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After school, I, Mizusaki Yayoi, Satouchi Yoko, and Kamiyama Fumika were at a café. We had come because Yoko really wanted to check with Fumika.
“Fumika, I have a question.”
“What is it?”
“Is it true that you’re not after Taiyo-kun?”
“Yes, really.”
“It doesn’t look that way to me.”
“Why not? I’m not aiming at him. It’s true. It’s just …….”
“Just what?”
“I know you girls are my friends, so I’m gonna tell you something, but please don’t tell anyone.”
“I know.”
“I like Taiyo kun. I’ve been in love with him since junior high school. But it’s not so much that I like him, it’s more like an ‘oshi’ on him. I don’t think we can be lovers in real life. I gave up on that a long time ago.
“Oshi? You’ve given up?”
“Yes. Since junior high school, Taiyo-kun has been so popular that I’m not even on his radar. I never even talked to him. So I just look at him from afar. It’s like being an idol.”
“I see. But now you are talking to him directly.”
“Yes, thankfully. But I don’t think we’ll ever be together. I’ve got you girls.”
“I see. ……”
“Yeah, so don’t worry. I know you guys are after Taiyo kun, too, right? I know you are.”
“I do, though.”
Yoko said as she sipped her tea.
“I ……Is Yayoi different?”
Fumika asks.
“I’m …… different”
“Eh? I’ve told you this much, so why don’t you told me?”
Fumika is a little irritated.
“Ah, it’s true. Yayoi is Nagatsuki-kun.”
Yoko said something I couldn’t say.
“Ehh, really?!”
Fumika looked at me in surprise.
“Y-yes. ……”
“Heee, you’re Nagatsuki. But Nagatsuki is …… ah, it’s nothing.
“What were you going to say ……?”
Yoko said to Fumika.
“N-Nothing”
Fumika said impatiently.
“…I know. You wanted to say, ‘he loves me,’ right?”
I said to Fumika.
“I-I’m sorry. I don’t know if Nagatsuki likes me, but I think he does care about me.”
Fumika said.
“That’s right. ……”
“Yes,. But I don’t think anything of Nagatsuki.”
Fumika says.
“Yeah ……”
I said with a sinking voice. I was so depressed that I couldn’t even think of what to say.
“Don’t worry. I don’t think Nagatsuki really likes me either. If he really likes me, he will bite when I say, ‘We can go out'”
“Eh, you said that?!”
“I’m sorry! But he didn’t bite.
So I don’t think he really likes me.”
“Fumika, why did you even say that?”
Yoko asks.
“…… honestly, I don’t think I can handle Taiyo-kun, and I was thinking that I might as well just go with Nagatsuki at this point.”
“Haa?”
“Don’t get so mad at me, I won’t do it again!
I’ll support Yayoi!”
Fumika said to me with a serious face.
“Yeah …… thanks.”
I said.
“By the way, class idol Mizusaki Yayoi is about Nagatsuki, you know,…… I was surprised. I’m sure he’s totally unaware of it.”
“Yeah, I know,”
“I didn’t notice either. Why don’t you approach a little more?”
“Approach?”
“Yeah. If he doesn’t realize you like him, it’s not going to happen.”
“Y-Yeah, that’s right.”
“I’ll support you.”
“O-Okay. Please”
If Fumika, who is often involved with Nagatsuki kun, supports me, I may be able to appeal to him a little.
“You should support me too, right?”
Yoko said.
“Ah, I don’t think I can do that.”
“Why not? You gave up on Taiyo-kun, didn’t you?”
“I’ve given up on him, but I still like Taiyo-kun. It’s still an Oshi. I’m not going to support another girl.”
“I see. ……”
“Yeah. Sorry.”
“I understand. If you say so, it means that Fumika is telling the truth.”
“Yes, I spoke my true feelings about everything today.”
Fumika smiled.
I feel like the three of us have become true friends.
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Guess I was wrong. I’m so conditioned to WNs making the MC the center of the universe. This scenario is of course way more realistic.
Maybe you’re right, but this chapter also revealed Fumika to be a pathetic, cowardly, disloyal wretch who would play with the feelings of a boy who was genuinely kind to her.
The MC dodged a bullet by rejecting Fumika, and I sincerely hope she ends up being the losing heroine.