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Summer is in full swing, and just walking in the sun is enough to make me break out in a sweat.
Academics and club activities are stable now, and I feel calm.
My relationship with Arisa is going well and I am less conscious of her when we are alone, and we continue to have a good relationship as best friends.
Reo and Otsuki san’s idiot couple is still the same.
The only thing that has kept me a little busy was my childhood friend Tsumugi.
“Hiiragi-san, please! Join the cheerleading squad.”
“Umm. ……”
The cheerleading Tsumugi showed in the basketball team was so noticeable in the school that it spread quickly.
The senior members of the cheerleading club noticed this and started soliciting Tsumugi almost every day.
The cheerleading of Tsumugi was so great that Arisa and Reo were amazed.
Our school’s cheer club is not famous and they were desperate to recruit Tsumugi.
“I’ve never done cheerleading before, I can’t do it!”
Tsumugi is in trouble. Should I intervene in this situation?
“But you”
These words stopped me in my tracks.
“You were the head of the cheerleading squad ‘FRY’, the best in the high school, weren’t you?”
Despite the hopeful words of the cheerleaders, Tsumugi’s expression turned pale.
“I saw it on youtube and it was amazing. It’s amazing to see how light and nimble they are in the air. …… Above all, it’s the way you look! The comments were all about you! I was glued to your performance.”
“…..”
“I’m begging you! I need your help, even if it’s just a little.
We don’t have a lot of top performers right now, and if you don’t fit in, you can leave the club amicably!”
“……, that’s what I don’t like.”
“Hee?”
“You say that, but in the end everyone tries to get rid of me. So!”
Tsumugi shouted loudly and ran away, waving off the cheerleaders.
It’s very rare for Tsumugi to speak so harshly. She’s always smiling, and she’s kind to me and Arisa, but cold to Reo, so I didn’t expect her to get so emotional.
“Hey, I wonder if I did something bad to her. But it’s true that I like Hiiragi-san. I’m also a top player, so I can understand how amazing that performance was.”
The cheerleader’s shoulders slumped.
The other club members rushed to her. The head of the cheerleading squad seems to be well-liked by the other members.
“Why don’t you at least visit ……. I can’t believe she acted that way toward the head of the cheerleading team.”
“Are you really going to let that girl join the club? There were some strange comments on youtube.”
“Besides…”
The words that a female member of the club whispered to me remained in my mind.
“There’s been some bad rumors about that girl. So, to be honest…”
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I came back to the school building and walked down the hallway to go back to my classroom.
Bad rumors about Tsumugi.
I’ve been spending a lot of time with Tsumugi ever since she moved in with me, but I’ve never heard anything concrete about bad rumors.
She’s good friends with both her parents and Hiyori, and with Reo…… hmmm, well, that’s okay.
She’s very popular with the boys and I honestly think she’s even more popular than Arisa.
“Tumugi chan is really cute.”
Some of the boys call her by her first name.
If it were Arisa, she wouldn’t be like this.
“She’s always smiling and laughing, she’s always happy, and she’s always close”
“I know what you mean. I mean, she’s going skinship. Her gestures are cute too. It’s like expressing joy with body.”
“I can’t stand the way she looks at me. She says it’s amazing~! I think she likes me.”
“Idiot. If you told her that, everyone would probably be dumped. She’s approachable, unlike Asahina Arisa.”
I hear the voices of these boys in my ears.
There are only good rumors, not bad ones. I am happy when a childhood friend is praised.
However, it is complicated when someone has a lover. The fact thatReo has a girlfriend makes me happy and lonely at the same time.
I wonder if Tsumugi will be dating someone once she gets used to school. For now, it looks like not
“What are you doing here, Ryoma?”
“Tsumugi!”
The person in question appeared!
She looked pale earlier, but now she is back to her former self, Tsumugi with a brilliant smile.
It might not be the right time to ask her about the future. Of course, I would answer if you ask me for advice, but I would never force you to ask me.
There are things you don’t want to be asked even if you are a relative
“I have a class in the afternoon.”
Tsumugi leaned in close to me.
Tsumugi, who is a little smaller than Arisa at around 150 cm, often looks up at me from below
I am over 170 and I can see Tsumugi’s beautiful black hair from my viewpoint, so this makes me very nervous.
“Tsumugi, you are so close.”
“Eh~, it’s easier to talk if my face is close to yours.”
“Because I’m worried about the way people look at me.”
“We are childhood friends, so it’s nothing to be ashamed of.”
That being said. Even at Arisa’s house, she would chew on my cheeks, and Tsumugi’s tendency to go at her own pace is nothing new.
Maybe it’s because I’m not used to women that I get upset about it.
Honestly, I’m nervous because Tsumugi smells as good as Arisa and has a nice style.
“It’s still fine with me and Reo, but don’t …… do it to the other boys.”
“I know, I know. That’s why I’m going to be a little bit more conscious of that.”
“Tsumugi?”
“But …… the way of life can’t be changed so quickly.”
I wonder if Tsumugi is thinking about things in her own way. But when I think about the words of other boys, I don’t think it’s very effective.
Tsumugi suddenly pulled my arm.
“In any case, Ryoma is fine! I’m keeping you to myself this time.”
“Really Tsumugi…… ugh!”
When I looked away, I saw Arisa peeking at me with such force that she was crushing the pillar at the end of the hallway.
The students around her were surprised as she seemed to be filled with flames.
Is this a feeling of jealousy?
If Otsuki-san hadn’t hit me, I would have been able to get through it with my insensitivity.
But to be honest, I’m afraid of pretending to be insensitive.
I wonder if Arisa noticed my gaze and approached me with a stern look on her face.
“H- hey, Arisa. What’s up?”
“Do you know the story about how friendship doesn’t exist between a man and a woman?”
I wonder why we are talking about such a topic.
I feel like I shouldn’t dig deeper into this subject. I have to change the subject at any cost.
“Arisa chan? What’s going on here?”
And Tsumugi, completely unaware of Arisa’s aura, replies with a smiling face as usual.
She’s a natural, at her own pace, and that part of her hasn’t changed!
Arisa’s cheeks are a little twitchy, perhaps she didn’t expect it.
“Hmph. It seems to me that the two of you have been very close to each other, but I think you two are too close even for childhood friends.”
Arisa crossed her arms and spoke in a tsun-like tone, perhaps out of jealousy.
I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve seen Arisa like this.
(TL/N : Tsumugi’s illu is in the raw link, check it out!)
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MC acting oblivious at this point just plain doesn’t make any sense. He knows Arisa likes him, so he would know exactly why she asked him that. It’s like the author is so used to writing dense MCs that they can’t stop themselves even when they’re not supposed to be.