58 - There is no such thing as a reference book for confessions (Patreon)

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It's been a few days since Hiuri started pressing me to confess. It was Monday, after the end of the school trip and the weekend.
Tadashi started pestering me.

“Something definitely happened, right? Come on, tell me.”
“I keep telling you, nothing happened.”
“No, something did. I just know it.”

He’s been like this. In the morning, he just got some vague feeling, but now he’s certain about it and asked me what happened. What’s more, the fact that it’s related to Hiuri has already leaked out.

Is Tadashi a detective? His family are archaeologists, so maybe he just has a talent to be a detective?

“Sasa thinks so too, right?”
“Umm...”

Even if I run away to Sasa-kun, Tadashi chases me.

“Tadashi, you’re so persistent.”
“Right back at you, just say it. It'll make this easier. Something happened between you and the princess, right?”

Why did this happen...

“After all, didn’t the princess get off at the same bus stop as you at the end of the school trip?”
“Wait, why did you...”
“I heard it from Hayashi-san. Of course I’d think something happened, right?”

Hayashi-san...

When Hiuri got off at the bus stop, I received a message from Hayashi-san, and I also remember that there was a commotion on the bus. Apparently, she knows that Hiuri got off in a strange place.
No one has found out where Hiuri's house is, but from the way she gets off the bus, the fact that there is something strange going on has been found out.

“Now that I think about it, speaking of the princess...”

But then the chime rings. Before Tadashi says anything unnecessary, I return to my seat.
Tadashi returned to his seat with a dissatisfied look on his face.

......

Lunch break. Being pestered by Tadashi would be troublesome, so I thought about eating my bento by myself when someone called out to me from outside the classroom.

“Boyfriend-ku─n!”
“...Hayashi-san, I wish you would stop calling me that so loudly.”

I give up eating and leave the classroom.
This is a bit off-topic, but lately, when I talk to Hayashi-san, I don’t gather as much stares. No, I still do, but the hostility from the boys has lessened. Apparently, the boys have come to the common understanding that I am not likely to become Hayashi-san's boyfriend.

Let’s get back to the topic.

“Yahho─”
“Hayashi-san, I wish you’d let me eat my bento.”
“Sorry, sorry. I'll finish it quickly.”

It was just after the lunch break started, so Hayashi-san probably hadn't eaten her bento either. What she wanted to say was just one thing, just one question.

“Have you talked to Hiu-chan today?”
“I haven’t seen her today.”

She didn't come here this morning, and I didn't come to her classroom until lunch break, so I haven't talked to Hiuri even once today. There are days when we don't talk at all, so this isn't particularly unusual.

“I see─. Got it!”

After saying that, Hayashi-san went back to her own class.
Did something happen with Hiuri?

“What's wrong, Kazuki?”
“Nn? No, it's nothing.”

It's not something I would go out of my way to say to Tadashi.
I'll probably talk to Hiuri later, so let's check with her then.

“Something happened, right?”
“Like I said, it was nothing!”

......

Hiuri never visited my classroom even until after school.
Therefore, I peeked into Hiuri's classroom after school to see what was going on. In order to avoid attracting attention, I waited for people to leave, since many of them were probably going to leave for club activities.

When I peeked into the classroom, there were three people there: Hiuri, Hayashi-san, and Kannazuki-san. Hiuri is plopped down on the desk.

“Nn? Ah, boyfriend-kun. Perfect timing.”

Hayashi-san notices me and beckons me over. Hiuri doesn't look at me and keeps her face down on the desk, making me worry that she may be unwell.

“Hiu─, boyfriend-kun is here─.”

Even when I get closer, Hiuri doesn't raise her face.
However, somehow, it feels like her face is turning red little by little...

“...Good evening, Nakano-kun.”

After a while, Hiuri finally raises her face. But she doesn’t try to look at me, and her face is bright red.

“The bright red Hiu-chan is so cute─”
“Rinrin, shut up.”
“So cute─!”

Hayashi-san makes fun of the bright red Hiuri.
Could it be that, Hiuri is embarrassed?

“Rinrin, stop making fun of her.”
“Kono-chan think she is cute too, right?”
“That’s... true, but...”

Aah, Kannazuki-san, don't get swept away. Now that Hiuri is mysteriously down, Kannazuki-san is the only one who can stop Hayashi-san.
However, my thoughts were in vain and Kannazuki-san remained silent.

“Aah─, sorry, boyfriend-kun. Hiu, it looks like she ended up having to cool off.”
“What do you mean she ended up?”
“Something happened after the school trip, right? I don't know what it is because Hiu wouldn't tell me, but it was a big deal for Hiu...”
“Rinrin!”

Hiuri abruptly turned towards us. In that instant, Hayashi-san avoided her gaze and my eyes met Hiuri's.
Hiuri was already red, but the moment our eyes met, she turned even redder.

Certainly, the red-faced Hiuri is fresh and cute.

“!~//”

After making a mysterious sound, Hiuri stood up and ran out of the classroom. Kannazuki-san then chases after her.

To Hayashi-san, who is watching the scene, I speak out. Probably, I shouldn't be the one chasing after Hiuri right now.

“Hayashi-san, that kind of teasing is...”
“Ahaha. So Humans can turn that red all at once...”
“This is not the time to laugh.”

Well, I don't think Hiuri will be in a bad mood, but it does make things a little awkward.
Even when I press Hayashi-san, she remains easygoing.

“I mean, isn’t she completely infatuated? Isn't this like the kind of thing where a wife can't stand the thought of her husband getting a job transfer, and her shyness breaks through the heavens?”
“I don’t really understand that analogy though...”
“In any case, if Hiu is that much in love with you, there's nothing for us to say. Then wouldn't it be more fun to tease her? Hiu is cute anyway.”

I agree that she is cute, but I don’t know about teasing her...

“Boyfriend-kun, won’t you hurry up and confess to Hiuri and reassure her?”
“Eh?”
“After all, Hiu's house is like that, right? So, if you give her some emotional support, even just a little bit, both Kono-chan and I would be reassured as well.”

Somehow Hayashi-san is like Hiuri's mother... her consideration is like a mother’s marrying off her daughter.

“Confess, confess, huh...”
“You are not confident?”
“I don't really know how to do it.”

To begin with, I have never made a serious confession. Even in the dream, I haven't confessed properly, so even if someone told me to confess in real life, I am a bit stumped.
But, Hayashi-san looked at me with an exasperated expression.

“Something like that doesn’t matter. You’re boyfriend-kun after all, just tell Hiu properly that you love her.”

Hayashi-san said that to me, her voice changing from an exasperated one to a gentle one.
Although Hayashi-san likes to tease people for fun and get carried away, she has a comparatively firm core.

“Or rather, go now─!”
“Eeh!?”
“Time won't wait!”

After suddenly saying that, Hayashi pushes my back, and we head to where Hiuri is.

Eh, is this how I’m going to confess my feelings?

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