Hey, Best Friend. How About A Kiss Today Too? - Chapter 28: "Whooo- is i–tt?"

“Whooo- is i–tt?”

“I’m a naughty girl…”

“Lately, you’ve been weak every day, haven’t you?”

The day after we succumbed to the illicit kiss, swept away by Sagiri’s actions, my mind was filled with the face of my childhood friend almost everyday.

A face laughing heartily.

A face bowing shyly.

A face looking dazed.

A face blushing deeply.

A face with fingers in the mouth, staring longingly.

A gentle smile before the kiss, a mischievous smile after.

Despite doing such things and kissing in the clubroom alone, engaging in such mischievous acts, we returned to normal club activities with Yuzuru and the others who came back from the supplementary test. My head felt like it was about to explode.

“Hey, Hasegawa… I thought the Great King Enma had come to judge me…”

“What kind of misunderstanding is that!? What did you think of me!?”

“My sense of guilt turned you into the Great King Enma…”

“It’s me who changed because of your guilt!?”

Even the lou voice of the big guy Hasegawa echoing in the classroom didn’t have much effect on my near-capacity brain.

“Tsk, with your only merit being your earnestness, if you’re a bad kid, then the whole human race will become bad kids, you know?”

“Hasegawa…”

“Whatever happened, you’re thinking too much about it.”

“Is everyone in humanity a villain… is that the judgment of the Great King Enma?”

“Get away from the Great King Enma!”

The thunderous voice from Hasegawa, heard up close, made my skin tingle, and my mind tightened just a little.

It might become a trendy new shock therapy. No, maybe not.

“Seriously, you’ve been like this since yesterday… Yuzuru-chan said she safely passed the supplementary test, but you’ve been spacing out… oh!”

“…Hm?”

With dissatisfaction pouring out at my pitiful state, Hasegawa, leaning against the window ledge in the classroom, suddenly stopped. In that state, I was being looked down upon by his huge body, but I didn’t miss the subtle movement of his gaze.

It moved to my right side, more precisely, towards the hallway.

Just as I was about to turn my face to see what it was that made him look there…

“Whooo- is i–tt?”

“Uowaa!?”

Suddenly, my vision went completely dark.

At the same time, I felt a soft warmth covering my eyes and heard a familiar laughter.

“Sagiri!?”

“Yup, you got it in one!”

With a quick movement, her hand left my face.

There she was, as expected, or rather, not even hiding it— the girl with long white hair and a mischievous smile that suited her, the most beautiful girl in the school, Sagiri.

“What are you doing!?”

“What do you mean what… a quiz?”

Tilting her head, she made a gesture of placing her index finger on her lips, and I couldn’t help but feel my heart race. I immediately became conscious of my lips again, remembering what happened

No, this is not good; this is a classroom…

“Correct! You’re amazing. Best friends like my fingers, after all. Uli ulii~”

“Ofwah!?”

With her raised index finger, she pressed and rubbed my cheek.

I’ll say it again; this is a classroom in the morning.

“Here’s your reward, all done! Oh, Yuzuru-n, good morning!”

“Hey, wait…”

Sagiri, who finished playing with my cheek, shifted her attention to Yuzuru, the small president of the ‘Being Myself Club,’ who had just entered the classroom. Despite my pitiful state just now, Sagiri was back to her usual self.

“Hey, Akahori! What the hell was that just now!?”

“I was so damn jealous, man!”

“You’re showing us something like that in the morning!”

“Seriously, I’ve never seen Yakumo-san laugh so much!”

“What the hell did you do? What happened!?”

“You guys are definitely dating, right? Confess, damn it!”

“W-What’s the reward!? The reward isn’t supposed to be strangulation, is it!?”

The witnesses were all our classmates.

The students near me, mainly the boys and the usual strangled girl, all crowded around me at once. Looking at the chaos caused by the instigator, Sagiri, who was surrounded by female students… Oh, Yuzuru crawled out from the crowd.

It’s so heartwarming to see her desperately struggling because she’s so small. Well, there were just too many people around me that I felt like escaping from reality might’ve been a good decision right now.

“You… were you looking at Yuzuru-chan in a weird way just now?”

“Isn’t your reason the only one different, Hasegawa!?”

Until the morning chime rang, led by Hasegawa, I was bombarded with questions from my classmates. Amidst the lively chatter and speculations, thanks to Hasegawa, who loves Yuzuru, being so loud, there was no chance that the discussion would focus on the real issue.

Well, in the first place, I don’t even know what the real issue is.

***

“Be-best… friend…?”

“Whoa!?”

And then, during lunch break, after escaping from my classmates who had turned into reporters after obtaining some exclusive information, I used the restroom and went outside. There, I found Haruka waiting for me with a smile.

“H-Hey, you’re here… in front of the men’s restroom, you know?”

“I know.”

If she knows and is still doing this, it’s even more strange. Even if I wanted to go to the restroom, it would be awkward with her around.

“Well, even I find the restroom a bit…”

Suddenly, my childhood friend became fidgety, and unexpectedly, I found it cute. I already thought she was cute, but seeing her act in such an unpredictable way made me think so even more. It really caught me off guard… Huh!?

“Wait, what are you planning!?”

“Hmm?”

With a sly smile, Haruka approached me.

“How about trying it like in the morning?”

“What!?”

Stretching up, she whispered into my ear.