Delivery Boy and Masked Girl - A delivery boy discovers the secret of a beautiful gal at his delivery destination. - Chapter 37: A New Start And Acting.
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A New Start And Acting.
“I just ate!”
“Don’t yell. Help me clean up.”
“Hehehe. Okay-!”
After that, we spent the same time as yesterday, as if nothing had happened.
In short, studying and then dinner from Eats and Eats.
Now we were sharing the responsibility of cleaning up the empty plastic bowls and used chopsticks.
“But even so, Yuuga has become so thoughtful that he even prepared juice for us.”
“I didn’t know we’d even have dinner at my place yesterday. I bought some on the way home after walking Shizuki off.”
“Thank you. Well, I’m glad Yuuga’s growing up, I really am.”
“What are you? My parents?”
“I’m your baby sitter.”
“I’m not a child.”
I put all the trash together in a bag and went straight to the trash can in the living room.
Together with yesterday’s, it was already almost overflowing.
I guess I’ll have to replace the trash bag when we are done.
“Why do you use honorifics, Shizuki-chan?”
When I returned to my room, Minai asked Shizuki a question.
“I’m at a loss as to how to answer that question… It’s a habit I’ve had since I was little. I’m trying to fix it….”
“No, you don’t have to fix it. That’s part of your charm.”
“I-Is that so…?”
“That’s right! You say good things sometimes, Senba-kun.”
“‘It’s all good’ – is my line, afterall.”
“You are not even trying to deny it…”
As I said that, I sat down in an empty spot.
Shizuki was smiling with her hand over her mouth, looking as happy as ever.
“I don’t know if I should say this or not.”
“Y-yes. Please continue, what is it..?”
“Why do you change your character at school, Shizuki-chan?”
“Ahh.. Uhmm…”
That was actually something I was curious about too.
But as Minai said, I couldn’t ask it because of the fear that Shizuki wouldn’t like it.
That said, it is still a great thing about Minai to be able to step in like this.
“……”
Shizuki kept her eyes down for a while, then slowly put her hand on her chest.
The three of us listened in silence to the sound of Shizuki breathing deeply.
“I…”
“Yes?”
“I-I… was really plain and gloomy until I was in middle school, even more so than I am now….”
“Because of that, I couldn’t make any friends at all… I was always alone in the class, I hated myself so much…”
“….”
“…So I wanted to be a new me… When I went to high school, I started to research makeup and fashion for me… This is what is called a high school debut. Looking back on it now, I think I am a disgrace.”
Before Minai knew it, she was holding Shizuki’s hand, which was placed at her knee.
Haruomi sat leaning against the wall, staring into the fluorescent light.
I looked down and closed my eyes, trying not to miss a single word Shizuki said.
“But it’s amazing, A few months ago. I begged my parents to let me start living on my own while attending a high school far away from home for that…. I guess I was that desperate, but I do it all the time….”
“Fufufu~ I feel ya.”
“…But.”
“Yes?”
“But then I did, and… it kind of worked out too well.”
“…”
“I became a part of a group of flashy types of girls that I had never been involved with at all before…. I didn’t intend to stand out that much. But I wasn’t dexterous enough at the time to make that kind of adjustment… That’s still true today…”
Minai shook her head and stroked Shizuki’s other arm.
“…So I couldn’t get out of it. I was just trying to keep up with the pace of Yuka-chan, Miki-chan, Mariko-chan and the others, and… this is what happened in the end.”
“Mou… I’m really an Idiot aren’t I? I don’t even think about myself, and I take it too far.. I deceive even those girls who are good friends of mine… and in this way, I cause trouble for Hasumi-kun and others… I… I…”
“Shizuki.”
I found myself speaking up.
Suddenly, not only Shizuki, but also Minami and Haruomi looked surprised.
“….No, my bad. Please continue.”
I closed my eyes again.
What was I about to say?
And why did I stop?
The answer to this question was not likely to be known to me at this moment.
“…That is why, I feel like I’m in a play all the time. Yuka-chan and her friends are all very kind and very nice people…. but, after all, the pace and the way of thinking often don’t match with mine…”
Minai’s voice was gentle.
The hand that had been patting her arm moved to her head and tapped it lightly as if to soothe her.
“But… I felt that I could show my true self to Hasumi-kun, Minai-san, and Senba-kun. …No, to tell the truth… I wanted to be myself as I am in front of everyone…”
“….”
“That’s Why, Thank you all very much, truly.”
After saying that much, Shizuki bowed deeply.
When Minai, who was beside her, tried to make her look up, Shizuki remained there for a while, her shoulders shaking faintly.
Shizuki’s mouth was agape, as if she were dumbfounded.
She was puzzled as to what she was being told, but she seemed to be unraveling the mystery little by little.
A person like myself, who was satisfied with what she was doing till now, in other words, was just standing still.
I don’t think that’s a bad thing.
I’m not qualified to say that.
But the desire to change is dazzling.
The person who can actually take action to get closer to the person they want to be is more than enough in itself to be amazing.
So, even if one fails in doing so.
Even if you regret it, you shouldn’t deny yourself.
Rather, what is needed for Shizuki now is…
I have to give her a pat on the back.
Someone has to praise this girl who worked so hard and carried it all alone.
And if it’s not an act of hubris, it’s probably a role I could fulfill.
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