43 - Not minding others’ eyes is harder than I thought (Patreon)

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The next day.

“So Kazuki was immediately chased away?”
“Yeah.”

Tadashi asked me, so I told him what happened yesterday.
Only Tadashi knows that I know where Hiuri's house is. If it's Tadashi, he won't look at me with jealousy or try to use force on me.

Tadashi knows nothing about Hiuri's parents. Even people other than Tadashi have no way of knowing what kind of people Hiuri's parents are. They probably think that they are just normal parents, or maybe even excellent people.

The story of me being chased away also doesn’t particularly bring an uncomfortable feeling. This is because being chased away from the house where there is a sick person is fairly common.

“Still, why do you know where the princess's house is?”
“Well, a lot of things happened.”

This is information that even Hayashi-san and Kannazuki-san don't know. It is impossible to explain.
To begin with, even the real life Hiuri doesn't know that I know where her house is. Her memory when she has a cold seems to be vague, which helps, but if she finds out about it somehow, she might think it's creepy.

“I don't know about this, but is she coming today?”
"The princess is coming just fine. Or rather, the boys of this school have wildly different levels of motivation between when the princess is here and when she’s not, you can just look at the boys and you’ll find out.”

What calculating people they are. I wonder what will happen to the underclassmen after Hiuri graduates. I hope the upperclassmen are properly motivated at university...
Hiuri's influence extends to all the boys in the school. I can probably tell if Hiuri is here or not just by looking at the boys in this class.

No, but that would only work if all the boys saw Hiuri in the morning, right? Could it be that there are people who are always looking for Hiuri?
If that's the case, it's probably stressful and I think something should be done about it...

“Don't worry. Nothing strange will happen.”
“I didn't say anything.”
“It was written on your face. These guys just sense it with their sixth sense.”

It's strange instead. It's creepy.
Even I can’t sense Hiuri with my sixth sense. Even last year, when we weren't involved with each other, I never sensed Hiuri. There's something strange about the boys at this school.

“Oh, Kazuki. There she is.”

Tadashi points to the entrance of the classroom. When I look over there, I see Hiuri peeking out and looking at me.
What happened to our strategy of not coming to see each other? What’s more, because her maiden mode is properly activated, the boys are paying more attention to Hiuri than ever.

Even in her normal state, Hiuri attracts the attention of those around her. That's how beautiful she is, but if she were to blush a little and look embarrassed, men wouldn't be able to take their eyes off her.
Break up. She's my girlfriend.

“The princess sometimes acts like that, doesn't she? Kazuki, do you know anything?”
“I don’t.”

There's no way anyone could tell that Hiuri is acting spoiled. In the first place, since it happened in a dream, telling someone is not an option.

“Ah, she went back.”
“She did.”
“The princess being like that has terrible destructive power. If I hadn't been talking to you, I would have fainted.”

I saw Hiuri acting spoiled last night, so I have a resistance to it. But well, it's cute though.

Once this happens, Hiuri won’t return to normal for a day. It might have been better if I talked to Hayashi-san and the others first and asked them to stop Hiuri. That Hiuri tends to get out of control anyway.

“Still, she came to our class later than usual. She usually comes earlier.”
“That is...“

I think it's because she has been thinking about whether to go or not. Hiuri said that she felt strange yesterday, and I think Hiuri's head was more jumbled up than usual today.
That's probably why she couldn't make a decision right away and only showed up now. That’s also why she went back as soon as our eyes met.

“That is?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
“...Well, fine. Morning HR is about to start.”

......

During one short break morning.
Due to the test study meeting the other day, I obtained a means of communication. I told Hayashi-san a little bit about the situation and asked her to stop Hiuri.

[But seeing today’s Hiu is interesting.]
[She'll definitely regret it later, so please stop her.]
[No way─]

It was no good. It seems Hayashi-san is the type who takes an optimistic view of this and enjoys it at times like this.
So, I decided to contact Kannazuki-san. I don't think she's the type to act in a situation like this, but if I let her know, she might be able to do something about it.

[Rinrin has already told me a lot of things.]
[Hayashi-san turned me down earlier, you see.]
[...I understand.]

For the time being, this should work out somehow.

......

That's what I thought, but Hiuri is right beside me right now.
There is no one around, and on my smartphone, this message is left.

[All I could do was guide her to a place where no one would disturb you. I wish you the best.]
[Boyfriend-candidate-kun might become boyfriend-kun!]

Apparently, Kannazuki-san lost to Hayashi-san. I wanted her to stop the meeting between me and Hiuri itself, but... well, she might have tried her best.
After all, it's after school now. Considering that I didn't meet Hiuri and the others during lunch break, Kannazuki-san must have properly restrained her.

“...”
“...”

When I went to the place Kannazuki-san had told me about, Hiuri came alone. Then she even guided me to the backyard where no one else had come during the sports festival.
We sit next to each other, but Hiuri doesn't try to say anything.

“...”
“...”

I don't think it's particularly awkward. I have experienced this kind of atmosphere many times, even in the dream. Neither Hiuri nor I feel any resistance to this atmosphere.

“Hey.”
“What, Hiuri.”

Hiuri started talking to me.

“Can I lean on you?”
“...Ok.”

Hiuri rests her head on my shoulder. We've done it many times in the dream, but this is the first time we've done it in real life. That makes my heart pound a little.

“Pat me.”
“Eh?”
“My head, Pat me.”

When I look at Hiuri, her face is dyed bright red. If she was going to be embarrassed, she shouldn’t have said it.

“There there.”
“Ehe...”

I decided to pat Hiuri until she was satisfied.

......

“Isn't it a lie that they’re not dating?”
“Peeping is not good, you know.”

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