After Practicing S*x With My Childhood Friend I Don’t Even Like, I Started Becoming Popular With Beautiful Girls. However, for Some Reason, My Childhood Friend Starts Acting Cold - Chapter 10 - Sorry

Chapter 10 – Sorry

A few days into the new term and the novelty has worn off.

Himesaki is working as a model again today, and Shin has a part-time job, so I left school by myself.

I haven’t seen Kohaku much since she kicked my leg.

That’s how close we are to begin with.

We don’t bother to talk at school, and on rare occasions, Kohaku wanders around my house, pretending she owns it.

A childhood friend who wakes you up in the morning for no reason is a fantasy. In fact, if such a thing were to happen, I’d get very wary.

But even without meeting her, rumors are spreading.

Rumors that there are two incredibly beautiful girls in the first year.

One was, of course, Kohaku.

With her cat-guise as a weapon, she is now being called an angel and has gained a lot of popularity.

If I had to see Kohaku smiling like an angel with her “ufufu” giggle on a daily basis, it would bug me, so I don’t let myself see anything but Himesaki’s happy face when I’m at school.

Kohaku? An angel?

Wrong, she’s the devil.

But the devil quota has already been filled.

That is the other incredibly beautiful first year student.

I don’t even know her name, but they call her the Little Devil.

I was curious about the fact that she was called a devil within a few days of entering the school, and at the same time, I felt a little sorry for her, regardless of what she had done.

“…Well, just in case.”

I was leaving school alone, but I was not going home.

But it was a house in the neighborhood of my house.

I’ve come to Kohaku’s house.

During spring break, we worked together quite a bit.

I want at least a status report, not just a rumor.

“It’s been a while. Should I ring the intercom?”

But Kohaku comes to my house without my permission, as if it were her own home.

All right, here’s the courageous plunge.

“Sorry to disturb you!”

The door was unlocked and I went straight into the house.

I came here many times when I was a kid, so I know the place reasonably well.

From the look of the shoes in the doorway, it seems that Kohaku has already gone home.

“Akari-san, is Kohaku here?”

First, I looked into the kitchen, where Kohaku’s mother, Nekomura Akari, was preparing dinner.

Akari-san looked back at us and smiled friendly.

“Oh, Suzume-kun. Hello~”

“Hello!”

“I think Kohaku is in her room~”

“Thanks. Then I’ll go to her room.”

“If you want to have dinner here, I’ll call your mother, okay~?”

“Ah, then I’ll be taking the offer. Akari-san’s cooking is better than my mom’s.”

“Mou, stop saying that. Your mother will be sad. But thank you♪”

Akari-san didn’t seem particularly pleased, but she still gave a friendly smile with a slight chuckle.

Kohaku may be imitating this expression when she is wearing her cat mask.

After my conversation with Akari-san, I headed upstairs to Kohaku’s room.

“I got in that easily, huh…”

The power of childhood friends is amazing!

And the guilt is also amazing!

But now that this has happened, I can say that I am fully welcomed by the Nekomura family.

It is my second family.

Anyway, just like how Kohaku comes to my room without my permission…

I should do it too—Here I go!

“Kohaku, I’m coming in!”

Without even knocking, I opened the door to Kohaku’s room.

“Eh…? Suzu…me…?”

The room I hadn’t been in for a long time hadn’t changed much.

A room that can’t quite be described as girly, with a minimalistic and unadorned atmosphere.

The only girly thing here is a big stuffed cat on the bed.

At first glance, no one would think that this is a room for a young girl.

Ah, nevermind… I can definitely think of this room as a girl’s room…

At any rate, in front of me is—

“Wh-why… Why are you here…”

—Nekomura Kohaku, changing her clothes.

Light green underwear is covering her faint bulge.

She was about to take off her skirt, and her slender, thin body was dazzlingly white.

Just the other day, I saw it in person.

N-No, what am I thinking? They’re just small boobs.

Once I realized it, it was nothing more than a source of excitement for the adolescent male students, but I somehow managed to distract myself from it.

I calmed my mind.

I just went inside my childhood friend’s room!

“Hi Kohaku. It’s been a while since I’ve been in your room, but it hasn’t changed at all—”

“Get out…”

“……Eh……?”

Eh? Wa-wait a minute…!?

Grrrr… A clearly dangerous sound reverberated in the room.

“…Yo-you’re joking, right, Kohaku-san!?”

“Quickly…”

Oh, no. I’m dead.

“Get out…!”

Her cat-like eyes glinted with a dark light, and a thunderous roar fell like thunder.

“You… You idiot!!!”

“Desks are not for throwing!?!?”

I really thought she was going to kill me.

Something cuter, like a stuffed animal, would be just right for throwing, wouldn’t it?

Ah, childhood friends really are ferocious.

………

……

…

“Nom, nom.”

A few minutes later, Kohaku’s outburst was stopped thanks to Akari-san, who interceded at the perfect moment.

Now she’s happy because she’s been given a can of tuna, her favorite food.

…Maybe I should prepare for it next time too. Then, will she become attached to me as well…?

Right now, I also have a can of tuna in my hand.

For some reason, I even got one.

——Of course, it’s non-oil♪

That’s what Akari-san said. But what about it?

Still, I can’t help but eat what I’ve been given, so I picked it up with chopsticks and began to eat it…

Thinking about putting mayonnaise on it is not a “fat” mindset, but a normal train of thought for a calorie-seeking male high school student.

