After Being Betrayed by My Girlfriend, I Kiss Her Little Sister - Chapter 42

Unusual Atmosphere (1)

What Saito did spread throughout the school in no time.

At that time, not just the teachers, but even the students, heard Hina’s recording in the staff room.

Hina and I are surprised to see our classmates badmouthing Saito all morning. Some of them are even blaming the people who are usually friendly with Saito.

They call them things like—‘You guys are trash’.

I never imagined the atmosphere in class would change so drastically.

“Kanata…even though it’s still early in the morning, everyone is making quite a fuss.”

“Y-Yeah. Let’s just go to our seats…”

Also, it seems like even Umi is being called out by the girls in class.

She has been talking about various things in her seat for a while now.

It seems like she’s getting into an argument with the other girls about Saito. Well, it’s no surprise, they were really close with each other. Still, it’s the first time I’ve seen Umi raising her voice like that in class.

Well, whatever, it has nothing to do with us.

“Hina, what have you been looking at this whole time?”

“Photos I took with you, Kanata~”

“Hah!? Why…!?”

“What do you mean why? I want to use it as my lock screen! Mom gave me a new phone, and we bought cute matching phone cases together, right? So obviously, the next step is a cute matching lock screen!”

Now that I think about it…we did take photos in our uniforms before leaving the house.

I don’t really understand why one photo isn’t enough…I think we took around twenty in front of the mirror. And now Hina is going through them, picking the perfect one for her lock screen.

But normally…isn’t this something couples do? I mean, we’re not quite there yet, Hina…

But Hina seems really happy.

Well, if Hina’s happy, then I’m happy too…

“Hina-chan, Hina-chan. A-Are you okay? Umm, I heard what happened…”

“Yeah, I’m okay! Kanata stayed by my side for three whole days.”

“I see…everyone is really worried, you know…they said you got hit by Saito.”

“Thank you for worrying about me…! But I’m fine now.”

“Yeah! I’m glad you’re okay!”

“Yeah…!”

“Ah! Hina-chan! That phone case is super cute!”

“Right!? Thanks~ But you know! Actually, this case—”

Hina grabs my wrist as she says so. No way, is she planning to show my phone to everyone too!? I-I can’t let that happen! Anything but that!

I keep my hand firmly in my pocket.

“…!”

“Hurry up~ Everyone’s waiting, you know~”

“Stop, it’s embarrassing. I-I’m not mentally prepared—!”

Then, Hina calls my phone.

“Ah, it’s in your drawer! Everyone, look! Isn’t it cute!? It’s the same case as Kanata’s!”

“Uwaa, that’s nice~ Cute!”

I’m such an idiot!

“Ah! You two, could it be…that?”

“That?”

Hina tilts her head, while the other classmate nods enthusiastically.

What are you affirming…!?

More importantly, what is this situation…!?

“Hmm, so that’s how it is~”

“Eh, what!?”

“You two! You’re dating, right? Hina-chan?”

“Eh!? D-D-Da—ah…”

Seeing Hina’s face turn bright red, the girls around us try their best to stifle their giggles.

Then, another person’s face turns red.

That’s right, it’s me.

If you want to say we’re not dating, you should just say it immediately, Hina…! Why is her voice getting quieter and quieter? Just say it clearly, Hina. Tell them that we’re just good friends, tell them that it’s not what they think…!

Even though I can say it myself, but for some reason, the words won’t come out of my mouth.

I’m just not used to situations like this.

“Aah~ Miyauchi-kun is blushing too~ As I thought~ You two are in that kind of relationship.”

“……”

“S-Stop it~ It’s embarrassing…”

“I-I’m going to go buy some juice! I-I’m thirsty! H-Hina, you coming?”

“Y-Yeah…!”

“Aah~ You both are running away because you’re embarrassed~”

“N-No, t-that’s not it!”

I feel like they are totally teasing us…but honestly, I don’t mind.

Just like that, both Hina and I go to the vending machine to get some drinks.

“Haah…seriously, everyone loves talking about love too much~”

“Well, isn’t that normal for high school students? It’s only natural to be into love talk. Also, the reason why everyone is teasing us is because you’re just too cute, Hina…”

“Ehehe, y-you think so…? I love it when you call me cute, Kanata…!”

“Y-Yeah…”

I buy Hina’s favourite apple juice as I say so.

Then, the two of us sit on a bench next to each other for a while.

If we go back to the classroom now, those girls might tease us again. So instead, we just stay here, drinking juice and enjoying some time alone together. This is nice.

“Hyahh! Apple juice is the best!”

“Is that so?”

“Ah, that’s right! There’s something I wanted to tell you, Kanata, but I forgot.”

“Hmm? Something you wanted to tell me?”

“Yeah. I thought I should let you know.”

“Okay…”

“Kazuma Saito has been expelled. He’s not at this school anymore.”

“H-He has?”

“Yeah. I sent the recordings and the photos Rio gave me to Mom. Also, he broke my phone too…”

“I see…”

“……”

“Thanks for telling me, Hina. I’m so relieved to hear that.”

“Also, Kanata…”

“Yeah?”

“It was really dangerous…thank you for protecting me. I promise I’ll never do something like that again. I’m sorry…for being so stupid…can you forgive me?”

Hina gently places her hand over mine as she says so.

“You idiot.”

“Hehe…”

“Don’t ever do something like that again, Hina.”

“Yeah…!”

Then, I casually pat Hina’s head.