I confessed to the girl sitting beside me (Oneshot) - Oneshot
Translator: Amane
Editor: Riciel
I confessed to the girl sitting beside me
What do you think of the coming-of-age events of changing classes and seats?
Some people are excited to meet new people, others are worried about losing their circle of friends; everyone has their own thoughts.
I, Chiharu Sumi, am the former.
There is someone I love. She’s a cute girl called Sana Takatsuji. She’s one of the most popular girls in our school. But to be honest, I haven’t really talked to her much. I don’t even know why I came to like her. (TN: Tf? If you don’t know, then why love her… what??)
It was that day when I had just entered school, in my first year. She was sitting next to me. I thought it would be a good idea to say hello to her, so I did my best to greet her, despite my poor communication skills. She looked very cute and responded to my greeting. At that time, I didn’t have feelings of love for her yet.
After that, we changed seats many times, and although we were never next to each other, we were often in the same group. However, due to my poor communication skills, I didn’t directly talk to her, but only communicated with her about my work.
In my second year, I was in a different class from her. At first, I didn’t think anything of it, but then I started to feel that something was “missing”. It was probably at this point that I started to develop feelings of love for her.
Then in my third year, she was sitting next to me again. And when I said hello to her again, she said, “We were in the same class in the first year, weren’t we?“ I was happier than ever before and at that point, I realized I love her.
But despite being in the same group again when we changed seats, I still couldn’t talk to her. She also talked with her friends but our conversation was still limited to business-related topics.
Then came the last day of junior high school. I mustered up my courage and boldly invited her to our classroom after school.
“What do you want to talk about, Sumi-kun?”
There was a moment of silence.
“Oh, um! … Are you dating anyone at the moment, Takatsuji-san…?”
She rolled her eyes. And I’m already feeling like my head is going to evaporate.
“Eh? A person I’m dating… there’s no one like that…”
On the one hand, I was happy, but on the other hand, I felt that there was no escape from this situation.
Now that I’ve said that, she’ll know what to expect next.
I immediately felt embarrassed.
“…………”
“…………”
… What?!
I suddenly felt a soft touch on my body.
I was so surprised that I couldn’t speak and froze up.
“Hey, Sumi-kun.”
“What…?”
“You were going to confess, weren’t you…?”
She was aware of it.
“I’ve been thinking about you, Sumi-kun.”
She declared while I was unable to grasp the situation.
“I love you.”
“What…?!”
“So shall we go out?”
—
A few years have passed since then.
“Which one do you prefer, Sana?”
“Anything you like, Chiharu.”
“Eh–? I think I’ll have this one then.”
“Are you sure you want to purchase this…? The ring is quite expensive.”
“I confessed to the girl who sat next to me.”
The end.
Author’s Afterword:
Hi, I’m Aoi Sase. I’ve been a “reader only” until now, but I thought I’d give writing a try, so I wrote this story as my first.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me.
I hope to write a few short stories at irregular intervals, and hopefully a full-length story one day. Thank you for your support.