Translator: Lilo
Editor: Ryuubii

SEASON 1: Things You Can Do If You Just Ask

Chapter 1: I Made A Female Friend

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“Hey, don’t look over here, I’m getting dressed.”

“Sure…”

Minato is on the bed, with Hazuki behind his back.

Yet, if I look to the side for a moment, I would be able to see Hazuki’s white skin.

“Hm? My bra is a little tighter again…”

Hazuki groans as she puts on a white bra, hooking it with a snap.

“Hazuki, aren’t yours an F-cup? Is it still getting bigger?”

“I don’t know… But, I just hope my breast will not get any bigger than it already is. Rather, you’re looking, aren’t you?!”

“Why be shy about it now?”

“It’s different from being seen changing clothes! You don’t seem to understand the heart of a maiden! Hm? Where is my blouse and skirt?”

“Eh? Ah, it’s that way. It flew pretty far away, eh?”

“It didn’t ‘fly,’ you threw it.”

Minato tilted his head, wondering if that’s what happened.

Maybe he got so excited right after he saw her undressed that he used a lot more strength than needed.

No matter how many times I see Hazuki’s body, I find it fascinating and I can’t help but get carried away.

Minato got off the bed again and picked up the school uniform blouse and miniskirt that had been thrown to the edge of the room.

He turned around and saw Hazuki in the bed.

“Hm?”

Hazuki looked perplexed and tilted her head.

She seemed to be suspicious of Minato, who stopped moving as soon as he saw her.

Minato gulped and swallowed his saliva.

Her long brown hair, the color of milk tea, is faintly disheveled and her white shoulders are bare.

A bra and panties of the same color, white.

She was also wearing black high socks.

“H-hey, Hazuki…”

“W-wait…personal space, space!”

Minato kneels on the bed, grabs Hazuki by the shoulders, and brings his face close to her.

“Can I do it… once more?”

“…Geez.”

Hazuki blushes and lightly brings her lips together with Minato’s.

“Just once… okay?”

“Yeah, I know.”

“But, remember. I’m not your girlfriend―”

The two collapse on the bed, embracing each other―

“Rather, we’re just friends, okay?”
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No need to think about life so hard.

Most things can be figured out.

I’ve taken exams nervously many times before, but getting a bad score didn’t kill me.

Even when I took the high school entrance exam, I dreaded the day of the exam as if it were the end of the world, but when it was over, it was refreshing.

There will be obstacles coming in the future, too, as rotten as they will be.

Still, don’t be frightened.

Let me rephrase that.

Most things can probably be figured out.

That is if you don’t aim for the heavens.

Minato Toshiya is not particularly outstanding, objectively speaking.

He’s neither relatively good at studying nor at the top of his grade.

His athletic ability was comparable to that of others, and he had not been involved in any club activities.

Others had never evaluated his appearance. Which is to say it’s quite mediocre.

Minato doesn’t intend to demean himself as an ordinary person.

But one should know oneself.

But, his past self didn’t know this.

One day, about three months into high school, he confessed to a girl in his class.

The other girl is fairly popular in class.

According to Minato’s arbitrary ranking, she’s the fifth prettiest girl in the class.

Moreover, they sat next to each other and talked every day, sometimes going to school together.

He did some light probing, and it seemed that the girl had no boyfriend.

Part of it was the fact that he had just started his high school career.

To put it bluntly, “Maybe there’s a chance for me, too?” or so I thought.

And he was brilliantly rejected.

To Minato’s confession, she responded, “Ah, hmm… I see…” 

She was not a demon either, so she probably didn’t want to hurt Minato in any way.

Not a single decisive word was spoken, and yet he was completely rejected.

Moreover, the next day she treated Minato as if nothing had happened.

She must have been an adult.

As a matter of course, it seems that she hasn’t told anyone about the confession.

But―as selfish as it may seem, Minato was hurt.

He would rather be ridiculed than have them act as if nothing had happened.

Perhaps if they had laughed at me, though, I would have resented that.

Anyway, Minato understood.

There was no chance even if it was the fifth.

That was the extent of Minato as a person.

