“I’m not in the mood for that right now. Get out of the way, you damned manager.”
“Kenji-chan………do you want to go to a hospital?”
“”U, uwahh……””
Even the Kami7 distanced themselves.
“Gu, guhh……..!…………….Why is it just meeeeee!”
“Yes, I’ll go to the manager, Rumi-chan, take care of the order!”
“Okay~”
Thus, the manager was taken away, and Rumi took her order maturely.
I ordered some pasta at random, and as I was eating I got thirsty, so I went to pour myself a drink at the drink bar.
“Hey, hey……”
“Whoa! ……… That startled me. What’s wrong?”
Before I knew it, there was Koyomi next to me, staring at me.
“Is, is it true?”
“What is?”
“Are you sure there’s nothing between you and that junior?”
“Do I look that shrewd to you?”
“That’s not it, but I had a feeling you were somewhat used to women, and she’s cute to boot…….”
“Relax, there’s really nothing.”
“I see……I’m sorry for asking a question like that.”
“It’s okay…..you don’t have to worry about it.”
“Thank you”
“Yeah. Let’s go back, shall we?”
“Yeah!”
Nene-san tried to get involved several times, but I chased her away and managed to finish the date with God 7.
And now I’m at the park nearby, where they got down on their knees just the other day.
Everyone with the exception of Koyomi from Kami7
“Kouyou……just the day before yesterday, I talked with Akita and the others…..”
“Aah, is that so…….”
“I’m very sorry!”
Yumekawa bowed her head.
And the others bowed their head after that too.
“No, it’s fine. I heard the basic outlines of the story anyways, and getting treated to parfaits is already good enough for me. Raise your head. I have something I need to apologize for too…………..”
“I, i see………….Hey, can I ask one thing?”
“About Koyomi, I didn’t have a change of heart…I’m still planning on rejecting her……”
“I see……..Is it because of the false confession?”
“No, that’s not it. It’s just that I, I don’t feel that way towards Koyomi.”
“I……see………”
“I’m sorry……”
“No, it’s our fault too………….I know I don’t have any right to say this but…..”
“Nn?”
“I would like you to…..reject her as gently as possible if possible. I know that you have no interest in Koyomi. But…….please face Koyomi’s confession properly……..even though it all starts from that punishment game….her feelings are real at the very least.”
“I know…..don’t worry. I have already decided what my reply is to Koyomi. I’m going to give it everything I’ve got.”
“Thank you………You really are a good guy….it’s just like Akira said…”
“Right? This guy is a good personー!”
“You’re pretty much the same.”
“Can we still invite you to play sometimes? Together with Koyomi….She, she is not the type to like giving up…”
“I’ll look forward to it if I have some spare time.”
“That’s something you don’t usually have though.”
“…….How do you know?”
“How many years do you think I’ve been your friend?
“I just met you this year. It has not even been that long yet.”
“Then, I’m going home too…………I’m counting on you for the confession…..”
“Yeah, I know……….”
Thus, everyone except Akira and I left.
“Hey, are you ……… impotent?”
“I’ll kill you.”
“But! If someone usually dates Koyomi for 1 month, they will usually fall in love with her!”
“I do have some feelings for her, you know….”
“I, I see……I’m relieved”
“Do you really want me to kill you?”
“I’m sorry, sorry alright! It’s just a joke………….Hey, are you really not angry at Yumekawa and the others?”
“About the punishment game? I’m not angry at them for that, really. They might go around doing it in the wrong way but I understand that it’s all for their friend, they even bowed their heads for their friends earlier. Because Koyomi has a lot of things going on in her past, because she trusted someone blindly, at the root she’s just a normal nice person right?…….To use someone for the sake of their friends, it’s not an uncommon story.”
“That’s a relief…Hey, what am I to you?”
“What is it so suddenly, it grosses me out.”
“But! “You don’t have to force yourself to me” is what you said to me before!”
“Is that your attempt at mimicry? It doesn’t sound alike at all.”
“Shut up!…..Am I just the friend of a girl who falsely confessed to you?”
“…………That might be the case for those 5……But at the very least, I regard you as a friend.”
“Thank, thank goodness………….Nn? So I’m actually a great person who made you say that which even Koyomi can’t?”
“That’s not really the case though. And, if you say that, it only took me one week to get used to the people at work.”
“You see, you can’t compare me to someone like them……… who has such a strong character.”
“Hmm. Well even so, the one that I got along with the most is you after all.”
“Ohh! Tsundere?”
“Haahh…….yeah, yeah.”
“Ahaha!………………..Let us go play together next time!”
“If I feel like it.”
“Fufu, just like always! ……..Well then! See you tomorrow!”
“Un, goodbye”
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Author’s Note:
The next day will be Thursday(Wednesday will be skipped)