“Well, you’re always welcome. …Okay now, let’s go to the next group! Get ready!”
He invited me to say a few words as usual and went back to his work as a gym teacher.
I moved to the door of the gym and sat down.
The sun was hot, but the breeze was cool, something I was thankful for right now.
“Good work!”
“Oh, Chairman.”
“You’re really good. You can still run like that.”
“I never thought I’d make it that far.”
“Come on, I’ll give you some air!”
Chairman stirred up the recording carpet pad and sent me a breeze.
It’s not as flexible as the plastic underlay, so there’s not a lot of wind, but it’s nice enough.
“I want to get some air too, so come on, come on! Come closer!”
“Chairman…! It’s a bit too close!”
The chairman, who was running the same way as me earlier, also wanted to catch the wind, so she closed the distance between us.
“Oh? What are you worried about?”
“Nothing, I’m just sweating like crazy.”
“Ahaha! You’re sweating so much you look like you’ve had water poured on your head!”
“That’s why I’m embarrassed when you come that close…”
It’s not good for a girl to come close to me in this condition.
“Hoo~. You don’t seem to have much interest in girls, but you do care about them.”
“That’s not what I mean, it’s more of an image problem.”
Even if I’m not popular, I don’t want to be evaluated as a jerk.
“As it is, we’ve been friends since our first year, and I know it was after the shuttle run, so don’t worry about it!”
She said, and came next to me as if it was normal.
No matter what the chairman said, I remained unsettled.
“We’ve been hanging out together since first year, but I don’t remember many conversations like this between us. That’s why yesterday, and now, it feels pretty fresh.”
“Oh, I guess you’re right! I was with Haruki and it felt like we were just talking once in a while! Well, the reason I don’t have any resistance is because I’m Haruki’s friend and I didn’t have a bad first impression when I talked to him.”
“Well, yeah, maybe so!”
I’m not sure if the chairman was aware of Haruki’s feelings or not, and I don’t want this to turn into a question mark, so I’m just going to affirm it.
Based on the chairman’s personality and experience, I’m sure she’ll be fine, but depending on how I answer, there’s also a possibility that it will have a negative impact on Haruki and his girlfriend.
I’m going to talk about it in a way that will not create any unnecessary waves.
“So that’s why! I’ve never talked to you individually on LINE, only in class groups!”
“Well, that’s true. You said you had a boyfriend at one point, and if we can talk properly face to face, that’s fine too. I’ve never talked to anyone in person.”
“Hmm, well, Yukito and I are talking normally, right?”
Huh, Yukito-san?
“Oh, really?”
“Yeah, well, it has been a while. Yukito had a girlfriend, and since then he hasn’t talked to me at all. The same goes for Haruki.”
“Well, that’s just how it is~.”
“That’s normal, isn’t it~? It’s awkward for us to keep talking about too much.”
The two of them are more relaxed now that they have girlfriends, but I’m sure there are a lot of guys who have girlfriends but don’t stop having intimate relationships with the chairman.
“Touma, do you have any female friends that you keep in touch with privately?”
“Not really. I don’t have any girls to talk to privately, so it doesn’t develop into that.”
With the exception of about one person. And I don’t even know if our relationship is friends or not.
“Hoo~, so I’m the most likely person you’ll be in contact with!”
“Well… will you be?”
“Do you want me to be the first one to contact you?”
“Huh?”
That’s what the chairman said to me.
“Touma is interesting and you don’t have a girlfriend, so I thought it would be okay.”
“Yeah, that’s totally fine.”
I had no reason to refuse, so I decided to accept the invitation.
“Yeah, it’s decided!”
The chairman smiled and nodded her head in satisfaction.
As Haruki and Yukito frantically performed their shuttle run, an unexpected friendship developed further.