Delivery Boy and Masked Girl - A delivery boy discovers the secret of a beautiful gal at his delivery destination. - Chapter 27: Energy And Eyes.

Energy And Eyes.

The week was over, and it was lunchtime on Monday.

As usual, I was reading a shoujo manga again.

Today I was rereading “Biscuit Girl,” which I had borrowed before.

The ending is painful, but it’s still a masterpiece.

According to the information on the Internet, there is a lot of foreshadowing from the beginning of the story, so I decided to read it again like this.

“….Umm. …but after this, he’s going to die…”

It’s sad to read this again and again.
I was trying to digest the story in a positive way, but maybe I’m just rubbing salt in the wound.

I’ll ask Shizuki to choose a more cheerful story next time.

“Yoo-hoo!”

“….Who the hell are you?”

“You have a terrible memory!!”

Suddenly sneaking up to me, Minai shouted as she stretched out her palms.

A simple and quick tsukkomi.
As usual, she never fails to disappoint me.

“What do you want from a puny person like me…”

“I have no business here. I’m just here for fun. I’m bored.”

“You have plenty of other people to hang out with.”

If I remember correctly, Minai has a very wide range of friends. Even in class, she never joined a specific group, and always seemed to be moving from place to place.

It was only recently that I found out that this was due to her personality, but I guess it is one of her plus points.

I have a lot of respect for her communication skills and energy to be able to get along with any person to some extent.

And that’s why she shouldn’t have bothered to come to me.

“That’s fine. I’m already friends with Yuga-chi.”

“….Are we friends?”

When did that happen, I didn’t hear about it?
And what’s with the strange name?

“You’re mah friend. Shocked?”

“….I guess that’s how I feel.”

She seems to live in a world where if she talks to someone for a while, they’re already friends.

“Besides, there’s no clear distinction between friends and non-friends.”

“…Well, that’s true.”

“Right? If one of us thinks we’re friends, then we’re already friends unless the other one doesn’t dislike it very much.”

For some reason, Minai nodded with a sense of pride.

Although her tone was not serious, but what she was saying seemed to make sense to me.

Perhaps she’s a more logical type than I thought, like the other her on the street.

“Ahh, Look look! Yuga-chi!”

“Stop calling me by that weird name.”

“Ahhh, Nope~. It’s a cute name.”

“Huh… So what is it?”

What a selfish and troublesome  person.
But how did she know my first name?

Minai brought her face closer to mine with a jerk and spoke in a barely audible voice so that no one around me could hear.

“Look, everyone in the class is looking at us with a weird look on their face.”

“…Yeah, that’s right.”

I’ve been feeling the curious stares for a little while now, just like Minai said.

From boys whose name I don’t even know, even the flashy gals. There were probably quite a few people looking at us.

Well, it’s a strange sight to see me and Minai talking so intimately with me, no matter how I look at it.

Last time, we had a lottery to change seats, but today was different.

“You’re kind of calm about it.”

“There’s no point in worrying about it.”

“Hmm, Yeah.”

Minai nodded unexpectedly.
More to the point, even though Haruomi is here, she stands out in her own way.

I’m used to this sort of thing.　

“What have you been reading?”

“Manga.”

“Oh, could it be a shoujo manga like before?”

Minai said and took the book from my hand, wrapped in a book cover.
I don’t mind, but she’s not a shy person.

I’m sure she saw me reading it without a cover, too.

“Oh, it’s the ‘Biscuit Girl’. I read that too.”

“Oh.”

What a coincidence.

“It’s interesting. In the later part the ML—-  Uhmm…”

“…. It’s fine, I’ve already read the whole thing, so it’s okay.”
I said to Minai, who was looking at me as if she was apologetic for something.

I guess she was worried about spoilers.

“Glad to know that. It was interesting, but I didn’t like the way it ended. I didn’t really like it.”

“I get how you feel. That’s exactly what I was thinking.”

“Really? I feel relieved. I thought I was the weird one.”

“Well, maybe we’re both weird.”

The reviews on the internet were all very high.

Moreover, Shizuki seemed to like it too.

“But it’s different from my image. You buy shoujo manga?”

“No, I just borrowed them. I’ve been into them lately.”

“Heeeee~? I didn’t know you had friends to borrow from.”

When Minai said that to me, I thought I had made a mistake.
No, to be more precise, I wondered what I should say.

I haven’t even told Haruomi about my relationship with Shizuki yet.
I guess I should keep it to myself.

“Who who? Senba-kun?”

“You know him?”

“Of course I do. He’s famous for a lot of things.”

“A lot of things, I see.”

Mostly it’s probably bad news, I guess.
This is all my own fault, though.

“Well, I’ve got all kinds of contacts.”

“Hmm? There’s something SUS about that.”

“No, it’s not suspicious at all.”

I tried to avoid the prying eyes of Minai, who seemed to be unconvinced, and turned my face away appropriately.

Then my gaze met Shizuki’s, who seemed to be looking at me by chance.

But Shizuki’s eyes swam away as if in a panic, and she quickly returned to the conversation of the flashy gals.

That was.. a strange reaction from her…