I Was Reincarnated as a Mob in a Completed School Rom-Com Manga, and When I Tried My Best to Cheer Up the Broken Losing Heroines, I Realized I Had Surpassed the Original Story - 9

Chapter 9: There’s No Clubroom!?

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“Kazuto…Come here for a second…”

The moment she woke up, Kirari—wearing a face like an assassin—dragged me out of the classroom. Out in the hallway, she immediately bowed her head.

“Sorry! I really do think I was in the wrong…”

I apologized honestly for bringing Akaboshi-san without consulting anyone. I never imagined it would make someone faint.

“Why are you apologizing?”

“Huh…?”

Thrown off, I lifted my head.

“Princess Nazuna… She’s way too insane!! That kind of existence that goes beyond precious is seriously the same species as us!? And did you see those super-packed boobs!? The 3D presence is just on a whole other level… Uuuuhhh, if I prostrated myself and begged, do you think she’d let me grope them just a little…?”

Kirari’s eyes sparkled fiercely as she clenched both hands and spoke passionately, living up to the impact of her name. Since I had fully expected to be chewed out, the strength drained cleanly from my tense body.

“O-oh, I see how it is…”

“I said we shouldn’t leave Princess Nazuna alone, but I didn’t think Kazuto would come up with something like this… I’ve totally revised my opinion of you!”

“T-then I’m glad… But Kirari, are you really okay? What if you faint again…?”

“Humans really are weird. I thought it was totally impossible, but once I saw her once, now I want more. I wanna be friends with Princess Nazuna!”

“Same for Akaboshi-san, but if possible, I want you to get along with Konno-san too. I was kinda hoping this manga club could become like her second rooftop.”

“Well duh, that’s obvious. It’s not like I dislike Hiyori-chan, so even if you didn’t ask, I’d do that anyway.”

Kirari said this while looking straight into my eyes. She was an Akaboshi-san fan, but at the same time, she was also a pure, devoted “Amakoi” fan. It seemed like I really had just been overthinking this time. When we returned to the classroom, Moe and Akaboshi-san already seemed to have hit it off, chatting happily. Konno-san, seated between them, rested her cheek on her hand, looking a little awkward.

“Sorry to keep you all waiting. Okay, let’s decide our plan going forward.”

“Why are you taking charge!? I’m the club president, you know!?”

Saying that, Kirari trotted to the front of the classroom, hopped onto the teacher’s podium, and spun around.

“Actually, I already found us a club advisor! Okay, give me a round of applause~!”

“Oh, seriously? As expected, you work fast!”

“So now all we need is a clubroom, but apparently there aren’t any empty classrooms right now… So! Does anyone know any place we could maybe borrow for the time being~?”

Everyone frowned at this.

“If the manga club doesn’t have a clubroom, we won’t be able to read or store manga, so it’d be a pain…”

Akaboshi-san continued after my muttering.

“That’s true… If we could at least borrow some place until a classroom opens up…”

“Hey, what about Onii-chan’s room!? It has tons of manga!”

“Moe, that might actually be a great idea!!”

Kirari immediately jumped onto Moe’s out-of-the-blue suggestion.

“Hehehe~n. Maybe Moe really is a genius~?”

The conversation kept moving without me, and I couldn’t help but cut in.

“H-hey, hold on a second! What about my opinion!?”

“Then let’s take a vote! Nazuna— Nazuna-senpai, what do you think?”

“W-well… I… I might… Want to see Kurosaki-kun’s room…”

“So that’s a yes, right!? Okay, Hiyori-senpai, how about you!?”

“I don’t mind anywhere… More importantly, how do you know my first name…?”

“T-that’s because… I asked Kazuto!”

Kirari tossed the blame at me with a guilty expression. Konno-san shot a chilly stare my way.

“A-ahaha…”

I forced an awkward smile, only for Konno-san to turn away with a huff.

“Okay, then everyone in favor of temporarily using Kazuto’s room as our clubroom, raise your hand!”

At Kirari’s call, everyone except me raised their hands.

“Y-you’ve gotta be kidding me…”

And just like that, our manga research club’s temporary clubroom was decided to be my room. Our real activities would begin tomorrow, so for today we disbanded.

“Okay, Moe and I will go submit the required documents to the advisor!”

Once the first-years hurried out, the room quickly returned to silence.

“Sh-should we go home…?”

Even Akaboshi-san seemed to be overwhelmed by Kirari, who was practically living her second life.

“Yeah, let’s go.”

Since Akaboshi-san lived in the opposite direction, we split up at the school gate, leaving me alone with Konno-san for a while. I felt like I should say something, but nothing came to mind, and silence stretched on. The one who broke it was Konno-san.

“Kurosaki-kun, you sure have a lot of cute girl friends. You’re kind of like Shiratori-kun…”

Her words stabbed deep into my chest.

“What was Shiratori to you…?”

I already knew. I had read her heart, her inner voice, her turmoil, over and over. But I still couldn’t stop myself from wanting to hear it from her own mouth.

“He was everything. My whole life… Everything…”

Even knowing beforehand, the weight of her voice reaching my ears directly was incomparable.

“I see… But I was thinking… Maybe from now on, this club could become a part of you too, Konno-san.”

“Kurosaki-kun, you really are strange.”

“I’m just a mob character, but somehow I’m surrounded by girls who feel like heroines. So I think this club will definitely be fun.”

“Strange… But somehow, I really do feel like that’s true.”

Konno-san, laughing softly as if she was suppressing her voice, looked so delicate and beautiful.

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