Buying a Weeping Girl Under the Wintry Sky, and Making Her Too Happy. - Chapter 26: Noisy.

Noisy.

“Hey, Kazuya.”

“What is it?”

“We have a half day today, right? So, let’s go hang out after school, okay?”

As Shinya said, today we will be having a half day. In other words, it’s a test period followed by a parade of part-time jobs. In less than 10 days, I’ll be on spring break, which means I’ll have even more part-time work to do! But still, it’s early. ….It is often said that January goes, February runs, and March leaves. I’ve just finished my winter break, and now I’m about to start my spring break.

“Sorry, I have my part time job today.”

“Just take a break today. Let’s go hang out, okay?”

“Ehh…” 

“Why do you have to be so obvious about it? You should bother me once in a while!”

He’s bothering me on an ongoing basis, saying that I should bother you once in a while. Also, I don’t think male botherers are in high demand.

“Don’t you want to relax at home when you don’t have to do a part time job?”

“It’s almost spring break. I can relax as much as I want!”

“You’ll be working all spring break, you know.

If you have to choose between friendship and a part time job, would you still prefer part time?!”

“Isn’t it obvious?”

“You heartless bastard!”

Shinya has really lamented this, but it can’t be helped. Don’t I want to play too? If you ask me if I want to have fun, of course I do. But since it’s spring break and I’ve already got a part-time job five times a week (in my opinion), I want to relax on the days I don’t have a part-time job…

“You ….why don’t you and Shiroyume-san go out…? You, unlike me, even live in the same house….”

“I’d say why not, but I’ve already got that appointment, so I’m good.”

I made a promise to Miyu the day she made me sushi. Or rather, I was made to promise to fix Miyu’s mood. I also promised to go eat crepes together.

“Why are you okay with Shiroyume-san and not with me…?”

“Well, I guess it can’t be helped…. Well, do you want to go with me next time?”

“Seriously?”

“I don’t care if you don’t want to.”

“I’ll definitely come!!”

Why is Shinya getting so excited over a single meal? I’m sure Shinya has plenty of friends besides me. …Ehhh? Come to think of it, I’ve never seen him with anyone other than me. Does he also have a tendency to be a loner like me? Well, I don’t care about that.

“Uhmm, Can I also come with you on that?”

“Hmm? Miyu? Of course. ….What?”

She spoke to me so naturally that I almost spontaneously replied naturally. ….I can’t believe Miyu is talking to me in the classroom. ….I’m sure the rest of my classmates are even more surprised than I am.

As proof of this, everyone in the classroom stopped talking and stared at us. I guess they didn’t expect Miyu, who had been reading all the time and not trying to talk to anyone, to suddenly start talking to her classmates. As far as I know, this is the first time Miyu has ever spoken to anyone in the class. And we’re changing classes in ten days, right?

“No?”

“No, but …Is that okay, Shinya?”

“Huh-yah. I don’t mind at all.”

“So, Shiroyume-san, do you really want to have lunch with us?”

I don’t know why she looked so unhappy when I said that. No, yeah. I understand. She’s not happy that I didn’t call her by her first name, right? But, she knows, it can’t be helped, right? I called her by her name earlier because it was too natural, but I’m sure no one else noticed that. I made eye contact with her and she nodded. Good. ….I think I got through to her….

“Thank you, Kazuya-kun. But why did you use my last name, Kazuya-kun? Call me by my name like you always do.”

Yeah, I didn’t get through her at all. What was with the nodding earlier? Everyone in the class was saying something like, “Could it be the two of them are…?” I don’t know. Well, who wouldn’t think so, right…? If I were in the position of another classmate, I’d probably think that too. We don’t really have that kind of relationship. But, well, I can’t take it anymore if she does this to me…

“What’s up with you all of a sudden, Miyu?”

Whenever I call Miyu by her name, her classmates react as if they knew I was going to call her by her name, but I try to ignore them. I don’t think I’ll be able to handle myself if I keep paying attention to them.

“….I was so jealous when I saw you two talking so happily.”

“I-I see…”

Why are you so embarrassed all of a sudden? ….I really wish you wouldn’t. ….Seriously, it’s bad for my heart. ….The boys in my class thought that Shiroyume was cute, but I didn’t know she could make a face like that. … I don’t know what to say.

I can understand the feeling though. But why is that? I don’t want other boys to see how cute Miyu is. Is this what we call possessiveness? I’m not even dating Miyu, but I’m getting possessive. ….It’s too selfish.

“Um, you two? You guys completely forgot I exist, didn’t you? Can you guys do that kind of sweet talk when I’m not around? I’m gonna cry.”

“Hmm? Oh, I’m sorry. I forgot. And I don’t think we’ve been sweet-talking, have we?”

“Why don’t you be honest!? Also, it was so sweet, I felt like I was going to throw up sugar!”

I think my classmates around me are nodding their heads in agreement to Shinya’s words, but I’m sure it’s just my imagination. It must have been my imagination.

A little while later, the homeroom teacher came into the classroom and the morning homeroom began. After homeroom, I thought that I would be approached by a lot of people, but my fears were unfounded. The only person who would talk to me was Shinya, and he knew that Miyu and I lived together, so he wouldn’t ask me anything since it was too late.

I looked at Miyu and saw that some girls seemed to be listening to us, but they were exchanging their usual clear faces, and when Miyu blushed, the girls were cackling. It was true that girls love to talk about their love…

I’m sure she didn’t tell them that we live together, but I’m sure it was about me, so I have a right to ask. I was afraid of what she might have said, so I decided to ask her for sure.