A Childhood Friend, Reunited After 10 Years Acts Deredere With Me

Chapter 32 – Sora’s Bonds

“The winner, Sora, will receive a 2,000 yen shopping voucher for the cultural festival~”

After receiving it with crackling applause, I got off the platform at the moment it was dismissed and ran in a straight line to the bottom of the alice.

“Sora! Congratu…”

“Sorry Alice! We’ll talk later! Now let’s run away! Run…”

At that moment, he grabs me by the wrist and pulls me back.

“Hey Sora, how are you? Long time no see, huh?”

“Tenme…”

“You know how boring it’s been since you disappeared? You were the only one who could go toe-to-toe with me. I’m more popular now because of it.”

“I-I think you’ve got the wrong guy.”

“There are no more than 10 people in the whole country who can do that kind of ball technique. “

If there are no more excuses, it’s better to just give up. When I turn around, I see a man with red hair and blue eyes. This half-American, half-Japanese man is about the same height as I am, about 6 feet tall.

“It’s been a long time..Sora.”

“Long time no see, Kouren… though I would have preferred not to see you again if I could have.”

The number 10 player of Osaka’s Kouou Gakuen, the hottest player in Osaka, or rather in high school soccer right now, and a confirmed Japan national team player, is Shinomiya Kouren. He is Akira’s nemesis.

“Fuu, that’s too bad. Let’s change the place. It’s a little conspicuous here.”

“Aah.”

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In the back of the school building, where no one comes, I lean against the wall and face Kouren. And Alice beside me was panicking.

“She’s really cute, this girl.”

“If you touch Alice, I’ll kill you.”

“I’m not going to take her from you. In the first place, Alice is in love with you to the point of death, and she would never take me by her side.”

Kouren has been switching from one woman to another since junior high school, but he has a bad character because he keeps his morals.

“I’m sure that’s fine, but…”

“However, I’m going to talk about your past now. Is that okay? This girl Alice getting involved in it.”

“It doesn’t matter, because one day she’ll know anyway. Besides, it’s not fair that I don’t reveal my past while I know Alice’s.”

After concluding, Kouren exhaled, “Fuu…”

“Alice, I never told you about my past. Let me conclude.”

“…I understand.”

Alice looks at me with determined eyes, and I tell her without thinking anything in particular.

“I’ve been falsely accused. That’s all.”

“Eh…?”

Alice looks at me with a somewhat disappointed expression on her face. That’s right. Compared to Alice’s dark past, this is nothing.

“Hey Sora, stop being cool and be specific. I know that you lost all your recommendations because of that. I know you’re at the bottom of the class.”

“Is… that true?”

“Well, yeah. But I wasn’t so bad in the head, so I just took the general entrance exam to this school and I got in.”

The moment I was about to say that, Kouren put his fist against the wall.

“What’s so good about it…? You know…that girl you screwed over, the one who falsely accused you of assault! You’re gonna forgive her for that!?”

When I was in junior high school, I was quite popular, though I am not proud of it. The reason for this was that I was the ace number player at Teio Junior High School, one of the most prestigious soccer schools in Japan. I was sure to make it to the pros, and the girls flocked to me because of that status.

When I dumped one of them, she lied to me the next day and told me that she had been violently attacked by me. I don’t remember seeing this at all, but they spread it for fun and mistakenly thought the lie was real over time. And then…the entire recommendation was rescinded. I wasn’t aware of it, but my school caste, in which I thought I was pretty high up, was knocked down to the very bottom of the bottom.

The reason I ended up like this was because I had the status of a sure-fire pro soccer player.

So let’s throw that away and live the high school life. And I… had made up my mind… to never trust a woman again.

“I don’t care if I can forgive her or not. I don’t even remember her face.”

I’ve already forgotten most of my junior high school days. That’s not an exaggeration or anything. I really don’t remember.

I don’t even remember her name anymore, so I don’t even know if I can forgive her or not.

“How… could you forget that…?”

“She made me forget.”

I pulled Alice to my side and tapped her on the shoulder.

“Can you believe it? I’ve been trying not to trust women ever since that incident happened. But… she’s made me love her so much that I’m prepared to do anything for her. I would have given my life for her.”

Kouren pulled back his fist and gave a small laugh.

“I thought I’d give you a little comfort, but… what the hell… you’re all cheered up.”

“That’s too bad.”

“But… she’s pretty amazing to make you fall in love with her, isn’t she? She’s got a good face, a good style, and a good personality… She’s really perfect. I want her so bad…”

Kouren stared at Alice, but she showed no interest in him and hugged me.

“Alice?”

“I’ll always protect Sora! I’ll never betray you! You can spoil me anytime, anywhere!”

“Oh. Oh…? Thank you…”

“It’s okay! I’ve been protected by Sora for so long, now it’s my turn!”

I never thought that I would be her priority in front of Kouren, who was also called the handsome emperor of Osaka…compared to when we were in junior high school.

“Thanks… Alice.”