A Childhood Friend, Reunited After 10 Years Acts Deredere With Me - Chapter 12 - Forestry Camp, Preparatory stage

“Yaaaay!”

Alice, who avoided red marks in all subjects, was so excited and showed me her answer sheet. 62 marks. I’m not sure if it’s a good score, but it’s still a significant improvement over what it was back then.

“Thank you, Sora! This is all thanks to you, Sora!”

Alice hugged me as usual. Lately, I have become less resistant to her hugs, and I have become more willing to let her do what she wants to do to me. But I wish she would put herself in my shoes, too, as I try to push myself away from her.

The final exams are over, and summer vacation will begin in a few days. We are all filled with anticipation. The reason for this is the two-day-and-one-night forest camp held on the day before the summer vacation.

The school will arrange the accommodation for us, but we will do everything else by ourselves. Naturally, we had to form a group, but we were free to decide on that as well.

“Alice, would you like to partner up with me?”

“I’d be happy to! Besides, I don’t have any girls I get along with.”

That’s right. Alice has no friends because she spends too much time with me. I asked her about it.

“Hey, why are you friends with me?”

“I got beat up a lot in middle school, so I don’t really trust other people anymore. But Sora is an exception.”

She buried her face in her stomach and rubbed her face against it. Normally, I would just let her do as she pleases, but for this moment, I patted her head. Alice looked surprised for a moment, but then her face immediately became happy.

(It’s so soothing…).

Seeing Alice’s happy face, I still feel happy.

But Shunya didn’t read the room and started talking to me.

“Sora! Let’s form a group together. With my girlfriend even though in a different class.”

I don’t mind if it’s someone Shunya knows well. They weren’t going to cause any problems.

“Okay. Wait a minute… I didn’t know you have a girlfriend.”

“Eh? Didn’t I tell you? Actually, it’s been quite a long time. We’ve been dating for about a year now.”

“Seriously?”

I was quite surprised because I had no idea. Well, aside from that, I had to put two more people in the group. To be honest, I don’t want to put in people I don’t know well.

“What about Akira and the others?”

“He’s being dragged around by other groups, so give up on him.”

He is a regular member of the same soccer team and a key player in the defense. He is a monster, and if only for his physicality, he could compete with the best in the country.

I’ve had a few one-on-one matches with him, and he is strong enough to stop 3 out of 10 attempts, even if he really tries.

As we were talking, the chime sounded, signaling the end of the class.

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“I hear the location of the forest camp is pretty deep in the mountains?”

I bought juice from the vending machine with Alice who is looking at the brochure. Iwas buying her a drink because I lost at rock-paper-scissors-scissors.

“Can we swim?”

“I think you could swim if you wanted to. Well, I’ll have to talk to the school to find out. Here, coffee.”

Alice asked for a cup of black coffee. After saying thanks, she took it and had a sip of it.

“How can you drink that?”

“Oh? You don’t drink coffee by any chance?”

“No, I can drink the sugar-sweetened coffee, but I really can’t drink the black coffee. It’s too bitter.”

With a mysterious guarantee, I pour the Poca-X I bought into my mouth.

Then, as I try to avoid the guys coming up behind us, we’re approached.

“Huh? Is this the new student we’ve heard so much about?”

“Wow, you’re really blonde!”

“She’s got a really nice body. Are you really in high school? How many guys have you had sex with?”

The so-called “yankee” guys, who are obviously not normal students, said it.

“What do you think about asking such a question to girls?”

I said to the guy who was in front of the three of them, a little angry.

“Aah? What are you, her boyfriend?”

“Just a friend.”

“Oh, good, you’re a sex-friend. Can I be your friend, too?”

He’s an brute, this guy.

He grabs Alice by the wrist as she tries to reach him.

“What are you doing?”

“Get out of my way. You’ve never been in a fight before, so don’t get smart with me.”

“Do you think fighting is something to be proud of in this educated society of Japan?”

Oh no, this is going to turn into a serious fight. I don’t like to hit people too much, and I’d rather not get into a violent situation, and I don’t want to get suspended for three years, no joke.

“Hey you guys! You just got out of suspension, what are you doing!”

Then came Tanaka-san, the educational advisor. He is a typical physical education teacher with a very big body and thick arms.

“Tch… here comes the pain in the ass.”

With that, the men left.

“Alice, are you okay…Alice!?”

Alice’s body was probably withstanding it, but she was still shaking slightly.

“Ha, haha… I’m sorry. It’s just that it’s all my fault…”

“Don’t worry about it. It’s not your fault at all.”

“…This is bad… I’m in love with Sora because he looked so cool, but I’m about to fall in love with him again…or rather, I’m about to explode…”

I was just about to get serious when you ruined it with your earlier words, this girl.

“Are you okay, Alice, Sora?”

I replied that I was fine and tried to ask him about the student who just came in.

“Who were those students?

“Saito, Tsuruhashi, and Shimizu from 3C, were suspended for three months after a pretty violent incident our sophomore year, but that ended yesterday.”

“Don’t tell me they’re going to the forestry camp too?”

The whole school is going to the camp. No way.

“They’re going… as long as they don’t cause any problems.”