Anyway, it’s an unusual sight to see my childhood friend sitting facing me picking at a can of tuna.

“Hey, Kohaku.”

“……Nom.”

“…Kohaku?”

“Nom, nom, nom.”

“Kohaku-san?”

“Nom, nom, nom, nom…!”

She seems to be obsessed with canned tuna. She’s just like a small animal, so cuteee~

She’s definitely not ignoring me. Definitely.

After a while, we both finished our cans of tuna.

Let’s try again.

“Hey, Kohaku.”

“…………”

“You were ignoring me!?”

“…I feel like I’m hearing whispers.”

“That’s a sparrow in the sky!” (T/N: Suzume means sparrow.)

Kohaku stared at the window. 

What you see there isn’t me, but birds.

It seems that she was in such a bad mood that a can of tuna couldn’t fix it.

I’m thoroughly ignored. There was only silence.

If this is the case, let’s make it a stubbornness contest.

I won’t lose.

“So, what are you doing here?”

“Talk to me!”

“Huh…?”

“No, it’s nothing. Thank you for listening.”

“Good. So, what is it?”

I straightened my posture.

But what should I talk about?

Ah, should I apologize first?

Just as I thought about performing my best bow… I realized something.

“Ah, Kohaku. You’ve got something on you.”

“Eh, where?”

“Your head, and here, and here.”

I guess they are from when she was trying to throw the desk.

I poked myself in the head and showed her where the trash was…

“Hmm…?”

“No, not that way. This here, and here.”

I reached for Kohaku’s head to clean it, but…

“………!!!”

At that moment, Kohaku blatantly shrank back and blushed.

“St-stop! Don’t touch me!”

With a thud, my hand was flicked away.

“……Huh………?”

Unexpectedly, Kohaku’s strong rejection made me let out an unintelligible voice.

Kohaku stood up and backed away, looking even more perked up.

My mind boggled.

“Wha-what’s with you? I was just trying to take the trash off you.”

“…I-I don’t know. I can’t trust people who peek at other people changing their clothes.”

“That’s… It’s not like I was going to do anything weird to you!”

In a moment, my fuse was lit.

I felt blood rushing to my head.

What the hell is this guy?

Well, it’s true I was not careful enough.

We’re not children anymore.

I’m a man and Kohaku is a woman.

Even going in and out of our rooms carries a different weight of meaning.

But I just wanted to…

“How should I know? Wasn’t it intentional?”

“I’m not interested in you!”

“……You say that but we’ve had sex.”

Kohaku averted her gaze as if to avoid eye contact and muttered softly.

“………Hu-huh!? That’s what you asked me to do! In the first place, I was worried about you today, that’s why I came…!”

“That’s really none of your business… Or is that it? Don’t tell me you’re acting all boyfriend-like just because we practiced sex once? So annoying.”

“Hu-huh…!? There’s no way in hell that’s true! And what about yourself!? You’re the one acting crazy all the time lately! I don’t get it! It makes no sense!”

She said I stink and wouldn’t let me near her. If I touched her, she’d kick me. If I tried to pat her on the head, she would curse me. And she’d kick me on the leg for no clear reason.

She relied on me a lot, but once school life started, she had no use for me and didn’t contact me. 

Ever since that day, Kohaku has been unreasonable.

Each one is a small thing.

I’ve been laughing it off and pretending not to care, but…

Somewhere deep down, a small pile of frustration may have been built up. 

“……Tha-that’s because… I——”

The words that followed were so soft that I couldn’t hear them.

Kohaku looked up at me with trembling eyes, as if she had made up her mind. 

“…Anyway, you don’t need to worry, Suzume.”

“………!!!”

“Everything is going well, so don’t disturb me.”

“………”

“At this point…don’t come any closer…”

In the end, it was a faint, almost disappearing voice.

For a moment, my heart throbbed painfully. 

But I can no longer stop the words from coming out of my throat.

“…Fine! If that’s what you want, I’ve got nothing to say to you… You’re on your own!”

I turned away and put my hand on the door to the room.

I don’t know anything about Kohaku anymore.

Yes, let’s just go home and send a message to Himesaki and Tachibana-senpai.

I’m sure it will be fun.

Just like Kohaku has started a new life, I have new relationships.

While Kohaku is making her way in the world and living the ideal life, I’m going to get a girlfriend.

I have to apologize to Akari-san, who is cooking dinner for me too.

And Kohaku will probably be in a bad mood all evening, so I’ll have to apologize for that too…

“………”

For some reason, I pictured Kohaku cowering alone in her room, crying.

I’ve only seen Kohaku cry once in my memory…

But even Kohaku cries.

At that time, she cried until she was completely worn out, to the point where I couldn’t bear to look at her any longer.

She’s not strong.

Rather, she is much more easily-scared than most people… Much more shy, and much more nervous… She’s fragile.

“………Phew.”

With my hand on the door, I exhaled one deep breath.

As I did so, I felt the heat inside me fizzle out.

I’m the older one, after all.

We are both only children, so we are like siblings. 

Even if we don’t get along, even if we fight all the time… In the end, the older brother has to be the one to break the ice. 

“Sorry.”

I said to my childhood friend behind me.

“I’m leaving today, but… If you need anything, just let me know.”

“………Yeah.”

Just a little bit, I could see Kohaku nodding.