Delivery Boy and Masked Girl - A delivery boy discovers the secret of a beautiful gal at his delivery destination. - Chapter 26: Bull’s Eye And A Kind Hearted Person.

Bull’s Eye And A Kind Hearted Person.

“Whenever there’s a girl in my class who doesn’t fit in, I get worried about her, you know–“

Minai’s expression suddenly changed, and without looking at me, she spoke.

“Don’t worry about it.”

“No, no, no. Even if I don’t try to care about it, it still bothers me.”

Shaking her head in dismay, Minai sighed.
I’m the one who is dumbfounded, seriously….

“I mean, it’s December already, right? I wonder why you haven’t been able to make a lot of friends in this long time. I wonder why wouldn’t you do that?” 

“It’s because I’ve always been a loner and have a bad personality. Don’t make me say it.” 

“That’s not true mann. You are talking to me so nicely, and you are even going shopping with me. you’re a good person, aren’t you? Hasumi-kun.”

“It’s okay… One can still live on with a true peace of mind.”

“Are you a hermit or what?!”

Minai came at me with vigour.
It was rude of her to treat me like a joke even though I said it seriously.
And what’s with me being a hermit?
I think it’s slightly off.

“By the way, did you take me out shopping just to talk about this?”

“What? ….Oh, no~~, of course not. Why?”
As she said this, Minai’s voice was clearly shaking.

Her eyes were also swimming all over the place, so it seemed she was on to something.

“If you’re going shopping, you don’t need to order food from Eats and Eats, you could just buy something while you’re out shopping. The service, It’s basically for people who can’t bothere to go out.”

Besides, if you want to buy the same thing, it’s a little more expensive at Eats and Eats.

People who are willing to spend more to save time and effort are the basic target of Eats and Eats.

When I glanced at her, Minai rolled her eyes in surprise and admiration.

“Uwaaa, you’re probably right. I was careless.”

“Well, you’re not careless, but you’re easy to understand, you know?”

“Because I can’t fake it anymore. One can’t help it if you’re exposed.”

“I see.” That’s very graceful of her.

But that doesn’t seem to be the end of the story.

“I appreciate your concern, and I know you care about everyone But I’m happy with the way things are.”

“Are you sure?”

“It’s true. In fact, it’s harder for someone like me to be dragged into the class circle.”

“…Hmm.”

Minai’s reply was unexpectedly quiet.
She turned her head slightly and placed her hand on her chin as if she was thinking about something.

“…Hey, Hasumi-kun.”

“Hmm?”

.”…Do you know I’m on the class council?”

“I know ….so what?”
Well, to be precise, I came to know yesterday.

“So, ….do you resent… Me…?”

“Haaa…?”

Resent her..?
Why is she suddenly talking about this?

That time.
Must have been the day of deciding the class representative.

That was the day I rebelled against Fujita’s unreasonable decision and almost became class representative.

“I thought I would be good on the spot, but …but I think it would have been better if Hasumi-kun had been decided as it was earlier…”

“…Why?”

Even as I asked this, I felt as if I understood what Minai was thinking.

“I don’t think it was a problem. I think it was totally fine. I was sure that if it was gonna continue like that, Naga-chan would have become one… poor her.”

“…And then?”

“… In that case, it would have been better if Hasumi-kun was a class representative, right? In that case, it might not have been like it is now… But…”

“……”

So this is what is about

In other words, Minai thinks that it’s her fault that I’m alone.

Even if she doesn’t go that far, she probably feels some part of the responsibility.

It’s true that if Minai hadn’t raised her hand at that time, I would almost certainly have been on the class council.

And in a way, that’s like an exemption.

I froze the air in the classroom by arguing against the way he did it.
I took the blame for that and got in a troublesome place.
If I had accepted that, the incident could have ended up as a mere self-inflicted wound.

“Nobody else … and Hasumi-kun didn’t seem to want to do it. I thought it would be better to do it than to leave it undecided forever …”

Before I knew it, Minai had stopped.

In the middle of the street at night, she was looking down with an embarrassed look on her face.

I thought she was going to be a more easy-going person.

This girl, Minai, what is going on?

“You’re a ….Kind hearted person.”

“What..?”

If you’ve been struggling with that for a long time and now you’re talking to me, you’re the one who is kind hearted.

“…Hasumi-kun?”

“All right, I know how you feel. Then let’s end this right here. Because this is between you and me.”

Minai’s mouth dropped open in a small pout.

Her face, which was always so expressive, was now completely frozen.

This made me think again that this girl surely is a beautiful girl after all.

“If anything, I’m grateful to you, and it’s true that I don’t mind being alone. So don’t worry about anything else.”

A good person like Minai doesn’t need to worry anymore.

If my words can unburden her mind.

It must be better to erase everything without any regrets.

“….Hasumi-kun.”

“Hmm?”

“No kidding. You are like a hermit.”

“That’s not a compliment.”

Minai Laughed.
Then she placed  her hands on her belly and laughed again, as if a curse was placed on her.

“Well then, I’m leaving now.”

“Ehh! What are you saying? That’s not the thing you said when you said you would go shopping with me!”

“It’s not different, it’s the same.”

“That’s not the same thing!”

Minai grabbed my arm and walked forcefully.

Oh man, I thought I was going to be free now.