that.”
As I said to Fuyusaki, these words came out instantly and unconsciously.
Even if I think about it, it’s not like I’ll get an answer right away.
“…However, when I talk to Tokumatsu, I feel some unpleasant feelings.”
“Unpleasant feelings?”
“Like I’ve never felt before,…..though it’s not something I’m gonna tell you.”
Hananoi has problems even in her daily life, and I can’t make her think about my problems too.
However, I will talk about it.
I expose my true feelings to Hananoi.
“……I know those feelings.”
I look up at Hananoi’s words with a bit of suspicion,
“That’s, you know, jealousy.”
“Jealousy?”
“You imagined Fuyusaki and Tokumatsu getting along well together and got jealous.”
“…..Why?”
I tilt my head, not understanding what Hananoi means.
“You can think about that yourself. But I know exactly how it feels.”
Hananoi turned away from me and looked at the ground.
“I always wish I could be as pure as that.”
“……Hananoi.”
“This conversation is over ! Come on, it’s time to go ! Let’s go.”
“Oh, yeah.”
I get up from the bench and head back to the field alongside Hananoi.
Hananoi is laughing and talking as usual.
I was so surprised that I thought I had misjudged the sad expression I had seen earlier.
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