A Childhood Friend, Reunited After 10 Years Acts Deredere With Me - Chapter 51 - Sora can't run away

“Look, Sora! Starbucks is awesome!”

“Amazing. I’ve never seen that before.”

A new Starbucks coffee shop opened in our neighborhood. A month after it opened, Alice suggested I go along.

“Eh? Sora has never been to a cafe before?”

“Well, yeah. I’m not the type to go to a cafe.”

“Ahaha! It looks like it! Ground coffee suits you better!”

I don’t know whether I’m being praised or criticized. Anyway, I have never been to such a stylish place before. I was quite nervous inside.

“Then, let’s go in!”

Alice cheerfully says, and leans into my arms. We look like a couple, don’t we?

“What’s this? We look like a normal couple!”

There’s no way Alice is doing normal couple things!

“We are a couple! Oh…but it’s bad…it’s gone away recently, but I still go into heat when I touch Sora’s body…”

“Okay! There’s the usual Alice!”

Man, that’s good. Because there’s no way Alice would be happy with what a normal couple does. I suspected she was a fake… Hmm What? Am I acting weird? Well, it’s probably my imagination.

“Oh! It’s awesome inside! It’s so stylish, Sora!”

Alice, who was one of the first to enter the store, excitedly announced. It’s true that the inside is surrounded by a fashionable atmosphere, and there are many high school girls.

“I guess so. But let’s be a little quiet. Let’s see…”

We go to the counter and look over the menu. Wow, what’s this? Isn’t 500 yen a cup of coffee expensive? And the contents are so small…

“Which one do you want, Sora? I’ll have the Caramel Frappuccino!”

“W-What’s that…is it good?”

I, who knew as much about this kind of thing as my grandfather, ordered the same thing as Alice.

A few minutes later, it came out, and we sat down at a table, enjoying the taste of each other’s food, and opened our textbooks and notebooks from our bags.

It’s time to start studying for the exam in earnest. Now is the time for the final push, and it wouldn’t hurt to take it seriously. Alice also opens the textbook and conquers her weak point, the ancient Japanese literature.

“Um… uh… Sora, what does this mean?’

“Oh… this. This…”

Just as I was about to speak out, a certain woman’s voice echoed through the store. I wonder what would happen if I did. My head freezes and my arms stop moving.

“I mean, really, what’s the point of studying at all?”

“I understand! I want to cherish the present.”

“My parents will take care of it anyway!”

I certainly feel disgusted by the vulgar voice. But it is a completely different emotion. How and why is that feeling taking over me?

“Sora, are you okay?”

“…”

I came back to myself and was finally able to answer Alice’s question. My head was not calm. But it was thanks to Alice that I was able to come to my senses.

“Ah, sorry Alice. Wait a… what?”

“Eh!? Speaking of which, Sora! It’s been a while! Remember me?”

Her hair was not natural like Alice’s, but seemed to have been dyed gold. At least, it wasn’t that color in middle school.

But still, this is bad.

It’s really bad.

Now that we’ve been exposed, we have no more excuses, and it’s too much trouble to make a fuss here, so let’s just get this over with.

“It’s been so long, Yamanishi… I never wanted to see you again if I could.”

Ai Yamanishi, the woman who was the main culprit in getting me into trouble in junior high school, stood next to me.