It didn’t hurt, but I felt a lot of unidentified pressure.
“Are you mad at me, by any chance?”
“Do I have a reason to be angry?”
“Like, jealousy――”
“What?”
Just as I was about to ask her if she was jealous, Yuika quickly interrupted me.
“What? What were you going to say?”
Yuika. I’m afraid of your eyes.
“Oh, … no. There is no … nothing.”
“I won’t get mad, just say it. I really won’t get angry.”
You would definitely be angry.
Everyone in the world knew that people who said things like that would definitely get angry.
And stop groping me with your thumb.
However, it was dangerous to ask if she was jealous here.
My life is at stake.
It’s best to play it safe.
“On a different note, …”
“What are you trying to do, change things?”
“No?”
“No.”
My way out was blocked.
I was too embarrassed to say anything, but Yuika smiled at me.
“Anyway, I’m glad things worked out with your junior.”
“Well, yeah. It’s thanks to Yuika.”
“Wow, you’re honest.”
“I’m honest.”
“That’s disgusting.”
“Don’t be shy.”
However, there was no doubt that it was thanks to Yuika that I was able to get along with Otozui like this, so I was really grateful.
If it weren’t for her occasional use of foul language, she could pass as a normal beautiful girl. … It was a shame.
However, there were still some things I hadn’t told Yuika.
Yesterday evening, the director said something that bothered me.
If she failed in her next presentation, Otozumi would be sent to the chores department.
There was no such department in our company, but there was a bad tradition of forcing employees who were candidates for demotion to do miscellaneous work and forcing them to retire.
I’ve heard that no one had fallen victim to this since I joined the company, but I was sure the director would do it.
For Otozui’s sake, I need to make the next presentation a success.
“Hey. By the way, why is your junior colleague being eyed by the manager?”
“Oh. In April of this year, I did a live webcast of my work to promote the company. I messed up a little then.
“What kind of incident?”
“I fell down and took off the manager’s wig.”
“PV’s growing.” (PV= Present Value)
“It went up a lot.”
■–Afterword–■
Next time, Otozui starts saying that she wants memories!