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The next weekday, I decided to take action to get to know Ari chan better.
The best way to get to know her is to use my five senses !
However, if I asked her about her, it would give away my intentions.
So I decided to observe her in secret so that I would not be exposed.
–Case 1: Ari chan in class
The first period lecture is business administration. The content is gibberish to me, but so are the other students. Some students in the back are pretending to be in class and are fiddling with their phones or studying other things.
But even in such a situation, Ari chan is taking the class seriously.
She sits up straight in the front seat and listens to her professor, occasionally running her pen over her notes.
I knew from the time I tutored her that Ari chan is a studious student.
–case 2: Ari chan spending time with her friends
After morning classes, Ari chan goes outside with her friends. It was a warm and sunny day for a picnic in May. She was eating her lunch on a leisure sheet with her friends.
The conversation was about the girlish problems of love.
“My boyfriend is going to take a year off, but he still hasn’t recovered from the shock of failing the exam.”
Everyone listened to this girl’s complaint.
“Eh, he’s dragging it on for a long time.”
“True ! It’s been two months now, and if he don’t get over it, I’m going to get depressed too.”
“That’s when you need to be supportive and encouraging.”
“I know that, but it’s hard for me to see him since I passed the exam alone. There’s a strange silence even when we meet face to face. In times like this, do you think it’s better to keep your distance temporarily?”
It’s a complicated question. I, who had never been in a relationship in my life, could not possibly answer that question.
“What do you think I should do, Ari?”
“Me? Well, I’ve never had a boyfriend, so I don’t know.”
When she asked her what she thought, she arched her eyebrows.
Ari chan is a cute girl, but she has been in an all-girls school all her life, so it seems that she has never been in a relationship. For some reason, I feel a little relieved.
That’s right, you can’t give advice if you don’t have any relationship experience.
Her friend lets out a meaningful giggle.
It was a way of looking at Ari chan from above, as if she were making fun of her.
As we are both women, I can guess that she is looking down on Ari chan, who has no experience in love.
I am sure her friend has no malicious intent. But that ranking without malice is the essence of women’s society. Especially, love deviation is more important than academic background in women’s society.
They try to measure a woman’s value by the number of times she has been confessed to, the number of men she has gone out with, the amount of experience she has had with sex, and so on.
I understand, because as a person with a love deviation rank of F, I have always been fed cold stares by that.
Her friend tried to avert her gaze, perhaps thinking that Ari chan would not have anything useful to say to her. But Ari chan boldly (?) spoke up.
“But when he’s going through a hard time and he can’t do anything about it, isn’t that when he wants you to be there for him?”
Her straight, unwavering eyes left her friend dumbfounded.
“Your boyfriend is depressed partly because he failed college. But most of all, I think he feels sorry and frustrated that he can’t go to college with you. I think he’s suffering because he can’t get those feelings out.”
Ari chan imagines the specific feelings as if she had heard them directly from her boyfriend. But from her words, I could strangely imagine her boyfriend’s depression and how he was recovering from it.
It must be the same for her friends. They all nodded their heads.
“Just like you said, Ari. Boys can’t be honest about their weaknesse. That’s why we have to be considerate of them.”
“I know. Boys are proud. They really want you to comfort them, but they can’t say it. It’s really very bothersome.”
It seems that Ari chan’s words were shared by everyone. Everyone seemed to be having a great time, even though they sounded fed up.
Hats off to her for giving advice in a friendly way, despite her lack of experience in love.
“But still, Ari chan, how did you know how he felt?”
“It just so happened. I had something similar happen to me.”
“Similar thing?”
“The person I like also had a shocking experience and was depressed. He said, [I want to be left alone] but we ended up spending time together and it made him feel better.”
The person Ari chan likes…..is that her idol, Kobayakawa kun? I haven’t heard the details, but Kobayakawa kun said he left his previous band and got away from music for a while. He seemed to be at ease during the tutoring, but I guess he must have had some hard times.
Ari chan supported him, and she is a true reflection of a fan !
However, her friend seemed to have a different take on it.
“Eh, you have someone you like?”
“Who is it !? What kind of person !? I mean, you made him get back on his feet !?”
“What are you doing with that person after that !?”
The conversation heated up instantly. The topic of conversation shifted to Ari chan’s love life.
Love stories and love complaints are a woman’s favorite.
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