I Reincarnated as the Overpowered Male Lead in an Erotic Game and Had Already Slept with One of the Heroines~ - Chapter 5 - The Eroge’s Protagonist [Yamazaki Shin’s POV]

Chapter 5 – The Eroge’s Protagonist [Yamazaki Shin’s POV]

[Yamazaki Shin’s POV]

“Shin! Let’s go home together today?”

There’s a girl I’ve recently gotten close to.

She’s the girl who just asked me that.

Her name is Hiroshiki Kirara and she’s a really cute girl.

She’s one of the top first-year students.

We only sit next to each other, but she talks to me a lot.

I don’t know why she talks to me, but it makes my heart flutter every time.

I mean, someone so cute is talking to me… It’s only natural for a guy to feel that way.

It’s only been a week since I met her, but I’ve completely fallen for her.

When she asked me to go home with her, there was no reason for me to refuse.

“Is it okay?”

“Yeah, it’s fine. My friends all have plans today, so I’m on my own.”

“Well… t-then I g-guess I’ll go home with you…”

“Ahaha, you’re so nervous.”

I was so nervous that I stuttered as I answered, but Hiroshiki-san just laughed it off.

She’s a really wonderful woman.

And so, I ended up walking home with Hiroshiki-san.

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——When I was talking with Hiroshiki-san on the way home,

“Shin.”

“Yes…”

I stopped when Hiroshiki-san called my name.

“Do you have a girlfriend, Shin?”

“No, I don’t…”

“Then do you have a crush on anyone?”

“N-no.”

“Oh, really? But you’ve been friends with Kaoru-chan since childhood, haven’t you? Don’t you like her?”

When she said that, I remembered something…

Come to think of it, didn’t I promise to go home with Kaoru today?

I was so happy when Hiroshiki-san asked me to go home with her that I forgot…

But Kaoru would probably forgive me if I apologized to her later.　

Thinking that, I decided to focus on my conversation with Hiroshiki-san.

To be honest, I like Kaoru.

She’s my childhood friend, and she’s really cute, so it’s only natural.

If you ask me who I think is cuter, Hiroshiki-san or Kaoru, I can’t really give an answer. I think it’s a matter of preference.

Also, I’ve never seen Kaoru get too friendly with any other guys, and she’s always been very attached to me.

But I also like Hiroshiki-san.

I don’t know the intention behind Hiroshiki-san’s question, but maybe she’s asking because she’s interested in me…

Thinking that way, there’s no way I can say that I like Kaoru.

That’s why, I said,

“N-no… Kaoru is just a childhood friend…”

“But Kaoru-chan is so cute, isn’t she? You don’t like her?”

“Y-yeah… But… I’ve known her since we were little, so it’s impossible for me to see her as a romantic interest… Besides, Kaoru is childish in many ways and can be a bit of a hassle, so there’s no way I could like her.”

“I see, that’s surprising.”

Hiroshiki-san seemed convinced by that.

I’m glad I was able to fool her for now…

It was just a lie to get out of the situation, though.

Just as I was thinking that, Hiroshiki-san asked me.

“So, have you ever had a girlfriend, Shin?”

“Um… Why do you ask?”

“No particular reason, but I just thought you didn’t seem very experienced with girls… and you have Kaoru-chan, so I thought it was weird.”

Well, Kaoru and I are childhood friends after all.

Plus, I’ve never really had a proper conversation with any girls other than Kaoru…

But I remember my friends saying that people like Hiroshiki-san, who seem experienced, might actually think it’s better to have that kind of experience.

Maybe Hiroshiki-san is one of those people too.

I thought about it and ended up putting on a bit of a facade.

“I-I… I’ve had a girlfriend before!”

“Eh? Really?”

“Y-yeah!”

“Hmm, then can you hold hands with me?”

“O-of course… I could even link arms if you wanted!”

As I said that, I linked arms with her.

Honestly, my heart felt like it was about to explode.

“Hahaha, you’re so funny, Shin.”

“R-really?”

“Yeah. But that’s enough of linking arms. These things are for someone you like, okay?”

Hiroshiki-san said with a smile.

I was completely captivated by her.

I wanted to tell her right then and there that I like her, but it was too scary.

If I get rejected, I might never be able to talk to her again… So, I decided that staying as we are now was good enough.

With that in mind, I had no choice but to follow Hiroshiki-san’s words.

“Y-yeah, you’re right…”

“By the way, Shin, which direction is your house?”

“My house? It’s over that way.”

I said and pointed eastward.

“I see. Then, this is where we say goodbye. Mine’s that way.”

“O-oh, I see…”

“Yep. Well, see you later!”

“Y-yeah.”

——After that, I went home alone.

“But wow, she was really cute…”

Hiroshiki Kirara… She has a reputation for being cute in our whole class… No, our whole grade. She’s very popular with both boys and girls.

Although she usually belongs to the extrovert group, she comes over to talk to me regularly.

Hiroshiki-san has good communication skills and gets along well with boys, but I’ve never seen her talking alone with a boy other than me.

“Even so, she’s cute in a different way compared to Kaoru…”

Kaoru is also beautiful, so she’s popular with boys.

However, unlike Hiroshiki-san, Kaoru doesn’t talk much with boys, and is basically either with her female friends or with me.

That’s why Hiroshiki-san is more popular with boys.

Because she has the personality to get along with anyone.

“Now that I think about it, did Kaoru go home alone?”

Now that I think about it, I’ve done something a little bad…

Should I contact her now?

Just as I was thinking that, Mom contacted me and asked me to go shopping.

“Oh! This is perfect.”

I thought about making an excuse to Kaoru, saying that Mom had asked me to go shopping.

I couldn’t bring myself to tell her that I had forgotten our promise to go home together and had gone home with Hiroshiki-san.

I wanted to become closer to Hiroshiki-san, but I didn’t want that to lead to a bad relationship between me and Kaoru.

And so, I decided not to contact Kaoru so I can talk to her later, and headed off to do some shopping.

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T/N: Dem, the synopsis really did the protagonist justice… In a bad way, I guess… It won’t be long until Kirara and Kaoru fall into Kaito’s hands! Hopefully…