I should have reflected deeper than the ocean on my decision to judge her as the fifth.

I should go straight into deep water and never surface again.

“Come on, Minato. How long are you gonna sleep?

“………?”

He looked up and saw a beautiful girl right in front of him.

Not the fifth most beautiful in the class, but the most beautiful in the school.

“…Hazuki?”

“Yep, yep, it’s Hazuki-chan. Aren’t you too lucky to be woken up by me?”

“……”

Am I still half-awake?

Minato slowly raised his body.

He was in a classroom, apparently asleep, propped up against his desk.

He checked his watch and saw that it was almost 4:00 PM.

“Crap… I totally dozed off.”

“I bet you were up late playing video games again, weren’t you? That crazy game?”

“There’s nothing crazy about it. That game is very popular among kids and adults.”

But Hazuki was right, he had stayed up late playing games.

Legendis, a new FPS game in which players shoot guns at each other, has become a worldwide phenomenon, partly because it was free to play.

“It’s not healthy to play games all the time. Today, you’re coming along with me, okay?”

“Where?”

“Probably Spotty. I haven’t been there in a while.”

“Eeh? You’re kidding. I’m going there while sleep-deprived?”

Spotty is an indoor amusement facility.

You can enjoy various activities such as futsal, tennis, 3-on-3 basketball, roller skating, and trampoline.

The fees are inexpensive, so high school students like Minato can play.

“You can wake yourself up by moving. I’m not telling you not to play games. I’m just saying that you need to move around once in a while. Or do you not want to play with me?”

“….Alright, sure.”

Minato stood up and picked up his bag.

By then, Hazuki was already about to leave the classroom.

Following her impatient lead, Minato hurriedly left the classroom.

Hazuki Aoi is a celebrity on campus.

A straight long, milk-tea brown colored hair.

A beauty that has a little makeup but still has an innocent look.

Her shoulders and hips are slender, but her two bulges are large, pushing up the bust of her pink cardigan.

They’re as big as melons and bounce and sway with every light movement.

The dark green tie around her collar is slightly loosened, and her legs are long, stretching out from her checkered miniskirt.

She’s also considered the most popular among first-year girls.

She’s an outgoing extroverted girl and is at the top caste in the school.

She has many friends, both male and female, and was always surrounded by many people.

“Now~, what should we play? Come on, Minato. Still sleepy?”

“No, I’m already awake.”

We have just arrived at Spotty’s and are both looking at the information board near the reception desk.

For some reason, Hazuki has come to play with Minato.

It’s really strange.

“Hazuki, what about your friends?”

“Hm? Aren’t you here?”

“…Well, I suppose.”

As usual, Minato was surprised by her matter-of-fact dialogue.

Minato became friends with Hazuki Aoi about three months after entering high school.

More specifically, right after he got rejected by the other girl.

It was also around this time that he decided to take a deep, deep dive into life, knowing his status.

In addition, it was also the time when the test for the first semester just finished.

Minato was relatively good at studying.

Not so much top, but average.

In high school, students are required to take a supplementary exam depending on their test scores.

Of course, it didn’t matter to Minato.

On the day the answers to the test were returned, he was going home as usual with some friends.

『I’m sorry, Minato-kun. Do you have some time today?』

He was approached by Hazuki Aoi, the most popular first-year girl.

『Hazuki-san…?』

Minato tilted his head.

That’s natural, he knew her full name because she stood out, but he had little recollection of exchanging words with her.

It was almost a miracle that she knew Minato’s name.

To a puzzled Minato, Hazuki explained.

Her test scores were so bad in all subjects that she had to take a retake in most of them.

If she fails to pass the supplementary exam, which begins in three days, she will have to take remedial classes during the summer vacation.

So, Hazuki asked him to teach her how to study.

Why me?

You have a lot of friends, don’t you?

There are a lot of people in the class with better grades.

What the hell are you after?

All sorts of questions swirled through my head but―

『Come on, please~』

Hazuki clasps her hands together in a sly manner and―

『Sure』

Minato replied.

There was no particular reason why he accepted.

It’s just he couldn’t find a reason to say no.