Chastity Reversed: Part-Time Life by the All-Girls High School - Chapter 83: Forgotten Item

Forgotten Item

“Seriously? Well, if you’re okay with it, Yuuka.”

After that, the two girls left the restaurant with Sora-san.

Of course, they paid properly.

Sora-san too.

He kept trying to stop them until the very end, but still.

“…Okay. Have fun.”

“Byebye.”

That was how those two boys saw them off.

The six-person table was down to three now.

More than the number being cut in half, what felt lonely was that Sora-san was gone.

Maybe tonight, one of these two might–

“So? What happened with that girl, Tsubasa-san?”

“Huh? Ah… Tsubasa-san goes to the same university, but we don’t really talk…”

And just like that, they started again.

Seriously.

Again?

“Why not?”

“Well, she got in on a sports recommendation. We’re from different worlds, basically.”

“Lame.”

“Right? Oh, then what about Yuuri? She goes to the same university too.”

“…I-I do talk to Yuuri.”

“Yes!”

“At least she has a nice face.”

“Maybe I’d play with her a little.”

“But Yuuri already has a boyfriend…”

“Huh?”

“She does!?”

Yuuri had once been part of the same Virgin Alliance I used to belong to.

Thanks to him, she’d grown into herself, and with her looks, she had gone far beyond us now.

…Still.

I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was only being used.

“By the way, don’t invite that guy again even as a spare.”

“Yeah.”

“…What?”

“Come on. Wasn’t that boy ridiculous?”

“Sora, was it?”

“…”

“I bet everyone in his class hates him.”

“Can’t believe a high school boy can act that full of himself.”

“That’s…”

I don’t really have any friends, actually.

I remembered Sora-san saying that once.

The truth was, I barely knew anything about him.

We studied together. We hung out together.

But we weren’t anything special.

Just sex friends.

“And wasn’t that makeup awful? He was trying way too hard to appeal to girls.”

“Yeah, for a high schooler it felt desperate.”

“No, he just dressed to match the occasion–“

“That was matching the occasion? Please. Guys who act like they’re not trying are always trying the hardest.”

“You should be careful around men like that.”

The moment he was gone, they started saying things like that.

“Honestly, he was just unpleasant. Those two girls who went with him were idiots too.”

“Total mood killer.”

“…Um.”

“Hm?”

“What now?”

“…Sora-san is important to me. I don’t think he’s the kind of awful person you think he is.“

“Wow.”

“So you’re one of them too.”

I knew I shouldn’t answer back.

I really did.

But I couldn’t stop myself.

“So you had your big college debut and got caught by that kind of guy.”

“Since we’re never seeing each other again, here’s a freebie. That ‘other guy’ who supposedly got sick? That was a lie.”

“What…?”

“Hey, you’re seriously saying that?”

“Why not? I’m pissed off anyway.”

One of them looked flustered.

But if it was a lie…

“The girls were a bust, so he just went somewhere else.”

“We almost left too.”

“The place was lame, and then that guy showed up. Worst night ever. Should’ve stayed home.”

“W-what? But we even paid…”

“Of course you did.”

“We’re men. We came all the way out here for you.”

“…”

“And your blonde hair doesn’t suit you.”

“Seriously. You look exactly like a gloomy girl trying too hard at a college debut.”

“……”

Those mocking smiles made me sick.

What I hated even more was how I couldn’t properly fire back.

“Dress for your level.”

“Yeah. Hey, can I take a picture?”

“Let’s send it to the group. ‘That nerdy Saito had the worst college debut ever.'”

The phone was pointed at me.

And I couldn’t do anything.

I shut my eyes.

But the flash never came.

“Why don’t you take a picture of my palm instead? Maybe it’ll tell you your luck’s garbage.”

“Wh–“

“Hey, stop!”

Sora-san had their phone in his hand.

The two of them swung their arms wildly, but neither could make him let go.

His trained arm muscles looked unfairly sexy.

No.

That wasn’t the point.

“Sora-san! Why are you here?”

“Forgot something.”

He said it with a straight face.

“Let go!”

“Stop!”

“Yeah, yeah.”

“I can’t believe this.”

“Let’s go already. What a gorilla.”

“That’s insulting to gorillas.”

“What’s your problem!?”

“You’re the worst!”

The two of them fled from the table in a near-hysterical rush.

It was almost funny.

“Gorillas are basically herbivores, right? The fact that they’re that buff is amazing.”

“…They have gut bacteria that let them make protein from plants.”

“Huh. You know your stuff.”

“I picked that up while studying for exams…”

“Anyway, thank you.”

I slipped into my usual tone without thinking.

Once again, he had saved me.

…I felt pathetic.

“?”

“No, it’s just… I really am not very feminine.”

“You think?”

“…Huh?”

“If you’d joined in badmouthing me, maybe you could’ve at least gotten their contact info.”

“What?”

No way.

Sora-san is important to me. I don’t think he’s the kind of awful person you think he is.

Had he heard that?

“I heard everything from the start.”

“!?”

“At the very least, I thought you looked cool back there.”

“…”

“Anyway, your luck with men sucked. Let’s just call those two a total miss.”

“…Okay.”

He patted my shoulder and jerked his thumb toward the exit.

“No point staying here anymore. Let’s settle up and go.”

“Okay–ah! Sora-san, what was the thing you forgot?”

“Already got it.”

“Huh?”

“Basketball. You want to play, right?”

“…!”

Seriously.

Why was he always like this?

“Come on. With four people, we can play two-on-two.”

Why did he always smile so kindly at someone like me?