“Umm, Kisshouin-san. There’s a little something I’d like to talk to you about. Is that okay?”
From his face, it looked like something pretty big, so we went behind the school building where less people were around.
“What might this be?”
It looks like he’s been wanting to talk to me for a while, after all.88Please respect copyright.PENANAsC9otTFKDs
But Class Rep just fidgeted, and didn’t manage to start speaking.88Please respect copyright.PENANALoLrE3wPxI
Seems like it was something hard to say, so I just stayed quiet and waited.
“Umm, since you’re a smart person, Kisshouin-san, I thought maybe you’d already noticed.”
“My, me, a smart person? Not at all.”
I wonder if that’s how he sees me in his head.88Please respect copyright.PENANAVlCuuYjwGt
But still, I wonder what this is about.88Please respect copyright.PENANAMA4QTAxuvT
I really can’t think of anything at all~88Please respect copyright.PENANA0nGtMo2yqd
Ah-, his face turned red.88Please respect copyright.PENANAY2YzS6uSbC
Seriouslyy, what’s up~?
“The truth is, I like Honda-san.”
“………”
………I’m sorry. I was conceited.88Please respect copyright.PENANAs5DkKvVLGq
I ended up wondering if he maybe liked me.88Please respect copyright.PENANA646XF2vX3J
‘I wonder what it is I have no idea what this could be this is definitely a confession’, I thought.
AAARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!88Please respect copyright.PENANARTgZabaOeD
I’M SUCH AN EMBARRASSING PERSONNNN!!
WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU GETTING ALL CONCEITED FOR!88Please respect copyright.PENANAGohZUgHNxE
‘Has my time finally come!?’ I thought!88Please respect copyright.PENANATxJsMQmxlb
‘But I’m so troubled~ I don’t think of him that way at all~ ‘ I thought! Delusions, and on top of that, condescending delusions!88Please respect copyright.PENANA5KiOreyuZ6
I’m sorry! I’m sorry for not knowing my place!88Please respect copyright.PENANA0brpBYTnsB
I wanna be one of those bobble head toys and just continue to bow in apology!
I mean, I’ve never been popular before.88Please respect copyright.PENANAqNDCk4EJXL
It’s always been a bit of a fantasy.88Please respect copyright.PENANAaGeOPaMOu6
‘Is it finally my turn for a shoujo manga development!?’ I accidentally thought.
“Um, Kisshouin-san? Is something wrong?”
“…No, nothing at all.”
Pulling myself together and changing gears, I faced Class Rep.88Please respect copyright.PENANAtMDdMLvFl4
Fortunately, he didn’t seem to notice my conceited misunderstanding.88Please respect copyright.PENANAe5SEguloVl
Let’s just continue the conversation like nothing happened.
“Well? You say you like Honda-san, but why speak to me about it?”
Yeah, seriously. To begin with, why speak to me about this?88Please respect copyright.PENANAcdmmlG1ZOX
You know… it’s Class Rep’s fault as well for being misleading, right?88Please respect copyright.PENANA9DTBhJSeTV
If he likes Miharu-chan, then can’t he just tell her that? Why keep glancing my way, and call me out to a place like this?88Please respect copyright.PENANAuADyFhkZsP
It has nothing to do with me, right?88Please respect copyright.PENANALy0FVvDfLB
Or so I was thinking, getting angry even though I was in the wrong.
“Because you’re like the leader of the girls, Kisshouin-san. I thought maybe you could cooperate with me, or something like that.”
“Cooperate? Helping you confess?”
“Confess!? I just wanted to find out more about her. Also, if possible, I want you to use this.”
What he shyly handed over to me was a picture of Class Rep and Honda-san together in class.88Please respect copyright.PENANA9Dfk916c4L
I guess he wants me to put this in the album?
After that, Class Rep started talking his heart out to me.88Please respect copyright.PENANAw3EEyncVce
About how he was class rep with her last year and ended up liking her.88Please respect copyright.PENANAYKcLhZLq2A
About how when he cut his finger, Honda-san bandaged it for him, and about how she did girly things.88Please respect copyright.PENANAuN1YKoPzNm
About how he thought he’d get to be class rep with her this year too, but got depressed when it was somebody else.88Please respect copyright.PENANA7PwnSzQg9y
(Well sorryyy that it was me!)
“Also, I want her to write on this too…”
He brought out a signature book.88Please respect copyright.PENANAorH1fkkdGE
I thought that only girls did this stuff, but do boys do it too?88Please respect copyright.PENANAaHB97hmvNo
Speaking of which, there were boys all into the matchmaker shrine too, weren’t there.88Please respect copyright.PENANAKbiqU09gTv
I may have a surprisingly high number of effeminate boys in my grade.
“Class Rep, you also pulled a love fortune at Kyoto, didn’t you.”
“It was ‘great blessing’.”
Again, his face went red.88Please respect copyright.PENANAl2LW9DmyIc
Well, good for you then. I got ‘future blessing’, you know?
“Leaving the photo aside, what if you asked for the signature yourself? Why is there a need for me to ask?”
“Because it’s hard to suddenly ask for one, you know? We’re not even class reps together anymore, so we hardly even talk.”
“…Well, I apologise for becoming the vice rep then.”
I stabbed right into his happy attitude.88Please respect copyright.PENANAioemDtrlig
As expected, Class Rep went into a panic and started saying stuff like “Not at all! You’ve been really, really helpful!”.88Please respect copyright.PENANAO9NMii7pL6
Hmph.
“I understand. Very well, then. In that case, while Honda-san and I are together, come casually asking for my signature. You can use our being class reps as an excuse. At that time, I will casually bring up the fact that Honda-san also served with you last year, and from there, please ask her for her signature.”
“Eh-, can I really pull off so much acting? Ah-, but I’ll do my best.”
He looks uneasy.88Please respect copyright.PENANAB0KbElp7WH
Was Class Rep this kind of boy? I thought he was more of a diligent, and stereotypical ‘class rep’ type, you knoww?
On a later day, Class Rep came along with signature book in hand, and subjected us to some monotone acting.88Please respect copyright.PENANAfbEsS0MUJC
Miharu-chan showed no signs of noticing his feelings, and happily accepted. While she was at it, she asked for Class Rep’s signature as well, so he turned red.
After that, when I asked Miharu-chan if she liked anyone at the moment, she said that she didn’t but her type was something like Enjou-sama. And so I went and passed that info to Class Rep, who went “Enjou-kun, huh…” and got depressed.88Please respect copyright.PENANA95O53oCVVz
“It’s not like she actually likes Enjou himself. Her type is simply similar to him. Doesn’t that mean you still have hope?” I said in consolation, but it didn’t look like it had much effect.88Please respect copyright.PENANAp7FcMVxWEL
Sorry, Class Rep. I was a little mean to you.
And also, it looks like girls and boys who got close because of the signature book popped up here and there.88Please respect copyright.PENANAOZZfd5oipb
Nothing particularly happened to me though.88Please respect copyright.PENANAyjvNn42p5H
The adult me thinks that romance is way too early for primary schoolers, but who really knows, huh~?88Please respect copyright.PENANASX6LLtBKGn
It’s not like I’m saying this because of an inferiority complex, okay?
Aahh, we’re graduating next year, huhh?88Please respect copyright.PENANAV409tLVaOT
Once I enter middle school, I wonder if spring will come for me this time.88Please respect copyright.PENANANeZ9MR2FaE
I only got ‘future blessing’ so my hopes are slim though.