10 years had passed since I started playing the game of sekkusu with my childhood friend. - Chapter 11: I guess he’s not that bad of a person as much I thought him to be.

11: I guess she’s not that bad of a person as much I thought her to be.

“Listen now, just what is your relationship with Haru-cchi?”

After school, Inawashiro Marie called me all the way to the back of the school building to confront me. She has an American father, and her hair, originally blonde, has been bleached and dyed to an even brighter shade of gold.

In Fukuo’s words, Inawashiro Marie has such a pretty face that if he had to choose the five most beautiful girls in the school, she would definitely be on the short list.

What sets her apart from Haruhime, though, is her personality.

Rather than being a cheerful extrovert, she is more of a yankee. In fact, she is the kind of person who would call you out to the back of the school building and come at you hard, just like this with me.

I replied back to Inawashiro, who was glaring sharply at me.”

“What kind of relationship are you talking about …. We’re just childhood friends.”

“Yeah I know. Haru-cchi told me about that as well. However, you don’t talk to each other at school at all. I thought it was just a joke.”

“I don’t know about that.”

“But still, you two came late to school, moreover together. Just what in hell do you want to say by that?”

“We just happened to arrive at school at the same time.”

“That can’t be the only reason. Haru-cchi face looked all depressed today you know.”

I see.

I understood why she had come to pry after me hearing those words from Inawashiro’s mouth

Haruhime has not recovered from the shock of the molestation.

This morning, Haruhime had been pushing herself hard, after all.

“Did something happened?”

“Nope …… nothing at all.”

Given the fact that Haruhime has not told her about the molestation case, it is not my place to say anything about it as well.

I just shook my head.

“Really?”

“Yes, I’m sure. Nothing happened.”

“You didn’t do anything strange, did you?”

“I didn’t.”

If I rule out the case of sekkusu game, I didn’t do anything weird.

“Really? You didn’t try to bully Haruichi in the guise of being childhood friends now, did you?”

“I didn’t.”

“Just because Haruichi can’t say no to you, you’re not making her do something she doesn’t like, are you?”

“… I have no clue about that in the first place.”

“somehow, it’s suspicious.”

Inawashiro brought her face close to mine and peeked into my eyes as if she was snickering. Close, she is just too close. When I drop my eyes, I can easily see her cleavage. That close.

Silence is golden.

I just stayed silent and shook my head in sideways.

Inawashiro’s mouth, as if aggravated, turned into a pout, but then, as if she had given up, she let out a dismissive sigh.

“I won’t forgive you if you do anything strange to Haru!”

Inawashiro turned on her heel and left.

Finally released, I breathed a sigh of relief.

I was strangely close to saying the truth, even though I had done nothing wrong, I had broken out in a cold sweat.

“But still, to think Haruhime and Inawashiro were so close to each other.”

Haruhime is one of the quietest girls in the class, and Inawashiro is a strong-willed Yankee. The combination of Haruhime and Inawashiro was a strange one, but from the way they were packed together, Inawashiro seemed to like Haruhime quite a lot.

If Inawashiro knew that we were playing the game of sekkusu, I am sure that she would go insane and revolt. And since that was consensual, I don’t really see any problem with that in any way.

Wait, …… it’s consensual, right?

『 Just because Haruichi can’t say no to you, you’re not making her do something she doesn’t like, are you? 』

The words that Inawashiro just said to me a while ago are now haunting my mind.

Somehow, I’m starting to feel uneasy.